Gabriel de la Mora was born in Colima, México in 1968. He studied architecture at the Universidad Anáhuac del Norte (1987-1991). In 1996 de la Mora set aside architecture in order to devote himself entirely to art. He later obtained a Master of Fine Arts in painting, photography and video with honors at Pratt Institute, New York (2001-2003). In 2006 he accepted an artist residence at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts Saint-Étienne in France. De la Mora has shown his work in many group and solo exhibits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Russia, France, Austria, China, Korea, and Spain. His most recent solo exhibits include, d.i.b.u.j.o.s. at C. C. Bastero Kulturgunea, Andoain (Gipuzkoa), Spain; Blind lines, at Sicardi Gallery, Houston; 39-G.M.C. at Conner Contemporary, Washington, D.C.; and Brújula de cuestiones, at Galería OMR, Mexico City; Frágil/Fragile at the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California; and Original/Fake at OMR Gallery, Mexico City.

De la Mora states about himself and his own work: “I do not consider myself a painter, a sculptor, or a photographer. I am an artist who works with ideas, possibilities and concepts. Each work calls for its own technique. I aim to find a balance between conceptual and formal considerations, constantly playing between concept and chance. I permanently question the three basic media of painting, drawing and sculpture.”

Gabriel de la Mora has been awarded various prizes and recognitions like: 1st prize at the Bienal de Pintura de Occidente Alfonso Michel (1997), the grant Jóvenes Creadores de Colima, the Fulbright fellowship García Robles; the Jacques and Natasha Gelman (2001-2003) fellowship; 2nd Prize at the VII Monterrey FEMSA (2005); and 1st prize at the Sociedad Internacional de Valores de Arte Mexicano Programa de Artes Visuales (2005), Bienal de Artes Visuales de Yucatán 2006, etc. Currently he is a member of the selection committee of the art section of the Fulbright fellowship García Robles, and of the grants from the Foreign Relations Office.

De la Mora’s works are part of several private and public collections which include: Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles, California; Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Fundación/Colección JUMEX, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C.; ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Colección FEMSA, Monterrey, Mexico; Colección SIVAM, Mexico City; Museo del Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico City; Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Colima, Mexico; Colección Universidad de Colima, Mexico. In addition, de la Mora has participated in several artist residences and has given conferences through out Mexico and abroad.

Gabriel de la Mora lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.

2006: Work residency, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts Saint-Étienne, France

2001 - 2003: MFA in Photography and Video (with honors), Pratt Institute, New York, New York
1987 - 1991: BA in Architecture (with honors), Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, Mexico City

2012: T.O.E.F.M.U.T.I.T.O.A.I.I., Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
2011: Ruido Blanco / White Noise, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca MACO, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Originalmentefalso, Galería OMR, México
Frágil / Fragile: project room, MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Curator: Cecilia Fajardo Hill, Long Island, California
2008: d.i.b.u.j.o.s., C. C. Bastero Kulturgunea, Andoain (Gipuzkoa), Spain
39-G.M.C.-23.sept.07, Conner Contemporary, Washington DC
Blind lines, Sicardi Gallery, Houston Texas
2007: Brújula de cuestiones, Galería OMR, Mexico City
2006: Extensions, Galerie La Serre, École Régionale des Beaux-Arts Saint-Étienne, France
2004: 00-04, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Colima, Colima, Mexico
2003: G.M. antes y después, exhibition organized by Ministry of Culture of the state of Colima; traveled to 10 venues in Mexico
2001: Serie Homenaje a Robert Mapplethorpe, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City
1997: The Form Without Form, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
1996: La Inconciencia de la Vista, Museo Regional de Historia, Colima, Mexico

2012: PRIVACY, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Curator: Martina Weinhart, Germany
Tell me a story, MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, curadora: Idurre Alonso, Long Beach, California
Una mirada múltiple: selecciones de la Colección Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, curator: Osbel Suárez, Museo Nacional de Bellas Arte, Habana, Cuba
Pobre Artista Rico, Curator: Willy Kautz, Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, México City, México
Obsessive Worlds, Curator: Sarah Hamilton, Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana
2011: Obsessive Worlds, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas

Destello, curator: Osvaldo Sánchez, La Colección Jumex, Mexico City
Primera Bienal de El Fin: Colapso, El 52, Mexico City
2010: Art on Paper 2010 Biennial Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina
Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, MFAH, Houston, Texas
Sicardi Gallery, August 2010, Houston Texas
The Metamorphosis, Other Gallery, Curator: Raul Zamudio, Shanghai, China
Superficies del deseo, MUAC – Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City
The Visceral Body, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Efecto Drácula, curator: Victor Zamudio Taylor, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
Afecto diverso: géneros en flujo, curator: Karen Cordero, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
2009: White Noise, curator Kaytie Johnson, DePaw University, EEUU
Cruz Diez, Glassford, Tomasello, De la Mora, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Colección FEMSA, Museo Arocena, Torreón, Coahuila, México
North Looks South, Building the Latin American Collection, curators: Mari Carmen Ramirez and Gilbert Vicario, MFAH, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Fleeting, Williams Tower Gallery, Curator Sally Sprout, Houston, Texas
(sic), tragos y Textos, Galería OMR, Mexico City
First 798 Beijing Biennial: “Constellations”, Beijing, China
Hecho en casa / homemade, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
2008: Garden of Delights, 2008 Yesou Art Festival, Korea
XIV Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
A-B, curated by Gonzalo Ortega, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUCA-Roma), Mexico City
Marked Pages II: Drawings, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
TALENT PReVIEW 09, 5 Gallerists- 5 Curators= 25 artists, White Box, New York, New York
New Adquisitions, Museum of Fine Arts Houston MFAH, Houston, Texas
2007: Cada uno para sí y Dios contra todos, Galería OMR, Mexico
Una Excursion Mexicana, Hangart 7, curated by Lioba Reddeker, Salzburg, Austria
A e O: Da Von Gloeden a Pierre et Gilles, Palazzina Reale, curator: Eugenio Viola, Florence, Italy
2006: III Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales de Yucatán 2006, Mérida, Mexico
2005: Momentito, Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning, New York
Nuevas Adquisiciones, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004: New Acquisitions of the Collection, Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
XII Convocatoria de Artistas Jóvenes, Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
2003: Far Away, Up Close, Rome Arts Gallery, New York
Art in General Video Project, organized by CEC International, National Center for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kalingrad, Pro-Arte, St. Petersburg, Moscow New Media Lab, Moscow, Russia
2002: XI Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
2001: Premio Omnilife 2001, Salón de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico
2000: Premio Omnilife 2000, Salón de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico
Pluralidades, Convergencias Múltiples, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
1999: A Visual Dialogue through the Americas, Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina
Mastering the Millenium, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
Vistas y Conceptos, aproximaciones al paisaje, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
1998: New York Mexican-Latin American Art Show, Belenky Gallery, New York.
1997: Pasión al Rojo Vivo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.

First prize, WTC Artfest 06, II Concurso Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2006)

First prize, VII Bienal de Monterrey FEMSA, Monterrey, Mexico (2005)
First prize, SIVAM (Sociedad Internacional de Valores del Arte Mexicano A.C.), Mexico City (2005)
Fulbright García Robles Grant, Visual Arts section (2001)
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Grant (2001)
Grant, Jóvenes Creadores 2000, Colima, Mexico (2000)
First prize, III Bienal de Pintura de Occidente Alfonso Michel, Colima, Mexico (1997)

Drive and Method, text by Willy Kautz, Miguel González Virgen, Gilbert Vicario, Robert C. Morgan. Conversation with María Minera. Turner, 2011.
Alegorias Capilares, Sergio R. Blanco. Trilce, 2011.

Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles, California

Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
Fundación/Colección JUMEX, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States, Washington, DC, ARTIUM,
Centro-Museo
Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Colección FEMSA, Monterrey, Mexico
Colección SIVAM, Mexico City
Museo del Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico City
Secretaría de Cultura del Estado de Colima, Mexico
Colección Universidad de Colima, Mexico

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