VIRGINIA COLWELL
(USA, 1980)
EDUCATION
Colwell works in a range of media including drawings, video, sculpture, sound art, and
multimedia installations. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in the
United States, Spain, Mexico, and Germany. She has been the recipient of numerous
awards such as the Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholarship for her studies in Spain, the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, the University Fellowship at The Ohio State
University, and most recently a Jumex Foundation Grant. She currently lives and works in
Mexico City.
2009-2011 MFA in Sculpture
Ohio State University; Ohio, USA
2005-2007 MFA in Architecture and Urban Studies
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain
2000-2002 BFA with Honors: magna cum laude
Virginia Commonwealth University; Virginia, USA
1998-1999 General Studies with a concentration in History and Anthropology
Bates College; Maine, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Capricho Enfático, MARSO, Mexico City, Mexico (Solo show)
Summertime Reading, Cesis Art Festival; Cesis, Latvia
Summertime Stories, The Contemporary Art Centre; Vilnius, Lithuania
Tipping Point, WAVE, Wolverhampton Art Gallery; West Midlands, UK
Apropiación / Secuenciación / Reiteración / Registro, Museograbado; Zacatecas, Mexico
Zona Maco Art Fair, MARSO Gallery, Mexico City
2012 Untitled Art Fair, Miami, MARSO: Miami, USA
La Distancia Interna (Inner Distance), Einraumaus: Manneheim, Germany
Niemandsland / No Man’s Land, geh8; Dresden, Germany Aproximaciones,
Exploraciones y Extensiones, Centro de Las Artes de San Agustín; Oaxaca, Mexico
2011 The Compass (La Brújula), MARSO; Mexico City, Mexico (Solo show)
On The Edge: Statements in Black and White, S Cube Gallery; California, USA
Auction México Vivo, 2011, Museo de Arte Moderno; Mexico City, Mexico
Altered Ground, WORK Gallery; Michigan, USA
Confluence(s), Urban Arts Space; Ohio, USA
Sublime Terrible, Galería ECOH; Mexico City, Mexico
Experimental Media Series, WPA, The Phillips Collection and Hirschhorn Museum;
Washington DC, USA
College Book Arts Association,SoFA Gallery, Indiana University; Indiana, USA
2010 Family Affair, Video Channel Cologne, New Media Fest 2010; Cologne, Germany
Visualizing the Experience of War, The Urban Arts Space; Ohio, USA
Future Photon. Silver Image Gallery; Ohio, USA
Recent Arrivals, Hopkins Hall Gallery; Ohio, USA
2008 6a Mostra Sonora i Visual, Centro Cutrual Convent de Sant Agustí; Barcelona, Spain
México Sueña: Printmaking in Mexico, Centro Cultural Casa Lamm ; Mexico City, Mexico
2007 Tunnel of Love: Nit Casm, El Centro de Arte Santa Monica; Barcelona, Spain
Hangar Obert: 10 Any, Hangar y el Associació d’Artistes Visuals de Catalunya; Barcelona,
Spain
Domicili En Permuta, M.A.S.; Barcelona, Spain
Festivau Internacionau de Creacion en a Nhéu. Nivalia : Barcelona, Spain & Val d’Aran,
Spain
AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Goodbye to all that, Galería Libertad; Queretaro, Mexico
2013 Capricho Enfático, MARSO; Mexico City, Mexico.
2011 The Compass, MARSO; Mexico City, Mexico.
2004 Dwelling, In Situ Installation; Virginia, U.S.A.
2010 - present
2010 - present
2013 Fundación Jumex Grant for Exhibition Production, Fundación Jumex; Estado de
México, Mexico.
Artist in Residence, The fountainhead Residency; Florida, USA.
2012 Artist in Residence, Museograbado; Zacatecas, Mexico
2011 The Fergus Family Fellowship Award, Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio, USA
2010 The Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship, Ohio State University;
Columbus, Ohio, USA Graduate Teaching Associateship, OhioState University;
Columbus, Ohio, USA
2009 University Fellowship Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio, USA
2006—2007 Hangar Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Hangar Centre de Producció d’arts
Vsuals; Barcelona, Spain
2005 – 2007 Leopold Schepp Foundation Scholar, Leopold Schepp Foundation; New
York, USA
2001 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, The Virginia Museum of Fine
Arts; Virginia, USA
Peachtree Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, Virginia, USA
Undergraduate Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA