Material Art Fair 2015

Dates: 5-8 February, 2015

Venue: Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City

The second edition of Mexico City’s Material Art Fair presented a selective group of 40 galleries and artist-run project spaces — from 10 countries and over 20 cities — chosen by the fair’s 2015 selection committee, which was comprised of John Riepenhoff, artist and co-owner of Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Beatriz López, Co-Director of Instituto de Visión, Bogota; Chris Sharp, curator and co-founder of Lulu, Mexico City; and Gerardo Contreras, curator and director of Preteen Gallery.

The fair’s 2015 public program featured an engaging series of daily conversations organized by the New York City-based online publication, Triple Canopy, under the title “How Far is Near.” These included, “In Search of a Model for Life” with Felipe Ehrenberg, Waysatta Fernández, Juan Caloca, and Sofia Olascoaga; “Universal Methods of Design” with Maru Calva, José León Cerrillo, and Prem Krishnamurthy; and “How to Demand the Impossible” with John Gibler, Gabriela Jauregui, and Isaac Torres.

Anna Gritz, associate curator at South London Gallery, curated the fair’s video program, “Sand in the Vaseline,” which featured three individual programs for artists Adriana Lara, Sophia Al-Maria, and Stuart Middleton.

Mexico City-based Distrito Editorial created the fair’s bookstore, presenting an impeccable selection of artist books, books about art, and small, limited-edition works mostly by Mexican artists.

Finally, beneath the stage at the Auditorio Blackberry was the Material Exhibitors Club: an ambitious group exhibition, performance space, and pop-up mezcal bar organized by the Lower East Side art bar, Beverly’s, with complimentary mezcal provided by Gracias a Dios.

2015 Exhibitor List:

321 Gallery, Brooklyn / Adams and Ollman, Portland / American Medium, Brooklyn / Aran Cravey, Los Angeles / Beverly’s, New York City / CARNE GALLERY, Bogotá / Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago / Casa Imelda, Mexico City / Clifton Benevento, New York City / COOPER COLE, Toronto / David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis / East Hampton Shed, East Hampton / Et al., San Francisco / Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland / François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles / Grand Century, New York City / Green Gallery, Milwaukee / helper, Brooklyn / Instituto de Visión, Bogotá / Kunstverein Toronto, Toronto / Levy.Delval, Brussels / lodos, Mexico City / LOYAL, Stockholm / Lulu, México, D.F. / LVL3, Chicago / Mary Mary, Glasgow / Michael Jon Gallery, Miami+Detroit / Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto / New Galerie, Paris / Night Gallery, Los Angeles / P!, New York / Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca / Queer Thoughts, Nueva York / Regina Rex, Nueva York / Roberto Paradise, San Juan / Rolando Anselmi, Berlin / Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago / Smart Objects, Los Ángeles / What Pipeline, Detroit / The White Lodge, Córdoba / Yautepec, Mexico City

321 Gallery, Brooklyn

Artists: Jake Borndal, Erika Hickle, Paul Kopkau

Erika Hickle, Cherry Cola, 2015

Jake Borndal, Sollpsistic Trollop Mystic, 2015

Paul Kopkau, Untitled (f 12), 2015

Adams and Ollman, Portland

Artist: Ellen Lesperance

American Medium, Brooklyn

Artists: Zack Davis, Ann Hirsch, Brian Kokoska, Kareem Lotfy, Brenna Murphy, Morgan Ritter

Aran Cravey, Los Ángeles

Artist: Jibade-Khalil Human

CARNE GALLERY, Bogotá

Artists: Thom Bettridge, Santiago Pinyol, Adriana Martínez, Juan David Laserna, Juan Sebastian Pelaez

Adriana Martínez, At the end of the rainbow, 2015

Thom Bettridge, Evian, 2015

Casa Imelda, México, D.F.

Artist: Sergio Verastegui

Sergio Verastegui, canción de amanecer, 2015

Sergio Verastegui, (o), 2015

Sergio Verastegui, nalga de princesa, 2015

Clifton Benevento, Nueva York

Artist: Gina Beavers

COOPER COLE, Toronto

Artists: Lauren Luloff, Jenine Marsh

David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis

Artist: Shawn Kuruneru

East Hampton Shed, East Hampton

Artist: Larissa Lockshin

Et al., San Francisco

Artist: Chris Hood

Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland

Artists: Kristan Kennedy, Bobbi Woods, Monique Mouton, Pius Fox

Pius Fox, Durchblick, 2014

Monique Mouton, Untitled (A door? A door?), 2014

Grand Century, New York City

Artists: Ivo Eadwulf, K.R.M. Mooney

Ivo Eadwulf

K.R.M. Mooney

helper, Brooklyn

Artists: Ben Dowell, Marco Schmitt, Gavin Kenyon and Jeff Williams

Ben Dowell, Untitled, 2014

Instituto de Visión, Bogotá

Artists: Sebastián Fierro, Karlo Ibarra, Ana María Millán, Aurora Pellizzi, Santiago Reyes Villaveces

Levy.Delval, Brussels

Artists: Sofia Leiby, Jeff Baij, Kareem Lotfy

Jeff Baij

Sofia Leiby

Kareem Lotfy

lodos, México, D.F.

Artists: Emanuele Marcuccio, Renaud Jerez, Edward Marshall Shenk, Victor Vaughn

Renaud Jerez, By night with Torch and Spears, 2014

Victor Vaughn, Little Friends, 2015

Edward Marshall Shenk, Reclamation Hygenic Ward, 2015

LOYAL, Stockholm

Artists: Brian Belott, Jesse Greenberg and Justin Samson

Jesse Greenberg, Defensive Pool, 2015

Brian Belott, Wendnesday, 2014

Justin Samson, Spaghetti Eater, 2015

Lulu, México, D.F.

Artists: Kate Newby, Walter Sutin.

Kate Newby

Walter Sutin

Mary Mary, Glasgow

Artist: Alistair Frost

Michael Jon Gallery, Miami/Detroit

Artists: Math Bass, Kelly Akashi, Egan Frantz, JPW3, Sayre Gomez

Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto

Artists: Matthew Feyld, Paul Wackers, Jacob Whibley

New Galerie, París

Artists: Dora Budor, Nico Colon, Sean Raspet

Sean Raspet, Texture Map (Normal) (FO5) and (IO1), 2015

Nico Colón, A Common Denominator, 2015

Dora Budor, Possessed, 2014

Night Gallery, Los Ángeles

Artists: Mira Dancy, Sean Townley, Augustus Thompson

P!, New York City

Artists: José León Cerrillo, Elaine Lustig Cohen, Karel Martens

Parallel Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Artists: Beatriz Olabarrieta, Lewis Teague Wright, Marianne Spurr, Michael Ray-Von, Paul S. Sanchez, Tomas Díaz Cedeño, Yves Scherer

(Curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini)

Queer Thoughts, Nueva York

Artists: David Rappeneau with a performance by Puppies Puppies

Regina Rex, New York City

Artists: Michael Assiff, Brent Birnbaum, Jeanette Hayes, Mitch Patrick, There There

Rolando Anselmi, Berlín

Artists: Davide Balliano, Jodie Carey

Davide Balliano

Jodie Carey

Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago

Artists: Chris Bradley, Amanda Ross-Ho

Amanda Ross-Ho, UNTITLED SMOCK (ACCIDENT), 2013

Amanda Ross-Ho, Untitled Textile Arrangement (TOWEL RACK #3), 2014

Chris Bradley, Chip, 2010

Chris Bradley, Untitled Token, 2015

Smart Objects, Los Angeles

Artist: Keith J. Varadi

What Pipeline, Detroit

Artists: Will Benedict, Tom Humphreys, Lucie Stahl, Paul Pascal Theriault

Will Benedict

Tom Humphreys

The White Lodge, Cordoba

Artists: Ramiro Chaves, Gustavo Di Mario, Dolores Cáceres, Ad Minoliti

Yautepec, Mexico City

Artists: Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Fabiola Menchelli, Morgan Mandalay, SANGREE