MADRID, 1966
LIVES AND WORKS IN SITU
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WORK EXPOSED IN MADRID ABIERTO: BANDERA NEGRA DE LA REPÚBLICA ESPAÑOLA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
· Centro Cultural Matucana, Santiago de Chile, Chile
· Santiago Sierra, New Works, Lisson Gallery, London, UK. www.santiago-sierra.com 200709_1024.htm" 21 Anthropometric modules made from human faeces by the people of SULABH international, India. Nueva Delhi/Jaipur, India, 2005/2006
· 1549 Crimenes de Estado. Antiguo Edificio de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de la Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlatelolco, Mexico City
· Himnos, Cabildo de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
· Proyecto Caracas. Santiago Sierra, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
· Concierto para Planta Eléctrica a Diésel, Salon Experimental de la Fundación Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela
· Submission, "Proyecto Juárez", México City, México
· Santiago Sierra, Prometeogallery, Milan, Italy
2006
· Illumination of the space between two plains, Contemporary Art Center of Malaga-CAC, Málaga, Spain
· The Punished. Landgericht Frankfurt, Gerichtsstrasse 2, Kleinmarkthalle, Hasengasse 5-7, U-Bahn Hauptwache, S-Bahnzugang Hbhf, Deutsche Bibliothek, Adickesallee 1, Stadtbücherei, Zeil 17, Senckenberg Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, J-W.- Goethe Universität, Hauptgebäude, Senckenberganlage 31, Fine Arte Fair, Messe Frankfurt Halle 9, Frankfurt, Germany
· 114 Stommeln citizens & 245 m3, Synagoge Stommeln, Germany
· Jewels collection. Designed by Chus Bures, Madrid, Spain
· 89 Huichols, San Andrés Jalisco, Jalisco, México
2005
· 102 Beggears, Plaza del Estudiante, 20, Mexico D.F.
· 396 Women & The Corridor in the House of the People & Psychophony recordered in the house of the people, House of the People, Bucharest, Romania
· House in Mud, kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Maschsee-Projekt
· One person, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
· The visit, Colonia Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico/Daimler Chrysler-Mercedes Benz factory, Bremen, Germany
· Position Exanche for two dinstict, 30 metre volumes of earth, Demilitarized Area Between North and South Korea
· Loudspeakers, Entrance to the Arsenale, Venice
2004
· Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
· 100 Constructions with 10 Modules and 10 Workers, Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich
· Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
· CAC Centre d'Art Contemporain de Brétigny, Paris
2003
· Outdoor project, Galerie Helga de Alvear, Madrid
· The Spanish Pavillion at the Bienale di Venezia Venice
2002
· Hiring and Arrangement of 30 Workers in Relation to their Skin Color, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
· Space closed by corrugated metal, Part 1: Sept. 10 - Oct. 10 and Group of people facing a wall, Person facing into a corner, Part 2: Lisson Gallery, London
· 3000 digs of 180 x 70 x 70 cm each, Fundación NMAC, Montenmedio, Cádiz, Spain
· Nine forms of 100 x 100 x 600 cm each, constructed to be supported perpendicular to a wall, Deitch PROJECTS, New York, USA
· Spraying of Polyurethane over 18 People, Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporanea, Lucca, Italy
· The History of the Foksal Gallery Taught to an Unemployed Ukrainian, FOKSAL Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
· 11 People paid to learn a phrase, Project Room, ARCO'02, Madrid, Galerie Peter Kilchmann
· Person saying a Phrase, IKON Gallery, Birmingham
· Two Maraca Players, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City
2001
· 430 people paid 7 1/2 Soles ($ 1/2) per hour, Pancho Fierro Gallery, Lima, Peru
· Sit-In by twenty workers in the hold of a boat, Barcelona, Spain
· Banner held outside the entrance to an artfair, Art Unlimited Basel, Peter Kilchmann Gallery
· Object measuring 600 x 57 x 52 cm constructed to be held horizontally to a wall, Peter Kilchmann Gallery Zurich
2000
· Six People who cannot be remunerated for the Staying in the interior of Cardboard Boxes, Kunstwerke, Berlin
· Person Remunerated for a Period of 360 Consecutive Hours, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, USA
· 12 Remunerated Workers, Ace Gallery New York, USA
· Public transported between two points of Guatemala City, Bella de Vico Arte Contemporaneo
1999
· Line of 250 cm tattooed over six paid persons, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
· 465 Remunerated People, Gallery Seven, Mexico City, Mexico
· 24 Concrete Blocks moved continuously during one working period by ten remunerated workers, Ace Gallery Los Angeles, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2007
· Plataforma Puebla 2006. Curators: Príamo Lozada & Bárbara Perea
2005
· 51st Venice Biennale
2004
· Arrangement of Twelve Prefabricated Parapets, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel
· Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brasile
· Liverpool Biennale, UK
· "Soziale Kreaturen", Wie Körper Kunst wird, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
· "El real viaje real", Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
2003
· "El real viaje real", PS1, Long Island City, New York, USA
· "fast forward", Media Art/Sammlung götz, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
· "Terror Chic", Monika Sprüth / Philomene Magers Gallery Munich, Germany
· "Stretch", Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
· "Hardcore", Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
· "Witness - Contemporary Artists document our Time", Barbican Art, Barbican Center, London, UK
· "Mexico Attacks", Associazione per L'Arte Contemporanea Prometeo, Lucca, Italy. Herzliy Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel
· "M ARS - Art and War", Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Austria
