marco rios

Marco Tulio Rios

Born in Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in Los Angeles
braincellblock@gmail.com

 
Education:

2006    MFA, University of California, Irvine
1997    BFA, Otis College of Art and Design.

Solo Exhibitions:

2008
Not Yet Titled, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, NY

2006      
Embryonic Loop (collaboration w/ Ruben Ochoa), LAX><ART
Disruptions, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Disruptions, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA
Moving Equilibrium, a site-specific performance, Irvine, CA
A New Piece by Marco Rios, Michael Poppyfield Projects, Valencia, CA

2005       
FANGORIA, a site-specific sculpture, Irvine, CA

2004       
Rigor Motors, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

2002       
Pretty in a Kimono, Class C, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions:

2006      
November, Harris Lieberman, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, New York, NY
One Shot: 100><100, LAX><ART
Agente Once, Acuna Hansen, Los Angeles, CA
News Stand Project, organized by Dan Bayles, Los Angeles, CA

2005       
Speakeasy, Upspace, Los Angeles, CA
Drive Time, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Supersonic, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Very Early Pictures, Luckman Gallery, curated by Richard Torchia, Los Angeles, CA
Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004       
Big and Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA
Untitled Group Show, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Bumper Sticker Show, Class C, curated by Rita Gonzales, Los Angeles, CA
Wight Biennial: Dark Side of the Sun, Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Grocery List, Art 2102 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Belief Like Bonsai, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pink, Cartelle Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA

2003       
Disquieted, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002       
miniature, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial:

2007
Body Double, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Glitch, LACMA West, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography:

Firstenburg, Lauri, “Ten by Ten,” uber.com, February 2007.
Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review: November,” New York Times, B34, December 22, 2006
Rios, Marco,”Maruchan Candidate,” Agent Once: Volume 1, Ed. Jason Keller, 2006
Torchia, Richard, ”Very Early Pictures,” D Magazine, Issue 01, 2005-6
Kun, Josh, “The New Chicano Movement,” Los Angeles Times Magazine, January 9, 2005.
Holl, Jess, “Driving Through the Pearly Gates, Los Angeles Times, E56, September 9, 2004
Gomez, Ed, “Pink at Cartelle Gallery,” RIM, pgs.42-3, No.5, Summer 2004

Awards:

2003-06    Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
2005         Nominee, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship in Sculpture 
1993-97    Otis Scholarship, Otis College of Art Design
1993-97    Cal Grant