1975–XXXX Born in Mexico City
1995–1997 Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City
1999–2007 Centro Nacional de las Artes „La Esmeralda“, Mexico City
2007–2008 Meisterschüler under Prof. Michael Brynntrup,
Braunschweig University of Arts, Germany
2008–2011 Postgraduate at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
Lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany
At the Mexican Bunker, B-05 Kulturzentrum, Montabaur
Foto: E.S. Mayorga & Changje Hong, 2010
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2015–2016 23rd Bremen Award for Video Art – Videokunst Förderpreis Bremen
2013–2014 Braunschweig PROJECTS residency and grant, awarded by
the Ministry of Culture of the Federal State of Lower Saxony, Germany
2008–2009 Artist in residence, Stuhr-Heiligenrode – Federal State of Lower Saxony, Germany.
SOLO SHOWS (selection)
2017 Renaissance Of The Dark Ages, Cuxhaven Kunstverein, Germany
2013 Embracing the Chaos, Power Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2011 Another Fire Tragedy, Kunsthaus Essen, Germany
2009 To the last Monster in Town, Künstlerstätte Stuhr-Heiligenrode, Germany
Excellent Day for an Exorcism, Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Germany
The Fall Of The Good Taste, rahncontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
The Apparition Of Our Ill-fated Love, Künstlerverein Malkasten,
Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 …so Satan told me how to deal with small things, Mönchehaus
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany
2005 E. S. Mayorga, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2023 Who is next?, WFK, Wiesbaden, Germany
2018 A fairy Tale From Saint and Sinners, MEINBLAU-Project space, Berlin,
Germany
Bis hierher lief’s noch ganz gut, Zwischenwelt Galerie,
Berlin, Germany
2017 NOX-ULTRA, Zwischenwelt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2016 Videokunst Förderpreis Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
De Muerte Presente, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim, Germany
Mehrlinge, Galerie Kai Erdmann, Hamburg, Germany
2015 Crime Art, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
Beyond The Frame, Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria
Kino Keith, Keith, Berlin, Germany
2014 Braunschweig PROJECTS, Gallery of the Braunschweig University of
Arts, Germany
Horror en el Trópico, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City
Hauptstadt, Haus Ungarn, Berlin, Germany
2013 Visionen – Atmosphären der Veränderung, Marta Herford Museum, Herford,
Germany
Digimarrakech, Centre Culturel Atlas Marrakech, Moroco
Mexican Visions II at CeC, Carnival of eCreativity, Sattal, India
2012 Breaking Bad, rahncontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
Waterpieces Contemporary Art and Video Festival, Riga, Latvia
Mexican Visions at CeC, Carnival of eCreativity, Sattal, India
2011 17th International Contemporary Art Festival, SESC_ Videobrasil, Sao Paulo,
Brasilien
– DEAD_lines. Todesbilder in Kunst – Medien – Alltag,
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
– Klusownicy/Guerrillas, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, Polen
– Beyond 3 Days of Dimensions, ZKM, Karlsruhe
– Media Fest, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM-X, Mexico City
2010 Optical Shift – Illusion und Täuschung, b-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Montabaur,
Germany
Minus 1 in Exil, Wuppertal, Germany
Ballroom, Art Cologne, Germany
AnaDoma Film Fest, Galerie auf Zeit, Braunschweig, Germany
L.G.S.N.H.C.M.E.S.M.K.T. rahncontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
2009 Accumulation of the Incomplete, The Nunnery Gallery, London, U.K
Obskur, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Lodz, Poland
2008 Re-Reading the Future – Ästhetik der Ähnlichkeiten, 1st International
Triennale of Contemporary Art (ITCA), National Gallery, Prague,
Czech Republic
ALEA/Estrategia y Programa, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City
In the Shadows, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
International Fantastic Film Festival, Porto Alegre, Brazil
With a Chainsaw on the left Hand, UFO Galerie, Halle, Germany
2007 El Acoso de las Fantasías, Casino Metropolitana, Mexico City
Black, Dealer Galerie, Mexico City
2006 A la Salida del Edén, Centro Cultural Casa de los Oliviera, Cinemateca del
Caribe, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Fiesta de Paso, Hotel Señorial, Mexico City
Festival Macabro, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City
Other Art-related Projects (selection)
2023 Akt et Cetera, works from E.S. Mayorga’s Figure drawing classes, WFK, Wiesbaden, Germany
2016 Dieci Notti di Sangue III, workshop for horror-film analysis, Teatro la Maschera, Sardinia, Italy
– NKV Diskurs – Videokunst, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden – Four sessions of video-art analysis, presenting videos from:
- Francisco Montoya Cázarez – 19,04
- Mauricio Limón – 14,06
- Daniela Libertad – 27,09
- Marcela Armas – 15,11
2012 Dieci Notti di Sangue II, workshop for horror-film analysis, Museo del Crudo, Sardinia, Italy
2011 Dieci Notti di Sangue, workshop for horror-film analysis, Museo del Crudo, Sardinia, Italy
– Curator of Wild Guys and Ladies in Distress, Braunschweig University of Arts, Germany
2006 Curator of Experimentos de Terror / El Cuerpo Doméstico y Monstruoso, Festival Macabro, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City
Publications & Interviews
2018 Filmbüro Bremen e.V.; 25 Jahre Videokunstförder Preis Bremen, kein Katalog, Bremen, Germany
2016 Weis, Diana; Die Anatomie des Horrors, SPEX-Magazin für Popkultur, N° 367, Germany
2015 Wilhelm, Clemens & Mayorga, E.S.; An Unresolved Conflict / 13 Questions for E.S. Mayorga, Qjubes, Magazin für Kunst, Germany
2014 Zybok, Oliver & Mayorga, E.S.; Von der Begierde besessen und vom Zweifel belagert –
Ein Gespräch mit Oliver Zybok, Kunstforum International, N° 225. Germany
2013 Ganz, David, Michael Kröger & Roland Nachtigäller; Visionen, Atmosphären der
Veränderung, catalogue for the exhibition, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Mayorga, E.S.; ¡Por La Venganza, Zombies!, Spleen Journal, Mexico
2011 Zybok, Oliver; DEAD_lines. Todesbilder in Kunst – Medien – Alltag, catalogue for the exhibition, Wuppertal, Germany
2009 Mayorga, E.S.; The Fall of the Good Taste, catalogue for the exhibition
To the last Monster in Town, Stuhr-Heiligenrode Germany
2008 Hoffmann, Justin; In the Shadows, catalogue of the exhibition, Kunstverein
Wolfsburg, Germany
Zybok, Oliver; Excellent Day for an Exorcism, catalogue for the exhibition
Excellent Day for an Exorcism, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany