CV – MELANIE SMITH

Melanie Smith

Born in Poole, England, in 1965

Lives and works in Mexico City

Education

1984 BA in Fine Arts, Reading University, England

Solo exhibitions

2026

An Age of Liberty When the World Had Been Possible, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Paris, Jan 10 – Mar 7
Melanie Smith: Tixinda, a Snail’s Purple, Peltz Gallery, London, Jan 23 – Mar 20
Un tiempo de libertad en que el mundo había sido posible, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Feb 28 – Mar 15
Only one thing was strange: to go on thinking as usual, IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain, cur. Helena Chávez Mac Gregor, Sept – xxx

2025

Time Feels Less When We Stay Still, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Jalisco, May 31 – Oct 26
Tixinda, The Whitaker, The British Textile Biennial, Lancashire, England, Oct 2 – Nov 2

2024

Locos y Lapas, Centro Cultural Bodegón, Los Vilos, Chile, cur. José Luis Barrios. Aug. 10 – Oct. 5
Melanie Smith, Clusterfuck, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Feb. 6 – March 30

2023

Melanie Smith, Tickled Pink, Green with Envy, Parafin, London, UK, Apr. 5 – May 20

2022

Remain detached, Sicardi, Houston Texas, USA, Nov. 10 – Jan. 19
Fordlandia, Video Room, MASP Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil, cur. Leandro Muniz, July 1 – Aug. 14
5 Minutes, Pavement Gallery Manchester, Manchester, UK, March 19 – April 29
Fifteen Minutes of Sublime Meditation, MUAC, Room 10 (online), Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 14 – Aug. 14

2021

Fifteen Minutes of Sublime Meditation, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. – Dec
Maria Elena, Ayer, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 23 – June 10
Leave it to the Amateurs, Parafin, London, UK, April 3 – June 26
Bare, Kunsthallo Online, March 19 – April 9

2020

Maria Elena, UK Mexican Arts Society, UK, Oct. 1-25
Farsa y artificio, MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico, cur. Tanya Barson and Alejandra Labastida, March 5 – July 12
Fordlandia, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, Australia, cur. Julietta Park, March 20 – May. 3

2019

Farsa y artificio, MUAC, Mexico City, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, cur. Tanya Barson and Alejandra Labastida, May 25 – Oct. 6. (cat.)
Digging up the present, Saint Leger Centre d´Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France, Sept. 14 – Dec. 31

2018

Parte o Pedazo, Museo de Arte de la Fundación José Cuervo, Tequila, Mexico, Nov. 10 – Feb. 1
Maria Elena, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 30 – Oct. 13
Farsa y artificio, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain, Cur. Tanya Barson, May 17 – Oct. 4 (cat.)
Fake and Farce: Backdrops for Seven Scenes, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 6 – March 24

2017

Atlas de ausencias. Melanie Smith, Galeria La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain, Sept. 14 – Nov. 18
Obscuridades Bucólicas, La Tallera, Cuernavaca, México, March 25 – June 25

2016

Abandoned Bodies and Uncertain Futures, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA, Nov. 4 – Dec. 17

2015

Fordlandia, LULU, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 8 – Sept. 13
Maps, mud y Mundo(s),Galería Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 3 – April 11

2014

Fordlandia, Galerie Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nov. 18 – Feb. 1
Melanie Smith, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, cur. Sjarel Ex, Oct. 10 – Jan. 11 (cat.)
Crocodiles and Elevators, CCA Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, cur. Asta Vaiciulyte, Sept. 12 – Oct. 19
Fordlandia, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK, cur. Anthony Spira, April 10 – June 15 (cat.)
Melanie Smith, CAMH, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA, cur. Bill Arning, March 22 – June 15 (cat.)
Green is the Colour, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA, Feb. 27 – April 19

2013

Xilitla. FLORA ars+natura, Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 21- Oct. 19
Irreversible/ Illegible /Unstable, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, Feb. 24 – May 27

2012

Melanie Smith, Fundaçao Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil, Oct. 1- Nov. 18 (cat.)
Melanie Smith, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, April 26 – May 26
Short Circuit, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany, April 22 – June 24 (cat.)

2011

Wall Eyed, Galerie Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 18 – Sept. 13
Red Square Impossible Pink, Mexican Pavilion, 54th International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, cur. José Luis Barrios, June 4 – Nov. 27 (cat.)
Bulto, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru, cur. Tatiana Cuevas, Feb. 15 – June 26 (cat.)

2010

Xilitla: incidentes fuera de eje, El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Paola Santoscoy, Nov. 17 – Jan. 16 (cat.)

2009

Spiral city and other vicarious pleasures, mit List, Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA, Feb. 5 – April 6 (cat.)

2008

Resiste, Galería Alberto Sendrós, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 27 – May 2
Parres trilogy, Miami Art Museum, Miami Beach, USA, March 6 – June 29 (cat.)
Grey (negative) rectangle on white background, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland Feb. 22- March 29
Urban views, Patrick Painter Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Jan. 12 – Feb 26

2007

Spiral city and other vicarious pleasures. Melanie Smith, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Beldar, Lakewood, Colorado, USA, cur. Cuauhtémoc Medina, Sept. 26 – Dec. 30 (cat.)
Parres, omr, Mexico City, Mexico, March 10 – April 14

2006

Spiral city and other vicarious pleasures, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes, muca Campus, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Cuauhtemoc Medina, Aug. 19 – Oct. 15 (cat.)
Parres trilogy, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, England, June 17- Aug. 13

2005

Parres trilogy, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, April 16 – May 28 (cat.)

2004

Cerca series: Melanie Smith, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA, Nov. 21 – Jan. 9
Six steps to the unpredictable, Mark Quint Contemporary, La Jolla, California, USA, April 24 – June 5

2003

Seis pasos hacia la realidad, 2002 and Untitled (works with no sense) 2003, omr, Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 22 – Oct. 18
Melanie Smith, Galería Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy, May 24 – June 30

2002

Seis pasos hacia la abstracción, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 24 – Oct. 12
Seis pasos hacia la realidad, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico, May 15 – June 30

2001

100% acrílico, omr, Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 30 – March 10
Melanie Smith, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 20 – March 3

1997

Orange lush, Instituto Anglo Mexicano de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico (cat.)

1996

Striking Distance, Los Angeles, USA
Dream spots: Taxqueña bus station, Sala Díaz, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Sept. – 20 Oct. 20
Obra reciente: 1916-1996, omr, Mexico City, Mexico, Jun. 26 – July 27
Hiperconsumismo Ultra mix II, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, USA

1994

En la punta de mi lengua, omr, Mexico City, Mexico, July 26 – Aug. 20

1992

L’Escaut, Brussels, Belgium

1989

Salón de Los Aztecas, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Guillermo Santamarina

Group exhibitions

2026

Paisaje, Galería Pepe, Mexico City, Feb – Mar
Fútbol y Arte: Esa misma emoción, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, cur. Guillermo Santamarina, Mar – Jul
CORROSIÓN ANTIGUA, PRIMITIVA OXIDACIÓN (para la etapa de purga en el estuario), CROMA, Mexico City, Abr – May
Floresta, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (SAPS), Mexico City, May 16 – Sept 13

2025

Atmósfera total, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, Sept – Mar
Auto-Biography: Vehicles of identity, community, and globalization, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Canada
Ni Origen Ni Torbellino, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, May 24 – Oct 26
Éramos felices y no lo sabíamos: Arte mexicano de los noventa en la Colección Jumex, Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, March 4 – Jun. 8
El hilo conductor. Historias de la Colección de Arte Contemporáneo, Museo Amparo, Puebla, México, Mar 19 –Jul 14
El horizonte siempre se aleja, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mar 13 -Jul 27
Futuros Arcaicos, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, April 24-Aug 31.

