Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
- 1967
- Born in Viña Del Mar, Chile
- 1994
- Studied visual communications at the Universidad de Diseño de Viña del Mar, Chile
- 1996
- Studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Jannis Kounellis, Germany
- 2002
- Studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Rosemarie Trockel, Germany
- 2003
- Postgraduate studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany
- Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
- 2023
- Das archetypische Ich, Gutshaus Steglitz, Berlin, Germany
- 2022
- Aura, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- El ojo interior, Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Sueños lúcidos , Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- TWIN SOULS, Galerie Haas Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Cambio de Piel, Galeria da Casa A. Molder, Lisbon, Portugal
- Constellations, Sprovieri, London, United Kingdom
- 2021
- Geheimnis umhüllte Welt, Sächsische Akademie der Künste, Dresden, Germany
- 2020
- EL VIAJE IMAGINARIO, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, ZONAMACO, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2019
- Aguas Profundas, Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, sp-arte, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, São Paulo, Brazil
- Take Back My Shadow, Wooson Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
- 2018
- Los Misterios, VNH GALLERY, Paris, France
- Meridianos, Galería Senda, Barcelone, Spain
- América sin Fronteras, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- 2017
- Escape over the rainbow, Drawings and houses in wax, Galerie Haas Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra : El Canto del Desierto, Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan, Italy
- Crossroads, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- 2015
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery, TCU, Fort Worth, United States
- Planetarium,, Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2014
- Todas Íbamos A Ser Reinas, Galeria João Esteves de Oliveira, Lisbon, Portugal
- Una isla en cielo, Kewenig Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2013
- Origines, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
- Entre el cielo y la tierra, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- Hibridos, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- 2012
- El Árbol del Fuego, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany
- David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- 2011
- Ondinas/Ondines, Jule Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Villa Kast, Salzburg, Austria
- L’Arcobaleno, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Une montagne nommée Désir, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, France
- 2010
- Vuela Mi Alma, Bonefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Tu pelo es mi bandera, Nolan Judin, Berlin, Germany
- O Sole Mio, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
- 2009
- Confesiones de una Musa, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
- 2008
- Viva la Musa!, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- Mitológica, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Impossible Mind, Elena Quarestani-Assab One, Milan, Italy
- 2007
- Impossible Mind, Jule Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany
- Impossible Mind, Sprovieri Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2006
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Jule Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2005
- Alquimia Fantástica,Jule Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 1999
- Botánica de la Evolución, Goethe Institut, Santiago, Chile
- Anatomy Studies, Galerie Entropie, Wroclaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
- 2023
- ON WATER & PLANTS, Troy House Art Foundation, London, United Kingdom
- The Poet's Folly and the Sovereign's Hand, Wehrmuehle Biesenthal, Biesenthal, Germany
- Évocations, Galerie Petra Seiser, Schörfling am Attersee, Austria
- Les Enchantées, frontviews at HAUNT, Berlin, Germany
- Remedios: donde podría crecer una nueva tierra, C3A Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain
- Protection No Longer Assured, Espacio SOLO, Madrid, Spain
- 2022
- memento mori, PRAC – Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Ponzano Ramano, Italy
- Pop Life, Teckningsmuseet, Laholm, Sweden
- Über Wasser & Pflanzen, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock,Germany
- Les Militantes, La Maison Guerlain, Paris, France
- The Milk of Dream, 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Gulliver’s Sketchbook, KAI 10, Arthena Foundatioun, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2021
- Creatio ex nihilo, Steinzeit, Berlin, Germany
- 2020
- Figure up, Berlin con mucho Arte (BcmA), Berlin, Germany
- Le mauvais oeil, Fonds régional d’art contemporain (FRAC) Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- United we rise, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- 2019
- Sur un terrain étrange, Kewenig Berlin, Germany
- AND SHE SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD, KETELEER GALLERY | NEXT DOOR, Antwerp, Belgium
- Drawing Biennal, THE DRAWING ROOM, London, United Kingdom
- A Passion for Drawing Guerlain Collection in Centre Pompidou, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
- When the facts change, I change my mind, Lullin+Ferrari Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- Disturbing Narratives, The Parkview Museum Singapore, Singapore
- 2018
- Il terzo Giorno, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy
- Intriguing Uncertainties, The Parkview Museum Singapore, Singapore
- DARSI,, Palazzo Lombardia, Milan, Italy
- Auto fictions – Contemporary drawing, Prix de dessin de la Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Wilhelm -Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- 2017
- The artist voice, The Parkview Museum, Singapore
- SEHT, da ist DER MENSCH, Kunstmuseums Madgeburg, Germany
- Una imagen llamada palabra, Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
- Les Dix Ans du Prix de Dessin de la Fondation d'Art Contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- To The Point, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, United States
- 2016
- George Grosz: Politics and his Influence, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- El tormento y el éxtasis, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- I Prefer Life, Reydan Weiss Collection, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
- Intrigantes incertitudes, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
- 2015
- Texas Christian University Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Drawing: The Bottom Line, S.M.A.K, Gand, Belgium
- Pandora’s Vox, Prague City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- Sommer Nacht Traum. Frauen - Landschaften, Altana Kulturstiftung, Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
- Das gezeichnete Ich – Zwischen Auslöschung und Maskierung, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
- Drawing now, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
