Eduardo Romo
Mexico City, 1966
1984 “La Esmeralda” National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), Mexico City
1992 Included in the Dictionary of Sculptors by Lily Kassner, edited by the National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA)
2008 Certificate course in Contemporary Photography, school of “San Carlos”, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
Awards and distinctions
2008 Scholarship of the National System of Art Creators (SNCA), National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico City
2006 Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Federal District (SCGDF), Mexico City
2002 Scholarship of the Institute of Culture of Mexico City (ICCM), Mexico City
2001 3rd Award in the XI International Biennial Exhibition of Stone Sculpture, Nantopietra 2001, Vicenza, Italy.
1999 Scholarship of the Young Creators Program, National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico City
1997 Scholarship of Artistic Residence, Vermont Studio Center (VSC), Johnson, Vermont, USA
1994 Scholarship of the Young Creators Program, National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico City
1993 Project selected in the Ice Art 93 International Ice Sculpture Competition, Fairbanks, Alaska.
1991 Project selected in the International Biennial Exhibition of Stone Sculpture, Nantopietra 91, Vicenza, Italy.
Works in international competitions
2001 XI Symposium of the International Biennial Exhibition of Stone Sculpture, “Nantopietra 2001”, Vicenza, Italy.
1991 II International Competition of Sculpture in Wood, Toluca, Mexico.
II International Festival of Sculpture in Wood, “Camille Claudel”, La Bresse, France.
1990 I International Festival of Quarry Sculpture, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Works in national competitions
2011 Visual Arts National Biennial Yucatán, Yucatán, Mexico.
2001 “Libertad Competition”, Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
2000 “October Salon”- Omnilife Great Prize 2000, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
1998 “Toy Art-Object”, Second Biennial Exhibition, Mexico City
1997 Monterrey Third Biennial Exhibition, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
1995 “Toy Art-Object”, First Biennial Exhibition, Mexico City
1994 XIV National Conference of Young Creators, Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico.
1993 “Toy Art-Object”, First National Competition, Mexico City
1992 XII National Conference of Young Creators, Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico.
1989 National Plastic Arts Salon, Biennial Exhibition of Drawing, Mexico City
1988 National Plastic Arts Salon, Fourth Triennial Exhibition of Sculpture, Mexico City
Individual exhibits (selection)
2012 False Structures, Ex Teresa Arte Actual Museum, Mexico City
2011 Another look at the Sculpture, “Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz” Cultural Center, Tlalnepantla, Mexico.
2010 Artifice, ATRIO Cultural Space, Mexico City
2009 Processes, Museum of Fine Arts of Toluca, Toluca, Mexico.
2007 Walls (intervention), stc-Metro, Mexico City
2006 Looking for Otherness, Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM), Mexico City
Similar Prototypes, “Nahuí Olí” Cultural Center, Mexico City
2005 Sculptures, “Casa Diana” Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2004 Two Approaches-One Vision, “José María Velasco” Gallery, Mexico City
Present Spaces, ATRIO Cultural Space, Mexico City
2003 Precise Shapes, “La Bodega del Arte”, Mexico City
2002 Sculptures, Santa María la Ribera Cultural Space, Mexico City
Simple and Complex, “José María Velasco” Gallery, Mexico City
2001 Spaces in Development, MANA Gallery-International Culture, Mexico City
2000 Seven Sculptures, Beginning and End, “Rincones de Mexico” Gallery, Mexico City
1998 Line and Space (drawings), “Ediciones Novedades Educativas de Mexico”, Mexico City
1997 Drawings, Open Studio, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
1994 Objects and Containers, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), Mexico City
1992 From Desire to the Object, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
Collective exhibits (selection)
2011 Visual Arts National Biennial Yucatán, Court Chamber of Justice, Yucatán, Mexico.
2010 Invisibles Objects, ZONA Gallery, Mexico.
2009 Private Vices, Public Virtues, Three-Dimensional Art Museum, Mexico City
2008 Art al Vent, Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain.
Breaking the Ice, CECUT Open Area, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
2007 Contemporary Collective Work, Punto Uno & aad Gallery, Mexico City
Images for a New Millennium, Aguiar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 Two Proposals, Electric Transports of Mexico City, Mexico City
2005 ATRIO Artists, ATRIO Cultural Space, Mexico City
Memory and Celebration, “Centro Cultural España”, Mexico City
2004 From the Contemporary to the Alternative, New Concept Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Our Vision, Baja California Cultural Center, Baja California Norte, Mexico.
The Smallness of the Format, Leyva Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
2003 10 in Sculpture, Jesús Drexel Gallery, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
1st artedemundo.com Collective Exhibit, Carmen Cultural Foundation, Mexico City
100-14-20, Stigma and HIV, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
2002 Counterpoint, Reality and Abstraction, Mexican Plastic Arts Salon, Mexico City
Arts Everywhere, “El Faro de Oriente”, Mexico City
A Contemporary Vision, Veracruz Cultural Space, Veracruz, Mexico.
Volume and Structures: 19 Visions, “Jorge Chávez Carrillo” Contemporary Art Museum, Colima, Mexico.
2001 Visit to the Studio (Piece of the month), “José María Velasco” Gallery, Mexico City
We Want Them Alive, “San Lázaro” Legislative Palace, Mexico City
Matter, MANA Gallery-International Culture, Mexico City
Scultura al’ Aperto, Vicenza, Italy.
15th Anniversary of the Lesbian-Gay Cultural Week, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Creation in Motion, Central Gallery of the National Arts Center (CNA), Mexico City
Everyday Experience of AIDS: Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
2000 Tequila and Chocolate: The Ludic and the Lucid, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Contemporary Collective Work, MANA Gallery-International Culture, Mexico City
Pre-Creation in Motion, Michoacan Culture Institute, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
“October Salon”- Omnilife Great Prize 2000, educare, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.
Omnilife 2000, "Jesús Gallardo” Gallery, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Eros, AIDS and Censorship: Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
1999 Color, Encounter and Future, Global Culture Center/Mexico 99, Modern Art Museum of Toluca, Mexico.
Novo Amor, Scandal and Conscience, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Man in Sight: Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
1998 Rights and Humans, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Open Doors, Mexican Plastic Arts Salon, Mexico City
Toy Art-Object, Second Biennial Exhibition: Rehabilitation by Play (itinerant exhibit), “José Luis Cuevas” Museum, Mexico City
1997 Coordinates, “Unodosiete” Cultural Space, Mexico City
III Monterrey Biennial Exhibition, Monterrey Museum, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Our Time in June, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Residents, Gallery of the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA
The Mirror Where Greatness Looks Small, “Unodosiete” Cultural Space, Mexico City
AIDS Reflections: Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
1996 Creation in Motion, “Alvar T. Carrillo Gil” Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico City
Visions at the End of the Millennium, Contemporary Plastic Arts, “Jesús Reyes Heroles” Culture Center, Mexico City
Bodily Presence, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Artists Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
1995 Deus Ex Machina, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Against Intolerance, Our Presence, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Divine Narcissus, Tijuana Culture Institute, Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico.
Pre-Creation in Motion, Veracruz Culture Institute (ivec), Veracruz, Vrz., Mexico.
Contemporary Plastic Arts, “765” Gallery, Mexico City
Together Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Toy Art-Object, First Biennial Exhibition (itinerant exhibit), “José Luis Cuevas” Museum, Mexico City
1994 XVI National Conference of Young Creators, (itinerant exhibit), “Alvar T. Carrillo Gil” Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico City
Beyond Desire, Diverse Works, Art Space, Houston, Texas, USA
Not Without Us, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Mexican Art: Images in the Century of AIDS, Gallery of the Colorado University, Colorado,Texas, USA
Evocations, University of the Valley of Mexico (UVM), State of Mexico Campus, Mexico.
Together Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
1993 Similar and Diverse, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Together Against AIDS, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Toy Art-Object, First National Competition (itinerant exhibit), “José Luis Cuevas” Museum, Mexico City
1992 XII National Conference of Young Creators (itinerant exhibit), “Alvar T. Carrillo Gil” Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico City
Continuity of Experience, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Artistic Testimony to Nature, (itinerant exhibit), “Diego Rivera” Mural Museum, Mexico City
1991 Sculptures sur bois, La Bresse, France.
Divergences, Coincidences, Persistences, “El Chopo” University Museum, Mexico City
Artistic Tribute and Testimony to Nature, Modern Art Museum of Toluca, Toluca, Mexico.
Encounter of Four Sculptors, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
Artists For Life, Sharing the Challenge, “El Juglar” Culture Center, Mexico City
1990 Sculpture Outdoords, City of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.
1989 National Plastic Arts Salon, Biennial Exhibition of Drawing, Gallery of the National Auditorium, Mexico City
1988 National Plastic Arts Salon, Fourth Triennial Exhibition of Sculpture, Gallery of the National Auditorium, Mexico City
1987 Some Dead People Do Make Noise, Tribute to Leon Trotsky, “Leon Trotsky” Museum, Mexico City
