Alejandro Quijano was born in August, 1957 in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
He studied architectural construction techniques at the National Polytechnic Institute IPN. and sociology at the National University UNAM. Simultaneously he decides to incursion in the rising science of computers knowledge and becomes a part of the Arthur Rosenbleth Institute. In 1974 he began his studies in plastic arts and by 1983 had built his own workshop where he has continued his career delving into all possible plastic art expressions: painting, engraving, stained glass, and sculpting in its different mediums. He has participated in many and varied art shows shown at different cultural centers such as public as well as private art galleries covering more than 300 important shows and some of his pieces are part of important collections.
He has been a professor in Social Sciences at the UNAM and a Professor at the Technical Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus (ITESM): Artistic Glass, Creative Art, & Enamel Workshops
He is elected as a member of the board of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, National Institute of Fine Arts I.N.B.A, representing 225 of the most selected artist in Mexico in 2002, named director of Graphic & Designs of the Authorial Visual Arts Mexican Society (SOMAAP), in 2004, he is founder of the Ludic Artist Society on august 24 in the Diego Rivera Mural Museum, Mexico City Historic Center, he is elected Commissioner of External Exhibitions of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, 2005 and is Founder and President of the Talent Summary Foundation.
Main Collective Art Shows:
From 1985 to 1989 - Some of his work was selected to enter in the International Stained Art show in Mexico City at the Siqueiros Cultural Polyforum.
1989 - He entered the Casa Abierta contest with the “Paradigma” sculpture at which time he became a member of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon where he has continued to participate in their Painting and Sculpting Salon shows.
1991 - IV Biennial Diego Rivera show in Guanajuato, Mexico.
1993 - He was selected to participate in the National Cultural fund DAP Plastic Arts Directory show at the Viceroy Picture Gallery museum of Mexico City.
1994 - At the Fine Arts Palace Museum of Mexico City he participated in the 44th Anniversary Show of the Plastic Arts Salon.
1993, 1995, 1997 - Some of his work was selected for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd biennial show for Art Objets & Toys, held in Mexico City at the Jose Luis Cuevas Museum and then later shown in San Antonio, Texas, Paris, Barcelona, and Tel Aviv.
1993 - At the Louis C. Morton Gallery in Mexico City he participated with the Independent Artists group show.
1994 - At the Rassiga Gallery of Guadalajara he entered the show Nahual Night.
1995 - At the Royal College of Mining in Mexico City, his painting Solidarity, was chosen to be published in the book Homage to Luis Donaldo Colosio.
1996 - At the Jaime Torres Bodet Cultural Center in Mexico City he participated in the show titled The Presence of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon at the IPN.
1997 - At the Mexican Plastic Art Salon in Mexico City, jointly sponsored by the Mexicana Airlines Company, he participated in the show Flying is an Art.
1998 - At the Christ College enter the exposition: Mexican Food as Art in Mexico City, of the National Fine Arts Institute INBA.
1999 - In the Modern Art Cafe, Mundo E of the state of Mexico, he participated in the Art Crusade for Cancer.
2000 - At the Nation Archives office of Mexico City he presents the colective show Preservation of the Memory of Mexico.
2001 – At Del Carmen Museum IX Guadalupana Biennial, Coyoacan, Mexico.
2002 – I Painting Biennial of Latinamerica and the Caribbean, in the Plastic Arts Salon Museum, Mexico City.
2002 – Special guest at the 33erd Art Fair of The American School Fundation.
2003 – 50 Artists of the Mexican Art Salon in the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City.
2004 – He participates in the Erotic Art Show, held in The Museum of Regional Art in Azcapotzalco Mexico.
2004 – He is part of the Sculpture Salon in the “Leopoldo Flores”, University Museum, Toluca Mexico.
2005 – Collective Art Show Taller Libre de Grabado Mario Reyes, in the Engraver’s Museum of Toluca, Mexico.
2006 – He is part of The Abstract Mind Mural, Art Exploring Individual Living with Mental Illness. Project of the Chicago Festival of Desability Art And Culture, held in the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago Ill, USA.
2007 – The Mexican Plastic Art Salon in Paris, Montnartre Place de Tertre, Paris, France.
Main Individual Art Shows:
1991 - At the Caprices Art Gallery he held a show entitled Meant for Each Other, on April 26th, Mexico City.
1992 - At the Mexican Plastic Art Salon Gallery, he presented the show entitled Este es nueve Cabban los Huays y sus Augures, on August 27th in Mexico City.
1994 - At the Cultural House of Tlalpan he showed Archetypes and Fulgencies, on May 31st Mexico City.
1995 - At the Mt. Sinai Cultural Center, in Mexico City, he showed Times, on October 31st.
1998 - At the inauguration show of the Vestibule Festival of Arts, he showed the exhibition Roots and Encounters, on August 7th. in the historical center of Tlalpan, in Mexico City
1998 - At the Herrasti Pliego Gallery, he showed Masks and Dreamers, on October 27th in Mexico City.
2000 - At the Queen Elizabeth School honoring their 45th Anniversary he held a private show of his sculpture for the entire school.
2000 – At the Westin Galleria Hotel, he presented the sculptoric show Chairs Throughout Time, Sept 16 in Houston Tex.
