Pablo Rasgado artist talk
Pablo Rasgado (b. 1984, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of sculpture, architecture, and social history. Through a practice that combines research, intervention, and installation, Rasgado investigates how urban spaces and architectural remnants function as repositories of collective memory and historical narratives. His projects often employ fragments of buildings, discarded materials, and site-specific interventions to interrogate themes of permanence, transience, and the human relationship to the built environment.
Rasgado’s work has been exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Recent solo exhibitions include “When the Symbols Shatter” at Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami (2019); “----- (--- ----- ------- --- ----.)” at Blue Project Foundation, Barcelona (2019); “Double Vision/Double Museum” at MOCA Tucson, Arizona (2018); and “This Too Shall Pass” at Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (2017). His work has also been featured in prominent group exhibitions such as “O Triângulo Atlântico” at the 11th Mercosul Biennial, Brazil (2018); “Impermanencia” at the XIII Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (2016); “United States of Latin America” at MOCAD, Detroit (2015); and “Noise” as part of the 55th Venice Biennale Collateral Events (2013).
In addition to his artistic practice, Rasgado has curated exhibitions such as “This Too Shall Pass” at Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, as part of Pacific Standard Time (Getty); “Floor- plan” at Art Brussels; and “La Misma Habitación” by Magali Lara at Galería Peón Contreras, Mérida. He has also worked as a museographer for exhibitions like “Los Irrespetuosos” at Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, and the Mexican Pavilion at ARCO Madrid in 2005.
Since 2021, Rasgado has co-directed the op.cit. Foundation, where he has organized exhibitions such as “Reliquias” by Christine Rebet, “Técnicas de Confusión” by Alison Nguyen, and “Eternity is a Hell of a Long Time” by Nick Fagan, as well as a residency program featuring artists like Chris Doyle, Camilo Restrepo, Emilija Škarnulytė and Tuomas A. Laitinen.
Rasgado has been the recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2016), the Bancomer-MACG Program (2012), and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in Mexico (2006, 2010, 2011). He has participated in residencies at RAIR, Philadelphia (2019); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (2015); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2014); Triangle Arts Association, New York (2012); and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Nebraska (2009), among others.
His work is held in prominent public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Wattis Foundation, the Jumex Collection, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Perez Art Museum (PAAM).
A member of Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, Rasgado lives and works in Mexico City.
