Xavier Robles de Medina
XAVIER ROBLES DE MEDINA (b. 1990, Surinam)
lives and works between Berlin and Paramaribo
Xavier Robles de Medina is based in Berlin. In 2019 he graduated from the Master’s program in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Robles de Medina’s combined consideration of surface, and personal archive—spanning from generic signs to highly specific historical sources—are meditated via the Cartesian coordinate system. In 2015 he was nominated for the Prix de Rome Visual Arts (NL), and the following year he earned a place on the shortlist of the Royal Award for Modern Painting (NL). Recent solo exhibitions include Wan Destination Wanhoop at SCAD Museum of Art, USA (2020), Faya Lobi at Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2020), als het hele lichaam oor zou zijn (if the whole body were an ear) at Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname (2018), and if you dream of your tongue, beware at Catinca Tabacaru, New York (2017). Upcoming shows include a three artist exhibition curated by Luís Manuel Araújo at Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest (2021).
BORN 1990 IN PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
LIVES AND WORKS IN BERLIN, GERMANY
EDUCATION
- 2019
MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, London, England
- 2012
BFA in Painting and Animation, Magna Cum Laude, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, USA
- 2008
Bilingual International Baccalaureate Diploma, St.Clare’s, Oxford, England
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2024
Love is not a maybe thing, 2024, Efremidis, Berlin (Forthcoming)
- 2023
I will go away into the wild wood, and never come home again, Alice Amati, London
- 2022
What if the tongue is cut out?, Art Basel Hong Kong, Discoveries, with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
- 2020
Ți-a ieșit iepurele în cale, Another Mobile Gallery, Bucharest
Faya Lobi, Praz Delavallade, Paris- 2020
Wan Destination Wanhoop, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA; Curator: Ben Tollefson
- 2019
MFA, Goldsmiths, London
Opportunity Cost, Praz Delavallade, Los Angeles
- 2018
Solo Presentation, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Drawing Now, Paris
als het hele lichaam oor zou zijn” (if the whole body were an ear), Readytex Art Gallery, Surinam
The Future Looms Dark and That We Can Scarcely, Barbé Urbain, Gent, Belgium- 2017
TNF with Xavier Robles de Medina, Readytex Art Gallery, Surinam
If you dream of your tongue, beware, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York- 2012
Atelo, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
DucatoPrize 5 Finalists in Contemporary, Piacenza
Biographicality, Efremidis, Berlin
Capture Change, nouveaux deuxdeux, Munich
Party in the Blitz, Mamoth, London- 2022
Manifestatie 1980–1989: Surinaamse verhalen van vreugde en verdriet, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, SR (co-curated w/ Miguel Keerveld)
Trust in Mortals, Brigade, Copenhagen
NADA Curated: Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura), Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, The New Art Dealers Alliance (curated by Fatoş Üstek; online)
The Palliative Turn, Künstlerhaus Bremen; Curated by Nadja Quante in close collaboration with Kasia Fudakowski and Olav Westphalen
Ĩ’NDAFFA FORGER / OUT OF THE FIRE, 14th Dakar Biennale, Dakar, Senegal; Curators: Dr El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Delphine Buysse, and Anna Karima Wane
An Evening On The Palliative Turn hosted by Kasia Fudakowski, Pogo Bar, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Curator: Sofie Krogh Christensen- 2021
Udubaki, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Surinam
Dionysia, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
The Palliative Turn, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany; Curator: Olav Westphalen
Flux and Reflux, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany; Curated by Willem de Rooij in the framework of his exhibition Pierre Verger in Suriname; online
Dreams Made Flesh, Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest; Curator: Luís Manuel Araújo
Group exhibition, M. LeBlanc, Chicago- 2020
CTG Collective: The Berry Eaters, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
- 2019
General Meeting, Freehouse, London; Curated by Darren Flook and Nancy Hatcher
The Sound of Silence, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles
ZWRT, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent
Metabolic Museum University, 33rd Ljubliana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubliana, SI (devised by Clémentine Deliss)- 2018
CTG-R: Zimbabwe, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
Material, Cob Gallery, London, UK
From Shape to Form, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, USA (curator: Jon Seals)
Jubileum Expo: 25 Jaar Readytex Art Gallery, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Surinam- 2017
While Meditating on War, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam; Curator: Ronit Eden
X-C: Transference Between Neighbors, (with Clément Carat), WOW International, Amsterdam- 2016
Exhibition of the IAOCA, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
Zig Zag Zim, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZI (catalogue)
Zig Zag Zim part II, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, New York
25 Years Contemporary Art in Suriname, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Surinam; Curator: Sasha Dees- 2015
Fictions and Constructions, Catinca Tabacaru, New York, NY
- 2014
It Begins on Paper, Catinca Tabacaru, New York, NY
- 2013
Ever Ours, Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013, Chicago; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
Slideluck, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, USA
THE SKETCHBOOK SHOW!!!, Ashmore Gallery, Savannah, USA- 2012
META, Gallery 263, Cambridge, USA
Small Works 2012, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA
Cherchez La Vérité, The Porch, Savannah, USA
Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, USA
Far From Home, Blue Gallery, Savannah, USA
THE SKETCHBOOK SHOW!!!, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, USA- 2011
Drawing Works, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, USA
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 2023
DucatoPrize (finalist), Piacenza (winner announced 9.2023)
- 2021
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (shortlist), London
- 2016
Royal Award for Modern Painting (shortlist), Royal Palace Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2015
Prix de Rome (Visual Arts nominee), The Mondriaan Fund, Netherlands
- 2012
Artistic Honors Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design
RESIDENCIES
- 2020
CTG ( R ): Romania, CTG Collective with Another Mobile Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- 2019
CTG ( R ): Finland, CTG Collective at Serlachius Museums Residency, Mänttä, Finland
- 2018
CTG ( R ): Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with Dzimbanhete Arts & Culture Interactions (DAI), Harare, Zimbabwe
- 2017
CTG ( R ): Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with DAI, Harare, Zimbabwe
WOW Amsterdam, The Netherlands- 2015
CTG ( R ): Zimbabwe CTG, Collective in collaboration with DAI, Harare, Zimbabwe
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Fondation L’Art Est Vivant
National Gallery of Zimbabwe