Biography

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Education

2000
Industrial Design, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia

Selected Solo Shows and Projects

2012
Irregular Hexagon, Colombian Art in Residence (curated by José Roca), Cer Modern, Ankara, Turkey / Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2011
A Trip to Vienna Like Bruno Munari, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria

2010
Art Basel Miami Beach – Art Positions, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, USA
Sem Titulo, Sugestao de conversa entre uma janela nua e uma paisaegem indiscreta, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil

2009
Zona Maco Sur - Solo projects curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Mexico Arte Contemporáneo, México DF, México

2008
Apéndice, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota, Colombia

2007
MDE07 espacios de hospitalidad, La Casa del Encuentro, Medellín, Colombia

2006
Compuesto Verde (stepmothernature-series), Centre d’Art  Contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny- sur Orge, France
Día de Frutas y Nubes Negras (stepmothernature_series), El Bodegón, Bogotá, Colombia

2005
Untitled, (Temporary Intervention), Water Bar Colette, Paris

2004
Amorfo-Sin Título, Espacio la Rebeca, Bogotá, Colombia
No diga sí diga oui. Objetos y Estructuras Parafuncionales. Ciclo de fotografía y nuevos medios, Alianza francesa, Bogotá, Colombia

2002
Todos lloran con jabón en los ojos, mini-Mal, Bogotá, Colombia

Group Shows

2012
Planos de Fuga – Uma Exposiçao em Obras (curated by Rodrigo Moura and Jochen Volz), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Block, Pillar, Slab, Beam (curated by Matthew Thompson), Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA
Parque Industrial (curated by Julieta González), Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
K. Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
(           ). Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Ungovernables, The Second New Museum Triennial, New York, USA
Texto de Sala, Galerie Crevecoeur, Paris, France

2011
Des(enho) (curated by Rodrigo Moura), Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Untitled, 12 Istanbul Biennial (curated by Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa), Istambul, Turkey
II Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France.
El ojo del coleccionista, Colección Maraloto, Museo del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
Art Parcours, Art 42 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
The Armory Show, Casas Riegner Gallery, New York,  USA

2010
De Frente al Sol, Martin Janda Gallery, Viena, Austria
First and Last, Notes on the Monument, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
In Transition, 2010 CIFO Grants and Commissions Program, sponsored by Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
Panamericana (curated by Jens Hoffman), Kurimanzutto, México DF, México
Living Ander the Same Roof, Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, Bard Collage, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA

2009
Panoramas, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
7a Bienal de Mercosur(curated by Victoria Noorthoorn), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Everything has a name, or the potential to be named, Gasworks, London, UK
Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
CIRCA, Casas Riegner Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
ARCO 09, Casas Riegner Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2008
Urgente, Salón Nacional de Artistas, Cali, Colombia
Los Vinilos, Zoo Art Fair Projects, London, UK
Underground, Road Records, Dublin, Ireland
In living contact, 28 São Paulo Bienal (cuarted by Ivo Mesquita and Ana Paula Cohen), São Paulo, Brazil

2007
Sueño de casa propia, La Casa Encendid, Madrid, Spain
Habitat / Variations, BAC – Bâtiment de Art Contemporain, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Switzerland

2006
40 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Borde Caribe o “La cuestión de los límites”, Biblioteca Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Why I’m so Unhappy, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canadá

2004
Biennale Internationale Design 2004, Saint-Étienne, France
Divinely, Galería de la raza, San Francisco, USA

2001
Doméstica, Programa Nuevos Nombres, Banco de la Republica, BLAA, Bogotá, Colombia
Objetos Para Reunirse, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia

1998
New Designers, Business Design Center, London, UK

Awards and Artist Residency Programs

2012
Irregular Hexagon, Colombian Art in Residence (curated by José Roca), Cer Modern, Ankara, Turkey / Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia

2009
Gasworks, International Residency Programme, London, UK

2004
Premio Ciclo de Fotografía y Nuevos Medios, Alianza Francesa, Bogotá

Bibliography

2012
Brown, Brandon. Profile: Gabriel Sierra. Art Practical 3.18 Issue.
Frenzel, Sebastian. Wie wollen wir leben?… über den Dingen. Monopol. Magazin für Kunst und Leben. April, 2012. P. 58-59.

2011
Brunner, Bettina. Gabriel Sierra, Galerie Martin Janda. Frieze d/e. Issue 1, summer 2011. P.138.
Frenzel, Sebastian. Schaut auf dieses Land. Monopol. Magazin für Kunst und Leben. April, 2011. P. 32-45.
Katrib, Ruba. Customized. Mousse. Contemporary Art Magazine. Issue 28, April-May 2011

2010
Bossa, Paula; Martínez, Erika. Tropicality: More than Parrots and Banana Trees. Flash Art. May-June Issue. P.94-97

2009
Mazzucchelli, Kiki. 28th São Paulo Biennial. Flash Art, Vol. XLII, No. 264. January – February Issue. P.42.
Pedrosa, Adriano.  Openings: Gabriel Sierra. Artforum Internacional. November Issue.
Trezzi, Nicola. 41 Salón Nacional de Artistas. Flash Art. March – April Issue. P.42.

2008
Buenaventura, Julia. Bienal de São Paulo. Entrevista a Ivo Mesquita. ArtNexus. No.117, Dic 08-Feb 09. P.78-83.
M², página 12, Sábado, 05 de Enero de 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina, www.pagina12.com.ar

2006
GATOPARDO, numero 75, Latinoamérica
CLEAR Magazine, VI issue 2, New York, USA

2004
Proyectodiseño  numero 35, Bogotá, Colombia
Arte y Parte, numero 37, Madrid, Spain

2003
Experimenta, edición  43, Madrid, Spain

2002
Les Inrockuptibles 363, 6 au 12 novembre, Paris, France

Exhibitions

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• Gabriel Sierra: “Apéndice”

• Gabriel Sierra: “Marginalia”, from the collective Exhibition “Des(enho)”