Statement:
I do not think of painting as the representation of a preconceived idea, but as the place where an idea emerges, transforms, and takes on a life of its own.
Images unfold slowly, as though the painting itself were revealing what had remained hidden within the matter.
Certain recurring figures in my work, particularly statues, embody a paradox. Created to defy time, they stand surrounded by a nature that grows, changes, and eventually disappears.
Marble, bronze, and concrete coexist with trees, leaves, and plants that quietly remind us of the fragility of existence. Within this tension I find a metaphor for the human condition: the desire to endure in the face of impermanence. This silent struggle unfolds in landscapes that echo the Flemish Baroque tradition, where nature is no longer a backdrop but an autonomous presence, giving rise to ambiguous spaces in which reality gradually slips away from naturalism.
I want each painting to behave like a living organism—one work feeding the next—so that together they form a body in a continuous state of transformation.
Javier Gutiérrez Orrico
Argentina, city of Córdoba, 1973.
He lives and works in Mexico City since 2002.
He graduated from the School of Arts of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities of the National University of Córdoba, Argentina in the year 2000, with a Bachelor's degree in Painting. Professor of drawing at CENTRO, University of design, cinema and television, Mexico city.
Main collective exhibitions:
2024 VII Bienal de pintura José Anastasio Monroy, Querétaro,México.
2019 MAPA, contemporary art fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2018 Auction, Fundación Pasos, Museo de la Bola, Mexico City.
2013 Fátima Square Cultural Center, Monterrey, México.
2013 Ser o no sur, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.
2013 Fade Away and Radiate, Hotel W, Mexico City.
2013 Primate Gallery, Mexico City.
2013 GAMEX Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan.
2013 Lo negro por lo amarillo, Antena Estudio Gallery, Mexico City.
2012 En el jardín de los herbarios del Rey, Nina Menocal Gallery - Mexico City.
2012 Zona MACO, Mexico City.
2012 Arco, Madrid, Spain.
2011 ¿Qué me ve, joven? Tribute exhibition to the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Cantinflas, Cineteca Nacional de México.
2011 Arco, Madrid, Spain.
2010 Volta 6, Basel, Switzerland.
2010 Arco, Madrid, Spain.
2009 Pop Up, Arcade Art And Edition, New Farm Brisbane, Australia.
2009. Art Sydney, Arcade Art and Editions, Sydney.
2009. Cancerbero, Andrea Pozzo Gallery, Iberoamerican University, Mexico City.
2009 Arco, Madrid, Spain.
2008 T20 Gallery, Femaco, Mexico City.
2008 Revolución Industrial, University Museum of Science and Art (MUCA Roma),
Mexico City.
2000. Córdoba Despierta, Rolotti Gallery, Córdoba, Argentina.
2000 Constantini Awards, 4th Edition, National Museum of Fine Arts
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000 Sacred Art VIII Biennial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Main Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Estatuario, Museo de arte contemporáneo Mayte Spinola, Marmolejo, España.
2023 Entre espinas y perfumes, Orizaba 161, Mexico City.
2023 Historias y no temáticas, Planta 1, Madrid, España.
2019 Latitude 19º, PICADILLY Gallery, Córdoba, Argentina.
2016 Artspace Gallery, Mexico City.
2012 T20 Gallery, Murcia, Spain.
2011 Museum of Contemporary Art, Caja de Burgos, Spain.
2009 T20 Gallery, Art Chicago next, USA.
2008 Mexican Landscape of Hate and Toys, Molinos del Río, Murcia, Spain.
2006 Galapagos Park, Estudio Antena Gallery, Mexico City.