Pia Camil Explained

Pia Camil
Birth Place:	Mexico City, Mexico
Education:	Rhode Island School of Design, Slade School of Fine Art

Pia Camil (born 1980) is a Mexican contemporary artist. Camil works in painting, sculpture, installation and performance.

Biography

Pia Camil was born in 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico.^[1] Camil was raised in Mexico City.

Camil focused on studying painting in her college education.^[2] She earned a B.F.A. in Painting in 2003 from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an M.F.A. in 2008 from the Slade School of Fine Art, in London.^{[3] [4]}

Camil’s work is usually associated to the Mexican urban landscape, the aesthetic language of modernism and its relationship to retail and advertising.^[5] Recently she has engaged in public participation as a way to activate the work and engage with the politics of consumerism.^[6]

Her work is included in many public museum collections including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,^[7] Centre Pompidou, Blanton Museum of Art, and others.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• Pia Camil: Three Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Tucson, Arizona (2021)^[8]
• Telón de Boca, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Itzel Vargas. (2018)
• Fade to Black: Sit, Relax, Look, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, Georgia. (2018)
• Bara, Bara, Bara, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. Curated by Justine Ludwig. (2017)
• Divisor Pirata, NuMu (Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Guatemala City, Guatemala. (2016)
• A Pot for A Latch, second edition, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, California. (2016)
• Slats, Skins & Shopfittings, Blum & Poe, New York City, New York. (2016)
• A Pot for A Latch, New Museum, New York City, New York. (2016)

Group exhibitions

• Aichi Triennial 2019, Nagoya, Japan. (2019)^{[9] [10] [11]}
• 2019 Desert X Biennial, Camil's work was co-created with Cinthia Marcelle. (2019)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: March 7, 2020. The Clark Art Institute Launches A New Contemporary Art Program With Works by Mexican Artist Pia Camil. 2021-06-01. ArtfixDaily. en.
2. Web site: Limnander. Armand. December 5, 2018. The Nine Women Leading Mexico's Cultural Renaissance. 2021-06-01. W Magazine. en.
3. Web site: Pia Camil, Mexican performance and multimedia artist. 2019-04-04. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
4. Web site: Cepeda. Gaby. 2019-04-01. In the Studio: Pia Camil. 2021-06-01. Art in America. en-US.
5. Web site: Radin. Sara. 2019-12-03. Pia Camil turns old T-shirts into art. 2021-06-01. i-D. en.
6. Web site: Gleichenhaus. Becca. 2019-11-05. An Evening With Pia Camil at the Guggenheim on November 8. 2021-06-01. Hyperallergic. en-US.
7. Web site: July 2, 2020. La artista mexicana, Pia Camil, crea esta impactante obra para la portada de Vogue. The Mexican artist, Pia Camil, creates the work 'New Beginnings' for Vogue. 2021-06-01. Vogue Mexico. es-MX.
8. Web site: Regan. Margaret. Make it sew: MOCA-Tucson features exhibit of reclaimed T-shirts. 2021-06-01. Tucson Weekly. en.
9. Web site: 2019-08-01. Artista mexicano será curador en la Trienal de Aichi 2019. 2021-06-01. Centro Urbano. es.
10. Web site: 2019-12-18. Censorship Was Just One of the Aichi Triennale's Problems. Now, a Government Report Reflects on What Went Wrong. 2021-06-01. Artnet News. en-US.
11. Web site: Durón. Maximilíano. 2019-10-09. Following Censorship Allegations, Aichi Triennale Reopens Controversial Exhibition, Puts Back on View Works Removed by Artists. 2021-06-01. ARTnews.com. en-US.
12. Web site: Biller. Steven. 2019-03-29. Desert X 2019 Addresses Desert Issues, Conditions With Art Installations. 2021-06-01. Palm Springs Life. en-US.