FEDERICO CARBAJAL, Architect / Visual artist
BIOGRAPHY
Federico Carbajal was born in Mexico in 1978. He received a Bachelor Degree in architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana Leon and an Masters Degree in architecture at the Université de Montreal, where his MA thesis won second prize for the Steel Structures Education Foundation Scholarship. Since 2002, he has worked for various architecture firms in Mexico and Canada, and founded ARTECTURE STUDIO in 2016, a multidisciplinary practice in the intersection of visual arts and architecture.
He first encountered sculpture in New York where he found work as Holton Rower’s assistant in 2000. In 2010, he enrolled in an independent studies program and later that year won him the Emerging Sculptors Exhibition’s Artcast prize from Sculptors Society of Canada. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, and is currently represented by Dominique Bouffard Gallery. He lives and works in Montréal.
BIOGRAPHY
Federico Carbajal was born in Mexico in 1978. He received a Bachelor Degree in architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana Leon and an Masters Degree in architecture at the Université de Montreal, where his MA thesis won second prize for the Steel Structures Education Foundation Scholarship. Since 2002, he has worked for various architecture firms in Mexico and Canada, and founded ARTECTURE STUDIO in 2016, a multidisciplinary practice in the intersection of visual arts and architecture.
He first encountered sculpture in New York where he found work as Holton Rower’s assistant in 2000. In 2010, he enrolled in an independent studies program and later that year won him the Emerging Sculptors Exhibition’s Artcast prize from Sculptors Society of Canada. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, and is currently represented by Dominique Bouffard Gallery. He lives and works in Montréal.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Since 2014 Member of the '' RAAV Regroupement des artistes professionnels du Québec" Montreal, QC
Since 2011 Member of the '' OAQ Ordre des Architectes du Québec '', Montreal, QC
2014 - Board member, Espace Projet, Art Contemporain + Design Galerie
EDUCATION
2008 - Independent Studies Program, Visual Arts Centre. Montreal, QC
2006 - 2008 Masters Degree in Architecture, Université de Montréal. Montreal, QC
1997 - 2003 Bachelors Degree in Architecture, Universidad Iberoamericana, León, Gto. Mexico
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Infra Sculptures, l'Enterpôt, Culture House, Lachinel, QC
2017 - Dissecting Thoughts, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
2015 - Corpus Axial, Bibliothèque Parc-Extension, Maison de la culture - Programme hors murs, Montréal, QC
2014 - Architectures anatomiques, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2017-18 - The skeletons of Mrs. Morales, Mexican Consulate, Montréal, QC, with Victor Vargas Villafuerte
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - INTERARTS, Mill's Island, Terrebonne, QC
2022 - Body parts, Foster gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire WI
2020 - Passages Convergentes, Maison de la culture NDG, Montréal, QC
2019 - Tramite Buro de Coleccionistas, art fair. With Galeria Dos Topos, Queretao Qro. Mexico
2019 - Loteria de la apariencia, Galeria Dos Topos, Leon, Gto. Mexico
2018 - Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Phi Centre, Montreal, QC
2018 - Passages Convergentes, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, QC
2018 - Passages Convergentes, Salle de Diffusion Parc Extension, Montreal QC
2016 - Pluralité, l'Artothèque, Montreal, QC
2016 - Nulle p'art ailleurs, TOHU, Montreal, QC
2016 - Decade, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
2014 - The Brain, (ASIC) 16 International Art-Science Juried exhibition, New York Hall of Science, NY
2014 - Histoires + Objets, Galerie Espace Projet, Montreal, QC
2012 - 4e Biennale du dessin, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-St-Hilaire, St-Hilaire, QC
2011 - 3rd. Dimesion, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 - Chromatic,(3rd edition), Société des Arts Technologiques [SAT], Montreal QC
2010 - New Members Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2010 - 11 th. Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2009 - PIED (carré) mtl. Galerie ZoneOrange, Montreal, QC
2008 - Group exhibition, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
2008 - Expo08 M.Arch. project -Habitat le Port, Université de Montréal, Faculté d’aménagement, Montreal, QC
2004 - Arte en la arquitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, School of Architecture, León, Gto. Mexico
PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 - ARTCAST inc. Sculpture Award, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2008 - Steel Structures Education Foundation Scholarship, 2nd price. Final Project Master Degree, Montreal, QC
PUBLICATIONS
2020- E-SQUARED MAGAZINE, Issue #5, US, https://www.esquaredmagazine.com
2020- VIE DES ARTS, Shape-shifting compositions: The exhibition "Passages Convergents",
https://viedesarts.com/visites/shape-shifting-cmopositions-the-exhibition-passages-convergents/
2019 - THE BEAUTIFUL BRAIN, http://artdefil.altervista.org/federico-carbajal/
2018 - ART SHOULD TEMPT, https://artshouldtempt.com/people/frederico-carbajal
2018 - INDEX-DESIGN, https://www.index-design.ca/article/une-oeuvre-de-21-lustres-sculpturaux-a-la-place-des-arts
2018 - DIVISARE, https://divisare.com/projects/388012-federico-carbajal-architect-visual-artist-studio-opalescent-fiction
2017 - VIE DES ARTS, magazine no. 247, Montreal 2017, http://viedesarts.com/article1179-N-247
2016 - INTERALIA MAGAZINE, THE HEART ISSUE. Interview, the spatial heart. http://www.interaliamag.org/interviews/federico-carbajal/
2014 - ÉLÉMENTAIRE ZINE, UK, 6th issue, p. 38 and 39, http://issuu.com/elementaire/docs/elementaire_mind_issue
2013 - TED MEDinART, Athens, http://www.medinart.eu/
2013 - WU magazine, Italy, Feb 2013 issue, p.27
2013 - LABEL Magazine, Poland, Dec-Feb 2012-13 issue
2012 - Stanford Medicine Magazine, USA, Spring 2012 issue. Cover and p.6
2012 - Catalogue, 4e Biennale du dessin, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-St-Hilaire, St-Hilaire, QC, p.10,11
2012 - ARTISTADAY, http://artistaday.com/?p=13402
2012 - STREET ANATOMY, http://streetanatomy.com/2012/02/27/federico-carbajals-anatomical-architectures/
2011 - LUX TRANS FIGURA, Instituto Lux, Leon Gto. Mexico, p.76
PUBLIC ART
2024, BICEPHLOUS- INTERARTS, public art installation, Mill's Island, Terrebonne, QC
2022, MCGILL STATION NEW ENTRANCE, public art proposal (finalist), Montreal Qc
2021, AREGENTEUIL ARTS CENTER, public art proposal (finalist), Laval Qc
2021, PARC UKRAINIEN, public art proposal (finalist), Montreal Qc
2018 - 2020, FICTION OPALESCENTE, public art proposal chosen for Place des Arts, Montreal Qc
2015 - NOW, 1% Art integrated to architecture policy, register
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 - NOW, Architect /Visual Artist, ARTECTURE STUDIO, Montreal, QC
2021- NOW, Architect, project manager AEDIFICA, Montreal, QC
2020 - 2021, Architect, LM&a, Montreal, QC
2019 - 2020, Architect, project manager AEDIFICA, Montreal, QC
2017 - 2019, Architect, project manager, LEMAY+ESCOBAR, Montreal, QC & NEW YORK
2012 - 2017, Architect, LEMAY Architects, Montreal, QC
2007 - 2012, Intern Architect, Affleck - de la Riva, Architects, Montreal, QC
2003 - 2006, Project Manager, David Lujan & Assoc. Arquitectos, León, Gto. Mexico
2001 - 2002, Architecture Drafting Internship, SAYATEC Construction, León, Gto. Mexico
2000 - Sculptor’s Assistant, Holton Rower’s sculpture studio, New York, USA
Since 2014 Member of the '' RAAV Regroupement des artistes professionnels du Québec" Montreal, QC
Since 2011 Member of the '' OAQ Ordre des Architectes du Québec '', Montreal, QC
2014 - Board member, Espace Projet, Art Contemporain + Design Galerie
EDUCATION
2008 - Independent Studies Program, Visual Arts Centre. Montreal, QC
2006 - 2008 Masters Degree in Architecture, Université de Montréal. Montreal, QC
1997 - 2003 Bachelors Degree in Architecture, Universidad Iberoamericana, León, Gto. Mexico
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Infra Sculptures, l'Enterpôt, Culture House, Lachinel, QC
2017 - Dissecting Thoughts, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
2015 - Corpus Axial, Bibliothèque Parc-Extension, Maison de la culture - Programme hors murs, Montréal, QC
2014 - Architectures anatomiques, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2017-18 - The skeletons of Mrs. Morales, Mexican Consulate, Montréal, QC, with Victor Vargas Villafuerte
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - INTERARTS, Mill's Island, Terrebonne, QC
2022 - Body parts, Foster gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire WI
2020 - Passages Convergentes, Maison de la culture NDG, Montréal, QC
