Art Madrid'24 – Armando de la Garza
Armando de la Garza
Monterrey (México), 1973
Born in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon in 1973, he began his painting studies at a very young age, but it was not until 1995 when he finished his architecture degree that he began his professional career in the art world. He has exhibited in more than 40 collective exhibitions in the U.S.A., France, Austria, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy, Spain and Mexico. He has exhibited individually on more than 25 occasions, including ‘en cualquier lugar que esto puede hallarse’ at Ginocchio Gallery in Mexico City, ‘Erase una vez’ at the Centro de las artes de la ciudad de Monterrey, ‘ID’ at Emma Molina Gallery, San Pedro Garza Gcia. ‘Los Infortunios de la Virtud’ Oblyon Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, “Horror Vacui” Isabel Croxatto Gallery, Santiago de Chile “Retratos de la corte” gallery alternativa once or “Biotá” in the space of Area Cretiva 42 in Rivarolo Italy among others. He has received several awards such as the acquisition prize in the XVIII Reseña de la plástica Nuevoleonesa and first place in the first biennial of the German Cultural Centre as well as selections in the IX Biennial FEMSA and in different issues of the Reseña de la plástica Nuevoleonesa, and the National Encounter of young art among others.