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Born October 11, 1984. Lives and works in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Bio
Maureen Gubia is an artist who lives and works in Ecuador. Her mediums of choice have traditionally been watercolors, pastels, and oil paint, but she is currently working to integrate digital art, animation, and music into her artistic practice as well. Currently influenced by the desire to fuse two distinct currents of process-based art: analog and digital.

gubia.bandcamp.com
Since 2006, under the alias of Gubia, experimental music collaborations with Un peu de thé (Poland), Psy-No-Ark (Ecuador), Matthew Mullane (USA), Ø+yn (Argentina), Philip Kruse (USA) and Leporian (Ecuador), amongst others, have taken place either in situ or via online. Audiovisual show with Psy-No-Ark: “Ataque y decadencia” at auditorium Cubo Negro, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca (2016) and noise collective Gwykqll: “XIII Festival Ecuatoriano de Música Contemporánea” at Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito (2017).


Education
2003-2004 Instituto Tecnológico de Artes del Ecuador (ITAE), Guayaquil, Ecuador

Exhibitions
Solo
2018 Inflorescencia ‘84, Khôra, Quito, Ecuador
2015 Revolta, Burgundy on White, New Orleans, USA
2013 Folq nórdiqo, Galería DPM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2010 Manglar filial, Museo Nahim Isaías, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2009 Trpii, Swanfield Inn, London, UK
2008 PRIIN, Teatro Centro de Arte, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Collective
2018 Ínfulas de manglar, Casa Cesa, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 Ordinaria, Arte Actual FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador
2018 4000 CE〔人新世 Entering a New Era〕, Y gion, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Field of Vision, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2017 Del mundanal ruido, Funka Fest / Palacio de Cristal, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2017 Absorber la ficción, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
2017 Harpy Gallery, Rutherford, NJ, USA
2016 El origen de la pintura, PUCE, Quito, Ecuador
2016 La fecundidad de la incertidumbre, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2015 Subasta internacional de arte por la dignidad y la vida, a favor de las víctimas del caso Chevron, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
2014 La colectiva del año, Salón Comunal, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 Expansión, Salón Comunal, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 ÖÖ / NIGHT, Pärnu Linnagalerii, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 ART LIMA Feria Internacional, Lima, Perú
2012 13, AMO Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y, USA
2011 Daily Dance, Domy Books, Houston, Texas, USA
2011 Salón de Julio, Museo Municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2011 Tiempos Muertos, Galería DPM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2010 Flash Exhibit: drrtment, Centro Cultural Libertador Simón Bolívar, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2009 Salón de Octubre, Casa de la Cultura, Núcleo del Guayas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2009 Cadaver Corpse, Golden Age, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2008 Manifesto, Banknotes Project, Toronto, Canada
2008 new p:earspectives, Portland, Oregon, USA
2008 Salón de Julio, Museo Municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2008 Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, New York, USA
2007 Por Mi Par Te, Kranhalle , Munich, Germany
2007 Octagon + Personal Effects - group show, Fette's Gallery, Culver City, California, USA
2007 Femme Forces, Ai Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2007 The Changing Face of Portraiture (Two Faced), Agnes b Librairie Gallery, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
2006 Salón de Julio, Museo Municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2005 Errata Corpora – Corpi Contro Natura, Milan, Italy


Art Residency
2019 TrueQué Residencia Artística Vol. IV: Naturalezas Híbridas: Fricciones entre arte y ecologismo Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador

Press & Publications
2018 Maureen Gubia juega con realidades amenazantes, El Telégrafo, Ecuador
2017 Finding Independence, Artist Maureen Gubia on Why She Sells Her Own Work, The Void Academy, USA
2016 The Illustrated Ape, Common Book(s), UK
2015 Pintura chilena contemporánea: Práctica y desplazamientos disciplinares desde la Escuela de Arte UC, Chile
2014 Diario El Comercio, Ecuador
2013 Diario El Telégrafo, Ecuador
2013 Diario El Comercio, Ecuador
2012 Cover art for Morfeo "Morfeo y el misterio de la unión" CD format
2012 Mundo Diners, Ecuador
2012 D.I.Y. MAGIC by Anthony Alvarado, USA
2011 Cover art for Buffalo Moon "Selva Surreal" LP and CD formats
2011 Revista ANACONDA, Ecuador
2011 Neuroblasto Magazine, Mexico
2011 Hi-Fructose blog magazine feature, USA
2011 Lost at E Minor blog feature, Australia
2010 Diario Expreso, Ecuador
2010 official press photo/drawing for musician Noah Lennox/Panda Bear
2010 Empty Magazine, Sydney, Australia
2009 Svartkonst, artzine from Sweden
2009 Curvy 6, Australia
2008 Diario El Telégrafo, Ecuador
2008 NY Arts magazine, USA
2007 Nixon magazine, Italy
2007 Curvy 4, artbook about contemporary female visual artists, Australia
2007 Two Faced, artbook about contemporary visual artists, UK
2007 official press photo/drawing for musician Noah Lennox/Panda Bear
2006 Shining Magazine, web art magazine based in Paris, France
2006 We've Moved On (muffingospel.org), web art exhibit based in USA
2006 Graniph, featured artist, Japan
2006 The Age of Feminine Drawing archived artist, Hong Kong
2006 Faesthetic #5, Ohio, USA
2005 Ruby #1, web art magazine based in Argentina
2005 Semi-Permanent #5 New York Book, USA
2005 The Neo Collective, web art exhibit based in Germany
2005 Chiaroscuro, web art magazine based in Portugal
2005 FecalFace.com, featured artist - blog interview
2005 Revol, web art&design magazine based in USA
2005 Splotch – In Between, web art magazine based in USA
2004 Clandestina.Colors, web magazine based in Argentina