Gonzalo Morales Leiva

Statement

The body of my work is based on analog photography, video, scanner, graphic media, drawing and collage, to resolve questions derived from my reflections on the materiality of the contemporary city, Latin American history, the history of photography and art. Attracted by geometry, color, weft, ruin, objects considered remains or debris, I archive the urban experience to compose discourses of fragmentary aesthetics.

The decontextualization and appropriation, both of urban elements and archival images, is recurrent in my work and responds to my concern about what is my own and what is not, what is individual and what is collective. I am interested in reconsidering the official narratives, decomposing them and formulating a personal version.

I am currently working on the analysis of my analog black and white photographic archive, with the intention of translating its visual characteristics to works created in other media such as drawing and sculpture, with the intention of experimenting in the creation of art installations that allow me to unify my interests in poetry, writing, space and materialities.

GlogauAIR Project

My proposal for this residency is to continue my photographic research based on the relationship between poetry, territorial exploration and materialities of the city, adding a new element that I have been developing since 2021, which is the use of found objects for the creation of sculptures. I am interested in this new variant by the appearance of three-dimensionality and the reuse of objects considered waste. I consider this an important step in my artistic production since it would make possible the expansion of the imaginary present in my work, bringing me even closer to my goal of creating artistic installations.

CV Summary

• Gonzalo Morales Leiva studied Film Making (Argentina), Photography (Chile and Mexico) and Visual Arts (Chile).
• Uses media such as analog photography, video, silkscreen on paper, drawing and sculpture to archive the city and history of Latin America in its different geometries, colors, shapes, materialities and iconographies.
• Has exhibited in Chile, Mexico, Germany and the United States, highlighting places such as: Centro Cultural Futurama, Galería Cívica, Galería Kastanien, Taller Dardo, Galería CamaraLucida, Galería Página en Blando, Galería Metropolitana, CENTEX Valparaíso, Universidad Católica del Maule, Universidad de Talca and Praxis Gallery.
• 2022/ Curator of the Visual Arts Catalog, Maule Region, Chile – Seremi de Cultura Artes y Patrimonio – Maule Region.
• 2022/ Selected in the Artistic Residency of Glogauair, Berlin, Germany.
• 2022/ Solo Exhibition “It could happen”, Página en Blando Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2022/ Artistic Residency Escuela y Galería Pagina en Blando, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2022 / Group exhibition “The abstract image”, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
• 2022 / Group exhibition “Docum3nta” Futurama Cultural Center, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2022 / Solo exhibition “Mil Fragmentos de alba” Civic Gallery, Curico, Chile.
• 2022 / Group exhibition “Envío 0,1” Kastanien Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
• 2021 / Group exhibition “Casi sin Querer” Taller Dardo, Santiago, Chile.
• 2021 / Solo exhibition “Tactics” Cámara Lúcida Gallery, Valparaíso, Chile.
• 2021 / Selected to work in the collective project “Núcleos creativos”, Maule Regional Government, with the video “Asesino”, Talca, Chile.
• 2021 / Editorial project “Ni Talca, ni París, ni Londres”, Metropolitan Gallery, Chile.
• 2021 / Annual tutoring in visual arts at Taller Dardo, Santiago, Chile.
• 2020 / Solo virtual exhibition “The truth is a suspended object”, Universidad Católica del Maule Gallery, Talca, Chile.
• 2020 / Group exhibition “Objeto Paisaje” CENTEX Gallery, Valparaíso, Chile.
• 2020 / Solo exhibition “Interrogación” Página en Blando Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2019 / Solo exhibition “Vanitas” Gallery University of Talca, Curico, Chile.
• 2019 / Diploma in artistic photography at Cámara Lúcida School, Valparaíso, Chile.
• 2019 / Laboratory of artistic criticism and curatorship Escuela Página en Blando, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2018 / Diploma in Creation of photographic projects and curatorial solutions, Escuela Página en Blando, Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2017 / Script , production and direction of the short film “Sangre, muerte, llanto”, Talca, Chile.
• 2007 – 2011 / Film direction, Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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