Javier Marín (Uruapan, Michoacán 1962 -)
About
Javier Marín was born in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, in 1962. With an acclaimed career spanning more than 30 years, the Mexico City-based artist has been featured to date in more than 90 one-person exhibitions and has been curated into more than 200 group exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, as well as in countries in Central America, South America, Asia, and Europe.
Javier Marín’s work speaks to the concept of an integrated human being. At the basis of his creative process is the construction and deconstruction of three-dimensional forms of the human figure. In addition to sculpture, he now includes the media of drawing and photography within his celebrated practice.
During the past two decades, significant venues presenting Marín exhibitions have included Place du Louvre, in Paris (2018); The San Diego Museum of Art in California (2018); MUDEC, Museo delle Culture in Milan (2018); Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca, in Locarno, Switzerland (2016); Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma Testaccio, in Rome (2013 –2014); Les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, in Brussels (2010); Museo di Palazzo Reale, in Milan (2008 – 2009); Bass Museum of Art, in Miami Beach (2006 –2007); Museo Colonial and Museo Santa Clara, both in Bogota (2006); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2006); Museo Amparo, in Puebla, Mexico (2005); Espace Pierre Cardin, in Paris (2000); Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City (1996); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (1993); and the Museo de Arte Álvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, in Mexico City (1990), among many others. The artist’s 30-year retrospective, the exhibitions “Corpus” and “Terra” were presented respectively in the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso and Palacio de Iturbide, in Mexico City (2015 – 2016).
Marín’s work is collected by major public museums and institutions, as well as notable private collections in Mexico and abroad. These include the Museo de Arte Moderno and Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, both in Mexico City; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Museo del Barro, in Caracas; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in California; Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston; Boca Raton Museum of Art and Miami’s Latin American Art Museum, both in Florida; the Blake-Purnell Collection, in New York; Costantini Collection in the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Ersel Collection, in Turin; and the collection of the Prince of Monaco. The artist’s public projects and exhibitions have been held in such singular spaces as the Plaza Lange Voorhout, in The Hague (2010); Piazza del Duomo, Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant’Agostino, in Pietrasanta (2008); Casa de América in Madrid, on the main facade of which he created the monumental work, Chalchihuites (2007); Convento de San Francisco de Asís, in Havana (2006); Plaza Juárez and the Ex Templo de Corpus Christi, in Mexico City (2005); Church of Santa Catarina, in Lithuania (2003); and the Espace Bellevue, in Biarritz (2001). Marín has also been invited to participate in prestigious international exhibitions, such as the opening exhibition of the China Art Museum, Shanghai, which showcased the world’s art treasures (2012).
Most significantly, Marín’s sculpture has been chosen twice for the Venice Biennale: exhibited on the Larga Ascensione at the entrance to the Piazza de San Marco, in the 49th Biennale (2001); and at the Sala Santo Tommaso, Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in the 50th Biennale (2003).
Marín has been honored with important prizes and recognitions, including the First Prize at the Third International Beijing Biennale (2008). In 2010, he was selected from a juried list of talents, and awarded the commission to create the main altarpiece and presbytery for the Zacatecas Cathedral basilica, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has become one of the calling cards of his career, and a masterpiece example of a contemporary artist creating a
work for a historic sacred space.
In recognition of his traveling solo exhibition “De 3 en 3,” which toured to seven cities throughout Europe (Pietrasanta, Milan, The Hague, Brussels, La Baule-
Escoublac, Luxembourg, and Rome), the Queen of the Netherlands bestowed upon Marín the title of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2009).
Javier Marín’s work speaks to the concept of an integrated human being. At the basis of his creative process is the construction and deconstruction of three-dimensional forms of the human figure. In addition to sculpture, he now includes the media of drawing and photography within his celebrated practice.
During the past two decades, significant venues presenting Marín exhibitions have included Place du Louvre, in Paris (2018); The San Diego Museum of Art in California (2018); MUDEC, Museo delle Culture in Milan (2018); Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca, in Locarno, Switzerland (2016); Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma Testaccio, in Rome (2013 –2014); Les Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, in Brussels (2010); Museo di Palazzo Reale, in Milan (2008 – 2009); Bass Museum of Art, in Miami Beach (2006 –2007); Museo Colonial and Museo Santa Clara, both in Bogota (2006); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2006); Museo Amparo, in Puebla, Mexico (2005); Espace Pierre Cardin, in Paris (2000); Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City (1996); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (1993); and the Museo de Arte Álvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, in Mexico City (1990), among many others. The artist’s 30-year retrospective, the exhibitions “Corpus” and “Terra” were presented respectively in the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso and Palacio de Iturbide, in Mexico City (2015 – 2016).
Marín’s work is collected by major public museums and institutions, as well as notable private collections in Mexico and abroad. These include the Museo de Arte Moderno and Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, both in Mexico City; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Museo del Barro, in Caracas; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in California; Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston; Boca Raton Museum of Art and Miami’s Latin American Art Museum, both in Florida; the Blake-Purnell Collection, in New York; Costantini Collection in the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Ersel Collection, in Turin; and the collection of the Prince of Monaco. The artist’s public projects and exhibitions have been held in such singular spaces as the Plaza Lange Voorhout, in The Hague (2010); Piazza del Duomo, Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant’Agostino, in Pietrasanta (2008); Casa de América in Madrid, on the main facade of which he created the monumental work, Chalchihuites (2007); Convento de San Francisco de Asís, in Havana (2006); Plaza Juárez and the Ex Templo de Corpus Christi, in Mexico City (2005); Church of Santa Catarina, in Lithuania (2003); and the Espace Bellevue, in Biarritz (2001). Marín has also been invited to participate in prestigious international exhibitions, such as the opening exhibition of the China Art Museum, Shanghai, which showcased the world’s art treasures (2012).
Most significantly, Marín’s sculpture has been chosen twice for the Venice Biennale: exhibited on the Larga Ascensione at the entrance to the Piazza de San Marco, in the 49th Biennale (2001); and at the Sala Santo Tommaso, Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, in the 50th Biennale (2003).
Marín has been honored with important prizes and recognitions, including the First Prize at the Third International Beijing Biennale (2008). In 2010, he was selected from a juried list of talents, and awarded the commission to create the main altarpiece and presbytery for the Zacatecas Cathedral basilica, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has become one of the calling cards of his career, and a masterpiece example of a contemporary artist creating a
work for a historic sacred space.
In recognition of his traveling solo exhibition “De 3 en 3,” which toured to seven cities throughout Europe (Pietrasanta, Milan, The Hague, Brussels, La Baule-
Escoublac, Luxembourg, and Rome), the Queen of the Netherlands bestowed upon Marín the title of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2009).
Exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 – 2019
“Javier Marín: Jeux de Miroirs.” Place du Louvre, Paris, France.
“Javier Marín: The San Diego Museum of Art.” The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,
California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Claroscuro.” Museo Espacio, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2018
“Javier Marín: Corpus.” MUDEC, Museo delle Culture, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Colección Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial de la SHCP,
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
2017 – 2018
“Javier Marín: Claroscuro.” Fábrica de San Pedro, Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico.
2017
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Ex convento Franciscano, Parroquia de San Juan Bautista y
Santa María de Guadalupe, Metepec, Edo. De México, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Daidalos.” Museo Il Labirinto della Masone, Parma, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Zonas Oscuras.” Terreno Baldío Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Colosales.” Escalinata del Calvario, Metepec, Edo. de México,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Plazuela Mariano de las Casas, Downtown, downtown,
Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Plaza Luis Cabrera, Colonia Roma, Mexico City, Mexico.
2016
“Javier Marín: Casa Rusca.” Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca, Locarno, Switzerland.
2015-2016
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Monumentales.” Explanada de la rectoría de la Universidad
Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” MUSA Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Corpus Terra.” Plaza Seminario, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Corpus.” Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Terra, La Materia Como Idea — Material Idea.” Palacio de Iturbide, Fomento
Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014
“Javier Marín: Puerto de Veracruz.” Gran Plaza Malecón and Plaza de la República, Port of
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Colosales.” Queen Isabella Memorial Park, South Padre Island,
Texas, United States.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Colosales.” Centro de las Artes of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Diseños de Vestuario.” Lobby of the Teatro del Bicentenario, Forum Cultural
Guanajuato, Opera Season 2014, León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Piazza Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla, Arezzo, Italy.
