Peres Projects

• Lives and works in Berlin, DE

Education

• 2010 Städelschule, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt, DE
• 2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, US
• 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting, University of Houston, Texas, US

Upcoming Solo Exhibitions

• Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, US
• Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, US
• Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (Summer 2020)
• Marfa Ballroom, Texas, US (Fall 2020)
• CARNIVALESCA, What Painting might be, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

Upcoming Group Exhibitions

• On the Frontline of Contemporary Art : from the Taguchi Art Collection, Shiomonoseki Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
• Together, curated by Philip Huyghe, M HKA, Antwerp, BE

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020

• WET SLIT, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK

2019

• OBSIDIAN LADDER, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
• LENGUA LLORONA, curated by Aukje Lepoutre Ravn, Copenhagen Contemporary, DK

2018

• PIEDRA QUEMADA, curated by Stella Rollig, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, AT
• Cell Echo, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, CN

2017

• Lengua de Bartolina Sisa, Travesia Cuatro, Madrid, ES

2016

• Scar Cymbals, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
• Surrogate Painteen, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE

2015

• Poly Styrene's Braces, curated by Anne Barlow, Art in General, New York in collaboration with kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, LV
• Muscle Memory, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE (with Przemek Pyszczek)
• Water Scars, Chez Valentin, Paris, FR
• Echo Implant, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York City, US

2014

• Psychotria Elata, ABC Berlin, DE
• Sade Room (formerly reclusive), MoMA PS1, New York City, US
• Seeing Auras, ltd, Los Angeles, US

2013

• Maenad Cymbals, Open Forum, Berlin, DE
• Scrying Threats, Queer Thoughts, New York City, US
• CRUSHING (hard), Access Gallery, Vancouver, CA

2012

• Panic Fear Crying Fits, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, MX
• The Myth... CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York City, US

2011

• Unearthing, Various Locations, Peru

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

• Time For Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M.Pérez Collection, curated by José Roca, El Espacio 23, Miami, US
• Transformer: A rebirth of wonder, curated by Jefferson Hack, The Store X 180 Strand, London, UK
• Glow Like That, K11 Art Foundation, curated by Venus Lau, Hong Kong, CN
• Universal Gravitation, works from the collection of David Chau, Cc Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai, CN
• New Acquisitions, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US

2018

• Road to the Unconscious, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Strange Messengers, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Wädenswil, CH
• I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes, curated by Nadia Pilchowski, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, DE
• Monarchs: Inheritance, Migrations and Sovereignty in Native and Brown Contemporary Art, curated by Risa Puleo, Blue Star Art Space, Texas, US; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, US; The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, US
• What’s Up: Forms of Abstraction, curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, Pedder Building, Hong Kong, CN
• Amyruca Entheogen, Arsenic - Contemporary Arts Center, Lausanne, CH

2017

• The Second Self, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• Jaguars and Electric Eels, Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin, DE
• Brief Encounters ’17, curated by Chris Driessen, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, NL
• Dialogues, curated by Dr. Barbara Jenner and Dr. Jenni Fulton, Verband der Automobilindustrie, Berlin, DE
• Io sono qui!, curated by Lorenzo Bruni, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), Rome, IT
• Monarchs: Inheritance, Migrations and Sovereignty in Native and Brown Contemporary Art, curated by Risa Puleo, Bermis Center for Contemporary Art, Nebraska, US

2016

• On the Verge of an Image: Considering Marjorie Keller, The Gamble House, Pasadena, US
• Streams of Warm Impermanence, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
• Ice Chrysocolla, Cabaret der Künstler – Zunfthaus Voltaire, Manifesta 11, Zurich, CH
• Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• FACE TO FACE: Works from Ernesto Esposito Collection, curated by Eugenio Viola, Palazzo Fruscione, Salerno, IT

2015

• Performative Practice, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York City, US
• Volumes, Berthold Pott, Colonge, DE
• Rainbow, Queer Thoughts, Various Outdoor Spaces, NL

2014

• To The Happy Few, JeanRoch Dard, Paris, FR

2013

• Elevation, Arnhem Fashion Biennale, Arnhem, NL
• D, ZweiDrei, Berlin, DE
• Pioneer Voices, Gallery of Northern Norway, Harstad, NO
• Raw Material, Malmö Konsthalle, Malmö, SE
• Braids, Access Gallery, Vancouver, CA
• Social Fabric, CAFAM, Los Angeles, CA

