AUGUSTO ESQUIVEL
Works and Biography

Augusto Esquivel appropriates thousands of tiny buttons to create idiosyncratic,
​sculptural art forms that range from Old Master paintings to objects of popular cultural. ​​

​"My work invites you to a non linear journey of pixelation, obsessive compulsive disorder and color. The goal is to know and understand my identity as perceived from within. I draw inspiration from the silent, patient and under appreciated common objects of our daily life.
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These objects represent my sense of self and my search for a place of belonging. My grandmother’s sewing box conjures the most magical buttons filled with unconditional love. I repeatedly thread thousands of these buttons using clear monofilament, to “web” three dimensional objects into life."
                                                                   
Augusto Esquivel

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​Education

1999-2001 Special Effects and Artistic Make up, FX Primera Escuela Argentina de Efectos Especiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1997-1999-Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, CIEVYC (Centro de Investigación Y Experimentación en Video y Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Workshops

2005-Sculpting in Metal, Art Center, Miami, Florida. Selected Shows and Art Fairs:
Rocking Chair Sessions 1-50 exhibit, June 2018, Bakehouse Art Complex
It’s Hot Miami, May 2018, Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
Art Boca Raton, March 2018, Irazoqui Gallery
“Fragile Nature”, February 2018, Hartvest Project at Pinecrest Gardens
Art Miami, “Fragile Ecologies II” December 2017, Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
Art Aspen, June 2017, Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
Multiple Shapes of Air, The Bakehouse Art Complex, May 2017
Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary, January 2017, Luz Art Space
Art Miami November 2016, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Wynwood, February 2016, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Miami, December 2015, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Southampton, July 2015, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Wynwood, February 2015, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Context, December 2014, Now Contemporary Gallery
Never Upon a Time, Group Show, July 2014, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Wynwood, February 2014, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Miami, December 2013, Now Contemporary Gallery
Scope New York, 2012, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Miami, December 2012, Now Contemporary Gallery
ArtBo, Bogota, Colombia, 2012, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Southampton, July 2012, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Wynwood, February 2012, Now Contemporary Gallery
Melange, December 2011, Now Contemporary Gallery
Scope New York, 2011, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Miami, December 2010, Now Contemporary Gallery
ArtBo, Bogota, Colombia, 2010, Now Contemporary Gallery