Image: Grey Matter. By: Pepe Mar, 2021.

Pepe Mar

Pepe Mar is a cognoscente of materiality at the forefront of social fluency and personal obsession. Mar excavates the ritual narratives inherent in secondhand stores, science fiction, celebrity, commercial design, and social media to create abstract and anthropomorphic barometers of contemporary culture. His rich, experiential process recalls the history of assemblage and painting. Mar heeds the call of Roland Barthes’ universal signifiers and answers with icons both appropriated and original.  The artist’s work is committed to a personal and universal exploration of cultural alienation. 

 

Pepe Mar was born in Mexico and lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received his BFA from California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco and received his MFA from Florida International University. The artist has completed residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2011), the Bronx Museum International Residency Program (2013), and The Artist-in-Residence Program at The Banff Centre (2015), among others. Current solo exhibitions include Rising Sun at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Recent exhibitions include Tesoro: Pepe Mar’s Love Letter to the Frost, at The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami; and solo exhibitions include Dragonfruit at The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh (2019-2020) and You Never Should Have Crossed the Rio Grande (2021) at David Castillo Gallery. Upcoming exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse. In 2019, the artist’s project Varla TV was one of the installations presented during the inaugural year of Meridians, a platform for large-scale installations at Art Basel Miami Beach; the presentation was curated by Magali Arriola, Director of Museo Tamayo, Mexico City. Mar is a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Wavemaker grant, the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, two Ellies awards and accompanying grants by Oolite Arts, and others. Mar’s work has been included in major publications such as, 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow (Thames & Hudson, 2019) and exhibitions such as, Woven at Deutsche Bank, New York and Philodendron at the Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach. The artist’s work has been exhibited throughout the US and abroad and is included in major collections in the US, Europe, and Latin America including public collections such as the High Museum, Atlanta; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Perez Art Museum, Miami; Museum of Latin American Art, CA; de la Cruz Collection; Everson Museum; Tampa Museum, among others. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, ARTnews, Art in America, The Artnewspaper, and Artnet among others. In 2023, the artist will have a 15-year career survey exhibition organized by the Tampa Museum of Art, curated by Dr. Joanna Robotham, Ph.D., which will feature a comprehensive overview of the artist’s works and will be accompanied by a major scholarly publication.

Born in 1977 in Reynosa, Mexico, lives and works in Miami, FL

 

EDUCATION

 

2012
MFA, Florida International University, Miami, FL

 

2011
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

 

2000
BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA

 

1999
Ècole d’Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2023
Magic Vessel, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Myth and Magic, A fifteen year career survey, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Florida Contemporary, Baker Museum, Naples, FL

 

2022
Pepe Mar: Rising Sun, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

 

2021
You Never Should Have Crossed the Rio Grande, David Castillo, Miami FL

 

2020
Tesoro, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Mexipop, Insituto Cultureal de Mexico en Miami, Miami, FL
Origin, The Miami Design District, Summer Residency and Exhibition, Miami, FL

 

2019
Dragonfruit, The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Varla TV, Art Basel Meridians, curated by Magali Arriola, director of Museo Tamayo, Mexico City

 

2017
Man of the Night, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

 

2016
Excess of Sleep Produces Monsters, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

 

2015
Versus, Miami, FL (The Andy Warhol Foundation/Cannonball Wavemaker Grant project)

 

2014
Parco dei Mostri, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX

 

2013
The Transorientalist, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
A Claw For An Eye, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Pepe Mar 2005-2013, Young at Art Museum, Davie, FL
The Eye, The Vessel, and The Spell, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Baby Dragon, P-R-I-M-E-T-I-M-E, Brooklyn, NY

 

2010
Time Bomb: Extended Version, curated by Melissa Diaz, Miami Design District, FL
TIme Bomb, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
9 Solos, Meet Me at the Underground (Starring Quentin Crisp), The Moore Building, Miami, FL

 

