Born in Cusco, Peru in 1976. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Lima, Peru
Ishmael Randall Weeks graduated from Bard College in 2000 and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums both in Peru and internationally, including Middlesbrough Institute of Modern of Art, England, United Kingdom; MoMA P.S.1, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru; Spanish Culture Center of Buenos Aires (CCBBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Drawing Center, New York, United States; Museum of Art of Lima (MALI), Lima, Peru; Macro Museum | Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy; National Museum, Lima, Peru; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, United States; Museum of the Bank of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia; The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Bologna, Italy; The Drawing Room, London, United Kingdom; Museum of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico; the Bronx Museum, New York, United States; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States. His work has also been included in the Havana Biennial, the IX and the XIV Bienials de Cuenca, the 6th edition of (S) Files Biennial in El Museo del Barrio, New York and 2010 Greater New York and MomaP.S.1, amongst others.
He has received numerous residences grants and awards from various institutions, including the Rockefeller Foundation, the MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York; NYFA, New York; Art Matters, New York; Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia; and La Curtiduria art center in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Education
2007
2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, USA
Bachelor of Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Materia Común (collaborative project with Ximena Garrido-Lecca), Museo de Arte contemporaneo, Lima, Peru
Frieze Focus solo project London, Contemporary Art Fair, London,UK
Cuña, Arróniz Arte Contemporaneo, CDM, Mexico
Formalismos Andinos, Revolver Galeria, Lima, Peru
2017
Extractions, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Milan, Italy
Annotations, Striations and Souvenirs, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
Techo Bomba, Espacio Bloc, Satiago de Chile
MALI in situ Tribuna, Museo de Arte de Lima, Perú
2016
Desierto, Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Constructive Resistance, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cuts, Burns & Punctures, Meier Ramirez, Monumental Callao, Peru
2015
Todo Cíclico, Revolver Monumental, Callao, Peru
Columnas, PArC (solo project curated by Emiliano Valdez), Lima, Peru
Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, (solo project), USA
2014
Soñar Para Mañana, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
Escombros, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2013
Cuts, Burns, Punctures, Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
Quion, Eleven Rivington Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Ceniza, (solo project) PArC, Lima, Peru
2012
Parquette, MACRO Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Museo del Relave, Proyecto Afuera, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
2010
Maquette For Landscape, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy
Un Muro deTochos, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Aun sin Título II, La Ex-Culpable, Lima, Peru
Aun sin Título I, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
2009
Ishmael Randall Weeks, Eleven Rivington Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Trofeo Zona Maco Sur, Mexico DF (curated by Adriano Pedrosa)
2008
Experimentos, Camuflajes y Bunkers, Galeria Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Refugio, Galería Lucia de La Puente, Lima, Peru
2006
Estructuras, Simulacros, Galería German Kruger, ICPNA, Peru
2004
Rocoq, rocoq, pultín, Match Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Terra Funga, Centro Cultural Scotiabank, Cusco, Peru
2000
Essentially Linear, UBS Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Boundary Space, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, EAE
2021
Displaced Forms, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Cromwell Place, UK
Group Exhibitions
2020
Non-Space, Revolver Galeria, Lima, Peru
2019
Revisión técnica (Curated by Meier Ramirez and Tuetano) Lima, Peru
Pari’s, Revolver Galeria, Lima, Peru
Evidencias Intangibles. New Souvenirs of Memoria. Qoricancha, Cusco, Peru
ARCO Peru Guest Country (curated by Sharon Lerner), Madrid, Spain
