Solo Shows
2027
Artcite Inc. Mil Usos (Jack of All Trades). Windsor, ON, Canada (June)
2024
Hamilton Artist Inc. Little México. Hamilton, Canada.
2023
The New Gallery. Little México. Calgary, Canada.
2022
AWA Cultura. Recorridos no Evidentes. Caracas, Venezuela.
2021
Abrir Galería. Strident Aesthetics. Towards a New Liberation. Lima, Peru.
Fazakas Gallery. La Cintura Cósmica del Sur (The Cosmic Waist of the South). Vancouver, Canada.
2019
Aramauca Contemporary Art Platform. Injertos (Grafting). Chiapas, Mexico.
The Reach Gallery Museum. Little México. Abbotsford, Canada.
Grunt Gallery. Strident Aesthetics. Towards a New Liberation. Vancouver, Canada.
2018
Fazakas Gallery. Panoply of Possibilities. Vancouver, Canada.
Gallery 1515. Merging Perceptions. Vancouver, Canada.
Arnica Artist-Run Centre. Embroideries. Kamloops, Canada.
2015
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Definiciones (Definitions). Victoria, Canada.
2014
Fazakas Gallery. La Casa de las Mascaras (House of Masks). Vancouver, Canada.
2012
AMS Gallery UBC. Presencia Anacrónica (Anachronistic Precense). Vancouver, Canada.
2004
La Boligoma Gallery. Teoría de Euler (Euler Theory). Mexico City, Mexico.
2002
Emma Rizo Art Gallery. Yaxactun (The Great Route). ENEP-UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico

Group Shows
2025
RP Estudio. Collective Art Show. Puebla, Mexico. (August)
Laguna. Economía de la ligereza (Economy of Lightness). Mexico City, Mexico.
2023
Workers Art & Heritage Centre. The People United. Hamilton, Canada.
2022
Sur Gallery. The People United. Toronto, Canada.
CityScape ArtSpace. Volver (to return, to become). North Vancouver, Canada.
Interference Archive. Silencio, Fuego, Palabra, Vida. New York, United States.
Secuencia de Inútiles. Postales por Ayotzinapa. Madrid, Spain.
2020
AWA Cultura. 1er Salón Virtual Incubadora Visual. Caracas, Venezuela.
2019
Sur Gallery. Power in Resistance. Toronto, Canada.
2018
Galería de la Raza. Comida es Medicina/Food is Medicine. San Francisco, United States.
Penticton Art Gallery. eRacism. Penticton, Canada.
2017
Círculo Cubano de México. 73 Vintage Moto Art. Mexico City, Mexico.
VIVO Media Arts Centre. Not Sent Letters. Vancouver, Canada.
2016
Fazakas Gallery. Emerge. Vancouver, Canada.
Fazakas Gallery. Divergent Convergence. Vancouver, Canada.
Gallery Gachet. In This Together. Vancouver, Canada.
Arnica Artist-Run Centre. Light it Up. Kamloops, Canada.
2015
Granville Island Cultural Society. Day of the Dead Exhibit. Vancouver, Canada.
The Toast Collective. Not Sent Letters. Vancouver, Canada.
2013
Monica Reyes Gallery. Diffractions of the Local. Vancouver, Canada.
Fazakas Gallery. Story. Vancouver, Canada.
Satellite Gallery. Ten Thousand Suns. Vancouver, Canada.
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. As Seen Here. Vancouver, Canada.
2012
AHVA Library Gallery. Ded Reckoning. UBC. Vancouver, Canada.
Plaza de Mayo (May Square). November 8th. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2011 Rufino Tamayo Museum. XV Biennial of Painting Rufino. Mexico City, Mexico.
2010 TV-UNAM. Arte Shock: Interactive Program. Visual Arts and Artistic Process. Mexico City, Mexico.
2008
Monterrey Glass Museum. II Biennial of Art in Glass. Monterrey, Mexico.
Jesus Gallardo Art Gallery. T-REX International Contemporary Art Festival. León, Mexico.
2006 Tres50 Art Gallery. San Sebastián Mártir. Popular Manifestation. Chiapas, Mexico.
2004 Monterrey Glass Museum. First Glass Art Contest. Monterrey, Mexico.

PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
2003 National School of Fine Arts. Esferas (Spheres). UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico.

RESIDENCIES
2024 RONDO Art Residency. Mexico City, Mexico.
2018 Summer Indigenous Art Intensive. Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. UBCO. Kelowna, Canada.