2002 – At the Aldo Castillo Gallery presents the exposition: With Out Masks , on May 8. Chicago Il. USA
2002 – At The FL, Fine Art Gallery, presents the exhibition Masks, Chairs and Fantasy Animals, on Dec 12. Boca Raton Florida, USA
2004 – At the Gerson Gallery of the Israeli Center, presents the exhibition Testimonis, January 15, Mexico City
2004 – He is part of the exhibition 4 seasons + 4 destinies = 1 Family: paintings, sculptures, art objet and installment, held in the Cultural Institute of Morelos, April 16, Borda Garden Cuernavaca Morelos.
2004 – He is part of the exhibition Paper Warriors, in the Cultural House of Ecuador Benjamin Carrion, April 21st, Quito Ecuador.
2004 – At the Museum of the City of Santiago he presents the exhibition Family Visions, June 11, Queretaro
2004 – At The Tridimensional Museum of Art he presents the exhibition Spaces of the Vision and the Enigma, September 3rd, Azcapotzalco Mexico.
2004 – At the Acapulco’s Cultural Center he presents the exhibition Total Art, September 30th, Acapulco Guerrero.
2004 – He presents the Art Show Searching and Finding, in the Mexican Plastic Art Salon Museum, November 11, Mexico City.
2005 – He presents Painting & Sculpture of Alejandro Quijano, in the Atenea Gallery of San Miguel de Allende, on January 15, Guanajuato.
2006 – Alejandro Quijano Sculptures are presented in the University of the America’s, September 4th , in Acapulco, Guerrero.
2007 – Transformations and Forms Exhibition, Atenea Gallery, March 11, San Miguel Allende Guanajuato.
Public Art Work & Murals
2005 – He is part of the production of the Friendship Mural, in the Israeli Sports Center in Mexico City.
2005 – He takes part in the creation of the artistic installment titled Living the Track of their presence at the Israeli Sports Center in Mexico City.
2005 – Edu-Care collective art show and the creation of the Mural Art also Nourishes, in de Museum of Irapuato, Guanajuato Mexico.
2006 – He creates the Emotion’s Mural in the Christopher Colombus School in Cuernavaca Morelos.
2006 – XV International Symposium: Great Format Sculpture, created in stained steel, where he presents the Greate Format Sculpture titled Personajes Yuxtapuestos held in Tultepec, San Luis Potosi and Mexico City.
2006 – He is part of The Abstract Mind Mural, Art Exploring Individual Living with Mental Illness. Project of the Chicago Festival of Desability Art And Culture, held in the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago Ill, USA.
2006 – He creates the Mural Titled What’ Timeless in Art: Between Sor Juana & Quevedo. In the Juana de Asbaje Park, Tlalpan delegation, Mexico City
Main Bibliography:
1986-1990 – Artists´ Directory pub. by the Promotora El Unicornio Blanco in Mexico City.
1988 – Oficial Gift Show Catalog 4° Glass Salon, from the 21st of august to the 26, Hotel de México.
1992 – A catalog of the First International Congress of the Glass Artist Society pub by the Art Society in Mexico City.
1992 – The front page of the Tiempo Libre (Amusement Time) magazine for August and September 1992 Mexico City.
1993, 1995, 1997 – Three biannual catalogs for Art Objects & Toys, pub. by the Impronta Editores in Mexico City.
1994 – 44 Years of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, Pub. by Consejo Nacional para la Cultura de las Artes CNCA, INBA, Mexico
1997 – Mexican Sculptures Dictionary for the XX Century, written by Lily Kassner, Ph.D. published by Fondo Nacional para
la Cultura y las Artes FONCA, Mexico
2003 – MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, Permanent Collection, Long Beach, California. Art to the international Date Editions, Argentina 2003.
2004, 05, 06 – Archipielago Magazine, Cultural Magazine for Latin America, Num. 44, 50, 51
2006 – Huatulco 06 International Festival Magazine, Ed. Music from de Sea, Pg 62.
2007 – Future Magazine, Autonomous University State of Mexico, pg 27-18.
Main Acknowledgements:
1993 – 1995 – 1997 Impronta Editions and U.N.I.C.E.F, for his creative participation in the International exhibitions Art Objets & Toys
1993 – The Department of social development gave him a diploma for participating in the 1st National Trust established for Street Children Programs.
From 1995 to 2002 he is granted a special reconnaissance for his altruistic work helping the Mexican Zionist Women’s International Organization.
1997 – Magistrates as sculptor in The National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico.
2002 – Special recognition for the award sculpture he created for The Mexican Association Fighting against Cancer.
Teaching:
1982 – Associate professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM : Durkheim Sociology Theory .
1983 – Associate professor at the UNAM: Sociology I Workshop.
1983 – Associate professor at the UNAM: History Interpretation.
2002, 2005 – He is a Professor at the Technical Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus ITESM: Artistic Glass, Creative Art & Enamel Workshops.
He participates in the Engraving Workshop Viva México, held in the Engraving Museum of Toluca, September of 2003.
He participates in as a speaker at the Plastic Arts Issues Today Round Table, with PhD Berta Taracena, and Julio Carrasco, at the Christ College, Mexico, November 14, 2003.
