Miguel Calderón (born June 1, 1971 in

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) is a Mexican artist and filmmaker. In the 1990s, along with other artists, he founded the independent art space, La Panadería, in the Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. Calderón received his BFA at the

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in 1994. He has worked in paint, photography, video, film and installation. Miguel Calderón has been considered to have "a knack for pushing crass stereotypes and clichés to absurd and provocative extremes." An article in ''

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'' magazine called him "something of an international phenom," and the

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referred to him, " /nowiki>he enfant terrible of contemporary art in Mexico." His gallery, kurimanzutto, claims that Calderón "highlights the macabre complexity of man’s position in the universe, deftly weaving together mockery, foolishness, social critique and sincerity of emotion." He has solo exhibitions at the Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum in Mexico City,Artnet
/ref> the

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in New York City, the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City,Andrea Rosen Gallery page
/ref> the San Francisco Art Institute's Diego Rivera Gallery, and the 2004

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Biennale. In 2021, he had a mid-career survey exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), which was also presented in 2022 at Museo Tamayo. His work has been displayed at, among other places, the

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's ''Air: Projections of Mexico'' exhibit,San Francisco Art Institute biography
the ''Prometer no empobrece: arte contemporáneo mexicano'' show at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in

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, the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, the 2005 Sharjah Biennale, the 2005

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Triennale, the 2006

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Biennale, and had a film commissioned for the 2006

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in London. In 2007, Calderon exhibited with several other Latin American Artists at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Some of his work also appeared in the film ''

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'' after director

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saw Calderón's work.''Eater''
"The Stories Behind Five Pieces of New Restaurant Art"
/ref> Calderón has also worked in collaboration with different publishers and has a varied collection of artists books.

References

External links

Artfacts.netSculpture magazine articleCalderon at SFMOMA
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