Emerging Mexican Contemporary Painting by

VERONICA BAPE and CÉSAR CATSUU LÓPEZ

19th December 2017

4:00 -6:00 pm
 Emerging Mexican Contemporary Painting
Gallery Nights

This first exhibition marks the beginning of a series of

events that seek to offer Punta Mita’s community a diffe-
rent perspective. We inspire to open a window to the diver-
sity of artistic and cultural manifestations in Mexico. The
program is motivated by the possibility of offering a space
built by the community’s residents, through the fusion of a
new cultural language in the area.
Thank you to
To open, we present the work of two emerging Mexican
artists, Verónica Bape and Cesar Catsúu López. The artists Punta Mita
deal with the theme of identity, yet their differing positions
are juxtaposed to create a unique conversation.

Bape’s portraiture is her central point of human recogni-

tion. Modifying the information of the face through the use
of form, she utilizes graphics by extracting, erasing and
covering parts of the affected human faces. Verónica uses
representation, recognition, and mystery as the driving for-
ce of this series.

By contrast, the work of Catsúu López derives from forms

and colors extracted from the graphic and pictorial identity
of his community. The forms and compositions are sour-
ced from fabric, landscapes and the lives and history of
his community. Cesar uses his life’s history to create an
abstract world that reflects the uniqueness of his life and
heritage.
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 VERONICA BAPE

Contact She got her BFA form the National School of Painting, Sculpture
and Etching ENPEG “La Esmeralda” (2003-2007, Cd. De Méxi-
co). She has participated in individual and collective exhibitions,
Cecilia Paredes in national and international organizations such as “Phantom of
+5213221311441 cement” (FERAL, Mexico City, 2015); “Pararrayos” (Embassy of
Mexico in Germany, Berlin, 2015); “Filtros”, curator of Christian
ceci.redespa@gmail.com Barragán (DIAGRAMA, Cd. De Mexico, 2015); “Dust. Spectral
Version “(Museum of Art of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, 2014);
Gustavo Gómez “Powder” (Video and Audio Cabinet, Museum de Arte Carrillo Gil,
Cd. de México, 2014); “UP / DOWN / CHARM / STRANGE / TOP
+5215532408933 / BOTTOM “(Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, 2014); “If you
gustavogomezbrechtel@gmail.com can see me, I can also see you” (The Graphic Trap Contemporá-
nea, Cd. De México, 2013); “The space between”
(Manheim, Germany, 2013); “Traveler over the sea of fog” (Pro-
ject TRANSFERS, Action 10, Oaxaca, Oax. 2012) and “Thoughts
on the landscape “(Tal Cual Galería, Cd. de México, 2010).

She has collaborated for the publishing house Taller Ex Molino in

the publication Elegies and Poems, Marceline Desbordes - Val-
more, and for the editorial ALIAS in the publication “Fields of
action: between performance and object, 1949-1979 “, her work
has been published in Nomastique and Footnote magazines. In
2016 she received Honorable Mention in the discipline of painting
at the 10th National Painting Biennial Alfredo Zalce, in 2014 she
received an Acquisition Award at the 1st International Border
Biennial (Tamaulipas, Mexico). During 2015 I had a Residence of
Production at the Bilbao Arte Foundation (Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain).
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 Portrait 4 (two parts) From the series “Flores de agua”
Oil on wood. Acrylic on paper.
35 x 27.5 cm 112 x 87 cm.
2014 2015

Portrait 2 From the series “Flores de agua”

Oil on paper on wood. Acrylic on paper.
31 x 23 cm 112 x 87 cm.
2014 2015

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 From the series “Flores de agua” Portrait 3
Acrylic on paper. Oil on wood.
112 x 87 cm. 31 x 23 cm
2015 2014

From the series “Flores de agua” Portrait 1

Acrylic on paper. Oil on paper on wood.
112 x 87 cm. 31 x 23 cm
2015 2014
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 Portrait 5 From the series “Flores de agua”
Oil on wood. Acrylic on paper.
38 x 30 cm 112 x 87 cm.
2014 2015

Portrait 6 From the series “Flores de agua”

Oil on wood. Acrylic on paper.
35 x 28 cm 112 x 87 cm.
2014 2015
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 From the series “Flores de agua” Quetzalcóatl
Acrylic on paper. Oil on canvas
112 x 87 cm. 35 x 25 cm
2015 2016

From the series “Flores de agua” Portrait with glasses

Acrylic on paper. Oil on wood.
112 x 87 cm. 21.5 x 28 cm
2015 2014

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 CÉSAR CATSUU LÓPEZ

He got his BFA from the National School of Painting, Sculptu-

re and Engraving “La Esmeralda” / INBA. In 2005 he won the
Acquisition Award at the XIII National Engraving Contest “José
Guadalupe Posada” José Guadalupe Posada Museum / INBA. In
2008 he was a Scholar of the Artistic Residency Program in Banff
Portrait 7 Center, Alberta Canada INBA / FONCA. In 2009 he was a Fellow
Oil on paper on wood. of the National Young Creators Program 2009 - 2010 FONCA. In
35 x 28 cm 2007, they founded with the artist Ernesto Alva the “Taller La
Trampa” Gráfica Contemporánea in Mexico City. He is the founder
2014
and director of the SULJAA’ Art and Culture Space (2015) in Xo-
chistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico.

His work is part of the Contemporary Art Collection of the Na-

tional Gallery of Canada. He has made several solo and group
exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Spain, France,
Italy, Japan and China. His work has been exhibited in important
galleries and biennials such as: I Quinquennial “Sakahàn” Inter-
national Indigenous Arts -2013 in the National Gallery of Canada,
I Bienal of Contemporary Mexican Print-2009, IV National Bien-
nial of Drawing Sylvia Pawa-2009, XIII National Biennial Diego
Rivera-2008, IX Biennial International of Engraving Caixano-
va-2006 Ourense Spain, I Biennial Continental of Contemporary
Indigenous Arts-2012- CONACULTA, La Petite Mort Gallery -2013
in Ottawa Canada, The “Silk Road International Festival Art Ex-
hibition” - 2015 in Xi’anyang People’s Republic of China, Second
Festival of Contemporary Art Acapulco-FARCA 2016, “Piel de Cha-
mán” Gallery Ixcateopan - FARCA 2016, “The silent conjuration
of the wild” Suljaa ‘Space of Art and Culture, in Xochistlahuaca,
Guerrero Mexico. His work has also been exhibited at the Torre
Strozzi Contemporary Art Center, Perugia Italy, and at the Museo
Delle Culture del Mondo, Genoa Italy.
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