Javier Arjona
(Oaxaca, 1988). He studied Visual Arts at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa and lives in Oaxaca City. With Miriam Gómez he founded RABIA, a publishing project and exhibition space that began in Mexico City in 2017 and moved to Oaxaca in 2022, where it has held 10 exhibitions of artists including Enero y Abril, David Zafra and Jessica Wozny.
His work has been part of more than 50 group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad, including “Mexico: The Future Is Unwritten”, Fondazione Cini, Italy (2016); “La causa de las causas”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2019); and “Todos somos de fuera / Territorios en el arte en Oaxaca”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y de las Culturas Oaxaqueñas, Oaxaca (2024). He won the UABJO prize at the 5th Shinzaburo Takeda National Biennial of Graphic Arts, Oaxaca (2016), and third prize among invited artists at the 7th “Miradas” National Biennial of Visual Arts, Tijuana (2016).
His solo shows include “Observaciones aleatorias sobre interfaces entre la realidad y la ficción”, Taller Sangfer, Oaxaca (2023), and “Hyperlink”, Yo Estudio, Monterrey (2024). He has shown at art fairs such as Affordable Art Fair (Young Talent stand), Mexico City (2014), and Estación Material, “COOKOUT”, E.M.E project, Guadalajara (2024). His work has been published by RABIA Oaxaca, and in DATA (2024) and METADATA (2024) by Ediciones Concordia, Querétaro.