Ernesto Marenco

Ernesto Marenco

(geb. 1960 Mexiko-Stadt) Marenco, Sohn eines exilierten nicaraguanischen Dichters und Politikers, war von Kindheit an von Künstlern, Malern, Schriftstellern und Dichtern umgeben, die aus dem spanischen Bürgerkrieg nach Mexiko und Ländern in Mittel- und Südamerika verbannt worden waren.  Marenco ist ein Künstler oder visueller Poet, der seit mehr als 35 Jahren die Sprache der Poesie in Alltagsgegenstände übersetzt. Seine Objekte drücken eine besondere und engagierte Art und einen großen Sinn für Humor aus. Der Künstler stellte seine Arbeiten in internationalen Galerien und Museen aus und produzierte mehr als 20 Buchumschläge in Lateinamerika, hauptsächlich Gedichtbände, was ihn zu einem der führenden Vertreter zeitgenössischer mexikanischer Kunstobjekte macht. Marenco lebt und arbeitet derzeit in Houston, Texas.

1960   geboren in Mexico City

1982   Bachelors Degree in Communications National Autonomous University of Mexico U.N.A.M.

1992   Bachelors Degree in Museology National School of Conservation of Artistic Patrimony for the National Autonomous University of Mexico U.N.A.M.

Solo Shows

2021    Art 3F Second Edition International Contemporary Art Fair- Van Gogh Art Gallery. Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, Monaco, France.

2019    HAIR.  – Flatland Gallery, Houston, Texas

2018    The True History of the Object – Gray Contemporary Houston, Texas

2018   The True History of the Objects – Museum of the City of Queretaro Santiago of Queretaro City, State of Queretaro. Mexico

​2018    Revisited – Cancilleria Museum Mexico City

2014    Miami International Art Fair/Art Basel Week – 33 Contemporary Gallery Miami, Florida. Curator: Sergio Gomez

2012    Objects Involved/Objetos Intervenidos – 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, Illinois Curator: Sergio Gomez

2005    Little Things – Artscan Gallery/Rudolph Project Houston, Texas. Curator: Volker Eisele

2005    Terra Incógnito – Russell Hill Rogers Gallery II Southwest School of Art and Craft. San Antonio, Texas

2002     Paradox Without the  Absurd – Mexic-Arte Museum Austin, Texas

2001    El Objeto no es Inocente (The Object is not Innocent) – The Museum of Ex-convents in Tepoztlan State of Morelos, Mexico

2000    El Objeto no es Inocente (The Object is not Innocent) – Gallery of Mexican Art (G.A.M) Mexico City

1999     El Fin de la Inocencia (The End of Innocence) – University Museum of Chopo, Mexico, City

1999    Donde Se Origina el Arte (Where is the Origin of Art) – The Air Center of Art, Mexico City

1999    Reliquias de lo Nuevo (The New Relics) – Institute of Culture Guerrense Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero, Mexico

1998    Reliquias de lo Nuevo (The New Relics) – The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of Puebla, State of Puebla, Mexico

1998    Reliquias de lo Nuevo (The New Relics) – House of the Lake, National Autonomy University of Mexico, Mexico City

1997    Reliquias de lo Nuevo (The New Relics) – Cultural Cabana Institute Guadalajara, State of Jalisco, Mexico

1996   Exilio Interior (Interior Exile) – Palace of Hernan Cortez Cuauhnahuac Museum Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mexico

1994   Deprendimientos II (Detachments II) – The Ethnobotanical Garden of the Borda Museum Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mexico

Collective shows

​​2021    Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict- Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, United States

2019   Duelos de Espejos: Reflecting Back. Rudolp Blume Fine Art/ Art Scan Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.

2016   Chevere – Sirona Fine Art Hallandale Beach, Miami, Floruda, USA.Curator: Didi Mendez

2016   Tiempo. Memoria…Daring to Dream Again Museo-Internazionale Italia Art MIIT, Turin, Italy. Curator: Sergio Gomez

2014   Fixation – Zhous B Art Center Chicago, Illinois. Curator; Didi Mendez

2012   Post-Apocolyptic Art – Marenko Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.

2011   7th Annual National Self-Portrait Show – 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL, Curator: Sergio Gomez

2011   Art Sarasota Seafair Megayacht Venue – Aldo Castillo Gallery, Sarasota , Florida

2011    Art Naples – Aldo Castillo Gallery, Naples, Florida

2010   Die Fucker! – Gaslight Gallery, Houston, Texas

2010    Depressionistas Alertas – Houston, Texas

2010    Art Car Parade – The Orange Show, Houston, Texas

2009    Biennial East Montrose Art Walk – EMCA Home Tour/Art Walk, Houston, Texas

2008    Day of the Dead – Marenco Art Restoration and Gallery, Houston, Texas

2007    Dia de los Muertos Altar – MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2006    VIII Bienal Monterrey FEMSA – Center of the Arts for Monterrey City, Monterrey, State of Nuevo León, Mexico

2005    5 Artists Under Pressure – Gallery III The Allen Center Continental Building, Houston, Texas

2005    Terra Incógnito – Russell Hill Rogers Gallery II  Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas

2005    Déjà Vu – Freedman Gallery at Albright College Albright, Pennsylvania, Curator: Christopher Youngs

2003   Mexico Illuminated – Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, Curator: Christopher Youngs

2002    Que Sabrosa! (How Delicious!) – The Ethnobotanical Garden of the Borda Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mexico, Curator: Robert Littman

2002    12 Artistas Plásticos (12 Plastic Artists) – The Ethnobotanical Garden of the Borda, Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mexico, Collection: Gilardi Editors Group

2001    Art Car Parade – The Orange Show, Houston, Texas, Curator: Armando Sarignana, Second Place in Performance

2000    Libro Albredrío (Free Book) – Arte-Nativo/Two-Box Gallery, Mexico City, Curator: José Guadalupe

1998    Masa Dranada/Art en Lata (Mass Drainage/Art in a Can), Mexico City