“Book Launch: Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Forum Cultural Guanajuato, León,
Guanajuato, Mexico.
2013-2014
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Centro Cultural Vito Alessio Robles, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” San Agustín Alley, Morelia, Michoacán,
Mexico.
2013
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Atrium of the Temple of Santo Domingo,
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Casa Municipal de Cultura, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
“Cabeza de Hombre / Cabeza de Mujer.” Museo de El Carmen, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Parque Eulogio Rosado, Mérida, Yucatán,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Piazza del Pincio, Piazza San Lorenzo, MACRO Testaccio-La
Pelanda, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, Rome, Italy.
2012
“Javier Marín: Retrospective.” Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas, United
States.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Gallery of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Place des Martyrs and Place Guillaume II, Luxembourg City,
Luxembourg.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Esplanade Lucien Barrière, La Baule-Escoublac, Brittany, France.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Plaza de Santo Domingo, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Esplanade of the Museo Nacional de Antropología,
Mexico City, Mexico.
2011
“Javier Marín: Talavera.” Barbara Paci Galleria d’Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy.
2010
“Javier Marín: Caballo Madero.” Esplanade of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín : De 3 en 3.” Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Place Royale, Place
du Musée, Place de l’Albertine, Brussels, Belgium.
“Javier Marín.” A permanent, site-specific commission for the Retablo y Presbiterio
Mayor de la Catedral Basílica de Zacatecas, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zacatecas,
Zacatecas, Mexico.
2009
“Javier Marín: Chalchihuites.” Stichting Den Haag Sculptuur, Lange Voorhout, The Hague,
Holland.
“Javier Marín.” Palazzo Ersel, Turin, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Circle Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
“Javier Marín: Seven Heads and Three Wigs.” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, New York,
The United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Zapopan, Zapopan, Jalisco,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
2008-2009
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Rotonda di Via Besana, staircase of the Palazzo Reale, Piazza
and Piazzetta Reale of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes,
Mexico.
2008
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo Federico Silva, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Church and cloister of Sant´Agostino, Piazza del Duomo-Sala dei
Putti, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez, “El Nigromante,” San Miguel de Allende,
Guanajuato, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Palacio de los Serrano, Ávila, Spain.
2007-2008
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” El Cuartel del Arte, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2007
“Javier Marín.” Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Chalchihuites,” Dos Gotas de Agua. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
“Javier Marín: Barroco Mexicano.” Barbara Paci Galleria d´Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
2006-2007
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca,
Mexico.
2006
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Casa Rosalva, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Galería Nacional-Museo de los Niños, San José, Costa Rica.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Manzana de la Rivera, Asunción,
Paraguay.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Museo Colonial and Museo Santa Clara, Bogotá, Colombia.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Ex Convento de las Capuchinas, La Antigua, Guatemala.
2005
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Ex Templo de San Agustín, Zacatecas, Zacatecas,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Galería N2 Ignacio de Lassaletta y Asc., Barcelona, Spain.
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Pinacoteca del Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Nuevo
León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Museo Amparo, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Plaza Juárez and Ex Templo de Corpus Christi, Mexico City,
Mexico.
2004
“Javier Marín: En Blanco.” Dominican Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Palacio de Clavijero, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
2003
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Traveling exhibition touring through five cities in the Northeast of
Mexico (Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria, Saltillo, Durango, and Querétaro).
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Church of Saint Catherine, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania.
“Javier Marín: Venezia-Messico.” Sala San Tommaso, Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
2002
“Javier Marín: Sculture.” Compagnia del Disegno, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures & Photographs.” San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, Texas,
United States.
“Javier Marín.” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculture Oggi.” Storico Palazzo Bettoni-Cazzago, Brescia, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Sala Efraín Vargas, Instituto Michoacano de Cultura, Morelia,
Michoacán, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, Mexico.
2001
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Mostra Personale.” Galleria Tornabuoni, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín alla Rocca di Cesena.” Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena, Italy.
2000-2001
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France.
1999
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculture.” Compagnia del Disegno, Milan, Italy.
