Genre
Photography
CV
Born 1956 in Santiago, Chile. Lives and works in New York.
Awards and Honours
2000 | MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Fellowship | 1985 | New York State Council of the Arts Grant | 1985 | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Solo exhibitions (selection) 2008 | United Kingdom, London, South London Gallery, “Politics of the Image” | 2007 | Connecticut, Middletown, Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery | | Switzerland, Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, “La Politique des Images” | 2006 | Chile, Santiago, Galeria Gabriela Mistral | | Chile, Santiago, Sala de Arte Fundación Telefónica, “Jaar SCL 2006” | | New York, Galerie Lelong, “Muxima” | | New Hampshire, Hanover, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, “The Eyes of Gutete Emerita” | | United Kingdom, Brighton, presented in association with the Brighton Photo Biennial, United Kingdom, Brighton, Fabrica, "The Sound of Silence" | 2005 | Italy, Rome, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, “Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom” | | Missouri, Kansas City, Grand Arts Gallery, “Muxima” | | Italy, Rome, Studio Stefania Miscetti, “The Ashes of Gramsci” | | Texas, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, “The Eyes of Gutete Emerita” | 2004 | Portugal, Porto, Centro Portugues de Fotographia, "Todo el Dolor del Mundo" | 2003 | Germany, Kunstverein, Hanover, “The Desire of the Cartographer” | | Germany, Berlin, Galerie Thomas Schulte, “Six Seconds – It is Difficult” | 2002 | New York, New York, Galerie Lelong, “Lament of the Images” | 2001 | Germany, Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, “Clouds/Recent Projects” | | Germany, Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, “Let There Be Light: The Rwanda Project” | | Switzerland, Geneva, International Museum of the Red Cross, “The Silence: The Rwanda Project 1994-2000” | 2000 | Switzerland, Geneva, Art + Public | | Denmark, Umea, Public Library, “Emergencia,” | | California, San Francisco, Todd Hosfelt Gallery, “It is difficult” | | Sweden, Kalmar, Kalmar Konstmuseum | | Japan,Nagoya Japan and Tokyo, Kenji Taki Gallery | 1999 | “Lament of the Images”, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Traveled to Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 1998 | “Let there be Light: The Rwanda Project,” Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain; traveled to Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain; Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands | | New York, New York, Galerie Lelong, “The Rwanda Project, 1994-1998” | 1997 | Spain, Madrid, Galeria Oliva Arauna | | Germany, Berlin, Galerie Franck + Schulte | | Austria, Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam | | South Africa, Johannesburg, Newtown, Johannesburg Biennale | | North Carolina, Charlotte, The Light Factory | 1996 | North Carolina, Raleigh, City Gallery of Contemporary Art | 1995 | Florida, Tampa, University of South Florida, Contemporary Art Museum | | New York, Galerie Lelong | | Illinois, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography | 1994 | Sweden,Stockholm, Fotografiska Museet and Moderna Museet | | Germany, Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein | | Belgium, Brussels, Galerie Tilman | | Spain, Madrid, Galeria Oliva Arauna | | Germany, Stuttgart, Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen | 1993 | Germany, Berlin, Galerie Franck + Schulte | | Germany, Bremen, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst | | Miami Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Traveled to Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida | | California, Santa Monica, Ruth Bloom Gallery | | United Kingdom, Scotland, Tramway, Glasgow | 1992 | Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus | | California, Santa Monica, Meyers/Bloom Gallery | | Germany, Berlin, Pergamon Museum | | Illinois, Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art | | New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art | 1991 | Spain, Barcelona, Galeria Benet Costa | | Spain, Madrid, Galeria Oliva Arauna | | The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Galerie Barbara Farber | | France, Paris, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie | | Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | 1990 | New York, Diane Brown Gallery | | Illinois, Chicago, Insam Gleicher Gallery | | Canada, Ontario, London, London Regional and Historical Museums | | California, Los Angeles, Meyers/Bloom Gallery | | San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, California; traveled to San José Museum of Art, San Jose, California;Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Laumeier Sculpture Park, St.Louis, Missouri | 1989 | Colorado, Boulder, Colorado University Art Galleries | | The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Galerie Barbara Farber | | France, Paris, La Défense, L'Arche de la Fraternité | | Ohio, Dayton, Wright State University, University Art Galleries | | New York, Syracuse, Syracuse University, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery | 1988 | New York, Diane Brown Gallery | | France, Paris, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie | | Italy, Rome, Galleria Lidia Carrieri | | Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art | | Sweden, Stockholm, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall | 1987 | New York, New York University, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center | | Florida, Lake Worth, Lannan Museum | | New York, One Times Square, Spectacolor Lightboard | 1986 | Indiana, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Herron Gallery | | New York, Spring Street Subway Station | 1985 | New York, New York University, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center | 1979 | Chile, Santiago, Galeria CAL |
Group exhibitions (selection) 2008 | New York, Long Island City, Fisher Landau Center for Art, “Pictures in Series”
| | New York, El Museo del Barrio, “Arte Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000” | 2007 | New York, Museum of Modern Art, “New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Prints, Photographs, and Media Works” | | Norway, Oslo, Stenersen Museum, “Equatorial Rhythms” | | Florida, Miami, Miami Art Museum, “Power of 10: Gifts in Honor of Miami Art Museum's 10th Anniversary” | | Sweden, Stockholm, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, “To be continued...” | | Spain, Leon, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, “Existencias” | 2006 | Canary Islands, Art and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, 1st Architecture | | California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “A Curator’s Eye: the Visual Legacy of Robery A. Sobieszek” | | Massachusetts, Williamstown, Williams College Museum of Art, “Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain” | | Switzerland, Geneva, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, “Conjonctions” | | Texas, Houston, DiverseWorks Artspace, “FotoFest2006: Artists Responding to Violence” | 2005 | New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, “At the Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care” | | New York, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts and Esso Gallery, “Atomica: Making the Invisible Visible” | | Nevada, Las Vegas, Godt-Cleary Projects, “Double Exposure” | | León Spain, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, “Emergencies” | | Florida, Miami, Miami Art Museum, “Figuratively Speaking: Selections from the Permanent Collection” | 2004 | Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, “About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection” | | Ohio, Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, "Art by MacArthur Fellows” | | Germany, Berlin, Galerie Thomas Schulte | | New York, The Bronx, City University of New York, Lehman College Art Gallery, “Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape” | | Kentucky, Louisville, Speed Art Museum, “Potential Images of the World” | 2003 | New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, “Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti" | | Rotterdam, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam Photo Biennale, "Experience” | | Spain, Madrid, Galeria Oliva Arauna | | Missouri, St. Louis, Founder's Gallery, “The Sheldon Art Galleries, Human Condition/Global Position: 4 Contemporary Chilean Artists" | | New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, “Pictures from Within: American Photographs, 1958-2002” | 2002 | Landesgalerie am Oberosterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz; traveled to Kunstammlungen Chemnitz, “Aquaria” | | Sweden, Visby, Baltic Art Center | | Washington, D.C., Numark Gallery, “Cultural Crossing” | | Germany and New York, Munich, Edition Schellmann, “Double Exposure” | | Spain, Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró | 2001 | Switzerland, Zurich, Daros Exhibitions | | Italy, Siena, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Delle Papesse, “Il Dono, offerta ospitalita insidia” | | New York, Galerie Lelong, “Minimalism Past And Presence” | | Brazil, Sao Paolo, Museo de Arte Moderna, “O Espiritu da Nossa Epoca” | | Italy, Siena, Palazzo delle Papesse, “The Gift” | 2000 | United Kingdom, Yorkshire, Sheffield, Site Gallery, “An Intelligent Pressure” | | Illinois, Chicago, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Bluer | | United Kingdom, Yorkshire, Sheffield, Site Gallery, “FaceON” | | Connecticut, Middletown, Wesleyan University, Center or the Arts, Ezra and Zilkha Gallery, “Frames of Reference from Object to Subject” | | Mexico, Tijuana, installation at Playas de Tijuana, “inSITE2000”, San Diego/Tijuana: “The Cloud” | 1999 | Sweden, Umeå, Umeå University, BildMuseet, “Inferno & Paradiso,” (Curated by Jaar) | | New York, Esso Gallery New York, “Scripta Manent” | 1998 | Germany, Bremen, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst, “Do all oceans have walls?” | | Canada, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, “Exiles” | | Germany, Esslingen, 4th International Foto-Triennale, “Photography as Concept” | | Switzerland, Geneva, World Health Organisation, “The Edge of Awareness” | | Denmark, Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen, “The Garden of the Forking Paths” | 1997 | Japan, Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art, “Absolute Landscape” | | Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Museum, “American Stories” | | Mexico, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, “Asi esta la Cosa: Instalacion y Arte Objeto en America Latina” | | Austria, Vienna, Galerie Grita Insam, “FREEZE FRAME” | | New York, Galerie Lelong, “New Editions” | 1996 | New York, City University of New York, The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, “Act/ Language: Power and Display” | | Spain, Galicia, Bienal de Vigo | | “Blurring the Boundaries. Installation Art: 1969-1996,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California; traveled to Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida | | Florida, Miami, Miami Art Museum, “Continuity and Contradiction” | | Venezuela, Caracas, Museo del Oeste, “Cuarta Pared” | 1995 | Finland, Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, “ARS 95” | | Switzerland, Geneva, Palais des Nations, “Dialogues de Paix" | | Turkey, Istanbul, Istanbul Biennale | | Ohio, Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, “Light into Art: From Video to Virtual Reality” | | Switzerland, Geneva, Centre d'Art Contemporain, “Livres d'Artistes” | 1994 | Sweden, Malmo,“Artaroundtown” | | Brazil, São Paulo, Galeria Luisa Strina, “Das Americas” | | Georgia, Atlanta, High Museum of Art, “Equal Rights and Justice” | | France, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National D'Art Moderne, “Images Pour La Lutte Contre Le Sida” | | Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, “Lessons in Life” | 1993 | “Camera Politic,” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Traveled to La Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | | New York, Galerie Lelong | | New York, Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Art, “Imagemakers” | | Denmark, Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ”New Images of the World” | 1992 | France, Dijon, Le Consortium“1968” | | France, Paris, Hôtel des Arts, “Ameriques Latines: Art Contemporain" | | “AnteAmerica,” Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia; Traveled through 1993 to Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela; Spencer Art Museum, Lawrence, Kansas; The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York; Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, California; Yerbabuena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica | | “Arte Amazonas. Museu de Arte Moderna,” Museu de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; traveled to Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany | 1991 | California, San Francisco, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, “Framed” | | Germany, Berlin, Wewerka & Weiss Galerie, Heimat | | Mexico, Mexico City, Billboards, “Imaquinaciones: Deicisies Miradas al 92” | | Switzerland, Geneva, Galerie Pierre Huber, “La Revanche de l'Image” | | Spain, Barcelona, Galeria Benet Costa, “P/A” | 1990 | Illinois, Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery, “Affirmative Actions” | | Ohio, Dayton, Wright State University, University Art Galleries, “Assembled: Works of Art Using Photography as a Construction Element" | | The Netherlands Rotterdam, Perspektief Centre for Photography, “Critical Realism” | | California, San Francisco, Terrain Gallery, “Information” | | California, San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, “New Work: A New Generation” | 1989 | The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Galerie Barbara Farber, “A Climate of Site” | | “Camera Lucida,” Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada; exhibition traveled to Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada | | Canada, Montreal, Mirabel Montreal International Airport, “Fictions” | | Germany, Esslingen am Neckar, First International Foto-Triennale | | Washington, Seattle, Fuller/Elwood Gallery | 1988 | Spain, Madrid, Centro Cultural Galileo, “Lo Permeable del Gesto” | | Connecticut, Hartford, Real Art Ways, “Public Discourse” | | Italy, Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, “Presi X Incantamento” | | France, Herblay, Centre Saint Vincent, Galerie d'Art Contemporain, “Révélateurs” | | New York, Storefront for Art and Architecture, “Temporary Public Art” | 1987 | Brazil, São Paulo, 19e Bienal Internacional de São Paulo | | Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, “American Policy” | | Pennsylvania, Scranton, Everhart Museum, “Art and the Dialectic Process” | | Germany, Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, “Documenta 8” | | New York, Greenvale, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Hillwood Art Gallery, “Perverted by Language” | 1986 | Italy, Venice, Venice Biennale, “Aperto” | | New York, Gracie Mansion Gallery, “Artfor(u)m” | | New York, Bess Cutler Gallery, “When Attitudes Become Forms” | 1985 | Argentina, Buenos Aires, CAYC, “4 Chilean Artists in the CAYC of Buenos Aires” | | Brazil, Sao Paolo, 18e Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo | | New York, The Alternative Museum, “Disinformation: The Manufacture of Consent" | | New York, Stony Brook, State University of New York, Staller Center Art Gallery, “Freedom Within” | | New York, P.S. 122, “Not Just Any Pretty Picture” |
Public Collections
21C Museum Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Chase Manhattan, New York, New York
DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Daros Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée National d´Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Museum het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Arts Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, California
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Tate Britain, London, England
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Courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong, New York
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