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