Darío Escobar
Darío Escobar is a Guatemalan conceptual artist.
His work is characterized by the investigation of formal and conceptual aspects of objects and their function in visual arts.
Select one-person exhibitions
2016- "Dario Escobar: Composições", Casa Triângulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- "En otro orden", the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Unions & Intersections, Nils Stærk Gallery, Copenhaguen, Denmark.
- Broken circle, CAFAM Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Pintura abstracta No. 7 / Abstract Painting No. 7, González & González, Santiago de Chile.
- Untitled, kamel mennour Galerie, Paris.
- Dario Escobar / Blacksmith Paintings, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York.
- Dario Escobar / Línea & Espacio, ArteCentro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
- Dario Escobar Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
- Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Savannah - SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
- Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Atlanta - Gallery 1600, Atlanta, Georgia
- Dario Escobar / trabajo reciente Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Dario Escobar / Revisión Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Side and Back, kamel mennour, Paris
- Anverso y Reverso, González y González, Santiago, Chile.
- Playoffs, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
- La Línea Interrumpida, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Dario Escobar/Project room, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, Nueva York.
- Objetos en Transito, Sala Gasco, Santiago, Chile.
- Serpentario, Centro Cultural de España Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Out! Galería Jacobo Karpio, Miami, Florida.
- Espacios provisionales Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, SanJosé, Costa Rica.
- Visual Entertainments, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mérida, Mérida, Mexico.
- Dario Escobar, Trabajo reciente. Galería Jocobo Karpio, San José, Costa Rica.
- Dario Escobar: Selección, II National Biennial of Lima, Peru.
Select group exhibitions
- "FOOT FORAINE”, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France.
- “GAME ON!” Children's Museum of the Arts, New York.
- "Colección MAC. Obras Latinoamericanas”, Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- "...Pero no soy fotógrafo” The 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala.
- “10ª Bienal do Mercosul" Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- “Gold", Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, Purchase, New York.
- “Coleccion Daros Latinamerica”, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
- “Líneas de la Mano”,Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX'
- 5 - RPM ”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
- Beleza?”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil.
- Largo x Ancho x Alto / Height x Width x Depth”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
- El día que nos hicimos contemporáneos" Museo de arte y diseño, San José, Costa Rica.
- Gold”, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
- Fútbol: the beautiful game”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
- Deslize", Openning of Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro.
- Confusion in the vault", Museo Jumex, México D.F.
- Futbol. Arte y pasión”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, México.
- The Island / A game of life”, Gallery One, Manarat al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi.
- Play with me”, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
2010
- Chapter II: Ruido, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Proyecto Ideal, Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
- Optimismo Radical, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
- XVII Bienal de Guatemala, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Efecto Drácula, Museo Universitario del CHOPO, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Social Affects: A selection from the permanent Collection of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies/ Harvard University. Boston Center for the arts/ Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Four Views from the Permanent Collection exhibition Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
- Los impoliticos, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy.
- 10 Springs in the fall, kamel mennour, Paris.
- Périfériks, Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Nuchâtel, Suiza.
- Mundus Novus: 53 Bienal Internacional de Venecia, Artiglerie dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
- 0.3333333333333333…, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- La nada y el ser, Septima interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Video otra vez, Metales Pesados, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Performing Localities, Institute of International Visual Arts, London, England.
- X Bienal de La Habana, Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba.
- La invención de lo cotidiano, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Object of Value, Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida.
- Playtime, Bétonsalon/ Centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, France.
- World Histories, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
- Visions From Abroad, Flushing Town Hall, New York, New York.
- Elefante negro, Museo Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Fortunate Object, Cisneros Fontanalls Art Foundations, Miami, Florida.
- Silence & Echo, Arena 1, Santa Monica, California.
- The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
- Poetics of the Handmade The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.
- El esquiador en el fondo del pozo, Quinta interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Stil Biuti, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.
- The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York.
- Constant Disturbance, The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
- The Hours. Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Dublin Museum, Ireland, United Kingdom.
- Living for the city Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York / CentreInternational d’Expositions de Larouche, Toronto, Canada.
- Newspapers, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
- Intangible, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
- LA Freeways: Latin America, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California / America’s Society, New York, New York.
- RAIN Project, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
- Stretch, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.
- TransEAT , Food Culture Museum, Miami, Florida.
- VIII Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
- ART itsmo, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
- Contaminados, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
- Del centro a la isla, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
- Intimate/Universal, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
- Mesoamérica: Oscilaciones y Artificios, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands, Spain.
- Zones in Tension, de GANG Gallery, Harlem, the Netherlands.
- Continuous Connection, Felissimo Project, New York, New York.
- Short Stories, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.
- Spaces/Bodies/Identities, Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica.
- 13 Hours, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
- I Tirana Biennial, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Tirana, Albania.
- IV Caribbean Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Barro de América IV Biennial, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela.
- 2eme. Biennale du Design 2000, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
- L’ art dans le monde, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France.
- Guatemalan Art, Sala Oficial Juan Ismael del Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
- II Iberoamerican Biennial of Lima, Lima, Peru.
- Fotojornada’98, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- Without Title, Plaza G&T; Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- I Central American Biennale, Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemala City, Guatemala / Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina.
- VI International Art Biennale of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
- La Joven Estampa, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
Lectures
- Dario Escobar Lecture: The Experience of the Object. Events Space, SCAD Atlanta, Georgia. February, 2012
- Uno a Uno: Darío Escobar y José Falconí. Auditorium AFP Integra at the Museum of Art of Lima MALI. Lima, Peru. May 2011
- Artist on Their Art Series: Darío Escobar. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Harvard University. November, 2010
- Mirar de Nuevo: El objeto reconsiderado. National School of Fine Arts, Guatemala, Guatemala. April 2010.
- Work and recent projects panel with Sara Reisman, Americas Society / Pinta New York. November, 2009.
- Darío Escobar: Cátedra y crítica magistral. New Amphitheater of the Hospital de la Concepción building, School of Fine Arts. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. November, 2003.