He gives a lecture in Sculpture Through out Time, in the auditorium of the Gallery of the National Medical Center XXI Century, January. 21, 2004.
He participates in as a speaker at the EDU – CARE Mexican Cultural Seminary in the Francisco Díaz de León Gallery in Mexico City, June, 2005.
.He is part of the International Event, Encounter of Visual, Graphic & Photographic Art Society’s, CIAGP, in Mexico City February 22 and 23, 2005.
He is commissioned to coordinate and participate in the Health, Art & Migration exhibition, held in the 5th National Welfare Week in Zacatecas, Mexico and Chicago Ill, USA, October, 2005.
He presents the book Aesthetics through out time in Mexican Art, written by the Art Critic Berta Taracena, in the Leopoldo Flores University Museum, Toluca, México, September 5th 2006.
He coordinates and participates in Exposition & Auction Show Shorten Distances, in the Leopoldo Flores University Museum, Toluca State of Mexico, November 27, 2006.
Namings:
2002 – He is elected as a Member of the Board of Mexican Plastic Art Salon, National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico INBA, representing 225 of the most selct artists. In november of 2002.
2004 – He is named Director of Graphic & Designs, of the Authorial Visual Arts Mexican Society SOMAAP.
2004 – He is Founder of the Ludic Artist Society on august 24 in the Diego Rivera Mural Museum, Mexico City Historic Center.
2005 – He is elected Commissioner of External Exhibitions of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon.
2005 – He is Founder and President of the Talent Summary Foundation.
Main Private Collections:
Installments UNICEF, New York, NY. USA, Art Objets & Toys, 1993.
Rhone Poulenc, Lyon, France, The centennial commemorative sculpture 1995.
MoLAA, Museum of Latin American Art CA. USA, permanent collection 2002.
Engravers Museum of Toluca, permanent collection 2003.
Santiago Museum of Queretaro City, permanent collection 2004.
His Art Work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Autonomous University of Colima, since2004.
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Alejandro Quijano, Nace en agosto de 1957, en Mérida Yucatán.
Principales Exposiciones Colectivas (295 participaciones):
- De 1985 a 1989 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para representar a México en las Exposiciones Internacionales de Vidrio, realizadas en el Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros, México, DF.
- En 1989 Concursa con la escultura Paradigma en la exposición Casa Abierta, con la cuál gana, ingresando al Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (SPM), en donde a participado activamente desde entonces en los Salones de Escultura, Pintura y Gráfica, así como, en reiteradas exposiciones que se han realizado hasta la fecha.
- 1991 IV Bienal Diego Rivera, en el Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Gto.
- 1993 Es seleccionado como parte del Acervo Cultural de la Nación en la exposición Directorio de las Artes Plásticas (DAP), en la Pinacoteca Virreinal, México, D.F.
- 1993 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para la exposición Juguete Arte Objeto, expuestas en Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, DF, Teatro Manuel Doblado, León Guanajuato, Instalaciones de UNICEF, Nueva York, NY. Museo MARCO de Monterrey, NL, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, Instituto Cultural de México, Washington, DC, El Paso, Texas, Museo del Niño Washington; DC, Museo del Niño San José, Costa Rica, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela, Kulturhistorisches Museum, Magdeburgo, Alemania, Centenal Museum, Junior Museum, Berlín, Alemania, Museo Gotha, Turingia, Alemania, Museo de las Artesanías, Viena, Austria, Museo del Juguete, Sintra Portugal, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Copenhague, Dinamarca.
- 1995 Exp. Homenaje a Luis Donaldo Colosio, en el Real Colegio de Minas, México, D.F. En donde su cuadro es seleccionado para la publicación del libro homenaje.
- 1995 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para la Primera Bienal Arte Objeto, en el Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, DF., Casa de México De. Benito Juárez, Institut of Jamaica, Jamaica, La Habana Cuba, Centro de Convenciones, Rep. Dominicana.
- 1995 Exp. VI Bienal Guadalupana, Claustro de Sor Juana, México, DF.
- 1996 Exp. Presencia del Salón de la Plástica Mexicana en el (IPN), Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, México, DF.
- 1997 Exp. Volar es un Arte, en el SPM. en colaboración con Mexicana de Aviación, México, DF.
- 1997 Exp. Segunda “Bienal Arte Objeto, Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, D.F., Expo Monterrey 98, Monterrey N.L.
- 1998 Exp. La comida Mexicana, en el Colegio de Cristo, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México.
- 1999 Exp. Cruzada del Arte por el Cáncer, en el Modern Art Café, Mundo E, Edo, de México.
- 2000 Cuatro exposiciones homenaje al Ciclo de los Cuatro Elementos: Tierra, Aire Agua y Fuego, realizados durante el año en le Colegio de Cristo Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México.
- 2000 Exp. Preservación de la Memoria de México, Archivo General de la Nación México, DF.
- 2001 Exp. IX Bienal Guadalupana, Museo del Carmen, México, D.F.
- 2002 Exp. I Bienal de pintura latinoamericana y del Caribe, Simón Bolívar, Libertador. Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.
- 2003 Exp. 50 Artistas del Salón de la plástica Mexicana en la Academia de San Carlos, Academia de San Carlos México.
- 2003 Taller y Exposición Viva México, Museo de la Estampa, Toluca Estado de México.
- 2004 Exp. Conscupisencia, Museo de Arte Regional del la Delegación Azcapozalco, México.
- 2004 Exposición de la presentación de nuevas adquisiciones en el Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Long Beach Cal, USA.
- 2004 Exp. Salón de Escultura, en el Museo Leopoldo Flores, Toluca Estado de México.
- 2005 Exposición Colectiva Taller Libre de Grabado Mario Reyes, Museo de la Estampa, del Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Toluca, Edo. de México.
- 2006 Es parte del Proyecto Mural de la Mente Abstracta: El Arte explorando a las personas que sufren de Enfermedades Mentales. Festival de Arte, Cultura y Desabilidades de Chicago Museo de Ciencias e Industria, Chicago Ill, USA.
- 2007 Exposición El Salón de la Plástica Mexicana en Paris, Sala de Exposiciones de Montmartre Place de Tertre, Paris, Francia.
Principales Exposiciones Individuales (33 realizadas):
- 1991 Exp. Tal para Cual, en la galería Los Caprichos, abril 26, México, DF.
- 1992 Exp. Este es nueve Cabban los Huays y sus Augures, en la galería del (S.P.M.), agosto 27, México, DF.
- 1994 Exp. Arquetipos y Esplendores, en la Casa de la Cultura de Tlalpan, mayo 31, México, DF.
- 1995 Exp. Tiempos, en el Centro Cultural Monte Sinaí, octubre 19, Edo de México.
- 1998 Exp. Raíces y Encuentros, en el Edificio Delegacional del Centro Histórico de Tlalpan, agosto 7, México, DF.
- 1998 Exp. Máscaras y Ensoñaciones, en la galería Herrasti Pliego, octubre 27, México, DF.
- 2000 Exp. Esculturas de Alejandro Quijano, Q.E.S, octubre 22, México, DF.
- 2000 Exp. Sillas en el Tiempo, Westin Galleria Hotel, Instituto Cultural Mexicano Houston, Tex septiembre 16, USA.
- 2002 Exp. Sin Máscaras, Hotel Villa del Sol, marzo 15, Zihuatanejo, Gro.
- 2002 Exp. With out Masks, Galería Aldo Castillo y El Centro Internacional de Arte Latino Chicago Il, mayo 8. USA.
- 2002 Exp. Máscaras, Sillas y Animales Fantásticos, Galería FL Fine Art, Boca Ratón Florida, diciembre 12. USA.
- 2004 Exp. Testimonios, Galería Pedro Gerson. CDI. enero 15, Estado de México.
- 2004 Exp. Percepciones Conceptuales, 150 aniversario de la Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, 18 de marzo, Texcoco.
- 2004 Exp. 4 Tiempos + 4 Destinos = 1 Familia: Pintura, Escultura, Arte Objeto, Instalación, en el Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, Jardín Borda, abril 16 Cuernavaca, Mor.
- 2004 Exp. Dos Técnicas, dos Artistas, en la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Benjamín Carrión, abri 21 Quito, Ecuador.
- 2004 Exp. Visión de Familia, Museo de la Ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro, junio 11 Qurerétaro, Qro,
- 2004 Exp. Espacios de la Visión y del Enigma, Museo de Arte Tridimensional, Azcapotzalco, septiembre 3 México, DF.
- 2004 Exp. Arte Total, Centro Cultural Acapulco”, septiembre 30, Acapulco Gro.
- 2004 Exp. Búsquedas y Encuentros, Museo del Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, 11 de noviembre, México, DF.
- 2005 Exp. Paintig & Sculpture Alejandro Quijano, Galería Atenea, San Miguel Allende, 15 de enero, Guanajuato.
- 2006 Exp. Esculturas de Alejandro Quijano en la Universidad Americana, 4 de septiembre, Acapulco, Guerrero.
- 2007 Exp. Las Transformaciones y sus Formas, Galería Atenea, San Miguel Allende, 11 de marzo, Guanajuato.
- 2007 Exp. 14° Exposición anual Internacional de Escultura Objeto y Arte Funcional SOFA, del 2 al 4 de noviembre, Navy Pier, Chicago Il. USA.
- 2008 Exp. Alejandro Quijano, Ludical Transformations, Arte Ahora, del 243 al 28 de abril, River East Art Center, Chicago Ill. USA
OBRA MONUMENTAL Y PÚBLICA:
2005 – Participa en la elaboración del Mural Amistad, en el Centro Deportivo Israelita de México,
2005 – Creación del gran Mural, El Arte También Alimenta, en el Museo de la Ciudad de Irapuato, Guanajuato.
2006 – Coordina la Creación y Producción del Mural de los Afectos, realizado en el Colegio Cristóbal Colón Cuernavaca Morelos.
2006 – Participa en el XV Simposio Internacional de Escultura de Gran Formato en Acero Inoxidable de Tultepec, San Luis Potosí y en la Ciudad de México con la escultura intitulada Personajes Yuxtapuestos.
2006 – Es seleccionado para participar en la creación del Mural de la Mente Abstracta, que se presentó en el Festival de Arte, Cultura y Desabilidades de Chicago, Museo de Ciencias e Industrias Chicago Ill.
2006 – Realiza el Mural intitulado: La Intemporalidad del Arte entre Sor Juana y Quevedo, en el Parque Juana de Asbaje de la Delegación Tlalpan, México, DF.
He has been a professor in Social Sciences at the UNAM and a Professor at the Technical Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus (ITESM): Artistic Glass, Creative Art, & Enamel Workshops
He is elected as a member of the board of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, National Institute of Fine Arts I.N.B.A, representing 225 of the most selected artist in Mexico in 2002, named director of Graphic & Designs of the Authorial Visual Arts Mexican Society (SOMAAP), in 2004, he is founder of the Ludic Artist Society on august 24 in the Diego Rivera Mural Museum, Mexico City Historic Center, he is elected Commissioner of External Exhibitions of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, 2005 and is Founder and President of the Talent Summary Foundation.
Main Collective Art Shows:
From 1985 to 1989 - Some of his work was selected to enter in the International Stained Art show in Mexico City at the Siqueiros Cultural Polyforum.
1989 - He entered the Casa Abierta contest with the “Paradigma” sculpture at which time he became a member of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon where he has continued to participate in their Painting and Sculpting Salon shows.
1991 - IV Biennial Diego Rivera show in Guanajuato, Mexico.
1993 - He was selected to participate in the National Cultural fund DAP Plastic Arts Directory show at the Viceroy Picture Gallery museum of Mexico City.
1994 - At the Fine Arts Palace Museum of Mexico City he participated in the 44th Anniversary Show of the Plastic Arts Salon.
1993, 1995, 1997 - Some of his work was selected for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd biennial show for Art Objets & Toys, held in Mexico City at the Jose Luis Cuevas Museum and then later shown in San Antonio, Texas, Paris, Barcelona, and Tel Aviv.
1993 - At the Louis C. Morton Gallery in Mexico City he participated with the Independent Artists group show.
1994 - At the Rassiga Gallery of Guadalajara he entered the show Nahual Night.
1995 - At the Royal College of Mining in Mexico City, his painting Solidarity, was chosen to be published in the book Homage to Luis Donaldo Colosio.
1996 - At the Jaime Torres Bodet Cultural Center in Mexico City he participated in the show titled The Presence of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon at the IPN.
1997 - At the Mexican Plastic Art Salon in Mexico City, jointly sponsored by the Mexicana Airlines Company, he participated in the show Flying is an Art.
1998 - At the Christ College enter the exposition: Mexican Food as Art in Mexico City, of the National Fine Arts Institute INBA.
1999 - In the Modern Art Cafe, Mundo E of the state of Mexico, he participated in the Art Crusade for Cancer.
2000 - At the Nation Archives office of Mexico City he presents the colective show Preservation of the Memory of Mexico.
2001 – At Del Carmen Museum IX Guadalupana Biennial, Coyoacan, Mexico.
2002 – I Painting Biennial of Latinamerica and the Caribbean, in the Plastic Arts Salon Museum, Mexico City.
2002 – Special guest at the 33erd Art Fair of The American School Fundation.
2003 – 50 Artists of the Mexican Art Salon in the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City.
2004 – He participates in the Erotic Art Show, held in The Museum of Regional Art in Azcapotzalco Mexico.
2004 – He is part of the Sculpture Salon in the “Leopoldo Flores”, University Museum, Toluca Mexico.
2005 – Collective Art Show Taller Libre de Grabado Mario Reyes, in the Engraver’s Museum of Toluca, Mexico.
2006 – He is part of The Abstract Mind Mural, Art Exploring Individual Living with Mental Illness. Project of the Chicago Festival of Desability Art And Culture, held in the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago Ill, USA.
2007 – The Mexican Plastic Art Salon in Paris, Montnartre Place de Tertre, Paris, France.
Main Individual Art Shows:
1991 - At the Caprices Art Gallery he held a show entitled Meant for Each Other, on April 26th, Mexico City.
1992 - At the Mexican Plastic Art Salon Gallery, he presented the show entitled Este es nueve Cabban los Huays y sus Augures, on August 27th in Mexico City.
1994 - At the Cultural House of Tlalpan he showed Archetypes and Fulgencies, on May 31st Mexico City.
1995 - At the Mt. Sinai Cultural Center, in Mexico City, he showed Times, on October 31st.
1998 - At the inauguration show of the Vestibule Festival of Arts, he showed the exhibition Roots and Encounters, on August 7th. in the historical center of Tlalpan, in Mexico City
1998 - At the Herrasti Pliego Gallery, he showed Masks and Dreamers, on October 27th in Mexico City.
2000 - At the Queen Elizabeth School honoring their 45th Anniversary he held a private show of his sculpture for the entire school.
2000 – At the Westin Galleria Hotel, he presented the sculptoric show Chairs Throughout Time, Sept 16 in Houston Tex.
2002 – At the Aldo Castillo Gallery presents the exposition: With Out Masks , on May 8. Chicago Il. USA
2002 – At The FL, Fine Art Gallery, presents the exhibition Masks, Chairs and Fantasy Animals, on Dec 12. Boca Raton Florida, USA
2004 – At the Gerson Gallery of the Israeli Center, presents the exhibition Testimonis, January 15, Mexico City
2004 – He is part of the exhibition 4 seasons + 4 destinies = 1 Family: paintings, sculptures, art objet and installment, held in the Cultural Institute of Morelos, April 16, Borda Garden Cuernavaca Morelos.