2024

Parres I, Proyector´s Festival,Espacio Seara, Madrid, España, Sept. 11 – 22
Between Waters, Winds, and Fields, Salt, Istanbul, Turkey, July 9 – Aug. 18
Las Paradojas del Internacionalismo Parte II,Museo Tamayo, Mexico City , Mexico, April 11 – Aug. 25
The Imaginary Amazon,San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA, March 7 – May 2
El Tiempo en las Cosas III,Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, Feb. 28 – Dec. 31
Presentiments,Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, Texas, USA, January 25 – April 20

2023

Noor Riyadh Festival 2023,Riyahd, Saudi Arabia, cur. Jerome Sans and Pedro Alonzo, Nov. 30 – Dec.16.
Mexichrome. Fotografía y color en México, Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 29 – March 10 (cat.)
Touch Me, Sicardi Galery, Houston, USA, July. 10 – August 19
Parliament of Plants, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, cur. Linda Schädler, May 5 – Oct. 15
Olvidemos la modernidad pero no su estilo, N.A.S.A, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 7 – March 18
The World We Live In, Levinsky Gallery, Plymouth, UK, cur. Ann Jones

2022

Remain detached, Sicardi Galery, Houston, USA, Nov. 10 – Jan. 19
The World We Live In, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, UK, cur. Ann Jones, Sept. 18 – Jan. 1
30 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 2 – Oct. 14
Summer Contemporaries, Sicardi, Houston Texas, USA, July 14 – Aug. 20
Performing PAC: Take me to the place I love, PAC, Milan, Italy, cur. Diego Sileo, July 12 – Sep. 11
Are You Comfortable?, On the Inside, Amsterdam, Netherlands,cur. Annemarie Galani, March 27- July 31
Sólo lo maravilloso es bello. El surrealismo en diálogo. Museo Boijmans Van Beuningen – México, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, June 3 – Oct. 2 (cat.)
The World We Live In, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK, cur. Ann Jones, May 21 – Sept 4
Abrasive Paradise, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoot, The Netherlands, Jan. cur. Robbert Ross, Feb. 5 – July 3
The World We Live In, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK, cur. Ann Jones Feb. 5 – May 2
Four Positions in Painting, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan 14 – Mar. 12

2021

Landscape and Urban Living, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany, cur. Claus Friede, Sept. 18 – Nov. 28
Cien del MUAC, MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico, June 12 – Oct. 17 (cat.)
The Complex of Labour, Scharaun, Berlin, Germany, cur. Jaro Straub and Olaf Stüber, June 12 – 19
Time in / Time Out, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Abril 27 – May. 2
Agitation Co-op Film, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, April 20 – July 17
Excepciones Normales: Arte Contemporáneo en México, Fundación Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico, March 27 – Aug. 15 (cat.)
El Tiempo de las cosas, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, cur. Tatiana Cuevas, Feb. 28 – Dec. 31
Epílogo, Arteriam, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 27 – May 2

2020

Stayin’ Alive, Another Space, New York, USA, Nov. 9 – March 25
The Same For Everyone, Parafin, London, UK, July 22 – Sept. 12
Nature, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA, Oct. 8 – Dec. 19
Boijmans Ahoy drive-thru museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Aug. 1 – 28
Tools for Utopia. Works from the Daros Latinamerica Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland, cur. Marta Dziewańska and Martin Waldmeier, Oct. 30 – Jan 24.
Essex Road 6, Tintype, London, UK, Jan 10 – Feb.9

2019

Inter/medio, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Cristina Torres and Laura Orozco, Nov. 29- March 31 (cat.)
Fin del Futuro, La Tallera, Cuernavaca, Mexico, cur. Adrian Notz, Nov.23 – March 1
Esplendor, Rivera Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 5 – 27
El múltiple y su propiedad, Galeria La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain, Sept 12- Nov. 14
Gradation, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK, cur. Paul Carey-Kent, July 18 – Sept. 21
Presencia lúcida, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Ana Torres Valle Pons, June 28- Sept. 28
City Prince/sses, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, June 20 – Sept. 8
Museo Tamayo Collection, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, May 15 – May 15
Weltausstellung», Johann Jacobs Museum, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Roger Buergel, May. 16 – Nov. 3

2018

Ontologías pictóricas, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Willy Kautz, Aug. 20 -Sept. 22
Beautiful world, where are you?, Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool, UK, cur. Kitty Scott and Sally Tallant, July 14 – Oct. 28 (cat.)
Hoy hay Fútbol, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, June 15 – July 15
México: Pintura Reactiva, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil Mexico, City, Mexico, cur. Gilberto Pérez, May 11 – Sept. 9.
Hello World. Revisioning a Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Cur. Melanie Roumiguiere, Apr. 28 – Aug. 26 (cat.)
Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia, Apr. 21 – June 24 (cat.)
Mobile Worlds, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, cur. Roger Buergel, Apr. 12 – Oct. 14
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art, PAMM, Miami, USA, Apr. 6 – Sept. 2
Il pleut, Tulipe, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France, Comm. Elfi Turpin, Feb. 13 – May 13
Twice Told Tales, Peana Projects, Monterrey, Mexico, Cur. Leo Marz, Feb. 2 – March
Gegen die Strömung, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany, cur. Friez Emslander, Jan. 25 – April 29

2017

Parajes de lo Vago, Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 10
Condemned To Be Modern, Getty Foundation Pacific Time LA\ LA. Barnsdall Park Art Cente, Los Angeles, USA, cur. Clara Kim, Sept. 1 – Jan. 30
Lecturas de un territorio fracturado, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, July 22 – Oct. 16.
Utopia / Dystopia, Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal, March 21 – Aug. 21 (cat.)
Life World, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turín, Italia, Feb. 27 – April 30.
Post Neo Mexicanismos, UDLAP, Cholula, Mexico, Feb. 16 – May 17, Centro de las Artes del Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico, Aug. 17 – Nov. 1, cur. Willy Kautz. (cat.)
Málverkasýning, i8 gallery, Reikiavik, Iceland, Feb. 9 – April 22
Metrópole, Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, USA, Feb. 5 – March 25
Chromophilia vs chromophobia: continues, Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, USA, Jan. 26 – March 18
Constitución Mexicana, 1917-2017, imágenes y voces ,Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 8 – Sept. 17 (cat.)

2016

Paisaje Recientes, Fundación Calosa, Guanajuato, Mexico, Oct. 29 – March 25.
Poéticas del decrecimiento, XII Bienal FEMSA, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico, Oct. 13 – Jan. 22
Residual Historical Haunting, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, USA, cur. Roxana Fabius and Humberto Moro, Sept. 7 – Oct. 9
Post Neo Mexicanismos, Fase 2, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Willy Kautz, July 16
Capital: Debt, Territory ,Utopia, Nationalgalerie Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany, cur. Eugen Blume and Catherine Nichols, July 1 – Nov. 6
1000 Horsepower, Can Trinxet, Barcelona, Spain, cur. Sabel Gavaldon, June 5 – 20
Surreal Encounters. Collecting the Marvellous, cur. Saskia van Kampen-Prein, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 4 – Sept. 11, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, July 7 – Jan. 22, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 11 – May 28
Arte para la Nación, Palacio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, June 23
A Change of Heart, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, cur. Chris Sharp, June 4 – July 16
Without Restraint, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, June 3 – Oct. 23
Beyond 2°, Museum of Contamporary Art, Santa Barbara, USA, March 12 – June 19
Mirando la flor, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA, March 10 – April 23
Lembre-se de lembrar , Carbono Galeria, Sao Paolo, Brazil, cur. Alexia Tala, March 15 – May 28
O Corpo e a obra de arte, Nara Roesler Gallery, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Feb. 22 – March 26

2015

Objects Food Rooms, Galería Proyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.14 – Jan. 9
The Hand that Creates the I, The Parlour Bushwick, New York, USA, Nov. 13 – Dec. 13
Many Things Brought from One Climate to Another, Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada, Nov. – July
So-Called Utopias, Logan Center Gallery, Chicago, USA, Nov. 20 – Jan. 10
Dark Mirror Art from Latin America since 1968, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburgo, Germany, Sept. 27 – Jan. 31
Another Part of the New World, CA2M Collection and ARCO Collection,Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 22 – Oct. 29
Strange Currencies. Art & Action in Mexico City 1990-2000, The Galleries at Moore, Philadelphia, USA, Sept. 19 – Dec. 12
The Second Hand: Reworked Art Over Time, The Courtauld Gallery, London, England, June 18 – July 19
A room of one’s own. Fragilidades sobre el exterior, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, Mexico, May 21 – Sept. 6
FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), Sextant et plus, Marseille, France, cur. Caroline Hancock, May 14 Aug. 2
Do Objeto para o Mundo. Coleção Inhotim, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2 – May 31
The Silence of Ordinary Things, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, USA, March 28 – June 13
Framing Desire: Photography and Video, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Dallas, USA, Feb. 21 – Aug. 23
Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern, Dass ich Eins und doppelt bin, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 16 – Feb. 28
Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 -2015, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, Jan. 15 – April 6 (cat.)
The Disorderliness of Things, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada, Jan. 9 – Feb. 14

2014

Do Objeto para o Mundo, Instituto Inhotim, traveling exhibition, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Dec. 12 – March 8
En hombros de gigantes, Museo Experimental el Eco, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 2 – Jan. 18
Colección IX, Colección Fundación ARCO, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Mostoles, Spain, cur. Estrella de Diegoy Ferran Barenblit, Oct. 9 – Feb. 1
Limited Visibility, CAM Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, USA, cur. Patricia Garcia-Velez Hanna & Natalia Zuluaga, Oct. 3 – Jan. 20
Made by Brazilians, abandoned Matarazzo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 9 – Oct. 12.
Stories About Place, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA, Aug. 30 – Oct. 25
Unsettled Landscapes – SITElines: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas, SITE Santa Fe, Nuevo Mexico, USA, cur. Candice Hopkins, Lucía Sanromán, Janet Dees & Irene Hofmann, July 20 – Jan. 11 (cat.)
Summer, GaleríaProyecto Paralelo, Mexico City, Mexico, June 29 – Sept. 6
Dixit Petrobras, ArteBa, Palermo, Argentina, May 23 – 26
Daros Latinamerica Collection, Fundación Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland, Feb. 21 – Apr. 27
Dispositivos para um mundo (im)posível, Roesler Hotel #25, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 15 – March. 22
Portable Practice, Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 18 – Feb. 18

2013

About All These… Ladies and Gentlemen, Gallery On the Move, Milan, Italy cur. Fan Zguro, Dec. 10 -14
Assembly: I Extend My Arms, Tate Britain, London, UK, cur. Stuart Comer, George Clark, Melissa Blanchflower, Simon Payne y Andrew Vallance, Nov. 23
Museo Expuesto. La colección de arte moderno de la UNAM 1950-1990, Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 19 – Nov. 30
Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa – Art and Film, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA, Sept. 22 – Feb. 2 (cat.)
México: Inside Out, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, USA, cur. Andrea Karnes, Sept. 15 – Jan. 5
Figgeo Film and Video Series, Figge Art Museum, Lowa, USA, cur. Andrew Wallace, June 14 – Aug. 25
Birdʼs-Eye View, Andrew and Christine Hall Collection, Westport Arts Center, Connecticut, USA, cur. Helen Klisser, June 14 – Sept. 8
Wanås Konst 2013, Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden, cur. Elisabeth Millquist, May 18 – Oct. 27
Ritual Room, CAC Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania, cur. Ūla Tornau y Asta Vaičiulytė, April 12 – May. 19

2012

The Stumbling Present: Ruins in Contemporary Art, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, cur. Elyse Gonzales, Oct. 12 – Jan. 27 (cat.)
Salvajes, Traneudstillingen, Hellerup, Denmark, cur. Guillermo Creus and Aukje Lepoutre Ravn, Aug. 1 – Oct. 13
Xilitla, instaleted in the surealist collection, Tate Modern, London, England
Ciudad total, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain, May. 3 – July 8
Codo a codo, Pareja de Artistas, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, April 17 – May. 17
Domestic Affairs, Eligio Ancona 171, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Tatiana Cuevas, April 17 – 22.
Audience as Subject: Part 2, Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, San Francisco, USA, Feb. 18 – May 27
Pobre Artista Rico, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Willy Kautz, Feb. 9 – June 24
Another Victory over the Sun,Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 20 – March 11

2011

Los sueños de una nación, Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL, Mexico City, Mexico , Nov. 11 – Jan. 29 (cat.)
8th Mercosul Biennial: Essays on Geopoetics, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 10 – Nov. 15
5th Jafre Biennial, Jafre, Spain, cur. Mario Flecha, Aug. 6 – 7
Universo vídeo, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon, Spain, cur. Maria del Carmen Carrión, July 8 – Oct. 31
Before the Hangover, MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico, June 30 – Nov. 27
Another Victory over the Sun, MCA Denver, Denver, USA, June 9 – Aug. 21
Dialéctica del Paisaje, Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico, March 21 – July 17
The Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, USA, cur. Jill Dawsey, March 10 – June 26 (cat.)
Mexico: Expected / Unexpected, Museum of Contemporary Arts San Diego MCASD, Museum of Latin American Art -MOLAA, La Jolla, Long Beach, California, USA, cur. Mireya Escalante, Lucía Sanromán, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and Idurre Alonso, Feb. 20 – May 15 (cat.)

2010

Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 10 – 19
Espectrografías: paradojas de la historia, muac, Mexico City, Mexico, Dec. 1 – March 27
¡Sin techo está pelón!, Fundación/Colección Jumex, Mexico State, Mexico, cur. Michael Blancsubé, Oct. 15 – March 6 (cat.)
Trayectorias aleatorias, Ancienne école des veterinaries, Brussels, Belgium, cur. Hélène Bastenier, Oct. 10 – Nov. 7
Hot to cold / Cold to hot, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 17 – Oct. 2
Mexico beyond its Revolution, Koppelman Gallery, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, USA, cur. Adriana Zavala, Sept. 9 -Nov. 14 (cat.)
Mexico: expected/unexpected, Espace de Création Contemporaine de la Province de Hainaut, Charleroi, France, cur. Mónica Amor y Carlos Basualdo, Sept. 11 – Nov. 28 (cat.)
Model kits, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain, cur. María Inés Rodríguez, June 26 – Jan. 9 (cat.)
The library of Babel / In and out of place, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, England, cur. Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Feb. 25 – May 9
Changing the focus: Latin American photography 1990-2005, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA, cur. Idurre Alonso, Feb. 14 – May 2 (cat.)

2009

Mexico: expected/unexpected, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, Netherlands, Nov. 7 – Jan. 31 (cat.)
The twentieth century: How it looked and how it felt, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England, Sept. 8 – March 29
Mexico: expected/unexpected, tea Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, July 10 – Oct. 12 (cat.)
Deux pieces, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Marktgasse, Zurich, Suiza, July 7 – 24
For you/Para usted, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, Switzerland, April 25 – Sept. 6
Cinco solos, omr, ciudad de Mexico City, Mexico, April 21
Topographic, La Maison, Église des Forges, Tarnos, France, cur. François Loustau, April 4 – 26
Great expectations. Contemporary photography looks at today’s bitter years, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art contemporain, Luxemburg, France, cur. Enrico Lunghi, Pierre Stiwer y Paul di Felice, March 28 – June 14 (cat.)

2008

Mexico: expected/unexpected, Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France, Oct. 26 – Jan. 18 (cat.)
¡Viva la muerte!, CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, cur. Gerald Matt, Thomas, Mießgang and Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, April 18 – June 29
Pleinairism, i8 gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, cur. Kitty Scott, Sept. 12 – Oct. 26

2007

¡Viva la muerte! Kunst und Tod in Lateinamerika, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, cur. Gerald Matt / Thomas Mießgang, Oct. 17 – Feb. 17
Global cities, Tate Modern, London, England, June 20 – Aug. 27
La era de la discrepancia. Arte y cultura visual en México, 1968-1997, Museo Universitario de Artes y Ciencias, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Olivier Debroise, Pilar Garcia de Germenos y Cuauhtémoc Medina, March 17 – Sept. 30 (cat.)
Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, USA, March 11 – June 10 (cat.)

