Education

2014 - 2016
MFA in Illustration As Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2010
BFA in Sociology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA



Selected Exhibitions

SOLO

2020
Title TBD, February, Fortnight Insitute, NY

2019
mammywater, BAF Gallery & Studio 401 NY, Brooklyn, NY

2018
penumbras, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP

2019
Anunu: Notes from the Feminine Divine, curator: Zina Saro-Wiwa; Port Harcourt, Nigeria


2018
In A Silent Way, Dak’Art Biennial Off-Site, curators: Bisi Silvia & Stephanie Baptist; Dakar, Senegal Ritual For A New Direction, Spring/Break Art Show, curator: Raphaeil Guilbert; New York, NY

Drawing in Gallery, Galerie ALB ANOUKLEBOURDIEC, Paris, France
From Shape to Form (curated by Jon Seals), Yale Divinity School, New Haven, USA
Power and Ancestors, WM Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jubileum Expo: 25 Jaar Readytex Art Gallery, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname

2017
X-C: Transference between Neighbours (w/ Clément Carat), Green Gallery, WOW Amsterdam, Netherlands
Even My Mum Can Make A Book, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
While Meditating on War, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, Netherlands (curated by Renske de Jong)

2016
ZIG ZAG ZIM, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (catalogue)
ZIG ZAG ZIM part II, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY
25 Years Contemporary Art in Suriname, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname (curated by Sasha Dees)

2015
Fictions and Constructions (w/ Rui Chafes and Felix R. Cid), Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY

2014
OPEN, WOW Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
It Begins on Paper, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)

2013
Ever Ours, Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013, Chicago, USA (curated by Catinca Tabacaru)(catalogue)
Slideluck, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, USA
THE SKETCHBOOK SHOW!!!, Ashmore Gallery, Savannah, USA

2012
META, Gallery 263, Cambridge, USA
Small Works 2012, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, USA
Cherchez La Vérité, The Porch, Savannah, USA
Mutare, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, USA
Far From Home, Blue Gallery, Savannah, USA
THE SKETCHBOOK SHOW!!!, Little Beasts Gallery, Savannah, USA

2011
Drawing Works, Alexander Gallery, Savannah, USA

2008
Wall to Wall, North Wall Gallery, Oxford, England


Awards and Accomplishments

2016
Royal Award for Modern Painting shortlist, Royal Palace Amsterdam, Netherlands

2015
Prix de Rome Visual Arts nominee, The Mondriaan Fund, Netherlands

2012
Honors Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA (2008 - 2012)
United Student Forum Member, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA

2011
Cover Artist of Strathmore 300 series Canvas pads, Strathmore Artist Papers, USA

2010
1st place Black and White Drawing, and Canson Award, Foundations Honors Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA


Selected Bibliography

Cahill, Timothy, “In YDS exhibit, curator Jon Seals ’15 M.A.R. takes viewers ‘From Shape to Form’," Yale Divinity School Department Website (May 9, 2018)

Janssens, Mieke, “The Future Looms Dark and That We Can Scarcely,” The Art Couch (March 26, 2018)

Salmeron, François, “Cinq jeunes artistes de moins de 35 ans” (five young artists under 35), Le Quotidien de l’Art (March 22, 2018)

Tabacaru, Catinca, "#TheLIST: Up-and-Coming Artists You Need to Know," Harper's Bazaar (February 15, 2018)

Wajwakana, Audry, "Xavier Robles de Medina 'signeert' met snelportretten," De Ware Tijd, p. 8A (June 30, 2017)

Dees, Sasha, "Nederland Represents: Xavier Robles de Medina & Remy Jungerman," Trendbeheer (February 23, 2017)

"If you dream of your tongue, Beware," Wall Street International Magazine (February 14, 2017)

McVey, Kurt, "Surinamese Artist Xavier Robles de Medina Mixes Dream Theory And Politics in First Solo Exhibition," Forbes (January 31, 2017)

Ronner, Abby, "Photorealistic Drawings Explore the Trippy Dreamscape of Cultural Identity," The Creators Project, VICE (January 28, 2017)

Clemoes, Charlie, "Buy & Create - An interview with Xavier Robles de Medina," European Echo (December 23, 2016)

Perrée, Rob, "The could-be-reality of Xavier Robles de Medina," AFRICANAH (May 9, 2016)

Steins, Edward, "Xavier Robles de Medina streeft naar perfectie," De Ware Tijd, Mens en Maatschappij, p. C4 (January 30 - 31, 2016)

Goredema, Baynham, "Surinamese artist Xavier Robles de Medina in Zimbabwe," POVO Journal 2015, Issue 07, p. 33 - 35 (September 2015)


Lectures

2017
Thursday-Night-Feature (6 July), Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname

2014
Guest speaker, Academie voor Hoger Kunst- en Cultuuronderwijs (AHKCO), Paramaribo, Suriname


Artist Residencies

2015 - 2017
WOW Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2015
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery - Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions Residency Collaboration, Harare, Zimbabwe


Gallery Affiliation

Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY
info [at] catincatabacaru [dot] com

Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles and Paris
info [at] praz-delavallade [dot] com

Barbé Urbain Gallery, Gent
desk [at] barbe-urbain [dot] com

Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
info [at] readytexartgallery [dot] com



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