Carolina Castro

Born in 1982 in Chile
Lives and works in Spain

Carolina Castro Jorquera (Chile, 1982) Lives and works in Spain. She writes regularly in her blog.caroinc.net, and collaborates with the digital contemporary art magazines Adesk and  Artishock. Occasionally contributes to the website of the CPPC (Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros). She is currently researching for his PhD in the department of Art Theory at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. Her interests are framed by the relationship that is able to establish art with other disciplines such as science and philosophy, as well as with the different dimensions of human consciousness and its role in the construction of history and present. She has a degree in art, has completed a Masters in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Spain (2010) and participated in the 4th International Curatorial Course of the Gwangju Bienale (GBICC), South Korea (2012).

Latest and next exhibitions
2015 – La Buena Estrella -OTR Madrid – Artists Alejandro Botubol, Brock Enright, Francois Bucher, Johanna Unzueta, Katherina Grosse, Maria Edwards, Martin Kaulen, Monoperro, Pep Vidal, Rodrigo Arteaga, Sol Lewitt, Stefan Rinck, Theo Firmo, Till Gehrard, Valeria Maculan
2015 – Atlas de botánica comparativa -Rodrigo Arteaga -Sobering Gallery, Paris, France
2015 – The ruins of sound – Ignacio Gatica –  Reverse Art Space, New York
2014- During April and May I have made a study residence in the city of New York to work in recent aspects of my dissertation research, accessing MoMa ́s files
2014-Curator of the first solo exhibition of Korean artist Yangachi in Chile, entitled “Sweet and sour plums will be more than enough to solve your thirst.” To be held in the Metropolitan Gallery, Santiago.
2014 -In September I collaborate with the new site of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in the section Citas y Sitios
2013-  Intrusions – Ricardo Alcaide at Galería Tajamar, Santiago de Chile.

Scholarships and Awards
2012  – Participating in the 4th International Curatorial Course of the Gwangju Biennale (GBICC), South Korea. Guest Teachers: Jens Hofman and Carol Yinhua Lu.
2011/2015 – Chilean Goverment Scholarship for researchers in foreing countries. www.conicyt.cl

Recent Publications
-Outside Story- text for the catalog of the solo exhibition of Chilean artist Germán Tagle, edited byPatricia Ready Gallery, Santiago, Chile
-Nacht und Nebel. Interview with Chilean artist Ivan Navarro, published in the exhibition catalog, edited by Fondazione Volume, Rome, Italy
-CREE -text for the book of Spanish artist Fernando Navarro Vejo, edited and published by Arte Santander, Santander, Spain
-Landscapes text for the exhibition catalog of the Argentinean artist Constanza Piaggio, in collaboration with Shing Lau Hok, Rizwan Mirza, Santiago Morilla Edited by Gyeonggi Creation Center, Korea. 2011