Santiago Sierra
*1966 born in Madrid, Spain
Education
1989 BA in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
1989 Círculo de Bellas Artes, (J.G.Dokoupil), Madrid
1989-1991 Hochschule für Bildende Künste (F.E. Walter, B.J. Blume and S. Brown), Hamburg
1995-1997 Escuela de San Carlos, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico City
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 NO, Global Tour, ARTIUM Centro-Museo de Art Contemporaneo Basco, Vitoria, Spain
2010 7 forms measuring 600 x 60 x 60 cm, constructed to be held horizontal to a wall,
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
NO, Global Tour, American University Museum, Washington D.C.
2009 NO, Global Tour, Various locations, ongoing project
Death Counter, commissioned by ELECTRA as part of ‘Offer & Exchange:
Sites of Negotiation in Contemporary Art’, Hiscox Headquarters, London
NO, Global Tour, Milan
34 cm, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
Ponticelli, Madre, Naples
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (Marco), Vigo
Los penetrados, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Santiago Sierra, Magasin3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
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
2007 Nuovi lavori italiani, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
Proyecto Caracas, Sala Mendoza e Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas
Submission, Proyecto Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
New Works, Lisson Gallery, London
La trampa’ e ‘Los adultos, Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago del Chile
Himnos, Cabildo de Montevideo, Montevideo
2006 Iluminacio del espacio entre dos planos, CAC Malaga
Diamondtraffickills / Goldtraffickills, Chus Bures Space, Madrid
245 m³, Sinagoga Stommeln, Pulheim
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2005 Haus Im Schlamm, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Una Persona, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
Santiago Sierra Under Construction 2: Casa Poporului, National Museum of
Contemporary Art, Bucarest
2004 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Lisson Gallery, London
Klassenkampf, Associazione Culturale Prometeo and Claudio Poleschiarte
Contemporanea, Lucca
Galerie Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Centre d`art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
2003 Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Polanco
Spanish Pavillion, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice
2002 Hiring and Arrangement of 30 Workers in Relation to their Skin Color, Project Space,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
The Displacement of a Cacerolada, Kunsthalle Wien, Project Space Karlsplatz, Vienna
Group of persons facing the wall and person facing into a corner, Lisson Gallery, London
2 maraqueros, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
Person saying a phrase, New Street, Birmingham
Getto di poliuretano sopra 18 persone, Associazione Culturale Prometeo and Claudio
Poleschi Arte Contemporanea, Ex Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca
2001 20 workers in a ship’s storage room, Maremagnum harbour of Barcelona
430 personas remuneradas con 30 Soles (1/2 $) la hora, Galleria Pancho Fierro, Lima
2000 Person paid for 360 continuous hours of work, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center,
New York
Muro de una galeria arrancado, inclinado a 60 grados del suelo 7 sistenido por
5 personas, Acceso A, Mexico City
12 workers paid to remain inside cardboard boxes, Ace Gallery New York, New York
Publico transportado entre dos puntos de la Ciudad De Guatemala, Bella de Vico
Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City
1999 Linea de 250 cm tatuata sobre 6 personas remuneradas, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana
465 personas remuneradas, Gallery Seven, Mexico City
24 blocks of concrete constantly moved during a day’s work by paid workers,
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
1998 Obstrucción de una vía con un contenedor de carga, Arte In Situ,
La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City
1997 Traslación de un automóvil, G Fardo de 1.000 x 400 x 250 cm, com puesto de plásticos
en desuso y suspendido de la fachada de un edificio sito en la calle Isabel la Católica,
5, Galería Art & Idea, Mexico City alería BF 15, Monterrey
1996 15 hexaedros de 250 cm de lado cada uno, Museo Carrillo Gil, México D.F.
