Evelio Moreno (BISONT)
Evelio Moreno (BISONT) is a Mexican artist with a significant European practice, specializing in mixed media assemblage, painting, and site-specific installation.
His work centers on the deconstruction of the figure, translating mass-media iconography and material waste (cardboard, newspaper) into complex forms. His current thesis explores the tension between the body's fragility and its contemporary status as a Biological Machine (Metamorphosis), often confronting the figure with the Manufactured Ideal (The Nude and the Beast).
Evelio Moreno (BISONT) es un artista mexicano con una práctica europea significativa, especializado en ensamblaje de técnica mixta, pintura e instalación de sitio específico.
Su obra se centra en la deconstrucción de la figura, traduciendo la iconografía de los medios masivos y la materia de desecho (cartón, periódico) en formas y pinturas complejas. Su tesis actual explora la tensión entre la fragilidad del cuerpo y su estatus contemporáneo como Máquina Biológica (Metamorfosis), confrontando a menudo la figura con el Ideal Fabricado (The Nude and the Beast).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS
2027 (upcoming): Lucca Biennale Cartasia. International Exhibition. Lucca, Italy. (The world's most important paper art competition).
2026 (upcoming): Metamorphosis. Large-format solo exhibition (300 m²). Kunsthaus Weiz Museum of Modern Art, Austria.
2025: Effigies. Solo exhibition. KOMM.ST Festival, Austria.
2025: Life-size Self-Portrait. Institutional invitation. Palacio de los Gurza Museum, Durango, Mexico.
2024: Frangere. Inaugural solo exhibition of the Revueltas International Festival. Palacio de los Gurza Museum, Durango, Mexico.
2023: Collage and installation intervention in public space. NARRENKASTL Kunst off-space, Frohnleiten, Austria.
2018: Intervention, sculptural work, and installation. Institutional invitation from Saubach Kult, Oberfeistritz, Austria.
2016: Five. Solo exhibition. Bezirkspflegeheim Weiz, Austria.
2015: Bestiary. Solo exhibition. Galerie Weberhaus, Weiz, Austria.
2012: Animal Attraction. Solo exhibition. Museum of Popular Cultures, Durango, Mexico.
2011: Folklore, Colors of Mexico. Kunsthaus Weiz (Galerie Weberhaus), Weiz, Austria.
2009: The Sad Forest. Solo photography exhibition. Alberto M. Alvarado Theater, Gómez Palacio, México.
EXPERIMENTAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
2020-2024: Official selection at international film festivals: Ánima Latina (Argentina), FICMA (Mexico), Ojo Móvil (Peru), FINI 2024 (Mexico), and FictonLag (Mexico 2020)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INVITATION COMMISSIONS
2026: North to South, Durango: 100 Painters, Traveling Scaffolding. Traveling selection. Government of the State of Durango / ICED, Mexico.
2025: Travel and Art. Guest Artist. Plaza Cuatro Caminos, Torreón, Mexico. (Connection of artwork in high-traffic spaces).
2025: Institutional Self-Portrait. Museo Palacio de los Gurza, Durango.
2024: Form, Matter, and Spirit. Exhibition of sculptors from La Laguna, Antigua Harinera Cultural Center, Torreón.
2024: Contemporary Art Exhibition. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Torreón, Mexico.
2024: Day of the Dead Group Exhibition, Antigua Harinera Cultural Center, Torreón, Coahuila.
2022: Maruchan Sopart Finalists Exhibition. MAP, Museum of Popular Art, Mexico City, Mexico.
2022: New Blood, a collection of images. Invitation to a collection of relevant artists from the state of Durango.
2022: Day of the Dead Group Exhibition, Antigua Harinera Cultural Center, Torreón, Coahuila.
2019: Art Machine. Collective intervention. Pöllau Castle, Austria.
2019: Exhibition of finalists in the Ángel Zárraga Painting and Printmaking Biennial. Francisco Villa Museum, Durango, Mexico. 2017: Beauty Emerges from the Desert. Exhibition at La Salle University, Laguna.
2016: In Memoriam. International Traveling Exhibition. Gran Canaria, Spain.
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS, AND ACQUISITIONS
2025: Institutional acquisition of artwork (collage and print) by the permanent collection of the Kunsthaus Weiz, Austria.
2024: Finalist in the Short Film category. International Image Festival (FINI), Pachuca, Mexico.
2023: Second Place National Award in Alternative Techniques. International Image Festival (FINI), Pachuca, Mexico, and group exhibition of winners at the La Garza Cultural Center.
2023: National Finalist in Sculpture. Maruchan Sopart Competition, Mexico City.
2022: Winner of 25th Place National Award in the Maruchan Soup Competition, Mexico.
2019-2020: Ángel Zárraga Painting and Printmaking Prize. Regional traveling exhibition (Official selection of 24 pieces). Venues: Francisco Villa Museum (Durango, Durango), Museum of Graphic Arts (Saltillo, Coahuila), and Generators Hall at the Center for the Arts (Monterrey, Nuevo León). Under the auspices of FORCAN and the Federal Ministry of Culture.
2019: Winner in the Film (Short Film) category at the FictonLag Festival, Torreón, Mexico. (Base work for the video installation in Italy).
2013: Second Place in the Painting Competition (Classical Music and Rock Categories). Cultural Radio Station of Torreón, Coahuila.
2012–2015: Active member of the La Casa del Artista collective, Torreón, Mexico. (Participation in various group exhibitions and regional cultural management projects).
2012: Second Place in the Painting Competition (Classical Music Category). Cultural Radio Station of Torreón, Coahuila.
2009: Award at the Second Guadalupano Art Salon (Papercraft Sculpture). Torreón, Coahuila.
LITERARY CAREER AND SCREENWRITING
Screenwriting: Author of the collection of original short stories upon which the experimental short film set during the occupation of Prague in the 1940s is based.
Narrative: Author of a long (unpublished) novel of a psychoerotic and surrealist nature.
2012: Author selected for the commemorative book for the 90th Anniversary of El Siglo de Torreón.
TEACHING AND INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES
2016, 2018, and 2026: Professor of the sculpture and paper/cardboard art course. Styrian Summer Art, Pöllau Castle, Austria.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Science in Communication. Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila (UAdeC), Torreón Campus, México.
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