Milena Bonilla

Milena Bonilla was born in 1975 in Bogota
She lives and works in Amsterdam

Milena Bonilla’s research-based practice is currently invested in epistemological colonialism and the different ways it affects organisms, language and social structures. By identifying patters, gaps and silences within specific historical narratives, the artist draws tensions between predetermined political templates and uses of cognition. These conceptual and perceptual exercises appear weaved across the manifold material manifestations of her work.

After studying visual arts at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota, she studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (2009-2010).

Her work has been presented in several international institutions and events, such as Framer/Framed, Amsterdam (2019); Garage, Rotterdam (2018); The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2018); M HKA, Antwerpen (2018); Ar/Ge Kunst, Bolzano (2017); Kadist, San Francisco (2018); The Jewish Museum, New York (2017); MAMM, Medellín, Colombia (2015-2017); Spring Workshop, Hong Kong (2015); CA2M, Madrid (2015); The Mistake Room, Los Angeles (2015); MNBA, Buenos Aires (2013); Institute of International Visual Arts, Iniva, London (2010); Witte de With, Rotterdam (2010); Konstall C, Stockholm (2009); Marrakech Biennale (2014) ; 10th Havana Biennale, Cuba (2009); 12th Istanbul Biennale (2011); 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012) and 3rd Bucharest Biennale (2008).

Milena Bonilla is a research fellow and guest resident (together with Ana María Gómez López) at the International Institute of Social History (IISH) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, she is also currently finishing a residency period at ZK/U Berlin.

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