Carlos Amorales
1970 Mexico D.F.
Works and lives in Amsterdam, NL and Mexico City.
Solo Shows and Performance Projects (selection)
2003
Devil Dance, Museum Boijmans van Beuning, Rotterdam
Amorales vs Amorales, SF MOMA, San Francisco
Amorales vs Amorales, Tate and Egg Live, Tate Modern, London
UK is almost OK, 24/7, London
Rotten in his own words, Festival international de nouvelle danse (FIND), Montreal
Ojos Morados, El Ojo Atomico, Madrid
Los Mutantes / 3, in collaboration with Francisco Fernandez, Mexico City streets and El Caracol
Le amour ce plus froid que la mort, with Silverio, Chiesa di San Mateo, Asosiassione Prometeo, Lucca
2002
Sympathy, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich
Fighting Evil (with style), SFU Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, USA
Solitario, Le Studio, Yvon Lambert, Paris
Simpatia por el Diablo, SKUC, Lubjana, Slovenia
2001
Ballgame, Berlin Art Forum, Project
open, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich
Amorales Cabaret, Migros Museum, Zurich
Cuerpo sin alma, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City
2000
A World All Too Familiar, new projects by Carlos Amorales and Christine Hill,
CCS Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
Funny 13, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpe
Los Mutantes / 2, in collaboration with Michael Blum, Mexico City streets and El Caracol, Mexico
Group Shows (selection)
2003
“We Are the World”, Dutch Pavillion, Venice Biennial, Venice (C)
“Independence”, South London Gallery, London
“Mexico Iluminado” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Philadelphia
“Forbidden”, Gana Art Center, Seoul (C)2002
“Culture Meets Culture”, Busan Biennale, Korea (C)
Mexico City…, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, we in Flames, clip 624k
Mexico City…, P.S.1, New York
Million Mexicans can’t be wrong, South London Gallery, London
2001
Apex Art, New York
Tirana Biennale, Albania
We in FLAMES, Berlin Biennial 2, Berlin
"Kunst macht Spass", Wolfburg Museum, Wolfsburg
"The Overexcited Body", Palazzo dell'Arengario, Piazza del Duomo, Milan
2000
"Let's Entertain", itinerant exhibition: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
"Insite 2000", San Diego/Tijuana
"Au dela du spectacle", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1997
"Niet de kustvlaai", Interim Performance, Westergas Fabriek, Amsterdam
Press, media and publications
2001
"--- los Amorales
Carlos Amorales", catalogue, Stichting Artimo, Amsterdam
2000
"Unlimited NL-2", catalogue, De Appel, Amsterdam
"Territorios Ausentes", catalogue, Casa de America, Madrid
"Let's Entertain", catalogue, Walker Art Center, Mineapolis
"Insite 2000", catalogue, San Diego/Tijuana
"Fresh Cream" Phaidon Press. London
"Ideas for Living", exhibition publication, De Paviljoens, Almere
1999
"Amorales Interim", Park TV, Berlin
"Artist contribution" Material magazine, issue November, Zurich
"Peace" catalogue, Migros Museum, ZurichPublic collection
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
SMAK, Gand
Walker Art Center, MinneapolisPublic collection
La Colección JUMEX, Ecatepec Edo. de México C.P.
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
SMAK, Gand
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis