Luciana Lamothe - CV + Bio
Luciana Lamothe (born 1975 Mercedes, Argentina) studied at the National School of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires (1999); participated in the Kuitca Scholarship, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires (2011); and has had residencies at Air Antwerp (2013) and Skowhegan (2007). She has had solo exhibitions at MAMBA, Buenos Aires (2013); Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires (2014, 2011, 2008, 2006); and Arroniz Gallery, Mexico City (2012). Her works have been included in group exhibitions at Museo MAR, Buenos Aires (2015); La Maison Rouge, Paris (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2013); De Appel Art Center, Amsterdam (2011); the 11th Lyon Biennial (2011); and the 5th Berlin Biennial (2005). Her first exhibition at Steve Turner, Los Angeles was Free Function in 2016.
Born in 1975 in Mercedes, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos Aires
Education and Residencies
2016
MANA Wynwood, Residency, Miami
2013
Air Antwerpen, Residency, Antwerp
2011
Kuitca scholarship, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
2009
Lipac, Centro Cultural Rojas, Buenos Aires
Parques Extremos, Residency, Chateau CAC, Córdoba, Argentina
2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Residency, Maine
2005
Intercampos, Telefónica de Argentina, Buenos Aires
1999
National School of Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredon, Buenos Aires
Solo Exhibitions and Two-Person Exhibitions
2018
Ensayos de Abertura, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
Free Function: Jia and Luciana Lamothe, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Metasbilad, Prisma KH, Buenos Aires
Patio de la fuente, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
2014
The Function of Form, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris
Prueba de tension, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
ARCO Madrid, Solo Projects Focus Latin America (with Alberta Pane gallery)
2013
Art Brussels, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris
Contacto, mamBA, Buenos Aires (site specific installation)
2012
Crache!, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris
Demasiada Materia, Arroniz Gallery, Mexico
2011
Función, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
2008
Criminal, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
2006
TESTA, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
IDEM, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires
2005
Autor Material, Appetite Gallery, Buenos Aires
Luciana Lamothe, Juana de Arco Gallery, Buenos Aires
Group Exhibitions
2018
Basel Cities Public Art Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ARCO Madrid, Gallery Bacelos, Madrid, Spain
2017
ArteBA (with Steve Turner), Buenos Aires
Place: Contingencies of Use, CGAC, Galicia, Spain
2016
El Espejo Enterrado, 3º Bienal de Montevideo, Uruguay
Focus Latinamerica, Art Toronto, Toronto
2015
Bidimensional Bisagra, Centro Cultural de la memoria Haroldo Conti, Buenos Aires
Incorporaciones, Museo MAR, Buenos Aires
ArtBo, Corporacion de Ferias y Exposiciones, Bogotá
My Buenos Aires, La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Premio Braque 2015 Exposition, MUNTREF, Buenos Aires
Fernelmont Contemporary Art Festival 2015, Château de Fernelmont
2014
Border-Bridges, LAKINO, Latin American Film Festival, Berlin
Nouvelles Narratives, Fernelmont Contemporary Art festival, Fernelmont
Beyond Magic, Galerie Xippas France, Paris
Fernelmont Contemporary Art 2014, Château de Fernelmont
2013
Historico-vagabond, curators : Marie Frampier and Javier Villa; Nouvelles Vagues, with Galerie Alberta Pane,Palais de Tokyo and CPGA, Paris
The Small Where, Opus Project Space, New York
Algunos Artistas / 90 – Hoy, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires
2012
Art Basel, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Basel
Ultimas Tendencias II, MAMBA Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires
Air de Lyon, International Contemporary Art, Foundation Proa, Buenos Aires
Tijera, Solo project, Arco Madrid
Sobre el espacio y sus continuidade, F.N.A. Buenos Aires
2011
Doble penetración, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
Une terrible beauté est née, 11º Lyon Biennial. Lyon
Fluiten in het donker, De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam
Rastros de aserrín, Parque España, Rosario, Argentina
Sabotaje, MACRO, Rosario, Argentina
2010
Oscar Cruz Gallery, San Pablo
Beuys and beyond, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires
Arte in Loco, Da Maré Museum, Rio de Janeiro
Paraconstrucción, Itaú Bank, Buenos Aires
NVA, Muestra Colectiva de video, 713 Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
2009
How to draw a cathedral, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
Festival internacional de cine independiente de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Parques extremos, Château CAC, Cordoba, Argentina
Argentina hoy, Banco do Brasil, San Pablo
2008
When things cast no shadows, 5th Berlin Biennial, Berlin
Tensa Calma, DPM Gallery, Ecuador
From panic to power, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles
Monstruos divinos, Frabro Space, Buenos Aires
2007
Violencias, Museo del barrio, New York
Goteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Goteborg, Sweden, Satellite exhibition.
Vertical hold, Punch Gallery, Seattle
Ellensburg Film Festival, Ellensburg
Survey, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia
Cultura y media, Centro Cultural General San Martin, Buenos Aires
SSSSSHHHHH!!!, Centro Cultural de España en Argentina, Buenos Aires
Salto en Alto, Torcuato Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
2006
Teledivition Show, Film Festival, Romania.
Fuerza, Rosa Chancho Gallery, Buenos Aires
2005
Rapido y furioso, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires
Ocultar para ve,. Metropolitano Museum, Buenos Aires
Curriculum Cero`05, Ruth Benzacar, Galeria de Arte, Buenos Aires
Awards
2015
Premio Braque, MUNTREF, Buenos Aires
2014
Premio Site-Specific, Distrito audiovisual, Buenos Aires
2011
Itau cultural award. First prize, Buenos Aires
Lichter art award. First prize, Frankfurt
2009
ArteBA – Petrobras Visual Arts Award. Sixth Edition, Buenos Aires
2005
Curriculum 0. Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
2003
Ultima Bienal Venus, Tandil, Argentina
Bibliography
2011
HACKEAR LA CIUDAD. Por Paula Trama. Revista Mancilla 01.
OBRA DE DESTRUCCION MASIVA. Por Claudio Iglesias. Revista Radar.
2009
Actividad de uso. Sobre la obra de Luciana Lamothe, By Leandro Tartaglia and Pablo Accinelli.
Técnica: video. By Leandro Tartaglia and Pablo Accinelli. Olmo Editions.
2008
5th Berlin Biennial catalogue. When things cast no shadows. By D.M.
El genio del crimen. Radar Magazine. 4, october 2008.
2007
Art clandestino with Luciana Lamothe. By Cris Gil. Umelec International Magazine. 4/2007.
2006
Delinquir, los actos de Luciana Lamothe. By Leopoldo Estol and Ines
Katsestein. Otra Parte Magazine. Number 8.
