Rivermouth
Exhibition presented at the Monash University museum In Caulfield, Australia curated by José Roca.
Building upon some of the Sydney Biennale's themes and concerns, the exhibition considers the migratory routes of waterbirds, recognises First Nations systems of celestial and seasonal mapping, and explores the potential and agency of natural elements, materials and cycles of growth, decay and regeneration.
Morning Glory
"Morning Glory" is a project comissionned by the Foundation Faena in order to realze an immersive work on the beach of South Miami during the Miami art week.
This project won the first prize among 395 proposals from 72 countries, given by a jury composed by Cecilia Alemani (Curator of the 59eme Biennale of Venice); the artiste Alexandre Arrechea; Caroline Bourgeois (chief curator of Collection Pinault); the creator of cultural locations Ximena Caminos; Chus Martínez (Director of the Instituto d' Arte de l'Academie de Arte et Disegno FHNW from Basilea); José Roca (Artístic director of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney) and curated by Direlia Lazo.
Founded in 2012 and awarded biennially, the Faena Prize for the Arts recognizes artistic experimentation, encourages post-disciplinary and temporal exploration, and promotes inquiry into the multiple links between art, technology, and design. One of the Americas' most prestigious art awards, the Faena Prize for the Arts is offered to artists at all stages in their careers to engage in critical reflection on the present moment and its ever-changing nature, with Faena Art awarding the winner a total of $100,000.
The Faena Prize recognizes artistic experimentation encourages post-disciplinary and temporal exploration, and promotes inquiry of the multiple links between art, technology, and design.
Rivus
Rivus is the theme of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, one of the major biennale in the world, with José Roca as artistic director.
Rivus invites several aqueous beings into a dialogue with artists, architects, designers, scientists, and communities, entangling multiple voices and other modes of communication.
Rivers are the sediment of culture. They are givers of life, routes of communication, places of ritual, sewers and mass graves. They are witnesses and archives, our memory. As such, they have also been co-opted as natural avenues for the colonial enterprise, becoming sites of violent conflict driven by greed, exploitation and the thirst to possess. Indeed, the latin root rivus, meaning a brook or stream, is also at the origin of the word rivalry.
Paula de Solminihac shows two installations. The first one, at the Contemporary Art Museum, is a video installation with an artistic research on creative processes and transformations in nature. The other one is in a space called Cutaway: a large format hanging sculpture that has as its starting point the Fogcatcher project that was installed in the north in 2018 and that has been growing in size and in research towards other invisible sources of water such as fresh water from subway aquifers.
The weight of Things
Solo show at the Sala Gasco of Contemporary Art, curated by José Roca.
Fifteen new large works have been produced from remains of previous works. They are a new step in the artist conceptual practice, who always focus on the metamorphosis of material.
The third edition of this international fine art and creation biennal focuses on Chile.
Paula de Solminihac will present two specific art works commissioned for the Salon.
launching week end
Opening for just a week end to announce the launch of Fimlico Foundation in Romainville, France. An old factory that will be renovated to host exhibitions and artist residencies.
Ephemeral exhibition with 19 artists on Feb 25 and 26 : Mikala Dwyer (la Chaufferie), Lara Almarcegui - Kristin Arndt - Baptiste Caccia - Lynne Cohen - Paula de Solminihac - Thomas Hauri - Romain Kronenberg - Gabriel Léger - Angelica Mesiti - Hiroaki Morita - Yoshua Okon - Mateo Imbernon - Maxime Rossi - Jani Ruscica - Benjamin Testa - France Valiccioni - Barbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca - Hannelore van Dijck
RSVP : contact@fondationfiminco.com
Galapagos, Ecuador
curator José Roca
Ceramix
Art and Ceramics from Rodin and Schütte
Large-scale exhibition about the use of ceramics by 20th and 21st century artists, in cooperation with La Maison Rouge in Paris and the Cité de la Céramique in Sèvres.
Curators Camille Morineau and Lucia Pesapane
