René Godínez Pozas, b. Mexico City, 1986
Carlos Lara, b. b. Mexico City, 19865
They live and work in Mexico City and New York City
Education
2006-2010 Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, ENPEG, La Esmeralda, Mexico City, México
Upcoming Residencies
–Powerhouse Arts Artist-in-Residence, 2026
Residencies
–AIR FUTURA Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 2020
–Residencia Cerámica Suro, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2023
–Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2023
Solo Shows
–Mini Gran Juego, Jim Ricks Projects, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022
–Aeon Blink, LAAA, Mexico City,Mexico,2022
–The Dream is Over The Insect Is Awake, Galería Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico, 2021
– Burnt Stuff, PEANA, Monterrey, Mexico, 2020
– MESA, ßpatz, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2018
– The Grand Design, YAUTEPEC, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017
– Back Burn, BBQLA, Los Angeles, USA, 2016
– Piedra Temporal, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (SAPS), Mexico City, Mexico, 2016
– Unclassified Site Museum, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, Denver, USA, 2016
– Fingerprints of the Gods, Et, al. etc., San Francisco, USA, 2016
– RING BELL, SUN, 21EARTH, YAUTEPEC, Mexico City, Mexico, 2014
– Temporary Tattoo Studio, Biquini Wax, Mexico City, Mexico, 2013
– DARK KILLER DANCE NIGHT, Casino Metropolitano, Mexico City, Mexico, 2011
– SANGREE en Alemania, Mucharaum, Kunstakademie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2011
– DARK KILLER DANCE NIGHT, Planta Baja, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2011
Group Shows
2026
–Banquet!, Anfora Studio, Mexico City, Mexico
–La ciudad que no ha dejado de jugar: México 70, 71, 86, 26, Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social, Mexico City, Mexico
2025
–Inmundo Habitado, Armada Galería, Guadalajara, Mexico
–What We Hold On To, Black Cube Headquarters, Denver, USA
–LAAA Biblioteca: PRAXIS, LAAA, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
2024
–It Never Entered My Mind, Curated by Michael Sherman, Sean Kelly, Los Ángeles, USA
–Cerámica Suro, una historia de colaboración y coleccionismo en el Arte Contemporáneo, Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain.
–Under Forty, Saenger Galería, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
–CIENO LODO FANGO, Studio Croma, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
–RUMBO – Ruta de Escultura Independiente, Casa Ceniza, Guadalajara, Mexico
–LOS INVITADOS, Pabellón Máxico dentro del marco de la 60ª Bienal de Venecia, Venecia, Italia
2023
–Gráfica y dibujo expandido, IAGO, Oaxaca, Mexico
–el carnaval ha muerto, el silencio es oro, Nixxxon, Mexico City, Mexico
–Everything Here is Volcanic, Friedman Benda, New York, USA
–re:imagining collections, Tufts Art Galleries, Medford, USA
2022
–Todos me amarán: Arte de México hoy, Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain
–Cera, Son de Aquí, Oaxaca, México
–Keramos Keremos, JO-HS, Mexico City, Mexico
–The Beyond, Based Agency, Los Angeles, USA
2021
–No Humans Involved, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
–House Parté, Curated by Carlye Packer at Palm Springs, USA
–Ambulantaje, Galería 54, Mexico City, Mexico
–Vessels, GarageDosCasas, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2020
– OTRXS MUNDXS, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
– The memory we don’t recall , PEANA in collaboration with LABOR, Monterrey, Mexico
– SENSORIA, ARTBO’s digital program: Fin de Semana, ARTBO Digital, 2020
– ADN: Tierra ignota, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
– Con un aire popular, Casa de México en Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2020
2019
– Cold Pressure, Warm Touch, Peana, Monterrey, Mexico
– Who’s afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
– The Fulfillment Center, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, Denver, USA
– Ebullición, Kunstraum Am Schauplatz, Vienna
– Historia Natural, Centro Garza Sada de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño, Monterrey, Mexico
– Pabellón de las escaleras, Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City, Mexico
– Silogismos de la construcción, Studio Block M74, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
– Spirit Painting, Peana, Monterrey, Mexico
– Mutualistic Symbiosis (1 Soul, 2 Bodies), Frontera 115, Mexico City, Mexico
– Terror en lo Profundo, Human Resources LA, Los Angeles, USA
– Did you close your eyes to make this painting?, BWSMX, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
– Libertad por el sabor, Colegio Nacional de México, Mexico City, Mexico
– Necronomicon Uploaded, Deslave, Tijuana, México
– El eje del mal, Ruberta, Los Ángeles, USA
– Formasobrefondo, curated by Willy Kautz, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
– Jenny from the Color Block, curated by Eric Ruschman, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, USA
2016
– What a Time to Be Alive, Sunday, Los Angeles, USA
– Poseur, Land & Sea, Oakland; UCSD Visual Arts Gallery, San Diego, US
2015
– Back to the Future, Casa Maauad, Mexico City, Mexico
– now what, Gildar Gallery, Denver, USA
2014
– USB’s, Lodos Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
– Left eye right eye, V8 Plattform für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013
– Tráfico, Otras Obras, Tijuana, Mexico
– DANCING CIRCLES, NO Space, Mexico City, Mexico
– Winter is coming, Autjaus Neter, Mexico City, México
2011
– The Príncipes, La Capilla, Mexico City, Mexico
– Ajeno, Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Brussels, Belgium
– WORK IN PROGRESS Young Mexican Art Students, The Ivan Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Canada
2010
– Los Años Maravillosos, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Public Collections
TUFTS University Art Collection, 2023
Hammer Museum, 2021
Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, 2016
Press
–Herencia ancestral, by Gabriela Estrada, Architectural Digest México, May, 2024
–Sensoria o el presente digital del arte, by Diego Moreno Mancipe y Alexandra Martinez Ruiza,
wradio.com.co, August, 2020
–Nepantla, by Ixchel Ledesma, Harper’s Bazaar en español, January 2020
– Fake Ruins Beneath a Denver Bus Station, Hyperallergic, Oct 2016
– Unclassified Site Museum takes a curious look underground at our past, The Denver Post, Sep
– Aztec twist for Absolut Art Bar, The Art Newspaper, Feb 2016
– Sangree: Tenochtitlán es un art bar y Tlatelolco un skatepark, i-D, Feb 2016
– I Get Emails About This Every Day, FLAUNT, Jan 2016
– Faux-Archaeological Artifacts of an Imagined Skater-Aztec Civilization, by Devon Van Houten
Maldonado, Hyperallergic.com, Nov 2015
– The Spanish and Latin talents taking on the art world, by Monique Todd, Dazed Digital, May 2015
– Un nuevo horizonte, La Tempestad, N°100, Jan-Feb, Mexico, 2015
– A Guide to Mexico City Project Spaces, Art Review, Vol.16 No. 1, Mexico, 2014
– 2012, Folio, V.006, Mexico, 2014
– Left eye right eye, printed publication for the exhibition, Mexico, 2013
– Futuristas, PICNIC magazine, N° 42; Mexico, 2011
– Mecánica y Estúpida, Caviar Izquierda magazine, N° 3, Mexico, 2011