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 Guatemala
 

Collections
BR

Colección Luiz Chrysóstomo, Rio de Janeiro 

CL

IL POSTO Collection

ES

Museo Reina Sofía
Banco de España

GT

Colección Quinto Lojo

UK

Tate Modern, London

US

Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco
Space Collection, Los Angeles 

Private collections in Europe

Awards
2017

Juannio Award

Solo Exhibitions
2024

The Offering, MGLC, International Center for Graphic Arts, Lujbjlana, 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
Entre hilos, Cuerpo y Sanación, La Nueva Fábrica, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 

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

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

Group Exhibitions
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
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), NYC, USA
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions, El Espacio 23, Miami, USA 

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, Brasil
Tejiendo el Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santa Barbara California, EE.UU
Fiesta, Artsouterrain, Montreal, Canadá
Rolling with the Homies, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London

2022

Inherited Threads, Tate Modern, London
Circular Time, Tanya Brilleembourg.art, Miami, USA
The Immortal, Elizabeth Xi Bauer Gallery, London, England
Kathmandu Triennale 2077, 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, Mac Panama, Panama
Latinex, Another Space, New York
Repubica, La Nueva Fabrica, Antigua Guatemala
Perdidos. en medio. juntos, 22 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala 

2020

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

2019

Cinema-videoarte, art Sala Mica, Rumania

2018

Símbolos, Galería Leme, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Video Sur, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Francia 

2017

Guatemala from 33.00km, Santa Bárbara Museum of Art, California, US

2014

Trans-Visible, 19 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala

2012

Bienal Indígena Intercontinental, Museo de arte popular, México

2006

I Bienal Indígena Guate Rica, Museo Del Niño, Costa Rica