2019 - Tramite Buro de Coleccionistas, art fair. With Galeria Dos Topos, Queretao Qro. Mexico
2019 - Loteria de la apariencia, Galeria Dos Topos, Leon, Gto. Mexico
2018 - Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Phi Centre, Montreal, QC
2018 - Passages Convergentes, Conseil des Arts de Montréal, QC
2018 - Passages Convergentes, Salle de Diffusion Parc Extension, Montreal QC
2016 - Pluralité, l'Artothèque, Montreal, QC
2016 - Nulle p'art ailleurs, TOHU, Montreal, QC
2016 - Decade, Galerie Dominique Bouffard, Montreal, QC
2014 - The Brain, (ASIC) 16 International Art-Science Juried exhibition, New York Hall of Science, NY
2014 - Histoires + Objets, Galerie Espace Projet, Montreal, QC
2012 - 4e Biennale du dessin, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-St-Hilaire, St-Hilaire, QC
2011 - 3rd. Dimesion, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011 - Chromatic,(3rd edition), Société des Arts Technologiques [SAT], Montreal QC
2010 - New Members Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2010 - 11 th. Annual Juried Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2009 - PIED (carré) mtl. Galerie ZoneOrange, Montreal, QC
2008 - Group exhibition, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC
2008 - Expo08 M.Arch. project -Habitat le Port, Université de Montréal, Faculté d’aménagement, Montreal, QC
2004 - Arte en la arquitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, School of Architecture, León, Gto. Mexico
PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 - ARTCAST inc. Sculpture Award, Sculptors Society of Canada, Toronto, ON
2008 - Steel Structures Education Foundation Scholarship, 2nd price. Final Project Master Degree, Montreal, QC
PUBLICATIONS
2020- E-SQUARED MAGAZINE, Issue #5, US, https://www.esquaredmagazine.com
2020- VIE DES ARTS, Shape-shifting compositions: The exhibition "Passages Convergents",
https://viedesarts.com/visites/shape-shifting-cmopositions-the-exhibition-passages-convergents/
2019 - THE BEAUTIFUL BRAIN, http://artdefil.altervista.org/federico-carbajal/
2018 - ART SHOULD TEMPT, https://artshouldtempt.com/people/frederico-carbajal
2018 - INDEX-DESIGN, https://www.index-design.ca/article/une-oeuvre-de-21-lustres-sculpturaux-a-la-place-des-arts
2018 - DIVISARE, https://divisare.com/projects/388012-federico-carbajal-architect-visual-artist-studio-opalescent-fiction
2017 - VIE DES ARTS, magazine no. 247, Montreal 2017, http://viedesarts.com/article1179-N-247
2016 - INTERALIA MAGAZINE, THE HEART ISSUE. Interview, the spatial heart. http://www.interaliamag.org/interviews/federico-carbajal/
2014 - ÉLÉMENTAIRE ZINE, UK, 6th issue, p. 38 and 39, http://issuu.com/elementaire/docs/elementaire_mind_issue
2013 - TED MEDinART, Athens, http://www.medinart.eu/
2013 - WU magazine, Italy, Feb 2013 issue, p.27
2013 - LABEL Magazine, Poland, Dec-Feb 2012-13 issue
2012 - Stanford Medicine Magazine, USA, Spring 2012 issue. Cover and p.6
2012 - Catalogue, 4e Biennale du dessin, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-St-Hilaire, St-Hilaire, QC, p.10,11
2012 - ARTISTADAY, http://artistaday.com/?p=13402
2012 - STREET ANATOMY, http://streetanatomy.com/2012/02/27/federico-carbajals-anatomical-architectures/
2011 - LUX TRANS FIGURA, Instituto Lux, Leon Gto. Mexico, p.76
PUBLIC ART
2024, BICEPHLOUS- INTERARTS, public art installation, Mill's Island, Terrebonne, QC
2022, MCGILL STATION NEW ENTRANCE, public art proposal (finalist), Montreal Qc
2021, AREGENTEUIL ARTS CENTER, public art proposal (finalist), Laval Qc
2021, PARC UKRAINIEN, public art proposal (finalist), Montreal Qc
2018 - 2020, FICTION OPALESCENTE, public art proposal chosen for Place des Arts, Montreal Qc
2015 - NOW, 1% Art integrated to architecture policy, register
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 - NOW, Architect /Visual Artist, ARTECTURE STUDIO, Montreal, QC
2021- NOW, Architect, project manager AEDIFICA, Montreal, QC
2020 - 2021, Architect, LM&a, Montreal, QC
2019 - 2020, Architect, project manager AEDIFICA, Montreal, QC
2017 - 2019, Architect, project manager, LEMAY+ESCOBAR, Montreal, QC & NEW YORK
2012 - 2017, Architect, LEMAY Architects, Montreal, QC
2007 - 2012, Intern Architect, Affleck - de la Riva, Architects, Montreal, QC
2003 - 2006, Project Manager, David Lujan & Assoc. Arquitectos, León, Gto. Mexico
2001 - 2002, Architecture Drafting Internship, SAYATEC Construction, León, Gto. Mexico
2000 - Sculptor’s Assistant, Holton Rower’s sculpture studio, New York, USA