Javier Marin

Javier Marín was born in Uruapan, Michoacán (Mexico) in 1962. He studies from 1980 to 1983 at the National School of Visual Arts (San Carlo Academy) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, where he still lives and works today. Initially training himself as a painter and engraver, his artistic investigation later evolved towards sculpture using terracotta, resin and bronze. In the early year 1983 he began to take part in group exhibitions, holding his first solo exhibition three years later. His original sculptural experiments were made with the use of terracotta, a material strongly linked to his culture of origin and its traditions. He then quickly leans towards the use of bronze influenced by his studies of the history of French and Italian art. In recent years, Marin is able to impregnate the traditional use of bronze with continuous experimentation, combining new materials such as polyester resin with organic materials such as amaranth seeds, tobacco, flower petals or dried meat fibers. The result is a subtle contrast between industrial, artificial characters and natural, biological materials. The creation of projects, in which monumental works are placed in public spaces, highlights the artist's greater interest in the contemporary conceptualization of urban space. Marin's public sculptures, open to physical and human context, propose alternative interpretations of the space itself. He brings his exploration to all types of places and all kinds of experiences, encouraging constant and dynamic feedback. In his creative work, Marin explores human interactions and the innate search for a sense of balance, whether it be in tangible or conceptual aspects.
Javier Marin has now held more than seventy solo exhibitions, and has participated in more than two hundred group exhibitions in Mexico, USA and Canada, many countries in South America, Asia and Europe. His work has been presented in numerous public collections and institutional spaces, including the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Blake-Purnell Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Malba-Fundacion Constantini Buenos Aires, MACRO Museum in Rome, Les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, MUDEC Museum in Milan, The Bass Museum in Miami, Florida. In 2003, he participates in the 50th edition of the Venice Biennale, and in 2008 Marin is awarded the First Prize of the Third International Edition of the Beijing Biennale in China. In 2008, he wins the competition for the construction of the high altar "Retablo" for the historic Mexican Cathedral of Zacatecas, included among the historical and architectural protected sites of UNESCO. Marin finishes the realization of this imposing piece two years later. From October 2018 to February 2019 his monumental bronze sculpture entitled "Reflejo VII", a horse with a knight, more than six meters high, was exhibited in the Place du Louvre in Paris.
2019
Javier Marín Masterworks. Arts of the World Gallery | Enero 2019 – Marzo 2019 | Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos
2018
Javier Marìn Corpus - MUDEC Museo Delle Cuture, Milano, Italia
Javier Marìn Corpus, Appunti di una mostra - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta (LU), Italia
Javier Marìn - Claroscuro - Museo Espacio, Mexico
Javier Marìn - Javier Marìn - The San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA
2016
Javier Marìn - Pinacoteca comunale Casa Rusca, Locarno, Svizzera
2015
Javier Marín Corpus Terra - Plaza Seminario, Città del Messico, Messico.
Javier Marín Corpus - Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Città del Messico, Messico.
Javier Marín Terra - La materia como idea. Palacio de Iturbide, Fomento Cultural Banamex, Città del Messico, Messico
2014
Javier Marín Puerto de Veracruz - La Gran Plaza Malecón and la Plaza de la República, Puerto de Veracruz, Veracruz, Messico.
Javier Marín Tres Cabezas Colosales - Queen Isabelle Memorial Park, South Padre Island, Texas, USA
Javier Marín Cabezas Colosales - Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, S.L.P., Messico
Javier Marín - Costume designs, Bicentenario Theatre Lobby, Forum Cultural Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, Messico.
