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Santiago Sierra
(
Spanish
, born 1966)
Santiago Sierra
Door Plate,
2006
Price on Request
Biography
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Timeline
1966
Born in Madrid, Spain
1989 - 1991
Hochschule für Bildende Künste (F.E. Walter, B.J. Blume and S. Brown), Hamburg, Germany
1989
BA in Fine Arts, Universidad Computense, Madrid
Círculo de Bellas Artes (J.G. Dokoupil), Madrid
1995 - 1997
Escuela de San Carlos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City
Lives and works in Mexico City
Exhibitions
2013
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany (solo)
2012
Veterans of the Wars of Cambodia, Bosnia, Iraq, Rwand and Kosovo Facing the Corner, Zumikon Nürnberg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Germany
2011
NO, Global Tour, ARTIUM Centro-Museo de Art Contemporaneo Basco, Vitoria, Spain (solo)
2010
7 forms measuring 600 x 60 x 60 cm, constructed to be held horizontal to a wall, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia (solo)
NO, Global Tour, American University Museum, Washington D.C. (solo)
Santiago Sierra, Magasin3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm (solo)
Los penetrados, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (Marco), Vigo
Ponticelli, Madre, Naples
34 cm, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
NO, Global Tour, Milan
Death Counter, commissioned by ELECTRA as part of ‘Offer & Ex change: Sites of Negotiation in Contemporary Art’, Hiscox Headquarters, London (solo)
2009
NO, Global Tour, Various locations, ongoing project
2008
Remake of Group of persons facing the wall and One person facing into a corner, Lisson Gallery, London Oct 2002 - Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London (solo)
Proyecto Caracas. Santiago Sierra, Sala Mendoza, Centro Cultural Chacao de El Rosal, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
RAUM. Orte der Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Entre Fronteiras – Between Borders, MARCO, Vigo, Spain
Himnos, Cabildo de Montevideo, Montevideo
2007
Nuovi lavori italiani, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
New Works, Lisson Gallery, London
Submission, Proyecto Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
La trampa’ e ‘Los adultos, Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago del Chile
2006
Santiago Sierra, CAC Málaga, Málaga (solo)
245 m³ - Santiago Sierra, Synagoge Stommeln, Stommeln-Pulheim, Germany (solo)
INTO ME/OUT OF ME, P.S.1. MoMA, New York
The View from Here: Acquisitions since 2000, Tate Modern, London
TRANSIT, ARTFrankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Santiago Sierra: Una persona, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, Trento, Italy (solo)
Haus im Schlamm, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Under construction 2: Casa Poporului, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Rumania (solo)
General Ideas, CCA Wattis, San Francisco
A Lucky Strike – Kunst findet Stadt, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
2005
Un Nuevo y Bravo Mundo, Sala de Alcalá, Madrid
Minimalism and After IV, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
2004
120 Hours Uninterrrupted Reading of a Telephone Directory, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid (solo)
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium (solo)
NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf (solo)
Lisson Gallery, London (solo)
111 Constructions with 10 Modules and 10 Workers, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
Klassenkampf, Arte Contemporanea, cur. Claudio Poleschi, Lucca, Italy (solo)
586 Horas de trabajo/ 586 Working Hours, Plaza de las Veletas, Cáceres
300Tonnen/300 Tons, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Pinturas/Paintings, Sala de Arte Público Sequeiros, México
Pabellón Español, 50.º Bienal de Venecia. / Spanish Pavilion, 50th Venice Biennale. Venecia, Italia / Venice, Italy. Curadora / curator : Rosa Martínez. Junio / June. (Cat.)
2003
100 Personas escondidas/Hidden Individuals, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, España/Spain, Octubre/October
2002
Contratación y ordenación de 30 trabajadores conforme a su color de piel / Hiring and arrangement of 30 workers in relation to their skin color. Kunsthalle Wien. Viena, Austria / Vienna, Austria. Curadora / curator : Gabriele Mackert. Octubre / October. (Cat.)
