Exhibitions and awards
Daniel Lezama was born in Mexico City August 10, 1968 of Mexican-American parents. He studied Visual
Arts in Mexico's National University from 1993 to 1997. Lezama's work is represented in private and
public collections in Mexico and New York, and in Europe. He currently lives and works in Mexico City.
One-artist exhibitions
2005
- The death of Empedocles, Cafe La Gloria, Mexico City
2004
- Recent work, Galeria Drexel, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2003
- Days to remember, Casa Clavijero, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2002
- Morality Plays, Roebling Hall Gallery. New York N.Y.
- Paintings, 1998-2002, Hacienda Museum, Mexico City
- A visit to the valley, Galeria OMR, Mexico City
- The History Class, Galeria Jesús Drexel, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2001
- Shared stories, Fine Arts Museum, CD. Juárez, Chih, and Quinta Gameros, Chihuahua
2000
- The birth of love, Querétaro Museum, Querétaro. Veracruz Cultural Institute, Veracruz. (December 2000)
- Untitled, MUCA Roma, Mexico City. (October 2000)
- Small formats, El Estudio Gallery, Mexico City
- Recent work, Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico City
1998
- The existential garden, Gallery 2, ENAP-Xochimilco. Mexico City
- 12 scenes, 1997-1998, Hof&Huyser Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
- The theatre of the real, Gallery III, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City
- Maya's Veil, Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico City
1996
- Motif: portrait, Casa Borda, Taxco, Guerrero
Group exhibitions (selection)
2005
- Grupo de los 16 winning auction artists, traveling show, various venues, Mexico
- Miami Basel, Galeria OMR, Miami FL
- La Condesa in Beijing, Factory 798 Counterbiennale, Beijing, China
- II Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
- Art Basel, Galeria OMR, Basel, Switzerland
- Young artists (selected by), Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium
- The radical will, Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festival, Museo del Chopo, Mexico DF
- MACO art fair, OMR, Expo Reforma, Mexico DF
- 9 Mexican painters, Museum of Modern Art, México D.F
- Myth of two volcanoes, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico DF
- New racial classes, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain, El Nigromante, Guanajuato, Mexico
- ARCO 05, Galeria OMR, Madrid, Spain
2004
- Grupo de los 16, Auction show, Mexico DF
- Miami Basel, Galería OMR, Miami FL
- Art Basel, Galeria OMR, Basel, Switzerland
- MACO art fair, OMR, Expo Reforma, Mexico DF
- Gay and Lesbian Cultural Festival, Museo del Chopo, Mexico DF
- Mexico Report, Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, TX (Traveling show)
- The Armory Show, Galeria OMR, New York, NY
2003
- Miami Basel, Miami FL, U.S.
- A conversation in painting, Mexico City, Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City
- XX Century masters of Mexican painting, MARCO, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
- Terrible Beauty, Satellite, New York, NY
- The 7 capital sins, Bodega Quetzalli. Oaxaca, Mexico
- ArtBasel, Galeria OMR, Basel, Switzerland
- XVI Lesbian and Gay Week, Chopo Museum, Mexico City
2002
- Miami Basel, Miami FLA. U.S.
- 8th. Bancomer Art Salon, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, D.F.
- FIAC, Galería OMR, Paris, France
- Art Berlin, Galeria OMR, Berlin, Germany
- Afflicted, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, N.Y.
- Art Basel, Galería OMR, Basel, Switzerland
- Art Chicago, Roebling Hall Gallery, Chicago, U.S.
- Feria ARCO, Galeria OMR, Madrid, Spain
2001
- Painting under the bridge, Puente 15, Querétaro, Mexico
- Active Creation No 11, National Center for the Arts, Mexico City (traveling show)
- 50th. anniversary, Galeria José Maria Velasco, Mexico City
- 25-35, Young contemporaries, Ex Arzobispado Museum, Mexico City
- XV Lesbian and Gay Week, Chopo Museum, Mexico City
- Heaven and Earth, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City
- 5 Mexican landscape painters, Mexican Embassy, Djakarta, Indonesia
- Three figurative artists, SR-30, Mexico City
2000
- Acts of faith, Alamada Art Lab, Mexico City
- Landscapes/Nudes, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
- Visions and diversions, Lourdes Sosa Galería, Mexico City
- X Tamayo Biennale, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
1999
- Omnilife Art Salon, Omnilife Foundation, Guadalajara, Jalisco
- 25x25, El Espacio Gallery, Mexico City
- XIX Young Artists Salon, ICA, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes and other sites
- Summer 1999, El Estudio Gallery, Mexico City
1998
- 4th Bancomer Art Salon, Mexico D.F., Monterrey, N.L., and other sites
- The body alluded, National Art Museum, Mexico City
- Threshold of a Century, 127 Gallery, Mexico City
- Active Creation, No.7, Exhibition of Young Artists of the FONCA, Guadalajara Regional Museum, Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City
- Anonymous and Fakes, Josep Renau Gallery, Instituto Politécnico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
- KunstRAI, Rai Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Studio works, Casa del Poeta, Mexico City
1996
- From the Center to the Border, U.A.B.C, Mexicali, Baja California
- Collective in El Estudio, El Estudio Gallery, Mexico City
1995
- Installations and other things, Foro Cultural Contreras, Mexico City
- September 19, Galleries I and II, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City
- 1st. University Fair of the Arts, M.U.C.A., Mexico City
1993
- The Culture of the Night, El Juglar, Mexico City
Public Collections
- MAM (Museum of Modern art), Mexico City, Mexico
- MACO(Oaxaca Museum for Contemporary Art), Oaxaca, Mexico
- SMAK (State Museum for Contemporary Art), Ghent, Belgium
- Desert Museum, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Hermes Trust Collection, London, UK
- SHCP (Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit), Mexico
Awards
2005
- Artistic Creators Sponsorship, generation 2005-2008, National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA)
2000
- Acquisition Award, Tenth Tamayo Biennale, Museo Rufino Tamayo
1999
- Young Artists Sponsorship, Generation 1999-2000, National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA)
1998
- Cultural Projects and Coinvestment Program, 1998-I, National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), 1998
- Financing for catalogue in Amsterdam show
1995
- Young Artists Sponsorship, Generation 1995-1996, National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA)