Xavier Blum Pinto (born 1957 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian artist. From 1974 to 1976 he studied architecture at the Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil, in Ecuador. In 1981, obtained his MA in Fine Arts from the UniversitÃÂ of Paris VIII, France.
In 1996 he participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial.
Individual exhibitions
- 2006 "Memoria Palafitica", MAAC (Museo Antropológico y de Arte Contemporáneo), Guayaquil.
- 2005 "Memoria Palafitica", GalerÃÂa â Café "Dada", Guayaquil
- 2005 "Ciudad Devuelta", GalerÃÂa "El Conteiner", (Quito â Ecuador)
- 2004 "Ciudad Devuelta", GalerÃÂa Mirador, Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil
- 2000 Café GalerÃÂa Casa Azul (Salinas - Ecuador)
- 1997 GalerÃÂa La Manzana Verde (Guayaquil)
- 1997 GalerÃÂa X. Blum (Ballenita - Ecuador)
- 1996 GalerÃÂa and Cultural Centro, Ballenita, Ecuador.
- 1995 Salinas Yacht Club, Salt mines, Ecuador;
- 1995 Pacific National Bank, Miami, United States.
- 1994 School of Comunicacion Monica Herrera, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1993 GalerÃÂa X. Blum, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1992 School of Architects of the Guayas, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1992 Stage area Performance Gallery, Miami, United States.
- 1991 GalerÃÂa ART-You, Quito, Ecuador.
- 1990 Feminine society of Culture, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1989 Mayan Inca, Paris, France;
- 1989 GalerÃÂa, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1989 House of the Culture, Quito, Ecuador.
- 1988 Museum of Art of the Central bank, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1988 GalerÃÂa and Cultural Centro, Ballenita, Ecuador;
- 1988 Commercial center the Display cabinets, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1987 The Store, Galerãa de Arte, Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1987 GalerÃÂa and Cultural Centro X. Blum, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1987 Faculty of Architecture of the Catolica University of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1987 House of the Nöcleo Culture of the Guayas, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1986 Blanca Even Guarderas of Fasinarm, Center of Resources, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1985 ArtefactorÃÂa, GalerÃÂa Factory, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1984 The Oca, Galerãa CafÃÂ, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1983 Gallery do Theatre in Herbe, Paris, France; The Engreãdo Vegetable, BotÃÂnico Garden, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1981 Municipal museum of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Group exhibitions
- 2007 Moradas Interiores, MAAC, (Museo Antropológico y de Arte Contemporáneo), Guayaquil
- 2904 30 Ideas, Museo Meguro (Tokio â Japon)
- 2004 8va. Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Ecuador
- 2002 Piqueo Haptico, Arte no Visual (Antiguo Mercado Sur) Guayaquil
- 2001 10 Años Después, Universidad Católica (Guayaquil)
- 2001 Ayampe 2001, Arte y EcologÃÂa. Performance (Playas de Ayampe â Ecuador)
- 2000 Ayampe 2000, Arte y EcologÃÂa. Performance (Playas de Ayampe â Ecuador)
- 2000 COLOR DELFIN, XACL Valla pública y acción interactiva en la red. (Guayaquil)
- 1999 Banderita tricolor (GalerÃÂa Madeleine Hollaender - Guayaquil)
- 1999 Esculturas EfÃÂmeras, en playas ecuatorianas. XACL
- 1998 Esculturas Luz. XACL (Escuela de Comunicación Mónica Herrera - Guayaquil)
- 1998 Unico en su género. Libros de artistas del Ecuador (Philadelphia - EE.UU.)
- 1998 Formación de XACL, dupla creativa con Claudia Maldonado
- 1997 Ecuador Contemporáneo (Palacio de Linares - Madrid - España)
- 1997 El Arranque (GalerÃÂa Madeleine Hollaender - Guayaquil)
- 1997 Club Latinoamericano de Papeleros (São Paulo - Brasil)
- 1997 Apéndice (ZUÃÂKATA espacio - alternativo, Guayaquil)
- 1997 Intervenciones Urbanas (Buenos Aires - Argentina)
- 1997 Arte de Papel (Art Forvm - Quito)
- 1997 8/4 (Alianza Francesa - Guayaquil) ZUÃÂKATA
- 1997 Ayampe 5 Cerros (Ayampe - Ecuador) ZUÃÂKATA
- 1996 Soledad Urbana (Guayaquil) ZUÃÂKATA
- 1996 XXIII Bienal de São Paulo (Brasil)
- 1996 Invadumbre (Guayaquil) ZUÃÂKATA
- 1996 Salón de Selección de la Bienal de São Paulo (Quito)
- 1996 Museo de los Amantes de Sumpa (Sta. Elena - Ecuador)
- 1996 Punta Blanca 96, White End, Ecuador.
- 1995 Imágenes y Texturas (Museo Banco Central - Guayaquil)
- 1995 Punta Blanca 95, White End, Ecuador; Images and Textures, Museum Central bank, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1994 Salón de Julio, Municipal Museum, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1994 The daily thing of the Art, Municipal Museum, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1994 Exposicion Collection of Ceramics, Galerãa Madeleine Hollander, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1993 Catolica University Faculty of Arquitetura, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1992 Exposicion X. Blum and Hernan Zuniga, Galerãa X. Blum, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1992 Exposicion 500 To you, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1991 Exposicion Art of the 90 Room of Art L'ART, Quito, Ecuador.
- 1990 III PrÃÂ-Biennial de Pintura, Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1990 Exposicion 10 to you, 100 Editions, 100 Artists, Magazine DINERS, Quito, Ecuador.
- 1989 Week of Ecuador in France, Paris, France;
- 1989 First Saltacion of Proesa Art, House of the Culture, Quito, Ecuador;
- 1989 Museum Nahim Isaãas, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1989 II FLAAC Latin American Festival of Art and Culture, Brasãlia, Brazil;
- 1989 Galerãa CafàMarries of the Culture, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1989 traveling exhibition Houston, Texas United States; Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires, Argentina;
- 1988 Hall October, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1988 PrÃÂ-Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1988 Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts MOCHA, New York City, United States;
- 1988 Exhibit with ArtefactorÃÂa, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1988 House of Espa ÃÂ to, New York City, United States.
- 1987 Hall Julio, Museum of the Central bank, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1987 Art in the Street, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1986 PrÃÂ-Biennial Nacional de Pintura, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1986 Ecuadorian painters by Amnistãa the International, Ecuador.
- 1985 Painters of Ecuador, San JosÃÂ, Costa Rica;
- 1985 EncontrArte VII, Park of Chipipe, Salt Mines, Ecuador.
- 1984 Mariano Aguilera, Quito, Ecuador;
- 1984 First National Biennial of Drawing, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1984 Format, Galerãa Monaschka, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1984 Hotel the Gilded one, Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1984 Continental hotel, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1984 Galerãa Monaschka, Guayaquil, Ecuador;
- 1984 EncontrArte, Chipipe Park, Salt mines, Ecuador; EncontrArte V, Municipal PalÃÂcio, Guayaquil, Ecuador; EncontrArte IV, House of the Culture, Quito, Ecuador.
- 1983 Nacional Vicente Rocafuerte, Guayaquil, Ecuador; Quito, Ecuador; Cuenca, Ecuador;
- 1983 Hotel of Ville, Lille, France;
- 1983 Esquisse pour unites Installation, Gallery do Theatre in Herbe, Paris, France, with Carinna Lojgren Williams;
- 1983 EncontrArte III, Park the Ejido, Quito, Ecuador; EncontrArte III with Cultural Factory the Cockroach, Parks of Urdesa, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1981 Forum of Halls, Paris, France.
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