On Thursday, September 28th, join artist-in-residence Francisco Ugarte at MCA Denver for a talk about his work, Guadalajara, and the exhibition Saber Acomodar.

Thursday, September 28 | 7 PM
$5 tickets | 18 & Under FREE 

image: Francisco Ugarte, Sin título (Caja de Persianas), 2002. Wood, window blinds, and lights, 2.44 x 2.44 x 2.44 m. Courtesy the artist. 

Francisco Ugarte holds a BA in Architecture from the Western Institute of Superior and Technological Studies. He has had solo exhibitions at the Clemente Orozco Museum in Guadalajara, and the Experimental Museum El Eco in Mexico City. Select group exhibitions include the Raúl Anguiano Museum of Art, Guadalajara; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Salón ACME, Mexico City; and Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City. He has had special projects with Marfa Contemporary in Texas and SiTE:LAB in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His work is held in the Charpenel Collection and Colección Jumex, and he has been awarded residencies at the Careyes Foundation and Casa Wabi, both in Mexico. The artist lives and works in Guadalajara.

MCA Denver is presenting three artist residencies this fall in collaboration with the Guadalajara art laboratory PAOS. Three artists, Francisco Ugarte, Christian Franco and Cynthia Gutierrez, will be in residence in Denver for two weeks each, presenting public programming, working with local artists, and collaborating with the teens in MCA Denver led leadership programs. This project is made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.