2006

Plataforma, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño, Puebla, Mexico, Nov. 24 – Jan. 28
Ideal city-Invisible cities, Öffentlicher Raum in Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Sept. 9 – Oct. 29
Skier at the Bottom of a Well, La Colección Jumex, State of Mexico, Mexico, Sept. – April (cat.)
Ideal city-Invisible cities, Öffentlicher Raum in Zamosc, Zamosc, Poland, June 18 – Aug. 22
Los Angeles / Mexico: complexities and heterogeneities, La Colección Jumex, Mexico State, Mexico
Pasión/provocación. Fotografía y video en la Colección de Teófilo Cohen, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Víctor Zamudio, May – June
What makes you and I different, Tramway Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 24 – March 26

2005

This peaceful war, Tramway Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Beyond delirious: Architecture. Arquitectura en fotografías seleccionadas por The Ella Fontanals, Colección Cisneros, Miami, USA, cur. Christopher Phillips, Dec. 3 – Feb. 3
Indeterminate states. Video in The Ella Fontanals, Colección Cisneros, Miami, USA
Polysemia, Arcaute Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
Farsites / Sitios distantes, inSite 2005 San Diego Museum of Art, California, EUA, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico , cur. Osvaldo Sanchez, Aug. 26 – Nov. 13 (cat.)
New Work/New acquisitions, MoMA, New York, USA, cur. Klaus Biesenbach, June 29 – Sept. 26
Declaraciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Eco. Arte mexicano contemporáneo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, cur. Kevin Power & Osvaldo Sánchez, Feb. 8 – May 22 (cat.)

2004

Sodio y asfalto. Arte británico contemporáneo en México, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, cur. Tobias Ostrander y Ann Gallagher, Nov. 5 – Feb. 13 (cat.)
From above, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 8 – Oct. 30.
Sólo los personajes cambian, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico, cur. Magalí Arriola, Patrick Charpenel y Ana Elena Mallet, Aug. – Feb. (cat.)
Sodio y asfalto. Arte británico contemporáneo en México, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, , Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Tobias Ostrander y Ann Gallagher, July 15 – Oct. 10 (cat.)
Made in Mexico, ucla Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA, cur. Gilbert Vicario, June 6 – Sept. 12 (cat.)
La colmena, La Colección Jumex, State of Mexico, Mexico
Made in Mexico, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA, cur. Gilbert Vicario, Jan. 21 – May 9 (cat.)

2003

Sublime Artificial, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 20 – Jan. 12
Cambio de valores, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló, Spain, Nov. 7 – Dec. 14
Vacío 9, Madrid, Spain, cur. Peter Kilchmann, Oct. 22 – Dec. 10
Gestes, Printemps de Septembre, Festival de Imágenes Contemporáneas, Toulouse, France, cur. Marta Gilli and Fabienne Fuchéri, Sept. 26 – Oct. 19 (cat.)
Mexiko-Stadt: Eine Ausstellung über den Tauschwert von Körpern und Werten, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin, Germany, cur. Klaus Biesenbach, Sept. 22 – Jan. 5
Biennale Prague, , National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, cur. Charlotte Mailler, June 25 – Aug. 31
Colored surfaces, House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic, cur. James Oles, March 6 – April 20 (cat.)
México iluminado, Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pensilvania, USA (cat.)
VIII Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wifrido Lam, Havana, Cuba
Mexico attacks!, Associazione Culturale per l’Arte Contemporanea Prometeo, Lucca, Italy, cur. Teresa Macrì, Feb. 1 – March (cat.)
20 million Mexicans can’t be wrong, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, England, cur. Cuauhtémoc Medina, Jan. 20 – March 1
Within temporary crossroads, Central de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico

2002

Superficies coloreadas, Mexican Embassy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 27 – Nov. 29
Zebra Crossing. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Mexiko, House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 20 – Dec. 1
20 million Mexicans can’t be wrong, South London Gallery, London, England, cur. Cuauhtémoc Medina, Sept. 18 – Nov. 17
Mexico City: an exhibition about the exchange rates of bodies and values, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, USA, cur.Klaus Biesenbach, June 30 – Sept. 2 (cat.)
Libre albedrío. La colección de arte contemporáneo de la unam y otros encuentros, Casa de la Cultura de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
Sala de recuperación, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
Here is there 2, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria, Feb. 14 – April 14 (cat.)

2001

La persistencia de la imagen, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, México, Sonje Art Center Museum, Seoul, Korea
Escultura mexicana (tercera parte). De la academia a la instalación. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Superficial, Colección de Patrick Charpenel, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico

2000

Caleidoscopio: Lenguajes contemporáneos, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext), Mexico City, Mexico
Territorios abstractos, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
VI Salón de Arte, Grupo Financiero bbva/Bancomer, Mexico City, Mexico
Última generación del siglo, Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento, Mexico City, Mexico
Photo América Latina, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Imágenes robadas, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Segundo sexo, tercer milenio, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

1999

Keep fit, be happy, DeChiara Stewart, New York, USA
IV Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Mexico
Cinco continentes y una ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico

1998

Situacionismo, omr, Mexico City, Mexico
Chromaform, color in contemporary sculpture, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (cat.)
Multi-nationals, Universidad de Boulder, Colorado, USA
7 + 1 mujeres artistas, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (cat.)

1997

Mexico now. Point of departure, The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA; El Arsenal de la Buntilla, SanJuan, Puerto Rico; The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA; Woodstreet Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA; The Mexican Fine ArtsCenter Museum, Chicago, USA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA;The Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., USA (cat.)
The conceptual trend: six artists from Mexico, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
Cultural hybrids, Oboro Gallery, Montreal, Canada
InSite’97, Nuevos proyectos de arte público del continente americano, San Diego, USA and Tijuana, Mexico
Inauténtico: Hecho en Mexico, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico
Shopping/Comprando, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
Life’s little necesities, The Second Biennale of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (cat.)
Orange Lush, The Anglo-Mexican Institute of Culture, Mexico City, Mexico (cat.)

1996

Cuadro x cuadro, Museo Regional de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

1995

Plantón en el Zócalo, Temístocles 44, Mexico City, Mexico
Juntos y revueltos, Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
It’s my life, I’m going to change the world, acme Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Par avion, lace, Los Angeles, USA
Es mi vida, voy a cambiar el mundo, Ex Teresa Arte Alternativo, Mexico City, Mexico
Pautas y tendencias paralelas de los 90’s, acme Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
La demanda está en barata, omr, Mexico City, Mexico

1994

Neo, Galería omr, Mexico City, Mexico
Las nuevas majas, Otis Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Arte mexicano: imágenes en el siglo del sida, CU Art Galleries, Colorado University, Boulder, USA
Múltiples, Temístocles 44, Mexico City, Mexico

1992

Studio exhibition with Ethel Shipton, Plaza Santa Catarina, Mexico City, Mexico

1991

Studio exhibition, Zamora 139, Mexico City, Mexico
Gallerie L’Escaut, Brussels, Belgium
Marcas, Galería Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
D.F. Art from Mexico, D.F., Blue Star Space, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Registro-forma I, Casona II, Mexico City, Mexico
Acción-reacción, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico

1990

Estancia, installation at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
Salón de Los Aztecas, Mexico City, Mexico

1989

A propósito (Homenaje a Joseph Beuys), Ex Convento del Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City, Mexico
London en Mexico, Salón de Los Aztecas, Mexico City, Mexico
Sympathy es simpatía, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico

Books and solo exhibition catalogues

Smith Melanie, Forcén de Abiega Marian, Ávila Villareal Patricio, Palimpsestos Intermediales, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, 2025
Various authors, Mexichrome Fotografía y Color en México, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, INBAL; Fundación Televisa y Fundación Jenkins, Mexico, 2024.
Various authors, Manual, MACBA Collection, Spain, 2021.
Barrios, José Luis, Greeley, Robin, Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Melanie Smith: Farce and Artifice, MUAC, Mexico, 2019.
Barson, Tanya, Greeley Robin, Medina Cuauhtémoc, Smith, Melanie, Smith, Melanie Smith: Farce and Artifice, MACBA, Spain, 2018.
Greeley, Robin, Nuñez, Ana, Contreras, Jorge, Tlacochahuaya, EN DOS LUGARES AC, Mexico, 2016.
Barrios José Luis, Ex Sjarel, Garza Usabiaga Daniel, Smith Melanie, Spira Anthony, Fordlandia, RM + Periferia Taller Gráfico, Mexico, 2014
Arning Bill, Melanie Smith, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA, 2014
Cuevas Tatiana,In Situ Melanie Smith,Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, 2014
Oles James, Diserens Corinne, Scott Kitty, Santoscoy Paola, Faesler Carla,A Xilitla. Melanie Smith, RM+ El Mojado, Mexico, 2012
Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Sloan, Johanne, Baur, Andreas, Melanie Smith: Short Circuit, Snoeck, Germany, 2012
Barrios, Medina, José Luis, Cuadrado Rojo, Imposible Rosa, Publisher Turner, INBA, Mexico, 2011
Ostrander , Tobias, Lerner Adam, Melanie Smith. Parres, A&R Press/Turner, Mexico, 2008
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Melanie Smith. Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures, A&R Press/Turner, Mexico, 2006