2008
Who Needs Guitars Anymore?, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
Raw Sewage, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2007
Shock Treatment, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
Pandemonium, The Art Gallery at Government Center, Miami, FL

 

2006
My Mirrors, David Castillo Gallery, Miami , FL
Hunga Bunga, Freight + Volume, New York, NY

 

2005
To Hell and Back Again, Nada Art Fair, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Guanajuato, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL

 

2002
You Better Be Pretty, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL

 

2001
I Live Here Now, “It Can Change,” San Francisco, CA

 

2000
Don’t Breathe Too Deep, Techoa Bruce Gallery, CCAC, San Francisco, CA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2023
Vessel and Veil, David Castillo, Miami, FL
House in Motion / New Perspectives, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL

 

2022
Sign and Substance, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Together, at the Same Time, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL

 

2021
Permanent Collections Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
CURRENTS, David Castillo, Miami, FL

 

2020
DC Triangle, David Castillo, Miami, FL
Rituals of Regard and Recollection, Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota

 

2019
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art 2019, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Big Ringer, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Notices in a Mutable Terrain, curated by Adler Guerrier, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, FL

 

2018
Deconstruction: A reordering of life, politics, and art, The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Many Visions, Many Versions, The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
In terms of collage, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Center to Center, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
The Strangeness Will Wear Off, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

 

2017
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Bochinche, Creative Misunderstandings Performance series, Faena Forum, Miami Beach, FL
No burden as heavy, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

 

2016
Two Years of Looking, New Arts Project, Curated by Erik Hanson, London, UK
Woven, Deutsche Bank, 60 Wall Gallery, New York, NY

 

2015
100+ Degrees in the Shade, A Survey of South Florida, Miami, FL
Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to American Modern, The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach, FL
DCG Summer Show, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

 

2014
Amerika, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Metabolic Bodies, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2013
Discovery Gallery permanent installation, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Pivot Points: 15 Years and Counting, MoCA North Miami, North Miami, FL
Annual Interest No. 1, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL

 

2012
Dark Flow Lurking, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
This and That: Unconventional Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Discrepant Modernism, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Texas National 2012, curated by Dave Hickey, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX

 

2011
Reformation 2011, Old County Jail, Skowhegan, ME
GOLDMINE: Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA

 

2010
The Maginot Line, curated by Dennis Scholl, David Castillo Gallery
Double Take, Miami Design District, FL
Mystic Visage, World Class Boxing: Debra & Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, FL
Gallery Projects, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Spreading the Influence, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, OH

 

2009
Heads Up, curated by Michael O. Gold, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
TIME + TEMP: Surveying the shifting climate of current painting in South Florida, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Set to Manual, Girls’ Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
CUT: The Makings of Removal, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, San Bernardino, CA
Pivot Points 3, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Express Yourself: International Pow Wow, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL
Gallery Projects, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
NEW/NOW: New Painting & Drawing, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Fourth All-Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
BEAUTIFUL/DECAY: A TO Z, Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

 

2008
Troglodytes see better in the dark, David Castillo Annex
Under the Influence, Girl’s Club, curated by Michelle Weinberg, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Miami Art Museum
Refraction, loop gallery, Berlin, Germany
Glogauer Residency, Berlin, Germany
Cut, Vincent Price Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

 

2007
Expanded Painting, curated by Paco Barragan & Nina Arias, Miami, FL
Reverie + Revolt: contemporary collage, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami
Real Time, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
All Is Well That Begins Well and Has No End, Eighty WSE Gallery, New York
Summer Residency exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, NY
All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco

 

2006
Destroy this City, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Native Seeds, Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
Searching for Love & Fire, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2005
La Frontera, Gescheidle, Chicago ,IL
For Everyone and No One, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Labyrinth, The Newton Building, Curated by Tyler Emerson, Miami, FL

 

