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Carlos Amorales

Carlos Amorales was born in 1970 in Mexico City, where he lives and works. He studied in Amsterdam at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (1992-1997). In his work he uses different media such as drawing,animation, installation, performance, digital graphic,video and painting. He is also co-founder of NuevosRicos, a discographic project.

His solo exhibitions have included: Germinal, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City (2013); La Langue des Morts, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France (2012); Carlos Amorales Remix, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (2010); Four Animations, Five Drawings and a Plague, Philadelphia Art Museum, (2008); New perspectives in Latin American Art, MoMA, New York (2007); Amorales vs. Amorales, Challenge 2003, Tate Modern, London (2003). He has also participated in various biennials such as Berlin (2014 and 2001), Manifesta 9, Belgium (2012), La Habana (2009), Performa (New York, 2007) and Venice (2003).

His work features in important collections such as Jumex (Mexico), the Tate Modern (London), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Daros Latinamerica (Zurich), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) and Museum

Boijmans Van Beunigen (Rotterdam) among others.

Has participated in

Sebald Variations

The Art of Storytelling