1965 born in Lima, Peru
lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

 
Awards
1983 Young Peruvian Poet Prize
2004 Gwandju Biennale Prize, Korea

 
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, Germany
2008 La Palabra de los Mudos, Playa Redondo, Miraflores City, Lima, Peru
Volta Show, New York, USA
Sleep tight, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Enjoy your travel, Umberto Di Marino Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Naples, Italy
2006 No More No less, Gallery Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain
Rear Window, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Jota Castro, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Born to be alive, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2005 Exposition Universelle 2, B.P.S 22, Charleroi, Belgium
Exposition universelle 1, Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France
Taking part, Sterdelijk Museum's Hertegenosch, Netherlands
Introduction to Jota Castro, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Bouc-émissaire, Gallery Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2003 Motherfuckers never die, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Love Hotel, Maisonneuve Gallery, Paris
2002 Et si c'était à refaire, Palais de Tokyo, Tokyorama, Paris, France

 
Group Exhibitions
2009 Biennale Venezia 53rd International Art Exhibition
Pabellón de la Urgencia, Murcia. The Fear Society
2008 U-Turn, Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Nicolaj CCAC, Copenhagen, Denmark
Latinolatino, Castle of Barletta, Bari, Italy
Madrid Abierto 2008 - Artists Interventions in Madrid 5th Edition, Madrid, Spain
Gravity, Museo Artium, Vitoria, Spain
Black-Paris, Black-Bruxelles, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Art in the life World, Dublin, Ireland
Arte e Omosessualità, Firenze, Italy
Fate Presto, Salerno, Italy
2007 First Anniversary Group Show, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya world tour - stop 9: 10th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
ArteDove - cultural platform, Fosdinovo, Massa Carrara, Italy
Arte e Omosessualità, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan, Italy
Young Talent, Art Brussels 2007, Brussels, Belgium
We are your future, 2nd Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Atlante latinoamericano, Monterrey, Mexico
Informacion Contra Informacion, CGAC, Spain
Construyendo el mundo, Marco Museo de arte contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico
Confine, MAN - Museo di arte di Nuoro, Sardeigna, Italy
2006 Being in Brussels, Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels, Belgium
Uscita Pistoia, Spazio A Contemporanearte, Pistoia, Italy
Black Paris, Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany
People, Museo Madre, Naples, Italy
Team show, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Travel, W139, Amsterdam, Holland
3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania Prague Biennale2, Prague, Czech Republic
Brussels South Airport, Krinzinger Projekte, Wien, Austria
Interessi Zero, performance, Trento, Italy
Risk, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK
Disobedience, Play Gallery, Berlin, Germany
On Mobility, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posture... Say Again, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Point Break, bnd TomasoRenoldiBracco ContemporaryArtVision, Milan, Italy
Pour Amiel, La Criée, Rennes, France
Z.O.U.- Zone of Urgency, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Storage, B.P.S. 22, Charleroi, Belgium
Public Art Project, De Pijp-Skor, Amsterdam, Holland
4th Kwangju Biennale, Korea, Biennale Price
Troubled Times, Gruppo 78, Trieste, Italy
Produciendo realidad, Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca, Italy
Seven Sins, Museiom, Bolzano, Italy
Shake II, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Shake, OK Centrum, Linz, Germany
Perspective 04 - attualità dell'arte contemporanea, Protagonisti dell'arte 2004, Molfetta, Italy
Quick Sand, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 U-Topos, 2nd Tirana Biennial, Albania
Z.O.U., Survival Guide for Demonstrators, 50th Venice Biennial, Italy
Hardcore, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2002 Lines and Mobility, Kunstverein Nürnberg, Germany
2000 Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

 
Teaching
2008      at the European University of Madrid
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