THE LIFE OF OBJECTS: NOVEMBER 11 — DECEMBER 17, 2011 PARTICIPANTS Mauricio Alejo was born in Mexico City. Recent solo exhibitions include Galeria OMR, Madrid; Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York; and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City. His work was recently included in exhibitions at Bochum Museum, Germany; National University of Singapore Center for Arts; CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; and the Bronx Museum, New York. Pablo Guardiola was born in Puerto Rico and lives and works in San Francisco. Solo exhibitions include Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco and little tree gallery, San Francisco. His work was included in exhibitions at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art; Chemi’s Room, San Jaun; San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco; and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan. Oscar Santillan was born in Ecuador and lives and works between Richmond, Virginia and Guayaquil, Ecuador. His work has been included in exhibitions at The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina; Foundacion ODEON, Bogota; Pierogi Gallery, New York; Washington Project of the Arts Biennial; and Museum of Latin American Art, California. Mario de Vega was born in Mexico City and lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. He mainly works as a sound artist. Recent solo exhibitions include Sucked Orange Gallery, Berlin; City Center Gallery, Puebla; and Roy and Edna CalArts Theater, Los Angeles. His work has been included in exhibitions at Caja Blanca, Mexico City; Kommunale Galerie, Berlin; and Todays Art Festival, Hague. Juan Pablo Villegas was born, lives, and works in Mexico. He is involved in mutidisciplinary art, taking interest in film, sound, photography, food, and electronic engineering. His work was included in exhibitions at The National Fund for Culturre and Arts, Oaxaca and Un Cuarto Gallery, Mexico City. He has performed at a number of sound festivals such as the Interntional Sound Art Festival, Mexico City. Johanna Unzueta was born in Santiago, Chile and lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Galerie Christinger De Mayo, Zürich; Queens Museum of Art, New York; and Die Ecke Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago. Her work has recently been included in exhibitions at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo; Swiss Institute, New York; A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro; and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago.
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