Icaro Zorbar
1977, born in Bogotá, Colombia.
Lives and works in Bogotá.
Selected Works
Our Pet. 2005
Intervened 5” television, 2 minute loop video without sound, Variable dimensions.I miss you: the Ghost. 2009
Retro projection (6x9 cm), Loop color video 4'00 min, speaker. (song: “Vocalice” by Sergei Rachmaninoff / Singer: Clara Rockmore).Ballerina. (The Dream of (A) detail). 2011
Engine, projection, Variable dimensions.Can you hear me now?. 2010
Variable dimensions.Can you hear me now? (detail). 2010
Variable dimensions.Can you hear me now? (detail). 2010
Variable dimensions.Essays with a memory, sight up, and the possibility of fallen. 2011
Variable dimensions.Essays with a memory, sight up, and the possibility of fallen. 2011
Variable dimensions.Essays with a memory, sight up, and the possibility of fallen. 2011
Variable dimensions.Essays with a memory, sight up, and the possibility of fallen (detail). 2011
Variable dimensions.Swan Lake (assisted Installation #5). 2006
Music Box internal Mechanism, speaker, amplification, Variable dimensions.Swan Lake (assisted Installation #5) (detail). 2006
Music Box internal Mechanism, speaker, amplification, Variable dimensions.Song for a possible Love (assisted Installation #8). 2009
Carrot’s sprout, motor, light bulb, prepared music box, Variable dimensiones.Fan (assisted Installation #6). 2007
Speaker, ventilator, prepared tape player, audio casete with the recording of “Dolente Immagine” by Vincenzo Bellini interpreted by Cecilia Bartoli, Variable dimensions.Fan (assisted Installation #6). 2007
Speaker, ventilator, prepared tape player, audio casete with the recording of “Dolente Immagine” by Vincenzo Bellini interpreted by Cecilia Bartoli, Variable dimensions.God on a Crane (The Dream of (A) detail). 2011
Variable dimensions.I miss you: the Soloists. 2008
9 metallic structures, 9 black and white monitors, and video, Variable dimensions.I miss you: the Soloists. 2008
9 metallic structures, 9 black and white monitors, and video, Variable dimensions.I miss you: the Soloists (Installation View). 2008
9 metallic structures, 9 black and white monitors, and video, Variable dimensions.Supernovae 93848q-3452. 2010
Wood speakers, carbon paper and bulb. Variable dimensions.Golden Triangle (assisted Installation #3). 2006
Three turntables, speakers, amplification and the song “No me quieras tanto” -Don’t love me too much- by Rafael Hernandez Marín interpreted by Los Panchos in a prepared vinyl record.Golden Triangle (assisted Installation #3) (detail). 2006
Three turntables, speakers, amplification and the song “No me quieras tanto” -Don’t love me too much- by Rafael Hernandez Marín interpreted by Los Panchos in a prepared vinyl record.
Biography
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Education
2006
MFA in Visual Art, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2003
BA in Film and Television, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Selected Solo Shows
2011
Algún Día te Diremos Adiós, Art Positions, Casas Riegner Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach, USA
Ensayos con un recuerdo, levantar la mirada y la posibilidad de caer, Galería Casa de la Música, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Can you hear me now?, Sala de exhibición de Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
El Sueño de (A), Planetario Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia
2009
Estuvimos Ahí, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Of How the Orbital State of Things Could be a Set Theory, Teorética, San José, Costa Rica
Mini-concerts and Assisted Installations Exhibitions
2011
Live Images 3/5, 24th Images Festival + agYU, Toronto, Canada
2009
Los Panchos, a Performance with Music, In collaboration with artists Pedro Gomez-Egaña, John Lely and Karen Skog Orkeste. Volt Gallery + KHIB, Bergen, Norway
VERBO – Festival de Performance, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brasil
2007
Sincronías, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
Once, Magister Degree Exhibition, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Somos Uno para el Otro, in collaboration with the artist Pedro Gómez-Egaña, 40 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Teatro de Cristóbal Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
Selected Groups Shows
2012
30th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
Pop Politics: Activism at 33 Revolutions, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Imaginary Homelands, The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
2011
Colección Maraloto, la Mirada del Coleccionista, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
Off, lejos del lugar en Cuestión, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Documentos para un futuro imperfecto, El Parqueadero, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
2010
Dibujar es Escribir, Escribir es Dibujar, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Documentos para un Futuro Imperfecto, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
VOCIFEROUS: Sound Works by 21 Contemporary Colombian Artists, Diapason Gallery, New York, USA
Gratia Plena, La Residencia, Bogotá, Colombia
Exposición Ganadores Residencias Artísticas, Galería Santafé, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia
2009
The Generational, Younger than Jesus, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2008
ArteCámara, Proyecto de Investigación Jóvenes Artistas, Artbo, Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Interrogating Systems Grants and Commissions exhibition, Cisneros Fontanals Art Fundation, Miami, USA
Sincronías, Arteaméricas, Meryll Lynch Art Fair, Miami, USA
Medias Promesas, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia
Sincronías, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
Salón de Jóvenes Artistas Contemporáneos, Artbo, Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Rencontre Internacional d’art performance de Québec, Colaborative Project with Pedro Gómez Egaña, Québec, Canada
Once, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
40 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Concert with intervened machines + guest. Colaborative Project with Pedro Gómez Egaña, Teatro de Cristóbal Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
BZZZZ, Galería Cu4rto Nivel, Bogotá, Colombia
Performance Festival, Colaborative Project with Pedro Gómez Egaña, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
2005
Salón Regional de Artistas, Casa de Juan de Vargas, Tunja, Colombia
Artrónica III, Muestra Internacional de Artes Electrónicas, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
Curator’s Choice, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
Exposición Relacional, Galería Santa Fe, Bogotá, Colombia
2004
Fuente Abierta versión Beta, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Lectures
2009
“El traductor domesticado” Audio Space II -Sounding Objects, KHIB. Bergen, Norway
Research Groups
2006
Member of Local, with the support of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2005 – 2006
Member of Fundación Ubicua, interdisciplinary artistic research directed by Pedro Gómez Egaña.
