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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Closed place / Open Word | 2023

Handwritten transcription of the book Poetique de la Relation (1990) by Edouard Glissant · Fountain pen and ink on bamboo paper · 142 x 113 cm each

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Detail from Closed place / Open Word | 2023

Detail · Handwritten transcription of the book Poetique de la Relation (1990) by Edouard Glissant

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Detail from Closed place / Open Word | 2023

Detail · Handwritten transcription of the book Poetique de la Relation (1990) by Edouard Glissant

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Autogeografía I | 2022

Sublimated cotton and bamboo · 345 x 240 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Serie: Insano, Injusto, Extremadamente Entretenido | 2023

Print on Hahnemühle paper, wooden framed · Fr: 51,5 x 71 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Serie: Insano, Injusto, Extremadamente Entretenido | 2023

Print on Hahnemühle paper, wooden framed · Fr: 51,5 x 71 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Serie: Insano, Injusto, Extremadamente Entretenido | 2023

Print on Hahnemühle paper, wooden framed · Fr: 51,5 x 71 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Serie: Insano, Injusto, Extremadamente Entretenido | 2023

Print on Hahnemühle paper, wooden framed · Fr: 51,5 x 71 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Path II | 2023

Ink on graph paper, methacrylate box · Fr: 45 x 33 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the book “El indio y el poder” | 2022

Ink on hahnemühle harmony 300g paper · 156 x 136 cm (Variable dimensions)

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the book “La tempestad en los Andes” by Luis E. Valcárcel | 2022

Ink on hahnemühle harmony 300g paper · Fr: 123 x 124 cm (Variable dimensions)

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Una Ambigüedad Irresuelta | 2022

Exhibition View · MALI Museum, Lima, Perú

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Una Ambigüedad Irresuelta (detail) | 2022

Exhibition View · MALI Museum, Lima, Perú
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of “Objeto Marginal/ Objeto Antiguo” from the book “El Sistema De Los Objetos” by Jean Braudillard | 2019

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 47 x 35 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the chapter “Objeto marginal/objeto antiguo” from the book “El sistema de los objetos” by Jean Braudillard | 2019

Fountain pen, graphite and ink on bamboo paper · 65 x 47 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the text “Con qué fin escribió Guamán Poma su crónica” | 2019

Fountain Pen, graphite and ink on bamboo paper · 68 x 53 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the text “Con qué fin escribió Guamán Poma su crónica”(detail) | 2019
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Tempestad En Los Andes” by Luis E. Varcárcel | 2019

Ink on bamboo paper · 153 x 115 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of excerpts from the book “Los Caballos De Troya” by Jurgen Golte and Norma Adams | 2019

Fountain pen and ink on bamboo paper · 67,5 x 52,5 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of excerpts from the book “Los Caballos De Troya” by Jurgen Golte and Norma Adams | 2019

Fountain pen, graphite and ink on bamboo paper · 65 x 47 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | La Tiranía Del Inca | 2018

Installation view · Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 100 x 148 each · ARCO booth Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | La Tiranía Del Inca II | 2018

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 100 x 148 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | La Tiranía Del Inca III | 2018

Ink on bamboo paper · 100 x 148 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | La Tiranía Del Inca I | 2018

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 100 x 148 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Espadas | 2020

Wax · 320 x Ø 10 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Una Ambigüedad Irresuelta I | 2017

Ceramics, showcases of wood, concrete and methacrylate · 91 x 91 x 192,5 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Una Ambigüedad Irresuelta I (detail) | 2017
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Amauta (Handwritten transcription of the magazine “Amauta”) | 2020

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 153 x 115 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | 7 Ensayos Sobre José Carlos Mariátegui | 2018

Ink on bamboo paper · 30 x 40 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “La Alfarera Celosa” by Claude Levi-Strauss | 2015

Fountain pen and indian ink on bamboo paper · 70 x 100 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “La Conquista De América” by Tzvetan Todoroz | 2016

Fountain pen and ink on bamboo paper · 100 x 70 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Lenguaje Y Discriminación Social En América Latina | 2016

Ink on bamboo paper · Framed: 51,5 x 70,5 cm

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Siete ensayos de interpretación: de la realidad peruana” by José Carlos Mariategui | 2015

Stylograph on cotton paper · 30 x 40 cm each

JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Humanismo, Colonialismo Y Hombre Salvaje” by Michael Taussig (Dipthyc) | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 131,5 x 101 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Humanismo, Colonialismo Y Hombre Salvaje” by Michael Taussig (detail) | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 131,5 x 101 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Humanismo, Colonialismo Y Hombre Salvaje” by Michael Taussig (detail) | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 131,5 x 101 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Lenguaje Y Discriminación Social En América Latina” by Alberto Escobar II | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 50 x 35 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Paths | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 130 x 164 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Reading Paths II | 2017

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 130 x 170 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription from the book “Transtrópicos” by Levi Strauss | 2017

Ink on bamboo paper · 85,5 x 95,5 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | From the series Handwritten transcription of “Los siete ensayos de interpretación de la realidad peruana” by José Carlos Mariategui | 2015

Ink on bamboo paper · 30 x 40 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | From Intimacy To Public Space | 2015

Ink on cotton paper · 120 x 180 cm Collection – Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art – Copenhague
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the magazine “Amauta” | 2015

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 50 x 75 cm each
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the book “La literatura como exploración” by Louise Rosenblatt | 2015

