(b.) Mexico City, Mexico

Education

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Sculpture, Minor in Graphic Design), University of Texas at El Paso, TX 

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Fruto de una infinidad de circunstancias imposibles de determinar, González y González, Santiago, Chile
Turn off the Sun, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2012 Next time you see me, it won't be me, Kunsthalle Galapagos, NY

2011 Within the Realm of Possibility, College of Wooster Art Musem, Wooster OH
Something For Nothing, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
I Did It My Way and Took the Highway, Presented by Fundación Magnolia, ROVE Gallery, London

2010 The Heaviest Luggage for the Traveler is the Empty One, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
Ideational Architectures, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Those who live by the sword, die by the sword, or by third hand smoke, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2008 The Fan And The Shit, Magnan Projects & Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY

2007 Andamio (Temporary Frameworks), Art in General, New York, NY

2006 Stand Clear, Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY

2005 Mix Series, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
Verdevete, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX

2003 Impermeable, Union Gallery, El Paso, TX

 
Group Exhibitions

2014 Magnan Metz Group Exhibition: Destination Unknown, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
About a Mountain, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY

2013 Epic Fail, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
I forgot to forget, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Turn off the Sun, Selections from La Colección Jumex, ASU Art Museum, Arizona

2012 Caminar la línea Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain
Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, Canary Islands, Spain

2011 6th VentoSul- Biennale of Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil 
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin, Ireland
Anonymous Presence, Y Gallery, New York, NY
Between Chaos and Seduction: Mexican Contemporary Art,Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CAN, curated by Magda Gonzalez-Mora.

2010 2nd “Que Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
Drinnen and Draussen, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
You Are Free, Tape Club, Berlin, Germany
Announcing Magnan Metz, Magnan Metz, New York, NY

2009 La Constelacion del Perro, Galeria Jesus Gallardo, Universidad de Guanajuato MX
20 Años del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Arte, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City,MX
One Foot Apart, Leme Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hecho en Casa, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MX
ABC Drafts Establising Future, Berlin, Germany
La Constelacion Del Perro, Casino Metropolitano, Mexico City, MX
Andrew Palmer, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Patty Chang, Gallerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Germany
Chelsea Visits Havana: Havana Biennial, Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
The Grand, Amelia A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY

2008 Tension/Release, Caren Golden Fine Art, Chelsea, NY
My Little/Membrane, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
Interrogating Systems: CIFO 2008 Grants and Commissions Exhibition, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Notice of Displacement, Greenbelt, Brooklyn, NY
Squaring the Circle, Alphazed Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Making Good Luck, Y Gallery, Queens, NY
Host, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
‘S’ Files 007, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Media Asta Half-Mast, Haydee Royirosa Gallery, New York, NY
Creaction en Moyimiento Joyenes Creadores 2005-2007, Centro Nacional De Las Artes, Mexico City, MX

2006 Queens International 2006, Queens Museum Of Art, Queens, NY
El Equilibrio y sus Derivados, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, MX
Mix 2005 (Redux), Landmarks Arts Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX

2005 Intersections, Waterstop Gallery, Marfa, TX
Performagia 3, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, MX
Juried Student Art Show 2002-05, University of Texas at El Paso, TX

2004 Border Art Residency Site Project, El Paso, TX
Ninehundred Ten, 910 Texas St. Warehouse-Video-Sculptural Intervention, El Paso, TX
Young Latino Artist (YLA N.9), Mexico- Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2003 Texas 1220 Warehouse, El Paso, TX
Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Internacional Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Rim Road Show, Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX
El Rey Del Camino, Union Gallery, El Paso, TX
CEMA Cuidad Juarez Chihuahua, Juarex, MX
Guerrilla Art, Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX

   
Awards and Residencies

2011 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2009 Harpo Foundation Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL

2007 National Funds for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Programa Jovenes Creadores, Mexico City, MX

2005 National Funds for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Programa Jovenes Creadores, Mexico City, MX
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Best Photograph/Digital Image, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX

2004 The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Summer Residency Program, Skowhegan, Maine
Serie Print Project Serie XI, Coronado Studios, Austin, TX

2003 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center (Publisher of Sculpture Magazine)
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Best Sculpture Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX

2002   Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX

Publications 

Alejandro Almanza Pereda: Work and Process (PaperBack)
Publisher: Magnan Projects (2008)

Program Book Series Vol. X
Publisher: Art In General

Alejandro Almanza Pereda
Andamio (temporary frameworks): Art in General new Commissions