Books and group exhibition catalogues

Hammonds Kit, Kuri Alamillo Adriana, Peña Cindy, Normal Exceptions, Fundación Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico, 2021
Various authors, Cien del Muac, MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico, 2021
Santiago Alfonso, Orozco, Laura, Intermedio, ESPAC, Mexico City, Mexico, 2020
Charron Marie-Ève, St-Gelais Thérèse, Le désordre des choses, Les éditions Esse, Quebec, Canada, 2019
Kittelmann Udo, Knapstein, Gabriele, Hello World. Revisioning a Collection, Hirmer Verlag ,Berlin, Germany, 2018
Tallant, Sally, Scott, Kitty, Beautiful world, where are you?, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK, 2018
Sloane, Patricia, Hollander, Kurt , Grupos y espacios en México, arte contemporáneo de los 90. Vol. 1: Licenciado Verdad, Ediciones MP + J.P. Morgan + RM, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017.
Flores, Adriana, Constitución Mexicana, 1917-2017, imágenes y voces, tdm+, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017.
Kautz, Willy, Post Neo Mexicanismos, ESPAC, Mexico City, 2016, p. 32.
Mauch, Christof, Out of Sight. Out of mind, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich, Germany, p. 53, 2016.
Sandra, Loschke, Materiality and Architecture, Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 148–161, 2016.
Beil Ralf, Broeker Holger, Art From Latin America Since 1968 Dark Mirror, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2016, pp. 180-181.
Locatelli, Valentina, Without Restraint,Hatje Cantz, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 126 -135, 2016.
Johnson, Kaytie, Strange Currencies, Philadelphia, The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, USA, 2016.
Israel Nico, Spirals: The Whirled Image in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art, Columbia University Press, Nueva York, EUA, pp. 204 – 206, 2015.
Charman, George, Gonzalez, Ingrid, Pawlik, Joanna, Smith, Melanie, Stent, David, Edward James in Mexico, West Dean College, West Sussex, England, 2015
Blazwick, Iwona, Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915–2015, Prestel and Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, 2015
Dos Anjos, Moacir, Política da Arte, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil, 2014
Cozier Christopher, Dee Janet, Falconi José, González Julieta, Grinstein Eva, Hill Richard William, Hofmann Irene, Hopkins Candice, Lippard Lucy, Martinez Matthew J., Sanromán Lucía, Scott Kitty, Unsettled Landscapes, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA, 2014
Figueroa, Gabriel y Monterde, Claudia, Fundación Televisa. Palacio de Bellas Artes, LACMA, Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa – Art and Film, Turner, USA, 2013
Karnes Andrea, Hearst Alison, Estevéz Ruth, Abaroa Eduardo, México: Inside Out, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, USA, 2013
Gonzales, Elyse, Dillon Brian, The Stumbling Present: Ruins in Contemporary Art, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 2013
Cortés José Miguel G., Ciudad Total, IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, 2012
Barrios, José Luis, Montero, Daniel, Bravo, Paulina, Moure, Laura, Garza, Daniel, Barrón Gavito, Miguel Ángel, Solís, Juan, Morales, Mariana, Smith, Melanie, Meyenberg, Erick, Botey Ariana y Puig, Iván, Los sueños de una nación, Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL, Mexico City, Mexico, 2011
The Smithson effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, USA, 2011
Blancsubé, Michel, ¡Sin techo está pelón!, Fundación/Colección Jumex, State of Mexico, Mexico, pp. 36-37, 2010
Rodríguez ,María Inés, Model kits, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain, 2010.
Espectografías, Memorias e historia, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2010
Zavala, Adriana y Schlegel Amy Ingrid, México más allá de su revolución, TUFTS University Art Gallery, Medford, USA, pp. 88-89, 2010.
Townsend, Richard, Idurre, Alonso, Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia, Castellanos, Alejandro, Reyes, Fausto, Changing the focus: Latin American photography 1990-2005, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA, pp. 58-59, 2010
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, For you/Para usted. Videos aus der Daros-Lateinamerika Sammlung, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, Switzerland, p. 28, 2009
Lunghi, Enrico, Stiwer Pierre y di Felice ,Paul, Great expectations. Contemporary photography looks at today’s bitter years, Casino Luxembourg-Forum d’art contemporain, Luxemburg, France, 2009
Amor, Monica, Basualdo, Carlos, Berman, Sabina y Mendoza, Elmer, Mexico expected/unexpected : la collection Isabel et Agustin Coppel, La Maison Ruge, Paris, France, 2008
Mießgang, Thomas, ¡Viva la muerte! Kunst und Tod in Lateinamerika, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, p. 26, pp. 42-45, 2007
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Debroise, Olivier, García de Germenos, Pilar, Vázquez Mantecón, Álvaro, Falcón, Tatiana, Morales, Lourdes, Navarrete, Cortés, Alejandro y Macías, Vania, La era de la discrepancia. Arte y cultura visual en México, 1968-1997, UNAM/Turner, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007
Adams, Beverly, Ledezma, Juan, Ramirez Mari Carmen, Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art, Merrell Publishers, New York, USA, 2007
Olivares, Rosa, 100 Latin American artists, Exit Publications, Madrid, Spain, pp. 402-405, 452, 2007
Blancsubè, Michel, Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo, La Colección Jumex, State of Mexico, Mexico, 2006
Farsites/Sitios Distantes. Insite 05, CONACULTA, Insite, San Diego Museum of Art, Friesens Book Division, Canada, 2005
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Power, Kevin, Schmelz, Itala, Sánchez, Osvaldo, Debroise, Olivier, Abaroa, Eduardo y Arriola, Magali, Eco: arte contemporáneo mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, pp. 64-67, 252, 2005
Ostrander, Tobias y Gallagher, Ann Sodio y asfalto. Arte británico contemporáneo en México, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004
Arriola, Magalí, Charpenel, Patrick y Mallet ,Ana Elena, Sólo los personajes cambian, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico, 2004
Vicario, Gilbert, Made in Mexico, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, USA, Jan. pp. 9-19, 102-105, 2004
Gilli, Marta y Fuchéri, Fabienne, Gestes, Printemps de Septembre, Festival de Imágenes Contemporáneas, Toulouse, France, pp. 106-107, 2003
Fernández-Cid, Miguel, Traces of light, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2003
Pérez, Luis Francisco, Cambio De Valores/The Rings of Saturn, Fundación ARCO, Madrid y Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea (CGSC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, pp. 136-139, 2003
Oles, James, Superficies coloreadas/Colored surfaces, Casa de la Fotografía de Praga, Praga, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico City, Mexico, 2003
México iluminado, Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pensilvania, USA, 2003
Macrì, Teresa, Mexico attacks!, Associazione Culturale per l’Arte Contemporanea Prometeo, Lucca, Italy, 2002
Mexico City: An exhibition about the exchange rates of bodies and values, PS1 y Kunstwerke Berlin, Berlin, Germany, pp. 256-263, 2002
Pérez Soler, Eduardo, Sublime artificial, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 48-49,63-69, 2002
Here is there 2, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria, p. 11, 2002
7 + 1 mujeres artistas, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico, 1998
Chromaform. Colour in contemporary sculpture, UTSA, Texas, USA, 1998.
Mexico now. Point of departure, The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Ohio, USA, 1997
Orange Lush, The Anglo-Mexican Institute of Culture, Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico, 1997
Life’s little necessities. The Second Biennale of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1997

Articles and press releases

2024

Cross, Amalia, Melanie Smith: aproximaciones al paisaje vileño, El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile, Oct.
Melanie Smith: Locos y Lapas, Artishock Revista, Chile, Oct. 4.
Pastor, Justo, Hipotesis, Imagendialectica, Chile, Sept. 18
Pastor, Justo, Jardín, Imagendialectica, Chile, Sept. 16

2022

Calè, Luisa, Blake and Exhibitions, 2021, Blake, Vol. 56 no.1: Summer 2022, New York
Melanie Smith, captura en audiovisual la crisis del confinamiento; se aloja en el MUAC, La Jornada, Mexico City, Feb. 25