2012

• Reduction of Form, EXILE, Berlin, DE
• Baby I Lost my Handshoes, Fórum da Maia, Maia, PT
• SADE on DMT, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AU
• Stoned Apes, Fórum da Maia, Maia, Portugal

2011

• Baby I Lost my Handshoes, KURANT, Tromsø, NO

2010

• Conjunction, HBC, Berlin, DE

2009

• Incehon Biennale, Incehon Art Platform Incehon, KOR A-Z
• Smockshop: London Sprueth Magers, London, UK
• A-Z Smockshop: Berlin, Sprueth Magers, Berlin, DE

2008

• Etapa #2, Network of Love (with AIDS-3D), Exit Art, New York City, US

Awards & Grants

• 2016 Hirshhorn Artist Honoree, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, US
• 2012 Fulbright Scholarship for research in Mexico City, Washington DC
• 2011 Art Matters Grant, New York City, US
• 2009/10 DAAD Artist Grant, DAAD, Bonn, DE
• 2008 Francis Greenberg Award, Art OMI, Omi, US
• 2006 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, US
• 2004 DeGolyer Grant Recipient, Dallas Museum of Art, US

Residencies

• 2015 SmackMellon, Brooklyn, New York City, US
• 2013 Access Gallery, Vancouver, CA
• 2009 LMCC SwingSpace, 77 Water, New York, New York City, US
• 2008 Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
• 2008 Art Omi International Artist Residency, Ghent, New York City, US
• 2007-08 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City, US
• 2007 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, US
• 2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, US

Selected Bibliography

2018

• Murakami, Kenta. “Donna Huanca. Picture Perfect”, OSMOS Magazine, March 2018.
• Venus, Lau. “In Conversation with Donna Huanca”, CURA Magazine, February 2018.
• Pramuk, Lyra. “Top Ten”, ArtForum, May, 2018

2017

• Nordstrom, Leigh. “Play With Me: Dolls and Female Objectification in The Age of Terry Richardson”, WWD, November 2, 2017.
• Moore, Susan. “A place on the map”, Financial Times, September 08, 2017.
• Banks, Grace. “Play With Me: Dolls, Women, Art”, pp. 157-162, Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2017.
• Steer, Emily. "Eight Galleries to See at Art Basel", Elephant, June 14, 2017
• Elbaor, Caroline. "Why Performance Has Become the Essential Art Medium of the 21st Century", Artnet news, June 5, 2017
• Canela, Juan. "Donna Huanca’s “LENGUA DE BARTOLINA SISA” TRAVESÍA CUATRO, Madrid", Art Agenda, April 2017
• Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, “Two Fairs Battle for Primacy in Brussels, Europe’s Rising Art Capital”, Artnet News, April 2017
• Gu, Ling. “Donna Huanca”, Modern Weekly, April 2017
• Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena, "The Fairs Battle for Primacy in Brussels, Europe's Rising Art Capital", artNEWS, April 2017
• Gottschalk, Molly. "The 9 Best Booths at Independent Brussels" Artsy.net, April 2017.
• Kanai, Miki. “Painting as a point of departure: an Interview with Donna Huanca”, Bijutsu Techo, March, 2017.
• Forbes, Alexander. Arnold, Frances. "The 15 Best Booths at Art Basel in Hong Kong" Artsy.net, March 2017.
• Arrizabalaga, Julia Morandeira. Critic’s Guide: Madrid, Frieze.com, February 2017.
• Editor. "Donna Hunaca: Lengua De Bartolina Sisa". My Art Guide, February 2017.
• Editor. "Donna Huanca’s first exhibition in Spain", Metalocus, February 2017.
• Swenson, Eric. "Art LA Contempory is the West Coast Art Basel", The Huffington Post, February 2017.
• Pfau, Anna-Alexandra. "Jaguars and Electric Eels", Julia Stoscheck Collection Catalogue, February 2017.
• Casey, Lima. "Art Los Angeles Contemporary", Berlin Art Link, February 2017
• Swenson, Eric. "Art LA Contemporary is the West Coast Art Basel", The Huffington Post, February 2017