ART COLLECTIVES
2024 – Consulado Rebelde (Rebel Consulate) (CoRe). Collaboration with Salvadorian artist Osvaldo Ramírez Castillo
2016 – Galo Preto Coletivo (Black Rooster Collective). Collaboration with Brazilian artist Bozo Bacamarte

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Dignidad Migrante Society. Non-profit Organization, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Since 2018: Advisor of the board, Archive Coordinator, and Cultural Events Volunteer.
Curatorial/Artistic Projects for Dignidad Migrante Society:
2025
OFAFF. Outdoor Fine Arts Fair and Festival. Township of Langley Civic Facility. Langley, BC, Canada. (August)
World Party 2025. Coordinate by Alegría Soy Cultural & Community Society. Burnaby, Canadá.
Invisible and Disposable. Temporary Foreign Farm Workers. Life and Rituals After Work. Leonore Peyton Salon. Place des Arts. Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada.
2024
Invisible and Disposable. Temporary Foreign Farm Workers. Life and Rituals After Work. Amelia Douglas Gallery. Douglas College. New Westminster, BC, Canada.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2014
Mēxihco. El omeyokan disipado (Mēxihco. The dissipate paradise). Artowork by Gabriela Aceves Sepulveda and Josema Zamorano. Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge. UBC, Vancouver, Canada.

PUBLICATIONS
2023
Carlos Colín. Un archivo desde “La Dignidad” (An Archive from ‘La Dignidad’). II Latin American Encounter of Art Archives. Faculty of Arts Pontifical University of Chile, Archive/Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth, São Paulo, Brazil, Arkheia UNAM/MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico & Santiago, Chile.
2020
Carlos Colín. Film Festivals as Reflexión–Acción. Postcolonial Directions in Education. Special Edition: The (De)Colonial Pedagogical Possibilities of Film and Film Festivals. Vancouver, Canada.
Journal Articles (in-submission)
Carlos Colín. “The Dangerous Gravity of the canonical ‘X’.”
Carlos Colín. “Marginal Aesthetics. Baroque Inside the Dominant Discourse on American Cinema.” Postcolonial Directions in Education. Special Edition: The (De)Colonial Pedagogical Possibilities of Film and Film Festivals.

MEDIA REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
2022
Peripheral Review. Written by Angie Rico. June 27, 2022. Vancouver, Canada.
2021
Canarias 7. “Cuando el arte ilumina realidades ocultas” by Victoriano Suaáez Álamo. August 25, 2021. Las Palmas, Spain.
2020
Arte Informado. “Decolonialismo, poscolonialismo y cuestionamiento colonial en 11 artistas” by Gustavo Pérez Diez. August, 2020. Spain.
Reading the Migration Library. Project created and curated by Lois Klassen. Vancouver, Canada.
2019
La Source. Written in French by Luc Bengono. January, 2019. Vancouver Canada.
Gallerie West. “Carlos Colín: La Sublevación de la Máscara – El Motín Iconoclasta”. June, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.
The Cascade. “Exploring the natureof work” by Karen White. May 29, 2019. Abbotsford, Canada.
Gallerie West. “Carlos Colín: Little México”. May, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.
Akimbo. Hit List. Interview by Kim Fullerton. February 12, 2019. Toronto, Canada.
Gallerie West. “Carlos Colín: Strident aesthetics. Towards a new liberation”. January, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.
2018
Humble Arts Foundation. “Photography Highlights from Seattle’s Last Art Fair Left Standing” by Jon Feinstein. August 3, 2018. Seattle, US.
2016
Toronto Life. “The 10 most exciting artists to check out at Art Toronto” by Emily Landau. October 26, 2016. Toronto, Canada.
2015
365 Artists | 365 Days. Interview. August 29, 2015. Milwaukee, US.
2014
Inside Vancouver. “Latin American art features the masks of Carlos Colín” by Shawn Conner. June 25, 2014. Vancouver, Canada.
2013
Vancourier. “State of the Arts: New gallery mixes Northwest Coast art with contemporary. Fazakas Gallery launches with Story exhibit” by Cheryl Rossi. October 1, 2013. Vancouver, Canada.
Ubyssey. Written by Aurora Tejeida. September 15, 2014. Vancouver, Canada.
2008
Milenio. “Enmarca luto la segunda Bienal de Arte en Vidrio” by Gustavo Mendoza Lemus. Monterrey, Mexico.
2006
Cuarto Poder. “Visiones de San Sebastián” by Verónica Huesca. January 30, 2006. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico.
2004
El Norte. “Entregan hoypremios del Primer Concurso de Arte en Vidrio” by Martha Ramos. September, 2004. Monterrey, Mexico.
2003
Reforma. “Montan expo de fotos con estilo minimalista” by Heidy Torres. November 13, 2003. Mexico City, Mexico.

