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Eduardo Terrazas Mexico, 1936

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Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

1956-1958: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico.
1960: Master’s in Architecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, New York.
1962: Certificate in Prefabrication, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, Paris, France.

Solo Exhibitions

2015: “Eduardo Terrazas“, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2015: “Second Nature“, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
2015: “Ways od Perception“, Nils Staerk Gallery, Copenhaguen, Denmark.
2013: “The Predicament of Mankind“, Nils Staerk Gallery, Copenhaguen, Denmark.
2013: “The Predicament of Mankind“, Art Feature at Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
2013: “Constellations“, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France.
2012: “Posibilities of a Structure”, Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City, Mexico.
2012: “1.1.4“, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010: “Posibilidades de una Estructura”, Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico.
1987: “Everyday Museum”, OMR, Mexico City, Mexico.
1987: “Everyday Museum”, Cultural Institute of Mexico, San Antonio, United States.
1987: “Multiplications”, Mobile Oil Company, Mexico City, Mexico.
1975: “Not knowing it existed and unable to explain it”, Gallery of the Benjamin Franklin Library, Mexico City, Mexico.
1974: “Paintings and Tablas”, Tunnel Gallery, New York, United States.
1974: “Eduardo Terrazas”, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia.
1974: “Eduardo Terrazas”, Eugenio Mendoza Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
1974: “Tablas”, Casa de la Cultura, Maracay, Venezuela.
1973: “Eduardo Terrazas”, Museo Nacional de las Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.
1973: “Eduardo Terrazas”, Suzy Langlois Gallery, Paris, France.
1973: “Eduardo Terrazas”, Knoll International, Paris, France.
1972: “Tablas”, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico.

Group Exhibitions

2014: “Platform“, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France.
2014: “Artevida”, Casa Francia Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014: “Desafío a la estabilidad”, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City, Mexico.
2013: “Sharjah Biennial 11”, Sharjah Biennial 11, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2012: “Poule!”, Fundación/Collection Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico.
2012: “Exposición conmemora los 40 años”, Museo de la Solidaridad, Santiago, Chile.
2011: “Espacio flexible”, La Quiñonera, Mexico City, Mexico.
2011: “México: Política y Poética”, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2011: “Mexico and Mexico news”, San Francisco State University Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA.
2002: “ABCDF”, Portraits d’une Ville-Institut du Mexique à Paris, Paris, France.
1973: “Young artists ’73”, Union Carbide, New York City, United States of America.
1970: “Graphics 1 New Dimensions”, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, United States of America.
1968: “Word and Image: posters and typography from the graphic design collection”, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA.

Publications

Eduardo Terrazas, Segunda Naturaleza (Second Nature) (Mexico City: RM + Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (MACG).
Eduardo Terrazas, Posibilidades de una Estructure (Possibilities of a Structure) (Mexico City: Turner).
Editor Hossein Amirsadeghi, Contemporary Art Mexico (London: TransGlobe Publishing), 302-305.
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Impulso, Razón, Sentido, Conflicto (Miami: Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation), 112-113.
Bera Nordal , Mexico – Poetry and Politics (Stockholm: Nordiska Akvarellmuseet), 66-67.
María Minera, “Busco ir a la esencia del universo“, El País, 17/04/2015.
Notimex, “Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil exhibirá obras de Eduardo Terrazas“, El Excelsior, 29/01/2015.
“El MoMA Presenta “Latinoamérica en Construcción: Arquitectura De 1955 a 1980“, Artishock, 10/03/2015.

Collections

Fundación-Colección Jumex, México City, Mexico.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States of America.
MUAC – Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico.
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile.
MOMA- Museum of Modern Art (architecture and design dpmt.), New York City, United States.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “14.23 Mural Jenga”, 2014-2015, From the series: Everyday Museum, Wooden blocks inked with aniline on wooden board, Overall dimensions: 250 x 886 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Monclova. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “16.36”, 2014, Series: Constellations, Chaquira glass breads on wooden board covered with Campeche wax. 90.5 x 90.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.25b”, 1974, Series: Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Cosmos, India ink on paper, 46.4 x 46.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Monclova. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.32”, 2013, Series: Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Cosmos, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax. 120 x 120 cm, Private collection. Photo: Diego Berruecos.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.66”, 2014, Series: Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Cosmos, Automotive lacquer with matte varnish on wooden board. 200 x 200 x 4.5 cm, Private collection. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.94”, 1970-1972, Series Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Cosmos, Wool Yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax, 150 x 150cm. Collection of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, UNAM. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.147”, 1974-2014, Series: Possibilities of a Strucutre, Subseries: Cosmos, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax. 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm. Private collection. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “5.1”, 1971-1972, Series: Deconstruction of an Image, Automotive lacquer with matte varnish on wooden board, 252 x 200 x 5 cm. Collection of the Museo Amparo. Photo: Diego Berruecos.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.3.11”, 1975-2015, Series: Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Diagonals, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax, 90 x 90 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Timothy Taylor Gallery. Photo: Diego Berruecos.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “Crecimiento Orgánico (Organic Growth)”, 1975, Series: Organic Growth, Acrylic on canvas, Set of 16, Image Dimensions (each): 23.62 x 23.62 x .98 in, 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm. FEMSA Collection. Photo: Diego Berruecos.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.4.11”, 1974-2015, Series: Possibilities of a Strucutre, Subserie: Grid, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax, 90 x 90 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Timothy Taylor Gallery. Photo: Agustin Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “2.52b”, 1974, Series: Tablas, Marker on paper, 37.5 x 37.5 x 3.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Monclova Proyectos. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “9.13”, 2010, Subserie: Universe, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 x 4 cm. Courtesy of the artist Proyectos Monclova. Photos: Diego Berruecos.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “0.2”, 1969, Series: 0, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Monclova. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “2.57”, 1972-2014, Series: Tablas, Wool yarn on wooden borard covered with Campeche wax. 90 x 90 x 3.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Nils Staerk Gallery. Photo: Agustín Estrada.

: Eduardo Terrazas, “1.1.148”, 1974-2014, Series: Possibilities of a Structure, Subseries: Cosmos, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax. 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm. Private Collection. Photo: Agustín Estrada.