- Sinnliche (Un) Gewissheit. Private Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, United States
- 2014
- Block Mágico, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
- Year After Year – Drawings from the UBS Art Collection, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
- Teutloff Collections Meets Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Kuntshaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany
- Magic Block – Contemporary Art from Chili, stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway
- Alquimia,, Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Germany
- Iñaki Bonillas & Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany
- The Drawing room, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2013
- Lilith, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Drawing Room, Ursula Bickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Allemagne / Galerie im Taxispalais, Galerie des Landes Tirol,
Innsbruck, Austria
- Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- 2012
- Speaking Artist, Busan Museum for Art, Busan, South Korea
- Montevideo Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Zeitgespenster. Erscheinungen des Übernatürlichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
- Hysterical Fantasy, Magazzino di Arte Moderno Gallery Curated for Loránd Hegyii and Dennis Openheim, Rome, Italy
- Expanded Drawing `012, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Newtopia: The state of human rights, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Malines, Belgium
- Aus Passion – Die Sammlung Hanck, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Eros & Thanatos, Halle 12, Leipzig, Germany
- Auf Papier, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany
- Êtres Chairs - Oda Jaune and Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Maison de la Culture de la Province de Namur, Belgium
- In other words: Black Market of Translation - Negotiating Contemporaray Cultures, NGBK & Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- 2011
- Nouvelle Présentation de Collections Contemporaines des années 1960 à nos Jours, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Paperworks, U37 / Anna Jill Lüpertz, Berlin, Germany
- Three Artists from Europe, Gallery 604J, Busan, South Korea
- Selina Baumann, Frédérique Loutz, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
- All Cannibals?, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
- Tous cannibales, la maison rouge - fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
- 2010
- Das Nahe und das Ferne, KAI 10 Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Je mehr ich zeichne Zeichnung als Weltentwurf, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany
- Unsichtbare Schatten – Bilder der Verunsicherung, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
- Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain. Dessins contemporains, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, France
- The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States
- 2009
- Let's Party for a Piece of Art, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- 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 / The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- X, Bienal de Arte de Bogotá, Confluencias Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia
- Essential Experiences, Riso Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
- Passaggi in Sicilia. La collezione di Riso e oltre, Palazzo Riso, Museo d’arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
- Private View II, Galerie Andreas Grimm, Munich, Germany
- elles@centrepompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Salon du dessin. Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, Palais de la Bourse, Paris, France
- OEvres Essentielle, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
- Capribatterie e.V. la ottava, Vigna San Martino, Naples, Italy
- Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Valparaíso, Chile
- 2008
- Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (with Adrian Schoormans), Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Que Culpa Tiene el Durazno, Centro de Extensión del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Valparaíso, Chile
- Meditations, Poznań Biennale, Poznań, Poland
- Anatomie | les peaux du dessin, Collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Fonds régional d’art contemporain (FRAC) Picardie, Amiens, France
- Memories for Tomorrow: Works from The UBS Art Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Micro-narratives, tentation des petites réalités, Musée d’art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, France
- The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection - Selected Drawings, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, New York, United States
- Another Damned Drawing Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
- spot on, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2007
- Und immer fehlt mir was, und das quält mich, Werkstatt Graz, Austria
- Micro-Narratives, 48th October Salon of Belgrade, Cultural Centre Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Drawings from the UBS Art Collection, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
- Kava Kava - Facetten der Angst, Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr in der Alten Post, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- 2006
- Drawings, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin, Germany
- Art Cologne 06, Open Space, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Art Cologne 06, Förderkoje "young talents", Jule Kewenig Galerie, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2005
- Akt; 8 Positionen in der Aktmalerei, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany
- 2004
- In erster Linie..., Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Cassel, Germany
- Das Böse, Guardini Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
- 2003
- Materia, Reflección y sueños, Collection Santa Cruz-Yaconi, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
- 2001
- Salzburg, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2000
- Wuckenhof, (Klasse von Prof. Rosemarie Trockel), Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany
- 1999
- Proyecto orgánico, Galería Municipal de Valparaíso, Chile
- ARTtoll-Labor, Bedburg-Hau, Clèves, Germany
- 1998
- Äquator, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
- Cascabel, Galerie Tomás Andreu, Santiago, Chile
- 1995
- Diversidades, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCES (Selection)
- 2023
- Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
- Colección SOLO Acquisition Award à ARCOMadrid, Spain
- 2021
- Hans Theo Richter Prize, Dresden, Germany
- 2013
- Arbeitsstipendien, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
- 2009
- The Daniel and Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation Drawing Prize, Paris, France
- 1996
- Art Prize Design Biennale, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
PUBLICATIONS (Selection)
- 2018
- Yau, John. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s Guide to the Americas, Hyperallergic.
