Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
- Tamayo: Mujeres ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Rufino Tamayo: Innovation and Experimentation ,Amon Carter Museum of American Art ,Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
- Latin American Art at Mia II ,Minneapolis Institute of Art ,Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- The Paradoxes of Internationalism (As narrated by the Museo Tamayo Collection). Part II ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
2023
2022
2019
- Rufino Tamayo: Seemingly, Another Mexico. Mural Sketches ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Dimensions of Form: Rufino Tamayo and Mixografia ,Mixografia ,Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dimensions of Form: Tamayo and Mixografia ,The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art ,Santa Ana, California, USA
2018
2017
- Irradiaciones de Vida. Retratos de los Tamayo ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Tamayo: The New York Years ,Smithsonian American Art Museum ,Downtown, Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
- Rufino Tamayo: El éxtasis del color ,MAM, Museo de Arte Moderno de Ciudad de México ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
2013
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
- Hispanic legacy ,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts ,Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Autumn Shades on Art ,Aldo Castillo Gallery, Miromar Design Center ,Estero, Florida, USA
- Selections From The Stanley And Pearl Goodman Collection Of Latin American Art ,NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale ,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Provenance André Breton ,Galerie 1900-2000 ,6e, Paris, France
- Chance Encounters: Surrealism Then and Now ,Bechtler Museum of Modern Art ,Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860鈥�1960 ,Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution ,National Mall, Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
- Art A to Z ,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts ,Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Serenity and Revolution ,Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) ,Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Meditating on Materiality in the Meadows Collections ,Meadows Museum ,Dallas, Texas, USA
2023
- Surrealism at the Harn: A Centennial Celebration ,Harn Museum of Art ,Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Unsettling Matter, Gaining Ground ,Carnegie Museum of Art ,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Shared Visions ,Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art ,Eugene, Oregon, USA
- The Paradoxes Of Internationalism (As Narrated By The Museo Tamayo Collection): Part I ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Mission and Legacy: Friends of Mexican Art鈥檚 Enduring Impact in the Valley and Beyond ,Phoenix Art Museum ,Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Speaking Figuratively: Narrative, Emotion, and the Body ,Cressman Center for Visual Arts ,Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Figurative Masters of the Americas ,Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert ,Palm Desert, California, USA
2022
- Fall Exhibition ,Mary-Anne Martin | Fine Art ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Third Eye: The Costantini Collection In Malba ,Fundación Malba ,Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Merz! Flux! Pop! ,Henie Onstad Art Center ,Høvikodden, Norway
- Summer Exhibition ,Mary-Anne Martin | Fine Art ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
2021
- Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection ,Norton Museum of Art ,West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Caja De Visiones: Arte moderno y contemporáneo de México en el Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos ,MMoCA, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art ,Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- The Rise of a Social Consciousness in the Arts of Mexico since the Revolution ,Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College ,Purchase, New York, USA
- The Hour of Reckoning ,Henie Onstad Art Center ,Høvikodden, Norway
2020
- Our Present Image: Mexico And The Graphic Arts 1925-1956 ,Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art ,Eugene, Oregon, USA
- A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America ,Cleveland Museum of Art ,Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Mexican Modernity: 20th-Century Paintings from the Zapanta Collection ,David Owsley Museum of Art ,Muncie, Indiana, USA
2019
- 100 Iconic Works From The Permanent Collection ,Artis鈥擭aples, The Baker Museum ,Naples, Florida, USA
- I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America ,NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale ,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Group Exhibition ,Galeria Bat Alberto Cornejo ,Madrid, Spain
- The Body Says, I Am a Fiesta: The Figure in Latin American Art ,Norton Museum of Art ,West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Mexican Modernism: Revolution & Reckoning ,Gilcrease Museum ,Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Innovation and Imagination: The Global Dialogue in Mid to Late 20th Century Art ,Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens ,Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Mexican Modernity: 20th-Century Paintings from the Zapanta Collection ,Rollins Museum of Art ,Winter Park, Florida, USA
- Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection ,Frist Art Museum ,Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Museo Tamayo Collection ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Latinidad: Latin American Art From The Collection ,The Columbia Museum of Art ,Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- San Diego Surreal ,Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) ,Oceanside, California, USA
- Phases ,Mixografia ,Los Angeles, California, USA
2018
- Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968 ,Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía ,Madrid, Spain
- Destination: Latin America ,South Bend Museum of Art ,South Bend, Indiana, USA
- Modern Roots: A Survey of Latin American Art from the Collection ,Weatherspoon Art Museum ,Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Flor y canto: Diego Rivera鈥檚 La ofrenda and Rufino Tamayo鈥檚 Perro aullando a la luna ,Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art ,Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Blue Chip: Printmaking Masters ,Gallery Neptune & Brown ,Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
- Tamayo & Toledo: Graphic Vision ,Latin American Masters ,Santa Monica, California, USA
- Artists by Artists ,Mary-Anne Martin | Fine Art ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- A Universal History of Infamy: Those of This America ,LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,Los Angeles, California, USA
- Bajo Presión/Under Pressure ,ASU Art Museum ,Tempe, Arizona, USA
2017
- Artis鈥擡ncounters ,Artis鈥擭aples, The Baker Museum ,Naples, Florida, USA
- Modern Masters from Latin America: The Pérez Simón Collection ,San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) ,San Diego, California, USA
- Postwar Printmaking in the United States, 1945鈥�1955 ,Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion ,Champaign, Illinois, USA
- From Mexico City to LA: A Visual History of Graphic Art ,Mixografia ,Los Angeles, California, USA
- ONLINE Mexico in San Francisco Works on Paper from Diego Rivera to Alejandro Santiago ,The Mexican Museum ,Marina District, San Francisco, California, USA
- 2017 Summer Group Show ,Mixografia ,Los Angeles, California, USA
- Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910鈥�1950 ,Museum of Fine Arts Houston ,River Oaks, Houston, Texas, USA
- Artists of Mexico ,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts ,Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Taking Sides ,MMoCA, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art ,Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- You Are Going On A Trip ,Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) ,Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Mexican Graphic Art ,Kunsthaus Zürich ,Zürich, Switzerland
- Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art ,Nevada Museum of Art ,Reno, Nevada, USA
2016
- Spotlight: Latin America ,Harn Museum of Art ,Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Surreal/ Unreal ,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts ,Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910鈥�1950 ,Philadelphia Museum of Art ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Mexique (1900鈥�1950) ,Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais ,8e, Paris, France
- Nuevas Incorporaciones ,Museo Universidad de Navarra ,Pamplona, Spain
- Destination: Latin America ,Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College ,Purchase, New York, USA
- Art of the 20th Century ,San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) ,San Diego, California, USA
- Revolutionary Dreams: Modern Mexican Prints ,University of Arizona Museum of Art ,Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Mexican Modernity: 20th-Century Paintings from the Zapanta Mexican Art Collection ,University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong ,Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Ensayo Museográfico Núm 3 (Medios De Cambio) ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
2015
- Winter Group Show ,Latin American Masters ,Santa Monica, California, USA
- Highlights: The Castellani Collection ,Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University ,Niagara, New York, USA
- From Hockney to Holbein ,Gropius-Bau ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Mexico in New Orleans: A Tale of Two Americas ,LSU Museum of Art ,Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- COLLECTIBLE: Contemporary & Modern Works ,Jack Rutberg Fine Arts ,Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Kahlo, Rivera & Mexican Modern Art ,NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale ,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2014
- The Intimacy of Abstraction ,Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs ,Long Island City, New York, USA
- El Derrumbe De La Estatua ,MUAC, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo ,Mexico City, Mexico
- Paper, Pencil & Ink: Prints & Other Works on Paper ,Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio ,San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Shouts of Joy and Victory: Jewish and Christian Imagery from the Collection ,Weatherspoon Art Museum ,Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Treasures of The Tamayo Museum, Mexico City ,MCASD, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla ,La Jolla, California, USA
- From the Vault ,Latin American Masters ,Santa Monica, California, USA
- Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art Works from the Bank of America Collection ,Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block ,Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Selections from the Permanent Collection Modern and Contemporary Prints ,Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art ,Auburn University, Alabama, USA
2013
- Whims and Absurdities ,MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art ,Long Beach, California, USA
- Modern Master Prints: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Glickman Gift ,University of Arizona Museum of Art ,Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Miquel Barceló ,Acquavella Galleries, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- Breaking Ground: 20th-Century Latin American Art at the Norton Simon Museum ,Norton Simon Museum of Art ,Pasadena, California, USA
- Transatlanticism ,Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art ,Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Group Exhibition: Fusiform Gyrus ,Lisson Gallery, London (Bell Street) ,Marylebone, London, UK
- Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano ,MMoCA, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art ,Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art, Works from the Bank of America Collection ,Tampa Museum of Art ,Tampa, Florida, USA
- Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art Works from the Bank of America Collection ,Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block ,Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Mixtape ,MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art ,Long Beach, California, USA
- Group Exhibition ,Latin American Masters ,Santa Monica, California, USA
2012
- Contemporary Art from Latin America: Paintings, Prints, Sculpture ,Zane Bennett Contemporary Art ,Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern Mexican Art: Works from the Bank of America Collection ,Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens ,Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Strangers - Between Art Informel and Pop Art: Works from the GAM Collection ,GAM, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Turin ,Torino, Italy
2011
- Mexican Modern Painting from the Andrés Blaisten Collection ,San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) ,San Diego, California, USA
- Shore, Forest and Beyond Art From the Audain Collection ,Vancouver Art Gallery ,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Themes and Variations ,Peggy Guggenheim Collection ,Venice, Italy
- Latin American Art from the Museum's Collection ,Boca Raton Museum of Art ,Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Modern Mexican Painting from the Andrés Blaisten Collection ,Phoenix Art Museum ,Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- One without the Other: Travel Photography and Films of Rufino Tamayo / A Portrait of his Curator ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Building a Modern Collection: A Look Back ,Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion ,Champaign, Illinois, USA
2010
- Latin American Art from the Permanent Collection ,Boca Raton Museum of Art ,Boca Raton, Florida, USA
- Mexico Beyond Its Revolution ,Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford ,Medford, Massachusetts, USA
- Cross Currents in 20th Century Art: Prints and Ceramics from the Anne C. and Harry Wollman Collection ,Currier Museum of Art ,Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
- Indigenismo: Ancient Roots in Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection ,Newark Museum of Art ,Newark, New Jersey, USA
- 50 Years, 50 Works, 100th Anniversary ,Art Museum of the Americas ,Downtown, Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
2009
- Tierra Espiritual ,Museo Tamayo ,Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Camino a la Modernidad: The Path to Modernity: Mexican Modern Painting ,Singapore Art Museum (SAM) ,Singapore, Singapore
- Latitudes: Latin American Masters from the Femsa Collection ,The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art ,Santa Ana, California, USA
- Vida Y Drama: Modern Mexican Prints ,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ,Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Obras 1900 - 1960. Colección pictórica del Banco Nacional de México ,Fundación Malba ,Buenos Aires, Argentina
- IFPDA Print Fair at the L.A. Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center ,Mixografia ,Los Angeles, California, USA
2008
- Works from the Natasha and Jacques Gelman Collection of Modern Mexican Art ,IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art ,Dublin, Ireland
- Summer Sensations: Sizzling Summer Showcase ,Adamar Fine Arts ,Downtown Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
- Arte Americas The Latin American Art Fair ,Tresart ,Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- Director's Choice: Design District Gallery Walk, 03/08/08 ,Barbara Gillman Gallery ,Brownsville, Miami, Florida, USA
Rufino Tamayo was a Mexican Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1899. Their work is currently being shown at MoFA at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Tamayo have featured Rufino Tamayo's work in the past.Rufino Tamayo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 7,209,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,209,000 USD for Trovador, (also known as The Troubadour), sold at Christie's New York in 2008. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 210,169 USD, while their sculptures have sold for an average of 209,550 USD.Rufino Tamayo has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Observer in May 2025. The artist died in 1991.
Artist's alternative names: Rufino Arel使i锔燼锔es Tamai虇o, Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo
Artist's alternative names: Rufino Arel使i锔燼锔es Tamai虇o, Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo