Gathering different materials and including multiple formal solutions, the works of Ricardo Rendón act as a complex diary where the actions are registered, documented and accumulated. In this sense, a sheet of paper, a wood board or the exhibition space is transformed into a setting determined by the creative experience, an ambient where the work is presented as a fact and evidence of the creative execution.

The works of Ricardo Rendón are an appendix of construction or destruction practices that enunciate the moment where things happen, forms that propose the action as leitmotiv. (David Miranda 2007)

Ricardo Rendón has achieved international awards and recognitions, his works have been exhibited in the most important contemporary art forums and belong to contemporary art collections like Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO - Miami, The Coppel and Jumex Collections - Mexico, and Fondation Daniel Langlois - Quebec. Since 2005 he has been teaching at the National School of Arts “La Esmeralda“. He is member of the National System of Creators CONACULTA-FONCA since 2006. Lives and works in Mexico City.


EDUCATION

2004
BFA, National Arts School "La Esmeralda", CENART, Mexico City.

2002
Laboratory of Interactive Devices, Multimedia Center CENART, Mexico City.
Unstable Art Workshop, Multimedia Center CENART, Mexico City.

2001
Open Source Multimedia Projects Workshop, Multimedia Center CENART, Mexico City.
Video Workshop, National Arts School “La Esmeralda”, CENART, Mexico City.

1992
BA, Major in Graphic Communication & Design, Metropolitan University, Xochimilco, Mexico City.

1990
Professional Photography, Mexican Photography Ateneu, Mexico City.


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Bosque Desnudo. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

2012
Open Works. VickyDavid Gallery. New York USA.
Principios de Afirmación. Galería Espacio Mínimo. Madrid Spain.
Cumulative Act Effect. MULTIPLESPACINGS, PROGR Zentrum fur Kulturproduction. Bern. Switzerland

2011
Hacia una arquitectura posible. CENTRAL Art Projects. México City.

2010
Espacios de Concentración. Galería Enrique Guerrero. México City.
Making Evidence. Mitterrand+Sanz Gallery. Zurich, Switzerland.
Making Evidence. JGM Galérie. Paris, France.
Formulating Experience. Diaz Contemporary Gallery. Toronto Canada.
Materia Oscura. Galería Nueveochenta. Bogotá Colombia.
La Suite Bollard. Galería Nueveochenta. Bogotá Colombia.

2009
Prácticas De Operación. Galería Nueveochenta. Bogotá Colombia.

2008
Zona en Construcción. Museo Experimental El Eco UNAM. Curator Guillermo Santamarina & David Miranda, Mexico City.
Open Window. Diaz Contemporary Gallery. Toronto Canadá.
Trabajo Diario. VOLTA NY. USA.
Rupestre. Contemporary Arts International Festival, FIAC2008, Leon Mexico. Curator David Miranda.

2007
Bitácora. Galería Enrique Guerrero. Mexico City.
Mentalities for a flat space. ALDABA arte. Curator Paulina Lasa. Mexico City.

2006
Measurements and Process. Diaz Contemporary Gallery. Toronto Canada.
Area de Trabajo. Galería La Refaccionaria. Curator Edgardo Ganado Kim. Mexico City.
Caja de Herramientas. Galería La Estación. Chihuahua Mexico.
Trabajo de Ampliación. Casa Vecina. Curator Iván Edeza. Mexico City.

2004
Calle del 57. Galería EL Particular. Mexico City.

2003
Inmerso Foro Sonoro. Museo Tamayo INBA. Mexico City.

2001
Orbitalidad. Rotacion XVII. MUCA ROMA UNAM.
Curator Iván Edeza. Mexico City.
Antibiotico Net art proyect. Centro de la Imagen CONACULTA. Mexico City.

2000
Sentido Contrario. Galería La Esmeralda. National Arts Center INBA. Mexico City.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
ONE-CIFO, CIFO-Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. Miami USA. Curator Jesús Fuenmayor.
VISUAL RYTHM, BMOCA Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado USA. Curator David Dadone & Petra Sertic
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED Collection Agustin & Isabel Coppel:
Katzen Art Center, American University Washington D.C. Curator Carlos Basualdo.
Quinquenio. Galería Nueveochenta. Bogotá Colombia.
Prorroga Recuperada. Museo Xteresa Arte Actual. México D.F. Curator Salvador Cañas.