Fountain pen on bamboo paper · 140 x 180 cm
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JOSÉ VERA MATOS | Handwritten transcription of the book “La literatura como exploración” by Louise Rosenblatt (detail) | 2015

Born in 1981 in Lima, Perú

Living and working in Lima

Education

  • 2015 Delfina Foundation. London. UK
  • 2012 Vermont Studio Center. Jhonson, Vermont. U.S.A
  • 2000-2003 Escuel Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Peru. Lima-Perú
  • 1998-2000 Instituto de Artes Visuales Edith Sachs. Lima-Perú

Solo Shows

2023
  • Dos islas vecinas, Casa de América, Madrid (in collaboration with Casado Santapau Gallery)
  • Manifestation of Being, Solo Duo con Jieung Park, Lohaus Sominsky Gallery, Munich, Germany.
  • Inventar un siglo, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid, España
2022
  • Una Ambigüedad Irresuelta, MALI Museum, Lima, Peru
2021
  • Galerie Nordenhake Stockholm.
2020
  • La espada es la pared, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
2019
  • Pellizcar un Vidreo, Galeria Nordenhake, Mexico
2018
  • “7 ensayos de interpretación de la Realidad Peruana de José Carlos Mariátegui”, Casa Museo J.C. Mariátegui; Lima.
2017
  • DOSISLAS VECINAS. Galería Casado Santapau. Madrid.
  • Profecía es memoria. Galería 80m2, Lima
2016
  • DIENTEDE ORO VUELVE A BRILLAR. Galería Arroniz. México DF.
  • Nuevas Almas Salvajes. MATE, Museo Mario Testino.
2015
  • Metabolismo de utopías. Garúa. Lima
2014
  • Summer & Winter at the Same time. Dot Fifty One.
  • Inversión/ Bahía de Lima. Galería SUM. Lima.
2013
  • El Sol del mundo natural es puro fuego. Galería Revolver. Lima
2011
  • After dark. Galería Revolver. Lima
2010
  • To Live is to Die. Galería Revolver. Lima
  • Nueva Era. Galería Oficina 1. Caracas
2009
  • La vida de los animales. Galería Revolver. Lima

Group Shows

2023
  • Antes de América. Original Sources in Modern Culture, Fundación Juan March in collaboration with Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2022
  • 12 + 10: Arte Contemporáneo del Perú, Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid
2020
  • Atopia, Migração, Legado e Ausência de Lugar, (TBA21 collection), SEPI. Sao Paulo
  • Escrituras Ácratas, Centro Párraga, Murcia.
2019
  • “Draw me a flag” Colección Fondation Cartier, BienalSUR, Buenos Aires.
2018
  • Southern Geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia, Fondation Cartier, París.
  • After Finitude, Curated by Elena Damiani, Galerie Nordenhake, Ciudad de México.
2017
  • NEXTSTOP, Peruvian artists in the Collection Hochschild. Sala Alcala 31. Madrid
2016
  • New conntemporary Art at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Copenhague.
  • Viajes Evolutivos. Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
  • Walden Gallery. Buenos Aires.
2015
  • Zona Maco Sur. Solo Solo Projects. Curada por Luis Silva y Joao Mourao. México DF
  • Ulises Carrión/ José Vera Matos. Opening. Arco. Madrid
  • LISTE. SOLOPROJECTS. Basel
  • The Pourcurpine in the Room Curated by Gitanjali Dang. The Delfina Foundation- London UK.
  • Constructed otherness. Chalton Gallery. London UK
2014
  • The Rag Factory. London, UK
2013
  • Superreal: Alternative Realities in Photography and New Media. Museo del Barrio. New York
2012
  • Días Negros. Galería Revolver. Lima
  • Terra Incógnita. Centro Cultural de España. Lima
  • Galeria Revolver, Lima.
  • Color & Unrest, a Survey of Latin American video Production curated by Proyectos Ultravioleta. New York
  • La Loseta. River Art Museum. CA. U.S.A
  • Bajo el sol de la muerte. Galería Espacio Mínimo. Madrid
2011
  • El Placer es más importante que la victoria. Tsaneem Gallery. Barcelona
  • Difracción. Arroniz Arte Conte-mporáneo. México D.F.
  • La quema del Diablo. Proyectos Ultravioleta. Guatemala
  • Finally we are no one. La Loseta. San Juan
  • OFF. Blanca Soto. Madrid, España.
2010
  • Gratia plena. La Residencia. Bogotá
  • Grandes Expectativas. ICPNA. Arequipa -OFF. Galería Blanca Soto. Madrid
  • El comienzo del fin. Patricia Ready. Santiago
  • Bienal del Fin, el colapso. El 52. México D.F
2009
  • Galería Revolver. Lima
2008
  • No eres tu soy yo. Galería Oficina 1. Caracas
  • Al natural. Dibujo peruano contemporáneo. Centro cultural Ricardo Palma
  • Adquisiciones y donaciones 2008. Museo de Arte de Lima, MALI. Lima

Collections

  • MALI, Museo Lima, Perú
  • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Copenhague
  • Hochschild Collection, Lima, Perú
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
  • Fondation Cartier, Paris.

Awards

  • 2012 Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Fellowship for Latinoamerican Artists

Selected Bibliography

  • Phaidon Editors. Vitamin D3: Today’s Best in Contemporary Drawing. New York: Phaidon Press, 2021