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Born into the middle of Guatemala's three-decade civil war, Sandra Monterroso (b.1974) has developed a socially and politically motivated practice in which she strives to recover and restore her cultural heritage as a Mayan artist, as well as explore other Latin American indigenous cultural practices.
Her work ranges from video and performance to sculpture and drawing, bound together by her committed insistence to foreground Mayan culture and the Q’eqchi’ language. Monterroso is, in Sara Garzón's words, 'one of the major exponents of indigenous contemporary Latin American art'.
Recently Sandra's work has been acquired by the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid as part of a donation to the museum by the collectors Jorge Pérez and Mario Cáder-Frech. Her work is held in collections at The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina, Madrid; University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom; Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Costa Rica; Fundación Ortíz Gurdián, Nicaragua and the Paíz and YAXS Foundations in Guatemala. She has had exhibitions in institutions such as The Getty Center, Los Angeles; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, California; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Havremagasinet, Suecia; Exit, Academia de Arte de Viena, Vienna, Austria
Sandra Monterroso (1974) is a Guatemalan visual artist and designer.
Born in Guatemala April, 1974. She is a PHD in practice candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. A Master's degree in Design Processes in UPAEP, University of Puebla, Mexico and a Bachelor's degree Graphic Design at the Rafael Landivar University of Guatemala. Obtains a speciality in Peace and Development for the Castellón España's Jaume I University.
With ten individual exhibitions and more than fifty collective exhibitions, she has represented her country in more than 10 international and national biennials, among which the 56 Venice Biennial, 12 Havana Biennal in 2015 and the Triennial de Sorocaba, Frestas, Brasil, 2017. Her work belongs to the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, MADC, in Costa Rica, Essex Collection of Latin American Art and to the Fundación Ortiz Gurdián Nicaragua, Paiz Foundation and Yaxs Collection and private collections in Guatemala.
Awards: Honorary Mension, XVI Paíz Visual Arts Bienalle, Guatemala, 2008. First place, XV Arte Paiz Bienalle Guatemala, 2006. Honorary Mension in Juannio, Auction of Latin American art contest, 2005. First place, Engraving National Hall Contest, Carlos Merida, National Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala, Guatemala, 2005. First place, Videoart Central American Contest, Contemporary Art and Design Museum of San Jose, Costa Rica, 2004.
Actualidad, 29 sep de 2020
Arte iberoamericano indígena contra la discriminación: 12 artistas para seguir
Por Gustavo Pérez Diez
Desde artistas reconocidos como el colombiano Abel Rodríguez y el argentino Miguel Ángel Ríos a nuevos descubrimientos como el activista y drag queen indígena jujeño Bartolina Xixa, invitado a la 11ª Bienal ...
Mercado, 08 jul de 2020
Triplete de fichajes iberoamericanos por tres importantes galerías estadounidenses y una portuguesa
Por Gustavo Pérez Diez
Las galerías 'globales' Pace y Blum & Poe anuncian la incorporación de la afrobrasileña Sônia Gomes, en plena oleada de protestas del movimiento Black Lives Matter en los Estados Unidos.
Grandes Eventos, 08 jun de 2014
Empieza la Bienal de Arte Paiz con 49 artistas
Por ARTEINFORMADO
Entre los nueve artistas internacionales invitados, hay cuatro colombianos.
Exposición. 31 oct de 2024 - 09 feb de 2025 / Artium - Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo / Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, España