2011
NOW. Fundación La colección JUMEX. Mexico. Curator Victor Samudio.
Salons de Lecture. La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France. Curator Mélanie Kiry.
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED Collection Agustin & Isabel Coppel:
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, USA. Curator Carlos Basualdo.
Non Corpus Mentis. Galería Jesus Gallardo, León México.
Transurbaniac. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo MUAC UNAM. México D.F.
Curator Guillermo Santamarina.
AKASO. Museo Universitario del Chopo. UNAM, México D.F.
VOX POPULI. Casa Vecina, México D.F.

2010
Cimbra. Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico City. Curator Osvaldo Sánchez.
Transurbaniac. University of California San Diego USA. Curator Guillermo Santamarina.
Shifting Constructs - cifo-Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation.
Periferico Carcas | Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas, Venezuela
Three Years. Mitterrand+Sanz Gallery. Zurich, Switzerland.
FOR NOW, THE DRAKE HOTEL. Toronto Canada.
Constante. La Nueva Babilonia. Zapopan Museo de Arte MAZ, Zapopan Jalisco. Curator Guillermo Santamarina.
Non Corpus Mentis. Centro Cultural Border. México D.F.
Mexico: Expected / Unexpected.
BPS22 Espace de Création Contemporaine, Belgium. Curator Mireya Escalante.

2009
Shifting Constructs. Grants & Commissions exhibition.
The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO). Miami USA.
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED Collection Agustin & Isabel Coppel:
TEA Tenerife Space for the Arts, Tenerife Spain. Curator Mireya Escalante
MEXICO: EXPECTED/UNEXPECTED Current Alliances in Art
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Holland. Curator Mireya Escalante.

2008
Narrative / Non-Narrative. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO). Miami USA.
Mexico: Expected / Unexpected. Maison Rouge, Paris Francia. Curator Carlos Basualdo.
XIV Bienal Rufino Tamayo. Museo Tamayo. Mexico City.
Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. UNAM México D.F.
Fragmentación. Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre. Australia, Canberra.
International Art Festival JakArt@. Indonesia, Jakarta. Curator Lassla Esquivel.
The fine Line. Museo de las Americas. Denver USA. Curator Patty Ortiz.

2007
Triangle DUMBO Arts Exhibition. Triangle Arts Association. Brooklyn New York.
Virus Sonoro. Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros INBA. Curator Mauricio Marcín. Mexico City.
Crearte Urbano. Complejo Cultural El Aguila. Curator Gabriel Santamarina Lagunes. Madrid.
Habitantes Incómodos. Public space interventions. Curator Edgardo Ganado Kim. Mexico City.
Basura Seleccionada. Antiguo Casino Metropolitano. Curator David Goethe Pontón. Mexico City.
Sculpture group show. Diaz Contemporary Gallery. Toronto Canada.

2006
Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo. La Colección JUMEX. Curator Michel Blancsubé. Mexico City.
LIMBO. Museo Carrillo Gil INBA. México D.F.
In Sensu Cosmico. RIM project El Atrio. Curator Gabriel Escalante. Mexico City.
Come Closer. Espace piano nobile. Curator Paola Santoscoy. Geneve Switzerland.
Balastras. Galería La Refaccionaría. Curator Edgardo Ganado Kim. Mexico City.
Relativo. MUCA ROMA UNAM. Mexico City.
Un minuto por favor... Casa Taller José Clemente Orozco. Curator Patrick Charpenel. Guadalajara, México.

2005
Declaraciones. Contemporary video from Mexico. ARCO. Reina Sofia National Arts Museum.
Curator Guillermo Santamarina. Madrid Spain.
Come Closer. Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Curator Paola Santoscoy. Berlín.
9th Video/Arte/Electrónica International Festival (VAE9). Perú.
Mexico 70's. Casa del Lago UNAM, Bosque de Chapultepeq. Mexico City.

2004
Escalera al cielo. Contemporary video program. Curator Guillermo Santamarina. MACO. Mexico City.
Biopsia. Central Gallery of National Arts Center CAN INBA, Curator Iván Edeza. Mexico City.
Puntos de Colision. Sound interventions. National Arts Center CNA INBA, Mexico City.
Bienal de Musica Electroacustica Sismo04. Sala Nezahualcoyotl UNAM. Curator Manuel Rocha. Mexico City.

