Francisco Baquerizo Racines (b. 1993, Quito, Ecuador)

 

Currently living and working in the Netherlands.

 

Baquerizo Racines holds an MA in Fine Arts from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (2022) and a BA in Visual Arts from PUCE (2017). His work has been shown across Ecuador, South America, and the Netherlands, with projects held in the MACBA archive and supported by the Mondriaan Fonds. In 2025, his film installation La Quema (del Planeta “B”) was officially selected for the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

SOLO SHOWS

—2017. Quito, Ecuador. Observando: el tiempo, Fondo de Cultura Económica Ecuador.

GROUP SHOWS

—2025. Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mondriaan Fonds PROSPECTS curated by Johan Gustavsson and Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen, Art Rotterdam 2025.

—2025. Rotterdam, Netherlands. 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam Art Directions: Installations programme curated by Eva Langerak, Katoenhuis.

—2023. Utrecht, Netherlands. Mutual Support Platform Vol. 2, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons.

—2022. Utrecht, Netherlands. It’s a Big Monster, so Stomp hard, Moira Exporiment.

—2022. Utrecht, Netherlands. SCAFFOLDING SCAFFOLDING curated by Rachael Rakes, BAK basis voor actuele kunst.

—2019. Guayaquil, Ecuador. Salón del Rock n’ Perreo, Violenta Art Gallery.

—2018. Guayaquil, Ecuador. Los Cañonazos del Sur, Violenta Art Gallery.

—2018. Cuenca, Ecuador. NAW! That’s what I call contemporary: On purpose of the XIV Bienal Internacional de Cuenca: estructuras vivientes, La Vitrina Cultural Center.

—2018. Santiago de Chile, Chile. Molten Capital Residency, School of Art of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC).

—2018. Quito, Ecuador. Infinito: 8th anniversary of No Lugar – Arte Contemporáneo, No Lugar Art Gallery.

—2018. Guayaquil, Ecuador. Escuela del Terror, Violenta Art Gallery.

—2017. Quito, Ecuador. Constelaciones: 20th anniversary of the Visual Arts School from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Cultural Center of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE).

—2017. Quito, Ecuador. Premio Brasil – Arte Emergente 2017, Contemporary Art Center of Quito (CAC).

—2017. Quito, Ecuador. Laberintos del Pensamiento, Fondo de Cultura Económica Ecuador (FCE).

—2016. Quito, Ecuador. Nos Humanos, Alliance Française of Quito.

—2013. Quito, Ecuador. Intervenciones, Naranjilla Mecánica Art Gallery.

—2012. Quito, Ecuador. Andamio: 15th anniversary of the Visual Arts career from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Metropolitan Cultural Center of Quito (CCM).

RESIDENCIES

—2018. Santiago de Chile, Chile. Molten Capital Artist Residency + Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

PUBLICATIONS

—2019. Escrito en Piedra (a.k.a. Written in stone), publication in collaboration with Adrian Balseca. Terminal Ediciones.

—2016. Index Arte Contemporáneo #00, Contemporary art magazine of the Visual Arts Career from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Cover art and indexes.

GRANTS / RECOGNITIONS

—2025. The Netherlands. Official Selection 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam.

—2023. The Netherlands. Kunstenaar Start grant. Mondriaan Fonds.

—2021. The Netherlands. Schuurman Schimmel van Outeren Stichting grant.

—2020. The Netherlands. The NL Scholarship. Financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

—2018. Santiago de Chile, Chile. Selected artist from Ecuador. Molten Capital Residency and UC.

—2017. Quito, Ecuador. Preselection Premio Brasil – Arte Emergente.