Gabriel Rossell-Santillán

BIOGRAPHY

  • 1976 Born in Mexico City. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2010-2012 Karl Hofer Atelier Scholarship
  • 2009-2010 Nafög-Scholarship Berlin, „Das Zuckerprojekt“
  • 2008 DAAD Prize for excellent Achievements Foreign Students

EDUCATION

  • 2006-2008 Student of the Master class of Prof. Lothar Baumgarten, Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK Germany
  • 2002-2006 Studies at Universität Dder Künste Berlin, UdK, Germany – with Prof. Rebecca Horn & Prof. Lothar Baumgarten
  • 1999-2002 Studies in Photography and Visual Arts at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain – with Prof. Cristina Garcia Rodero
  • 1998 Study visit in Italy
  • 1996-1998 Studies in Architecture, Painting and Drawing at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

  • 2021 Eine Natürliche Ordnung der Dinge – Lothar Baumgarten und Gabriel Rossell-Santillán, IFA Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2020 "De Todos Colores Menos Plomo", Buchpräsentation, Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Oaxaca, Mexico
  • 2018 "And the Serpent Bites the Dove /in Kača Ugrizne Golobico", Galerijagallery, Ljubljana, Slowenia
  • 2015 Wandernde Sichtachsen nach Usumacinta, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2013 Die Schlange küsst die Taube, Braennen, Berlin, Germany
  • 2011 Seifenblasen und andere Lügenmärchen – mit Konrad Mühe, Galerie Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2009 Obsidian, The Island, London, UK
  • 2009 Wirraritari – Rundherum die Wüste, Galerie Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

  • 2019 “The Relative Naive”, Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018 "Motions of this Kind: Propositions & Problems of Belatedness", Brunei Gallery at Soas, University of London, UK
  • 2018 “Hello World - Revising a Collection” at The Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018 "Don't Even Bring Water", Viva Excon, The Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibitions and Conference, Roxas City, Filipinas
  • 2018 "Untragbar. Von der Sehnsucht nach Veränderung", Kunstverein Kiss, Untergröningen, Germany
  • 2017 "Die Rückreise sensibler Sammlungen", Regenbogen Kino, Berlin, Germany
  • 2017 "Politics of Sharing" Artspace/IDA, Berlinand Stuttgart, Germany and Auckland, New Zealand
  • 2017 “Miniaturas, Maquetes, Vodu e Outras Projeçöes Políticas”, Blau Projects, Sáo Paulo, Brazil
  • 2017 “Undisciplinary Learning” District, Berlín, "Unlearning the Given" for rhe "Long Night of Ideas", Savvy Contemporary, Berlín, Germany
  • 2016 “Charred Perspectives-a Shadow Play in Five Voices”, The Lulennial: Slight Gestuary, Lulu Ciudad de México
  • 2016 Unmapping The Renaissance”, Symposium, Villa Romana, Florencia, Italy
  • 2016 Art & Anthropology, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
  • 2015 “Mooster”, Museum Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
  • 2014 La Ruta Mistica, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Marco, Monterrey/ Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
  • 2014 Flipping The Coin. Records. Books. Films, Alexander Levy, Berlin, Germany
  • 2014 Booster. Kunst Sound Maschine, Marta Herford, Germany
  • 2013 La Ruta Mistica, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Marco, Monterrey, Mexico
  • 2013 Berlin. Status (2), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013 Biophilia, Piso 51, Mycellium Ingenium, Mexiko City
  • 2013 Lectores Somos y en la Filey Andamos, V International Literatur Festival, Merida, Spain
  • 2013 Ils Usaient de la Parole un peu comm le Chef de Train de ses Drapeaux, Ou de sa Lanterne, Note On, Berlin, Germany
  • 2012 Heimal Wüste Herberge, Kunstquartier Grauer Hof, Aschersleben, Germany
  • 2012 Contemporary Institute dor Art & Thought, Berlin (ciat), Berlin, Germany
  • 2012 Vice Versa, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2012 We, The Island, Berlin, Germany
  • 2012 In anderen Worten, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/ Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2011 Encarnita Propia, Album Release mit Nik Nowak, Flipping the Coin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2011 Luz/Fas/Light”, Media Chica, Madrid, Spain
  • 2011 Without a Trace, Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin, Germany
  • 2010 Pig Ment, Zentralviehhof Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2010 The Island, Sala del Camino Venezia / Italy
  • 2009 „An manchem Ort, zu solchen Zeiten“, Parrotta Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany – with Kiko Kimoto and Marie Strauss
  • 2009 We Move, Wilde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 Global Alien, Congress of Culture, Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
  • 2007 Keiko/Gabriel, Galerie Allgirls, Berlin, Germany – with Keiko Kimoto
  • 2006 Ich wollte Dir schon immer etwas Besonderes schenken, Galerie Allgirls, Berlin, Germany
  • 2006 Heimatschorle, Galerie Allgirls, Berlin, Germany