Parte 1/Parte 2 // Part 1/Part 2. Lisson Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido / London, United Kingdom. Septiembre-Octubre / September-October.
3.000 huecos de 180 x 70 x 70 cm cada uno / 3,000 holes of 180 x 70 x 70 cm each. Montenmedio Arte Contemporáneo. Vejer de la Frontera, España / Spain. Julio / July. (Cat.)
Historia de la Galería Foksal enseñada a un desempleado ucraniano / The history of the Foksal Gallery taught to an unemployed Ukrainian. Fundación Galería Foksal / Foksal Gallery Foundation. Varsovia, Polonia / Warsaw, Poland. Curador / curator : Adam Szymczyk. Febrero / February. (Cat.)
Santiago Sierra. Works: 2002-1990. Ikon Gallery. Birmingham, Reino Unido / United Kingdom. Curadora / curator : Katya García-Antón. Febrero / February. (Cat.)
2 Maraqueros / 2 maraca players. Galería Enrique Guerrero. México D.F., México / Mexico City, Mexico. Enero / January.
2001
20 trabajadores en la bodega de un barco / 20 workers in a ship's hold. 3 intervenciones urbanas / 3 urban interventions. Barcelona Art Report 2001. Barcelona, España / Spain. Curadora / curator : Rosa Martínez. Julio / July
Forma de 600 x 57 x 52 cm construida para ser mantenida en perpendicular a una pared / Object measuring 600 x 57 x 52 cm constructed to be held horizontally to a wall. Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Zurich, Suiza / Switzerland. Abril / April. (Cat.)
2000
Trabajadores que no pueden ser pagados, remunerados para permanecer en el interior de cajas de cartón / Workers who cannot be paid, remunerated to remain inside cardboard boxes. Kunst Werke. Berlín, Alemania / Berlin, Germany. Curador / curator : Klaus Biesenbach. Octubre / October.
Persona remunerada durante una jornada de 360 horas continuas / A person paid for 360 continuous working hours. P.S.1. Nueva York, Estados Unidos / New York, United States. Curadora / curator : Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Septiembre / September
Muro de una galería arrancado, inclinado a 60 grados del suelo y sostenido por 5 personas / The wall of a gallery pulled out, inclined 60 degrees from the ground and sustained by 5 people. Acceso A. México D.F., México / Mexico City, Mexico. Abril / April.
Público transportado entre 2 puntos de la ciudad de Guatemala / Public transported between 2 locations of Guatemala City. Belia De Vico Arte Contemporáneo. Ciudad de Guatemala / Guatemala City, Guatemala. Enero / January.
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Literature
2007
La Téléréalité: Un Laboratoire d’Observation sociale, Claire Moulène, in: Art contemporain et Lien social, Éditions Cercle d’Art, Paris
Minimalism and After, Renate Wiehager, DaimlerChrysler Collection, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, ex. cat.
2006
einatmen. ausatmen, Christiane Mennicke, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, ex. cat.
Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photgraphy, Phaidon Press, London
Santiago Sierra – Stommeln / Frankfurt / Santiago Sierra – Casa del Pueblo Bucarest,
Fernando Francés, Helena Juncosa, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, ex. cat.
Santiago Sierra: 245m³, Uta M. Reindl, Kunstforum, Cologne, May/June
Begegnung mit dem Tod, Ulrike Knöfel, Der Spiegel, Hamburg, No. 12
Un Nuevo y Bravo Mundo, El Perro, Jordi Costa, Sala Alcalá, Madrid, ex. cat.
2005
Una Ética obtenida por su suspensión, Cuauhtémoc Medina, in: Situaciones – artåsticaslatinoamericanas, Teor/ética, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles
Or Art in a Post-Fordist Society, Carlos Jiménez, Art Nexus, Miami, No. 56
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