# Darío Escobar

Darío Escobar (born 1971, Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan artist.
His work is characterized by the investigation of formal and conceptual aspects of objects and their function in visual arts.

## Select one-person exhibitions

2016
* "Dario Escobar: Composições", Casa Triângulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2015
* "En otro orden", the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2014
* Unions & Intersections, Nils Stærk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
* Broken circle, CAFAM Museum, Los Angeles, California
2013
* Pintura abstracta No. 7 / Abstract Painting No. 7, González & González, Santiago de Chile.
* Untitled, kamel mennour Galerie, Paris.
* Dario Escobar / Blacksmith Paintings, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York.
* Dario Escobar / Línea & Espacio, ArteCentro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
2012
* Dario Escobar (MAC) Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
* Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Savannah - SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
* Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Atlanta - Gallery 1600, Atlanta, Georgia
* Dario Escobar / trabajo reciente Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011
* Dario Escobar / Revisión Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2010
* Side and Back, kamel mennour, Paris
* Anverso y Reverso, González y González, Santiago, Chile.
2008
* Playoffs, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
2007
* La Línea Interrumpida, (CCM ) Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* Dario Escobar/Project room, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
2006
* Objetos en Transito, Sala Gasco, Santiago, Chile.
2005
* Serpentario, (CCEG ) Centro Cultural de España Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2004
* Out! Galería Jacobo Karpio, Miami, Florida.
2003
* Espacios provisionales (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
* Visual Entertainments, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mérida, Mérida, Mexico.
2001
* Dario Escobar, Trabajo reciente. Galería Jocobo Karpio, San José, Costa Rica.
2000
* Dario Escobar: Selección, II National Biennial of Lima, Peru.

## Select group exhibitions

2016
* "FOOT FORAINE”, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France.
* “GAME ON!” (CMA) Children's Museum of the Arts, New York.
* "Colección MAC. Obras Latinoamericanas”, Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2015
* "...Pero no soy fotógrafo” The 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala.
* “10ª Bienal do Mercosul" Porto Alegre, Brazil.
* “Gold", Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, Purchase, New York.
* “Coleccion Daros Latinamerica”, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
* “Líneas de la Mano”,Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX''
* 5 - RPM (Revoluciones por minuto)”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
* Beleza?”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil.
2014
* Largo x Ancho x Alto / Height x Width x Depth”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
* El día que nos hicimos contemporáneos" (MADC) Museo de arte y diseño, San José, Costa Rica.
* Gold”, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
* Fútbol: the beautiful game”, (LACMA) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
* Deslize", Openning of (MAR) Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro.
2013
* Confusion in the vault", Museo Jumex, México D.F.''
* Inaugural Exhibition”, the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio.
* California-Pacific Triennial”, (OCMA) Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California / (CCC) Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, California.
* y... ¿entonces? / and... so?”, the 9.99, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* The Collaborative: Question in the line” (MOLAA) Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
2012
* Futbol. Arte y pasión”, (MARCO) Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, México.
* The Island / A game of life”, Gallery One, Manarat al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi.
* Play with me”, (MOLAA) Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
2011
* Now Selected works from the Jumex Collection, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico.
* Video otra vez, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil.
* Proyecto ideal, Centro Cultural de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
* From the Recent Past: New Acquisitions, (MOCA) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California.
2010
* Chapter II: Ruido, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* Proyecto Ideal, (MAC ) Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
* Optimismo Radical, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
* XVII Bienal de Guatemala, (CCM ) Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* Efecto Drácula, Museo Universitario del CHOPO, Mexico City, Mexico.
* Social Affects: A selection from the permanent Collection of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies/ Harvard University. Boston Center for the arts/ Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
* Four Views from the Permanent Collection exhibition (MOLAA) Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.
2009
* Los impoliticos, (PAN ) Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy.
* 10 Springs in the fall, kamel mennour, Paris.
* Périfériks, (CAN) Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
* Mundus Novus: 53 Bienal Internacional de Venecia, Artiglerie dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
* 0.3333333333333333…, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* La nada y el ser, Septima interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
* Video otra vez, Metales Pesados, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
* Performing Localities, (INIVA ) Institute of International Visual Arts, London, England.
* X Bienal de La Habana, Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba.
2008
* La invención de lo cotidiano, (MUNAL) Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
* Object of Value, (MAC -MAM) Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida.
* Playtime, Bétonsalon/ Centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, France.
* World Histories, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
* Visions From Abroad, Flushing Town Hall, New York, New York.
* Elefante negro, Museo Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico.
2007
* Fortunate Object, (CIFO ) Cisneros Fontanalls Art Foundations, Miami, Florida.
* Silence & Echo, Arena 1, Santa Monica, California.
* The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
* Poetics of the Handmade The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California.
2006
* El esquiador en el fondo del pozo, Quinta interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
* Stil Biuti, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.
* The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, (BAM) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York.
* Constant Disturbance, The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.
2005
* The Hours. Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Dublin Museum, Ireland
* Living for the city Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York / (CIEL) CentreInternational d’Expositions de Larouche, Toronto, Canada.
2004
* Newspapers, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
2003
* Intangible, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
* LA Freeways: Latin America, (MOCA) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California / America's Society, New York, New York (2004).
* RAIN Project, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
* Stretch, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.
* TransEAT , Food Culture Museum, Miami, Florida.
* VIII Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
2002
* ART itsmo, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
* Contaminados, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
* Del centro a la isla, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
* Intimate/Universal, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
* Mesoamérica: Oscilaciones y Artificios, (CAAM) Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands, Spain.
* Zones in Tension, de GANG Gallery, Harlem, the Netherlands.
2001
* Continuous Connection, Felissimo Project, New York, New York.
* Short Stories, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.
* Spaces/Bodies/Identities, Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica.
* 13 Hours, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
* I Tirana Biennial, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Tirana, Albania.
* IV Caribbean Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
* Barro de América IV Biennial, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela.
2000
* 2eme. Biennale du Design 2000, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
* L’ art dans le monde, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France.
1999
* Guatemalan Art, Sala Oficial Juan Ismael del Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
* II Iberoamerican Biennial of Lima, Lima, Peru.
1998
* Fotojornada’98, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* Without Title, Plaza G&T; Guatemala City, Guatemala.
* I Central American Biennale, Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemala City, Guatemala / (DUMA) Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina.
* VI International Art Biennale of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
1997
* La Joven Estampa, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.

## Lectures

* Dario Escobar Lecture: The Experience of the Object. Events Space, SCAD Atlanta, Georgia. February, 2012
* Uno a Uno: Darío Escobar y José Falconí. [One on One: Darío Escobar and José Falconí] Auditorium AFP Integra at the Museum of Art of Lima MALI. Lima, Peru. May 2011
* Artist on Their Art Series: Darío Escobar. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University. November, 2010
* Mirar de Nuevo: El objeto reconsiderado. [Look again: the reconsidered object] National School of Fine Arts (ENAP), Guatemala, Guatemala. April 2010.
* Work and recent projects panel with Sara Reisman, Americas Society / Pinta New York. November, 2009.
* Darío Escobar: Cátedra y crítica magistral. [Darío Escobar: magisterial class and critic] New Amphitheater of the Hospital de la Concepción building, School of Fine Arts. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. November, 2003.