CHAVIS MÁRMOL

Biography

With little more than 10 years of experience, his art practice is grounded in contradiction as his works explore indigenous identity in contemporary society, the irony of materiality, late-stage capitalism, and the slapstick intervention of concept and form. With his vast knowledge of tools and materials, Mármol produces sculptures, as well as, site-specific installations and performance sculptures seeped in political satire and social criticism fabricated, deconstructed, and enacted with the art of play at the core.

Mármol is a Mexico City-based artist originally from Hidalgo, MX. He holds a degree in Visual Arts at the Instituto de Artes de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) as well as a masters in Visual Arts at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. Most recently, he has participated in exhibitions at Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City and Guadalajara; Casa Wabi, Oaxaca; N.A.S.A.L., Mexico City; Museu Fundación Juan March, Palma; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chile, Santiago; and the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center, Bogotá. He was awarded first place in the Rectangular Prism Acquisition Award at the Centro Cultural Esación Indianilla in Mexico City. He also obtained Honorable Mention at the UNAM University Art Biennial. Recently, he won the artistic creation residency at Casa Wabi during the ACME Salon No. 7 art fair in Mexico City.

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Selected works