Biography

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, born in 1967 in Viña del Mar, Chile, grew up under the authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet. Drawing on history, folklore, mythology, sexuality and her own experiences under the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, Vásquez de la Horra explores themes of femininity, social hierarchy, oppression, politics and religion. Working mainly with the technique of drawing – either on blank sheets or on reused paper – she invents a fantastic universe populated by a multitude of creatures and symbols. She then dips her mysterious, erotic but also merciless drawings in melted beeswax, giving them a timeless patina and an almost corporeal materiality. The unframed drawings are often nailed next to each other on the wall in a cloud-like form or transformed into leporellos and model-house-like paper sculptures, which in turn evoke diverse associations and endless stories.

Documents

Publications

Works

Exhibitions

1989 – 1994

Studied visual communications at the University for Design, Viña Del Mar, Chile

1995 – 1996

Studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Jannis Kounellis

1999 – 2002

Studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Rosemarie Trockel

2001 – 2003

Postgraduate studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne


Awards

2023

Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2023, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

2022

Participation at La Biennale di Venezia, The 59th International Art Exhibition curated by Cecilia Alemani

2021

Winner of the Hans Theo Richter Award 2021, Sächsische Akademie der Künste

2013

Work scholarship, Kunstfonds Bonn

2009

Awarded the Drawing Prize of the Contemporary Art Foundation, Daniel and Florence Guerlain

1996

Art Prize Design Biennale. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago


Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2024

The Awake Volcanoes, Denver Art Museum, Denver/Museo Nacional Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile

The Murmur of the Cosmos, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

2023

Das archetypische Ich, Gutshaus Steglitz, Berlin

2022

Sueños lúcidos, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris

Aura, Galería Senda, Barcelona

El Ojo Interior, Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca

Cambio de Piel, Galeria da Casa A. Molder, Lisbon

Twin Souls, Galerie Haas, Zürich

Constellations, Sprovieri Gallery

2021

Geheimnis umhüllte Welt, Sächsische Akademie der Künste, Dresden

Room #5, Kewenig Galerie, Berlin

2020

Michael Haas Gallery, Berlin

Recent works, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

ZONAMACO, Bendana/Pinel Art Contemporain, Mexico City

Magazzino d’Arte Moderna Gallery, Rome

2019

Aguas Profundas, Museo Novecento, Florence

Take Back My Shadow, Wooson Gallery, Daewu, South Corea

SP Arte Festival Internacional de Sao Paulo, Bendana-Pinel, Paris

2018

Los Misterios, VNH GALLERY, Paris

America sin Fronteras, David Nolan Gallery, New York

Meridianos, Galería Senda, Barcelona

2017

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The artist voice, The Parkview Museum, Singapore

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Galerie Haas Zürich

2016

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Crossroads, David Nolan, New York

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: El Canto del Desierto, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan

2015

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas

Planetarium, Kewenig, Palma

2014

Una isla en cielo, Kewenig, Berlin

Todas Íbamos A Ser Reinas, Joao Esteves de Oliveira, Lisbon

Iñaki Bonillas & Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin

2013

Entre el cielo y la tierra, David Nolan Gallery, New York

Origines, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

Híbridos, Galeria Senda, Barcelona

2012

El Árbol del Fuego, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg

Êtres Chairs – Oda Jaune and Sandra Vásquez de la Horra” Maison de la Culture de la Province de Namu

David Nolan Gallery, New York

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin

2011

Ondinas /Ondines, Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca

Une montagne nommée désir / A mountain called desire, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez

L’Arcobaleno, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf

Zeichnungskabinett, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg

2010

Vuela Mi Alma, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

Tu Pelo es mi Bandera, Nolan Judin Berlin

O, sole mio!, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris

2009

Viva la musa!, David Nolan Gallery, New York

Confesiones de una Musa, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles

2008

Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf

David Nolan Gallery, New York

Mitológica, museum kunst palast, Dusseldorf

Impossible Mind, Elena Quarestani-Assab One, Milan

2007

Impossible Mind, Sprovieri Gallery, London

Impossible Mind, Kewenig, Cologne

2006

Kewenig, Palma

Galerie Rupert Pfab, Dusseldorf

2005

Alquimia Fantástica, Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca

1999

Botánica de la Evolución, Goethe Institut, Santiago de Chile

Anatomy Studies, Galeria Entropia, Breslau


Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2024

Forgive us Our Trespasses/Vergib uns unsere Schuld, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

2023

Remedios: Where new land might grow, C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain

Dangerous Love: Love through the eyes of women, Museum Montanelli, Prague, Czech Republic

On Water & Plants – Artistic positions on sustainability, Troy House, London, United Kingdom

Les Enchantées, Haunt Berlin, Germany

2022

The Milk of Dreams, 59th Biennal di Venezia 2022, curated by Cecilia Alemani

Gulliver’s Sketchbook, KAI 10/ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf

2021

CHARTA #2 – Identity and Narration, HAUNT, Berlin

2019

SUR UN TERRAIN ÉTRANGE, KEWENIG, Berlin

A Passion for Drawing, Die Sammlung Guerlain aus dem Centre Pompidou Paris, Albertina Museum Wien, Vienna

AND SHE SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD, curated by Nadia Bijl, KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra at SP Fiera Brazil, Bendana Pinel Gallery, Paris

When the facts change, I change my mind, Lullin+Ferrari Gallery, Zürich

Disturbing Narrative, THE PARKVIEW MUSEUM, curated by Loránd Hegyii. Singapore

2018

Il TERZO GIORNO, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, curated by Didi Bozzini