2002
· "20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong", South London Gallery, London, UK "Centre of Attraction", The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, Lithuania
· "Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values", P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, USA
· "Protest! Respect! - Politik als ästhetische Kategorie", Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Swizerland
· "Trans Sexual Express", ATRIUM, A Coruña, Spain
· "The song of the pirate", Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
· "Art & Economy", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
· "Spanish Contemporary Art", Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
· "Trans Sexual Express", Budapest, Hungary
· "Loop", P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
2001
· "Marking the Territory", Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
· "ARS 01 - Unfolding perspectives", KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
· "Loop", Hypo Kunsthalle, Munich, Germany-travels to P.S.1, Brooklyn, New York
· Person paid to remain tied down to a wooden block, "Transsexual Express", Santa Mónica Contemporary Art Center, Barcelona, Spain
· Kunsthalle Hanover, Germany
· 49th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
· Trienal de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
· "Artistas Latinoamericanos", Salvador de Bahia, Brasil
2000
· "Latin America", Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
· "PICAF Living the Islands", Pusan, Republic of South Korea
· "A shot in a head", Lisson Gallery, London, UK
· "EV. A 2000, Friends and Neighbours. The 4th Biennial invited ev. a.", Limerick, Ireland
1999
· Concentration of Illegal Workers, BF 15 Gallerys' Stand, FIAC, Paris, France
· "No Title",Guatemala
· "Representar/Intervenir", X-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
· "Parada continua/Frequent Stops", Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
1998
· "Made in Mexico made in Venezuela", Art Metropole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
· "Cambio II", Sandra Gehring Gallery, New York, USA
· "Despues del cuerpo", 127 Gallery, Mexico City
CATALOGUES
· Santiago Sierra, 7 Trabajos/7 Works, Lisson Gallery, London, UK, november, 2007. Texts by Pilar Villela, Mariana David, Javier San Martín, Taiyana Pimentel
· Santiago Sierra. Texts by Fabbio Cavallucci and Carlos Jiménez. Published for the occasion the special project Una Persona, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italia
· Santiago Sierra, Spanish Pavilion. 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
· Santiago Sierra, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, Österreich, March, 2002. Interview by Gabriele Mackert
· Santiago Sierra. Espreado de poliuretano sobre 18 personas, Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporanea. Lucca, Italy, March 2002. Text by Pier Luigi Tazzi
· Santiago Sierra. Works 2002-1990, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK, Februrary, 2002. Text by Katya García-Antón
· Santiago Sierra, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland, March 2001. Text by Taiyana Pimentel
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
2003
· Interviews, Kunsthalle Wien, Triton Verlag, Vienna, Austria. Interview by Gerald Matt
· Hardcore - Vers un nouvel activisme, Palais de Tokyo, Éditions Cercle D'Art, París, Francia. Interview by Jérôme Sans
· Witness, Barbican Art Center, London, UK
· Mexico Attacks!, Chiesa di San Matteo, Associazione Promoteo per l´Arte Contemporanea, Lucca, Italia
· M_ARS. Art and War, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
2002
· Zivot umjetnosti, Institut za povijest umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia. Interview by Ivana Keser
· Comer o no comer, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. Text by Carlos Jiménez
· Otredad y mismidad, Espacio Anexo a la Galería de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño, Puebla, Mexico. Text by Ana María Guasch.
· 20 Million Mexicans Can´t Be Wrong, South London Gallery. London, UK. Text by Cuauhtémoc Medina
· Mexico City: an Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
· Art & Economy, Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Hatje Cantz Verlag. Ostfildern, Germany. Text by Claudia Spinelli
· The Hall of Lost Steps, Borusan Kültur ve Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey. Text by Rosa Martínez
2001
· Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
· Santiago Sierra. 430 personas remuneradas por 7.5 soles la hora, Galería Pancho Fierro, Centro de Artes Visuales, Lima, Perú. Text by Juan Peralta
· Políticas de la diferencia. Arte Iberoamericano de fin de siglo, Valencia, Spain - Pernambuco, Recife (Brazil): Consell General del Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana-Governo do Estado de Pernambuco. Centro de Convenciones de Pernambuco. Text by Cuauhtémoc Medina.
· ARS 01-Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
· Pay Attention Please, Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Olbia, Italia
· Trans Sexual Express: A Classic for the Third Millennium, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, España. Text by Taiyana Pimentel
· Comunicación entre las artes. I Bienal de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, España
· Plateau of Humankind. 49 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Text by Taiyana Pimentel
· Neue Welt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2000
· No es sólo lo que ves: pervirtiendo el minimalismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Text by Taiyana Pimentel
· Leaving the Island, Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan, Korea
· Puerto Rico '00 [Paréntesis en la ciudad], M&M proyectos, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
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