BIOGRAFIA OF FABRO TRANCHIDA
Fabro Tranchida (1987, Buenos Aires), recent winner of the Guggenheim Museum New York Award and the Port Tonic Art Center Award/Residency (in Saint-Tropez, France), is a visual artist, art history teacher, Master in Contemporary Technological and Performative Art (University of the Basque Country, Spain) and a Bachelor in Art and Culture Management from the National University of Tres de Febrero - UNTREF (Buenos Aires).
Since 2009, Tranchida has regularly exhibited his work through the languages of painting, photography, performance, skating and installation. He has developed various visual investigations around the representations of peripheral youth, skaters and queer people, with a narrative inspired —in most cases— by the poetic, political and social work of Pier Paolo Pasolini.Since 2009, Tranchida has regularly exhibited his work through the languages of painting, photography, performance, skating and installation. He has developed various visual investigations around the representations of peripheral youth, skaters and queer people, with a narrative inspired —in most cases— by the poetic, political and social work of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
His latest exhibitions have been “L ́Écho des Nouveaux Mondes” (Port Tonic Art Center, Golfe de St Tropez, France, 2024), the performance “Tango, madness and love” with Topacio Fresh at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao), “Hotsa: neighborhood hagiographies” (Wunsch Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2024), the performance “Narciso de Mataderos” (curated by La Juan Gallery at Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 2023), “Sustained will: a look at the new drawing in Spain (Galería Fernández Braso, Madrid, 2024), “Stigmata” (Swinton gallery, Madrid, 2024) and "Broken knuckles" (Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain, 2022), with his artistic duo Los Picoletos and in collaboration with El Niño de Elche and Pedro G. Romero; Renowned artist and curator who has developed his work in institutions such as MACBA and Museo Reina Sofía, among others.
In 2015, Dante Litvak and Fabro Tranchida created the duo Los Picoletos; with which they have developed an extensive artistic discourse linked to dissident youth identities linked to the world of skateboarding and queer-punk rebellion; Presenting various solo shows and seminars in institutions such as the Patio Herreriano Museum (Valladolid), the BilbaoArte Foundation (Bilbao), the San Martín Cultural Center (Buenos Aires), La Juan Gallery (Madrid), Aldama Fabre Gallery (Bilbao), NN Gallery (city of La Plata, Buenos Aires, among others.
As a curator, Fabro Tranchida has also developed various exhibitions: “Passages/landscapes between Bilbao and Buenos Aires” (Wunsch Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2024), “Monster Mother, Monster Mass” (Vitriol Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2024), “Tender Weapons” (Wunsch gallery, Buenos Aires, 2018), “Ars erotica” (Recoleta Cultural Center, 2018) and “A sacred place” (Quimera gallery, Buenos Aires, 2016), among others.
As a researcher in art history, he has given various seminars with an LGBT perspective and He has held professorships at institutions such as: the BilbaoArte Foundation (Bilbao), the Blackkamera School of Photography (Bilbao), the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the UNTREF (Buenos Aires), the University School of Film (Buenos Aires), UCES, as head of the contemporary art department (Buenos Aires), the Casa del Bicentenario (Buenos Aires), the National Museum of Fine Arts (Buenos Aires) and the Emilio Caraffa Museum (Córdoba), among other institution.
He lives and works between Bilbao and Buenos Aires.
In 2015, Dante Litvak and Fabro Tranchida created the duo Los Picoletos; with which they have developed an extensive artistic discourse linked to dissident youth identities linked to the world of skateboarding and queer-punk rebellion; Presenting various solo shows and seminars in institutions such as the Patio Herreriano Museum (Valladolid), the BilbaoArte Foundation (Bilbao), the San Martín Cultural Center (Buenos Aires), La Juan Gallery (Madrid), Aldama Fabre Gallery (Bilbao), NN Gallery (city of La Plata, Buenos Aires, among others.
As a curator, Fabro Tranchida has also developed various exhibitions: “Passages/landscapes between Bilbao and Buenos Aires” (Wunsch Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2024), “Monster Mother, Monster Mass” (Vitriol Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2024), “Tender Weapons” (Wunsch gallery, Buenos Aires, 2018), “Ars erotica” (Recoleta Cultural Center, 2018) and “A sacred place” (Quimera gallery, Buenos Aires, 2016), among others.
As a researcher in art history, he has given various seminars with an LGBT perspective and He has held professorships at institutions such as: the BilbaoArte Foundation (Bilbao), the Blackkamera School of Photography (Bilbao), the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the UNTREF (Buenos Aires), the University School of Film (Buenos Aires), UCES, as head of the contemporary art department (Buenos Aires), the Casa del Bicentenario (Buenos Aires), the National Museum of Fine Arts (Buenos Aires) and the Emilio Caraffa Museum (Córdoba), among other institution.
He lives and works between Bilbao and Buenos Aires.
SOLO SHOWS
- 2024 /“Tango, love and madness” with Topacio Fresh (Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao)
- 2024/ “L ́Écho des Nouveaux Mondes” (Port Tonic Art Center, Golfe de St Tropez, Francia).
- 2024/“Hotsa. Hagiografías de barrio” (Wunsch gallery. Buenos Aires)
- 2023/ “Narciso de Mataderos” (Teatros del Canal, Madrid)
- 2020/ “Templi e rampe di una notte” (Porto Museo di Tricase, Puglia, Italy)
- 2016 / “Meeting place” (Doopler Studio, Buenos Aires)
- 2016/ “SHORTS” with Isaac Díaz and Leo Adef (El Mirador Foundation, Buenos Aires)
- 2015 / “Sobre los declives y las islas” (Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires)
- 2015 / “La misa de los pibes”. Casa Brandon, Buenos Aires.
- 2014 / “Boyness”. Fundación El Mirador. Buenos Aires.
- 2013 / “Espacio Joven Osde Neo” (Buenos Aires Photo 2013, Centro Cultural Recoleta)
CURATORSHIPS
- 2024 / “Pasajes/paisajes entre Bilbao y Buenos Aires” (Wunsch Gallery, Buenos Aires
- 2023/ “Madre Monstruo Misa Monstruo” (Vitriol gallery, Buenos Aires)
- 2018 / “Ars erótica: arts and erotic publications” (Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires)
- 2018 / “Las armas tiernas” (Wunsch Gallery, Buenos Aires)
- 2016 / “Un lugar sagrado” by Eric Markowski. (Quimera gallery, Buenos Aires)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
- 2024/ “La voluntad sostenida”. Curadur´a Guillermo M. Bermejo. Fernndez-brazo gallery, Madrid, Spain.
- 2017 – “4to Premio de Pintura Arte Vittal”. Fundación Vittal. Espacio MODOS.
- 2017 – “XLVI Salón Nacional de Arte Sacro”. Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Tandil (MUMBAT), Chacabuco 357, Tandil.
- 2016 - “Cuerpo y deseo. Curaduría: Fabiana Barreda”. Galería ArtexArte. Lavalleja 1062.
- 2016 - “Bosquejar esbozar proyectar”. Curadores: Santiago Bengolea y Javier Aparicio. Galería Quimera. Humboldt 1981.
- 2016 - “Chamanes” Curaduría: Chamanes. Curaduría: Andrés Waissman. Galería Quadro. Libertador 14354, Martínez.
- 2016 - “Opera prima” Curaduría: Valeria González. Casa Nacional del Bicentenario. Riobamba 985.
- 2016 - “Réquiem para una historia” Curador: Carlos Ricci. Galería Cecilia caballero. Av. Alvear 1761 local 9.
- 2016 - “La sexual magdalena de Proust” Curaduría: Lulú Jankilevich. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bahía Blanca. Sarmiento 450.
- 2015 - “Entre el dilema y la provocación” Curaduría: Daniel Martinez (Panal 361, Buenos Aires)
- 2015 - “Re)(Apertura.” Curaduría: Pablo Caligaris. La ira de Dios. Aguirre 1029.
- 2015 - “Nemo Art Festival 2015” Patronato Lozano Sidro, Priego de Córdoba, España.
- 2013 - Espacio Joven Osde Neo. Curaduría: Julio Sánchez. Buenos Aires Photo 2013, Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junín 1930.
- 2013 - “+Contemporáneo”. Jurados: Rodrigo Alonso, César Abelenda, Marcelo Gutman. Galería Pasto, Av. Santa Fe 2729.
ART FAIRS
- 2024 / “+Contemporáneo”. Jurados: Rodrigo Alonso, César Abelenda, Marcelo Gutman. Galería Pasto, Av. Santa Fe 2729.