Enrique Castrejon
Born: 1972; Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. Lives and works in Los Angeles,CA.
Email: enriquecastrejon@gmail.com

Education:
M.F.A.2006Studio ArtCalifornia Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
B.F.A.2003 SculptureArt Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
B.A.1998Chicano/a Studies California State University, Northridge, CA

Exhibitions: (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2009
MOCA Fresh 09, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA www.smmoa.org/index.php/news/pressroom_details/4

I’ll Be Your Mirror, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Infrastructure, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamanga, CA

LACE Art Auction, Los Angeles, CA http://www.welcometolace.org/auction/images/?type=silent

Pulse Miami Art Fair, Bank Gallery, Miami, Fl

Velocity Art Auction, Claremont Art Museum, Claremont, CA http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2007/11/08/34750.html

Intersections, Outpost Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/index.php/exhibition/details/id/6

Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
http://asymptotia.com/2008/10/13/monsters-etc/

Carnage, Project Room, Bank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.bank-art.com/exhibitions/enrique.php

Your Documents Please! Zaim, Yokohama, Japan
http://yourdocumentsplease.com/pages/catalog/castrejon.html

Good Doll Bad Doll, Armory Center, Pasadena, CA

System Theory, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Slab Projects, Glendale, CA http://slabprojects.com/archive/artists/enrique.html

Preview Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany

Pulse London Art Fair, London, England

Latitudes, LA Art Core, Los Angeles, CA

Link, collaboration with Cindy Santos Bravo, Ed Gomez’s Traveling Gallery of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ
http://gocaonline.com/ex.html

Draw a Line, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
http://www.artleak.org/drawaline.html

Wastelands & Baggage, A402 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
(Graduate Exhibition)*

Supersonic, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery / Barnsdall Art Center, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Yard Sales, Street Vending, and Hustlers, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery A300, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (Graduate Thesis Exhibition)*

Collisions & Pile-Ups, Cal Arts MFA Graduate Exhibition, Armory, Pasadena, CA

Two Weeks Notice, Hanger 1018 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Blam! Little Tokyo, Private Residence, Los Angeles, CA

Genderocity, 4F Gallery, Chinatown Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2004
*Constellations, Millicent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Rules Made Broken, Millicent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2003
Permanent Impermanence, Westling Design, Los Angeles, CA

Awards:
2006Cal Arts Fine Art Scholarship
2003Worldstudio Foundation Award
Deans Art Reserve Grant
2005Lulu May & Richard Von Hagen Award
2001 Knapp Foundation Fine Art Award
Kraus Family Foundation Award

Reviews:
Chavez, Luis A. Playful Art (Enrique Castrejon). Tentaciones Magazine. June 2001, Vol. 5, No. 18, pp.12

Johnson, Clifford V. 'Mosters, Etc. ' (Enrique Castrejon) Asymptotia, Oct. 13, 2008
http://www.bank-art.com/press/2008/asymptotia_enrique.php

Killian, Jennifer. Infrastructure Blends Politics, Feminism & Culture. The Breeze. Nov. 3, 2008, Vol. 19, Issue 5.

Thompkins, Pilar. Enrique Castrejon: Measuring and Mapping Chaos. Latitudes: Exhibition Catalog, LA ArtCore, 2007

Stollenwerk, Roman. Curator’s Notes: Enrique Castrejon. Infrastructure: Exhibition Catalog, Wignall Museum, 2008

Newhouse, Kristina. Artist Project: Linear Dissection Series. X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Winter 2008, Vol. 11, No 2, pp. 55-59. http://www.x-traonline.org/artproj_past.php?projID=39