Artist biography
Gerardo Bravo was born in Mexico City in 1964. An interdisciplinary artist, he currently divides his time between Washington, D.C., and his native Mexico. Bravo’s oeuvre encompasses oil painting, stone and ceramic sculpture with wire additions, and installations. His work is profoundly shaped by his family's personal experiences in Mexico and his own experiences within both countries, inviting critical reflection on gender, power structures, memory, and grief.
Bravo commenced his career as a painter in 1996 with his first solo exhibition, Voces del espíritu, in Oaxaca, Mexico. By 2003, his work had been exhibited internationally by the Mexican government in Ottawa, Miami, and San Francisco. He presented his inaugural installation, Ofrendas a mi madre, at the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City in 2007, followed by the installation Ofrenda a 72 migrantes at the Azcapotzalco Regional Museum in 2010.
His works are held in numerous public and private collections, including those of the World Bank in Washington, D.C.; the Mexican Embassy in Berlin; the Museum of Oaxacan Painters in Oaxaca, Mexico; the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City; the Art Center of Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico; and the International Bank of Miami.
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1964. México City
Working between Mexico City and Washington DC.
Education and training:
2023-1: Curatorship, museography and exhibition management, UNAM, Mexico City.
2014 - 2015: Ceramics, with Master Alberto Díaz de Cossio, Mexico City.
1996 -1998: Painting techniques, with Master artist Luis Nishizawa, Toluca Mexico.
1998: Fresco painting workshop, Diego Rivera mural museum, Mexico City.
1994 -1999: San Carlos national academy of arts UNAM. Mexico City
Selected solo exhibitions:
2010 "Ofrenda a 72 migrantes”, Azcapotzalco Regional Museum, México City.
2007 "Ofrendas a mi Madre, Calligraphic Privitivism”, Diego Rivera Anahuacalli
Museum, México City.
"Ofrendas a mi Madre, Calligraphic Privitivism", Heineman Myers Gallery,
Bethesda Maryland. U.S.A.
"Mandalas", Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington D.C. U.S.A.
2006 "The psalms, Calligraphic Privitivism", Cultural Institute of Mexico San
Francisco, CA. U.S.A.
"The psalms, Calligraphic Privitivism", Cultural Institute of Mexico, Miami, FL,
U.S.A.
2005 "The psalms, Calligraphic Privitivism", SCA. UNAM. Ottawa, Canada.
2004 "Kuna mythology" Lithograph, Embassy of Panama, Mexico City.
2003 "Kuna mythology" Lithograph, Union congress in Mexico City.
2002 "Kuna mythology" Lithograph, Miguel Cabrera Gallery, Oaxaca City, Mexico.
1996 "Voces del espíritu " Oaxacan Institute of Cultures, Oaxaca City, Mexico.
Selected group exhibitions:
2026 “100 Mile Radius Biennial Exhibition” Chesapeake Gallery, Bell Air, MD. U.S.A.
2024 “Art of memory” Brain Bridge Lab art contest, University of Chicago, IL. U.S.A.
2009 " 2009 SOMAAP Salon" Mexican Authors Society of the Arts, SGC of IP.
Exhibition hall Siglo XX1 Medical Center, Mexico City.
2004 “Master Leo Acosta Lithography workshop”, San Carlos Academy gallery, UNAM,
Mexico City.
2003 "Artists in residence" Museum of Mexico City, Museum, México City.
1998 “Man; figure, function and mystery” San Carlos Academy gallery, UNAM, México
City.
1996 “VIII Rufino Tamayo Biennial”, Rufino Tamayo Museum, México City.
1989 “Selected works national painting contest” French Alliance, Mexico City.
Selected collections:
Art Center of Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico.
Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
International Bank of Miami, Miami FL. U.S.A.
Mexican Embassy in Berlin, Germany.
Museum of Oaxacan Painters in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Panamá Embassy in México City.
World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Gerardo Bravo features in various national and international private collections.
Selected awards, residencies & grants.
2025 Luxemburg art prize, (Recognition of high artistic quality), The Pinacotheque, private museum. 7 Rue Michel Rodange 2430 Luxembourg, Luxemburg.
2023 Luxemburg art prize, (Recognition of high artistic quality), The Pinacotheque, private museum. 7 Rue Michel Rodange 2430 Luxembourg, Luxemburg.
2022 Luxemburg art prize, (Recognition of high artistic quality), The Pinacotheque, private museum. 7 Rue Michel Rodange 2430 Luxembourg, Luxemburg.
1996 Rufino Tamayo VIII Biennial, (Selected art work), International contemporary art museum Rufino Tamayo, México City.
1989 National art contest (Selected work) Alliance Francaise, Mexico, commemoration for the bicentennial of the French Revolution, Mexico City.
Selected publications & press.
Espinosa Ricardo, "Gerardo Bravo exhibits pictorial work" El Sol de México newspaper, society section, August 5,2007. p. 4D
Rolando Diez Laurini, "Medieval Influence", 10 talented Mexican architects, Architectural Digest Mexico magazine, volume 7, November 2006, p. 74-79.
Taracena Berta, "Aesthetics of Mexican Art in time" Thought and work, Chapter VII, Editorial los peñascales, S.A de C.V. 2006, p.311.
Tibol Raquel, “Rufino Tamayo VIII Biennial catalogue” International contemporary art museum Rufino Tamayo, 1996, p.21
Professional contributions:
2024 Apexart juror of international exhibition proposals.
2023 Exhibition curatorial team, “Gunadule. Women, textile cartographies and territorial knowledge,” UNAM/ National Museum of World Cultures in Mexico City.
2003-2006 Design and construction country family house in Mexico City.
2003 Showrooms design for Futon Tanoshii furniture stores in Mexico City.