Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín

Biography

Born 1982 in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala 

 

2003

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, Guatemala


Lives
and works in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
 

Solo Exhibitions
2025

Abuela Materna, MEMORIA, Madrid, Spain

2024

The Offering, MGLC, International Center for Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2023

Ximoneem k’in Soloneem – Anudar y Desanudar, Galería Elvira Moreno,  Bogotá, Colombia
Weaving the Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, California, USA
In Front of the Lake, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, UK 

2022

Between Threads, Body and Healing, La Nueva Fabrica, Antigua, Guatemala

2020

The Soil Speaks, CCS Bard, Hessel Museum of Art, New York, USA

2018

Saq B’eey (White Path), Galería EXTRA, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2017

Registry Center for Scientific and Cultural Research, Guatemala 

2015

B`atz, Museum of Design and Contemporary Art, Costa Rica 

2010

Hidden Powers, Cultural Center of Spain, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Group Exhibitions
2025

Inaugural Exhibition, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK

2024

Chronoplasticity, Raven Row, London, UK
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Staedjlijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ensaio Sobre a Terra, Simões de Assis, São Paulo, Brazil
See Me, Hear Me: Native Cultures, Art Nexus Space, Maimi, USA 
Myth Makers, HATCH Gallery, Milan, Italy
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Barbican Centre, London, UK
Threads of The South, The Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York City, USA
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions, El Espacio 23, Miami, USA
Tierra de nadie, Il Posto, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Entrelazos, 193 Gallery, Paris, France 

2023

Everything Which We Love is Lost, Galería Elvira Moreno, Bogotá, Colombia
Primavera Silenciosa, Luciana Brito Galería, São Paulo, Brazil
La memoria es una estación de montaje, 22a Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tejiendo el Paisaje, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, California, USA 
Fiesta, Artsouterrain, Montreal, Canada
Rolling with the Homies, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, UK
Nuestro lugar en nuestros mundos, Galería Sol Del Rio, Guatemala City, Guatemala 

2022

Inherited Threads, Tate Modern, London, UK
Circular Time, Tanya Brillembourg Art, Miami, USA
The Immortal, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, UK
Kathmandu Triennale 2077, Kathmandu, Nepal
Who Tells a Tale Addsa Tail, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA
Garden of Ten Seasons, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Garden of Ten Seasons, Para Site, Hong Kong 

2021

Mesotropics, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Panama City, Panama
Latinex, Another Space, New York, USA
Repúbica, La Nueva Fabrica, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Perdidos. en medio. juntos, 22 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2020

To weave blue, The Martha and Robert Fogelman of Contemporary Art, Memphis, USA
Garden of Six Seasons, Para Site, Hong Kong
The crack begins within, 11 Berlin Biennale for Contemporany Art, Berlin, Germany
En registro, El Loby, Puerto Rico, USA
El cuarto mundo, 14 Bienal de Arte Mediales, Santiago de Chile, Chile 

2019

Cinema-videoarte, art Sala Mica, Bucharest, Romania

2018

Símbolos, Galería Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Video Sur, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France 

2017

Guatemala from 33.00km, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, USA  

2014

Trans-Visible, 19 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2012

I Bienal Indígena Intercontinental, Museo de arte popular, Mexico City, Mexico

2007

Otra Mirada, Embajada de Mexico, Guatemala City, Guatemala 

2006

I Bienal Indígena Guate Rica, Museo Del Niño, San Jose, Costa Rica
GuateRica, Museo Del Niño, San Jose, Costa Rica

Awards
2017

Juannio Award

Collections
AR

Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires

BR

Collection Luiz Chrysóstomo, Rio de Janeiro 

CL

IL POSTO Collection, Santiago

ES

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Banco de España Collection

GT

Collection Quinto Lojo, Guatemala City

UK

Tate Modern, London

US

Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco
Space Collection, Irvine, California
Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York City
Poma Family Collection, Miami
Jorge M.Perez Collection, Miami
Juan Carlos Maldonado Collection (JCMC), Miami
D+C Family Collection & Foundation, Miami

Private collections in Europe