2004
Animal Farm, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
Piñata Party, Gavin Brown Enterprise, Organized by “It Can Change,” New York, NY
Visions of Now, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Young Miami, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
Delinquent Boys, Plush Gallery, Dallas, TX
Drawing Conclusions 2, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
Miami in N.Y., Budman Studios, New York, NY
The Stray Show, Worm Hole Laboratory, Chicago, IL
The Skull Show, Hanna Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
If You Believe Hard Enough, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
By the Woods, Miami Light Project, Miami FL
Dirty South, Worm Hole Laboratory, Miami, FL

 

2003
Pepelandia, Rectangle Space, Miami, FL
Haunted, Worm Hole Laboratory, Miami, FL
Butt Seriously, The Moore Space, Curated by Aja Albertson, Miami, FL
Gilligan’s Island, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
Muestra 2, Adriana Schmidt Gallery, (Stuttgart, Germany) World Trade Center, Mexico
Shadow Cabinets, Kunstall Fridericianum, Organized by “It Can Change,” Germany
Cut and Paste 2, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
Of Off Painting, Buick Building, Miami Design District, FL

 

2002
Art Basel Miami Beach, Ambrosino Gallery (North Miami, FL), Miami Beach, FL
Stomping Grounds I, ACSF, Curated by Carolina Salazar, Miami Beach, FL
The No Show Against Discrimination, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Slide Jam, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

2001
Tent, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Face 2 Face 2 Face, Pond Space, Organized by “It Can Change,” San Francisco, CA

 

2000
Point of Departure, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Jardin, Curated by Chris Perez, San Francisco, CA

 

