Violence and memory are the concepts
which interest me in order to construct my imagery
to make a cut out, get on stage, give another look
at our surrounding reality.
Irony and shape are the strategies
I use, sometimes, to sustain this look.
The representation of beef cuts in
the first stage of my production and the use of
animal skins in the second stage were chosen for
their metaphoric relation to man, as well as for
being parts of a contained life.
I used cowhide, horse bristles to
construct image that give rise to installation forms
and sculpture objects.
I investigate the possibilities of
the skin and the strain generated in the encounter
with other materials or every day objects.
Marcela Astorga
Marcela Astorga
Born in Mendoza, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Her work is included in public and private collections, such as The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, MACRO. Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario in Argentina, the Júmex Foundation/Collection in México, the CIFO Cisneros Fontanals art Foundation in United States, and the Zabludowicz Collection in London.
Solo Exhibitions / Actions
2011
Óculo libra. Action. Buenos Aires. Argentina
2010
Óculo in my house. Action. Buenos Aires. Argentina
2009
Óculo. Action. Demolition/Construction group of artists. Adviser: Gerardo Mosquera. Córdoba. Argentina
2008
Marcela Astorga. Dabbah Torrejón
gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
Wild Territory. ED space of contemporary
Art and Design. Mendoza. Argentina.
2006
What a Hunter! KBK Contemporary
Art Gallery. Mexico City, Federal District
2005
Intervention. Cultural Center of
Spain. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004
Marcela Astorga. Baltar Contemporary
Space. Mar del Plata, Argentina
2002
A Matter of Skin. Luisa Pedrouzo
Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000
Skinning (Revealing Others.) Juana
de Arco Space. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998
Something Smells Rotten. Giesso
Reich Space Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997
Folk Christmas. Installation. Recoleta
Cultural Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina
1996
Folk Christmas. Installation. Recoleta
Cultural Center.
1986
The Look. Mendoza Province House.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
How to philosophize with a hammer. Curator: Raúl Zamudio. White box NYC. USA.
2010
Surfaces of the desire. Museum University of Contemporary Art. DF. México.
Palmario. Curator: Ana Gallardo. D21 Gallery. Santiago de Chile. Chile.
Art for Human Right. Cels 30 years. House of the National Endowment for the Arts. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Essays and Diversions. Curator: Horacio Zabala. National Endowment for the Arts. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Macro incorporations 2010: The crisis as prospectus. Curator: Nancy Rojas.
Museum Contemporary art of Rosario. Argentina.
Counting thoughts. Curator: Mayssa Fattouh. The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space. Beirut.
Lebanon.
2009
Interstices. Works from the Júmex Collection, México. Curators: Edelbert Köb y
Victor Zamudio-Taylor. MUMOK Museum moderner kunst. Viena. Austria.
Foundation Andreani Prize 09/10. Museum of Provincial Fine arts Emilio Caraffa. Cordoba. Argentina.
Selected.
MIP2 - Manifestação Internacional de Performance. With Demolition/ Construction. Belo Horizonte. Brasil.
2008
Las entrañas del arte un relato material (S.XVII- XXI). Curator: Gabriela Siracusano. Imago Space of art. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Drawing Nothing. 9.99 Projects. City of Guatemala. Guatemala.
Platt Prize. Gallery Isidro Miranda. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Selected.
Garden of delights. Yeosu Art Festival.
Curator: Raúl Zamudio. Korea.
Domus. Curator: Jorge López
Anaya. Fundación Klemm. Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
Femaco. México Contemporary
Art Fair. Dabbah-Torrejón Gallery. México
DF.
ARTEBA. Art Fair of Buenos Aires.
Dabbah-Torrejón Gallery. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
2007
Fortunate Objects: Selección
de la Colección Ella Fontanals Cisneros.
CIFO. Miami. USA.
FIAC París. Feria. Gal.KBK
arte contemporáneo. Paris. France.
An Archaeology. Curadora: Elizabeth
Neilson. Colección Zabludowicz.
Project Space 176. London. England.
ARTE GIRA 07. Meca Mediterráneo
Centro Artístico. Almería. Spain.
ARTEBA. Art Fair of Buenos Aires.
Dabbah-Torrejón Gallery. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
MACO. Mexico Contemporary Art fair.
Dabbah-Torrejón Gallery. México DF.
México.
Summer. Dabbah-Torrejón
Gallery. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
2006
Art Basel Miami. KBK Contemporary
Art Gallery. USA.
Artbo. Bogota Art
Fair. Dabbah Torrejón Gallery.
Colombia.
Open Study. Post
Office Palace. Curator: Ana M. Battistozzi. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Aesthetic Conscience - Historical
Conscience. Homage to Pablo Suárez
Curator: Rosa María Ravera. Fundación
Klemm. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fundacion Klemm Prize. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected.
Maco Mexico Contemporary
Art. Gal. KBK Contemporary Art. Mexico
City, Federal District.
2005
Torrejón Dabbah. Dabbah
Torrejón Gallery. Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
ArteBA. Art Fair
of Buenos Aires. Torrejón Gallery-Dabbah
Gal. Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
Review of the Mamba Collection.
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art,
Argentina.
CANTV Salon. Youth
with FIA. (Latin American Art Fair). Invited guest.
Curator: Alberto Asprino. Caracas,
Venezuela.
FIA (Latin American
Art Fair). KBK Contemporary Art Gallery.Caracas,
Venezuela.
CULTURAL CHANDON 2005
Prize. Selected. Timoteo Navarro Museum. Tucumán,
Argentina.
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR.
KBK Contemporary Art Gallery. New York,
USA.
ARTISSIMA Art Fair..
KBK Contemporary Art Gallery. Turín,
Italy.
ARTBO. Art Fair
of Bogotá. Dabbah Torrejón Gallery.
Bogota.
Colombia.
Rosario National Salon.
Selected. Castagnino Museum of Fine Arts. Rosario,
Argentina.
2004
ARCO. Madrid Art Fair. FUTURIBLES.
Curator: Gustavo Buntix.
KBK Contemporary Art Gallery. Madrid,
Spain.
2003
Marcela Astorga- Leonel Luna. Curator:
Samuel Morales.
KBK Contemporary Art Gallery.
Mexico, Federal District.
ARTEBA. Buenos Aires
Fair. Gal. Luisa Pedrouzo.
Argentina.
Objects/ Installations.
Curator: Jorge López Anaya. Fundación
Klemm.
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Invited Guest.
NATIONAL BIENNIAL OF BAHIA
BLANCA. Museum of Contemporary
Art. Bahía Blanca,
Argentina.
2002
ARCO International Art Galleries
Fair
Latest Tendencies. Museum of Modern Art. Buenos
Aires,
Argentina.
2001
BANCO NACION PRIZE. Recoleta Cultural
Center. Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Selected
NATIONAL BIENNAL OF BAHIA
BLANCA.
Contemporary Arts Museum.
Selected
NEW MEDIA PRIZE.
E. Sívori Museum.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
2000
BANCO NACION PRIZE. Recoleta Cultural
Center.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
ROSARIO NATIONAL SALON.
Juan B. Castagnino
Fine Arts Museum. Rosario, Argentina.
Selected
ARTEBA Luisa Pedrouzo
Gallery.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Plastic Artists together
with Active Memory.
Recoleta Cultural Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
1999
Vespers (Eves). Giesso Reich Space
Gallery.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
1998
Handmade Bodies. Luján Fine
Arts Provincial Museum.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
Showthebag. Giesso
Reich Space Gallery.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996
XX Years Later Plastic Artist Against Oblivion
and Impunity. Recoleta Cultural Center. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
Avon with Women on Women`s
Day. Recoleta Cultural Center.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
Passion for Frida. Homage
Exhibit organized by Mexican Entities.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
a:e,iou. Recoleta
Cultural Center.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995
Braque Prize Objects. Granted by
the French Embassy.
Banco Patricios Foundation. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
Avon Salon Tandil
Fine Arts Municipal Museum.
Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
1994
The State of Things.
Wall Painting.
Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guest
Avon Salon. La
Plata Fine Arts Museum.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
Quilmes National Biennial
Exhibit. Municipal Museum of Visual Arts.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Selected
1993
Braque-Objetos Prize.
Banco Patricios Foundation. Awarded by the French Embassy.
Selected
Prizes
2010
Grant to creation
National Endowment for the Arts.
Buenos Aires. Argentina
2005
Special Mention of the Jury. Cultural
Chandon.
Timoteo Navarro Museum.
Tucumán, Argentina.
2002
Fundación Antorchas
Subsidy to Artistic Creativity
Madinina Workshop.
Martinica. France
Invited Artist
Mention.
Bahia Blanca National Biennial. Contemporary Arts
Museum
Fundación Antorchas
Scholarship.
Scenic Experimentation Workshop.
1995
Mention. Wall on “Defense of The Public
University”.
School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism,
University of Buenos Aires
1994
Mention. Avon Salon
1993
Mention. La Cuadra Salon
Residencies
2002
MADININA Workshop.
Martinica, France
Invited Guest
Conference
2008
II International Symposium of Visual Studies
UNAL Autonomous University of Nuevo León.
Monterrey. México.
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