Javier Piñón is a New York-based collage artist. His work has been shown throughout the United States and Europe, with exhibitions in Spain, Belgium, Denmark, England, New York, Miami, and Boston, among others. He is the recipient of the 2008 Bauernmarkt Residency from the Lenikus Collection in Vienna and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) fellowship in 2007. His work can be found in the collections of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the International Collage Center, the 21c Museum, Louisville, and in numerous private collections. Javier is represented by PAVEL ZOUBOK.
EDUCATION
MAT, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
BFA/BA, University of Texas, Austin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Octopussy, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
2010 O Babalon, ZieherSmith, New York
2009 The Flight of Icarus, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Song of the Siren, Galería Valle Ortí, Valencia, Spain
Medusa, Flanklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Javier Piñón, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Javier Piñón, Branch Gallery, Durham, North Carolina
2007 Don Quixote and other stories, ZieherSmith, New York
2006 Cowboy Up!, ZieherSmith, New York
2004 Sad Songs and Waltzes, ZieherSmith, New York
2003 Hit Me, ZieherSmith, New York
2002 Box Constructions, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Supernature, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2014 The Amusing Style, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
2013 Collage: The alchemy of the ordinary, McClain Gallery in conjunction with Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Houston, TX Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2012 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center, The Duam Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2011 Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Rules of Engagement, curated by David Cogins, Allan Nederpelt, Brooklyn
2010 Papermoon, Voges Gallery, Frankfurt Media in Transition II, Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin
2008 The Culture of Collage, Zoeller Gallery, Penn State University, State Collage Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China Tension/Release, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
1968/2008: The Culture of Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
The Main Event, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York
2007 Accessories, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagan, Denmark
5th Bienal: The (S) Files / The Selected Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York
Citadel, David Risley Gallery, London
We Are Near, curated by Eddie Martinez, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
What glue do you use?, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
2006 A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
10 Curatorial Perspectives, curated by Wayne Northcross, Haven Arts, Bronx, New York
Furnishing Assumptions, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Collage Party, ZieherSmith, New York
The New Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Cutting, Miller Block Gallery, Boston
2005 COLLAGE signs & surfaces, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
2003 Objects for Joseph Cornell, ZieherSmith, New York
Dreamy, ZieherSmith, New York
2000 Science Fair, Arena @ FEED, Brooklyn, New York
Living is Easy, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York
Heads, Gallery Korea, New York
COLLECTIONS
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
AWARDS
2008 Bauernmarkt Residency, Lenikus Collection, Vienna
2007 Artist Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2002 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundations, Residency Program