Phatdrop - Biography

GUILLERMO CREUS

Born in Rosario, Argentina.
Lives and works in New York City.

1996-98 M.F.A. in Visual Arts, the School of the Arts, Columbia University.
1992-94 B.F.A. in Painting, the Art Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1990-92 Architecture, at the Architecture School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

2003 Open Reload, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY.
2001 Phat Drop, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY.
2000 Phat Drop, Farrell/Pollock Fine Arts-Bingo Hall, Williamsburg, NY.
1996 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1992 The Joao Fahrion Gallery, the Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum, Brazil.
1991 The Gallery of the Work Museum of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

2005 Multiple Partners, co-curated by Carla Gannis, Elisabeth Huey, Sandra: Bermudes, Anna Pedersen. At Pablos Birthday, New York
2003 The Bunker Show, Berlin, Germany
Pintores, POA Work Museum, Brazil
Two person show at the Knew Gallery, Washington DC
150 T-shirts, Daniel Silverstein Gallery.
2002 Tract, curated by Amanda Church and Courtney Martin, PlusUltra Visual Space, NYC.
2001 Ripe and Hazy, curated by Mark Keffer, Goliath, Brooklyn, NY.: New Inside Spoon, site specific project and video installation, Queens Theater in the Park, Queens, NY.
1999 Slippery, curated by Juliette Cook, the Blohard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.: Size Matters, at the Gale Gates et al Gallery, D.U.M.B.O., NY.; The New American Landscape, Williamsburg, NY.; The Road Show, the DFN Gallery, New York, NY.
1998 Capes Foundation Group Shows, Schneider, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with
Rivane Neuenschwander and Karin Schneider.: Columbia University Graduate Show, Chelsea, New York City.
1997 The Wight Biennial, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.: 26 Positions, Wallach Gallery, NYC, with ColumbiaÍs MFA students.
1996 Antartica Artes com a Folha, with contemporary Brazilian artists, in Sao Paulo during the
Sao Paulo Biennial.
1995 Chilean Biennial at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.: The Prometeus Libertus Foundation, FlorianÑpolis, Brazil.; The Brazil/United States Cultural Institute, represented the Art Institute of the Federal; University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1994 The 13th National Competition, at FUNARTE in Rio de Janeiro.: New Figurative Painting, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto Alegre.; The Alencastro Guimaraes Gallery, Brazil.; The Porto Alegre Work Museum, Brazil.
1993 New Paintings and New Painters Exhibition, the Mario Quintana Cultural Center (CCMQ), Brazil.: Painting and Films Exhibition, Brazil.; The Emilia Gontow Gallery, Brazil. The Solar dos Camara, Brazil.; The I Latin American Art Exhibition, Brazil.; The Chico Lisboa Art Competition, Brazil.
1992 The Mario Quintana Cultural Center (CCMQ), Brazil.: The State Art Museum, Brazil.; 10th Municipal Competition, Brazil.; The Contemporary Art from the South, Brazil.; 49th Paranaense Competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Curitiba, Parana.

1996 Granted a full scholarship by the Capes Arts Foundation, for the two-year graduate study program in Visual Arts at the School of the Arts, Columbia University, NY.: Granted the VII POA Painting Award, Brazil.

2001. Zamudio, Raul. "Guillermo Creus: Within, Through, and Around the Folds of Painting".
2001 McGowan. "New Inside Spoon." Newsday. February 11, 2001.
2000 Howard, Christopher. "Phat Drop." Billburg (ww.billburg.com/arts). September 2000.: Kalm, James. "Phat Drop." NYArts Magazine. vol.5, no.10, October 2000.
1999 Rosenholz, Ellen. "Hard to Handle." Philadelphia Weekly. June 1999.
1998 Antartica Artes com a Folha. 1996, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1997 Cooper, Jacqueline. Wight Biennial Catalog. essay on Guillermo Creus and Beth Cooper. Los Angeles, CA.