ABOUT IVAN NAVARRO
Ivan Navarro was born in 1972 in Santiago, Chile, where he grew up
under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. From 1991 to 1995
he studied art at the Universidad Católica de Chile, graduating with a
degree in printmaking. In 1997 he moved to New York where he has lived
and worked ever since. For the last 10 years his work has been primarily sculpture based on light. He has exhibited actively throughout Latin America, the United States and Europe in places like The Whitney Museum atAltria, New York; El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC; MOCA, Miami; North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Prague Biennale 2, Prague; Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris; Towner, Eastbourne; Distrito Cuatro, Madrid; Adelaide Festival, Adelaide; Museo Nacional de Arte, Lima; Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago; Galería Moro, Santiago and Galería Metropolitana, Santiago.
Iván Navarro è nato a Santiago, Cile, nel 1972 dove è cresciuto durante la Dittatura del Generale Augusto Pinochet. Dal 1991 al 1995 ha studiato arte all’Università Cattolica del Cile con una specializzazione in “Printmaking”. Nel 1997 si è trasferito a New York dove tuttora vive e lavora. Negli ultimi 10 anni la sua opera si è basata principalmente sulla scultura luminosa. Ha presentato mostre in America Latina, Stati Uniti ed Europa: Whitney Museum di Altria (N.Y.); Museo del Barrio, (N.Y.), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington DC); MOCA (Miami); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; SITE Santa Fe; Witte de With (Rotterdam); Prague Biennale 2 (Prague); Galerie Daniel Templon (Paris); Towner, Eastbourne; Distrito Cuatro, (Madrid); Adelaide Festival, (Adelaide); Museo Nacional de Arte (Lima); Centro Cultural Matucana 100 (Santiago); Galeria Moro (Santiago) e Galeria Metropolitana (Santiago).
I V A N N A V A R R O C.V.
1972 Born in / Nació en Santiago, Chile
Lives and works in / Vive y trabaja en New York, USA
Education / Educación
1991-1995 BFA, PUC of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Grants and Residencies / Becas y Residencias
2007 Fondart, Grant Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile
2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. New York, USA
2005 A.S.A.P / Kamp Kippy. Maine, USA
2002 Gasworks, Residency Gasworks Cultural Exchange Program. London, UK
2002 Fondart, Grant Ministry of Education. Santiago, Chile
2001 Art/OMI, International Artists’ Residency. New York, USA
2001 Fondart, Grant Ministry of Education. Santiago, Chile
1999 Fondart, Grant Ministry of Education. Santiago, Chile
Solo Exhibitions / Exhibiciones Individuales
2009 Threshold, 53rd Biennale di Venezia, Chilean Pavillion. Venice, Italy
2009 Nowhere Man, Towner. Eastbourne, UK
2008 Homeless Lamp, The Juice Sucker, Fabric Work Shop & Museum. Philadelphia, USA
2008 Antifurniture, Galerie Daniel Templon. Paris, France
2008 Backstage, Greenaway Gallery - Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts. Adelaide, Australia
2008 No Man’s Land, Koppelman Gallery, Tufts University Art Gallery. Massachusetts, USA
2007 ¿Dónde Están?, Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile
2007 Propuesta de Monumento para Victor Jara, Galería Moro. Santiago, Chile
2007 Large Wall Hole (project wall), Jersey City Museum. New Jersey, USA
2006 Concentration Camp, Roebling Hall. New York, USA
2006 Iván Navarro, Unosunove Arte Contemporanea. Rome, Italy
2006 Pachamama, Galería Metropolitana. Santiago, Chile
2006 I Am Not From Here, I Am Not From There, Union Gallery. London, UK
2005 Spyglass, Galerie Daniel Templon. Paris, France
2005 Shortcuts, Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza. New York, USA
2004 Monuments for D. Flavin, Roebling Hall. New York, USA
2004 Juice Sucker, CSPS Legion Arts. Iowa, USA
2002 Blade Runner, Gasworks Studios. London, UK
2001 Big Bang, Galería Animal. Santiago, Chile
1996 Camping Day, PUC. Santiago, Chile
Collaborations / Colaboraciones
2009 Parsing Spirituality (Courtney Smith and Iván Navarro), Affirmation Arts. New York, USA
2008 Remake (Courtney Smith and Iván Navarro), G Fine Arts. Washington DC, USA
2008 Artist as Publisher (Hueso Records), The Center for Book Arts. New York, USA
2007 Homemade (Instituto Divorciado), De Warande Cultural Center. Turnhout, Belgium
2007 País de Poetas: Contemporary Art from Santiago to Brooklyn (Courtney Smith and Ivan Navarro), Rotunda Gallery. Brooklyn, USA
2006 Busan Biennale (Mario Navarro and Iván Navarro), Busan Museum of Modern Art. Busan, South Korea
2006 Contra-Golpe (Instituto Divorciado), Karl Marx alle 87. Berlin, Germany
2006 Studio Visit (Courtney Smith and Iván Navarro), Exit Art. New York, USA
2006 City Scapes (Mario Navarro and Iván Navarro), Centro Cultural Matucana 100 in ARCO. Madrid, Spain
2004 Illegal Carnival, 173 North 7th Street, Williamsburg. New York, USA
1999 2007 (Mario Navarro and Iván Navarro), Galería Posada del Corregidor. Santiago, Chile
1996 Las Cosas y sus Atributos (Mario Navarro and Iván Navarro), Galería Gabriela Mistral. Santiago, Chile
Group Exhibitions (Selection) / Exhibiciones Colectivas (Selección)
2009 PAPART. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2009 Bienal de Canarias. Tenerife, Spain
2008 A Political Exhibition, Tirana Institute for Contemporary Art. Tirana, Alabania
2008 Informed by Function, Lehman College Art Gallery. New York, USA
2007 Aquí y Ahora: Transcultura, Centro Cultural de España. San Salvador, El Salvador
2007 When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever, BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art. Gateshead, England
2007 Daniel López Show, White Box. New York, USA
2007 Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from The Collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington DC, USA
2007 Petrolina, Moscow Museum of Modern Art at Petrovka and We are your future, Art Center Winzavod. Special projects for the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
2006 Multiplication, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago, Chile
2006 Artificial Light, (traveling exhibition)VCU Anderson Gallery. Richmond, USA MOCA at Goldman Warehouse. Miami, USA
2006 Trace, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria. New York, USA
2006 Arquivar Tormentas, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2006 Don Quijote, Witte de Witt. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006 Other than Art, G Fine Arts. Washington DC, USA
2005 Poles Apart / Poles Together, White Box and the International Artists Museum for the 51st Venice Biennale. Venice, Itally
2005 Next Next Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music. New York, USA
2005 Sept. 11 1973, Orchard. New York, USA
2005-2009 The Disappeared (traveling exhibition):
- North Dakota Museum of Art. Grand Forks, USA
- Centro Cultural Recoleta. Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo, Uruguay
- El Museo del Barrio. New York, USA
- Museo de Arte de San Marco. Lima, Perú
- SITE Santa Fe. New Mexico, USA
- Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile
- Museo de Arte Moderno. Bogotá, Colombia
- Art Museum of the Americas. OAS. Washington DC, USA
- University of Wyoming Art Museum. Wyoming, USA
- Weisman Museum of Art. Mineapolis, USA
2005 Acción Directa: Latin American Social Sphere, Prague Biennale 2. Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Transformer, Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile.
2004 Produciendo Realidad, Arte e Resistenza Latinoamericana, Prometeo Associazione. Lucca, Italy
2004 Terrorvision, Exit Art. New York, USA
2003 Brewster 2003, Brewster. New York, USA
2003 BQE, White Box. New York, USA
2003 Ricos y Famosos, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. Santiago, Chile
2003 Frankenstein (or, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye)Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. New York, USA
2002 Overt Operation, Joseph Helman Gallery. New York, USA
2002 Viology, Violence of Culture & Culture of Violence, Galería de la Raza. San Francisco, USA
2001-2000 The Place Without Limit, Contemporary Art From Chile (traveling exhibition):
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Guadalajara. Guadalajara, Mexico
- Museo Nacional de Arte. Lima, Perú
- Museo Rubén Blades. Montevideo, Uruguay
- Museo del Barro. Asunción, Paraguay
2000 Magnética, Fundación Telefónica. Santiago, Chile
1999-2000 Chile – Austria (traveling exhibition):
- Landesgalerie-Oberoesterreich. Linz, Austria
- Kärntner Landesgalerie. Innsbruck, Austria
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Santiago, Chile
1999 The Selected Files, El Museo del Barrio. New York, USA
1999 Doméstico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Valdivia. Valdivia, Chile
1997 Arte Jóven en Chile (1986-1996), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Santiago, Chile
Bibliography / Bibliografía
Catalogues and Books (Selection) / Catálogos y Libros (Selección)
2009
-Arévalo, Antonio. “The Treshold of Iván Navarro” (monograph) Iván Navarro, Threshold. Edit. Charta. Milan Italy / New York, USA
-Ellegood, Anne. “Resisting Flags” (monograph) Iván Navarro, Threshold. Edit. Charta, Milan Italy / New York, USA
-Kitamura, Katie. “Nowhere Man” (monograph) Iván Navarro, Nowhere Man. Edit. Towner. Eastbourne, UK.
-Mellado, Justo Pastor and Navarro, Ivan. “Politics of Provisions” (monograph) Iván Navarro, Threshold. Edit. Charta. Milan, Italy / New York, USA
2008
-Bozicnik, Nina. “Piercing the Facade: Iván Navarro and the Aesthetic of Social Illumination” (exh bro) No Man’s Land. Edit. Tufts University Art Gallery. Massachusetts, USA
-Julianne Pierce. “Iván Navarro” (exh bro) Speed of Light. Edit. Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts. Adelaide, Australia
-López Chaoud, Omar. (exh cat) Artist as Publisher. Edit. Center for Book Arts. New York City, USA
-Schlegel, Amy Ingrid. (exh bro) No Man’s Land. Edit. Tufts University Art Gallery. Massachusetts, USA
2007
-Gaillemin, Jean Luis. ”Style et Ornaments” (exh cat) Design Contra Design. Edit. Galerie Nationales du Grand Palais. Paris, France
-Navarro, Iván. (exh cat) We Are The Future. Edit. Especial Project 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
-Ravenal, John. “Bright Lights, Bad Dreams” (monograph) Iván Navarro. Edit. Communic’Art. Paris, France
-Renske Janssen and Nicolaus Schafhausen. Changing Roles Artists’ personal views and wishes. Edit. Witte de With. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2006
-Dittborn, Eugenio. (Fragmento de La Feliz del Edén) (exh cat) Multiplication. Edit MAC. Santiago, Chile
-Fuenmayor, Jesús. Arte da America do soul. Ponto de Viragem 1989. Colecçao de Arte
Contemporanea Publico Serralves. Edit. Museo Serralves. Porto, Portugal
-Galerie Daniel Templon 40 ans. Edit. Communic’Art. Paris, France
- González, Ana and Oliveira, Manuel. (exh cat) Arquivar Tormentas. Edit. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
-Machuca, Guillermo. “Art & Context: Three Decades of Aesthetic Production in Chile”
Copiar el Eden: Copyin Eden. Edit. Puro Chile and Gerardo Mosquera. Santiago, Chile
- Momim, Shamin & Weinberg, Adam. The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria.
Edit. The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, USA
-Mosquera, Gerardo. Copiar el Eden: Copyin Eden. Edit. Puro Chile and Gerardo Mosquera. Santiago, Chile
-Nicolaus Schafhausen and Sophie von Olfers. (exh cat) Don Quijote. Edit. Witte de With. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
-Ravenal, John. (exh cat) Artificial Light. Edit. VCUarts Anderson Gallery, VMFA, Richmond, and MOCA, Miami, USA
-Reuter, Laurel. (exh cat) The Disappeared. Edit. Charta. Milan, Italy / New York USA
2005
-Díaz, Juan Pablo. “El paraíso, el deshecho: Paisaje en homenaje a Ana Ríos” (exh cat) Transformer. Edit. Mario Navarro. Santiago, Chile
-Navarro, Mario. “Transformer” (exh cat) Transformer. Edit. Mario Navarro. Santiago Chile
-Scotini, Marco. “Acción Directa: Latin American Social Sphere” (exh cat) Prague Biennale 2. Edit. Giancarlo Politi. Milan, Italy
-Sorokina, Elena. (exh cat) Crude Oil Paintings. Edit. Elena Sorikina and Studio Radia. New York, USA
2004
-Arévalo, Antonio. (exh cat) Produciendo Realidad, Arte e Resistenza Latinoamericana. Edit. Prometeo Associazione. Lucca, Italy
-Navarro, Mario. “Documento Desclasificado” (exh cat) Produciendo Realidad, Arte e Resistenza Latinoamericana. Edit. Prometeo Associazione. Lucca, Italy
-Scotini, Marco. (exh cat) Produciendo Realidad, Arte e Resistenza Latinoamericana. Edit. Prometeo Associazione. Lucca, Italy
2002
-Dittborn, Eugenio. “Where is Santiago, Chile?” (exh cat) Fantasmatic. Edit. National Art Gallery. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2001