DARSI, Palazzo Lombardia, Milano, curated by Bustos Domenech

2017

Strange Beauty, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf

SEHT, da ist DER MENSCH, Kunstmuseums Magdeburg, Magdeburg

Les Dix ans au Prix de dessin de la Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Paris

To The Point, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York

2016

Intrigantes incertitudes, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Étienne

Una imagen llamada palabra, Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago

George Grosz: Politics and his Influence, David Nolan Gallery, New York

El tormento y el éxtasis Arte de origen latinoamericano en las colecciones de Mallorca, una revisión desde la contempora, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca

Mir ist das Leben lieber / I Prefer Life – Sammlung Reydan Weiss, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen

2015

Texas Christian University Galleries, Texas, USA

Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Drawing: The Bottom Line, S.M.A.K, Ghent

Das gezeichnete Ich – Zwischen Auslöschung und Maskierung, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz

Pandora’s Vox, Prague City Gallery, Prague

Sommer Nacht Traum. Frauen – Landschaften, Altana Kultur Stiftung, Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe

Sinnliche (Un)Gewissheit. Private Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich

Drawing now, Albertina Wien, Vienna

2014

Block Mágico, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile

Year After Year – Drwaings from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan

Magic Block – Contemporary Art from Chile, stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen

The Drawing room, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck

Teutloff Collections meets Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne

2013

Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

The Drawing Room, Ursula Bickle Stiftung, Kraichtal/Galerie im Taxispalais, Galerie des Landes Tirol, Innsbruck

Lilith, Katz Contemporary, Zurich

2012

Sao Paulo Biennal, Sao Paulo

Montevideo Biennal, Montevideo

Speaking Artist, Busan Museum for Art, Korea

Zeitgespenster. Erscheinungen des Übernatürlichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst”, Museum Morsbroich, Morsbroich

Hysterical Fantasy, Magazzini, Rome

Expanded Drawing `012, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca

Newtopia: The state of human rights, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen

Aus Passion – Die Sammlung Hanck, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf

Eros & Thanatos, Halle 12, Leipzig, Germany

Diversidades, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile

In other words: Black Market of Translation – Negotiating Contemporaray Cultures, NGBK & Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin

Auf Papier, Kewenig, Cologne

2011

Tous cannibales, Maison Rouge Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris

All Cannibals?, Me Collectors Room, Berlin

Selina Baumann, Frédérique Loutz, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Katz Contemporary, Zurich

Nouvelle Présentation de Collections Contemporaines des années 1960 à nos Jours, Musée National d’Art Modèrne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

Paris Paperworks, U37 / Anna Jill Lüpertz, Berlin

Three Artists from Europe, Gallery 604J, Busan, Korea

2010

Das Nahe und das Ferne, KAI 10 Raum für Kunst, Dusseldorf

Unsichtbare Schatten – Bilder der Verunsicherung, Marta Herford, Herford

Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain. Dessins contemporains, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon

Je mehr ich zeichne – The More I Draw. Zeichnung als Weltentwurf – Drawing as a Concept of the World, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen

2009

Let’s Party for a Piece of Art, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

X. Bienal de Arte de Bogotá, Confluencias Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia

Essential Experiences, Riso Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo

Private View II, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich

elles@pompidou, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

The End of the Line. Attitudes in Drawing, Hayward Touring exhibition Hayward Gallery, London: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art/The Bluecoat, Liverpool/Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol/The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh

Salon du dessin. Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, Palais de la Bourse, Paris

Œvres Essentielle, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

Passaggi in Sicilia. La collezione di Riso e oltre, Palazzo Riso, Museo d’arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo

Capribatterie e.V. la ottava, Vigna San Martino, Naples

2008

Que Culpa Tiene el Durazno, Centro de Extensión del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Valparaíso

Meditations, Poznan Biennale 3, Centrum Cultury “Zamek”, Poznan

Anatomie – les peaux du dessin. Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Picardie, Amiens

Memories for Tomorrow: Works from The UBS Art Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Micro-narratives, tentation des petites réalités, Musée d´art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne

The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection – Select Drawings, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, New York

spot on, museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf

Another Damned Drawing Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles

2007

und immer fehlt mir was, und das quält mich, Graz Kunst, Graz

Micro-Narratives, 48th October Salon of Belgrade, Cultural Centre Belgrade, Belgrad

Drawings from the UBS Art Collection” Tate Modern, London

Kava Kava – Facetten der Angst, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr

2006

Drawings, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin

2005

AKT – 8 Positionen in der Aktmalerei, Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer

2004

Das Böse, Guardini Stiftung, Berlin

In erster Linie, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel

2003

Materia, reflección y sueños, Collection Santa Cruz-Yaconi, MAVI Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago de Chile

2001

Salzburg, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf

2000

Wuckenhof, Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte

1999

Proyecto orgánico, Town hall of Valparaíso, Valparaíso

ArtToll, Bedburg-Hau, Kleve

1998

Äquator, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile

Cascabel, Galería Tomás Andreu, Santiago de Chile

1995

Diversidades, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile

1993


Collections (Selection)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

The Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht

Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Tour Atlantique, Paris

Centre Pompidou, Paris

Collection Antoine de Galbert, Paris

Denver Art Museum, USA

The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection, Les Mesnuls

Hauser & Wirth Collection, Henau

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt

ING Art Collection, Brussels

Kai 10 | Arthena Foundation, Dusseldorf

The Morgan Library and Museum, New York

Musée dʼArt Moderne, Saint-Étienne

Musée National dʼArt Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf

Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Olbricht Collection, Essen / Berlin

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Museum of Art – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Teutloff Photo + Video Collection, Bielefeld

UBS Art Collection, Zurich

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