I studied Architecture and Industrial Design. My artistic practice reflects in a highly distinctive way my training in these two dissimilar yet interconnected fields. My works include objects, sculptures, writings, spatial constructions and site-specific interventions, using a vocabulary that points directly to the history of art and architecture.
Traducido del inglés
Estudié arquitectura y diseño industrial. Mi práctica artística refleja de manera significativa mi educación en estos dos campos tan diferentes pero tan interrelacionados. Mis obras incluyen objetos, esculturas, escritos, construcciones espaciales e intervenciones de sitio específico, usando un vocabulario que apunta de manera directa a la historia del arte y la arquitectura.
Selected Biographical Information
Education / Training
2000: Industrial Design, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.
Prizes / Fellowships
2012: Irregular Hexagon, Colombian Art in Residence (curated by José Roca), Cer Modern, Ankara, Turkey / Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia.
2010: Grant, CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL, USA.
2009: Gasworks, International Residency Programme, London, UK.
2004: Premio Ciclo de Fotografía y Nuevos Medios, Alianza Francesa, Bogotá, Colombia.
Gabriel Sierra, “Sin título (El día como hueco en la mitad de la noche)”, 2013, Intervention (modified gallery floor), Variable dimensions, 11 Biennale de Lyon, France. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled, Sctructures for Transition”, 2008, Intervention (wood, screws), Variable dimensions, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, Untitled, Structures for Transition #9, (pense-bête), 2011 intervention (wood, screws), Variable dimensions, site-specific project, Art Parcour, Raum 33, ArtBasel. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “EndsMiddlesBeginnings”, 2008-2012, Intervention (metal, wood, cloth, paint, plaster), Variable dimensions, site-specific project, Planos de Fuga, CCBB, São Paulo. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled (Background, Figure, Figure, Background)”, 2008-2012, Intervention (wood, paint, plaster), Variable dimensions, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Coloragod. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “( )”, 2012, Intervention (wood, paint, plaster), Variable dimensions, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, California. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled (Marginalia)”, 2011, Intervention (wood, paint, plaster), Variable dimensions, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled (The Devil in the Shape of a 2×4)”, 2011, Intervention (wood, ladder, folding table, level, mdf, plaster, paint), Variable dimensions, The Ungovernables, The New Museum Triennial. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled, Bilancia Calendar”, 2009, Modified replica of 1959 design by Enzo Mari, wood, paint, nails, 48 x 8.7 x 1.6 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Untitled, Interrupted shelf #1”, 2009, Sculpture (wood, fabric, hinges, magnets, paint), Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Sin título, estructuras para transición #10 (¿Qué hora es afuera?)”, 2008-2013, Agglomerate boards and screws, Variable dimesions, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “Sin título (todos los terrenos)”, 2012-2013, Laminated cedar and varnish, 124 x 24 x 2 cms. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “Pocket Square”, 2009, Sculpture (wood, paint, fabric, magnets), 33 x 33 x 1.5 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Gabriel Sierra, “Infinito Particular”, 2010, Sculpture (wood and apple), 170 x 7 x 4 cm, Art Statements, ArtBasel Miami Beach. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.
Gabriel Sierra, “Sin título”, 2010, Sculpture (wood and magazine), 80 x 7 x 2 cm, Art Statements, ArtBasel Miami Beach. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner Gallery.