
Pilar Quinteros (Santiago, Chile, 1988). Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
Bachelor of Arts from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2011).
Winner of AMA Scholarship 2018 for a three months residency at Gasworks, London; special mention of the jury at the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts of Slovenia(2015); finalist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014; Winner of the third place of CCU Art Fellowship (2013) and winner of the Jean-Claude Reynal Scholarship 2012 (French Foundation in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts in Bordeaux).
Quinteros exhibited her work in places such as Folkestone Triennial 2021; 34º MDG Film Festival (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2019); 2017 California-Pacific Triennial – Building as Ever (Newport Beach, California, USA); 32nd São Paulo Biennial – Live Uncertainty (São Paulo, Brazil, 2016); 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts – Over You-You (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015); PinchukArtCentre (Kiev, Ukraine, 2014); National Museum of Fine Arts (Santiago, Chile, 2013); Museum of Contemporary Art (Santiago, Chile, 2010), among others.
Pilar Quinteros, 1988, Santiago, Chile. Vive y trabaja en Barcelona, España.
Licenciada en Arte de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011). Ganadora de la Beca AMA 2018 para una residencia de tres meses en Gasworks, Londres; mención honrosa en la 31º Bienal de Artes Gráficas de Liubliana, Eslovenia; finalista de Future Generation Art Prize 2014 (PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ucrania); tercer lugar de Beca de Arte CCU 2013 (Santiago, Chile) y ganadora de la beca Jean-Claude Reynal 2012 (Fundación de Francia y Escuela de Bellas Artes de Bordeaux).
Ha exhibido su trabajo en lugares como Folkestone Triennial 2021; 34º MDG Film Festival (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2019); 2017 California-Pacific Triennial – Building as Ever (Newport Beach, California, USA); 32o Bienal de São Paulo – Incerteza Viva (São Paulo – Brasil); 31o Bienal de Artes Gráficas – Over You-You (Liubliana, Eslovenia); PinchukArtCentre (Kiev, Ucrania, 2014); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (11o Bienal de Artes Mediales, Santiago, Chile, 2013) y Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Santiago, Chile, 2010).
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Education
2008. Bachelor of Arts degree. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2006. Bachelor of Arts program. Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
Solo shows
2022: Señales de Humo (Smoke Signals). Espai Souvenir, Loop Screen Fest, Barcelona, Spain.
2022: Dormien les Brases. Bi-personal exhibition with Patricio Blanche. Malpaís, Barcelona, Spain.
2021. Work in Progress of The Missing Fly of Dreispitz. Bi-personal exhibition with Patricio Blanche. Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland.
2019. Tigres Prestidigitadores (Prestidigitator Tigers). 80 mt2 Gallery, Lima, Perú.
2017. Beacon of Progress. Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2016. Oopart. Sagrada Mercancía Art Space, Santiago, Chile.
2015. Cementerio Indio (Indian Cemetery)., Sala de Arte CCU, Santiago, Chile.
2015. Ephemeral replacement of a previous state. Carlos/Ishikawa Gallery, London, UK.
2011. 504-508 Casas de Irarrázaval /Segunda Parte: recorrido (504-508 Houses of Irarrázaval / Part Two: Trek). Animal Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2011. 504-508 Casas de Irarrázaval / Primera Parte: modelos construidos (504-508 Houses of Irarrázaval/ Part One: Built Models). Espacio Flor – Caja Negra, Santiago, Chile.
2011. Dome of the library in Escuelas Pías, Lavapiés. Centro Social La Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain.
Group shows
2022. Así van las cosas (This is how things go). Mavi, Santiago, Chile.
Explorers Film Club, curated by Benedikt Wyss and Samuel Leuenberger. During Art Basel. TransBona Halle, Dreispitz, Basel, Switzerland.
2021. La tragedia se mascaba en el Aire (“The tragedy was chewed in the air”), curaded by Tiago de Abreu. Ponce&Robles Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2021. Postescultura, curated by Roery Herrera and Luis Montes Rojas, Contemporary Museum of Art (MAC), Santiago, Chile.
2020. Acid Free. Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI), Santiago, Chile.
2019. Bitácora de Regreso (after the exhibition Instituto Nacional del Futuro Incierto), Santiago, Chile.
2019. Marea, Arte y Espacio Marítimo. CENTEX, Valparaíso, Santiago.
2018. Horizontes Errantes (Wandering Horizons). Contemporary Art Center, Quito, Ecuador.
2018. Instituto Nacional del Futuro Incierto (National Institute of the Uncertain Future). Cervantes Institute, Moscow, Russia.