2021

Llega la “Farsa y artificio” de Melanie Smith, Posta, Monterrey, Feb. 11

2020

Madero, Sofía, ¡Vuelve a Marco!, El Norte, Monterrey, Sept. 24
Maguelsy, Caballero, Luego de 6 meses eabre el Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Excelsior, Monterrey, Sept. 9
Mendoza, Gustavo, Marco abre sus puertas 6 meses después con sana distancia, Milenio, Monterrey, Sept. 9
Martínez, Teresa, Comparte su artificio, El Norte, Monterrey, May. 6
Mendoza, Gustavo, Melanie Smith da repaso de trayetoria, Milenio, Monterrey, May 5.
Mendoza, Gustavo, Melanie Smith, entreteje su farsa y artificio en Marco, Milenio, Monterrey, March 6.
Santiago, Daniel, Alimentan su arte color y contraste de México, El Norte, Monterrey, Feb. 6

2019

Lopera, Jorge, Melanie Smith, ArtNexus, Dec. – Mach
Montero, Daniel, Ready-image: museos que proyectan obras de otros museos, Revista Código, Mexico City, Aug. 21
Guerrero, Manuel, Melanie Smith en el Museo Amparo. Imágenes de la globalización, Revista Código, Mexico City, July 21.
Muñoz, Fernanda, La Esencia de Melanie Smith, Reporte Índigo, Mexico City, May 27.
Carrizosa, Paula, Museo Amparo y MUAC se conectan en torno a la exposición Melanie Smtih. Farsa y Artificio, La Jornada de Oriente, Puebla, May 27
Ávila, Sonia, Farsa y artificio, retrospectiva de Melanie Smith, Excelsior, Mexico City, May 26
Sierra, Sonia, En el MUAC y el Amparo, Melanie Smith, El Universal, Mexico City, May 25
Sanchez, Luis Carlos, El Desdoblamiento de Melanie Smith, El Heraldo, Mexico City, May 25
Clarisa Anell, Expo de Melanie Smith llega al MUAC, Reforma, Mexico City, May 24
Montaño, Ericka, Melanie Smith monta exposición simultánea en la CDMX y Puebla, La Jornada, Mexico City, May 16
Carrizosa, Paula, Llegará al Museo Amparo la exposición más amplia y experimental de la artista Melanie Smith, La Jornada de Oriente, Puebla, May 15

2018

Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Melanie Smith, Art in America, New York, Nov., p. 117.
Emery, Tom, 10th Liverpool Biennial: “Beautiful world, where are you?”, Frieze, London, July 17
Thornton, Niamh, Outsider Insiders: Francis Alÿs and Melanie Smith at the Liverpool Biennial, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, July 17
MACBA presenta la mayor exposición en Europa dedicada a Melanie Smith, Artishock, Santiago de Chile, June 18
Searle, Adrian, Liverpool Biennial review – a beautiful, violent, explosive world, The Guardian, London, July 16
Guasch, Anna Maria, “Momentazos” de Melanie Smith en el MACBA, ABC Cultural, Madrid, June 6
Ávila, Sonia, Farsa y artificio, retrospectiva de Melanie Smith, Excelsior, Mexico City, May 26
Los mundos contrastantes de Melanie Smith, La Tempestad, Mexico City, May 25
Montañés, José Ángel, Retablos contemporáneos en el Macba, El País, Madrid, May 18
L.R, La constelación Melanie Smith, La Razón, Barcelonoa, May 17
Juanico Núria, Melanie Smith perfora la història amb ‘Farsa i artifici’, ARA, Barcelona May 17
J. Playá, Melanie Smith bucea en las contradicciones de la modernidad, La Vanguardia, Barcelona, May 17
Quiroz , Marcela, Fair and Unfair , ArtForum, New York, Feb. 19

2017

Martínez, Teresa, Melanie Smith, El Norte, Monterrey, Nov. 4.
Torres Sifón, Sara, Atlas de ausencias. Melanie Smith en La Caja Negra, Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Sept. 13
Melanie Smith en la Galería La Caja Negra de Madrid, Wall Street International Magazine, Montenegro, Oct. 14
Melanie Smith, La Tempestad, Mexico City, July 26
Santiago, Alfonso, Obscuridades bucólicas: tableaux vivants, de Melanie Smith, Revista Código, Mexico City, May 17
Melanie Smith traduce a El Bosco, El Universal, Mexico City, March 27
Melanie Smith da actualidad a obras de El Bosco y Brueghel, El Universal, Mexico City, March 3
Díaz, Antonio, Muestran a la Constitución a través de los imaginarios social y artístico, Crónica, Mexico City, Feb. 9
Ventura, Abida, Pasillos de Palacio, con 100 años de historia, El Universal, Mexico City, Feb. 9
Israde, Yanireth, Festejan en Palacio a la Constitución, Reforma, Mexico City, Jan. 28

2016

Hans Von, Unser Lehrer Doktor Beuys, Die Welt, Berlín, August 1, p. 22
Ingeborg Von, Kunst ist unser aller Kapital, Frankfuter Rundschau, Frankfurt, July 10 p.26
Wolfgang Von, Die Utopie im Schauuterricht, Taz, Berlín, July 10, p.48.
Herrick Debra, Beyond 2°, Artillery, Los Angeles, June 28
A Thousand Horsepower at Trinxet Factory, Art Viewer,Antwerp, June 17
Sesé Teresa, El arte revive la fábrica Can Trinxet de l´Hospitalet, Press Reader, Richmond, June 4
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, e-flux, New York, April 12
Donelan Charles, Beyond 2 Degrees at MCASB, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, March 23
Mir Stan, Everything Is Permitted: Artist-Run Spaces of Mexico City in the 1990s, Hiperallergic, New York, January 2

2015

Quiroz, Marcela, Melanie Smith, ArtNexus, Miami, Dec., pp. 119 -120.
Interview by Chris Sharp, The Edge of Elsewhere, ArtReview, London, Dec., pp. 82-85.
From micro to macro: visual artist Melanie Smith’s mind-altering guide to Mexico City, The Guardian, London, Nov. 9
Zambrano, Lourdes, Inspira México a tres británicas, Reforma, Mexico City, May 21, p. 20
Ávila, Sonia, Mexico , visto por 3 artistas, Excélsior, Sección Expresiones, Mexico City, May 21, p. 4
MacMasters, Merry, Artes visuales, de los elementos del Año dual México-Reino Unido, La Jornada, Mexico City, May 21
Artistas británicas exhiben ‘A room of one’s own’ en México, Informador, Guadalajara, May 20
Zambrano, Lourdes, Ofrecen una mirada íntima británica, Reforma, Mexico City, May 20
Talavera Juan Carlos, Fordlandia: Melanie Smith muestra antiviaje, Excélsior, Mexico City, Oct. 20
Córdova Kimberlee, Fordlandia Fever Dream: Melanie Smith at Lulu, SFAQ, San Francisco, Sept. 11
Melanie Smith at Lulu, Contemporary Art Daily, USA, Sept. 11
Tres miradas británicas se posan sobre México, Milenio, Mexico City, May 20, p. 33
Wright Lauren A., Melanie Smith, Frieze, London, June, p. 182
Cabañas, Kaira, Melanie Smith, Artforum, New Yort, March
Melanie Smith Xilitla, Sibila, Sevilla, Jan. pp. 25-32
Ögel Lara, Melanie Smith, Near East, Istanbul Spring / Summer, pp. 105 – 111
Estadio Azteca / Proeza Maleable, Animal, Mexico City, Verano, pp. 32 – 39

