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Enrique Fuentes was born in Mexico. The effect of his paintings is sometimes explained by this fact. It is claimed that the enigmatic, contradictory, even unsettling quality of his art stems from the fact that it is an impulsive mixture of his hot-blooded temperament and all the impressions and influences he has been confronted with since entering the Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts in Paris – and later in Austria, where he mainly lives. Enrique Fuentes is driven by a powerful passion, by a tremendous urge to do exactly what he does. Beyond his captivating amiability, there is a dark side to him, a knowledge of death, illness, despair and decay. He has something of a shaman about him, a person who is able to see the other side. This above all determines his art, this above all creates the uniqueness of his works.

— (Otto Hans Ressler “Enrique Fuentes – The Dark Side” Atlas Obscuro, 2018)

Art

work

Life

biography

Enrique Fuentes

*1980, Mexico City – Lives and works in Vienna and Berlin

2005 – 2011

  • Assistant to the Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer

2008 – 2009

  • Post-Diplôme. National School of Fine Arts of Paris (ENSBA), France

2001 – 2007

  • National School of Fine Arts of Paris (ENSBA), under the direction of the painter Jean-Michel Alberola

2006

  • International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg. Spatial installation, art object and mixed media workshop under the direction of Guillaume Bijl. Salzburg, Austria

2004 – 2005

  • Artistic residency in Tokyo, Japan

1999 – 2000

  • National School of Art, Paris-Cergy (ENSA), France
Solo exhibitions (selection)

2020

  • Pulp Paintings, Mola, El Molinar, Mallorca, Spain
  • L’après-midi d’un faune, WIKAM, Galerie art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • L’après-midi d’un faune, galerie art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • Emergence of a fallen angel, SIAF, Galerie art moments, Salzburg, Austria
  • Entfremdungen, Fair for Art, Galerie art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • The Sleep of Reason, ART AUSTRIA HIGHLIGHTS, Galerie art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • Scorpio, galerie art moments, Graz, Austria

2019

  • Nous ne sommes pas les derniers, Art Karlsruhe, gallery art moments, Karlsruhe, Germany – Male oscuro, WIKAM, gallery art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • Death and the Maiden, Galeria Laval Nugent, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Viva la vida, Fuentes Brus, Rudolf Budja Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
  • Isla Fatamorgana, Nuru Gallery, Puerto Portals, Mallorca, Spain – Winter Journey, Brondo Architect Hotel, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
  • Cross-section, Poloplatz Ebreichsdorf, Austria
  • Opium, Emilio Innobar, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
  • Deathly Black Records, Fuentes Brus, Hofgalerie, Graz, Austria
  • The wing over Mallorca, art fair, art moments gallery, Vienna, Austria
  • Restrospective 20 years of Enrique Fuentes, Museo Centenario, S.L.P., Mexico
  • Ciclo – Nuevo Lotería Mexican, Museo Francisco Cossío, NLM, S.L.P. Mexico
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MAC, S.L.P. Mexico

2018

  • Atlas Obscuro, Novomatic Forum in cooperation with the art moments gallery, Vienna, Austria
  • Melancolia, WIKAM art fair, Palais Ferstel, Vienna, Austria
  • Oblivion Fair for Art, Galerie art moments, Vienna, Austria
  • Aaren clone rotor, Leonora Carrrington Museum, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2017

  • Pulp Paining Berliner Liste art fair, art moments gallery, Berlin; Germany
  • Liquid Crystals, Fair for Art, Gallery art moments Berln
  • Carpe Noctum Galerijy Kos, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • LAT, 47.254554. Künstlerhaus Wein, Austria

2016

  • Winter journey. Gallery Trapp. Salzburg, Austria (Catalog)

2015

  • The Flowers of Evil / Las Flores del Mal – Mexican Cultural Institute. Vienna, Austria
  • Pozzi Gallery – Tenerife. Spain
  • NLM Nueva Lotería Mexicana – La Maestranza. Villa de la paz, SLP. Mexico (Catalog)
  • El coyote estepario – Museo de Matehuala SLP. Mexico. Centro Cultural de Cedral. Cedral, SLP. Mex
  • Centro Cultural. Real de Catorce. SLP. México

2014

  • Revelations – Gallery Goldener Engl. Hall, Austria
  • Death is a hysteric – Fuentes/Brus. Gallery Trapp. Salzburg, Austria

2013

  • Todesreigen with Catrina – Feat. Paul Renner and Günter Brus. CityLoft, Vienna. Austria – Catrina the Great – Fuentes/Brus. Gallery Sommer Kunst&Handel, Vienna. Austria
  • Enrique Fuentes / Paul Renner, Galerie Konzett, Vienna. Austria
  • Gallery GALERIE, Vienna. Austria
  • Enrique Fuentes / Paul Renner, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg. Austria – Bestiary – Galerie Sommer – Kunst&Handel, Vienna. Austria – Bestiary
  • Premonitions – Galerie Trapp, Salzburg. Austria
  • Something inhuman – Kunsthaus Weiz, Austria

2012

  • Unity of Discord – Enrique Fuentes / Günter Brus. Gallery Gölles. Fürstenfeld, Austria (Catalog)

2011

  • The blue hour – Galerie Schmidt, Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria (Catalog)
  • Dark Energy – Enrique Fuentes / Günter Brus , Galerie Kunst & Handel. Graz, Austria (Catalog)

2010

  • Sleepwalking – Gallery Ulysses. Vienna, Austria (Catalog)
  • Gallery Art & Trade. Graz, Austria (Catalog)
  • Apprendre à voler – Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg, France
  • Retrospective. 2000-2010 – UNO Gallery. Centenario. SLP, Mexico

