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Raúl Cerrillo (Mexico City, 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to self-observation as a way to access and understand the sophisticated technology of being and the human body. He explores different states of consciousness, with the creative process in painting being one of them. He creates to seek the unexpected beauty of chance encounters and believes that the human body is the greatest development ever created—the perfect machine, responsible for bringing awareness and divinity to matter on the planet. For Raúl, art is like singing inwardly to awaken the spirit.
He completed his academic studies at the National School of Visual Arts “La Esmeralda” (INBA) in Mexico and at the Institute of Visual Arts in Puebla. His solo exhibitions have traveled across Mexico, and his works have been included in group shows in Austin, Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Venice, and London. He has received national grants, as well as several national painting awards and honorable mentions. In 2018, he was awarded the National Painting Prize Alfredo Zalce in Morelia, Michoacán.
Raúl Cerrillo Álvarez
Birth: December 4, 1977
Education:
National School of Visual Arts “La Esmeralda,” INBA, Mexico City
Institute of Visual Arts, Puebla, Pue.
Glass Painting, Wheaton Village, N.J., USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 La Casa Amarilla, Profecías. Monterrey, N.L.
2012 Distrito 14 Gallery, La Vida es un Cigarrillo. Monterrey, N.L.
2010 Taller Mecánico Gallery, That Fatalistic Sound. Monterrey, N.L.
2010 Distrito 14 Gallery, Somos Cosmos. Monterrey, N.L.
2008 Distrito 14 Gallery, El asco te protege. Monterrey, N.L.
2006 Distrito 14 Gallery, Intervenciones. Monterrey, N.L.
2005 FIP, Discursos Urbanos. Puebla, Pue.
2004 Galería Alternativa Once, Proyecto Vía Crucis. Monterrey, N.L.
2004 Entre Estudio y Galería, Intervenciones sobre muro. Puebla, Pue.
2003 JGM Arte Contemporáneo, Cita en el colchón. Monterrey, N.L.
2003 JGM Arte Contemporáneo, Muestra 002, World Trade Center, Mexico City
Group Exhibitions:
2012 Border Gallery, Yo Primate. Mexico City
2011 Pinacoteca, Pinacoteca de Nuevo León Collection. Monterrey, N.L.
2011 Pinacoteca, Alfileres (Curated by Marco Granados). Monterrey, N.L.
2010 La 77 Gallery, Subversión. Mexico City
2008 Popblanos, Galería Portales. Puebla, Pue.
2008 Arcaute Gallery, Cordero de Dios. San Pedro Garza García, N.L.
2007 Museo del Centenario. San Pedro Garza García, N.L.
2007 FORUM de las Culturas, Los Nuevoleones, Nave Generadores. Monterrey, N.L.
2007 Distrito 14 Gallery. Monterrey, N.L.
2007 Arcaute Gallery, MIART Contemporary Art Fair. Milan, Italy
2002 Arcaute Gallery, Hardcore Exhibition. Monterrey, N.L.
2001–2002 Arte Joven. Selected artist
2001–2002 Omnilife Salón de Octubre, Clonación Pictórica series. Guadalajara
2002 Cabaretito Fat Free Collective Exhibition, curated by Edgardo Ganado Kim
2001 National Center for the Arts, Mirarte Video Installation. Mexico City
2001 Museo del Chopo, Lesbian-Gay Exhibition, Crucifixiones and Frente al Espejo series. Mexico City
2001 University of Jalapa Gallery, Crucifixiones series. Jalapa, Veracruz
2000 Secretariat of Commerce, Robert Mondavi: Pan y Vino Exhibition. Mexico City
1999 Fonoteca, Contratiempos, Tribute to Pierre Menard. Veracruz, Ver.
1998 Library of the Universidad Iberoamericana. Puebla, Pue.
1997 Gallery of Glass, Wheaton Village. N.J., USA