2014

Hulshof, Lieneke,Het rauwe Zuid-Amerika, Mister Motley, Amsterdam, Dec. 7
Gonçalves, Antonio, Melanie Smith registra as ruínas de Fordlandia, Estado, Sao Paolo, Nov. 21
Filho Celso, Retrato urbano, No estadao, Sao Paolo, Nov. 14
A mostra· Fordlandia, de Melanie Smith, fica em cartaz na Galeria Nara Roesler, Catraca libre, Sao Paolo, Nov.
Fordlandia, Time Out, , Sao Paolo, Nov.
Melanie Smith. Crocodiles and Elevators, Echo Gone Wrong, Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 12
Melanie Smith. MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, Charlie Fox, Art Review, London, Sept., Vol. 66, no. 6, p. 174
Nairne, Eleanor, Melanie Smith, Frieze, London, No. 165, p. 174 – 175
Irwin, Matthew, Lines Across the Land, Art ltd., California, July – Aug.
Mélanie Smith at Contemporary Art Museum, Terremoto, Mexico City, May 8
Biczel, Dorota, Twice Ruins in Reverse: Melanie Smith at CAMH and Sicardi Gallery, Glasstire, Texas, April 15.
Melanie Smith, Wall Street Internacional, London, April
Mcfadeen, Michael, Melanie Smith´s seduction, arts + culture, Texas, April
Knox, Gordon, The Dustbin is History, Future Tense, Washington, April 24
Risco ,Ana María, Cita en el aire (a más de diez años de Spiral City, video de Melanie Smith), Letras en Línea, Chile, Jan. 6
Fluxus restaurada. Conversación con Melanie Smith, Museógrafo, Mexico City, Jan. 3

2013

Pérez, Fernando, Melanie Smith:Parpadeos, Artishock, Santiago de Chile, Dec. 23
Melanie Smith´s Precarius Xilitla, F Newsmagazine, Chicago, Oct. 7
Boetzkes, Amanda, Visions of Eternity: Plastic and the Ontology of Oil, e-flux, New York, USA, Sep. 1
Melanie Smith at West Dean College, West Dean College, Sussex, Aug. 27
Melanie Smith and Chaotic Revolution, The Modern, Texas, July 23
Consideraciones sobre la conservación y restauración de una obra contemporánea: Fluxux, Melanie Smith, Intervención, Mexico City, July – Dec., p. 27 – 32
Smith Melanie, Mexican Encounters, Tate Acquisition I, London, March
Proyecto de Melanie Smith con Frida Mateos, Arte en la Red, Feb. 26

2012

Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Melanie Smith, Art Agenda, New York, May 2
Francke, Anna, Melanie Smith, Kunst Bulletin, Zurich, June, pp. 92-93
Entrevista a Melanie Smith, SOMA, Mexico City, June 23

2011

C. de Grammont, Nuria, Spiral City: L’Impasse du Paysage Economique, Esse, Montreal, No. 73, pp. 52-55
Ortiz, Alejandra, Espléndida, la recepción al pabellón mexicano, La Jornada, Mexico City, Nov. 30
Buck ,Louisa, Three of the best for Tate, The Art Newspaper, London, Oct. 13
When Tate goes shopping, Financial Times, London, Oct. 14, p. 10
Smolik Noemi , Different locations, , Frieze D/E, Berlin, pp. 112-114
Heinevetter, Nele, Kunst abseits des Touristenstroms, Zeit, Hamburg, Aug. 17
Owen, Jennifer, Interview: Melanie Smith, Line Magazine, Aug. 11
Egea, Eduardo, Melanie Smith, Arte Al Dia Mexico, Mexico City, July – Aug. pp. 18-20
Dezeuze, Anne, 54th Venice Biennale, Art Monthly, Londond, July – Aug. pp. 24-25
R. Blanco, Segio, Melanie Smith: Caos Contra Ruinas, Gatopardo, Mexico City, July
Okon, Helena, La “cosa” Rosa, Este País, Mexico City, July 21
Macri, Teresa, Stadio Azteca, Il Manifesto, Rome, July 7
Ortiz, Castanares Alejandra, Melanie Smith: Bienal de Vencia, La Jornada, Mexico City, June 18, p. 5
Ulloa, Gracia, Chilango, Un par de talentosos llaman la atencion, Mexico City, June 15
Rossi, Lena Giulia, Mexico Pavilion, Cura. Magazine, Rome, June 21
Garza-Usabiaga, Daniel, Melanie Smith. Cuadrod rojo, imposible rosa, Exit Express, Madrid, June 1, p. 27
Jaramillo, Gina, Mexico tambien esta en la Bienal de Venecia, La Miscelanea Blog, Mexico City, June 15
Balerini, Casal Emiliano, Melanie Smith, una de las representantes Rosa y rojo, los colores de Mexico, Milenio, Mexico City, May 28
Christof, Tag, Pabellón de México/Biennale di Venezia, 2DM / Blog, Milan, May 20
Cid de León, Oscar, Lleva Smith a Bienal “ delirio y melancolían, El Reforma, Mexico City, May 15
Nairne, Eleanor, Melanie Smith: Red Square Impossible Pink, This is Tomorrow, June 8
G. De Bonis, Maurizio, Quadrato Rosso, Impossibile Rosa, Cultframe Webmagazine, Rome, June 7

2010

Springer, José Manuel, Mexico: expected/unexpected, Flash Art, Milan, núm. 271, March – April, p. 121
Cortés, José Miguel G., Visiones urbanas alternativas, Exit Express, Madrid, no. 50, March, pp. 32-39
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Lugar caleidoscopio, Reforma, Mexico City, Jan. 5

2009

Lockhart, Donatella, Melanie Smith en camino, Casas & Gente, Mexico City, vol. 25, no. 241, Dec., pp. 54-57
Wilson Lloyd, Ann, Melanie Smith, Art in America, New York, April
Merjian, Ara H., Melanie Smith, Artforum Online, March
Wilcox, Jess, Melanie Smith, Artforum, New York, Jan., p. 111

2008

¡Viva la muerte! in der Kunsthalle Wien, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, no. 1/2, pp. 71-72

2007

Springer, José Manuel, Melanie Smith, omr Gallery, ArtNexus, Miami, no. 65, pp. 139-140
Sredni de Birbragher, Celia, Frieze and the parallel fairs, ArtNexus, Miami, vol. 63, no. 63, pp. 134-138
Ciudades de arte, Fahrenheit, Mexico City, año 4, num. 21
Mantenerte fuera de balance, Código 06140, Mexico, núm. 38, April – May, pp. 19-21

2006

Una mirada al D.F. artificial de Melanie Smith, Revista Shock de Excelsior, Mexico City, Nov. 30
Tiempo, memoria y comunicación visual, Tiempo Libre, Mexico City, Oct. 14, p. 55
Rodríguez, Barrón, Daniel, Descubre la ciudad y sus placeres estéticos, Reforma, Mexico City, Sept. 17
Ciudad espiral y otros…, Gaceta unam, Mexico City, Sept. 7
Jiménez, Bernal, Gabriela, Ciudad espiral, estética y placer de la megalópolis, La Razón, Mexico City, Aug. 23
Gutiérrez, Vicente, Placeres artificiales, El Economista, Mexico City, Aug. 18
Pobreza y consumismo global en retrospectiva de Melanie Smith, Crónica, Mexico City, Aug. 17
Hernández, Edgar, Contrasta Smith pobreza y opulencia, Excélsior, Mexico City, Aug. 15.
Blanco, Sergio R., Elige Melanie Smith mirar desde las alturas, Reforma, Mexico City, Aug. 15
Ceballos, Miguel Ángel, Una estética entre el consumo y la pobreza, El Universal, Mexico City, Aug. 15
Gómez, Andrés, Melanie Smith muestra una Ciudad espiral y otros placeres artificiales, Unomasuno, Mexico City, Aug. 12
Melanie Smith, Chilango, Mexico City, Aug., p. 128

2005

Eisl, Sonja, Das richtige Bild im falschen. Wie wirklich ist die Wirklichkeit? – Identitätsfragen in vier Zürcher Fotogalerien, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, No. 112, May 17, p. 36
Bachofen, Katrin, Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Handelszeitung, Zúrich, No. 19, May 11, p. 37
Ciudades, Exit, Madrid, No. 17

2004

Sodio y asfalto, Arte al Día, Mexico, Nov., p. 5
Knight, Christopher, Mexico joins global club, Geo Topics, Los Angeles, June 23
Eisl, Sonja, Das richtige Bild im falschen. Wie wirklich ist die Wirklichkeit? – Identitätsfragen in vier Zürcher Fotogalerien, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, No. 112, May 17, p. 36
Saltz, Lynda, ica’s Made in Mexico, Newbury Street & Bak Bay Guide, Boston, Feb. 20
Johnson, Ken, Mexican Conceptualists, none especially Mexican, The New York Times, New York, Feb. 20
McQuaid, Cate, Mex, The Boston Globe, Boston, June 23, pp. 13, 18