ARTWORK PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES
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Chapter. “Defying Borders Through Artist Publishing and Other Aesthetic Actions: Lois Klassen in conversation with Daisy Quezada Ureña”. Book: Diffracting the North: Contemporary Latinx Canadian Experiences and Practices in Film, New Media, and Visual Arts. Edited by Gabriela Aceves Sepulveda, Analays Alvarez Hernandez and Zaira Zarza. Concordia University Press. Montreal, Canada.
2025
Proyecto Editorial BANDERA No 6: “Reflexiones sobre el trabajo” (Editorial Project BANDERA No 6: “Reflections on Work”). Casa Espiral, Mexico City, Mexico. (September)
RP Estudio. Collective Show. Catalogue. Puebla, Mexico.
Carlos Colín. Little México. Artist Catalogue. Writing by Danica Evering. Published by Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Canada.
2023
BIENALSUR 2023. Catalogue. Edited by Diana Beatriz Welsher. Published by UNTREF (National University of Tres de Febrero). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2022
ACEVES SEPÚLVEDA, Gabriela. “Encounters with “Latin American Art” in Canada: From Toronto to Vancouver, 1999-2021”. Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 4, no. 1 (2022): 122-136. University of California Press. California, US.
LOIC, Erika. “The Once and Future Histories of the Book: Decolonial Interventions into the Codex, Chronicle, and Khipu”. Scholarly Essay. Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 4, no. 1 (2022): 9-26. University of California Press. California, US.
TOLEDO, Tamara. “Sur Gallery. A Space for Curatorial Strategies for Representation”. Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 4, no. 1 (2022): 110-121. University of California Press. California, US.
The People United. Exhibition catalogue. Curatorial essay by Tamara Toledo. Toronto, Canada.
2021
Canadian BIPOC Artists Rolodex. Database. Created by professors Jinny Yu, Celina Jeffery and Ming Tiampo from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.
BIENALSUR 2021. Catalogue. Edited by Diana Beatriz Welsher. Published by UNTREF (National University of Tres de Febrero). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2019
Carlos Colín. Injertos (Grafting). Artist Catalogue. Essay by Diana Perozo. Published by Araumaca Contemporary Art Platform. San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Carlos Colín. Catalogue. Essay by Adrienne Fast. Published by The Reach Gallery Museum Abbostford. Abbotsford, Canada.
Carlos Colín. Artist Catalogue. Essay by Dana Claxton. Published by Grunt Gallery. Vancouver, Canada.
2012
XV Rufino Tamayo Biennial. Catalogue. Coordinate by Juan Carlos Pereda. Published by Olga and Rufino Tamayo Foundation A.C. Mexico City, Mexico.

CONFERENCE & PANEL PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
2023 Carlos Colín. “Un archivo desde la dignidad”. II Latin American Encounter of Art Archives. Faculty of Arts Pontifical University of Chile, Archive/Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth, São Paulo, Brazil, Arkheia UNAM/MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico. Santiago, Chile.
2022 Carlos Colín. “Questioning Notions of Mestizaje”. Positionality. Symposium on Latin American & Latinx Art in Canada. Sur Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2020 Carlos Colín. “Research-Creation Practice”. University of Antioquia. Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
2019 Carlos Colín. “Library Research + Creative Practice”. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada.
2018 Carlos Colín. “Batman versus Superman in Baroque Times.” CALACS (Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies). Université du Québec à Montréal. Montreal, Quebec
2017 Carlos Colín. “The Baroque in the XXI Century in Mexico.” ISGP Nexus Conference. UBC
2016 Carlos Colín. “Cultural Illusions: The Hybrid Elitism.” CALACS Congress. University of Calgary. Calgary, Canada.
2015 Carlos Colín. “Visual Arts and Revolution in Mexico.” 6th Latin American Research Group Workshop. University of Victoria. Victoria, Canada.
2014 Carlos Colín. “Strike, Revolution, and Visual Arts.” Out of the Box ISGP Conference. Liu Institute. UBC. Vancouver, Canada.
2011 Carlos Colín. “Public Art in Latin America.” Fifth Graduate Student Colloquium. National School of Fine Arts, UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico.

ARTIST TALK
2024 Artist Talk. Vancouver Technical Secondary School (VTSS). Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Artist Talk. Reading the Migrant Library created by Lois Klassen. Vancouver, Canada.
2019 Artist Talk. Sur Gallery/Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Toronto, Canada.
2017 Guest Responder. Terreno: Borderlands Linguistics. Emily Carr University. Vancouver, Canada.
2015 Artist Talk. “In Another Place, and Here.” Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, Canada.
2014 Artist Talk. “Latin American Art as Utopia and Social Practice.” Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies (FHIS), UBC. Vancouver, Canada.

