In conjunction with the opening of Doris Salcedo, the artist will present a talk in the PAMM auditorium that touches upon the art and influences that have marked her 30-year career.
Doris Salcedo was born in 1958 in Bogotá and is highly regarded for her evocative political sculpture, installation, and performance. The artist holds a BFA from the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (1980) and an MA in Sculpture from New York University (1984). She has served as Director of the School of Plastic Arts, Instituto de Bellas Artes, Cali, Colombia (1987–88), and as Professor of Sculpture and Art Theory, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (1989–91). Salcedo’s oeuvre is primarily concerned with memorializing the victims of the recent decades of brutal political violence in Colombia. Accomplished through a sculptural and forensic reconfiguring of intimate domestic objects such as furniture, shoes, and organic materials, much of the work responds to the testimony of friends and relatives of the missing (presumed dead).
Salcedo has had solo exhibitions at the Casa de Moneda, Bogotá (1985); New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1998); Tate Gallery, London (1999); Camden Arts Centre, London (2001); Centro de Arte Contempornea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2008); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Moderna Museet, Malmö; and Centro de Arte Moderna, José de Azeredo Perdigo, Lisbon (all 2011); and at the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2012). She has participated in group exhibitions at the São Paolo Biennial (1998); Liverpool Biennial (1999); Documenta, Kassel, Germany (2002); Turin Triennial (2005); P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, and The Menil Collection, Houston (2008); and Hayward Gallery, London (2010). Salcedo has received multiple awards and honors, including the Ordway Prize (2005) and a Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Grant (1995). She lives and works in Bogotá.
Organization and Support
Doris Salcedo is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Lead support for the exhibition is provided by the Harris Family Foundation, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Anne Kaplan, Howard and Donna Stone, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and Helen and Sam Zell. Major Support is provided by The Chicago Community Trust, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ministry of Culture of Colombia and Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C., Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul, Paula and Jim Crown, Nancy and Steve Crown, Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation, Liz and Eric Lefkofsky, Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch, and Kristin and Stanley Stevens. Additional generous support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Marilyn and Larry Fields, the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, Agnes Gund, the Kovler Family Foundation, Nancy and David Frej, Mary E. Ittelson, Lilly Scarpetta, Jennifer Aubrey, the Dedalus Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, Ashlee and Martin Modahl, Lois and Steve Eisen and the Eisen Family Foundation, the North Shore Affiliate of the MCA, Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Jeanne and Michael Klein, Lisa and John Miller, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Maria C. Bechily and Scott Hodes, the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, Jill Garling and Tom Wilson, Solita Mishaan, and Sara Szold. The artist’s galleries have also provided support to present the exhibition and catalogue: White Cube and Alexander and Bonin, New York. The presentation of this exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami has been made possible by global law firm Hogan Lovells with additional support from Phillips and Veuve Clicquot. Lead individual support was received from Patricia and William Kleh with additional support provided by Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes, and Nina Fuentes. Support from Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Colombia are also gratefully acknowledged.