2009

  • Gallery IX. Budapest, Hungary (Catalog)
  • Variaciones – Art Museum of the City of Queretaro. Qro. Mexico – Work in progress – El Nautico Gallery. Tenerife, Spain
  • Artfiler Gallery. Paris, France

2008

  • Instante cualquiera – Aguascalientes City Museum. México (Catalog)
  • Emilia Cohen Gallery. Mexico DF

2007

  • Intersección – Emilia Cohen Gallery. Mexico DF
  • Intervalo – Francisco Cossio Museum, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (catalog) – Amnésies / Montage
  • Mexican Embassy in Vienna, Austria (Catalog)

2005

  • aloXe01 – Painting/Sculpture. Exhibition together with the artist Michael Blank, Gmunden, Austria (catalog)
Group exhibitions (selection)

2020

  • Way-Cross, Court Gallery, Graz, Austria
  • Best-of, Kunsthaus Weiz, Weiz, Austria
  • All real life is encounter, Aaart Foundation, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria

2019

  • Ljubljana Festival, XXII Intenational Fine Art Colony, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2017

  • Looking forward until 40th Tabor Castle, Austria
  • Art on Paper, Deutschvilla, Strobl, Austria
  • Art on Paper, Künstlerhaus Weiz, Austria
  • Gallery Noah, ‘Rhapsody in Bleu’, Augsburg, Germany
  • Collective Indentity II, Gallery Greskewitz- Kleinitz,, Hamburg – SOS Mitmenschen, Vienna, Austria
  • Strange Kiss Rouli Lecatsa Penny Monogiou, Hamburg – WIKAM Art Fair Gallery Trap/Salzburg, Vienna

2016

  • WIKAM. Gallery Trap/Salzburg. Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria – SOS Mitmenschen. Vienna. Austria
  • Arte Noah. Southern Styria. Austria

2015

  • With no light – Gallery Trapp. Salzburg, Austria
  • Compassion – Künsthlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin, Germany
  • Gallery Papenhuder 57. Hamburg, Germany
  • MUMOK, Museum of Contemporary Art – Koschatzky Award. Vienna, Austria
  • OSTRALE’015 – Art Price Ostrale. Dresden, Germany
  • WIKAM 2015 Vienna international art and antiques fair. Gallery Trapp. Vienna, Austria
  • Art auction SOS People 2015 Vienna, Austria

2014

  • WIKAM 2014. Vienna international art and antiques fair. Gallery Art & Trade. Vienna, Austria
  • Teatro de la Paz. 120 años de Pintura Potosina. SLP. Mexico

2013

  • WIKAM 2013 Vienna international art and antiques fair. Gallery Art & Trade. Vienna, Austria
  • Laxenburg art fair. Gallery Trapp
  • Art in the factory. 2013 Gallery Sommer – Art & Trade. Vienna, Austria
  • Künstlerhaus Vienna. Gallery Sommer – Art & Trade. Vienna. Austria
  • Art fair Schloss Laxenburg, Gallery Trapp. Salzburg. Austria
  • Dissonant unison – Tabor Castle. Neuhaus am Klausenbach. Gallery Summer –
  • Art & Trade. Vienna, Austria

2012

  • Raika Styria, Graz, Austria
  • Cuerpos – Museum of Contemporay art San Luis Potosi, Mexico
  • WIKAM 2012 Vienna international art and antiques fair. Gallery Art & Trade. Vienna, Austria

2011

  • WIKAM 2011 Vienna international art and antiques fair. Gallery Kunst & Handel. Vienna, Austria – Works on paper, Gallery Kunst & Handel. Vienna, Austria
  • Summer exhibition. Gallery Ulysses. Vienna, Austria
  • Ways to abstraction Gallery Kunst & Handel. Graz, Austria
  • House of Artists. Vienna, Austria

2010

  • Gallery Noah. Augsburg, Germany

2009

  • Jadite Gallery. New York, USA – Gallery Artfiler. Paris, France

2008

  • Gallery Artdecotek Studio. Shanghai. China
  • Exhibition/Auction. Théâtre de Montrouge – Hôtel de Ville. Montrouge. France (Catalog) –
  • Room 02 Everydays Gallery. Paris, France
  • Museum Walter. Art price “Leonardo 2007-2008”. Augsburg, Germany (Catalog)
  • Anton’s Exhibition/Auction. Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France
  • 53éme Salon d’Art contemporain de Montrouge. Théâtre de Montrouge, Montrouge, France (Catalogue)
  • Room 00 Everydays Gallery. Paris, France

2007

  • 52éme Salon d’Art contemporain de Montrouge. Théâtre de Montrouge, Montrouge, France (Catalogue)
  • Exhibition/Auction. Théâtre de Montrouge – Hôtel de Ville. Montrouge, France (Catalog)

2006

  • Captured Souls – Stuffed Tails. Deutschvilla, Strobl am Wolfgangsee, Austria – Exhibition presented by Paul Renner and Peter Ranenburger.
  • Works from the Salinen-Symposium. Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
  • Why is the rabbit always late? – Installation. Fortress Hohensalzburg. Salzburg, Austria
  • Saline Symposium. Hallein, Austria. Collaboration with seven international artists invited by the government of the city of Salzburg (Catalogue).
  • Latitude 23°30′. FARO de Oriente. Mexico DF
Awards

2017

  • Art Berlin, Print selected, Berlin, Germany

2008

  • Art Prize Exhibition “Leonardo 2007-2008”. Museum Walter. Augsburg, Germany. (Catalog)
  • First prize. Painting competition Ana Sokolov, XIII International Festival of Contemporary Dance Lila López, San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico

2007

  • Special recognition “Raúl Gamboa. Prize for Fine Arts”. San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2006

  • Special commendation “Raúl Gamboa. Award for Fine Arts”. San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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