2016

• de Benito Fernández, Álvaro. "Donna Huanca: Scar Cymbals. Zabludowicz Collection London", Arte al Día, December 16, 2016.
• Arsty Editorial. “The Top Emerging Artists of 2016”, Artsy, December 14, 2016.
• Judah, Hettie. “50 Most Exciting Artist in Europe Right Now”, Artnet News, November 23, 2016.
• Pangburn, Dj. “Body Painting and Performance Art Collide in ‘SCAR CYMBALS’”, The Creators Project, November 20, 2016.
• Phillips, Sam. “Six degrees of separation: From Victor Pasmore to Donna Huanca”, Royal Academy of Arts, November 15, 2016.
• Glover, Alexander. “Donna Huanca: ‘Memory is perhaps the most permanent architecture’”, Studio International, November 13, 2016.
• Frankel, Eddy. “Show of the week: Donna Huanca”, Time Out London, October 11, 2016.
• Sherwin, Skye. “Donna Huanca's Nude, Statuesque Models Make A Colorful Splash At Frieze Week In London”, W Magazine, October 10, 2016.
• Bodin, Claudia. “Frauenakt aus Frauenhand”, Art Kunstmagazin, October 10, 2016.
• Olbrich, Suze. “How Artist Donna Huanca Uses the Naked Body As a Canvas”, Another Magazine, October 7, 2016.
• Dafoe, Taylor. “Restless Bodies: Donna Huanca’s Ephemeral Installations”, Blouin Modern Painters, October/November 2016.
• Gavin, Francesca. “Donna Huanca brings art to life through body paint”, Dazed, October 4, 2016.
• Contreras, Gerardo. “Aesthetic And Philosphical Investigations Around The Sentient Body And Its Biochemical Wreckages”, Kaleidoscope, October, 2016.
• Steer, Emily. “New Establishment: Donna Huanca”, Elephant, September, 2016.
• Judah, Hettie. “Ayahuasca and anal beads: the hallucinogetic art of Donna Huanca”, The Guardian, September 28, 2016.
• Jansen, Charlotte. “The Beauty Of Donna Huanca's Body Art Is More Than Skin Deep”, Artsy, September 16, 2016.
• Bier, Arielle and Mason, Kevin. “Ritual Resurrection”, Sleek Magazine, September, 2016.
• Harrelson, Quinn. “Spotlight on: Donna Huanca”, Cultured Magazine, September, 2016.
• Elderton, Louisa. “Review: Wild Style”, Flash Art International, September, 2016.
• Schwendener, Martha. “Review: Independent Fair Is More Conventional But Still Eye Catching ”, The New York Times, March 4, 2016.

2015

• Finel Honigman, Anna. “Donna Huanca & Przemek Pyszczek”, ARTFORUM, July, 2015.
• Indresick, Scott. “5 Must-See Gallery Shows”, Blouin ARTINFO, February 19, 2015.

2014

• Forbes, Alexander. “The 20 Best Booths at Art Berlin Contemporary.” artnet.com, September 2014.
• de Chirico, Domenico. “Donna Huanca.” DUST Magazine Blog, February 2014.
• Eler, Alicia. “Divining the Future of the Past.” Hyperallergic, October 2014

2013

• “Donna Huanca at Queer Thoughts.” Joshua Abelow ART BLOG, October 6, 2013.
• Sargsyan, Tatevik. “D at ZWEI DREI.” Kaleidoscope “24 Spaces, Malmo Konsthalle.” Contemporary Art Daily, September 24, 2013

2012

• Lie, Helena. “DONNA HUANCA RAW MATERIAL at Malmo Konsthalle Review.” Tidningen Kulturen, 2012
• “In Conversation with Donna Huanca.” DOSSIER Journal, July 2012.
• Cross, Leah. “Donna Huanca: PANIC FEAR CRYING FITS.” Dazed Digital, June 2012.

2011

• Nam, Daisy. “In search of Unknown Memories: Donna Huanca,” Interventions Journal, Columbia University Blog, September 7, 2011.

2010

• “Berlin Art Link Studio Visit: Donna Huanca.” Berlin Art Link, 2010

2009

• Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman. “Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory.” New Museum & Phaidon Press, 2009.

2008

• Halter, Ed. “IN THE MIX.” Rhizome.com, 2008

2007

• Mitchell, Charles D. “Report from Austin.”Art in America, December 2007.