Esteban Pérez (b. 1992 in Quito, Ecuador) graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with an MFA degree in 2021. Recent presentations of his work include the New York Latin American Art Triennial (2022); SBC galerie d'art contemporain, Montreal (2022); The Polygon, Vancouver (2021); Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver (2021); and Más Arte, Quito (2019). In 2021, he was an artist in residence at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, and at the Similkameen Studio Residency organized by Griffin Arts Projects. In 2017, he was selected for the Premio Brasil–Arte Emergente (CAC), an award funded by the Brazilian embassy in Quito for the promotion of emerging artists. He was also the recipient of the 2020 Audain Travel Award. Currently, he is part of the SOMA Academic Program in Mexico City.
SOMA Academic Program, 2024, Mexico City
Master of Fine Arts, 2021, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver, Canada
Contemporary Arts degree, 2018, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
ASHGRANXX3, poste Audio at Centre CLARK, 2024, Montreal (forthcoming)
Palimpsteous Oscillations, SBC galerie d’art contemporain, 2022, Montreal
Liquid Land, RBC Media Gallery, 2021, Vancouver
Transitorio, Más Arte Galería, 2019, Quito
Experimental Loop, 405-B Colonels Row Gallery, 2023, Governors Island - New York
Barbecho, Munive Arte Contemporáneo, 2023, Tlaxcala - Mexico
POWERMEX, BLECH, 2023, Halle - Germany
Multiverso 001, Q Galería, 2022, Quito
Abya Yala: Orígenes Estructurales, New York Latin American Art Triennial, 2022, New York
Beyond the Horizon, Gordon Smith Gallery, 2021, Vancouver
MFA grad show curated by Pablo de Ocampo, Libby Leshgold Gallery, 2021, Vancouver
Radical (Re)Worlding, AHVA Gallery at University of British Columbia, 2021, Vancouver
Response: Our Land Narrative, The Polygon Gallery, 2021, Vancouver
MFA interim show curated by Candice Hopkins, Michael O'Brien Exhibition Commons, 2020, Vancouver
Habitual, No Lugar, 2019, Quito
Triplete, No lugar, 2018, Quito
Dissipare, Galería Khora, 2018, Quito
Premio Brasil, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo 2017, Quito
San Violentín, Pentasiete Art Studio, 2017, Quito
Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen curated by grunt gallery, 2022, Vancouver
Third Realm Filmmaking Showcase by The Cinematheque, The Polygon Gallery, 2020, Vancouver
Ruina Residency, July 2024, Oaxaca (forthcoming)
SBC galerie d’art contemporain Residency, 2022, Montreal
Empire of Dirt Residency, 2022, Creston, BC
Similkameen Studio Residency Award, Griffin Art Projects, 2021, Vancouver
Wedge Residency, Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG) and Ground Floor, 2021, Vancouver
Satellite Residency, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, 2021, Vancouver
Vancouver Art Attack Award, Honourable Mention 2021, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design
Satellite Residency Award, 2021, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, Vancouver
Anti-Racism Student Action + Respond Fund, 2021, Emily Carr University of Art +Design, Vancouver
The Audain Foundation Travel Award, 2020, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver
Entrance Scholarship, 2019, Emily Carr University of Art +Design, Vancouver
Teaching Fellowship, DRWG 309 Narrative Images class, Spring 2021, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver
Teaching Assistantship for Christine Howard Sandoval’s class Reciprocity and Land based Art, 2020, Emily Carr University of Arts + Design, Vancouver
Infrasonica, 2022 Click here
Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities. Volume 2 Issue 1, June 2021, Cappadocia University, Turkey Click here
Contingencias, Modos de Habitar y Disidencias: libro conmemorativo, 2021, Más Arte Galería, Quito
The Polygon Podcast, Ep 16. - Response: Our Land Narrative
‘Liquid Land’ Selected for ECU’s 2021 Long Service Recognition Program