Augusto Esquivel - Button Artist
Through my practice, I seek to understand the dual identity experienced as an immigrant and the relationship with capitalism. I choose sewing buttons as a tribute to my strong connection with my grandmother and her sewing box. I developed a technique of threading thousands of buttons using clear monofilament suspended from acrylic structures.
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.
Exhibitions
2024
Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2024
“Beyond the Mundane - Buttons In Art”, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2023
Art Miami, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2022
Art Miami, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2022
Los Colores De Miami, Hartvest Project at Pinecrest Gardens
2021
Art Miami, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2020
Art Palm Beach, The Directed Art Modern
2019
Art Context, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2019
Scope Miami Beach, The Directed Art Modern
2019
Pinta Miami, Ignacio Irazoqui Gallery
2019
Market Art+Design, The Directed Art Modern
2019
All That Glisters Is Not Gold, Laundromat Art Space
2019
The Palette Project, Lowes Art Museum
2019
"Bear/Bare With Me": Altered States, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
2018
"Homo Faber. Poetics Of Daily Life. Recovered Paths. Weaved Nature."
Hartvest Project at Pinecrest Gardens
2018
Rocking Chair Sessions 1-50 exhibit, Bakehouse Art Complex
2018
2018
"It’s Hot Miami", Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
Art Boca Raton, Irazoqui Gallery
2018
“Fragile Nature”, Hartvest Project at Pinecrest Gardens
2017
Art Miami, “Fragile Ecologies II”, Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
2017
Art Aspen, Bernice Stainbaum Gallery
2017
Multiple Shapes of Air, The Bakehouse Art Complex
2017
Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary, Luz Art Space
2016
Art Miami, Now Contemporary Gallery
2016
Art Wynwood, Now Contemporary Gallery
2015
Art Miami, Now Contemporary Gallery
2015
Art Southampton, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Southampton, Now Contemporary Gallery
2015
Art Wynwood, Now Contemporary Gallery
2014
Art Context, Aldo Castillo Gallery
2014
2014
Never Upon a Time, Now Contemporary Gallery
Art Wynwood, Now Contemporary Gallery
2013
Art Miami, Now Contemporary Gallery
2012
Scope New York, Now Contemporary Gallery
2012
Art Miami, Now Contemporary Gallery
2012
ArtBo, Bogota, Colombia, Now Contemporary Gallery
2012
Art Southampton, Now Contemporary Gallery
2012
2012
Art Wynwood, Now Contemporary Gallery
2011
Melange, Now Contemporary Gallery
2011
Scope New York, Now Contemporary Gallery
2010
Art Miami, Now Contemporary Gallery
2010
ArtBo, Bogota, Colombia, Now Contemporary Gallery