1. Abraham Cruzvillegas was born on 1968 and is a Mexican visual artist.
18 Facts About Abraham Cruzvillegas
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Abraham Cruzvillegas is best known for his work with found objects, and particularly his ongoing "autoconstruccion" project.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas studied Philosophy and Art at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas later became a professor and went on to teach Art History and Theory at UNAM.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas's work is held in a number of collections, including Tate Modern, LACMA and MoMA.
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From 2007 onwards, Abraham Cruzvillegas has produced a series of works exploring what he calls autoconstruccion, or self-construction.
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In 2015, Abraham Cruzvillegas produced the Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission; his work, 'Empty Lot' was on display between 13 October 2015 and 3 April 2016.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas says he hopes it will be somewhere "that something can grow out of nothing".
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Abraham Cruzvillegas's works have been shown throughout America, Europe and Mexico.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas's work is held in a number of collections, including Tate Modern, London and MoMA, New York.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas has shown his work in single and group exhibitions in a number of galleries across Europe, South America and the United States.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas's work has been shown at the New Museum, New York City, at Tate Modern in London and at Aishti Foundation as part of the Trick Brain Exhibition in Lebanon.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas participated in ROUNDTABLE: The 9th Gwangju Biennale, which took place September to November 2012 in Gwangju, Korea.
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In 2022, Abraham Cruzvillegas exhibited works entitled 'Tres Sonetas' at Regen Projects in Los Angeles, which "gravitate[d] around the rhythm and the structure of a poem by Concha Urquiza" of the same name.
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The difference between them and Abraham Cruzvillegas is the highly personal, specific and inherently protean programme to which his cultural and material universe adheres.
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In 2014, Abraham Cruzvillegas was profiled in the third episode of the seventh season of the PBS contemporary art programme Art:21 - Art in the 21st Century.
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Abraham Cruzvillegas has said of Gustav Metzger "[his] position as an activist and artist has been a big inspiration for me".
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Abraham Cruzvillegas is married to Alejandra Carrillo, a lawyer specialising in migratory issues who has worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Mexico.