-Viveros, Christian. (exh cat) Big Bang. Edit. Galería Animal. Santiago, Chile
2000
-Mellado, Justo. “Entre erupción y retención objetual” (exh cat) Magnética. Edit. Fundación Telefónica. Santiago, Chile
1999
-Navarro, Mario and Navarro, Iván, “2007” (exh cat) 2007. Edit. Galería Posada del Corregidor. Santiago, Chile
1997
- Fernández, Felipe. “Navarro Navarro 2007”. Memoria Galería Posada del Corregidor. Edit. Galería Posada del Corregidor. Santiago, Chile
- Machuca, Guillermo. (exh cat) Arte Joven en Chile (1986-1996). Edit. MNBA. Santiago, Chile
Reviews and Articles (Selection) / Críticas y Artículos (Selección)
2008
- Dawson, Jessica. “Would You Care for Cream? Sugar? Symbolism?”. Washington Post. December 14
- Atwood, Roger. “Iván Navarro & Courtney Smith”. ARTnews. November
- Wennerstrom, Nord. “Iván Navarro & Courtney Smith at G Fine Arts Gallery”. Artforum. October
- Wright, Jeffrey. “Informed by Function”. Artnexus. September
- Dawson, Jessica. “G Fine Art”. Washington Post. June 20
- Boutet, Violaine. “Antifurniture”. Art Review. May
- Samson. Anna. “Please Be Seated”. DAM Magazine. April
2007
-Egan, Maura. “Shock Tactics”. The New York Times Magazine. November 4
-Wei, Lilly. “Light Fantastic”. Art in America. September
-Sheets, Hilarie M. “Waves of Light”. ArtNews. March
-Banai, Nuit. “Iván Navarro at Roebling Hall”. Modern Painters. March
-Villasmil, Alejandra. “Iván Navarro at Roebling Hall”. Arte al Día. 118
-Smith, Roberta. “Iván Navarro at Roebling Hall”. The New York Times. January 5
- Herzberg, Julia. “To Be No More and To Be Forever”. Arte al Día. 119
2006
- Johnson, Ken. “Trace”. The New York Times. August 18
- Flores, Tatiana. “Ivan Navarro at Union Gallery”. ArtNexus. 62
2005
-Velez, Pedro. “The Façade and the Rhetoric of Iván Navarro’s Sculptures”. Arte al Día. June
-Manacorda, Francesco. “Entropology: Monuments to Closed Systems”. Flash Art. March
-Collins, Glenn. “Unkown Artists Find a Public Stage”. The New York Times. March 5
-Harris, Jane. “Getting Personal, Political, and Very Idiosyncratic at Exit Art”. Village Voice. May 12
-Colin, Juan Pablo. “Electroshck”. Arte al Límite. November
- Smith, Roberta. September 11, 1973. The New York Times. October 20
- Sanders, Mark. “Light Fantastic”. Another Magazine. Autumn Issue
- Yehja, Naief. “Terrorvision”. Artnexus. 55
2004
-Smith, Roberta. “Emerging Talent, and Plenty of It”. The New York Times. March 12
- Arévalo, Antonio. “Produciendo Realidad”. Nuevo Diseño. September
- Harris, Jane. “Bush League”. Time Out New York. August 26
-Johnson, Ken. “Iván Navarro at Roebling Hall”. The New York Times. June 11
-Herzberg, Julia P. “Iván Navarro at Roebling Hall”. ArtNexus. 54
2003
-Schwendener, Martha. “Frankenstein (or, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye)”.
TimeOut New York. August 14
-Smith, Roberta. “A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks”. The New York Times. July 18
-Johnson, Ken. “Overt Operation”. The New York Times. January 10
2002
-Rojas, Carolina. “Chilean Artist Challenges The Death Penalty in the US”. Las Ultimas Noticias. December 10
2001
-Sánchez, Margarita. “Escape From Social Utopia, New Art From Argentina and Chile”. Third Text. 55
2000
- Mena, Catalina. “Chili neo object”. Beaux Arts Magazine. September
1997
-Mena, Catalina. “Arte Joven en Chile (1986-1996)”. ArtNexus. March
