GUSTAVO DIAZ
b. 1969
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Education and Experience
National Institute of Industrial Technologry, one year scholarship
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, concentration in Painting and Sculpture
Manuel de Falla Music Conservatory, 5-year program

Solo and Group Exhibitions
2017 EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL

2016 PArC: Peru Arte Contemporaneo, THE MISSION, Lima, Peru
Cero Negativo (Negative Zero), Houston, TX
2015 Typed, Cut, Peeled, and Painted: Latin American Made, THE MISSION pop-up at McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
2014 Miami Project, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
2013 Latin American Group Show, THE MISSION, Houston, TX
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, THE MISSION, Houston, TX
EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
Universo 1”, THE MISSION, Chicago, IL
Dallas Art Fair, THE MISSION, Dallas, TX
2012 PINTA-NY, THE MISSION, New York
EXPO CHGO, THE MISSION, Chicago
Houston Fine Art Fair, THE MISSION, Houston
Justificación a priori, THE MISSION, Chicago
Intricate Caligraphies, Cecilia de Torres, New York
Juana Manso 999 Building-Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, (Installation of a 23 x 14 meter mural) (Installation of a 23 x 14 meter mural)
2011 Pinta-NY, Cecilia de Torres, New York
Marked Pages III, Sicardi Gallery, Houston
Lecture-Board Latin Maecenas, MFAH, Houston
Microwave Eight, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
Armory Show, Cecilia de Torres, New York
2010 Art Basel-Miami, Cecilia de Torres, New York
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires)
Geometrías Ontológicas, Mumbat-Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Tandil
Armory Show, Cecilia de Torres, New York
2009 Pinta-NY (Cecilia de Torres, New York
Universos Hipotéticos, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
Salón Nacional de Dibujo, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2008, Salón Nacional de Dibujo, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
ArteBA Fair, Cecilia de Torres, New York
OpenSpace ArteBA, Presented a large sculpture, Horizon 2.0-Zonten, Cecilia de Torres, New York
Forma, línea, gesto, escritura, Aspectos del Dibujo en América del Sur, M.U.V.I.M.- Museo
Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad, Valencia, España
2007 Pinta-NY, Cecilia de Torres, New York
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
Salón Nacional de Dibujo , Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
Arte Américas-Miami, Cecilia de Torres, New York
2006 Art Basel-Miami, Cecilia de Torres, New York
2005 ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2004 Rioplatense Prize for Visual Arts, OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires
ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2003 ArteBA Fair, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2002 Exhibition #1, Proyecto A-Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2001 Banco Ciudad Foundation Prize, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires

Lectures
2016 Lecture “Cero Negativo,” Rice University, Houston, TX
2011 Lecture-Board Latin Maecenas, MFAH, Houston, TX
Lecture “The Complexity,” Rice University, Houston, TX
2010 Geometrias Ontologicas (Ontological Geometries)
2009 Hypothetical Universies, A-Contemporary Art Project, Bueno Aires, Argentina
2007 “Centros de arte, consideraciones sobre el espacio,” El Ojo de las Artes, Pinamar, Argentina
2003 Lecture “Reflections about Time,” Belgrano Public Library, Pinamar, Argentina
2002 Coordinator Art Project “5x6=56?”
1999 Coordinator “XX-XXI Actualidad del Arte,” Rotary Club, Pinamar, Argentina
Coordinator “HOY x HOY,” Rotary Club, Pinamar, Argentina

Awards and Grants
2016 Grant by the Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology in Houston
Rockefeller Foundation selection for annual residency at Bellagio Center, nominated by Jumex Contemporary Foundation
2013 Nominated for Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship for annual residency at Bellagio Center
2009 National Drawing Exhibition, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 National Drawing Exhibition, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Rioplatense Prize for Visual Arts, OSDE Foundation, Buenos Aires
2001 Paloma Alonso IV Bi-Annual Painting Exhibition, Argentina
Banco Ciudad Foundation Prize, National Fine Arts Museum, Buenos Aires
2000 Il National Painting Exhibition, 1st Prize, Pinamar, Argentina
1988/9 INTI Honorary Scholarship, National Industrial Technology Institute, Sensors for Robotic Applications Devolopment Laboratory, Argentina

Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, TX
Noble Energy Corporate Collection, Houston, TX
MKG Art Management, LLGBucher Collection, Houston, TX
Campos Collection, Houston, TXThe Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology, Houston, TX