1999
All College Honors, Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jones, Darren, “Pepe Mar”, Artforum, April, 2022.
“New Works at Everson Museum Reflect Mission of Diversity”, Yahoo News, December 3, 2021.
“Table of Contents”, Art Basel Miami Magazine, December, 2021.
Altman – Yee, Riki, “Confronting Conformity with top talents from around the country”, Art Basel Miami Magazine, December 2021.
“El artista mexicano Pepe Mar realiza un collage con obras de un museo de Miami”, Yahoo Vida y Estilo, December 4, 2020.
“The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU opens “Tesoro: Pepe Mar’s Love Letter to the Frost””, Art Daily, December 2020.
Mesa, Amanda and Jane Wooldridge. “Miami Art Week lives- in storefronts, on the beach, and online. Here’s what’s happening”, Miami Herald, November 28, 2020.
Freeman, Nate. “Art Basel Miami Beach is Officially Cancelled for 2020”, Artnet News, September 2, 2020.
Fazzare, Elizabeth. “How the Miami Design District Brings Art to All”, Cultured Magazine, September 1, 2020.
“Pepe Mar Pop-Up”, The Soul of Miami, July 2020.
BWW News Desk, “New Art Programs To Debut In The Miami Design District”, Broadway World, May 29, 2020.
Battaglia, Andy, Maximiliano Duron, Alex Greenberger, “‘It Can Hit Us, But It Won’t Defeat Us’: Armory Show Proves Resilient in Face of Coronavirus Fears and Complications”, Artnews, March 4, 2020.
“Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2019”, Artnet News, December 9, 2019.
Mor, Ricardo. “What Stuck At Art Basel Miami Beach”, Cultured, December 6, 2019.
Silva, Horacio. “What Not to Miss at Miss at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019”, Town & Country, December 4, 2019.
Cascone, Sarah. “See Highlights From Art Basel Miami Beach’s New ‘Meridians’ Section, Where the Fair’s Biggest (and Best) Artworks Shine”, Artnet News, December 4, 2019.
Hudson, Tom. “The Sunshine Economy: Creativity and Commerce During Art Week”, NPR, December 2, 2019.
Carrigan, Margaret. “Interview with Pepe Mar on his work safeguarding queer histories”, The Art Newspaper, December 2, 2019.
Sokol, Brett. “Art Basel Miami, Where Big Money Meets Bigger Money”, The New York Times, November 29, 2019.
Laster, Paul. “9 Must-See Artworks in Art Basel’s New Meridians Sector in Miami Beach”, Galerie, November 29, 2019.
Loiseau, Benoit. “Vogue’s essential guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2019”, Vogue, November 28, 2019.
“Eight New Exhibitions at The Mattress Factory”, Arte Fuse, November 2019.
Farley, David. “8 Great Things To Do In Miami”, Newsweek, October 11, 2019.
Wooldridge, Jane. “60,000 Square Feet With 33 Monumental Works Equals Really Big New Sector at Art Basel”, Miami Herald, October 10, 2019.
Hurley, James, “Flamingle:Top Five Native and New Florida Artists”, Flamingo, August 26, 2019.
“Pepe Mar, Jillian Mayer, and Asser Saint-Val Questions Systems of Belief at David Castillo Gallery in Miami Beach”, Artnews, July 19, 2019.
“Orlando Museum of Art’s 2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art rejoices in the chatic, transcendent interconnectedness of the world”, Orlando Weekly, June 2019.
“2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art”, Orlando Arts Magazine, May/June 2019.
Fraser, Trevor. “Eyes of the Prize: Latest Florida Prize brings in artists from around the state”, Orlando Sentinel, May 29, 2019.
Heath, Misty. “Orlando Museum of Art Kicks Off Florida Prize Exhibition with Preview Party, May 20, 2019.
Rosillo, Carlos. “La feria Arco, en imagenes”, El Pais, February 28, 2019.
“Meet Pepe Mar”, VoyageMIA, February 2019.
Nieto, Ana B. “Un guia de artistas a los libros de historia”, El Diario, December 16, 2018.
“The Twenty Five”, Cultured Magazine, December 2018.
“David Castillo Gallery to present works by stellar group of artists at Art Basel Miami Beach”, Artdaily.org, November 2018.
“The Fairs”, South Florida Luxury Magazine, Winter Issue.
“ArtCenter/South Florida Awards Nearly $500,000 to Miami-Based Artists”, Artforum, October 25, 2018.
Wooldridge, Jane. “Miami artists share $491,000 in awards. Winners include a life-size cardboard MiG jet”, Miami Herald, October 24, 2018.
“’Deconstruction: A reordering of life, politics, and art’ at Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami”, Blouin Artinfo, September 25, 2018.
“Pepe Mar”, Exhibition Magazine, September 2018.
“12 Miami artists headline major show at the Frost Art Museum FIU”, Artdaily.org, August 2018.
Austin, Tom. “20 artists in 20 hours: It’s so Miami. Just one more reason to hit an art space now.”, Miami Herald, August 12, 2018.
Newman, Ed. “Frost Museum in Miami Hosts “Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art”, Medium, August 2, 2018.
Carannante, Greg. “The Miami Dozen”, City & Shore Magazine, July 2018.
“Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art Opens July 14th in Miami—Details Here!”, Floss Magazine, July 2018.
Batet, Janet. “Deconstruccion: vida, politica y arte en el FROST”, el Nuevo Herald, July 26, 2018.
“‘Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art’ at the Frost Art Museum”, Highbrow Magazine, July 22, 2018.
“El Museo de Arte Frost eelebra sus diez años con artistas de EE.UU. y America Latina”, el Diario, July 13, 2018.
Cascone, Sarah & Caroline Goldstein. “From Frida Kahlo in London to Casanova in Boston, Here Are 29 Museum Shows Worth Traveling for This Summer”, Artnet News, July 10, 2018.
“Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art”, Luxe Beat Magazine, May 2018.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Inside the artist’s studio”, The Art Newspaper, December 6, 2017.
Rivera, Fredo. “How Queers and Latinos Helped Make Miami an Art Capital”, Advocate, December 4, 2017.
“Wonder Emporium”, Miami Magazine, December 2017 Issue.
“Entre Obras en el Tropico”, Destino Mundo Vogue, November 2017.
Uszerowicz, Monica. “When Artists Carry the Burden of History”, Hyperallergic, August 20, 2017.
Tschida, Anne. “If you’re interested in the art of here & now, you need to see this show”, Miami Herald, July 6, 2017.
Kleinman, Rebecca. “Passion Project”, Modern Luxury Magazine, July/August 2017.
Santino, Sini. “Pepe Mar: Excess of Sleep Produces Monsters”, The Miami Rail, Winter 2016.
Mason, Isabella. “Pepe Mar at David Castillo Gallery, Miami”, Blouin Art Info, November 3, 2016.
“The Politics of Weaving: Xaviera Simmons’ Exhibition ‘Woven’ at 60 Wall Gallery”, Art Mag by Deutsche Bank, July 2016.
Rosen, Miss. “Exotic to American Modern: How one Latin American plant inspired a movement in Western art and culture”, Crave, December 7, 2015.
Larsen, Christian A. “Philodendron: From Pan-Latin Exotic to American Modern”, catalogue, The Wolfsonian – FIU, October 2015. Print.
McCaughan, Sean. “The Wolfsonian is Building an Immersive Jungle in its Lobby,” Curbed Miami, September 23, 2015.
Levin, Jordan. “Cannonball Miami awards its Wavemaker grants,” The Miami Herald, February 19, 2015.
Artsy Editorial. “A Group Show Considers Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ and Otherness in Art,” Artsy, 2014.
Tommaney, Jim J. “Pepe Mar: Parco dei Mostri (Park of Monsters)–A Trip Down Memory Lane,” HoustonPress, September 2014.
Glentzer, Molly. “Pepe Mar Brings his Wunderkrammer to DiverseWorks,” Houston Chronicle Arts & Theatre, September 2014.
Matos, Dennys. “Metabolic Bodies una reflexion en torno a practicas artisticas,” El Nuevo Herald, May 3, 2014.
Tschida, Anne. “Pepe Mar’s cabinets of wonder,” Knight Arts, April 2, 2013.
Albritton, Laura. “Dressing Up Sculpture: A Conversation with Pepe Mar,” Sculpture Magazine, April 2013.
Matos, Denys. “Pepe Mar: Reapropiacion de la iconografia Mexicana,” El Nuevo Herald. March 26, 2013.
Batet, Janet. “‘This and That’: La sociedad a traves del arte contemporaneo,” el Nuevo Herald, October 12, 2012.
Brillson, Leila, “10 Rising Miami Artists To Start Collecting Now”, Refinery 29, April 11, 2012.
Brereton, Richard, Cut & Paste, 21, Laurence King Publishing, London, October 2011.
Velez, Pedro, “Michael Wynne: True Collecting,” Artnet, April 2011.
Gonzalez, Victor, “Pop Goes the Apocalypse,” Miami New Times, October 2010.
Wagoner, Gretchen, “Behind the Facade at World Class Boxing,” Artslant.com, October 2010.
Dougher, Colleen, “Fresh Art,” CityLink Magazine, June 23, 2010.
Batet, Janet, “Arte, ilusion y otros delirios cotidianos,” El Nuevo Herald, May 2010.
Mills, Michael, “The Girls’ Club Exhibition ‘Set to Manual’ Celebrates the Human Touch,” The Broward-Palm Beach New Times, December 2009.
Dougher, Colleen, “Worth the Effort,” Metromix, October 2009.
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos, “Wynwood Wonder,” Miami New Times, May 27, 2009.
Albritton, Laura, “Miami: Sculpture in the Pleasure Dome”, Sculpture Magazine, December 2008, pp. 20-21.
Chen, Scarlet, “The Joy of Paperwork”, LA Times, October 26, 2008, p. F4.
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, no. 76, June/July 2008, vol. 13, issue 3, pp. 120-123.
Davidow, Julie & Paul Clemence, Miami Contemporary Artists, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2007.
Asper, Colleen, “Pepe Mar,” Beautiful/Decay, issue T, August 2007, pp. 66- 73.
Soler, Eileen, “Playful paintings tell a story,” Miami Herald, Broward edition.
Johnson, Ken, “Hunga Bunga review,” New York Times, August 11, 2006, p. B28
The Brooklyn Rail, Art Basel Miami Beach 2006.
Weinberg, Michelle, Native Seeds, LegalArt grant finalists, ArtCenter South Florida exhibition catalogue, June 2006.
Buck, Luisa, “The Satellite Fair Comes of Age,” The Art Newspaper, Dec. 2005
Workman, Michael, “Border Patrol,” New City Chicago, 2005
Fontana, Lilia, “About Collections and Collectors,” Arte al Dia, 2004
Babcock, Mark, “Delinquent Boys,” Glasstire, Oct. 2004
Moreno, Gean, “If You Believe Hard Enough,” Art US, Oct. 2004
Martin, Marisol, “Art Chicago,” Art Nexus, Oct. 2004
Sommereys, Omar, “Electric Kool-Aid Overload,” The Street, April 2004
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos, “Art Capsules,” The New Times, March 2004
Turner, Elisa, “Way Outside the Galleries,” The Miami Herald, Feb. 2004
Sirgado, Miguel, “Edge Zones,” El Nuevo Herald, Feb. 2004
Feinstein, Roni, “Expanding Horizons,” Art in America, Dec. 2003
Sirgado, M., “Muestras Paralelas de Downtown a Wynwood,” El Nuevo Herald, Dec. 2003
Hernandez, Amber, “Dark Days,” The Miami Hurricane, Dec. 2003
Triff, Alfredo, “Mortality Rules,” The New Times, Dec. 2003
Bayer, Brian, “South Florida Today,” PBS, Sept. 2003
Ocaňa, Damarys, “Cheeky Showing,” The Street, Aug. 2003
Turner, Elisa, “Galleries Put Focus On Home Grown Art,” The Miami Herald, Aug. 2003
Turner, E., “City Focus: Miami- A Dramatic Reinvention,” ARTnews, Feb. 2003
Ales, Reynaldo, “Arte y Aparte,” Travel and Leisure, Jan. 2003
Cotzee, Mark, Where Art is Happening, 2002
Ocaňa, Damarys, “Art Guide 2002,” The Street, Oct. 2002
Sultry, Lynn, “Newly Juried Artists,” Art on the Road, Summer 2000
Turner, Elisa, “As Reality Art, Tent Survives Camp Of Live-in Artist,” The Miami Herald, Sept. 2001