2003
Repertorio Sistematico de Consulta Rapida. Galería CANAIA. Mexico City.
Mutek. Sound art Festival. Museo Tamayo and El Claustro de Sor Juana. Mexico City.
Sound Image. Museo Laboratorio Arte Alameda INBA. Curator Priamo Lozada. Mexico City.
e-M@xico. Museo Tamayo INBA. Curator Arcangel Constantini. Mexico City.
Pasajes. Museo Tamayo INBA. Mexico City.
Still Life – Naturaleza Muerta. Curator Paola Santoscoy. Carrillo Gil Museum. Mexico City.
Tiempo Presente. Art & Idea Gallery. Curator Benjamin Diaz. Mexico City.
Ciencias Ficticias? Xteresa Arte Actual Museo INBA. Mexico City.

2002
Festival L.A. Freewaves. Los Angeles USA.
Festival Lascas New Mexican Art. Quebec Canada.
Generacion XYZ Gallery Unit 1408 / Fitzroy Terrace. Toronto, Canada.
Neti::Neti. Salon Mexico, Mexican Institute - Spain Embassy. Curator Gabriel Santamarina Lagunes. Madrid, Spain.
Inmediato. Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli. Mexico City.
Mexartfest / Asia. Mexico City, Japan y Corea.
4as. Jornadas De Nivelacion Del Oxigeno. Museo Xteresa Arte Actual. Mexico City
Luz y Fuerza. Video show. Espacio Negro Gallery, CNA INBA. Mexico City

2001
Domestica – Toño. Casa De La Cultura Antonio Rodriguez Gallery. Mexico City

1999
Infancias Botanicas. Viveros De Coyoacan. Mexico City
International Biennal of Photography 99. Centro de la Imagen CONACULTA. Mexico City


AWARDS

2010
La Colección JUMEX. México D.F. Production grant.

2009
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO production grant. Miami USA.

2008
Artist Pension Trust. New York.
XIV Bienal Rufino Tamayo. Museo Tamayo. Mexico City.

2007
Bienal FEMSA 2007. Monterrey México.

2006
National System of Creators Grant (SNC). FONCA. Mexico City
Triangle Art Trust Artist's Workshop - New York. New York USA.
Drake International Artist Residency Program. Toronto Canadá.
Sociedad de Valores de Arte Mexicano SIVAM Artes Visuales Premio 2006. Mexico City
La Colección JUMEX. México D.F. Production grant.
SIVAM Artes Visuales premio 2006. Mexico City.

2005
Triangle Art Trust - KM.0 URBANO Art Residency. Santa Cruz, Bolivia
FONCA Grant. Special Projects Grant. Mexico City
PROG:ME 2005 Art Festival. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2003
Videobrasil 2003 Art Festival. Multimedia. Sao Paulo, Brasil

2002
Transmedia Art Festival. 15 Seconds Of Fame. Toronto Canada
File 2002 Art Festival. Honorific Mention. Sao Paulo Brasil
FONCA Grant Jóvenes Creadores - Multimedia. FONCA. Mexico City
Yucatán Fine Arts Biennal. Video and Instalation. Mérida, Yucatán Mexico
1st Electronic Arts Festival, Villa de Móstoles. Móstoles, Madrid Spain
Vidarte 2002 Art Festival. Multimedia. Mexico City

2001
Videolisboa 2001 Art Festival. Lisboa Portugal
SIART 2001 International Fine Arts Award. Installation. La Paz, Bolivia
Omnilife Award. Honorific Mention. Installation. Guadalajara Mexico

2000
Multimedia Projects Grant. Centro Multimedia, National Arts Center CNA. Mexico City

1999
International Biennal of Photography 99. Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City



SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO. Miami USA.
Bank of America. NY USA.
MUAC Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo UNAM. Mexico City.
Isabel & Agustin Coppel Collection. Mexico City.
The JUMEX Collection. México City.
Museo Laboratorio de Arte Alameda. México City.
Fondation Daniel Langlois. Quebec, Canadá.,
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santa Cruz Bolivia.
Lacoste. Paris, France.
Colección Meana-Larrucea, Spain.
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango - Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Santafé de Bogota Colombia.