2018. Zeitspuren, the Power of Now. Kusthaus Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland.
2018. Polo Negro (Black Pole). Köttinspektionen, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018. Aiethopia. African Art Museum, Valladolid, Spain.
2017. Home is so fucking complicated, Curated_by Samuel Leuenberger. Galerie Nathalie Halgand, Vienna, Austria.
2017. Worm Wood. Organised by Todd Von Ammon. Ellis King Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
2015. #depresionesintermedias. Cultural Center of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
2015. Drawing by Numbers. Cultural Foundation Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
2014. Future Generation Art Prize 2014. PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine.
2014. Gabinete 1 (Cabinet 1). Galería Temporal, Santiago, Chile.
2014 Historias de Pasión y Desenfreno (Stories of Passion and Wildness). Vicente Vargas Studio, Valparaíso, Chile.
2014. Colosos, escultura contemporánea en Chile (Colossus, Contemporary Sculpture in Chile). Matucana 100 Art Center, Santiago, Chile.
2013. 2013: GROUP 93 and GUESTS. The American University, Washington D.C.,
2013. Un Esquimal con un zorro blanco que acaba de cazar, imágenes de Chile (An eskimo with a white fox he has just hunted. Images of Chile). Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
2012. Sensación (Sensation). Local Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
2012. Escombro (Debris). Galería YONO, Santiago, Chile.
2012. Historias de Destrucción y Desborde (Stories of Destruction and Overflow). Casa E Gallery, Valparaíso, Chile.
2010 Modelos de Construcción (Construction Models). Eduardo Vilches Space, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2010 Inter university show Nuevos Imaginarios (New Imaginaries). Isidora Zegers Space, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2010. Operación Novela (Novel Operation). Library of Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
Biennials and Triennials
2021. Folkestone Triennial, curated by Tamsin Dillon. Part of England’s Creative Coast. Folkestone, UK
2017. 13th Media Arts Biennial – Tremor. Santiago, Chile.
2017 California-Pacific Triennial – Building as Ever. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California, USA.
2016. 32nd Bienal de São Paulo – Live Uncertainty. São Paulo, Brazil.
2015. The 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2014. V Bienal de Performance Deformes 2014 (V Performance Biennial “Deformed” 2014) Factoría Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa Factory), Santiago, Chile.
2013. 11th Media Arts Biennial, National Fine Arts Museum), Santiago, Chile.
Festivals, screenings and performances
2019. Transmutation of the Condor. Artistic Ceremony during Chilean manifestations in December. Santiago. Chile.
2019. 34º MDG Film Festival. Mar del Plata, Argentina.
2018. Midway Resolutions – Moving Image Works from Latin America. Gasworks, London, UK.
2018. Salon of young Latin American video art, A3 Space, Lima, Perú.
2018. Pieces of Landscape, Profoundation Artist Run Space, New York, USA.
2016. Espacios Revelados (Revealed spaces). Siemens Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2013. Loop Barcelona Screen Festival. Barcelona, Spain.
2011. Reconstrucción Estación Pirque (Pirque Station Reconstruction). Galería de Arte EMCO, San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile.
2010. Screening of the video Restauración I (Restoration I). Contemporary Art Museum (MAC), Santiago, Chile.
Awards, grant, residencies
2022. Invited artist for lectures and presentations at UCLA Art. Organice by AMA Foundation. Los Angeles, California, USA.
2021. Explorers Film Club Residency, curated by Benedikt Wyss and Samuel Leuenberger. Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland.
2020. TRASLADO Residency. Organized by the Ministery of Arts and Culture of Chile. Coyhaique, Chile.
2018. AMA Scholarship. AMA Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2018. Gasworks. London, UK.
2017. Casaplan, Festival de las Artes de Valparaíso. Valparaíso, Chile.
2016. Recorriendo Frutillar (Tour across Frutillar) Centro Cultural Lucarna, Frutillar, Chile.
2015. Special mention of the jury, 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts – Over you, you, Ljubjana, Slovenia. 2014. Future Generation Art Prize. PinchukArtCenter, Kiev, Ukraine.
2013. CCU Art Scholarship 2013. Santiago, Chile.
2012. Jean Claude Reynal Scholarship. Bordeaux, France.