1. Exhibitions and awards

Daniel Lezama was born in Mexico City on August 10, 1968, Mexican-American parents. From 1993 to 1997 studied Visual Arts at the National School of Plastic Arts of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He currently lives and works in Mexico City.

Solo Exhibitions

2010
The sound of the islands (individual stand) FEMACO Mexico City
5 times the flag, Drexel Gallery, Garza García, NL

2009
Travelers, Embassy of Mexico, Berlin, Germany

2008
The Prodigal Mother, City Museum, Mexico City and MAZ, Zapopan, Jalisco
Via Crucis, LADA, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany

2006
The great Mexican night, Galeria OMR, Mexico City National Theatre, Drexel Gallery, Garza García, NL.

2005
The Death of Empedocles, Café La Gloria, Mexico, DF

2004
Comparsas, Drexel Gallery,            Garza García, NL.

2003
Days of saving, Clavijero House, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

2002
Skits, Roebling Hall Gallery. New York N.Y.
Paintings, 1998-2002, Gallery of the SHCP, Mexico City
A visit to the valley, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F.
The kind of history, Drexel Gallery, Garza García, NL.

2001
Stories Shared, Museum of Modern Art, Ciudad Juarez, Chih. (Traveling)

2000
The birth of love, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Querétaro. (Traveling)
Individual room, MUCA Roma. Mexico D.F.
Small format, The Study Gallery, Mexico City
Recent work, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City

1998
The existential garden, Gallery 2, ENAP-Xochimilco. Mexico D.F.
12 scenes, 1997-98, Hof & Huyser Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1997
The veil of Maya, Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico City
The theater of the real, Gallery III, Academy of San Carlos, Mexico City

1996
Reason: portrait, Casa Borda, Taxco, Guerrero.

Group exhibitions (selection)

2010
Images of the country, MUNAL, Mexico

2009
Imperium, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Index 2: pulsion: Galeria Hilario Galguera, Mexico DF
Alternate Revolutions, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico DF
Messiah, MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary.
Index 3: Aequatoria, Galeria Hilario Galguera, Mexico DF

2008 
Santa Ana Zagache mirrors, Casa Lamm, Mexico City
Mexican-American Artists, Museum of the British Council, Mexico City
The arrival of the barbarians. Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig, Germany
Like a dog coming out of a reservoir, Black Charro Gallery, Guadalajara, Jalisco
Index 2: drive, Hilario Galguera Gallery, Mexico City
Cabezas, Cafe La Gloria, Mexico DF

2007
Index. Waiting for the Barbarians. Hilario Galguera Gallery, Mexico City
10 x 10, Museum of the City, Queretaro, QRO.
Every man for himself and God against all, Galeria OMR, Mexico City

2006
A minute please, Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara JL.
Permanent Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
Metamorphosis, Spain Cultural Center, Mexico City (Itinerant)

2005
Group of 16, contemporary art, traveling exhibition, China, Korea, Singapore
The Countess in Beijing; Contrabienal Factory 798, Dashanzi, Beijing, China
II Biennial of Beijing, Beijing, China
Young artists (selected by) Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium.
Will radical. Gay Lesbian Cultural Week, Poplar Museum, Mexico City
9 Mexican painters, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
The myth of two volcanoes, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
New Breeds, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain (Traveling).

2004
Lesbian and Gay Cultural Week, Poplar Museum, Mexico City
Mexico Report, Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, TX, U.S. (traveling).

2003
Conversations pictorial Mexico City, Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City
Great masters of the twentieth century fin de siecle Wonders, MARCO, Monterrey, NL.
Terrible Beauty, Satellite, NY, NY U.S.
The Seven Deadly Sins, Bodega Quetzalli, Oaxaca (traveling)
Lesbian Gay Week XVI, Poplar Museum, Mexico City

2002
Eighth Art Salon Bancomer, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
Afflicted, Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, N.Y.

2001
Painting under the bridge, Bridge 15, Querétaro
Creation in Motion No. 11, National Arts Centre, Mexico City (Traveling).
50 years, Jose Maria Velasco Gallery, Mexico City
25-35, Young contemporary proposals, Archbishop Ex Museum, Mexico City
Lesbian Gay Week XV, Poplar Museum, Mexico City
Heaven and Earth, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City
5 Mexican landscape, Embassy of Mexico, Djakarta, Indonesia.
Three figures, SR-30, Mexico D.F.

2000 
Acts of Faith, Laboratorio de Arte Alameda, Mexico City.
Landscape / naked, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Visions and di-versions, Lourdes Sosa Gallery, Mexico City
X Tamayo Biennial, Museo Tamayo, Mexico D.F.

1999
Great Hall Omnilife Omnilife Foundation, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
25 x 25, Gallery Space, Mexico D.F. Mexico D.F.
XIX National Meeting of Young Artists 1999, ICA, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.
Summer 1999, The Study Gallery, Mexico D.F.
The 4th 1998 .- Art Salon Bancomer, Mexico D.F. (Traveling).
The body alluded MUNAL, Mexico D.F.
Threshold of a century, 127 Gallery, Mexico D.F.
Creation in Motion No.7, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (Traveling).
Anonymous and charlatans, Sala Josep Renau, IPV, Valencia, Spain.
Painting workshop, the Study Gallery, Mexico City
1996
From the Frontier Centre, UABC, Mexicali, Baja California.
Collective Study, Study Gallery, Mexico City

1995
Facilities and other things, Contreras Cultural Forum, Mexico City
September 19, Galleries I and II, Academy of San Carlos, Mexico City
1a. University Art Fair, MUCA, Mexico City

Art Fairs

2008
Art Cologne / Galeria Hilario Galguera
FEMACO / Galeria Hilario Galguera
FEMACO / Drexel Gallery

2007
ARCO / OMR
MACO / Drexel Gallery
Palma de Mallorca / Galeria Hilario Galguera

2006
ARCO / OMR
Art Cologne / Pablo Goebel Fine Arts
Basel / OMR
MACO / Drexel Gallery
Miami Basel / OMR

2005
ARCO / OMR
MACO / OMR
Basel / OMR
Miami Basel / OMR
Armory Show

2004
/ OMR
ARCO / OMR
MACO / ArteQuimera Projects
Miami Basel / OMR

2003
ARCO / OMR
Basel / OMR
Miami Basel / OMR
Art Chicago / Roebling Hall Gallery

2002
ARCO / OMR
FIAC / OMR

1998
KUNSTRAI, Hof & Huyser Gallery

2 .- HONORS

2004
Grant of the National System of Creators of CONACULTA, Visual Arts, 2005-2008 generation

2000
Acquisition Award, X Biennial Tamayo. Museo Rufino Tamayo.

1999
Young Artists Scholarship FONCA in the discipline of visual arts, especially paintings, generation 1999-2000.

1998
Support Program to Promote Cultural Projects and Joint Ventures FONCA, 1998-1. Financing in Amsterdam exhibition catalog.

1995
Young Artists Scholarship FONCA in the discipline of visual arts, especially paintings, generation 1995-1996.