En orden de aparición: arte peruano y latinoamericano de la colección Hochschild (Curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas) Real Academia de Bellas Artes, San Fernando, Spain
LAB LAMARCA, Exposicion dedicada a Peru, Madrid, Spain
Lengua Bárbara/Lengua Madre (Curated by Ximena Garrido Lecca and José Vera Matos), Galería Casado Santapau
SinCrónicas, Horizontes del Arte Contemporáneo Peruano desde el Coleccionismo (Curated by Max Hernández-Calvo), El Instante Fundación Madrid, Spain
Change of Matter, LAMB Arts, London, UK
Art Lima, Revolver Galeria, Lima, Peru
2018
Estructuras Vivientes, XIV Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (Curated By Jesus Fuenmayor)
Extraction, Galeria Nosco, Marseille, France
Change of Matter, LAMB Arts, London, UK
A cosa serve l’utopia, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
HAWAPI: Triángulo Terrestre, Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo Cerrillos, Santiago de Chile
Estados en Crisis. Ejerciendo Ciudadanía desde el Arte, Contemporary Art Museum MAC, Lima, Peru
2011
The Infinite Reduced to 2968, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Contain, Maintain, Sustain: Exploring the Influence of Sustainability on Contemporary Art, Artisphere, Arlington, VA, USA (curated by Welmoed Laanstra, Sara Reisman, Ernesto Santalla)
Voglio Soltanto Essere Amato, Maga Museum of Art, Gallarte, Italy
Anonymous Presence, Y Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated by Yoab Vera)
Fronteras en Mutación Of Bridges and Borders (Capítulo III), CCEBA Centro Cultural de España in Buenos Aires, Argentina (curated by Sigismond De Vajay)
Bruma, 20 Hoxton Square Gallery, London, UK (presented by Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru)
El Museo’s Bienal:The (S) Files 2011, sixth edition, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA (Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Trinidad Fombella, Juanita Bermúdez)
Heterogénea, Centro Centro Cultural Juan Parra Del Riego, Lima, Peru
Tracing the Unseen Border, La MaMa La Galeria, New York, NY, USA (curated by Ian Cofre and Omar Lopez-Chahoud)
Objects of Devotion and Desire: Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery 2011 at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA (curated by Cynthia Hahn)
Carousel Microcinema: Glossolalia 5.0, The Kitchen, New York, NY, USA (film screening curated by Cauleen Smith)
2017
Realismo, C.C. Ministry of Culture (Curated by Claire Jauregui), Lima, Peru
HAWAPI: Triángulo Terrestre, Sala Juan Saavedra, Valparaíso, Chile (Bienal Sur)
HAWAPI: Triángulo Terrestre, Centro Cultural de San Marcos, Lima Peru (Bienal Sur)
Proyectos LA, Curated by Claudia Segura and Luiza Teixeira, Los Angeles, California
Thestructure, Revolver Gallery Buenos Aires, Argentina
Revolver Lim, Revolver Gallery Lima Peru
Todos los Ojos en Bolivia. Diez años de residencias Kiosko Centro Simón I. Patiño Cochabamba Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Miradas sobre el Coleccionismo, Fundación Osde, Argentina
(Curated byTomás Bondone)
Desplazamientos: Identidad e Interculturalidad, C.C. Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Peru (Curated by Luisa Fernanda Lindo)
Próxima Parada: Artistas Peruanos en la Colección Hochschild, Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid, Spain
Paisaje Infinito, Revolver Gallery Buenos Aires, Argentina
2016
La Ciudad Está Allá Afuera, C.C.U Tlatelolco, Tlatelolco, Mexico
Autopia: Roadtrips from the Cold War to the Present, Bakehouse Art Company (BAC), Miami, FL, USA (Curated by Elvis Fuentes)
Focus: Latin America, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Vacío Museal, Medio Siglo de Museotoías Peruanas (1966 - 2016), Contemporary Art Museum MAC, Lima, Peru (Curated by Gustavo Buntinx)
Danger. Expansión y Corte, Hochschild Collection, UTEC – University of Technology and Engineering, Lima, Peru (Curated by Jorge Villacorta)
Ejercicios para un Nuevo Mundo IV, SOLO PROJECT with Elena Damiani in U-TURN Project Room, ArteBa, Buenos Aires
Lo Real Absoluto, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru, in collaboration with Jorge Villacorta
2015
Metaforms, (Curator: Nicholas Baume), Art Public, Art Basel, Bass Museum, Miami
El Salon De Arte Contemporáneo, Palacete Sousa, Barranco, Lima, Peru
De La Huaca al Boom, (Curator: Patricia Ciriani) Centro Cultural Britanico, Lima, Peru
Paradise Syndrome, Peana Projects, New York
New Ways of Seeing, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY, USA
Desert Nursery, Domingo, Lima, Peru
Alterations Build, Blended, Processed, Florida Atlantic University Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, USA
2014
Hawapi, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru
Permission to be global/Prácticas Globales, The Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Beyond the Supersquare, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA
2013
Panorámica, Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Rudimentum, Christinger De Mayo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Permission to be global/Prácticas Globales, The Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, CIFO art space, Miami, FL, USA
En Obras Galeria Nuble, Santander, España (curated by Iciar Sagarminaga)
Arte Al Paso, Colección Contemporánea del Museo de Arte de Lima Museo Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia How I Wrote Elastic Man, Invisible Exports Gallery, New York, USA
PRIMERA DÉCADA, Artes visuales del siglo XXI en Lima, Galeria Herman Kruger Espantoso, ICPNA, Lima, Peru (Curated by Manuel Munive)
2010
Planet of Slums, Third Screening, NYC, NY, USA (curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and LaToya Ruby Frazier)
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY, USA (curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Connie Butler, Neville Wakfiled)
Formes y Desformes, Galleria Zak, Siena, Italy (curated by Antonio Arévalo)
Diálogos en Colección de Arte Contemporáneo del MALI, Lima Art Museum, Peru (curated by Tatiana Cuevas)
Altered Appropriations: Making Strange, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA (Curated by Jody Zellen)
Painting and Sculpture, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY, USA (FCA Benefit)
smArt, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL, USA
El Comienzo del Fin, Patricia Ready Galeria, Santiago, Chile (curated by Revolver Gallery, Lima)
Lush Life, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Franklin Evans)
Des-Habitable, Centro Cultural de España, Lima (curated by Dermis Leon)
Guatavita, Eleven Rivington Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Does the Angle Between Two Walls Have a Happy Ending?, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy (curated by Ishmael Randall Weeks)
2009
Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, USA (curated by David McFarden) Des-Habitable, OTR espacio de arte, Madrid, Spain (curated by Dermis Leon)
Colectivo 2009, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Zegache, Museo Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico
Party at Chris’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA (curated by Phong Bui) Proyectos, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
Crisis in Progress, ICPNA San Miguel, Lima, Peru (curated by Dorota Biczel, Emilio Tarazona) 10th Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba (National selection)
Postales De Lima, Sala Wiese, Lima, Peru (curated by Tatiana Cuevas) Trabajo de Espacio, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo,Mexico City,Mexico Desenhos (Drawings): A-Z, Museu Da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Pulp Fiction, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY, USA
2008
Visions of Contemporary art in Peru, Galería Lucia de La Puente, Lima, Peru
MALI Contemporary, Acquisitions and Donations, Sala Wiese, Lima, Peru
Al Natural, Dibujo Nuevo, Sala Raul Porras Barrenchea, Lima, Peru
La Construcción del Lugar Comun, Contemporary Art Museum, Lima, Peru
2007
10o 00 S. 76o 00 W, Galería Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Popular-Pop, Museum of Art (MALI), Lima, Peru (curated by Rodrigo Quijano)
Isla, Open Space, ARTE BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Lucia de La Puente Galeria)
Nómade, IX Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (National Selection)
Legado Para el Futuro: The Permanent Collection 2005-2007, Museum of Art (MALI), Lima, Peru
2006
Arte y Urbe, The National Museum, Lima, Peru
(curated by Jorge Villacorta)
EO IPSO, Match Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Cambios Estructurales I, San Marcos Museum, Lima, Peru (curated by Ishmael Randall Weeks)
2012
The Camino Real Arcades, AMIL space, Lima, Peru (curated by Pablo León de la Barra)
Bajo El Sol de La Muerte, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
Dalla collezione MACRO, Museo di Arte Contemporanea Roma, Testaccio, Rome, Italy
Latinoamérica, Arte entre Identidad y Máscara, 11th Art Stays Festival, Ptuj, Slovenia
(Curated by Antonio Arévalo)
Paved Paradise, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Decimo Parallelo Nord, Fotografia Contemporanea da India e Sud America, Fondazione Fotografia, Italy
2005
Viceversa, Match Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA