Garr's Mexican Exhibitions
Because Mexico is Garr's home, the majority of his exhibitions take place in this country. This page lists the most prominent ones.
Lake Chapala Area (Jalisco) — Ongoing
Garr is the current President of the Lake Chapala Fine Artists Guild, and regularly exhibits his work at collective art shows held by them locally every October, November, December, January, February, and March. These consist of both one-day easel shows and multi-day gallery shows. In addition, Garr volunteers to scan, design, and print art cards featuring the work of the kids in the Efrén González Children’s Art Program so that they can sell these cards at each of the Guild's easel shows and at receptions for their gallery shows. This provides important income for the young artists and their families, as well giving them a lesson about the “business of art.”
Garr has also shown his work at the Centro Cultural Ajijic (Ajijic Cultural Centre) at several shows from February 2020 onwards, including:
a contest sponsored by the Municipality of Chapala in October 2022.
a show by Efrén González' Ajijic Museo de Arte, and sponsored by the Municipality of Chapala, in Feb and Mar 2024.
Autlán de Navarro (Jalisco)
Garr's Speech at the Inauguration
This was the second part of a two-country show that took place in both Colombia and Mexico, featuring 13 artists from each country. The show moved from the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bucaramanga (Bucaramanga Museum of Modern Art) in Colombia to the Museo Regional de las Artes de Autlán (Autlán Regional Museum of the Arts) in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco. It was sponsored by the Government of Autlán through the Office of Arts and Culture, and was inaugurated on November 8, 2023. Garr was honoured to part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and to be asked to speak at the inauguration. It will continue at this venue through to the end of December 2023.
The originals of these works were exhibited in Bucaramanga, Colombia. For this exhibition in Mexico, they were reproduced on large-format cloth from high-resolution photos of the original works — which are still in Colombia, and might soon be exhibited in Bogotá.
The theme of the exhibition was the human body from all its conceptions. From this premise each artist was free to express whatever they wanted: eroticism, beauty, violence, etc.
Garr's piece is titled “Cuerpos cofrades con raíces comunes” (Fraternal Bodies with Common Roots). It depicts the bodies of an indigenous Colombian and an indigenous Mexican (Aztec) intertwining and morphing into tree roots. In the lower left is a turtle (a creation symbol), and the flags of each country are shown behind the respective figures.
Zapopan (Jalisco)
This was the Fifth International Exhibition of Small Format Art held at the Palacio Municipal in Zapopan, Jalisco. It featured artists from 10 countries, the works could be no larger than 100 centimetres (39"), and had to show a unique view of Mexico. The techniques were diverse, as were the individual vision and styles of each of the participants. The more than 30 works included painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and digital art. The exhibition opened on November 8th, 2023.
Garr's piece, titled “Nopal e identidad mexicana” (Nopal and Mexican identity), featured an iconic symbol of Mexico – the Nopal cactus. It shows an eagle with a snake about to perch. This reflects an Aztec prophecy that established the city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), and forms Mexico's coat of arms. The tunas (cactus fruit) bear the images of Mexican heroes: Emiliano Zapata, Father Miguel Hidalgo, Pancho Villa, and Benito Juárez.
Mexico City (Mexico)
This was the second part of a two-country show that took place in both Mexico and Rome. The Mexican show took place at the at the Centro Cultural Futurama in Mexico City, Mexico. It ran from December 5 until December 23, 2025. It was previously held at the Museo Venanzo Crocetti in Rome, Italy in November 2025.
The theme of the exhibition is alebrijes — whimsical, brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures, originally made from papier-mâché and later carved from copal wood.
Garr's piece is titled “La batalla fantástica” (The Fantastic Battle). Garr is not a sculptor, and he didn't want to just paint an image of an alebrije sculpture, so... he imagined a battle between two factions of a group of living alebrije animals — a lion and a scorpion battling an eagle.
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