Guillermo Monroy is a Mexican artist who has lived in Britain for over twenty years.
Guillermo Monroy will be live in Singapore from Friday, 22 November – Sunday, 24 November at the Singapore Affordable Art fair, Booth #3D-01
Drawing from his cultural background, Monroy works as a musician and sculptor re-fashioning found musical instruments into eloquent pieces that reference music, temporality and silence.
As a Mexican living in Britain for the past twenty years, I am able to draw on my cultural roots and new cultural stimuli to invigorate my working processes. I have continually exhibited throughout this time and my work has developed from a painter who sculpts to now predominately a sculptor who also paints. I find both practices inform the other, symbiotically creating the working rhythm that ignites the work.
Musical instruments, wood and metal are the main materials used, having an intrinsic natural beauty and strong connections to the earth. In common with painting, these materials can be manipulated through colour, thickness, texture and warmth, and additionally the surfaces can be caressed or violated through polishing or chiselling.
I like to contrast the qualities of wood by combining it with other elements. The process of construction is vital to how the final form is perceived.
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| 1981-1983 | Berckshire College Massachussets USA |
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| 1984-1986 | Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas San Carlos, Mexico City |
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| 2012 | FUGUE: 10 February to 30 April 2012. Blackheath Conservatoire of Music and The Arts |
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| 2010 | Eagle Gallery, London |
| 2007 | St James the Less Church,Pimlico London sculpture sleeper |
| 1994-95 | Monroy In Monterrey. Pinacoteca de Monterrey. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico |
| 1992 | Dreams and Permanences,Tallberg Taylor Gallery London |
| 1989 | Paisaje Interno, Museo Universitario del Chopo. Mexico City |
| 1984 | Realidades Abstractas,Direccion General de accion civica y cultural Delegacion Magdalena Contreras. Mexico City |
| 2010 | Eagle Gallery, London |
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| 2009 | Menier gallery London group open |
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| 2009 | Sarah Myerscough fine art. London |
| 2008 | Sarah Myerscough fine art. London |
| 2007 | Menier Gallery London. Part of the London Group |
| 2006 | Sarah Myerscough fine art. London |
| 2004 | Antenna gallery , London |
| 2003 | Sarah Myerscough fine art. London |
| 2002 | Sarah Myerscough fine art. London |
| 2001 | Gallery Fine, London |
| 2001 | East 73th Gallery,London |
| 1999 | Bruce castle, Haring |
| 1998 | Monterrey, Mexico |
| 1998 | Monclova, Mexico |
| 1995 | South London Art Gallery ,London |
| 1994 | Salon des Aztecs, Mexico City |
| 1993 | Gagliardi design and contemporary art, London |
| 1992 | WhiteChapel open studios, London |
| 1991 | Brixton Gallery, London |
| 1991 | Cafe Gallery, London |
| 1990 | Galeria Azul Espacio, Mexico City |
| 1990 | Terra Nova Contemporary Latin American Exhibition. South London Art Gallery, London. |
| 1989 | Artistas en Residencia, La Plastica en Mexico, Mexico |
| 1989 | Los Jovenes Artistas, Museo Carrillo Hill. Mexico City |
| 1989 | Museo Biblioteca Pape, Monclova Coahuila. Mexico |
| 1987 | Museo Carrillo Hill, Mexico City |
| 1987 | Teatro del Pueblo, Mexico City |
| 1984 | Window works, Paned expression, Pitts, Mass. USA |
| 1983 | Regional Artists, Berckshire Artesans Pitts, Mass. USA |
| 1982 | Berckshire artesans, Pitts, Mass. USA |
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Susana Sanromán is represented in Asia by Siger Gallery
Siger Gallery, founded by Jon Baker, was established in 2012 to promote and sell a broad range of emerging UK and international artists.
NEXT EXHIBITION
Siger Gallery will be exhibiting at the Singapore Affordable Art fair, Booth #3D-01
F1 Pit Building, 1 Republic Blvd, Singapore 038975
Thursday 21 November
VIP Preview 18.00 – 22.00
Friday, 22 November 12.00 – 18.00
Arty-Licious Evening 18.00 – 22.00
Saturday, 23 November – 11.00 – 19.00
Sunday, 24 November 11.00 – 18.00
You can order artwork from our exhibition at the Siger Gallery page on Artsy
