Yoshua Okón
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) |
| Occupation | Mexican Artist |
Yoshua Okón (Mexico City, 1970) is a Mexican artist whose work is part of major art collections throughout the world. He is co-founder of La Panadería, an art space that operated between 1994 and 2002, and of SOMA, a contemporary art school.[1]
Education
Okón studied a BFA at Concordia University in Montreal. He later attended UCLA on a Fullbright scholarship where he received an MFA.
Career
Okón has had solo exhibitions at Hammer Museum, MUAC, Museo Amparo, Viafarini, Galerie Mor Charpentier, Kake Gallery, ASU Art Museum, Blaffer Museum, Ghebaly Gallery, Colby Museum, among other galleries and museums.
His work has been collected by Tate Modern[2], Hammer Museum[3], LACMA[4], Fundación ARCO[5], National Gallery of Victoria[6], Colección Jumex[7] and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo[8]. He has participated in the biennials of Istanbul, Manifesta, Havana, California, Mercosur and Gwangju.[9]
In 1993, Okón co-founded La Panadería, an experimental art space, together with Miguel Calderón. This space had a profound impact in an emergent contemporary art culture in Mexico City.[10]
In 2009, he was one of the founding members of SOMA, an independent art school.[11]
References
- ↑ Malkin, Elisabeth (2016-03-11). "Art Scene Thrives on the Edges in Mexico City". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Tate. "Yoshua Okón born 1970". Tate. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "Yoshua Okón | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "Hipnostasis | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "Yoshua Okón - Colecciones CA2M".
- ↑ "Yoshua Okón | Octopus | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "A propósito…". Museo Jumex (in español). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo". Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (in español). Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ "» Entre el arte y la vida". lideresmexicanos.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ Stromberg, Matt (2015-04-15). "Independent Art Spaces Thrive in Mexico City". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ SOMA-México. "Nosotros". somamexico.org. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
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