Javier Marín Escultura - Piazza Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla, Arezzo
Javier Marín De 3 en 3 - Book Launch. Angelica Library, Roma
Javier Marín, tres esculturas monumentales - Forum Cultural Guanajuato, Leon, Guanajuato, Messico
Javier Marín, Fragmentos - Colección Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial de la SHCP, Centro Cultural Vito Alessio Robles, Saltillo, Coahuila, Messico
Javier Marín, tres esculturas monumentales - Callejon de San Agustin, Downtown, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
2013 - 2012
Javier Marín, De 3 en 3 - Terrazza del Pincio, Museo MACRO, Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Roma
2012
Javier Marín, De 3 en 3 - Place Metz, Place Guillaume, Parvis, Cathedral, Place Bruxelles, Lussemburgo (Granducato del Lussemburgo)
Javier Marín, De 3 en 3 - Esplanade Francois Andrè, La Baule Francia
2011 - 2012
Javier Marín, Cabezas Monumentales - Museo de Antropología e Historia, Ciudad de México, México
2011
Javier Marín, Talavera - Barbara Paci Galleria d´Arte, Pietrasanta
Javier Marín, Cabeza Vainilla - Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, Ciudad de México, Mexico
2010
Javier Marín, De 3 en 3 - Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Place Royale, Place du Musée, Place de l’Albertine, Bruxelles, Belgio
Javier Marín, Proyecto Retablo de la Catedral Basílica de Zacatecas, Patrimonio dell'umanità UNESCO, Ciudad de Zacatecas, Messico
2009
Javier Marín, Chalchihuites - Den Haag Sculptuur, Lange Voorhout, Den Haag, Paesi Passi
Javier Marín, Escultura - Circle Gallery, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Javier Marín, Seven Heads and Three Wigs - Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, USA
Javier Marín, Escultura - Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Zapopan, Zapopan, Messico
Javier Marín - J. Jonson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA
2008-2009
Javier Marín,De 3 en 3 - Rotonda di via Besana, Scalone di Palazzo Reale, Piazzetta Reale y Piazza delTeatro alla Scala, Milano
Javier Marín - Palazzo Ersel, Torino
2008
Javier Marín, De 3 en 3 - Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant'Agostino, Piazza Duomo, Sala dei Putti, Pietrasanta, Lucca
Javier Marín - Palacio Los Serrano, Ávila, Spagna
2007
Javier Marín, Chalchihuites, Dos Gotas de Agua, Casa de América, Madrid, Spagna
Javier Marín, Barroco Mexicano - Galería Barbara Paci, Pietrasanta, Lucca
Javier Marín, Escultura - Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Veracruz, Messico
Javier Marín - J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2006-2007
Javier Marín, Escultura - Convento San Francisco de Asís, La Habana, Cuba
Javier Marín, Instalación Siete - Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Javier Marín, Escultura , Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Messico
2006
Javier Marín, Siete - Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Manzana de la Rivera Asunción, Paraguay
Javier Marín, Siete - Museo Iglesia Santa Clara, Bogotá, Colombia
2005-2006
Javier Marín, Siete, Ex Convento de Capuchinas, La Antigua, Guatemala
Javier Marín, Retroperspectiva, - Ex Templo de San Agustín, Zacatecas, Messico
2005
Javier Marín, Retroperspectiva - Pinacoteca del Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Messico
Javier Marín, Retroperspectiva - Museo Amparo, Puebla, Messico
Javier Marín, J. Johnson Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida, USA
2004-2005
Javier Marín, Escultura - Plaza Juárez y Extemplo de Corpus Christi, Ciudad de México, Messico
2004
Javier Marín, Escultura - Palacio de Clavijero, Morelia, Michoacán, Messico
Javier Marín, En Blanco - Monasterio de los Dominicos, Praga (Repubblica Ceca)
2003-2004
Javier Marín, Escultura - Mostra itinerante in cinque città del Messico
Javier Marín, En Blanco - La Iglesia de Santa Catarina, Vilnius, Lituania
2003
Javier Marín, Venezia-México - Sala San Tommaso, Campo de los Santos Giovanni e Paolo, 50° Biennale di Venezia
Javier Marín - Lo Storico Palazzo Bettoni-Cazzago, Brescia
Javier Marín, - Central Library, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2002
Javier Marín - Compagnia del Disegno, Milano
2001
Javier Marín, Sculpture - Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, Francia
Javier Marín - Alla Rocca di Cesena, Rocca di Cesena
Javier Marín - Galleria Tornabuoni, Pietrasanta, Lucca
Javier Marín, Sculptures - Iturralde Gallery, Los Ángeles, California, USA
2000
Javier Marín, Sculptures - Espace Pierre Cardin, Parigi, Francia
1999
Javier Marín, Sculptures - Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Javier Marín, Sculture - Compagnia del Disegno, Milano
1998
Javier Marín, Recent Sculpture in Clay and Bronze - Iturralde Gallery, Los Ángeles, California, USA
Javier Marín, Bronces - Casa Lamm, Ciudad de México, Messico
1997
Javier Marín, Terracottas - Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, USA
Javier Marín, Bronces - Museo Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Messico
1996
Javier Marín, Esculturas - Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Ciudad de México, Messico
Javier Marín, Recent Sculpture - Freites Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
1995
Javier Marín, Escultura - Galería Alfred Wild, Bogotá, Colombia
Javier Marín, Escultura - Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Messico
Javier Marín, Divine Design - Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
1994
Javier Marín, El Cuerpo Arrebatado - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO), Monterrey, Nuevo León, Messico
1990
Javier Marín, Escultura en Barro - Museo de Arte Álvar y Carmen Carrillo Gill, Ciudad de México, Messico
2019
ArtMiami Fair - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Miami, Florida , USA.
Wopart Fair- Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte , Lugano, Svizzera
Consonanze, da Arturo Martini ad Aron Demetz, 1932 - 2019 - Galleria d'Arte Barbara Paci, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italia
2016
ArteFiera Bologna - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italia
2015
Motor de Impulso - Terreno Baldio Arte, Città del Messico, Messico
ArteFiera Bologna - Barbara Paci Galleria d'Arte, Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italia
Icastica - Arezzo
2014
Los artistas responsables en defensa de la fauna - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Rufino Tamayo, Città del Messico, Messico
Barro Total, cerámica de autor en las colecciones de la SHCP - Gallery of the SHCP, Città del Messico, Messico
Fiat Lux - Ground floor Petroleos Mexicanos Building, Città del Messico, Messico
El Hombre al desnudo - Dimensiones de la masculinidad a partir de 1800. Museo Nacional de Arte, Città del Messico, Messico
Latin American Art Auction. Sotheby´s, New York, N.Y., USA
Latin American Art Auction. Christie´s, New York, N.Y., USA
Icastica - Arezzo
2013
La Inauguración: El instinto disfrazado de concupiscencia - Exhibición de apertura de la nueva sede con obra de lso artistas Javier Marín, Emilio Rangel y Francisco Esnayra. Terreno Baldío Arte Gallery, Città del Messico, Messico
2012
Preview Berlin 2012 - Terreno Baldio Arte, Berlino, Germania
Congratulations from the World - Exhibition for the World art treasures, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China.
2011
Vancouver Biennale - Vancouver, Canada
2010
Expo Shangai - Shanghái, Cina
Planeta alterado - Expo parque Silao, Guanajuato, Messico
Vancouver Biennale - Vancouver, Canada
2009
Vancouver Biennale - Vancouver, Canada
2008
Beijing International Art Biennale - Pechino, Cina
2006
From Calder to Bolla - Galería Nohra Haime, New York, USA
2003
Cuerpos terrenales: escultura en barro - Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Ciudad de México, Messico
Six Mexican Contemporary Sculpturers of Clay, the Dream of Earth - Galería José Clemente Orozco del Instituto Cultural de México - Washington, USA
2002
Il Cuore, Arte, Scienza e Tecnologia - Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Instituto de Cultura Visual, La Postería, Milano
2001
Arte en América Latina - Museo Malba, Colección Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Muestra de arte mexicano, Bienal de Arte de Venecia - Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia
2000
Soleils mexicains - Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Parigi, Francia
1998
Forma y figuración. Obras maestras de la Colección Blake-Purnell - Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spagna
1997
Re-presenting Representation III - Arnot Museum, Elmira, New York, USA
1991
The 59th Exhibition of the Japan Print Association - Tokio Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokio, Giappone
1988
En tiempos de la posmodernidad - Museo de Arte Moderno, Ciudad de México, Messico
1986-1987
Encuentro de ceramistas contemporáneos de América Latina. Mostra itinerante: - Sala Nacional de Expositores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Arte Moderno - Río de Janeiro, Brasile
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - Caracas,Venezuela
Museo de la Universidad Nacional - Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Bellas Artes - St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Museo de Arte Everson - Siracusa, New York, USA
Museo de Arte Hispánico Contemporáneo - New York, USA
Museo de Arte de Ponce - Ponce, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte Moderno - Ciudad de México, Mexico