2004 – He is part of the exhibition Paper Warriors, in the Cultural House of Ecuador Benjamin Carrion, April 21st, Quito Ecuador.
2004 – At the Museum of the City of Santiago he presents the exhibition Family Visions, June 11, Queretaro
2004 – At The Tridimensional Museum of Art he presents the exhibition Spaces of the Vision and the Enigma, September 3rd, Azcapotzalco Mexico.
2004 – At the Acapulco’s Cultural Center he presents the exhibition Total Art, September 30th, Acapulco Guerrero.
2004 – He presents the Art Show Searching and Finding, in the Mexican Plastic Art Salon Museum, November 11, Mexico City.
2005 – He presents Painting & Sculpture of Alejandro Quijano, in the Atenea Gallery of San Miguel de Allende, on January 15, Guanajuato.
2006 – Alejandro Quijano Sculptures are presented in the University of the America’s, September 4th , in Acapulco, Guerrero.
2007 – Transformations and Forms Exhibition, Atenea Gallery, March 11, San Miguel Allende Guanajuato.
Public Art Work & Murals
2005 – He is part of the production of the Friendship Mural, in the Israeli Sports Center in Mexico City.
2005 – He takes part in the creation of the artistic installment titled Living the Track of their presence at the Israeli Sports Center in Mexico City.
2005 – Edu-Care collective art show and the creation of the Mural Art also Nourishes, in de Museum of Irapuato, Guanajuato Mexico.
2006 – He creates the Emotion’s Mural in the Christopher Colombus School in Cuernavaca Morelos.
2006 – XV International Symposium: Great Format Sculpture, created in stained steel, where he presents the Greate Format Sculpture titled Personajes Yuxtapuestos held in Tultepec, San Luis Potosi and Mexico City.
2006 – He is part of The Abstract Mind Mural, Art Exploring Individual Living with Mental Illness. Project of the Chicago Festival of Desability Art And Culture, held in the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago Ill, USA.
2006 – He creates the Mural Titled What’ Timeless in Art: Between Sor Juana & Quevedo. In the Juana de Asbaje Park, Tlalpan delegation, Mexico City
Main Bibliography:
1986-1990 – Artists´ Directory pub. by the Promotora El Unicornio Blanco in Mexico City.
1988 – Oficial Gift Show Catalog 4° Glass Salon, from the 21st of august to the 26, Hotel de México.
1992 – A catalog of the First International Congress of the Glass Artist Society pub by the Art Society in Mexico City.
1992 – The front page of the Tiempo Libre (Amusement Time) magazine for August and September 1992 Mexico City.
1993, 1995, 1997 – Three biannual catalogs for Art Objects & Toys, pub. by the Impronta Editores in Mexico City.
1994 – 44 Years of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon, Pub. by Consejo Nacional para la Cultura de las Artes CNCA, INBA, Mexico
1997 – Mexican Sculptures Dictionary for the XX Century, written by Lily Kassner, Ph.D. published by Fondo Nacional para
la Cultura y las Artes FONCA, Mexico
2003 – MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, Permanent Collection, Long Beach, California. Art to the international Date Editions, Argentina 2003.
2004, 05, 06 – Archipielago Magazine, Cultural Magazine for Latin America, Num. 44, 50, 51
2006 – Huatulco 06 International Festival Magazine, Ed. Music from de Sea, Pg 62.
2007 – Future Magazine, Autonomous University State of Mexico, pg 27-18.
Main Acknowledgements:
1993 – 1995 – 1997 Impronta Editions and U.N.I.C.E.F, for his creative participation in the International exhibitions Art Objets & Toys
1993 – The Department of social development gave him a diploma for participating in the 1st National Trust established for Street Children Programs.
From 1995 to 2002 he is granted a special reconnaissance for his altruistic work helping the Mexican Zionist Women’s International Organization.
1997 – Magistrates as sculptor in The National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico.
2002 – Special recognition for the award sculpture he created for The Mexican Association Fighting against Cancer.
Teaching:
1982 – Associate professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM : Durkheim Sociology Theory .
1983 – Associate professor at the UNAM: Sociology I Workshop.
1983 – Associate professor at the UNAM: History Interpretation.
2002, 2005 – He is a Professor at the Technical Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus ITESM: Artistic Glass, Creative Art & Enamel Workshops.
He participates in the Engraving Workshop Viva México, held in the Engraving Museum of Toluca, September of 2003.
He participates in as a speaker at the Plastic Arts Issues Today Round Table, with PhD Berta Taracena, and Julio Carrasco, at the Christ College, Mexico, November 14, 2003.
He gives a lecture in Sculpture Through out Time, in the auditorium of the Gallery of the National Medical Center XXI Century, January. 21, 2004.
He participates in as a speaker at the EDU – CARE Mexican Cultural Seminary in the Francisco Díaz de León Gallery in Mexico City, June, 2005.
.He is part of the International Event, Encounter of Visual, Graphic & Photographic Art Society’s, CIAGP, in Mexico City February 22 and 23, 2005.
