1965born in Lima, Peru
lives and works in Berlin and Lima

 
Education
1986-1990  Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris, with Christian Boltanski
1984-1986Université Paris VIII Arts Plastiques
1983-1984Private Ateliers - Lima
1982-1983Universidad Católica - Lima
Artes Plasticas

 
Awards/Prizes
2009Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo, Artist in Residency
2005Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Kunst der Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin
2000Prize of the Bienal Nacional de Lima

 
Solo Exhibitions
2009"An Approach to the Museo Hawai", Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
2008/09Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2006Galerie Joan Prats, Barcelona
2005Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
Konstmuseet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
Fundación Antoni Tapiés, Barcelona
2003Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
2002"Vision de la Pintura Occidental", Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
"Turismo/El Dorado - Alemania 98", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2001Sala Luis Miró Quesada, Lima
1999Casa Museo José Carlos Mariátegui, Lima
1998Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
Galeria Forum - Lima
Studio Galerie, Haus am Lützowplatz
1997Radhus Galleriet - Kungläv- Schweden
1995Galerie Trapecio, Lima, Peru
1992Galerie Näke, Nürnberg

 
Group Exhibitions
2010 "Linie Line Linea, Zeichnung der Gegenwart", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2009 Biennale di Venezia 53rd International Art Exhibition
Pabellón de la Urgencia, Murcia. The Fear Society, curated by Jota Castro
"The end of the line: attitudes in drawing", Hayward Touring, in coll. Middlesbrough Institute
of Modern Art (mima) and The Bluecoat, Liverpool, in partnership with The Drawing Room, London.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough; Bluecoat, Liverpool;
City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol; The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
10th Havana Biennial, Cuba
"El Pasado en el Presente", Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain
2008/09 "Die Tropen - Ansichten aus der Mitte der Weltkugel", Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
"Ritornell", Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
2008"Brave New Worlds", Colección Jumex, Mexico D.F.
28th Bienal de Sao Paolo, Brazil
"Os Trópicos /Die Tropen", Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
2007/08 "Os Trópicos /Die Tropen", Centro Cultural-Banco do Brasil, Brasilia
2007 "Otras Contemporaneidades, Convivencias Problemáticas" in Encuentro entre dos Mares - Bienal de Sao Paulo - Valencia, Spain
"Brave New Worlds", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
"Os Trópicos", Centro Cultural-Banco do Brasil, Brasilia
"Made in Germany", Sprengel Museum Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
"Poetics of the Handmade", MOCA, Los Angeles
"Taking Time /Tiempo al Tiempo", MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo, Spain
2006/07 "Out of Time: A Contemporary View", Museum of Moder Art, New York
"VAC - Colección Valencia Arte Contemporáneo", IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2006  "Drawings" (Borremans/Bryce/Perjovschi), Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
"I walk the lines", Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
"Abgebrannt", Kunstbank in der Berlinischen Galerie, Berlin
"Mental Image", Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz
Down By Law, Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum, New York
Speed, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2005/06   "Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005", MoMA, New York; curated by Jordan Kantor
"Looking at Words. The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper", Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
T1 - The Pantagruel Syndrome, Triennale Turin, Castello di Rivoli d'arte Contemporanea di Torino, Turin, curated by Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Monuments for the USA, White Columns, New York
2005   "3 or 4 stories", Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Eindhovenistanbul Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
"Tropical Abstraction", Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
Fokus Istanbul-Urbane Realitten, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
"Coleccao Madeira Corporate Services", Madeira, Portugal
2004/05  Instinctive, Latin American Artists selected by Mario Testino at Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
54th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (Oct 2004-April 2005)
2004 26th Biennial of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
"Schrift-Bilder-Denken. Walter Benjamin und die Kunst der Gegenwart", Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
"Based on a True History", Artists Space, New York
"MoMA at El Museo: Caribbean and Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century", El Museo del Barrio, New York
"Termite Art Against White Elephant. Actual behaviour of drawing", Museo Colecciones ICO, Fundación ICO, Madrid
3rd Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, KW Institute for Cont. Art, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
"Global World / Private Universe", Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
2003 50th Biennial of Venice, Latin-American Pavilion (with Gilda Mantilla)
"To be political it has to look nice", Apexart, New York, curated byPablo Len de la Barra
"Present Perfect", GB Agency- Christophe Dabiet Thry, Paris, France
"Stranger in the Village. Contemporary Drawings and Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, New York", Guild Hall, East Hampton
Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Dan Cameron
Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain, curated by Kevin Power
2002/2003 "Benjaminiana", Centro Cultual de España, curated by Rodrigo Quijano, Lima, Peru
2002Manifesta 4, European Biennial of Contemprary Art, Frankfurt/Main
Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima
Busan Biennial 2002, Seoul, South Corea
"Mallki: La Exhumación Simbólica en el Arte Peruano 1980 - 2002", Centro Cultural de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (cat.), curated by Gustavo Buntinx
2001/2002"Políticas de la Diferencia. Arte Iberoamericano fin de Siglo", Generalitat Valenciana, Spain, Pinacoteca del Estado,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires (cat.), Argentina, Museo Sofa Iber, Caracas,
Venezuela and Museo de Arte Moderno Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
2001"Resistencias", Casa de America, Madrid (cat.)
"Resistencias", Casa de Ameérica, Madrid (cat.), curated by Luis Lama
Track 16 Gallery , Santa Monica, USA
2000"The Power of Narration: Mapping Stories", Espai D'Art Contemporani de Castello
Cutting Edge, ARCO, Madrid
Bienal Nacional de Lima
"Dessins", Galerie Carousel, Paris
1999 "El Laberinto de la Choledad", Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
"Realidad", Centro Cultural Ricardo Palmo, Lima, Peru
1998 "Viaje a la Luna", Centro Cultural de España, Lima, Peru
1996"Techniques and Ideas in Creativity", The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island
Galerie West Werk, Hamburg, Germany
1995"The Edward Hyde Collection of Contemporary Art", Westwerk, Hamburg

 
Collections
Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico
Burger Collection, Zürich / Hongkong
Pablo and Tinta Henning Collection, Houston, USA
The Tate Modern, London, Great Britain
The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo deCastilla y Leán
Museo de Arte de Lima VAC Collection, Valencia, Spain
ARCO Collection, Madrid, Spain
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Tom Patchett Collection, Santa Monica, USA
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, depositum from private collection
Private Collections in Latin America, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Spain
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