Claudia de la Torre

Born in 1986 in Mexico
Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany

To describe in a few lines what my work is about when it is always changing and constructing is not an easy task.

Each piece has its own tail and head, its own complications and solutions. I’m interested in construction and deconstruction of  processes and knowledge.

Differences, repetition, selection and exclusion, systems of  order and categorization.

Naming and giving place to things and images so we don’t get lost in chaos.   Installation as a medium allows me to  build  bridges between objets and ideas in a web of multiple relations.

Exhibitions
2007 – Full memory – Mexikanisches  Kulturinstitut, Vienna,  Austria.
2009 – ICE – Lichthof der Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karsruhe, Germany.
2009 – ESTACIONarte – Mexico City, Mexico.
2009 – Speculum  Artium  Videomatch – Trbovlje, Slovenia.
2009 – Dos maletas, nada que declarar – Cali Contemporary,  Cali, Colombia.
2010 – I assume… –   ARTIS , Den Bosch, Netherlands.
2010 – SIEMPREOTRAVEZ –  Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010 – Work in Progress – ACAD, Ivan Gallery, Alberta, Canada.
2010 – Ni aunque lo supiéramos todo – Galería Acceso B . Mexico City, México. ( solo show )
2011 – NAGAS NAGAS – North American Graduate Art Survey – Katherine E. Nash Gallery in the Regis Center for Arts, Minnesota
2012 – Mucharaum Mucharaum, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
2012 – Back Bone Books Gust Van Dijk . Tilburg, The Netherlands. ( solo show )
2012 – BooksMucharaum, Kunstakademie Karlsruhe
2012 – A retrospective of tomorrows artists Schillerpalais, Berlin
2012 – Welch Schöne UtopieWilhelmspalais, Stuttgart
2012 – A sign on the road said: take us to madre!Brooklyn, NY
2012 – KIOOSK-Independent Publishing Fair Krakow, Poland
2012 – Parallel linesKarlsruhe, Germany
2012 – Jeunes Premiersl’aubette Strasbourg, France
2012 – Zeichnen Zeichnen, Tojours TojoursKunsthalle Mulhouse, France
2013 – Comments Kunsthaus L6, Freiburg
2013 – (No) Public Space Frappant, Hamburg. Curated by Katja Windau
2013 – Ed Ruscha Books & co. Gagosian Gallery, NYC
2013 – REGION 0 – The Latino Video Art Festival of New York, NYC. Curated by Eva Mendoza Chandas
2013 – I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel Basel
2013 – Wood(s)Zwinger Gallery,Berlin. Curated by Laurence Rickels.*
2013 – The Fourth Annual Zine and Self-Published Photo Book Fair: The AmericasThe Camera Club of New York, NYC.
2013 – Ed Ruscha Books & co. Brandhorst Museum, Munich
2013 – First / Thirteen -Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt
2013 – Istambul Contemporary Istambul
2013 – Graduierten Ausstellung Adbk Karlsruhe
2013 – The questions library 45 cbm Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany. (catalogue) ( solo show )

Grants and Prizes
2007 – Adquisition prize, 3 National University Art Bienale, Galería LF, Estado de México, México.
2008 – Badden-Würtemberg Stipendium , Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste  Karlsruhe, Germany.
2011 – DAAD Stipendium  ”Frida Kahlo scholarship programme for female artists”

Art Residencies
2009 – ARTIS – Art week. Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Publications
2011 – Peeping Tom´s Digest México
2011 – Nirivela / 2011
2011 – Mart Revista de arte contemporáneo para coleccionistas
2010 – Revista Horchata