Oscar Muñoz
Oscar Muñoz was born in 1951 in Popayán, Colombia
He currently lives and works in Cali, Colombia
Muñoz graduated from the Escuela de Bellas Artes in 1971, and has developed his career through a prolific investigation of post-modern methods of representation, using non-conventional photographic and mechanical printing techniques and video. He created a singular imagery and historiography by using transient mediums such as human breath, water, dust and fire, focusing on the precarious reality of human life
The work of Oscar Muñoz has participated in numerous personal and collective exhibitions in international institutions such as the MoMA, New York (2013); Louvre Abu Dhabi (2019); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2016); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2014); Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, (2021); Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, (2022); Sorigué Foundation, Lleida, Spain (2018); SF MOMA, San Francisco (2012); Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2019); Perez Art Museum, Miami (2013); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris (2016); CIFO Space for the Arts, Miami (2009); Philadelphia Museum of Art (2010); Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (2016); Pori Art Museum, Finland (2009); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2008); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2009); the PICA Museum, Perth (2009); Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan (2009); Korea Foundation, Seul (2008); New South Wales Gallery, Sydney (2009) and the MALI, Lima (2013), among others. He has participated in the 51st and 52nd editions of the Venice Biennale (2005 and 2007).
Muñoz’s works are in important public and private collections including the the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Tate Modern, London; Hirschhorn Museum, Washington DC; SF MOMA, San Francisco; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA); and Fundacion La Caixa, Barcelona among many others.
In 2018, Oscar Muñoz was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation Award and in 2013 the Prince Claus Award.
Proyecto para un memorial, 2004-2005 - Video installation, exhibition view, Venice Biennale, 2007
Protographies - Exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2014
Biografias, 2002 - Video installation, exhibition view, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010
Re/trato, 2004 - Single channel video
El Coleccionista, 2014 - Video installation, exhibition view, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, 2016
El Coleccionista, 2014 - Three channel video installation
Editor Solitario, 2011 -Video projection on table, exhibition view, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2020
Editor Solitario, 2011 -Video projection on table
Editor Solitario, 2011 -Video projection on table
Editor Solitario, 2011 -Video projection on table
Intentos 1 y 2, 2004 Video projection over custom concrete tile
Intentos 1 y 2, 2004 Video projection over custom concrete tile
6 Intentos (Biografías), 2001-2002 Video projection over photographic paper and custom shelf
6 Intentos (Biografías), 2001-2002 Video projection over photographic paper and custom shelf
El Ejercicio de la Empatia – Fernell Franco, 2016 - video Installation with photographs on table, exhibition view, Fondation Cartier, Paris, 2016
Aliento, 1995 - Exhibition view, Institute of International Visual Arts, London, 2012
Aliento, 1995 - Nine silkscreens on metal mirrors, detail
Aliento, 1995 – Exhibition view, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2019
Ambulatorio, 1994-2008 - Exhibition view, O.K. Centrum, Linz, Austria, 2009
Ambulatorio, 1994-2008 - Aerial photographs encapsuled in security glass
Ambulatorio Belfast, 2012 – Installation view, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, 2012
Invisibilia - Exhibition view, Phoenix Art Museum, 2021
Invisibilia - Exhibition view, Phoenix Art Museum, 2021
Protographies - Exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2014
Cortinas de baño, 1994 - Acrylic on plastic curtains, exhibition view, Perez Art Museum, Miami, 2014
Des/materializaciones - Exhibition view, Fundación Sorigué, Lleida, Spain, 2017
El Juego de las probabilidades, 2007 - Exhibition view, Fundación Sorigué, Lleida, Spain, 2018
El juego de las probabilidades, 2007 - Series of 12 archival pigment prints, detail
Invisibilia - Exhibition view, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, 2022
Protographies - Exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2014
País/Tiempo, 2007-2011 – Exhibition view, Museo de Arte del Banco de la Republica, Bogota, 2014
País/Tiempo, 2007-2011 - Pyrography on paper, detail
Des/materializaciones - Exhibition view, Fundación Sorigué, Lleida, Spain, 2017
Pixels, 1999-2000 - Coffee stained sugar cubes
Pixels, 1999-2000 - Coffee stained sugar cubes, detail
Exhibition view, Hasselblad Foundation, Göteborg, Sweden, 2018
3-3A, 2008 - Exhibition view, Hasselblad Foundation, Göteborg, Sweden, 2018
Impresiones débiles, 2001 (Series of impressions with coal dust on methacrylate – Exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2014)
Invisibilia - Exhibition view, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, 2022
Horizonte, 2011 - Series of three impressions with coal dust on methacrylate, detail
Haber estado allí, 2011 Series of 4 impressions with coal dust on methacrylate (detail)
Haber estado allí, 2011 Series of 4 impressions with coal dust on methacrylate (detail)
El método Ludovico (1), 2018 - Video projection on plastic screen with metallic blepharostats
El método Ludovico (1), 2018 - Video projection on plastic screen with metallic blepharostats (video still)
La mirada del cíclope, 2002 - Single channel video
Línea del destino, 2006 - Single channel video
El Puente, 2004 - Video installation, exhibition view, CIFO Art Space, 2009
Doméstico, 2016-2017 - Polished white marble
Doméstico II, 2018 - Polished white marble
Doméstico II, 2018 - Polished white marble (detail)
Doméstico II, 2018 - Polished white marble (detail)
4×3, 2016-2017 - Remains of photographs mounted on paper and framed
4×3, 2016-2017 - Remains of photographs mounted on paper and framed
Lacrimarios, 2000-2001 - Series of Glass containers with water, charcoal dust
Lacrimarios, 2000-2001 - Series of Glass containers with water, charcoal dust, detail
Narciso, 2001 - Single channel video
Biografías, 2002 - Series of digital prints
Biografías (Mujer), 2002 - Nine digital prints
A Traves del Cristal, 2008-2016 - Video installation, exhibition view, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 2014
A través del cristal, 2008-2016 - Video Installation with framed LCD screens