Artists: Felipe Arturo, Adrián S. Bará, Alberto Borea, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa, Derek Franklin, Ximena Garrido- Lecca, Leor Grady, José Carlos Martinat, PS3* and Slobodan Stosic

DIVAGATION
Curated by Meyken Barreto, Carlos Garcia-Montero, Cecilia Jurado and ghostwriter.
May 6, 2016- May 30, 2016
Y Gallery 
New York, NY

The show brings together a group of international artists whose practice is characterized by a special sensitivity towards the aesthetic and symbolic potential of everyday materials and objects. Their approach to artistic creation is strongly informed by the context in which their work is produced and by the background from which they come. With different points of departure, from performative to space- based concepts, they investigate and generate narratives about contemporaneity. From Mexico, Peru, USA, Israel, Spain and Serbia, the artists gathered here address different topics from social or politics to contemplative or physics, but they are all joined by a peculiar way to transform their reality in poetic ways.

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Translated from Spanish

My work integrates elements from fields such as urbanism, architecture and art as they relate to politics, history, geography, and economy. My projects are generally sculptures, installations and videos that originate from principles such as structure, sequence and material. My practice has been influenced by the idea of a vernacular architecture, which can be defined as construction techniques that reflect processes of assimilation and resistance to colonial and postcolonial processes.

Mi trabajo toma elementos de campos como el urbanismo, la arquitectura y el arte en relación con la política, la historia, la geografía y la economía. Mis proyectos son generalmente esculturas, instalaciones y videos que parten de principios como estructura, secuencia y materia. Mi práctica ha sido influenciada por la idea de una arquitectura vernácula, es decir por técnicas de construcción que reflejan procesos de asimilación y resistencia a procesos coloniales y postcoloniales.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

• 2005-2007: Master in Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
• 1996-2002: Architect, Universidad De Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.

Prizes / Fellowships

• 2014-2015: Artist residency, Illy Sustain Art – Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy.
• 2015: Doctoral fellowship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: FCT, Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2012-2013: Exhibition grant, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia.
• 2010-2012: Research Grant, Colombian Ministry of Culture, Bogota, Colombia.
• 2007-2008: Artist Residency, Colombian Ministry of Culture, FONCA-CONACULTA, Bogotá – Mexico D.F., Colombia – México.
• 2007-2008: Travel grant, Jerome Foundation, Minnesota, New York, U.S.A.
• 2005-2007: Dean & Work Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2015: “Verso Anverso“, Galeria Baginski, Lisboa, Portugal.
• 2015: “La Migración De Las Plantas“, Centro Cibeles, Madrid, Spain.
• 2014: “La Formula Del Cemento“, Art Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• 2014: “La Disolución De La Geometría”, Maco Zona Sur, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
• 2014: “Trópico Entrópico“, Bienal de Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
• 2013: “Piedra Líquida”, Centro Cultural García Márquez, Fondo de Cultura Econónica, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2013: “Trópico Entrópico“, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia.
• 2012: “Ten Letters”, Positions Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, U.S.A.
• 2012: “Diez Letras”, Galeria La Central, Bogota, Colombia.
• 2011: “Biblioteca Del Agua“, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2010: “Constructivismo Espontáneo“, Galeria OMR, México D.F., Mexico.

Group Exhibitions

• 2015: “Siempre El Horizonte“, Galeria Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain.
• 2015: “Acorazado Patacón“, Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain.
• 2015: “Territorios en juego“, Espacio Odeón, Bogotá, Colombia.
• 2014: “Beyond the Supersquare“, Bronx Museum, New York, U.S.A.
• 2014: “Dispostivos para un mundo (im) possivel”, Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• 2013: “43 Salón (inter) Nacional de Artistas“, Museo de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
• 2013: “Erinnerungsfelder“, Gallerie im Ratskeller, Berlin, Germany.
• 2012: “Alem da Vanguardia“, Bienal Naif do Brasil-SESC, Pircaciba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• 2009: “Fresh Latino“, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain.
• 2007: “The Hapiness of Objects“, Sculpture Center, New York, U.S.A.
• 2007: “Thanks: Returning the Favor“, Apex Art, New York, U.S.A.
• 2005: “Lugar no lugar, o el espacio entre las cosas. Nuevos Nombres“, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Casa Republicana, Bogotá, Colombia.

Publications

• Juan Cárdenas, Mediaciones y lucha de sensibilidades en el arte contemporáneo colombiano (Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes).
• Jacob R. Moore, “International Style“, Art Forum, October 2014.
• Maria Minera, “Más allá del supercuadrado“, El Pais, August 11, 2014.
• Julie V. Iovine , “A God That Failed“, The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2014.
• Holland Cotter, “Even Utopian Citizens Like to Leave the House“, The New York Times, July 24, 2014.
• Claudia Arias, “Es hora de cambiar el patrón: Felipe Arturo“, Revista Diners, September 26, 2013.
• Diego Alarcón, “Entre el concreto y la memoria“, El Espectador, December 10, 2012.
• Felipe Martínez Pinzón, “Para contar la historia de los ríos: notas sobre Felipe Arturo“, Critica Latinoamericana, 2012.
• Elena Vozmediano, “Volver a Latinoamérica“, El Cultural, February 18, 2011.
• Paula Carrizosa, “El Museo Amparo recibe una intervención del artista colombiano Felipe Arturo“, La Jornada de Oriente, July 29, 2010.
• Federico Simón, “Esta exposición es un error“, El Pais, May 10, 2011.

Collections

• Colección Jumex, México, D.F., Mexico.
• Colección Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico.
• Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC), New York – Caracas, U.S.A. – Venezuela.
• Colección Suramericana, Medellín, Colombia.
• Colección de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia.
• Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Bronx Museum´s Permanent Collection, New York, U.S.A.

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