 

LECTURES

 

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Webster College, St. Louis, MO
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Painting & Drawing Lecture Series, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA

 

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

 

2018
The Ellies Award, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL

 

2016
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists

 

2015
Pollock-Krasner Award, New York, NY
Cannonball WaveMaker Grant, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Miami, FL
Benediktson Fellowship for International Artists, Banff, Alberta, Canada
The Banff Centre, Artist in Residency Program, Banff, Alberta, Canada

 

2013
The Bronx Museum International Residency Program
P-R-I-M-E-T-I-M-E, Brooklyn, NY

 

2008
Glogauer Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany

 

2007-2008
Deering Estate Residency, Miami, FL

 

2007
Summer Residency, Cooper Union, New York, NY

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Craig Robins Collection, Miami, FL
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca, FL
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL
Girls’ Club Foundation, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

Vessel and Veil
The Floral Impulse
Sign and Substance
Pepe Mar: You Never Should Have Crossed the Rio Grande
CURRENTS
DC Triangle: Quisqueya Henriquez & Pepe Mar
David Castillo Pop-Up
New Mythologies
The Strangeness Will Wear Off
In terms of collage
No burden as heavy
Pepe Mar: Excess of Sleep Produces Monsters
David Castillo Gallery Pop-up
Amerika
Metabolic Bodies
Pepe Mar: The Eye, The Vessel, and The Spell
Dark Flow Lurking
The Maginot Line
Pepe Mar: Time Bomb
Troglodytes see better in the dark
Pepe Mar: Raw Sewage
Real Time
Pepe Mar: My Mirrors
Searching for Love & Fire