Pepe Mar
Biography

Born
1977    Reynosa, Mexico

Education
2000    BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1999    Ècole d’Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions
2007    CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2007    Monstruos, The Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami, FL
2006    My Mirrors, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2006    Hunga Bunga, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
2005    To Hell and Back Again ,Nada Art Fair, Locust Projects ,Miami ,FL
2005    Guanajuato, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
2002    You Better Be Pretty, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
2001    I Live Here Now, Organized by “It Can Change," San Francisco, CA
2000    Don’t Breathe Too Deep, Techoa Bruce Gallery, CCAC, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007    CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
              Miami New Wave, Phoenix Museum of Art, AZ
2006    Destroy this City, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
              Native Seeds, Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
              Searching for Love & Fire, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2005    La Frontera, Gescheidle,Chicago, IL
              FIAC Future Quake, Freight + Volume, Paris, France
              For Everyone and No One, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
              Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
              Art Chicago, Plush Gallery (Dallas, TX)
              Labyrinth, The Newton Building, Curated by Tyler Emerson, Miami, FL
2004    Nada Art Fair, Miami, FL
              Animal Farm, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
              Piñata Party, Gavin Brown Enterprise, Organized by “It Can Change,” New York, NY
              Visions of Now, J Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
              Young Miami, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
              Delinquent Boys, Plush Gallery, Dallas, TX
              Drawing Conclusions 2, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
              Miami in N.Y., Budman Studios, New York, NY
              The Stray Show, Worm Hole Laboratory, Chicago, IL
              The Skull Show, Hanna Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
              If You Believe Hard Enough, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
              By the Woods, Miami Light Project, Miami FL
              Dirty South, Worm Hole Laboratory, Miami, FL
2003    Pepelandia, Rectangle Space, Miami, FL
              Art Basel Miami Beach, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
              Haunted, Worm Hole Laboratory, Miami, FL
              Butt Seriously, The Moore Space, Curated by Aja Albertson, Miami, FL
              Gilligan’s Island, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
              Muestra 2, Adriana Schmidt Gallery (Stuttgart, Germany), World Trade Center, Mexico
2003    Shadow Cabinets, Kunstall Fridericianum, Organized by “It Can Change,” Germany
              Cut and Paste 2, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
              Of Off Painting, Buick Building, Miami Design District, FL
2002    Art Basel Miami Beach, Ambrosino Gallery (North Miami, FL), Miami Beach, FL
              Stomping Grounds I, ACSF, Curated by Carolina Salazar, Miami Beach, FL
              The No Show Against Discrimination, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
              Slide Jam, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
2001    Tent, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
              Face 2 Face 2 Face, Pond Space, Organized by “It Can Change,” San Francisco, CA
2000    Point of Departure, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
              Jardin, Curated by Chris Perez, San Francisco, CA
1999    All College Honors, Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA             

Selected Bibliography

Johnson, Ken, "Hunga Bunga review," New York Times, August 11, 2006, p. B28
Weinberg, Michelle, Native Seeds, LegalArt grant finalists, ArtCenter South Florida exhibition catalogue, June 2006.
Buck, Luisa, “The Satellite Fair Comes of Age,” The Art Newspaper, Dec. 2005
Workman, Michael, “Border Patrol,” New City Chicago, 2005
Fontana, Lilia, “About Collections and Collectors,” Arte al Dia, 2004
Babcock, Mark, “Delinquent Boys,” Glasstire, Oct. 2004
Moreno, Gean, “If You Believe Hard Enough,” Art US, Oct. 2004
Martin, Marisol, “Art Chicago,” Art Nexus, Oct. 2004
Sommereys, Omar, "Electric Kool-Aid Overload," The Street, April 2004
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos, “Art Capsules,” The New Times, March 2004
Turner, Elisa, “Way Outside the Galleries,” The Miami Herald, Feb. 2004
Sirgado, Miguel, “Edge Zones,” El Nuevo Herald, Feb. 2004
Feinstein, Roni, “Expanding Horizons,” Art in America, Dec. 2003
Sirgado, M., “Muestras Paralelas de Downtown a Wynwood,” El Nuevo Herald, Dec. 2003
Hernandez, Amber, “Dark Days,” The Miami Hurricane, Dec. 2003
Triff, Alfredo, “Mortality Rules,” The New Times, Dec. 2003
Bayer, Brian, “South Florida Today,” PBS, Sept. 2003
Oca?a, Damarys, “Cheeky Showing,” The Street, Aug. 2003
Turner, Elisa, “Galleries Put Focus On Home Grown Art,” The Miami Herald, Aug. 2003
Turner, Elisa, “City Focus: Miami- A Dramatic Reinvention,” ARTnews, Feb. 2003
Ales, Reynaldo, “Arte y Aparte,” Travel and Leisure, Jan. 2003
Cotzee, Mark, Where Art is Happening, 2002
Oca?a, Damarys, “Art Guide 2002,” The Street, Oct. 2002
 Sultry, Lynn, “Newly Juried Artists,” Art on the Road, Summer 2000
Turner, Elisa, “As Reality Art, Tent Survives Camp Of Live-in Artist,” The Miami Herald, Sept. 2001

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