Johanna Unzueta - July 2021
Johanna Unzueta (Santiago, Chile, 1974) studied art at the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. Lived in New York City between 2000-2020, currently is based in Berlin. She has exhibited widely through Europe, North America, and South America, having solo exhibitions and projects at Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK, Eli, and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, the Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago de Chile, Galeria Die Ecke, Santiago de Chile, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Queens Museum of Art, New York, and Or Gallery, Vancouver. She has participated in group exhibitions at Casa de America, Madrid, 3rd edition de Frestas – Trienal de Artes, Sesc São Paulo, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh, Sculpture Center, New York, The Drawing Center, New York, X Berlin Biennale, Bronx Museum, New York, The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Universidad de Chile, Santiago, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Museu de Arte Contemporãnea da Universidade de São Paulo and A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro.
Residencies and study programs include LaunchPad Lab, La Boissier, France, La Tallera, Open Sessions, The Drawing Center, New York, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, Mexico (2015), Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2013), DIVA, The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts (2012), Capacete, Rio de Janeiro (2007) and Art Omi, Gent, New York (2001). She has co-edited and published artists’ books with Felipe Mujica since 2008. Unzueta is a recipient of the FONDART grant, from the Chilean Board of Arts and Culture (1999, 2004, and 2010) and the DIRAC prize from the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004 and 2008)
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