Uriel Marin (born 1981) is based between Norman, Oklahoma and Oaxaca City, Mexico. A center of street art in Latin America, the walls of Oaxaca City have inspired his engagement with public art rooted in a rich tradition of Mexican muralists, graffiti artists, and printmakers.
A painter and printmaker, Uriel’s work develops from three interrelated thematic strands: observation of the natural world, a scavenger’s eye for beauty, and a mythologically founded symbolism. Some of his influences include the Japanese ukiyo-e stamp tradition, Indigenous Mesoamerican flora and fauna, and elements of contemporary popular culture.
Uriel’s work is based in a practice of close observation and engages natural imagery to extol hidden harmonies. He works from a variety of abstract designs to create a visual effect of dynamism, directing his work towards a process of abstraction and synthesis. The fluid quality of water in its constantly changing form – alongside other elements from the natural world – often appears as protagonist.
As an MFA student and instructor at the University of Oklahoma as well as the director of Gallo-dragon studio in Oaxaca City, he cultivates an attitude of constant exploration, insisting on a continual willingness to renew and experiment.
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CURRENT POSITION
Visiting Artist, University of Oklahoma | Norman, Oklahoma, USA (2021-present)
PRIMARY ARTISTIC MEDIUMS
Printmaking and painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fresh Breeze | University of Tartu Pärnu College Gallery. Pärnu Estonia
Murmullo de Arroyo | Tingladografico, Oaxaca, Mexico
2021 Water Fables | MAINSITE Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
2020 Pandemia. National Book Fair Featured Artist. Xalapa, Mex. (postponed due to COVID-19)
2018 Fábulas de Agua | Fine Arts Gallery. Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Mex.
2017 Onírica (Dreamlike) | Galería OMO. Morelia, Michoacán, Mex.
2017 Texto Estereo (Stereotext) | Fonoteca Eduardo Mata. Oaxaca, Mex.
2016 Ice Cream Paradise | Aida Gallery. Osaka, Japan
2015 Círculo Rojo (Red Circle) | Biblioteca Henestrosa. Oaxaca, Mex.
2014 Blanco & Black | Pine Brooklyn Gallery. Osaka, Japan
2013 I come from the water and to the water I return .Galería Thomas Flechel, Mexico City.
2013 Tetracontakaioctagon | Museo Taller Erasto Cortés. Puebla, Mex.
2012 Truenos (Thunder) | Galería Cuarto Contemporáneo. Oaxaca, Mex.
2012 Navegante (Navigator) | Gallaxy Gallery. Osaka, Japan.
2011 Musgo (Moss) | & Gallery. Osaka, Japan
2011 Cítrica (Citrus) | Instituto de Artes Plásticas, U.V, Xalapa Ver.
2010 Axolote | El Nopal Press. Los Angeles, CA
CURATED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023 Conspiracy | Resonator Institute, Norman, OK
2023 Bitácora de Viaje | Gallery, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca
SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 Area fiftyONE | MAINSITE Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
2023 Print, Print, Boom! | Resonator, Norman, OK
2022 Full Court Press Juried Print Exhibition of the Americas,
Corpus Christi, TX
2019 Alive | Artes Galerías de Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Mex.
2019 El Arte Gráfico Contemporáneo en Oaxaca | Museo de la Estampa. Mexico City
2018 Menguante~Creciente (Waxing-Waning) | Lek Gallery. San Cristobal de la Casas
2017 Papel & Memoria (Paper & Memory) | Galería Arte de Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Mex.
2016 Mexican Print Group Show | Rust-En-Vrede Gallery. Cape Town, South Africa
2013 De Imanes y Puentes (Of Magnets and Bridges) | Thomas Fléchel Gallery.
Mexico City
2012 Color Gráfica Joven Veracruzana (Graphic Color of Veracruz Youth)
Centro Cultural España. Mexico City
2011 Creación en Movimiento (Creation in Movement) | Museo de Arte de Querétaro
Querétaro, Mexico
2011 Penumbra | Casa Mezcal. New York City, U.S.A
2010 Real Life Issues | Nodal Art. New York, U.S.A
2010 3 London | Pure Evil Gallery. London, U.K
2010 Las Calles Electricas | 111 Minna Gallery. San Francisco, CA., U.S.A
SELECTED BIENNIALS
2019 VI Bienal Shinzaburo Takeda, Oaxaca, Oax
2018 XI Bienal Alfredo Zalce, Morelia, Mich.
4ª Bienal Arte Veracruz, Xalapa, Ver.
2014 Primera Bienal Nacional Nómada | Museo Regional de Queretaro, Qrto, Mex.
2010 II Bienal Shinzaburo Takeda, Oaxaca, Oax.
EDUCATION
2004 B.A. in Visual Arts, Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mex.
FELLOWSHIPS AND DISTINCTIONS
2022 Full Court Press Juried Print Exhibition of the Americas,
1st Prize Oso Bay Biennial XXII, Corpus Christi, TX
2012 Veracruz Art Biennial, 1st Prize (Premio del jurado, 1º Bienal de Arte Veracruz)
Fellow, Secretary of Culture Program for Creative and Artistic Development (Programa de Estímulo a la Creación y Desarrollo Artístico)
2011 Fellow, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. National Foundation for Culture and Art. Programa Jóvenes Creadores (Program of Young Creators)
2009 Honorable Mention, National Hall of Graphic Art (Salón Nacional de Gráfica)
2006- 2005 Fellow, Oaxacan Institute of Culture (Instituto Oaxaqueño de las Culturas)
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 La Máquina Taller de Litografía, Oaxaca, Oax.
2019 La Ceiba Gráfica, La Orduña, Veracruz
2016 La Chicharra indagación cerámica, Oaxaca, Oax.
2015 La Ceiba Gráfica, La Orduña, Veracruz
2012 Osaka University of Arts. Osaka, Japan
2011 Head Space Project. Osaka, Japan
COMMUNITY ARTS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
2018- Founder and director, Gallo Dragon Studio, Oaxaca,Mex.
2016-2018 Founder, Radio Rizoma arts and culture radio program
Fonoteca Eduardo Mata, Oaxaca, Mex.
2005-2011 Co-founder, Artecocodrilo Graphic Arts Collective. Oaxaca, Mex.
2005-2006 Art teacher in Indigenous communities of Oaxaca, Mexico |
Secretary of Arts and Culture of Oaxaca teaching fellow
INVITED WORKS, TALKS AND OPEN STUDIOS
2023 Studio tour and introduction to Printmaking. Telesis group, School of Architecture. 1 November.
2022 Tigre de Agua. Invited commemorative print. Arts! Arts! Arts! Annual gala event for the Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts.
2022 Invited illustration for poem “Jerusalem” by N. Shihab Nye, OU Giving Day.
2022 Open studio and guest talk. Core Studio I: Surface. Spring 2022.
TEACHING
2024 Etching
2023 Arts and Culture in Oaxaca, Mexico (study abroad)
2023 Advanced Printmaking
2021 Introduction to Printmaking
ART FAIRS
2023 Affordable Art Fair. London, UK.
2017 Feria Gráfica, Espacio Alternativo. Oaxaca, Mex.
2011 Blooom Art Fair. Cologne, Germany
2011 Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair. Christie’s, London, UK
PUBLICATIONS
2024 “Bunnies’ Paradise” in a Special Issue of Telesis. (Forthcoming)
2022 Brandenburg, J. “Interest flows through print show that explores water, mythology” The Oklahoman. Feb. 22.
2010 Street & Sketchbook Journeys. Ed. Tristan Manco. Thames & Hudson, London,
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