- Widyolar, Keith. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra “América sin Fronteras”, New York Latin Culture Magazine.
- La Madre del Dibujo Contemporáneo, Liceo Magazine, March 12, 2018.
- 2016
- Yau, John. The Music Must Go On, Hyperallergic. Web.
- Hegyi, Loránd. Significanti incertezze, Saggio sul disegno contemporaneo. Ediz. Multinigue. Hapax.
- 2015
- Malbert, Roger. The Drawing People: The Human Figure in Contemporary Art, New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers.
- Guevara, Paz. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Drawing | The Bottom Line – S.M.A.K., Belgium.
- 2012
- Vásquez de la Horra, Sandra. Las formas del lenguaje (Forms of language), in: Gagarin. Volume 13 #1, Belgien 2012. S.94-107.
- Legrand, Dominique. De drôles de dames. In: Mad. Mecredi 14 mars 2012. Page 47.
- 2011
- Hegyi, Lóránd.“The Subversive Potential of Magic” Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: A mountain desire, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Silvana Editoriale.
- Waelder, Pau.“La urgència del dibuix. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra exposa Ondines a la galleria Kewenig fins a final de gender”, In: L’epsire. No. 531, 11 de Desembre
- Gallardo, Juanjo Oliva.Aguas estancadas. In: Ultima Hora, Cultura y Espectáculos, 9 de Diciembre de 2011
- Kunze, Gabriele.Werke voller visueller Poesie, In: Mallorca Magazin, Nr.47, November 2011
- 2010
- Alexander van Grevenstein, Jonas Storsve, Hrsg. Juerg Judin, Gestaltung von Jakob Straub. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, 2010. 184 Seiten, 136 Abb. gebunden. 25,70 x 33,60 cm. ISBN 978-3-7757-2655-9. Hatje Cantz Verlag
- 2009
- Ermen, Reinhard. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. In: Kunstforum International, über die 53. Biennale Venedig.
“Sandra Vásquez de la Horra at David Nolan Gallery”, The New Yorker, 26 January 2009: 12.
- 2008
- Hoffmans, Christiane, “Sich die Angst von der Seele zeichnen”, Welt am Sonntag, 23 November. Meister, Helga.
- “Das Schaudern beim Küssen”, WZ, 26 June, 2008.
- Schwabsky, Barry, “Sandra Vásquez de la Horra”, Artforum, March 2008: 372f.
- 2007
- Ammann, Jean Christophe. Impossible Mind: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra., erlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2007. ISBN: 3939738735 Ammann, Jean Christophe.
- Ammann, Jean Christophe. “Traumata – fast wie in einem Märchen: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra.”, Bei näherer Betrachtung, (Frankfurt 2007): 168-170.
- Catoir, Barbara. “Wie Treibgut an der Wand”, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 21 October 2007, Nr. 42 : 71.
- Schleiffer, Chantal. (Text): The UBS Collection / Zeichnungen. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007, p. 252.
- 2006
- Meister, Helga. “Große Zeichner im Kleinformat. ‘Junge Talente’ auf der Art Cologne.”, Westdeutsche Zeitung Düsseldorf, November 3, 2006.
- Meister, Helga. “Vitaminbomben”, Westdeutsche Zeitung Düsseldorf, 6 May.
- Peters, Gertrud. Märchen in Wachs getaucht, Rheinische Post Düsseldorf, 1 April 2006.
- Vogel, Sabine. “Critics Picks: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra”., Artforum, May 2006.
- 2005
- Hegyi, Lóránd. The Courage to be Alone, Milano: Edizioni Charta Srl; exhibition catalogue.
- Breuninger, Martin. “Ein skurriles Wunderland in kleinen Formaten”. Mallorca Zeitung Nr. 290, Nr. 48/2005.
- Ribal, Pilar. “Reinventar el mundo / Rethinking the world.” ART.ES 12/13: 34.
COLLECTIONS
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, United States
- The Art Institute of Chicago, United States
- The Drawing Center, New York, United States
- Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap), Paris-La Défense, France
- Collection Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France
- Denver Art Museum, United States
- The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection, Les Mesnuls, France
- Fonds régional d’art contemporain (FRAC) Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Hauser & Wirth Collection, Henau, Switzerland
- Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
- ING Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- Kai 10 | Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Kupferstichkabinett Museum, Berlin, Germany
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States
- Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
- Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
- Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
- National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
- Sammlung Olbricht, Essen, Germany
- Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
- Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, United States
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, United States
- Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile
- Teutloff Photo + Video Collection, Bielefeld, Germany
- UBS Art Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
- Museum Montanelli (MuMo), Prague, Czech Republic
- Fundación Engel, Santiago, Chile
- Tate Collection, London, United Kingdom
- Colección SOLO, Madrid, Spain
- TBA-21-Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Vienna, Austria
- Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Malba), Argentina
- Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC) Alsace, Selestat, France