2004 – 2005
Member of the project for artistic community In eye i: directed by Roger Redgate and Pedro Gómez Egaña with the support of the Teatro de Cristóbal Colón, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, British Council, Master of Fine Arts, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Goldsmiths Collage, University of London, Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Turismo, y Laban Centre London.
Awards
2011
OCAD University Off Screen Award. 24th Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Exhibition Projects 2011, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
2010
Programa Distrital de Estímulos 2010, Galería Santafe, Planetario Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia
2009
Consonancias: São Paulo-Bogotá. International Artistic Residency Program, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño/Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
Grant Award Recipient, Cisneros Fontanals Arts Fundation, Miami, USA
2006
MFA Merit Award. Master of Fine Arts. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2004 – 2006
MFA Full Fellowship. Master of Fine Arts. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Bibliography
Catalogues and Publications
2011
Colección MARALOTO, el ojo del coleccionista, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
Alvarez, Esteban. Documentos para un futuro imperfecto, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
24th Images festival, Toronto, Canada
2010
Alvarez, Esteban. Documentos para un futuro imperfecto, Editorial Fondo Nacional de la Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fuentes Guaza, Luisa. Ustedes Nosotros, Jovenes artistas iberoamericanos. Index Book, Madrid, Spain
Tsai, Charwei. Lovely Daze, issue 7, good intentions lead to hell? New York, USA
2009
Angulo, Liliana; Molinier, Pascale; Viveros Vigoya, Mara. Y el amor… ¿cómo va? Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia
Cornell, Lauren; Gioni, Massimiliano; Hoptman, Laura. Younger than Jesus / Artist Directory, Phaidon Press, New York, USA
Cornell, Lauren; Gioni, Massimiliano; Hoptman, Laura. Younger than Jesus, the generation book, Steidl & Partners Publishers, Germany
Zorbar, Icaro. Estuvimos ahí, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2008
Interrogating Systems, 2008 Grants and Commissions Exhibition, Cifo, Miami, USA
2007
Sincronías, Artistas de Colombia, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006
40 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá, Colombia
Sin miedo. Magazine 45/30 issue 2, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Once, Tercera Cohorte / Maestría en Artes Plásticas y Visuales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia
2003
En el sitio, Disco Compacto. Grupo de creación sonora, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Selected press
2012
Demeuse, Sarah. 30th São Paulo Biennial: The Imminence of Poetics, …might be good, art e-journal, Issue #196, Hearty Welcomes and Humbles Pleas, Sep.14
Martí, Silas. Bienal 2012. Exibição traz recorte da novíssima estética do México à Argentina, Fohla de S.Paulo, Sep.4
Os destaques da 30ª Bienal de Arte de São Paulo, Casa Electrolux Blog, Sep.17
Pérez-Oramas, Luis. Bienal Daily, Audioguide 01 # 30bienal, Audio 2. Trigésima Bienal de São Paulo, A Iminencia das Poéticas, Sep.14
Resende, Mariana. A 30ª Bienal de São Paulo e sua Iminencia das poéticas, The Creators Project Blog, Sep.10
2011
Gutiérrez, Natalia. Ícaro Zorbar. Galería Santafé, Art Nexus Issue no.81. Pags. 84-85
2010
Sokoloff, Estefania. Ícaro Zorbar. Casas Riegner Gallery. ArtNexus, Issue no.76. Pags. 90-91
2009
López Sorzano, Lilina. Este Jueves comienza la feria Art Basel Miami, El Espectador, 2nd December
The New York Times, by Holland Cotter, 16/04/09
Younger than Jesús, and more cyber-savvy, by Katya Kazakina, Taipei Times, 15/04/09.
by Doug Mcclemont, Saatchi magazine online, 13/04/09
am New York, “Gen Y takes center stage” by Emily Hulme, 10/04/09
2008
El Niuton, “Interpretación mecánica de la paradoja del romance“, by Angelica Gómez, 08/01/08
IN, “Nuevas apuestas: Siete artistas jóvenes, que darán que hablar en el futuro“, by Cristina Ramalho, 08/01/08
Miami New Times, “Urban Pall” by Carlos Suarez De Jesús, 05/15/08
e-flux May 9 2008, www.e-flux.com
Artnews, “Interrogating Systems: Cifo 2008 Grants and Commissions Exhibition” 04/15/08
El Tiempo, “Feria Arteaméricas se afianzó” by Diego Guerrero, 04/03/08
La Nación, “El arte argentino gana espacio en el mercado latinoamericano” by Celina Chatruc, 03/29/08
El Universal, “Arte de AL se dará cita en Miami” by Ricardo Cerón 03/19/08
2006
El Tiempo, “Una exposición para oír” by Diego Guerrero, 03/09/06
Exhibitions
Videos
- Icaro Zorbar: Eve. 2009
- Icaro Zorbar: Our Pet. 2005
- Icaro Zorbar: Swan Lake (Assisted Installation # 5). 2006
- Icaro Zorbar: The First Pluto (Assisted Installation # 7). 2009
- Icaro Zorbar: The Golden Triangle (Assisted Installation # 3). 2006
- Icaro Zorbar: Ventila dor (Assisted Installation # 6). 2007






