MENTORSHIPS
2019
Arnica Artist-Run Centre.The Mentorship Project (TMP). Kamloops, Canada.

GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2025
Canada Council for the Arts. Art Abroad Program. Canada.
2024
Canada Council for the Arts. Art Across Canada. Canada.
BC Arts Council. Individual Arts Grant. British Columbia, Canada.
2022
Canada Council for the Arts. Category Explore and Create. Canada.
2020
1er. Salón Virtual Incubadora Visual. Award: First Place. Caracas, Venezuela.
Canada Council for the Arts. Category Explore and Create. Canada.
2014-2019
CONACYT (Mexican government funding agency).Doctoral Fellowship. Mexico.
2018
Canada Council for the Arts. Category Explore and Create. Canada.
2017
Artist Studio Award Program (2018-2021). Work Studio. City of Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada.
2016
Emerging Artist Award (Category Visual Arts) nominated by Dana Claxton. The Mayor’s Arts Awards. Vancouver, Canada.
2016
MITACS Globalink Research Award. UBC. Vancouver, Canada.
2009
Graduate Fellowship. UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico.

ART FAIRS / AUCTIONS
2025
Clavo Movimiento Art Fair. Mexico City, Mexico.
2021
Splash Arts Umbrella. Art Auction. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2018
Seattle Art Fair. Seattle, WA, US
2014 & 2016
Toronto Art Fair. Toronto, ON, Canada.
Vancouver Art Gallery. Art Auction. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

COLLECTIONS
Sur Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
MUNTREF. Tres de Febrero National Museum University. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Francis Naranjo Foundation. Canary Islands, Spain.
The Reach Gallery Museum. Abbotsford, BC, Canada.
Monterrey Glass Museum. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Aramauca Contemporary Art Platform. San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Private art collection in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Canada.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
UBC – University of British Columbia
2025
Sessional Instructor. “Sculpture” (VISA 260 002). 3 Credits. Art History, Visual Arts & Theory. UBC. (Jan-April). Vancouver, Canada.
2022 –
Sessional Instructor. “Sculpture” (VISA 260 001). 3 Credits. Art History, Visual Arts & Theory. UBC. (Sep-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
2022 – 23
Sessional Lecturer. “Advanced Seminar II” (VISA 481 001). 3 Credits. Art History, Visual Arts & Theory. UBC. (Jan-Apr). Vancouver, Canada.
ECUAD – Emily Carr University of Art + Design
2025
Sessional Lecturer. “Art and Culture since 1950” (AHIS 210 S001). 3 Credits. Spring (Jan-Apr). Vancouver, Canada.
2024
Sessional Lecturer. “Core Interdisciplinary Studio” (FNDT 165 F004). 6 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
Sessional Lecturer. “The Ethics of Representation” (SOCS 302 F001). 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
Sessional Lecturer. “Studies in Modern Art” (AHIS 325 F001). 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
2023
Sessional Lecturer. “Topics in Modernism” (AHIS 408 F001). 3 Credits. Fall (Jan-Apr). Vancouver, Canada.
Sessional Instructor. “Creative Processes” (FNDT 108 F022). 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
Sessional Lecturer. “Studies in Modern Art” (AHIS 325 S091). 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
2022
Sessional Instructor. “Interdisciplinary Studio Core” (FNDT 165 F137). 6 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
2020
Sessional Instructor. “Creative Processes” (FNDT 108 F197). 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
2018
Sessional Instructor. “Topics in Global Art” (AHIS 410 F001). Topic: “Art and Resistance in XX and XXI Century”. 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
Sessional Instructor. “Studies in Illustration Genres” (HUMN 308 F001). “The Mighty Images: The Legacy of Baroque in Latin America” 3 Credits. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
CC – Canadian College
2021-23
Instructor. “Introductory Sociology”. 3 Credits. Vancouver, Canada.
2020-21
Instructor. “Sociology of the Family”. Two Sections (SOCI 13 C & D). 3 Credits. Winter (Jan-Apr) and Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.
NEC – Native Education College
2020
Instructor. “Cross-Cultural Tourism” (TSM 125). 3 Credits. Aboriginal Tourism Operation Program. Winter (Jan-Apr). Vancouver, Canada.
2019
Instructor. “Computer Applications” (TSM 105). 3 Credits. Aboriginal Tourism Operation Program. Fall (Sept-Dec). Vancouver, Canada.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN
Spanish, English, Portuguese (read and write 100%)
Nahuatl, Mexica (Aztec) Language – In progress
Italian – In progress