2003

Pérez, Luis Francisco, Cambio de valores/The rings of Saturn, Fundación arco, Madrid, y Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea (cgsc), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Nov., pp. 136-139
Melanie Smith, Flash Art, Milan, vol. 36, No. 232, Oct., p. 92
Melanie Smith, Gestes, Francia, Sept. – Oct.
Romanini, Alessandro, A State of Mind. Mexiko Attacks, Art Nexus, Miami, No. 49, June – Aug., pp. 153-155
Crowley, Tom, Mexico City on the move, Tema, Milan, No. 97, May – June, pp. 22-25
Klaus, Philipp, y Chris Lüthi, Geballte Ladung, Die Weltwoche, Zúrich, No. 11, April 13, pp. 65-68
20 million Mexicans can’t be wrong, Art-onma., Nueva York, No. 8, Jan. – March

2002

Postcards from the Edge, The Royal Academy Magazine, No. 77, Winter, pp. 59-61
Melanie Smith, European Photography, Berlin, No. 72, Autumn – Winter, pp. 19-23
Benítez, Issa María, Art Basel, Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 46, Oct., pp. 112-116
Yehya, Naief, Mexico City: An exhibition about the exchange rate of bodies and values, Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 46, Oct., pp. 156-158
Festival MexArtes, El Financiero, Mexico City, Sept. 9, p. 58
Bhatnagar, Proya, Samuele Menin y Michele Robecchi, Focus Mexico, Flash Art, Milan, July – Sept., pp. 86-89

2001

Conozca México, Parachute, No. 104, p. 102
Herzog, Samuel, Kunst-Bulletin, No. 3, March, p. 45
Arlitt, Sabine, Lustvolle Rebellion, Züritipp Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, Feb. 9
Omlin, Sybille, Mexiko und Mustermix, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, Feb. 1
Report from Mexico City, Art in America

2000

Zamudio Taylor, Víctor, Arte, violencia y agresión, Atlántica, No. 25, Winter
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Mexican strategies, Flash Art, Jan. – Feb

1998

Heath, Jennifer, How does a piñata commit suicide?, Boulder Planet, Colonia
Hayden, Niki, Multi-Nationals, Daily Camara
Akhtar, Suzanne, Contemporary art by way of the discount store, Star Telegram
Daniel, Mike, Pigments of their imaginations, Dallas Morning News
Graves, Jen, Coloring between the lines, Dallas Entertainment Chronicle
Keith, William E., Chromaform at utsa, Voices of Art
Gallo, Rubén, reseña, Flash Art, Milán, Spring

1997

Moncada, Adriana, La instalación, válida si provoca la reflexión, Unomasuno, Mexico, Nov. 17
Judisman, Yishai, reseña de inSite ‘97, Reforma, Oct.
Anastas, Rhea, The conceptual trend: six artists from Mexico City, Art Nexus, April – June
Aquin, Stephane, La filière mexicaine, Voir Montreal, April – May

1996

Melanie Smith at Randolph Street, Chicago Reader, Sept.
Guerra, María, Intermitentes, Reforma, Mexico City, Aug. 4
Debroise, Olivier, Un Nuevo Contrato, Curare, Spring

1995

Pagel, David, A life of hunting down perfectly quirky bargains, Los Angeles Times, June 1

1994

Jusidman, Yishai, Las nuevas majas, Art Issues, Sept. – Oct.
Sánchez, Osvaldo, Recipientes y protuberancias, Reforma, Mexico City, Aug. 25
McMasters, Merry, En la punta de mi lengua, El Nacional, Mexico City, July 27
Roth, Charlene, Working space, Art Week, July 21.
Knight, Christopher, Independent spirit lives on in Majas, Los Angeles Times, July 16
Navarrete, Sylvia, En la punta de mi lengua, Poliester, Summer

1992

Hollander, Kurt, Marcas, at the Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Mandorla, Autumn
Medina, Cuauhtémoc, Dúo de instalaciones, Poliester
Scott Fox, Lorna, La Jornada Semanal, Mexico City, July

1991

Guerra, María, Art from Mexico City, Poliester, Summer

1990

Smith, Melanie, y José Manuel Springer, Cinco hipótesis, Unomasuno, Mexico City, Jan.

1989

Springer, José Manuel, Más allá de la interpretación, Unomasuno, Mexico City, June
A propósito, Shift, Spring
A propósito (Homenaje a Joseph Beuys), Proceso, Mexico City, Spring

Screenings

I Bienal Internacional De Videoarte Gukumatz: Bajo la Línea , Guatemala, Nov 20- Dec. 31, 2024
Spiral City, Festival de l´Histoire de l´Art,Fontainebleau, France, June 1, 2024
Fordlandia, MAM Rio, MIRA ArtRio 2023, Sept. 14, 2023
Maria Elena, Saison Video, on line, Sept. 8-21, 2021.
Parres Trilogy, This Long Century, on line, Feb. 10-28, 2021
Maria Elena, Sala Equis, Madrid, Sept. 12, 2020.
Parres, Ibrida Festival, Forlì, Italy, April, 2019.
Maria Elena, CAST, Cornwall, UK, Spring, 2019
Xilitla Dismantled 1, Otras Luces, Pamplona, Spain, 2017
Xilitla, Foro de Cine Etnográfico, Querétaro, Mexico, Oct., 2016
Fordlandia, VideoEx, Zurich, Switzerland, May, 2016
Spiral City, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 17, 2016
Spiral City, Center Pompidou, Paris, France, March 2, 2016
Estadio Azteca, Art Basel, Miami Beach, USA, Dec. 3, 2015
Melanie Smith. Tlacochahuaya, Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Oaxaca, Mexico, Nov. 10, 2014
Fordlandia, Cine Tonalá, Mexico CIty, Mexico, Sept. 18, 2014
Bulto, Centro Cultural PUCP, Lima Perú, Feb.- May, 2011
Luc Moulène: Endwars, Cinema program, Extra City Kunsthal, Belgium, cur. Mihnea Mircan y Gawan Fagard, Dec. – Feb., 2013
Tianguis II, Parres 0, Xilitla, Estadio Azteca, Ambulante, Mexito City, Guerrero, Puebla, Veracruz, Baja California, Nuevo León, Sonora, Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán y Oaxaca, 2012.
Bulto, Centro Cultural PUCP, Lima, Peru, Feb. – May, 2011.
Spiral City, La Seance-Concentré de pure image sur le monde contemporain, Cinema les 3 Luxembourg, Paris, France, 2010
Multiple city , proyección de Spiral city junto con la exposición, Film Museum Múnich, Germany, 2009

Conferences from 2012

Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
Somers Gallery, London, UK, 2022
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain, 2021
Kunsthallo Online, online, 2021
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico,2021
Marco Monterrey, Mexico, 2020
Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland, 2019
UDEM, Monterrey, Mexico, 2017.
La Tallera, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2017.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA, 2017.
Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras, Morelia, Mexico 2016.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada, 2016.
University of Michigan Taubman College Associate Dean, Michigan, USA, 2016
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico, 2015
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England, 2015
Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico, 2015
Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2014
Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, England, 2014
Centro Cultural Universitario, Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
Signal Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden, 2013
Tate Modern, London, England, 2013
West Dean College, West Sussex, England, 2013
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 2013
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, 2013
Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2013
Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA, USA, 2013
Hunter College, New York, USA, 2012

Collections

Denver Art Museum’s Latin American Art, Denver, USA
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Irvine, CA, USA
Arts Council, London, UK
Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Braumadinho, Brazil
Centro Cultural Muros, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
Colección Fundación ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel, Culiacan, Mexico
La Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
The Diane & Bruce Halle Collection, Scottsdale, USA
Essl Collection, Vienna, Austria
EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
Fundación BBVA Bancomer, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Fundación Televisa, Mexico City, Mexico
Fundación Vergel, Mexico City, Mexico
Grupo de los Dieciséis, Mexico City, Mexico
Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Jerry Speyer Collection, New York, USA
Lucille & Ronald Neeley Foundation, San Diego, USA
MACBA, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Leon, Spain
Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
Tate Modern, London, UK
Vergel Foundation, New York, USA
Villa Merkel Städtische Galerie, Esslingen, Germany
Zabludowicz Collection, London, England

Awards and distinctions

2011

Representative of the Mexico Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale

1998

Honorable Mention in the Biennial of Monterrey

1998

Scholarship Boise, Slade School of Art