1998
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures in Clay and Bronze.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles,
California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Bronces.” Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico.
1997
“Javier Marín: Sculpture.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Terracottas.” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, New York, United States.
“Javier Marín: Bronces.” Museo Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
1996
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures.” Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States.
1995
“Javier Marín: Bronce.” Galería La Academia, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Galería Alfred Wild, Bogotá, Colombia.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Divine Design.” Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculpture.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1994
“Javier Marín.” Galería Misrachi, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1993
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Barro.” Galería Florencia Riestra, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” El Cuerpo Arrebatado: la Piel de Barro. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
(MARCO), Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1991
“Javier Marín: Pintura y Escultura.” Galería Florencia Riestra, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Cerámica.” Galería Torre del Reloj, Mexico City, Mexico.
1990
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Barro. Museo de Arte Álvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil,
Mexico City, Mexico.
1987
“Javier Marín: Presencias Inesperadas.” Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City,
Mexico.
2018 – 2019
“Javier Marín: Jeux de Miroirs.” Place du Louvre, Paris, France.
“Javier Marín: The San Diego Museum of Art.” The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,
California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Claroscuro.” Museo Espacio, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2018
“Javier Marín: Corpus.” MUDEC, Museo delle Culture, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Colección Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial de la SHCP,
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
2017 – 2018
“Javier Marín: Claroscuro.” Fábrica de San Pedro, Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico.
2017
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Ex convento Franciscano, Parroquia de San Juan Bautista y
Santa María de Guadalupe, Metepec, Edo. De México, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Daidalos.” Museo Il Labirinto della Masone, Parma, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Zonas Oscuras.” Terreno Baldío Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Colosales.” Escalinata del Calvario, Metepec, Edo. de México,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Plazuela Mariano de las Casas, Downtown, downtown,
Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Plaza Luis Cabrera, Colonia Roma, Mexico City, Mexico.
2016
“Javier Marín: Casa Rusca.” Pinacoteca Comunale Casa Rusca, Locarno, Switzerland.
2015-2016
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Monumentales.” Explanada de la rectoría de la Universidad
Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” MUSA Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara,
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Corpus Terra.” Plaza Seminario, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Corpus.” Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Terra, La Materia Como Idea — Material Idea.” Palacio de Iturbide, Fomento
Cultural Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014
“Javier Marín: Puerto de Veracruz.” Gran Plaza Malecón and Plaza de la República, Port of
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Cabezas Colosales.” Queen Isabella Memorial Park, South Padre Island,
Texas, United States.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Colosales.” Centro de las Artes of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Diseños de Vestuario.” Lobby of the Teatro del Bicentenario, Forum Cultural
Guanajuato, Opera Season 2014, León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Piazza Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla, Arezzo, Italy.
“Book Launch: Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Forum Cultural Guanajuato, León,
Guanajuato, Mexico.
2013-2014
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Centro Cultural Vito Alessio Robles, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” San Agustín Alley, Morelia, Michoacán,
Mexico.
2013
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Atrium of the Temple of Santo Domingo,
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Casa Municipal de Cultura, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
“Cabeza de Hombre / Cabeza de Mujer.” Museo de El Carmen, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Tres Esculturas Monumentales.” Parque Eulogio Rosado, Mérida, Yucatán,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Piazza del Pincio, Piazza San Lorenzo, MACRO Testaccio-La
Pelanda, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, Rome, Italy.
2012
“Javier Marín: Retrospective.” Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, Texas, United
States.
“Javier Marín: Fragmentos.” Pago en Especie y Acervo Patrimonial, collection of the SHCP,
Gallery of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Place des Martyrs and Place Guillaume II, Luxembourg City,
Luxembourg.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Esplanade Lucien Barrière, La Baule-Escoublac, Brittany, France.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Plaza de Santo Domingo, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabezas Monumentales.” Esplanade of the Museo Nacional de Antropología,
Mexico City, Mexico.
2011
“Javier Marín: Talavera.” Barbara Paci Galleria d’Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy.
2010
“Javier Marín: Caballo Madero.” Esplanade of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Cabeza Vainilla.” Museo Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín : De 3 en 3.” Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Place Royale, Place
du Musée, Place de l’Albertine, Brussels, Belgium.
“Javier Marín.” A permanent, site-specific commission for the Retablo y Presbiterio
Mayor de la Catedral Basílica de Zacatecas, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zacatecas,
Zacatecas, Mexico.
2009
“Javier Marín: Chalchihuites.” Stichting Den Haag Sculptuur, Lange Voorhout, The Hague,
Holland.
“Javier Marín.” Palazzo Ersel, Turin, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Circle Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
“Javier Marín: Seven Heads and Three Wigs.” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, New York,
The United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Zapopan, Zapopan, Jalisco,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
2008-2009
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Rotonda di Via Besana, staircase of the Palazzo Reale, Piazza
and Piazzetta Reale of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes,
Mexico.
2008
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo Federico Silva, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: De 3 en 3.” Church and cloister of Sant´Agostino, Piazza del Duomo-Sala dei
Putti, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez, “El Nigromante,” San Miguel de Allende,
Guanajuato, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Palacio de los Serrano, Ávila, Spain.
2007-2008
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” El Cuartel del Arte, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2007
“Javier Marín.” Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Chalchihuites,” Dos Gotas de Agua. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
“Javier Marín: Barroco Mexicano.” Barbara Paci Galleria d´Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
2006-2007
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca,
Mexico.
2006
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Casa Rosalva, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Galería Nacional-Museo de los Niños, San José, Costa Rica.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Manzana de la Rivera, Asunción,
Paraguay.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Museo Colonial and Museo Santa Clara, Bogotá, Colombia.
“Javier Marín: Siete.” Ex Convento de las Capuchinas, La Antigua, Guatemala.
2005
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Ex Templo de San Agustín, Zacatecas, Zacatecas,
Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Galería N2 Ignacio de Lassaletta y Asc., Barcelona, Spain.
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Pinacoteca del Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Nuevo
León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Retroperspectiva.” Museo Amparo, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Plaza Juárez and Ex Templo de Corpus Christi, Mexico City,
Mexico.
2004
“Javier Marín: En Blanco.” Dominican Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Palacio de Clavijero, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
2003
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Traveling exhibition touring through five cities in the Northeast of
Mexico (Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria, Saltillo, Durango, and Querétaro).
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Church of Saint Catherine, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania.
“Javier Marín: Venezia-Messico.” Sala San Tommaso, Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo,
50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
2002
“Javier Marín: Sculture.” Compagnia del Disegno, Milan, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures & Photographs.” San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, Texas,
United States.
“Javier Marín.” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculture Oggi.” Storico Palazzo Bettoni-Cazzago, Brescia, Italy.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Sala Efraín Vargas, Instituto Michoacano de Cultura, Morelia,
Michoacán, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, Mexico.
2001
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Espace Bellevue, Biarritz, France.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Mostra Personale.” Galleria Tornabuoni, Pietrasanta, Italy.
“Javier Marín alla Rocca di Cesena.” Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena, Italy.
2000-2001
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France.
1999
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
“Javier Marín: Sculture.” Compagnia del Disegno, Milan, Italy.
1998
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures in Clay and Bronze.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles,
California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Bronces.” Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico.
1997
“Javier Marín: Sculpture.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Terracottas.” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, New York, United States.
“Javier Marín: Bronces.” Museo Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
1996
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculptures.” Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States.
1995
“Javier Marín: Bronce.” Galería La Academia, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Galería Alfred Wild, Bogotá, Colombia.
“Javier Marín: Escultura.” Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Divine Design.” Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California, United States.
“Javier Marín: Recent Sculpture.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1994
“Javier Marín.” Galería Misrachi, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1993
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Barro.” Galería Florencia Riestra, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín.” El Cuerpo Arrebatado: la Piel de Barro. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
(MARCO), Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Sculptures.” Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1991
“Javier Marín: Pintura y Escultura.” Galería Florencia Riestra, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Cerámica.” Galería Torre del Reloj, Mexico City, Mexico.
1990
“Javier Marín: Escultura en Barro. Museo de Arte Álvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil,
Mexico City, Mexico.
1987
“Javier Marín: Presencias Inesperadas.” Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City,
Mexico.