Giselle Fenig: biography and career
Biography
Although I was born in Brooklyn, my family moved to Mexico City when I was four. From an early age I was drawn to art and taught myself. Later, while studying design, I enrolled in workshops that helped me develop my skills and broaden my knowledge.
I see my work as an extension of myself, reflecting my energy and my moods. I combine materials and techniques to create a visual language in dialogue with freedom and spontaneity, with results that are always different and surprising to me. This approach has led me to embrace accidents as a natural part of my creative process, where imperfection becomes an essential element of the work and a source of its beauty. My faces may seem chaotic while maintaining a deep sense of cohesion.
Through expressive gestures I focus on the energy of color and on capturing feminine strength. Figurative abstraction allows me to explore what drives my work: passion. I model my figures intuitively, drawing on my academic training while also moving beyond it as an act of personal liberation.
Exhibitions and career
Solo exhibitions
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2023
Trío de ases.
Sin Galería, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2023
Belleza imperfecta.
Edificio Akadem. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
Organized by Art Dealers gallery. San Pedro Garza, Mexico.
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2018
Liberaciones.
Galería arthouse. Valle de Bravo.
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2017
Reinventando.
Galería Espacio y Lugar. Mexico City, Mexico.
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2014
Soy.
Fraccionamiento Fuentes de las Lomas. Mexico City, Mexico.
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2013
Solo.
Fraccionamiento Fuentes de las Lomas. Mexico City, Mexico.
Group exhibitions
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2023
Art in Motion.
Grupo Expansión y Gallery Loft, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2022
Piedras con Historia.
Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2016
Wynwood Juried Show.
Voice Project, Curator's Gallery, Miami, FL.
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2016
Abstraction Unbridable.
DUO Art Gallery, Miami, FL.
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2015
Autorretrato.
Monte Sinaí, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2013
Vecinos.
Paramount Bay, Miami, FL. Art Basel Week.
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2012
Conquistando el espacio.
Fundación Sebastián, Mexico City, Mexico.
Grants and residencies
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2022
Steven Aimone Atlantic Center for the Arts.
New Smyrna, FL.
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2019
Steven Aimone Atlantic Center for the Arts.
New Smyrna, FL.
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2017
Steven Aimone “Non objective Art”.
Maine, USA.
Auctions and art fairs
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2026
Participation in the SUMARTE auction
MARTE, Art Museum of El Salvador.
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2025
Art Miami & Context Art Fair
Miami, FL
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2024
Art Wynwood Fair
Miami, FL
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2024
Palm Beach Art Fair – Galería Stadel Contemporary
Palm Beach, Miami, FL
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2024
No Name
Colegio de las Vizcaínas, Mexico City, Mexico
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2023
Palm Beach Modern Contemporary – Galería Stadel Contemporary
Miami, FL
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2023
Art Wynwood Fair
Miami, FL
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2023
Palm Beach Art Fair
Palm Beach, FL
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2023
Context Art Fair
Miami, FL
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2023
IluminArte por el Autismo
Mexico City, Mexico
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2022
Spectrum Art Fair – Miami Art Week
Miami, FL
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2022
BADA México – II Edición
Mexico City, Mexico
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2022
IluminArte por el Autismo
Mexico City, Mexico
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2021
Spectrum Art Fair – Miami Art Week
Miami, FL
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2019
BADA México – I Edición
Mexico City, Mexico
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2016
No Name
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
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2015
Subasta Colectiva “Autorretrato”
Centro Deportivo Israelita, Mexico City, Mexico
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2014
Subasta Artesana
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico
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2013
Subasta Dejando Huellas
Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Collections, collaborations and installed works
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2024
Collaboration with Kadima A.C.
Artwork used on a postage stamp commemorating 85 years of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Bulgaria. In collaboration with Kadima A.C.
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2024
Banyan Tree Veya
Banyan Tree Veya, Valle de Guadalupe, Ensenada, Mexico
Giselle Fenig and her art
