Héctor Jiménez Castillo
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
November 2- December 7, 2020
ARTIST STATEMENT
Interested in artistic practice as a modeler of the thinking of the people who consume him. I think there is something in this artistic practice beyond what is already said in the streets, squares and parks, something more linked to the world of poetry, governed by its laws. This exercise of poetic beginning allows inhabiting a possible third world, spaces for empathy with the murderer, for representational gaps, this new vehicle is not necessarily pleasing to the eye and does not respond to the laws of reason. In my practice as an artist I cross disciplines linked to the scenic and costume design with visual arts. A quarter of my job consists of doing costume design for city projects, and the other part is a process split into drawing, reading, writing, and action rehearsals that determine the routes to work on, usually obsessed with the immaterial world, mythology and images of Western painting. I graduated from the Arts degree in 2016 in Guadalajara, at Hospicio Cabañas. A short-lived experimental career in the city that had a multidisciplinary teaching modality. I am an active member and co-founder of the artists' laboratory: Arrogant albino, Arrogante's practice could be considered a collage of artistic media where the body is the main theme and working tool. My latest projects include a video commissioned by Museo Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jalisco. The presentation of a video animation for the SEVENTH Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia.
BIO
Lives and works in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. His work is influenced by intuition, chance and the use of the biographical as a mediator of experiences, context and knowledge. Through his work investigates the production of images that appeal to the unconscious, exploring different media mainly choreography, writing, drawing and sculpture. He is interested in artistic practice as a tool to know places, people and generate unusual experiences. As part of a particular interest in the engineering of the scene, perfomance art and choreography has worked on different theater and dance projects, collaborating for Compañía Opcional, Teatro Ojo, Heesoo Agnes Kim. He is a co-founder and co-director member of the Arrogante albino collective composed of ten members, arises from the need to carry out projects that allow exploring outside the academic margins that move between different formats, disciplines and artistic media.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Amarra los filos: ama a tu vecino, Galería Tiro Al Blanco, Guadalajara, MX, 2019, El mono y la serpiente, Armendager, Guadalajara, MX, 2019, Also today is an omen?, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NYC, 2019, Quis este deus quem adoras? (¿Cuál es el dios al que adoras?) Espacio Obra negra, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2018, You’re here and it’s amazing, Arrogante Albino’s commissioned performance for I SEE YOU, curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg, Humberto Moro & Ben Tollefson, SCAD Museum of art, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A, 2018, Concierto para dos pies izquierdos, Laboratorio Artes Variedades, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, La domesticación de los reinos (plantae) para Unmetrocuadrado, Hotel Demetria, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Hubo dos momentos de fugaz conciencia mientras cruzábamos el río. Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Artista holgazán, ingenuo y falto de pericia. Galería Juan Soriano, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017
Selected group exhibitions include: Pabellón de las escaleras curated by Guadalajara90210, Santa María la Ribera, Mexico, 2019, La presencia de la ausencia, Llorarmx, Mexico, 2018, Antropología moderna, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico, 2018, Mecánica Vegetal parte I/II/III, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Geometría primitiva, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Geometría primitive, Galería Mercado Negro, Puebla, México, 2018, El departamento imaginario del Dr. Atl, Guadalajara90210, Gaudalajara, Mexco, 2018, Figura inesperada: Dos extraños llaman la puerta, Zsona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico, 2018, Compartíamos el planeta con los mamuts. Foro Periplo, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Vuelos y cantos dentro de un edificio que llora. Organized by Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Panadería Morelos. Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2016.
ARTIST LINKS
https://www.instagram.com/medicenhectorjimenez
https://vimeo.com/arrogantealbino