1994 86 módulos de soporte publicitario metálico de 300 x 80 cm cada uno,
Galería Ángel Romero, Madrid
Dos cilindros de 250 x 250 cm cada uno compuestos de carteles arrancados,
Espacio «P», Madrid
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 De-Building, Christ Church Art Gallery Puna O Waiwhetu, ChristChurch, New Zealand
2010 XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara
Arte y politica, Museo de Arte de Culiacán, Culiacán
Investigations of a dog – Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão
Fetiches críticos. Residuos de la economía general I – CA2M – Centro de Arte
Dos de Mayo, Móstoles
2009 Performa 09, New York
cargo / cargo manifest / cargo vision, Autocenter, Berlin
Persona. Presencias humanas en la fotografía contemporánea, Galeria Maior,
Palma de Mallorca
Political/Minimal, Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz
Arte ≠ Vida, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
The First Stop on the Super Highway, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin-si
Offer & Exchange: Sites of negotiation in Contemporary Art, London
Repeat All, MIS, São Paulo
2008 The Living Currency, Tate Modern, London
All-Inclusive–A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio,
New York
GREENWASHING–Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities,
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Art in the Life World, Breaking Ground, Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun,Dublin
Typical! Clichés of Jews and Others, The Jewish Museum, Berlin
Terms of Use, Montehermoso Cultural Centre, Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2007 Perplexed in Public, Lisson Gallery (different locations), London
Active Constellation, Brno Hause of Art, Brno
Stable–The balance of Power, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Paranoia, The Freud Museum, London
RAUM. Orte der Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
We are your future, Special program during the 2nd Moscow Biennial, Moscow
Concept: Photography–Dialogues & Attitudes, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
The Invisible Show, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
iViva la Muerte!, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Existencias, Musac, Leon
1st Athens Biennial 2007, Athens
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2007, Göteborg
The Hours: Visual art of contemporary latinamerican art, Museum of Contemporary Art
of Sydney, Sydney
New Economy, Artists Space, New York
Not Afraid of the Dark, Hangar Bicocca | spazio d’arte contemporanea, Milan
Raum – Orte der Kunst, AdK – Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2006 Kunst und Photographie, Photographie und Kunst, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
Surprise Surprise, ICA, London
TRANSIT, ARTFrankfurt, Frankfurt
The View from Here: Acquisitions since 2000, Tate Modern, London
The Grand Promenade, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athens
Into me / Out of me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2005 Power Plays – Artists Challenge Authorities, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Minimalism And After IV, Sammlung Daimler Chrysler, Berlin
Always a Little Further, Venice Biennale, Venice
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lenin Museum, Moscow
War is over 1945–2005. La libertá dell’arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan,
GAMeC – Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
Centre of Gravity, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul
General Ideas–Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987–2005, CCA Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
8e Biennale de Lyon – ‘Expérience de la durée, La biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon,
Lyon
En Attente, Casino Luxembourg – Forum dart contemporain, Luxembourg
Prague Biennale 2, Prague
Sharjah International Art Biennial 7, Sharjah
Interessi Zero, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
2004 Produciendo Realidad, Associazione Culturale Prometeo, Ex Chiesa di San Matteo,
Lucca
26 Bienal de São Paulo, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
Seven Sins, MUSEION – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano Social Capital–Forms of Interaction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Big Nothing, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
SOZIALE KREATUREN – Wie Körper Kunst wird, recommended Sprengel Museum
Hannover, Hannover
The Real Royal Trip / El Retorno, Patio Herreriano – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Español, Valladolid
Material Witness, MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Made in Mexico, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2003 Stretch, The Power Plant, Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
Guided by Heroes, Limburg
Hardcore, towards a new activism, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Witness, Barbican Art, London
El real viaje Real / The Real Royal Trip, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Fast Forward, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe
In faccia al mondo. Il ritratto contemporaneo nel medium fotografico, Villa
Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
Money for Nothing, Artspace, Auckland
2002 20 Million Mexicans Can’t be wrong, SLG South London Gallery, London
Centre of Attraction, The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and
Values, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Coartadas / Alibis, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Art & Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Alibis / coartadas, Institut du Mexique à Paris, Paris
2001 Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
3 Intervenciones Urbanas, Barcelona Art Report 2001, Barcelona
ARS 01. Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Trans Sexual Express: A Classic for the Third Millennium, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica,
Barcelona
La platea dell’umanità, Venice Biennale, Venice
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2000 Pervirtiendo el minimalismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid
Extramuros, Havana
Leaving the Island, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan
Documentos, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles
A shot in a head, Lisson Gallery, London
EV.A 2000, Friends and Neighbours, The 4th biennial invited ev.a. Limerik
*1966 born in Madrid, Spain
Education
1989 BA in Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
1989 Círculo de Bellas Artes, (J.G.Dokoupil), Madrid
1989-1991 Hochschule für Bildende Künste (F.E. Walter, B.J. Blume and S. Brown), Hamburg
1995-1997 Escuela de San Carlos, Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico City
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 NO, Global Tour, ARTIUM Centro-Museo de Art Contemporaneo Basco, Vitoria, Spain
2010 7 forms measuring 600 x 60 x 60 cm, constructed to be held horizontal to a wall,
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
NO, Global Tour, American University Museum, Washington D.C.
2009 NO, Global Tour, Various locations, ongoing project
Death Counter, commissioned by ELECTRA as part of ‘Offer & Exchange:
Sites of Negotiation in Contemporary Art’, Hiscox Headquarters, London
NO, Global Tour, Milan
34 cm, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
Ponticelli, Madre, Naples
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (Marco), Vigo
Los penetrados, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Santiago Sierra, Magasin3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
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
2007 Nuovi lavori italiani, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan
Proyecto Caracas, Sala Mendoza e Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas
Submission, Proyecto Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
New Works, Lisson Gallery, London
La trampa’ e ‘Los adultos, Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago del Chile
Himnos, Cabildo de Montevideo, Montevideo
2006 Iluminacio del espacio entre dos planos, CAC Malaga
Diamondtraffickills / Goldtraffickills, Chus Bures Space, Madrid
245 m³, Sinagoga Stommeln, Pulheim
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2005 Haus Im Schlamm, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Una Persona, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
Santiago Sierra Under Construction 2: Casa Poporului, National Museum of
Contemporary Art, Bucarest
2004 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Lisson Gallery, London
Klassenkampf, Associazione Culturale Prometeo and Claudio Poleschiarte
Contemporanea, Lucca
Galerie Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Centre d`art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny
Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
2003 Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Polanco
Spanish Pavillion, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice
2002 Hiring and Arrangement of 30 Workers in Relation to their Skin Color, Project Space,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
The Displacement of a Cacerolada, Kunsthalle Wien, Project Space Karlsplatz, Vienna
Group of persons facing the wall and person facing into a corner, Lisson Gallery, London
2 maraqueros, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City
Person saying a phrase, New Street, Birmingham
Getto di poliuretano sopra 18 persone, Associazione Culturale Prometeo and Claudio
Poleschi Arte Contemporanea, Ex Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca
2001 20 workers in a ship’s storage room, Maremagnum harbour of Barcelona
430 personas remuneradas con 30 Soles (1/2 $) la hora, Galleria Pancho Fierro, Lima
2000 Person paid for 360 continuous hours of work, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center,
New York
Muro de una galeria arrancado, inclinado a 60 grados del suelo 7 sistenido por
5 personas, Acceso A, Mexico City
12 workers paid to remain inside cardboard boxes, Ace Gallery New York, New York
Publico transportado entre dos puntos de la Ciudad De Guatemala, Bella de Vico
Arte Contemporaneo, Guatemala City
1999 Linea de 250 cm tatuata sobre 6 personas remuneradas, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana
465 personas remuneradas, Gallery Seven, Mexico City
24 blocks of concrete constantly moved during a day’s work by paid workers,
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
1998 Obstrucción de una vía con un contenedor de carga, Arte In Situ,
La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City
1997 Traslación de un automóvil, G Fardo de 1.000 x 400 x 250 cm, com puesto de plásticos
en desuso y suspendido de la fachada de un edificio sito en la calle Isabel la Católica,
5, Galería Art & Idea, Mexico City alería BF 15, Monterrey
1996 15 hexaedros de 250 cm de lado cada uno, Museo Carrillo Gil, México D.F.
1994 86 módulos de soporte publicitario metálico de 300 x 80 cm cada uno,
Galería Ángel Romero, Madrid
Dos cilindros de 250 x 250 cm cada uno compuestos de carteles arrancados,
Espacio «P», Madrid
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 De-Building, Christ Church Art Gallery Puna O Waiwhetu, ChristChurch, New Zealand
2010 XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara
Arte y politica, Museo de Arte de Culiacán, Culiacán
Investigations of a dog – Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão
Fetiches críticos. Residuos de la economía general I – CA2M – Centro de Arte
Dos de Mayo, Móstoles
2009 Performa 09, New York
cargo / cargo manifest / cargo vision, Autocenter, Berlin
Persona. Presencias humanas en la fotografía contemporánea, Galeria Maior,
Palma de Mallorca
Political/Minimal, Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz
Arte ≠ Vida, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
The First Stop on the Super Highway, Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin-si
Offer & Exchange: Sites of negotiation in Contemporary Art, London
Repeat All, MIS, São Paulo
2008 The Living Currency, Tate Modern, London
All-Inclusive–A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio,
New York
GREENWASHING–Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities,
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Art in the Life World, Breaking Ground, Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun,Dublin
Typical! Clichés of Jews and Others, The Jewish Museum, Berlin
Terms of Use, Montehermoso Cultural Centre, Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2007 Perplexed in Public, Lisson Gallery (different locations), London
Active Constellation, Brno Hause of Art, Brno
Stable–The balance of Power, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Paranoia, The Freud Museum, London
RAUM. Orte der Kunst, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
We are your future, Special program during the 2nd Moscow Biennial, Moscow
Concept: Photography–Dialogues & Attitudes, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
The Invisible Show, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
iViva la Muerte!, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Existencias, Musac, Leon
1st Athens Biennial 2007, Athens
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2007, Göteborg
The Hours: Visual art of contemporary latinamerican art, Museum of Contemporary Art
of Sydney, Sydney
New Economy, Artists Space, New York
Not Afraid of the Dark, Hangar Bicocca | spazio d’arte contemporanea, Milan
Raum – Orte der Kunst, AdK – Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2006 Kunst und Photographie, Photographie und Kunst, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
Surprise Surprise, ICA, London
TRANSIT, ARTFrankfurt, Frankfurt
The View from Here: Acquisitions since 2000, Tate Modern, London
The Grand Promenade, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athens
Into me / Out of me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2005 Power Plays – Artists Challenge Authorities, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Minimalism And After IV, Sammlung Daimler Chrysler, Berlin
Always a Little Further, Venice Biennale, Venice
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lenin Museum, Moscow
War is over 1945–2005. La libertá dell’arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan,
GAMeC – Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
Centre of Gravity, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul
General Ideas–Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987–2005, CCA Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
8e Biennale de Lyon – ‘Expérience de la durée, La biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon,
Lyon
En Attente, Casino Luxembourg – Forum dart contemporain, Luxembourg
Prague Biennale 2, Prague
Sharjah International Art Biennial 7, Sharjah
Interessi Zero, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
2004 Produciendo Realidad, Associazione Culturale Prometeo, Ex Chiesa di San Matteo,
Lucca
26 Bienal de São Paulo, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
Seven Sins, MUSEION – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano Social Capital–Forms of Interaction, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Big Nothing, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
SOZIALE KREATUREN – Wie Körper Kunst wird, recommended Sprengel Museum
Hannover, Hannover
The Real Royal Trip / El Retorno, Patio Herreriano – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Español, Valladolid
Material Witness, MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Made in Mexico, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2003 Stretch, The Power Plant, Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
Guided by Heroes, Limburg
Hardcore, towards a new activism, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Witness, Barbican Art, London
El real viaje Real / The Real Royal Trip, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Fast Forward, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe
In faccia al mondo. Il ritratto contemporaneo nel medium fotografico, Villa
Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
Money for Nothing, Artspace, Auckland
2002 20 Million Mexicans Can’t be wrong, SLG South London Gallery, London
Centre of Attraction, The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and
Values, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Coartadas / Alibis, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Art & Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Alibis / coartadas, Institut du Mexique à Paris, Paris
2001 Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
3 Intervenciones Urbanas, Barcelona Art Report 2001, Barcelona
ARS 01. Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Trans Sexual Express: A Classic for the Third Millennium, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica,
Barcelona
La platea dell’umanità, Venice Biennale, Venice
Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2000 Pervirtiendo el minimalismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid
Extramuros, Havana
Leaving the Island, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan
Documentos, ACE Gallery, Los Angeles
A shot in a head, Lisson Gallery, London
EV.A 2000, Friends and Neighbours, The 4th biennial invited ev.a. Limerik
Links: www.santiago-sierra.com