Artista

Johanna Unzueta

1974 en Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile

Datos generales
Algoritmo AI

Residencia:

Reside en Nueva York, New York, Estados Unidos

Ferias en las que participa con OBRA :

Frieze London 2023
Untitled Art Miami 2018
Frieze London 2018

Galerías y otras organizaciones que le representan:

Die Ecke Arte Contemporáneo

Proyectos Ultravioleta

Organizaciones con obra:

Colección NUMU - Fundación Engel

Sala de Arte CCU - Colección CCU

Tate Modern

Profesionales con obra:

Heloisa Becker Genish

Etiquetas:

Arte contemporáneo Deterioro Social Escultura Fieltro Instalación Madera Sociedad de Consumo Tela

Documentos relacionados:

Curriculum de Johanna Unzueta

Enlaces oficiales:

Web

Descripción del Artista

Johanna Unzueta (Santiago, Chile, 1974) studied art at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago and lives in New York City since early 2000. She has exhibited widely through Europe, North America and South America, having solo exhibitions and projects at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, the Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago de Chile, Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago de Chile, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Queens Museum of Art, New York and Or Gallery, Vancouver. She has participated at group exhibitions at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Universidad de Chile, Santiago, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Museu de Arte Contemporãnea da Universidade de São Paulo and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro. Johanna Unzueta is currently exhibiting work at We Do Not Need Another Hero, the X Berlin Biennale, ... and is a part of the Open Session Program 2018-2020, at The Drawing Center, New York. Residencies include La Tallera, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, Mexico (2015), Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013), DIVA, The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts (2012), Capacete, Rio de Janeiro (2007) and Art Omi, Gent, New York (2001). She has co-edited and published artists’ books with Felipe Mujica since 2008. Unzueta is a recipient of the FONDART grant, from the Chilean Board of Arts and Culture (1999, 2004 and 2010) and the DIRAC prize from the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004 and 2008). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Johanna Unzueta (1974, Santiago, Chile) estudió arte en la Universidad Católica de Chile en Santiago y se radica en Nueva York a principios de 2000, donde actualmente vive y trabaja. Ha exhibido extensivamente en Europa, Norte y Sudamérica, teniendo exhibiciones individuales en Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, the Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago de Chile, Galería Arroniz, México D.F., Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago de Chile, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Ciudad de Guatemala, Galerie Christinger De Mayo, Zürich, Queens Museum of Art, Nueva York, Or Gallery, Vancouver B.C y Galería Chilena, Santiago de Chile. Unzueta ha participado en exhibiciones colectivas en el Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Universidad de Chile, Santiago, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Museu de Arte Contemporãnea da Universidade de São Paulo y A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro. Unzueta esta actualmente exhibiendo obra en We Do Not Need Another Hero, X Berlin Biennale, y se encuentra participando en Open Session Program 2018-2020, en el Drawing Center, Nueva York. Ha realizado las residencias en La Tallera, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Cuernavaca, México (2015), Beta Local, en San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013), DIVA, The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts (2012), Capacete, Rio de Janeiro (2007) y Art Omi, Gent, Nueva York (2001). Desde 2008 co-edita y publica libros de artista junto a Felipe Mujica. Ha recibido las becas FONDART, del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y de las Artes, Chile (1999, 2004 and 2010) y la subvención DIRAC, del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile (2004 and 2008). STATEMENT Through sculpture and installation, I intend to bring into discussion the notion of labor. On a first layer its technological, historical and social impact on the human condition and on a second layer its relationship to nature. Most of my work incorporates felt along with other natural materials such as fabric and wood. How I manipulate these materials is as important to me as what is being represented. In this sense the notion of labor does not only exist in a social and historical context, it is present in the fabrication of each artwork. A través de esculturas e instalaciones Johanna Unzueta busca abrir una discusión entorno a la noción de trabajo, su impacto tecnológico, histórico y social en la condición humana. Trabaja principalmente con fieltro 100% natural pero también utiliza materiales tales como tela, madera, y otros elementos naturales. The pieces I construct are based on architecture and on industrial elements and objects. My interest in architecture is focused on its symbolic condition, its representation of progress and human development. My interest in industrialized artifacts and machinery is tied to the notion of production. These objects, tools and industrial type constructions, present a physical aspect - that of its possible manipulation or use. As an extension and counterpart of my sculpture practice I have also worked with video and drawing. The video work has been constructed around sculptural actions, many times involving the body as the support of “wearable pieces” and in other occasions by simply intervening spaces. These videos explore how the work and body can relate and interact with the environment (non museum or non gallery spaces). My most recent explorations in drawing intend to be in juxtaposition with my earlier “industrial” based works. They are muse exercises in which natural designs become a new point of observation. Here, a new set of references is taking shape in the form of biological observations of life, plants and the sciences.