Lives in Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
2023-24 Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
2017-19 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2008-12 BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, US
BFA in Animation, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Love is not a maybe thing..., Efremidis, Berlin, DE
2023 I will go away into the wild wood, and never come home again.
1 September-8 October, Alice Amati, London, UK
2022 What if the tongue is cut out?, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Art Basel
Hong Kong, CN
2020 Ți-a ieșit iepurele în cale, Another Mobile Gallery, Grădina Verona, Pictor
Arthur Verona 13-15, Bucharest, RO
Wan Destination Wanhoop, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, US
Faya Lobi, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, FR
2019 Opportunity Cost, Praz-Delavallade, UNIT 5, Los Angeles, US
2018 Als het hele lichaam oor zou zijn, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, SR
The future looms dark and that we can scarcely, Barbé Urbain Gallery,
Ghent, BE
2017 If you dream of your tongue, beware, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery,
New York City, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Currency Exchange, BPA// Raum, Berlin, DE
2023 State of Emergence, 20 October-10 December, NADA East Broadway,
New York City, US (curated by Lesia Kulchynska)
No Remedy for Memory, Efremidis, Seoul, KR
Biographicality, 23 June-31 August, Efremidis, Berlin, DE
Capture Change, nouveaux deuxdeux, Munich, DE
Party in the Blitz, Mamoth, London, UK
2022 Manifestatie 1980-1989: Surinaamse verhalen van vreugde en verdriet,
Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, SR (co-curated w/ Miguel Keerveld)
Trust in Mortals, BRIGADE, Copenhagen, DK
NADA Curated: Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura), Catinca
Tabacaru Gallery, The New Art Dealers Alliance
(curated by Fatoş Üstek; online)
The Palliative Turn, Künstlerhaus Bremen, DE (curated by Nadja Quante
in close collaboration with Kasia Fudakowski and Olav Westphalen)
Ĩ'NDAFFA FORGER / OUT OF THE FIRE, 14th Dakar Biennale,
Dakar, SN (curators: Dr El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Delphine Buysse,
and Anna Karima Wane)
An Evening On The Palliative Turn hosted by Kasia Fudakowski,
Pogo Bar, KW
Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE (curator: Sofie Krogh Christensen)
2021 Udubaki, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, SR
Dionysia, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
The Palliative Turn, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, DE
(curator: Olav Westphalen)
Flux and Reflux, Portikus, Frankfurt, DE (curated by Willem de Rooij in
the framework of his exhibition Pierre Verger in Suriname; online)
Dreams Made Flesh, Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest, RO
(curator: Luís Manuel Araújo)
Group exhibition, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, US
Alakondre, Wi Tru Fesi, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, SR
(curated by Alida Neslo)
2020 The Berry Eaters, CTG Harlem, New York City, US
2019 General Meeting, Freehouse, London, UK (curated by Darren Flook
and Nancy Hatcher)
The Sound of Silence, Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, US
ZWRT, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent, BE
Metabolic Museum University, 33rd Ljubliana Biennial of Graphic
Arts, Ljubliana, SI (devised by Clémentine Deliss)
2018 CTG-R: Zimbabwe, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Harare, ZI
Material, Cob Gallery, London, UK
From Shape to Form, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, US (curator: Jon Seals)
Jubileum Expo: 25 Jaar Readytex Art Gallery, Readytex Art Gallery,
Paramaribo, SR
2017 While Meditating on War, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
(curator: Renske de Jong)
2016 Zig Zag Zim, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, ZI (catalogue)
Zig Zag Zim part II, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York City, US
25 Years Contemporary Art in Suriname, Readytex Art Gallery,
Paramaribo, SR (curator: Sasha Dees)
2015 Fictions and Constructions, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York City, US
2014 It Begins on Paper, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York City, US
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize finalist, London, UK
2016 Royal Award for Modern Painting shortlist, Royal Palace Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
2015 Prix de Rome Visual Arts nominee, The Mondriaan Fund, the Netherlands
RESIDENCES & GRANTS
2020 CTG(R): Bucharest, RO
2019 CTG-R at the Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, FI
2018 CTG-R w/ Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions Residency Collaboration, Harare, ZI
2017 CTG-R w/ Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions Residency Collaboration, Harare, ZI
2015-17 WOW Amsterdam, NL
2016 Catinca Tabacaru Gallery-Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions
Residency Collaboration, Harare, ZI
2008-12 Artistic Honors Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, US
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY
2022 Headley, Kevin; Kenswil, Vincent, "Gesprek met Xavier Robles de
Medina," Vrijblijvende Gesprekken (29 December 2022)
Villefort, Wisrah, "In the Studio #200," Daily Lazy (24 November 2022)
Keerveld, Miguel, "Contributing to Magic in Visual Conversation,"
Africanah.org (6 July 2022)
Chung, Stephy, "Art Basel returns to Hong Kong, scaled-back but playing
the long game," CNN (31 May 2022)
2021 Dijksterhuis, Edo, "Nieuwe locatie No Man's Art Gallery oogt als een
theatrale etalage," Het Parool (18 November 2021)
2020 "SCAD Museums: Diversity in Voices and Views," Whitewall Magazine
(5 March 2020)
Flora, Rachael, "5 Questions with Xavier Robles de Medina," Connect
Savannah (12 February 2020)
2018 Cahill, Timothy, "In YDS exhibit, curator Jon Seals '15 M.A.R. takes viewers
'From Shape to Form'," Yale Divinity School Department Website (9 May 2018)
Janssens, Mieke, "The Future Looms Dark and That We Can Scarcely,"
The Art Couch (26 March 2018)
Salmeron, François, "Cinq jeunes artistes de moins de 35 ans"
(five young artists under 35), Le Quotidien de l'Art (22 March 2018)
Tabacaru, Catinca, "#TheLIST: Up-and-Coming Artists You Need
to Know", Harper's Bazaar (15 February 2018)
2017 Wajwakana, Audry, "Xavier Robles de Medina 'signeert' met snelportretten",
De Ware Tijd, p. 8A (30 June 2017)
Dees, Sasha, "Nederland Represents: Xavier Robles de Medina &
Remy Jungerman", Trendbeheer (23 February 2017)
"If you dream of your tongue, Beware", Wall Street International Magazine
(14 February 2017)
McVey, Kurt, "Surinamese Artist Xavier Robles de Medina Mixes Dream
Theory And Politics in First Solo Exhibition", Forbes (31 January 2017)
Ronner, Abby, "Photorealistic Drawings Explore the Trippy Dreamscape
of Cultural Identity", The Creators Project, VICE (28 January 2017)
2016 Clemoes, Charlie, "Buy & Create-An interview with Xavier Robles
de Medina", European Echo (23 December 2016)
Perrée, Rob, "The could-be-reality of Xavier Robles de Medina", AFRICANAH
(9 May 2016)
Steins, Edward, "Xavier Robles de Medina streeft naar perfectie",
De Ware Tijd, Mens en Maatschappij, p. C4 (31 January 2016)
2015 Goredema, Baynham, "Surinamese artist Xavier Robles de Medina
in Zimbabwe", POVO Journal 2015, Issue 07, p. 33-35 (September 2015)