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Santiago Sierra

(Spanish, born 1966)

Santiago Sierra

Space Closed by Corrugated Metal, 2002

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Santiago Sierra

Space Closed by corrugated metal, 2002

Price on Request

Biography

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.

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

Santiago Sierra

(Spanish, born 1966)

Santiago Sierra

Santiago Sierra

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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