Ilenia

b. 1989, Guadalajara, Mexico
Lives and works in Mexico City.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Cosmic Strips, Ilenia, London (UPCOMING)

2025

Soft Frenzy, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, NO

2023

Offerings to the Nocturnal Hours, CLEARING, Brussels, BE

2022

Lines and Dots, Squares and Spots, KB Contemporary, Oslo, NO

Casa de Sombras, Pequod Co., Mexico City

Las rodillas del ciprés, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, MX

2021

Cloning the Ghost, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, California, US

2019

No Golden Age Without Gold, Galleri MELK, Oslo, NO

Beggars Can ́t be Choosers, Ålesund Kunsthall, NO

Petting Crocodiles, Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu, NO

2018

Distance of Everything, Flytogterminalen, Oslo, NO

My Feet are killing me, Galeria Arroniz, Mexico City

2017

Anthropos, Galleri MELK, Oslo, NO

Huerta a Cuadros, Indoor LADRÓN Gallery, Mexico City

Sillas plegables y flores, Páramo, Guadalajara, MX

2016

Maquina de vapor, Bikini Wax, Mexico City, MX

2015

Structural Complexity, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, NO

2014

/ LYNX, Oslo

The View of the Vast, Museo Santo Domingo, Antigua, GT

Habitación de oro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, MX

2013

Améxica: Ciudad amurallada, Alianza Francesa de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, MX

2012

/ Small Projects, Tromsø, NO

/ Galleri Hugo Opdahl, Flø, NO

Black Matter, Akershus Kunstsenter Lillestrøm, NO

2011

Twilight is Upon Me, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, NO

Big Black Hole, Galerie Muelhaupt, Køln, DE

2010

Love is an Astronaut, A Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

Pink is the New Space, Bærum Kulturhus, Sandvika, NO

2009

Electric Dome, Galleri 7011, Arena/Vestfossen, NO

2007

Static Fantastic, A Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2005

Show sans titre, Galleri 21:24, Oslo, NO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

The Blue, The Journey, The unknown, Skog Artspace, Oslo, NO

2024

Natura Morta, Ilenia, London, UK

Flowers of Romance, Lodovico Corsini, Brussels, BE

Håndplukket, KB Contemporary, Oslo, NO

La voz del a Montaña, XV FEMSA Biennial, MX

2023

Higher Highs, higher Lows, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen, NO

La Mano Negra, guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, MX

Hic Sunt Dracones, Deli Gallery, Mexico City, MX

Eugenics in the Garden, Dallas, US

2022

Celebrating Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, US

I Could Eat You: Part 2, collaborative group exhibition between Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Madragoa and CLEARING, Casa da Cultura Comporta, Comporta, PT

Bitácoras: Colección Fundación Casa Wabi, Fundación Casa Wabi in collaboration with Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Queretaro, Queretaro, MX

Les beaux jours, CLEARING, Brussels, Belgium, BE

Drawing in the continuous present, The Drawing Center, New York, US

Autosuficiencia #2: Ejercicios de balance, in collaboration with Joaquín Segura, Museo de la Ciudad de Queretaro, Queretaro, MX

Memory Shop, curated by Nicolás Bourriaud, Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX

2020

Otrxs mundxs, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX

Sans Filet, curated by Juan Pablo Cendejas, Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo, JP

2019

Bodega ACME, Salón ACME 7th edition, Mexico City, MX

Páramo | GNP ArteCareyes Film & Art Festival, Careyes, MX

Soft Dick Moments, Salón Silicón, Mexico City, MX

Metafysica, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, NO

2018

Cómo diluir el territorio, La No Bienal 2nd edition, San Jose, CR

Truckene suser frem og tilbake, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, NO

El olvido esta lleno de memoria, Fundacion MARSO, Mexico City, MX

Romantic Rocks, Podium, Oslo, NO

2017

127, Páramo, New York, US

Kitchen debate, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Regina Rex and Rawson Projects, New York, US

Here the border is you, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas and Claudia Segura, ProyectosLA, Los Angeles, US

Tres golpes, in collaboration with Joaquín Segura, curated by Paulina Ascencio, Fundación CALOSA, Irapuato, MX

2016

Segunda Gran Bienal Tropical, Project by Pablo León de la Barra Loíza, PR

Políticas del polvo, Galería Emma Molina, Monterrey, MX

Reconstrucción: Un proyecto de Abraham Cruzvillegas, curated by Viviana Kuri, Museo de Arte de Zapopan (MAZ), Zapopan, MX

Høstutstillingen, Oslo, NO

2015

Under Construction, curated by Meaghan Kent, Páramo, Guadalajara, MX

2014

Testigo del siglo, curated by Viviana Kuri and Humberto Moro, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, MX

Bienal Universitaria de Arte y Diseño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, MX

I Fortrolighet, Hydrogenfanrikken Kunsthall, Fredrikstad, NO

Preliminary Study, Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, US

Monochromatic, Triumph & Disaster Gallery, Montgomery, US

2013

Sin necesidad de profecías, curated by Humberto Moro, Diéresis, Guadalajara, MX

5 artists, Galleri K, Oslo, NO

1986-2013, Kunstlaboratoriet, Vestfossen, NO

2012

One Night Only, UKS, Oslo, NO

May be (r)evolution, Art Factory, Berlin, DE

Crystallomancy, Control Room, Los Angeles, US

2011

Anatema-Guadalajara, curated by Miriam Novóa and Samantha Cendejas, Guadalajara, MX

Menneske og Maskin, Norsk skulpturbiennale, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo, NO

Kunstivalen, Galleri Hugo Opdahl, Stavanger, NO

It’s in The margins that the poems are found, Gallery Agnes Amstaff, Oslo, NO

2010

In Your Face, Galleri 7011, Trondheim, NO

Kunstbasseng, Galleri Tipi, Oslo, NO

Salong 2010, Rod Bianco Residency, Oslo, NO

2009

Hotch Potch, MKII, London, UK

Herre i eget Hus, Galleri BOA, Oslo, NO

2008

Norske Bilder, Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo, NO

Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo, Stavanger, NO

Art Copenhagen, Galleri Van Bau, Vestfossen, NO

2007

Ober geschossdrifter finger lechts, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, DE

Take Off, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, NO

Bindestrek, Galleri GAD, Oslo, NO

Avgangsutstillingen, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, NO

Sell Out, UKS, Oslo, NO

2006

Connecting Paradoxes, SVA Gallery, New York, US

Summer Destruction Show, Kunst Akademiet, Oslo, NO

The academy in exile, UKS, Oslo, NO

2005

Pointdashpoint, Galleri Van Bau Arena, Vestfossen, NO

About last night, Galleri Seildukken, Oslo, NO

2004

Einar Granum jubileumsutstilling, Rådhus Galleriet, Oslo, NO

GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2023

Casa NANO, Tokyo

2019-2020

FONCA Jóvenes Creadores grant, MX

2019

Casa Wabi Foundation, Oaxaca, MX

2018

International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York

2017

Hotel El Ganzo, San José del Cabo, MX

2015

Galeria MARSO, Mexico City, MX