LOS SUPER ELEGANTES

CURRICULUM VITAE
LOS SUPER ELEGANTES
Milena Muzquiz and Martiniano Lopez-Crozet
MILENA MUZQUIZ
Born 1974 Tijuana, Mexico
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
2002 M.F.A., Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, California
1996 B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, California
MARTINIANO LOPEZ-CROZET
Born 1966 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1996 B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
1988 B.A., Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008
Netmage International Live-Media Festival, Bologna, Italy
Latino Latino, Chiesa Santa Maria dello Spasimo, Palermo, Italy
Galeria Vermelho, Sau Paulo, Brasil
2007
Plaback, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto
Bienal Internacional del Deporte en el Arte, Gijon, Spain
The Weasel, Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery, London
Escultura Social, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2006
Thank you for the Music, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Los Super Elegantes/ Mike Kelley/ Ann Magnuson. SASSA, Los Angeles
From Here to the Ocean, Swiss Institute, New York
Nothing Really Matters, Locus Athens Projects, Athens, Greece
2005
Pick a Paisley, Tropic is the Topic, Decorating with Dogs, Blow de la Barra,
London
The Technical Vocabulary of an Interior Decorator, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Slow Dance Club, Frieze Art Fair, London
Made in Mexico, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NewYork, NY
2003
Sundown Salon, Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA
To Be Political It Has To Look Nice, Apexart, New York, NY
The 25th Anniversary Gala, L.A.C.E. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Falling Leaves of St. Pierre, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Assume Vivid Astro Focus #9 and Los Super Elegantes, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002
Los Super Elegantes and Silverio, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, Low Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
You Think I’m Superficial, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, FL
2001
Song Poems, Leslie, Cohen and Brown, New York, NY
Mark Selwyn Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
89.9 KCRW Live Radio Show, Santa Monica, CA
2000
Angie and Eric, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
107.1 The Red Zone Live Radio Show, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Pietro and Paola, Over Here Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Mexcelente, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1998
Beyond the Wild, Small Gallery, Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, CA
1997
Clegg and Guttmann, CCSIS and Los Super Elegantes,
Mamacita Fashion, Mexico City, Mexico
Sick Soul II, Collaboration with Clegg and Guttmann,
American Fine Arts, New York, NY
1996
Clegg and Guttmann and Los Super Elegantes, Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Spiculating America, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Nihom Koga Kuin Sennmonngakko School Video Show, Tokyo, Japan
CCSIS Video Screening, San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
1995
Los Gordos Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
The Filth Festival, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
1994
Shh! They Are Sleeping, Nahl Hall, CCAC, Oakland, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Luca Martinazzoli, “Per un Futuro Tropical-Noise” Rolling Stone Italy, January 2008, p. 147
2007 Richard Leydier, “Fabrice Hergott: souffler sur les braises,” artpress, September 2007, p. 23
Victor medina, “Los Super Elegantes” Zero No. 102, p. 134
Mariano Mayer, “Los Super Elegantes” Neo 2, (February 2007) p. 33
2006 Julie Boukobza, “Los Super Elegantes” L’Officiel Homme, (October 2006) p. 72
Antonio Pasolini, “One To Watch: Los Super Elegantes”, Artkrush, (October 2006)
Konstantine Kakanias,”Los Super Elegantes” Greek Vogue, (September 2006) p. 61
Arty Nelson, “High Performance,” Vogue Magazine, (September 2006) p. 108
Carol Lee. “Purple Haze” Paper Magazine (June/July 2006) p. 34
Andrea Osso, “Los Super Elegantes,” Indie Rocks (June 2006) p. 221
Sinisia Mitrovic, “Los Super Elegantes,” Flash Art (Jan/Feb 2006)
Daniel Baumann, “Los Super Elegantes” Spike Art Quarterly, (Winter 2006)
2005 Kraus, Tumlir & McFadden, LA Artland Contemporary Art from Los Angeles, Black Dog
Publishing, 2005, p. 203
Lafuente, Pablo, “Los Super Elegantes”, Display: Recent Installation Photographs from London
Galleries and Venues, Rachmaninoff’s, 2005, p. 65
Hackworth, Nick, “Los Super Elegantes: A Retrospective”, Dazed and Confused, November 2005, Vol. II, No. 31, p. 175
Moreno, Shonquis, “Garden of Earthly Delights”, Frame, Netherlands, Sep-Oct 2005, pp. 88-97
Rimanelli, David. “Helter Shelter”, Art Forum Diary, July 2005
Rimanelli, David. “Pop Life” Art Forum, October 2004, Vol. XLIII, No. 2
León de la Barra, Pablo. “Extreme Latin Nostalgia”, Purple Fashion, Spring/Summer 2005, Year 14, No. 3, pp. 96-101
2004 Burstein, Sergio. “Super Elegantes”, La Opinion (July 29, 2004) pp. 10-11
Magania, Alessandro. “Muy Elegante”, V magazine (Summer 2004)
Korotkin, Joyce B. “The Neo-Baroque Era”, Tema Celeste (July/August 2004) pp. 38-45
Leslie, Richard. “The Whitney Biennial”, ArtNexus (July/September 2004) pp. 68-73
Bluhm, Erik. “The Falling Leaves of St. Pierre”, Great God Pan (July 2004)
Jose Garcia Torres, “Slow Dance Club”, Revista Celeste, (Winter 2004), p.12
Bankowsky, Jack. “This is Today”, Artforum (May 2004) pp. 170-171
Calderon, Miguel. “Zero, Elegantes Guey!!!”, Revista Celeste (Spring 2004) pp. 68-71
2002 Irie, Ichiro. “Para Darle Feeling”, Rim Magazine (Summer 2002) pp. 17-20
Hundley, Jessica. “Maraca-Free Zone”, The Fader Magazine (Fall issue 2002) p. 102
2001 Pearson, Jack. “Levi’s Presents: We Are Hitting the Road”, Interview Magazine (September 2001) p. 152
Valentine, Christina. “L.A. Based Artists”, Make Magazine (March-May 2001) pp. 26-27
Kandel, Susan. “First Take: New Art, New Artists”, Artforum (January 2001) p. 124
2000 Gaines, Malik. “Los Super Elegantes”, Art&Text, Cover of November 2000-January 2001 issue, pp. 78-79
Gutierrez, Raquel. “Super Drama”, Frontera, Cover of October 2000 issue, pp. 36-39
1999 Aceves, Ximena. “La Moda de lo Ordinario”, PUB Magazine (December 1999) p. 19
Freek, Jim. “We Sold Our Souls…”, BAM Magazine (May 1999)
Davis, Vaginal. “Los Super Elegantes”, Index Magazine (March-April 1999) pp. 92-94
Davis, Vaginal. “Polarizing Pop”, Glue Magazine (January 1999) pp. 47-48
Gehman, Pleasant. “El Gran Espectaculo”, LA Weekly (April 23-29 1999) p. 51
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1998 Ellenberger, Mary. “Los Super Elegantes”, Flipside Magazine (January 1998) p. 26
1997 Ruiz, Blanca. “Emerge en la Ciudad Mamacita Fashion”, Reforma (January 1997)
Mac Masters, Mary. “Mamacita Fashion Transitara de la Alta Cultura a lo Popular”, La Jornada (January 1997)
1996 Guerrero, Miguel. “Video de Los Super Elegantes”, Noticias del Lagarto (July 1996) p. 1
Varela, Chuy. “What English Invasion?”, Frontera Magazine (March 1996)
Varela, Chuy. “Lo Maximo”, SF Weekly (February 1996) p. 48
Guerrero, Miguel. “Los Super Elegantes”, Noticias del Lagarto (January 1996) p. 11
Hunter, Nicole. “Los Super Elegantes”, Sound Check (December 1995) p. 8

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