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Mexican artist
Pia Camil (born 1980) is a Mexican
contemporary artist . Camil works in painting, sculpture, installation and performance.
Biography
Pia Camil was born in 1980 in
Mexico City ,
Mexico .
[1] Camil was raised in Mexico City.
Camil focused on studying painting in her college education.
[2] She earned a
B.F.A. in Painting in 2003 from the
Rhode Island School of Design , and an
M.F.A. in 2008 from the
Slade School of Fine Art , in London.
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Camil’s work is usually associated to the Mexican urban landscape, the aesthetic language of modernism and its relationship to retail and advertising.
[5] Recently she has engaged in public participation as a way to activate the work and engage with the politics of consumerism.
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Her work is included in many public museum collections including
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ,
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Centre Pompidou ,
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Blanton Museum of Art ,
[6] and others.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Pia Camil: Three Works,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson , Tucson, Arizona (2021)
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Telón de Boca ,
Museo Universitario del Chopo , Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Itzel Vargas. (2018)
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Fade to Black: Sit, Relax, Look ,
Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, Georgia. (2018)
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Bara, Bara, Bara ,
Dallas Contemporary , Dallas, Texas. Curated by
Justine Ludwig . (2017)
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Divisor Pirata , NuMu (Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo),
Guatemala City , Guatemala. (2016)
A Pot for A Latch , second edition,
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the
University of California, Davis ,
California . (2016)
Slats, Skins & Shopfittings ,
Blum & Poe , New York City, New York. (2016)
A Pot for A Latch ,
New Museum , New York City, New York. (2016)
Group exhibitions
References
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"The Clark Art Institute Launches A New Contemporary Art Program With Works by Mexican Artist Pia Camil" . ArtfixDaily . March 7, 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Limnander, Armand (December 5, 2018).
"The Nine Women Leading Mexico's Cultural Renaissance" . W Magazine . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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"Pia Camil, Mexican performance and multimedia artist" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 2019-04-04 .
^ Cepeda, Gaby (2019-04-01).
"In the Studio: Pia Camil" . Art in America . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Radin, Sara (2019-12-03).
"Pia Camil turns old T-shirts into art" . i-D . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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"La artista mexicana, Pia Camil, crea esta impactante obra para la portada de Vogue" [The Mexican artist, Pia Camil, creates the work 'New Beginnings' for Vogue]. Vogue Mexico (in Mexican Spanish). July 2, 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Gleichenhaus, Becca (2019-11-05).
"An Evening With Pia Camil at the Guggenheim on November 8" . Hyperallergic . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Regan, Margaret.
"Make it sew: MOCA-Tucson features exhibit of reclaimed T-shirts" . Tucson Weekly . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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"Artista mexicano será curador en la Trienal de Aichi 2019" . Centro Urbano (in Spanish). 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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"Censorship Was Just One of the Aichi Triennale's Problems. Now, a Government Report Reflects on What Went Wrong" . Artnet News . 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Durón, Maximilíano (2019-10-09).
"Following Censorship Allegations, Aichi Triennale Reopens Controversial Exhibition, Puts Back on View Works Removed by Artists" . ARTnews.com . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
^ Biller, Steven (2019-03-29).
"Desert X 2019 Addresses Desert Issues, Conditions With Art Installations" . Palm Springs Life . Retrieved 2021-06-01 .
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