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
She 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, the Júmex Foundation/Collection in México, the CIFO Cisneros Fontanals art Foundation in United States, and the Zabludowicz Collection in London.

 

Solo Exhibitions

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

2008
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. París. Francia

An Archaeology. Curadora: Elizabeth Neilson. Colección Zabludowicz.
Project Space 176. Londres.

ARTE GIRA 07. Meca Mediterráneo Centro Artístico. Almería. España .

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. BuenosAires
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
Premio Braque- Objetos.
Fundación Banco Patricios.Otorgado por la Embajada de Francia.
Seleccionada

Prizes

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.

Bibliography

Marcelo E. Pacheco.
Marcela Astorga and the National Industry. Catalogue. Argentina

Ana Longoni.
SKINNED. Catalogue. October, 2002. Argentina

Taiyana Pimentel.
A MATTER OF HISTORY. Catalogue. October, 2003. Mexico

Gustavo Buntinx.
ARCO 04. FUTURIBLES: the americas. Catalogue. February, 2004. Spain.

Victoria Noorthoorn.
Limits with no Frontiers. Catalogue April, 2005. Argentina.

Jorge López Anaya.
Argentine Art. Four Centuries of History 1600- 2000. EMECE Publishers

Justo Pastor Mellado.
Cultural Chandon (5). www.justopastormellado.cl. September, 2005. Chile

Rosa María Ravera.
Aesthetic Conscience- Historical Conscience. Catalogue. July, 2006. Argentina.

Ana María Battistozzi.
Wild Territory. Catalogue. Argentina. April 2007.

Elizabeth Neilson.
Notes on an archaeology. Mythical histories, experimental archaeologies and magical objects. Catálogue. 176 Zabludowicz Art Projects. Londres. July 2007

Cecilia Fajardo-Hill
Fortunate Objects. Catalogue. CIFO Cisneros Fontanals art Foundation. Miami. USA. December 2007.

Victoria Verlichack.
Passion and restitution -. Catalogue. Argentina. May 2008.

Press

Julio Sánchez.
The Dressable Object. Museum Magazine #3. December, 1999 Argentina

Diana Aisenberg.
Skinning Daily Objects. Ramona Magazine #1. May, 2000. Argentina.

Jorge López Anaya.
To grow in spite of the adjustment. Diario La Nación (Journal). Argentina. October 2001.

Alina Tortosa.
Diario Buenos Aires Herald ( Journal ) June, 2002. Argentina

Fabián Lebenglik.
AUTHENTIC ARGENTINE LEATHER. Diario Página 12 (Journal) November, 2002. Argentina

Ana María Battistozzi.
THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO MARCELA ASTORGA Diario Clarín (Journal). November, 2002. Argentina

María Teresa Constantín.
BRUTALITY AND SEDUCTION. Revista 3 Puntos. (Magazine) November, 2002. Argentina

Jorge López Anaya.
DISTANT REALITIES. Diario La Nación (Journal). November, 2002. Argentina

Alina Tortosa.
A NEW INSIGHT INTO MARCELA ASTORGA`S WORK.Diario Buenos Aires Herald (Journal). November, 2002. Argentina

Jorge López Anaya.
WHAT`LL BE LEFT FROM THE 90`s? Supplement arteBA. Diaro La Nación (Journal). June, 2003. Argentina.

Victoria Verlichack.
ARTEBA 2003. Magazine Art Nexus # 50. 2003

Merry Mac Masters.
Nota Galería KBK. Cultural Supplement. Diario La Jornada (Journal). November, 2003, México.

Marta Cacho Dalda.
Sculpture. FUTURIBLES. Retrospective 04. Revista ARCO Especial (Magazine). Spain

Victoria Verlichack.
Scenes of the Art in Argentina. Revista ARCO # 33. 2004, Spain.

Víctor Zamudio Taylor.
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Victoria Verlichack.
Lustre and Darkness. Periódico Arte al Día (Journal). April, 2006.

Patricia Rodón.
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Judicaël Lavrador and Emmanuel Lequeux
Art contemporain. Les nouveaux arrivants. Beaux Arts magazine. France. October 2007.

Daniel Molina
A solar system. Diario La Nación (Journal). Argentina. December 2007.

Ana Martínez Quijano
Ten artists in search of a beauty without stridency. Diario Ambito Financiero (Journal). Argentina. March 2007

Ana María Battistozzi
A fair of collection. Revista Ñ (Magazine). Argentina. May 2008.

Ana María Battistozzi.
Ultima vidriera del arte contemporáneo argentino. Diario Clarín. Argentina. October 2005.

Daniel Molina.
Maps in the darkness. ADN Cultural. Diario La Nación (Journal). Argentina. Mayo 2008.