He is commissioned to coordinate and participate in the Health, Art & Migration exhibition, held in the 5th National Welfare Week in Zacatecas, Mexico and Chicago Ill, USA, October, 2005.
He presents the book Aesthetics through out time in Mexican Art, written by the Art Critic Berta Taracena, in the Leopoldo Flores University Museum, Toluca, México, September 5th 2006.
He coordinates and participates in Exposition & Auction Show Shorten Distances, in the Leopoldo Flores University Museum, Toluca State of Mexico, November 27, 2006.
Namings:
2002 – He is elected as a Member of the Board of Mexican Plastic Art Salon, National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico INBA, representing 225 of the most selct artists. In november of 2002.
2004 – He is named Director of Graphic & Designs, of the Authorial Visual Arts Mexican Society SOMAAP.
2004 – He is Founder of the Ludic Artist Society on august 24 in the Diego Rivera Mural Museum, Mexico City Historic Center.
2005 – He is elected Commissioner of External Exhibitions of the Mexican Plastic Art Salon.
2005 – He is Founder and President of the Talent Summary Foundation.
Main Private Collections:
Installments UNICEF, New York, NY. USA, Art Objets & Toys, 1993.
Rhone Poulenc, Lyon, France, The centennial commemorative sculpture 1995.
MoLAA, Museum of Latin American Art CA. USA, permanent collection 2002.
Engravers Museum of Toluca, permanent collection 2003.
Santiago Museum of Queretaro City, permanent collection 2004.
His Art Work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Autonomous University of Colima, since2004.
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Alejandro Quijano, Nace en agosto de 1957, en Mérida Yucatán.
Principales Exposiciones Colectivas (295 participaciones):
- De 1985 a 1989 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para representar a México en las Exposiciones Internacionales de Vidrio, realizadas en el Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros, México, DF.
- En 1989 Concursa con la escultura Paradigma en la exposición Casa Abierta, con la cuál gana, ingresando al Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (SPM), en donde a participado activamente desde entonces en los Salones de Escultura, Pintura y Gráfica, así como, en reiteradas exposiciones que se han realizado hasta la fecha.
- 1991 IV Bienal Diego Rivera, en el Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Gto.
- 1993 Es seleccionado como parte del Acervo Cultural de la Nación en la exposición Directorio de las Artes Plásticas (DAP), en la Pinacoteca Virreinal, México, D.F.
- 1993 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para la exposición Juguete Arte Objeto, expuestas en Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, DF, Teatro Manuel Doblado, León Guanajuato, Instalaciones de UNICEF, Nueva York, NY. Museo MARCO de Monterrey, NL, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, Instituto Cultural de México, Washington, DC, El Paso, Texas, Museo del Niño Washington; DC, Museo del Niño San José, Costa Rica, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela, Kulturhistorisches Museum, Magdeburgo, Alemania, Centenal Museum, Junior Museum, Berlín, Alemania, Museo Gotha, Turingia, Alemania, Museo de las Artesanías, Viena, Austria, Museo del Juguete, Sintra Portugal, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Copenhague, Dinamarca.
- 1995 Exp. Homenaje a Luis Donaldo Colosio, en el Real Colegio de Minas, México, D.F. En donde su cuadro es seleccionado para la publicación del libro homenaje.
- 1995 Sus piezas son seleccionadas para la Primera Bienal Arte Objeto, en el Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, DF., Casa de México De. Benito Juárez, Institut of Jamaica, Jamaica, La Habana Cuba, Centro de Convenciones, Rep. Dominicana.
- 1995 Exp. VI Bienal Guadalupana, Claustro de Sor Juana, México, DF.
- 1996 Exp. Presencia del Salón de la Plástica Mexicana en el (IPN), Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, México, DF.
- 1997 Exp. Volar es un Arte, en el SPM. en colaboración con Mexicana de Aviación, México, DF.
- 1997 Exp. Segunda “Bienal Arte Objeto, Museo José Luis Cuevas, México, D.F., Expo Monterrey 98, Monterrey N.L.
- 1998 Exp. La comida Mexicana, en el Colegio de Cristo, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México.
- 1999 Exp. Cruzada del Arte por el Cáncer, en el Modern Art Café, Mundo E, Edo, de México.
- 2000 Cuatro exposiciones homenaje al Ciclo de los Cuatro Elementos: Tierra, Aire Agua y Fuego, realizados durante el año en le Colegio de Cristo Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México.
- 2000 Exp. Preservación de la Memoria de México, Archivo General de la Nación México, DF.
- 2001 Exp. IX Bienal Guadalupana, Museo del Carmen, México, D.F.
- 2002 Exp. I Bienal de pintura latinoamericana y del Caribe, Simón Bolívar, Libertador. Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.
- 2003 Exp. 50 Artistas del Salón de la plástica Mexicana en la Academia de San Carlos, Academia de San Carlos México.
- 2003 Taller y Exposición Viva México, Museo de la Estampa, Toluca Estado de México.
- 2004 Exp. Conscupisencia, Museo de Arte Regional del la Delegación Azcapozalco, México.
- 2004 Exposición de la presentación de nuevas adquisiciones en el Museum of Latin American Art (Molaa), Long Beach Cal, USA.
