Cristóbal Gracia

Lives and works in Mexico City.

Gracia holds a MFA in Sculpture by the Yale School of Art, class of 2020 - 2022. Also, an BFA from the E.N.P.E.G Esmeralda, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and later he attended to the Programa Educativo SOMA, both in Mexico City. He has been awarded with grants such as the BBVA-MACG Arte Actual and Jóvenes Creadores FONCA in the field of alternative media. He obtained the Fullbright García Robles scholarship and the Fundación Jumex Contemporary Art scholarship for studies abroad. ‍ His work has been exhibited in prominent institutions such as Black Cube Headquarters, Palais de Tokyo, Lille 3000 Eldorado, Galveston Artist Residency Gallery, Dallas Contemporary, and Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Museo Tamayo, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Casa del Lago, and ESPAC, among others. In recent years, his pieces have been included in public and private collections such as the MUAC collection, Seattle Art Museum, Fundación M Collection, Colección Suro, Murderme Collection, Yuyito, JK Brown and Eric Diefenbach Collection, and the Museo Comunitario y Club de Lectura Sierra Hermosa.

He has participated in numerous artist residencies, including Bikini Art Residency (Lake Como), Viafarini (Milan), Biennial of the Americas (Denver), Grand Union (Birmingham), Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido), Casa Nano (Japan), The Art House (Wakefield), Lugar Común (Monterrey), the Henry Moore Foundation (United Kingdom), and NARS Foundation (New York).

In 2015, he was selected as an ambassador artist for the Biennial of the Americas in Denver. He was a member of Biquini Wax EPS until 2020.