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I’m a Mexico-born, New York-based painter. My work fluctuates from abstract to figurative and back again, but the foundations remain the same: fully improvised compositions, a tightly restricted color palette, close attention to negative space, and a delight in flow.
SOLO SHOWS
2022
“Brutes: New prints” at Archie’s Press, New York, NY
2020
“Temet Nosce” at Postmasters Roma, Rome, Italy
“A Mala Hora” at Postmasters, New York, NY
2018
“Now & Then, More or Less” at Machamux, Westport, CT
2015
“New Paintings” at Postmasters, New York, NY
2002
“Six Heads, Indoors” at The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2001
“Four Paintings on Three Walls” at Three Walls, San Antonio, TX
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021
“Horses?” at Chart, New York, NY
2019
“Melt” at Chart, New York, NY
“Limbic Songs” at Real Eyes, North Adams, MA
2018
“Plus One” at Project:Art Space, New York, NY
2015
“He Put a Hot Fish in Her Navel” at Embajada, San Juan, PR
2014
“Early Man” at The Hole, New York, NY
2012
“The Cursed Chateau” at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2008
“A Mycological Exploration” at V-Gun, Portland, OR
“Bam! Boom! Bang!!!” at Morsel, Brooklyn, NY
2004
“Semi-Lucid” at White Columns, New York, NY
2003
“Sasquatch Feng Shui” at The Portland Building, Portland, OR
“After Matisse-Picasso” at PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
“Pink Slips and Golden Parachutes” at The Project, New York, NY
PRESS
2021
“12 Artists on How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way They Approach Their Work” artnet news, March 11
2020
“Un’asta online con 37 artisti per sostenere lo Spallanzani” Inside Art, May 5
“Artisti del mondo per sostenere lo Spallanzani” by Roberta Petronio, Corriere della Sera, May 3
2019
“Aesop célèbre les Anciennes Muses de la Mythologie” by Renaud Bonnet, Carnets de Traverse, December
“Aesop Gets Into Greek Mythology, Plus 4 More Clever Finds” by Zoë Sessums, Clever (Architectural Design), December 6
“Critics’ Picks: Melt” by Zahra Nasser, Artforum, August
2016
“Beyond the Face” Artstein, August 2
“Rubber Souls: Contemporary Painting Stretches Its Legs” by Scott Indrisek, Modern Painters, June/July
“Giovanni Garcia-Fenech’s Big Naked Bodies” by Kyle Fitzpatrick, 1234kyle5678.com, January 20
2015
“Shape and Form” by Michael Slenske, Wallpaper, December 10
“ArtRx NYC: Painted Self Portraits” by Jillian Steinhauer, Hyperallergic.com, December 8
“A New Gallery in Puerto Rico with a Salacious Backstory” by Ann Binlot, T Magazine (The New York Times), October 1
“Early Man” by Hannah Stamler, Modern Painters, March
2014
“3-Sentence Reviews” by Jerry Saltz, Vulture (New York Magazine), December 4
2010
“Art for Everyone” Elle Decor, November
2009
“Artists as Optimists” by Charlie Finch, Artnet.com, January 6
2005
“Dateline Brooklyn” by Stephen Maine, Artnet.com, February 4
2003
“Core Sampler” by Daniel Duford, The Organ #8, November/December
Untitled review by Tom Moody, January 17
2002
“The Moment and The Eternity; Giovanni Garcia-Fenech and JBK Ransu at the Living Art Museum” Morgunbladsins, November 30
“Six Heads Indoors” Frettabladid, November 30
“Sleeping with the Enemy” by Rufus Griscom, Nerve.com, August 12
“Nervy Artists Get Personal Online” Artnet.com, July 30
“Weekly Highlights: Are ‘Friends’ Electric” Los Angeles New Times, July 26
“The New Irascibles” by Carol Kino, photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, WBurg.com, Spring
“Group Show: The Nervous System” by Holly Myers, Los Angeles Times, March 29
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (MFA)
Austin College Sherman, TX (BA Psychology, BA Art)
Giovanni García-Fenech 