- 2004 Exp. Salón de Escultura, en el Museo Leopoldo Flores, Toluca Estado de México.
- 2005 Exposición Colectiva Taller Libre de Grabado Mario Reyes, Museo de la Estampa, del Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Toluca, Edo. de México.
- 2006 Es parte del Proyecto Mural de la Mente Abstracta: El Arte explorando a las personas que sufren de Enfermedades Mentales. Festival de Arte, Cultura y Desabilidades de Chicago Museo de Ciencias e Industria, Chicago Ill, USA.
- 2007 Exposición El Salón de la Plástica Mexicana en Paris, Sala de Exposiciones de Montmartre Place de Tertre, Paris, Francia.
Principales Exposiciones Individuales (33 realizadas):
- 1991 Exp. Tal para Cual, en la galería Los Caprichos, abril 26, México, DF.
- 1992 Exp. Este es nueve Cabban los Huays y sus Augures, en la galería del (S.P.M.), agosto 27, México, DF.
- 1994 Exp. Arquetipos y Esplendores, en la Casa de la Cultura de Tlalpan, mayo 31, México, DF.
- 1995 Exp. Tiempos, en el Centro Cultural Monte Sinaí, octubre 19, Edo de México.
- 1998 Exp. Raíces y Encuentros, en el Edificio Delegacional del Centro Histórico de Tlalpan, agosto 7, México, DF.
- 1998 Exp. Máscaras y Ensoñaciones, en la galería Herrasti Pliego, octubre 27, México, DF.
- 2000 Exp. Esculturas de Alejandro Quijano, Q.E.S, octubre 22, México, DF.
- 2000 Exp. Sillas en el Tiempo, Westin Galleria Hotel, Instituto Cultural Mexicano Houston, Tex septiembre 16, USA.
- 2002 Exp. Sin Máscaras, Hotel Villa del Sol, marzo 15, Zihuatanejo, Gro.
- 2002 Exp. With out Masks, Galería Aldo Castillo y El Centro Internacional de Arte Latino Chicago Il, mayo 8. USA.
- 2002 Exp. Máscaras, Sillas y Animales Fantásticos, Galería FL Fine Art, Boca Ratón Florida, diciembre 12. USA.
- 2004 Exp. Testimonios, Galería Pedro Gerson. CDI. enero 15, Estado de México.
- 2004 Exp. Percepciones Conceptuales, 150 aniversario de la Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, 18 de marzo, Texcoco.
- 2004 Exp. 4 Tiempos + 4 Destinos = 1 Familia: Pintura, Escultura, Arte Objeto, Instalación, en el Instituto de Cultura de Morelos, Jardín Borda, abril 16 Cuernavaca, Mor.
- 2004 Exp. Dos Técnicas, dos Artistas, en la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Benjamín Carrión, abri 21 Quito, Ecuador.
- 2004 Exp. Visión de Familia, Museo de la Ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro, junio 11 Qurerétaro, Qro,
- 2004 Exp. Espacios de la Visión y del Enigma, Museo de Arte Tridimensional, Azcapotzalco, septiembre 3 México, DF.
- 2004 Exp. Arte Total, Centro Cultural Acapulco”, septiembre 30, Acapulco Gro.
- 2004 Exp. Búsquedas y Encuentros, Museo del Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, 11 de noviembre, México, DF.
- 2005 Exp. Paintig & Sculpture Alejandro Quijano, Galería Atenea, San Miguel Allende, 15 de enero, Guanajuato.
- 2006 Exp. Esculturas de Alejandro Quijano en la Universidad Americana, 4 de septiembre, Acapulco, Guerrero.
- 2007 Exp. Las Transformaciones y sus Formas, Galería Atenea, San Miguel Allende, 11 de marzo, Guanajuato.
- 2007 Exp. 14° Exposición anual Internacional de Escultura Objeto y Arte Funcional SOFA, del 2 al 4 de noviembre, Navy Pier, Chicago Il. USA.
- 2008 Exp. Alejandro Quijano, Ludical Transformations, Arte Ahora, del 243 al 28 de abril, River East Art Center, Chicago Ill. USA
OBRA MONUMENTAL Y PÚBLICA:
2005 – Participa en la elaboración del Mural Amistad, en el Centro Deportivo Israelita de México,
2005 – Creación del gran Mural, El Arte También Alimenta, en el Museo de la Ciudad de Irapuato, Guanajuato.
2006 – Coordina la Creación y Producción del Mural de los Afectos, realizado en el Colegio Cristóbal Colón Cuernavaca Morelos.
2006 – Participa en el XV Simposio Internacional de Escultura de Gran Formato en Acero Inoxidable de Tultepec, San Luis Potosí y en la Ciudad de México con la escultura intitulada Personajes Yuxtapuestos.
2006 – Es seleccionado para participar en la creación del Mural de la Mente Abstracta, que se presentó en el Festival de Arte, Cultura y Desabilidades de Chicago, Museo de Ciencias e Industrias Chicago Ill.
2006 – Realiza el Mural intitulado: La Intemporalidad del Arte entre Sor Juana y Quevedo, en el Parque Juana de Asbaje de la Delegación Tlalpan, México, DF.
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