timeline

The Bachelor’s Degree in Plastic Arts is founded at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana campus.

La Caja Galería, a space dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of visual arts, opens its doors.

El Cubo is inaugurated as part of the architectural plant of the Tijuana Cultural Center. This space emerges as a museographic precinct with the purpose of reinforcing its offer in the visual arts and cultural heritage in the northwest of Mexico.

The Todos somos un mundo pequeño movement demonstrates against the appointment of the new director of the Centro Cultural Tijuana. The community breaks ties with the institution due to this event.

Pasaje Rodríguez, a cultural corridor with galleries, bookstores and artist studios, is reactivated in the city of Tijuana. Projects created by graduates of the School of Arts such as Nodo, Praxis and Freelance, serve as spaces for experimentation and dissemination of the work of artists and students of the UABC.

The Operador de Arte project was born, a working group that aimed to activate the emerging artistic practice through meetings, dialogues and practical theoretical exercises. Coordinated by Juan Villavicencio and Chantal Peñalosa. Advised by Hugo Lugo and Aldo Guerra.

The exhibition Tijuanilla, curated by Mauricio Cadena Ainslie, takes place. This group show presents the work of emerging artists from the city of Tijuana, most of them art school graduates, whose objective was to discuss the visual practices of young artists from Tijuana.

Pasaje Revolución 206 Arte Contemporáneo is a dynamic space for dialogue, art dissemination and artistic encounters through group and individual exhibitions, workshops and conversations with mostly emerging artists from the state of Baja California under the direction of artists Melisa Arreola and Mónica Arreola.

The Centro Estatal de las Artes is founded in the city of Tijuana. The center offers multidimensional and postmodern artistic education, integrating new platforms of knowledge, technologies applied to communication and the construction of multimodal and transdisciplinary artistic projects.

RETROFUTURO, celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Tijuana School of the Arts, takes place.

TJINCHINA Project Space, an independent art space that produces, promotes and multiplies current art and dialogue in the new frontiers, headed by artists Mely Barragán and Daniel Ruanova.

The I International Congress on Arts Education: Community Territories is held by the Tijuana School of Arts. Special guest: José Miguel González Casanova.

Deslave is founded, a project dedicated to the exhibition and discussion of contemporary art, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary and non-traditional modes of expression. This platform is directed by Mauricio Muñoz and Andrew Roberts.

Relaciones Inesperadas creates the Contemporary Art Production Program (PPAC). This is presented as an experimental educational program recognized in Mexico and Latin America due to the trajectory of its facilitators: artists, curators and researchers active in the art ecosystem.

The Contemporary Photography Program (PFC) began with the purpose of influencing artistic practices in Baja California. Tutored by Javier Ramírez Limón and coordinated by Aurelio Contreras.

Cine Tonalá Tijuana opens its doors, a cinema/restaurant-bar project with a special focus on visual and performing arts, music, theater, contemporary cinema and Baja California gastronomy.

The Permanent Seminar on Contemporary Theory was created as a network of academics, writers and intellectuals to critically study current debates. The project was coordinated by Karla Villapudua, Conrado Pardo Eudave and Alfredo González Reynoso.

The IV International Congress on Art Education: Art and Technology, organized by the Tijuana School of the Arts. Special guests: Frency Fernández Rosales, Tania Candiani and Juan José Rivas.

The Diploma in Criticism and Dissemination of Contemporary Art is created and endorsed by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature. This educational program was a co-production between Periférica and the Centro Cultural Tijuana.

The V International Congress on Arts Education: Gender Equality is held by the Tijuana School of Arts. Special guests: Julia Alejandra Antivilo Peña, Karen Cordero Reiman, Sayak Valencia and Meritxell Calderón Vargas.

Sala de Espera (SDE) is a project focused on the exhibition of diverse practices of contemporary art and culture that operates as a platform for various local, national and international artists. The space is directed by Luis Alonso Sánchez and Talia Pérez Gilbert.

The Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo (PAC) carries out SITAC Nodos: Tijuana “Hilvanar los tiempos” with Sayak Valencia, Thelma Gómez Durán and Lorena K’abnal as guest facilitators. Organizing committee: Ingrid Hernández, Daril Fortis and Christian Gómez.

The project Women Color of the Earth. A self-managed space for learning among common people. Fanzine, dialogues, exhibitions and workshops. Since 2021 in Tijuana. Founded by Miriam García Aguirre.

The organization INSITE returns to the region of Baja California, Mexico and California, United States, through the project Common Places, headed by curator Andrea Torreblanca.

Surge Tierras: Art Seminar. Self-managed project focused on artistic diffusion in Tijuana. Founded by Ghis Rodríguez.