Antonio Vega Macotela Explained

José Antonio Vega Macotela
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Training:National School of Fine Arts, Mexico City

José Antonio Vega Macotela (born 1980, Mexico City, Mexico) is a multidisciplinary visual artist working across media and geographies in collaboration with diverse groups such as Indigenous communities, incarcerated people, soldiers, miners, and hackers, among others.[1] [2] The artist lives and works between Mexico City and Amsterdam.[3]

Work

Antonio Vega Macotela's work draws from social practice and exchange to comment on capitalism and economic values and symbols. Through his artistic practice, he often negotiates people's requests in exchange for his time.[4] At times, Macotela works in collaboration with independent groups to bring his artistic vision to fruition, for instance, he worked with hackers in a 2019 solo exhibition in Belgium and most recently in Spain (2022).[5] [6] [7]

Macotela holds a Bachelor or Fine Art from the National School of Fine Arts, Mexico City, in Mexico (2004).

He was an artist in residence at Amant Foundation, New York; and was the Intermedia Artist in Residence programme at Parsons School of Design's department of Art, Media and Technology, New York (2012). He also has held residences in Amsterdam (2011-2012), at the Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014);[8] at ACC-Rijksakademie residency programme, Gwangju, Korea (2015); and at Gasworks,[9] London (2018).[10]

He has presented his work at international and large scale exhibitions such as the Manifesta 9, Ghent (2012);[11] 3rd Poly/Graphic Triennial of Puerto Rico (2012); 2nd New Museum Triennial: The Ungovernables, New York;[12] Prospect 3. New Orleans (2014); Istanbul Biennial (2014); Documenta 14, Kassel, in Germany, and Athens, Greece (2017);[13] “Stories of Almost Everyone”, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); 12th Taipei Biennial, China (2020); 34th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil (2021); and the High Line Art Commission, New York (2021);[14] Toi et moi, on ne vit pas sur la même planète”, Centre Pompidou-Metz (2021).[15]

Collections

Reference

  1. Web site: José Antonio Vega Macotela MACBA . 2024-05-21 . MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona . en-US.
  2. Web site: Martínez . Chus . 2011-05-01 . OPENINGS: JOSÉ ANTONIO VEGA MACOTELA . 2024-05-21 . Artforum . en-US.
  3. Web site: Antonio Vega Macotela . 2024-05-21 . labor.org.mx . en.
  4. Web site: José Antonio Vega Macotela . 2024-05-21 . Amant . en.
  5. Web site: 2019-11-23 . Antonio Vega Macotela at CIAP – Art Viewer . 2024-05-21 . en-US.
  6. Web site: José Antonio Vega Macotela Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth . 2024-05-21 . www.themodern.org . en.
  7. Web site: Arts . Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo Oslo National Academy of the . 2022-11-21 . Artistic Research Lecture: Antonio Vega Macotela / Characteromancy - Oslo National Academy of the Arts . 2024-05-21 . khio.no . en.
  8. Web site: Antonio Vega Macotela (MX) - Palais de Tokyo . 2024-05-21 . palaisdetokyo.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: Antonio Vega Macotela Residencies Gasworks . 2024-05-21 . www.gasworks.org.uk.
  10. Web site: people - Sharjah Art Foundation . 2024-05-21 . www.sharjahart.org.
  11. Web site: 2024-09-08 . Antonio Vega Macotela, MX . 2024-05-21 . Manifesta . en-US.
  12. Web site: People . 2024-05-21 . New Museum Digital Archive . en.
  13. Web site: Antonio Vega Macotela . 2024-05-21 . www.documenta14.de . en.
  14. Web site: Antonio Vega Macotela at High Line Park . 2024-05-21 . labor.org.mx . en.
  15. Web site: José Antonio Vega Macotela . 2024-05-21 . Amant . en.
  16. Web site: 2018-04-04 . Lunchtime Art Talk on Antonio Vega Macotela Hammer Museum . 2024-05-21 . hammer.ucla.edu . en.
  17. Web site: Potosi – Kadist . 2024-05-21 . en-CA.
  18. Web site: The Warehouse Dallas Antonio Vega Macotela . 2024-05-21 . The Warehouse Dallas . en-US.
  19. Web site: Time divisa (fragmento), 2005 - 2010 José Antonio Vega Macotela MACBA . 2024-05-21 . MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona . en-US.

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