ROBERT WATERS

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2010
Tokyo Art Beat: “Behold the Man”
L'Express: "Mais c’est joli ça! Robert Waters, l’homme qui fait jouir Maradona”
The Japan Times: “Robert Waters: MAN”
Glass Magazine: "Man of the World"
Time Out Tokyo: "The Dawn of 'MAN'"

2009
Art in America: "Robert Waters at Ex Teresa Arte Actual"
CONACULTA: “Impartirá Robert Waters taller de arte conceptual dirigido a discapacitados visuales”
CONACULTA: “”Taparrabo”, una muestra sobre la forma de ver la religiosidad”
El Universal: "Reflexión de la fe"
La Rázon: "Vistazo artístico a la iglesia"
La Jornada: "Explora artista iconografía del fanatismo religioso en México"

2008
El Pais: "Arte para la occasión"

2007
The Morning News: "Back to Nature"
Mercer Union Hall: "Recess with Rob Waters"

2005
The Globe and Mail: "Skill of the Cut"

Biography

Robert Waters was born in 1974 in London, Canada, and grew up in the small town of Parkhill in rural Southwestern Ontario. In 1993 he was accepted on scholarship to York University in Toronto to study Visual Arts. While at York, he was curator of Winters Gallery and participated in an exchange program to Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. He graduated with honours in 1998.

In 2005 Robert held his first solo exhibition, “Man”, at Toronto's pm Gallery, followed by an exhibition at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City. The following year Robert exhibited with Satchel Gallery in Toronto, and at MOT in London, UK.

In 2007 Robert moved from Toronto to Mexico City to focus on his art practice. Later that year he held his second solo exhibition, “Loincloth", at pm Gallery, and participated in exhibitions at Kunsthallen Brænderigården in Denmark, and the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. In 2008, he exhibited in “Agitar Antes de Usar (Shake Before Using)”, an exhibition of international artists working in site-specific installation, at Artium, a museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

In 2009, Robert held his third solo exhibition, “Shooter”, at pm Gallery in Toronto, and participated in the group exhibition “Dos Maletas: Nada que Declarar” at Cali Contemporaneo in Coloumbia. In the same year he received a project grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for his first solo museum exhibition, “Taparrabo”, at Ex Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City. This exhibition garnered serious critical attention, most notably a review in Art in America. His final project for the exhibition was a Conceptual Art Workshop for the Blind, which also acquired significant attention, and is currently being developed for implementation through international museums and organizations for the blind.

In 2010 Robert will present his first solo exhibition in Asia, titled "MAN", at Mizuma Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan.