Anibal Catalan

Born in Iguala, Guerrero, México 1973.
Lives and works in Mexico City.

Anibal Catalan studied fine arts at Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda from 2001-2006 and before that, attended the School of Architecture at Anahuac University from 1993-1997.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. His most recent solo exhibitions include "Open Sky" (2010) at Drexel Projects, Monterrey, Mexico; "Overlap" (2009), La Estación, México City, Mexico; "Overland" (2008) at Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; and "Free and Mobile" (2007) at Gallery 415, San Francisco, CA. Since 2001, Catalan’s work has been included in a wide variety of international group shows. Recent
exhibitions include "An Exchange with Sol LeWitt" at MASS MoCA, "Certamen Internacional Explum" at Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, Spain; "Cimbra Formas Especulativas y Armados Metafisicos" at Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2011); "Light Art Biennale" at Lichtkunst, Linz, Austria; "1st Land Art Biennial Mongolia", National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia; "Sobrestructuras," Espacio de Arte OTR, Madrid; "Mexi-Cali Biennial 09-10," Los Angeles (2010); "Les Rencontres Internacionales Paris-Berlin-Madrid," Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia and Haus der Kulturen der Welt HKW; "Shangri L.A.: Architecture as a State of Flux," 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA(2009); "XIV National Biennial Rufino Tamayo," Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; "I Moscow International Biennial for Young Art," MMOMA, Moscow, Russia; "Proyectos para Deconstruccion," MUCA Roma, Mexico City; "It's Not Easy," Exit Art, New York (2008); "Sancta," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (2007); "III Castellon Painting Prize," Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellon,
Spain (2006), among others.

Anibal is a current recipient of the National Fellowship FONCA Sistema Nacional de Creadores 2011-2013, was the first prize recipient in the National Biennale of Painting in 2007, received an honorable mention in the Diesel New Art Estocolmo in 2007 and the WTC Art Festival in 2006,
received a National Fellowship for Young Art (FONCA pintura) in 2004-2005, was awarded the first prize (National Acquisition Prize) from the National Auditórium in 2006, and was honorable mention fellowship from the Mex-Am Foundation in 2004-2005.

Nació en Iguala, Guerrero, México 1973.
Vive y trabaja en México, DF.

Anibal Catalan (Iguala, Gro. México 1973) cuenta con la Licenciatura en Artes Plasticas por La Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" (2001-2006) y con estudios en Arquitectura en la Universidad Anahuac (1993-1997). 

El trabajo de Catalan se ha exhibido nacionalmente e internacionalmente, individualmente y colectivamente. Sus mas recientes exposiciones individuales son: "Open Sky" en Galeria Drexel, Monterrey (2010); "Overlap" en México DF (2009); "Overland" en Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (2008); y "Free & Mobile" en Gallery 415, San Francisco.  Desde el año 2001 el trabajo de Catalan ha sido incluido en gran variedad de exhibiciones internacionales colectivas en las que destacan: "An Exchange with Sol LeWitt," MASS MoCA, Boston, EUA;  "Certamen Internacional Explum," Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, España; "Cimbra Formas Especulativas y Armados Metafisicos" en Museo de Arte Moderno, México DF (2011);  "Light Art Biennale," Lichtkunst, Linz, Austria; "1st Land Art Biennial Mongolia," National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia;  "Sobrestructuras Espacio de Arte OTR," Madrid, España; "Mexi-Cali Biennial 09-10," Los Angeles, EUA (2010); "Les Rencontres Internacionales Paris-Berlin-Madrid," en Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia y Haus der Kulturen der Welt HKW; "Shangri L.A.: Architecture as a State of Flux," en el 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles (2009); "XIV National Biennial Rufino Tamayo," Museo Tamayo, México DF; "I Moscow International Biennial for Young Art," MMOMA Moscu, Rusía; "Proyectos para Deconstruccion," MUCA Roma, México DF; "It's not Easy," Exit Art, Nueva York (2008); "Sancta," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, EUA (2007); "III Castellon Painting Prize," Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellon, España (2006), por mencionar algunas.

Actualmente, Anibal Catalan es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte FONCA (2011-2013); ha sido becario del Programa Jovenes Creadores FONCA (2004-2005); ha recibido premios y menciones de honor en certamenes nacionales e internaciones y ha sido seleccionado en Residencias Artisticas como: Art Omni International Artists Residency, Nueva York (2010), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Baie Saint Paul, Quebec (2008) y en el Vermont Studio Center (2005). Ha recibido tambien becas de produccion por la Mex Am Foundation (2004-2005) y por el consejo de Artes y Letras de Quebec (2008).