» Nicolás Consuegra

Nicolás Consuegra Colombia, 1976

Translated from Spanish

In about ten years of professional experience, I have been interested in different transcultural processes from which I intend to build paragons between the local knowledge of my Colombian context and how these face each other, validate, or are opposed to foreign cultural discourses and production.

In this period of time I have focused on developing projects in which I can combine my interests in installation, sculpture, and video, and how these artistic mediums can (and must) be understood contextually. I find pertinent to mention that I am drawn to recognize and study the breaks I find in artistic and cultural discourses as in the information that originates from different contexts as mine. Following this line of thought, I remember constantly Brazilian Oswaldo de Andrade and his ideas about “anthropophagy,” since we constantly devour what belongs to someone else so we can produce something new.

Durante algo más de diez años de ejercicio profesional, he estado interesado en diversos procesos transculturales con los cuales pretendo construir parangones entre los saberes locales de mi contexto colombiano y cómo estos se enfrentan, validan u oponen a discursos y producciones culturales foráneas.

En este período de tiempo me he concentrado en desarrollar proyectos en los que puedo combinar mis intereses en la instalación, la escultura y vídeo, y cómo estos términos artísticos pueden (y deben) ser entendidos contextualmente. Me parece pertinente mencionar que me siento muy atraído por reconocer y estudiar las fisuras que encuentro tanto en los discursos artísticos y culturales como en la información que proviene de contextos diferentes al propio. En este orden de ideas, recuerdo constantemente al brasilero Oswaldo de Andrade y sus ideas sobre la “antropofagia”, pues constantemente devoramos lo que es ajeno para producir algo nuevo.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

2007-2005: Master in Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
2001-1996: Maestro en Artes Plásticas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Prizes / Fellowships

2013: Premio LARA 2012, Asiaciti Trust, Singapore, Singapore.
2011: Beca de creación en arte digital y arte para la red para: proyectocooperativa.org, Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá, Colombia.
2010: Beca de investigación curatorial, 14 Salones Regionales de Artistas Zona Centro (proyecto la cooperativa), Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá, Colombia.
2007: Honors Degree, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
2007-2005: Fulbright Fellowship Recipient, Fulbright / Ministerio de Cultura, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
2004: Tercer premio. XII Salón Nacional de Artistas Jóvenes. Galería Santafe., Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo – IDCT, Bogotá, Colombia.
2003: Tercer premio. Salón de Arte Bidimensional, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia.
2002: Primer premio. V muestra Distrital de Artes Plásticas. , Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo – IDCT, Bogotá, Colombia.
2002: Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
2002: Grado con honores, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Solo Exhibitions

2013: “Elementos para una unidad colectiva“, Galería LA CENTRAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
2010: “Pasado Tiempo Futuro“, Galería Nueveochenta, Bogotá, Colombia.
2008: “Instituto de visión“, Galería Nueveochenta, Bogotá, Colombia.
2008: “Void“, (proyecto en colaboración con Mónica Páez). Magnan Emrich Contemporary, Nueva York, USA.
2007: “Loosing“, Steuben Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
2005: “Suspendido“, Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá, Colombia.

Group Exhibitions

2013: “Saberdesconocer “, 43 Salón (inter) Nacional de Artistas, Medellín, Colombia.
2013: “The Past is Present “, MOCAD, Detroit, USA.
2013: “LARA 2012“, NC-arte, Bogotá, Colombia.
2013: “Horizontal”, LA CENTRAL, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012: “When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes“, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2012: “Imaginary Homelands“, Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), Toronto, Canada.
2011: “Sobre el Territorio: Arte Contemporáneo en Colombia“, Santral, Istambul, Turkey.
2010: “Histórias de Mapas, Piratas e Tesouros“, Centro Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.

Publications

José Roca y Sylvia Suárez, Transpolítico: Arte en Colombia 1992-2012 (Bogotá: J.P Morgan, Paralelo 10, Lunwerg Editores), 2.
Diego Garzón, De lo que somos. 110 obras para acercarse al arte contemporáneo colombiano (Madrid: Lunwerg Editores), 2.

Collections

Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, USA.
Banco de la República, Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

Links

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Aquí y allá”, 2012, Glass and tinplate, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Noche (después de Ziraldo) y Día”, 2012, Series: 3, Steel, 170 x 120 x 2.5 cm. Banco de la República, Colombia. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Algunos dañados, otros funcionan (detail)”, 2011, MDF, quintuplex, glass and mirror, Variable dimensions. Private collection, Colombia. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Algunos dañados, otros funcionan (detail view of the back of the piece)”, 2011, MDF, quintuplex, glass and mirror, Variable dimensions. Private collection. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Cartografía Textual”, 2009, Offset print, 90 x 125 cm. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Celeste”, 2008, HD animation, (loop), Variable dimensions. Private collection. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra (en colaboracion con Monica Paez), “Void”, 2008, Mirrors on wall, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Sin título (campos de color)”, 2006, Offset print without lithographic plate, 50 x 35 cm. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “I miss you”, 2005, Giclée print on paper (conservation). Photo documentation of intervention with gum on streets in Brooklyn, NY, 134 x 100 cm. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Sin título (mantel rojo)”, 2004, Oil on glass, 90 x 150 cm. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Sin título (bailarina). “, 2004, Oil and silver coating on glass, 100 x 70 cm. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Monumentos Mínimos (después de Dan Flavin)”, 2003, Ultra light cigarettes on wall, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Kent explora tus sentidos (curaduría de Jaime Cerón), Bogotá, Colombia.

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Monumentos Mínimos (después de Dan Flavin), vista general”, 2003, Ultra light cigarettes on wall, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Kent explora tus sentidos. Curaduría Jaime Cerón, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: image courtesy of the artist.

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Sin título (gorros Marlboro). Del proyecto “Traslaciones””, 2002, Replica of caps made with boxes of Marlboro cigarettes manufactured by vendors. These caps were reproduced without any commercial information, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

: Nicolás Consuegra, “Sin título”, 2002, Intervention with luminescent red paint on the wall (paint reflects a red halo on the white wall). From the project “Traslaciones”, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Galería Valenzuela y Klenner, Bogotá, Colombia. Photo credit: Image courtesy of the artist

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