Vanessa Enríquez is a transdisciplinary artist whose work centers on an expanded approach to drawing as a contemplative and inquisitive practice, a method of investigating concepts and phenomena proposed by physics and non-dual philosophies. With tools ranging from ink to magnetic tape, she unfolds geometries on paper or in space that refer to the multidimensional nature of reality, recognize the material as well as the immaterial and defy the viewer’s perception.
Enríquez received a BFA in Graphic Design in Mexico City and an MFA from Yale University in 2000. She has been awarded grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Stiftung Kunstfonds and the Mexican National Fund for Culture and Arts. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the Aomori Center for Contemporary Art, Japan (2022); the Drawing Lab, Paris (2021); Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art (MACQ) (2019); the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oaxaca (MACO)(2020); and the Museum of Contemporary Art Juan Soriano in Cuernavaca, Mexico (2021), among others. She lives and works in Berlin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Bathing in Nothingness, Aomori Contemporary Art
Center Aomori, JP (curated by Yuka Keino)
M/OTHER, Galerie Gilla Lörcher, Berlin, DE
Negra espalda del tiempo, Cuarto de Máquinas,
Mexico City, MX (with Concepción Huerta, curated by Gabriela Mosqueda)
2021 Resounding Songs, DrawingLab, Paris, France (curated by Frida Robles)
2019 Foco Tonal, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACQ),
Querétaro, MX
2018 Apparition, Berlin-Weekly, Berlin, DE
Transverberation, Auferstehungskirche Arnsberg, DE
2016 Fluctuations, II Rimini Drawing Biennial, PrimoPiano
Gallery, Rimini, IT
Supersymmetry, Sonntag, Berlin, DE
PLAZEBO, Aquabit Gallery, Berlin, DE (with J. MAYER H.)
Silence Unravelled, Agora Center for Contemporary
Practices, Berlin, DE
2015 Ending Time, Glashaus auf dem Friedrichs-
werderschen Friedhof, Berlin, DE
Genes(is) - Spärenmusik, Lilienkulturgarten, Berlin, DE
2014 For once, then, something, Berlinerpool, Berlin, DE
(with Ali Dolanbay, Jaanika Peerna)
Zirkel (1+2), AC Insitute, New York, NY, USA (with Ilya Noé)
2012 Zirkel 2.0, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, DE (with Ilya Noé)
Zirkel 1.0, Embassy of Mexico, Berlin, DE (with Ilya Noé)
Residues, Galerie XXX, Hong Kong
2010 Black Passage, Golden Parachutes, Berlin, DE (curated by Jesi Khadivi)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Penser le fil, Maison de l’Amerique Latine, Paris, FR
(forthcoming)
Veladas, Kulturinstitut von Mexiko, Berlin, DE
2023 Hilo, Cromwell Place, London, UK (curated by Daniela Galán)
The Corners of the Cloud, Alte Feuerwache, Berlin, DE (curated by Jan-Philipp Fruehsorge)
Licht Auf Schwarzem Grund, Hilbertraum, Berlin, DE
Weaving Memories, NADAN, Berlin, DE
2022 Metalinien, B-Part Am Gleisdreieck, Berlin, DE (curated by Rüdiger Lange)
XIX Rufino Tamayo Biennale, Rufino Tamayo Museum,
Mexico City, MX
Amphibies, POUSH Manifesto, Paris, FR
Jubilee X, HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2021 XIX Rufino Tamayo Biennial, Octavio Ocampo Museum,
Celaya, MX
XIX Rufino Tamayo Biennial, Centro Cultural Mexiquense
Texcoco, MX
CHARTA#1 - Movement and Space, HAUNT, Berlin, DE
2020 XIX Rufino Tamayo Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art
Oaxaca (MACO), Oaxaca, MX
Neuköllner Kunstpreis, Saalbau Gallery, Berlin, DE
Loops and Echoes, EMOP - European Month of
Photography, P145, Berlin, DE
2019 L’artiste et Les Commissaires, Lage Egal, Berlin, DE
Amalgama, Art Number 23, London, UK
24Hrs Poznan, Poznan, PL (curated by Paulina Olszewska)
Check Mate, BCMA, Berlin, DE
Active Texture – between Text and Textile, HUA Gallery,
Berlin, DE
2018 Konjunktionen, Aquabit Gallery, Berlin, DE
Deteniendo el Infinito, UDLAP Museum, Puebla, MX
2017 Transparency, SiC! BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, PL (curated by Paulina Olszewska)
Social Geometrism, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, DE
2016 Ocio, Casa de las Culturas Contemporáneas, Puebla, MX
Draw to Perform3, Crows Nest Gallery, London, UK
Latitudes of Embrace, Clam Galas Palace, Prague, CZ
On Site in 16 Cities, Kosmetik Salon Babette, Berlin, DE
The Sea, Group Global 3000, Berlin, DE
2015 BAiR Aware, Banff Centre, Banff, CA
Ex und Hopp ?, Aquabit Gallery, Berlin, DE
FRIDGE, Entretempo Gallery, Berlin, DE (curated by Paz Ponce)
2014 Anonyme Zeichner, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, DE
The Open West, The Wilson | Cheltenham Art Gallery &
Museum, Cheltenham, UK
Mexiko Now, Galerie Pop-Up, Berlin, DE
2013 disCONNECT, João Cocteau, Berlin, DE
Drawing Connections, Boston Center for the Arts,
Boston, US (curated by James Hull)
2012 Renaissance, Felliny Gallery, Berlin, DE
2011 Urban Calligraphies 10 X 10, Institute of Graphic Arts of
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MX
2010 Urban Calligraphies 10 X 10, Museo de la Ciudad de México,
Mexico City, MX
2009 Acróstico, Mexican Contemporary Drawing, Embassy of
Mexico, Berlin, DE
GRANTS / AWARDS
2023 Mexican Fund for Culture and Art: SNCA-FONCA
Fellowship, MX
2022 Berlin Senate: Artist Research Grant, Berlin, DE
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre: Artist in Residence,
Aomori, JP
BBK: Studio stipend program, Berlin, DE
2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation: Artist Grant, New York, US
Stiftung Kunstfonds: Artist Grant, DE
2020 NKKP20 Neuköllner Artprize: 3rd Prize, Berlin, DE
XX Rufino Tamayo Biennial: Honorable Mention, MX
2019 La Napoule Foundation: Artist in Residence, Mandelieu, FR
2018 Mexican Fund for Culture and Art: SNCA-FONCA
3-Year Fellowship, MX
2017 The FID Prize#8 in Drawing: Nominee, FR
Foundation: Artist in Residence, Mojácar, ES
2016 Linden Museum: Public Art Commission “Auf der
Schwelle stehen”, Stuttgart, DE
2015 The Benediktson Fellowship Fund for International Artists,
Banff, CA
Banff Centre: Artist In Residence (BAiR), Banff, CA
Cill Rialaig Project: Artist in Residence, Ballinskelligs, IE
2000 Bradbury Thompson Memorial Prize, Yale University,
New Haven, US