Solo exhibition at Museo Experimental El Eco,
Until April 26th, 2024.
Allan has been selected to participate in 2024 in Casa NaNo, an art residency dedicated to introducing Mexican artists to Japan’s contemporary art scene. Organized by the Casa Wabi Foundation, the residency is linked to a network of museums, cultural institutions, venues, historic sites, artists’ studios and galleries in Tokyo, JP.
The active side of infinity, upcoming solo show at Galerie Mitterrand, in Paris, FR.
Friedman Benda presents its ninth annual guest-curated exhibition, the first dedicated to contemporary Mexico. It sparks from a statement by the radical Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, who lived in Mexico for over a decade from 1938 to 1949. “Everything here (in Mexico) is volcanic”, he wrote, bewitched by an unexpected yet somehow familiar mountainous land, entangled in deep sociopolitical change.
Everything Here Is Volcanic encapsulates the same eruptive energy in an ultracontemporary survey of rare objects that embody Mexican culture now. Precarious boundaries, unstable categories and stylistic tensions spill into the gallery space. It captures the explosive energy of contemporary production in Mexico, featuring new and recent works as well as commissioned installations by both established and emerging Mexican artists, designers, architects and makers: Aldo Álvarez Tostado; Alejandro García Contreras; Allan Villavicencio; Andrés Souto; Bárbara Sánchez Kane; Fernando Laposse; Frida Escobedo; Javier Senosiain; Lorena Ancona; Pedro Reyes; SANGREE; Tezontle; Tony Macarena; Víctor Barragán; Wendy Cabrera Rubio.
From front to back: Frutero, Olla and Untitled, 2015-2022, fragments of recycled works, linen and acrylic resin, variable dimensions.
View of process. Artistic residency at Hotel El Ganzo in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, MX. December 2022.
Allan participated in Objetos buscan casa, a group exhibition at LOOT (Mexico City space). Curated by Fernanda Sela. November 2022.
Vecindades, 2020-2022, oil and fragments of recycled works on linen, wooden structure, 180 x 150 cm (when extended).
Two works by Allan will be participating in Amber Quijano’s first online exhibition: Liquid Frictions. May 2022.
Liquid Frictions brings together the work of 15 artists from around the world who draw and extract from a myriad of present conditions and histories. Presented within the context of a unique imaginary space designed by Italian architect Ricardo Fornoni, the space exists as a combination of ancient ruination, traditional architectural forms and contemporary sensibilities.
Cántaro (2021) featured at Colour Futures 2023+ inside Viewpoint Colour #11 (June, 2022) —created by View Publications in collaboration with FranklinTill Associates, UK—.
Two-artist presentations represented by Galeria Karen Huber. Curated by Humberto Moro | Deputy Director of Program at the Dia Art Foundation in New York.
Solo Booth at Salón ACME, Mexico City, 9 - 12 February 2022.
Vessels / Vasijas, group show in Garage Dos Casas, San Miguel de Allende. October 2021.
Residency at Taller Mexicano de Gobelinos, Guadalajara. October, 2021.
Estación Material, Vol. 1. Cerámica Suro, Guadalajara. 28 - 31 October, 2021.
Dirimart gallery in Contemporary Istanbul, 05 - 10 October, 2021.
“ZsONAMACO Art Week - Selection of special projects across Mexico City”, Artsy. April 2021.
Interview by Jesús Pacheco Vela. Radio Nopal, July 2021.
TRANSCAPES fresco in “Habitar la Ciudad de México”. Travesías. July 2021.
Conversation with Allan Villavicencio & Mauro Giaconni. Terremoto. June 2021.
Pieles ciegas was featured in Frieze’s coverage of Z(s)ONA MACO 2021. April 2021.