Born in 1977 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Martín SOTO CLIMENT

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education

1996
Industrial Design Degree, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

2015
Master Degree in Visual Arts, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

solo shows

2018
- Todo comienza en otra parte, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City, Mexico
- Under the immortal skin, T293, Rome, Italy
- ZONA MACO Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
- Temazcal, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US

2017
- Works and Days, curated by Chris Sharp, Atlantis - Chevalier Roze, Marseille, France

2016
- Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
- Retrospectiva, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico
- Chambres avec vue sur le champ, UntilThen, Paris, France
- Paradise, DREI, Cologne, Germany
- Fortezzuola, Pietro Canonica Museum, Rome, Italy
- Frenetic Gossamer, Le Bas-Bar, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- Huellas de la Revolucion Industrial, Pietro Canonica Museum, Rome, Italy

2015
- La bella durmiente, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Caramel Huysmans, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City, Mexico 
- The Contemporary Comedy: Glossy Mist, Clifton Benevento, New York, US

2014
- Luster Butterfly, T293, Rome, Italy

- All That I Never Was, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US

2013
- Mariposas Migratorias (Migratory Butterflies), Clifton Benevento, New York, US

2012

- The Equation of Desire, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
- I miss my thread, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Bright of the Whisper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- La Alcoba Doble, T293, Naples and Rome, Italy
- The Invisible Thread, Halle für Kunst, Lunenburg, Germany

2011
- Frenetic Gossamer, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US
- Puma de Plata, Museo Experimental El ECO, Mexico City, Mexico

2010
- Following the Whisper of My Shadow, Clifton Benevento, New York, US
- A Long Chapter One, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, UK
- Frieze Art Fair, T293, London, UK

2009
- El Mago, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Laberintome, T293, Naples, Italy
- Impulsive Chorus, X Initiative, New York, US
- The Intimate Revolt, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland
- For Your Eyes Only, La Sala, Mexico City, Mexico
- Martin Soto Climent, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, US

2008
- Art Positions, Art Basel Miami with Broadway 1602, Miami, US 
- Hidden Symmetries, Broadway 1602, New York, US
- Parabolic Dust, Broadway 1602, New York, US
- Naples 01.18.08, T293, Naples, Italy

2007

- Vacío Contenido, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
- Parábolas de polvo, Broadway 1602, New York, US

2006

- Checkmate, Broadway 1602, New York, US

- Study Objects, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico

2005

- Other Objects, The Other Gallery, The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada

- Biotic Project, Subway Station Tacuba, Mexico City, Mexico

2004

- Cotton Candy Doves, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes Roma (MUCA), Mexico City, Mexico 

- Throw Balls, Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico

2003

- Curious objects vol.1, The space, Mexico City, Mexico

- Curious objects vol.2, The space, Mexico City, Mexico

- 03-03-03, Jardín Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico

2002

- It was green, Museo Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City, Mexico

2001

- Empty Spaces (Journey Sensations), Casa de la Cultura Malinalxochitl, Malinalco, Mexico

- One of so Many, Fundación Sebastián, Mexico City, Mexico

group shows

2018
- Unstable Stillness, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
- Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study., curated by Chris Sharp, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, Australia

2017
- Deseo. Una exposición sobre el amor, el sexo y la lujuria, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (MAMM), Medellín, Colombia
- Sin Título (Untitled), curated by Dan Cameron, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, US
- Mirrors, curated by Alessandro Buganza and Margherita Castiglioni, Milan, Italy
- Frammenti di Paradiso, Le Scalze - Chiesa di San Giuseppe a Pontecorvo, Naples, Italy
- T293 in-residence at Luciana Brito Galeria, Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil

2016
- Who are you?, SALTS, Birdfelden, Switzerland
- Crooked Bazaar, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City, Mexico
- ¿Cómo te voy a Olvidar?, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Un certain regard, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Aprés Ski, Karma International, Los Angeles, US
- One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Future Form, Gamma Galería, Guadalajara, Mexico
- Art Club #10 / Bois D'amour, Académie de France à Rome-Villa Medici, Rome, Italy

2015
- U:L:O Part I, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, US
- ICA Off-Site: Hong Kongese, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with Duddell's, Hong Kong, China
- Road to Ruin, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada

2014
- Slippery, Martos Gallery, New York, US
- Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, US
- Unsparing Quality, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, US
- Many Places at Once, CCA Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, US
- Abracadabra: Disappear like this word, Aleksander Bruno Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- Bestia Festival: Muestra Gráfica Ayotzinapa, Estación Indianilla, Mexico City, Mexico

2013
- The Black Moon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- The Unicorn, Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Transformer Station, Cleveland, US
- To Pack and Wear, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, US
- They might well have been remnants of the boat, Calder Foundation, New York, US
- The First and the Last Folding, Swiss Church, London, UK
- Notes on Neo-Camp, Office Baroque, Antwerpen, Belgium
- OPINIONE LATINA, Francesca Minini, Milan, Italy
- Artists Against AIDS, German AIDS Foundation, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

2012
- A Disagreeable Object, SculptureCenter, New York, US
- Erogenous Zones, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, US
- A Stepping Stone, SALTS Basel and Autocenter Contemporary Art Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Death Can Dance, TOWNHOUSE, Zurich, Switzerland
- economy of means: towards humility in contemporary sculpture, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale, US
- El estanque de cristal, FIAC/R4, Paris, France
- Gestures in TIme - Jerusalem Show VI, Qalandiya International Biennial, The Tile Factory, Al Ma'mal LAB, Gallery Anaidel, Palestine, Israel
- Dependent 2012, Cleopatra's Gallery with The Shandaken Project, Armory week, New York, US

2011
- Emerge Selections 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, US
- The Moment Pleasantly Frightful, curated by Chris Sharp, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK
- Ricing, Agovino Collection, Naples, Italy
- There are two sides to every coin and two sides to your face, Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
- Energies, unplugged and reloaded, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
- Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials…, Köning Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Neue Welt, View over Autocenter, SALTS Basel, Switzerland and Autocenter Contemporary Art Berlin, Germany
- The Idea of the Thing that It Isn’t, Halsey McKay Gallery, Hamptons, US
- Living Live, The LGBT Center, New York, US

2010

- Its All American. New Perspectives of Americana, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art (NJ MoCA), New Jersey, USA
- Chambers à part IV: Mascarade, Parcours Privé FIAC, Paris, France

- Une Idée, une Forme, un Être – Poésie/Politique du corporel, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland

- Digging in a Sandbox, Karma International, Max Hans Daniel, Berlin, Germany 

- Between Spaces, PS1 Long Island City, New York, US
- Swagger, Drag, Fit Together, Wallspace, New York, USA
- While Bodies Get Mirrored. An exhibition about Movement, Formalism and Space, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland

- Tu: Adventure in Space, Willa Lentza, Szczecin, Poland

- Anonymous Materials, Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich, Switzerland

- Not Extractions, but Abstractions (Part 2), Clifton Benevento, New York, USA
- Still Vast Reserves 2, Gertrude Contemporary, Fitzroy, Australia

- Latitude Contemporary Art Exhibition (LCA), Art in the Woods, Suffolk, UK

2009

- Summer Show, Hotel Gallery, London, UK

- The Reach of Realism, Knight Exhibition Series, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA), Miami, USA
- Melodies & Rocks/Copyright, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland

- Between Spaces, MoMA PS 1, New York, USA
- (re)Visions: (di)Visions, Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Arts Center, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (UWEC), Wisconsin, USA
- Ordinary Revolutions. Contemporary Latin American Art, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

- Zero Budget Biennal, Klemm's, Berlin, Germany; Milan, Italy; London, UK; Paris, France

- No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, X initiative, New York, US

- Collection of…, White Columns, New York, USA
- Between the Cup and Lip, Vicky Donner, New York, US
- Nus, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil 

- Max Hans Daniel presents, Group show, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
- 43rd Art Cologne, Open Space, T293, Cologne, Germany
- Société Berlin: Group Exhibition, Cleopatra's Gallery, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany

2008

- Light, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

- Friends and Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, USA
- As Queer as a Clockwork Orange, La Sala, Mexico City, Mexico

2007

- Re-Make/Re-Model, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, Scotland, The Kitchen Benefit Art Auction, New York, US
- Pase de Abordar: Artistas Viajeros Contemporáneos, Universidad Iberoamericana, México City, Mexico

- The Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US
- SouthwestNET: Drawing Outside the Lines, Contemporary Scandinavian Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale, US
- OBJECTS, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland

- In Apertura, Vilma Gold, London, UK

- Walk Real Slow, Ana Helwig, Los Angeles, US
- #Opening, ARCO Madrid, Clifton Benevento, Madrid, Spain

2006

- Solidarity Solitude, Broadway 1602, New York, USA

- Keep passing the open windows or Happiness, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany

- Distor, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2005

- Begin, Began, Begun, Other Gallery, The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada

- Alegria, El mono de la Tinta, Madrid, Spain

2002

- Urban Tianguis, Franz Meyer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

- Colección Monocroma, Centro Convenciones Hipódromo de las Américas, Mexico City, Mexico

2001

- One of so Many, Young Artist Collective, Fundacion Sebastían, Mexico City, Mexico

awards

2015
SAM Art Projects Residency, Villa Raffet, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2013
Session 4 Internship, Sesión 4, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbria, Italy

2007
Vacío Contenido: Taller infantil, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2005
International Residency Program, Banff Art Center / Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), Alberta, Canada

2002
Participant / Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France

2000
Scholarship / Jóvenes del Tercer Milenio, El Túnel de los Milenios, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), Mexico

1996
Award / First Meeting of Architecture Students, ITESM campus Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

Publications

- The Equation of Desire, Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2003
- The Intimate Revolt, Karma International, Zurich, 2009