Nicolás Sánchez

Born in 1981 in Santiago, Chile
Lives and works in London, UK

18th century Romanticism rises as a response to the monsters of rationalism whose liberation utopias exist until today, only as unaccomplished promises. Under a sombre future I bear an audiovisual investigation that mixes landscape intervention and performance, updating that romantic loss feeling with a breeze of despair, melancholy, anger, hope.

Exhibitions
2012 – New video politics realities – itinerancy Europe and South America
2012 – BVAM X –  10° Video & Media Arts Biennial,  MNBA, Fine Arts National Museum, Santiago, Chile
2011 – Short Voyage – 98WEEKS Project Space, Beirut, Libano
2011 – Microutopías – (Bipersonal), Galería Gabriela Mistral,  Santiago, Chile
2010 – SCL2110 – MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2010 – Ikas Art – BEC, Bilbao, Spain
2010 – Théâvida Latin American Video Festival, Espace Kawenga, Montpellier, France
2009 – BVAM 9° Video & Media Arts Biennial –  MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2008 – BAC Festival 2008 –  La Santa, Barcelona, Spain
2008 – Parasite Residence – MeetFactory Gallery, Praga, Czech Republic
2008 – Start Point 2008 – Klatovy / Klenova Gallery, Praga, Czech Republic
2006 – Periférica International Art Fair, Borges Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 – DEFORMES 1° Performance Biennial, MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2006 – Spam_City – MAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
2006 – Paximobile Project –  Matucana 100 Cultural Centre, Santiago, Chile
2005 – Surface – (solo show), Galería Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
2005 – Empy Spaces – (solo show), Galería BECH, Santiago, Chile

Awards –  scholarships –  workshops
2011 – Jun –  Expert Committee Member of the Chilean National Council for the Arts
2009 – September –  Juan Downey Award for video creation
2008 – April –  Workshop with Isidoro Valcárcel Medina
2008 – April –  Workshop with Christian Boltanski
2007 – October –  Fondart Scholarship (Chilean Government award for international postgraduate studies)
2007 – October –  Workshop “Atacama Lab 2007” with artists and academics of Austin –  Texas University
2006 – November –  Workshop with Tomás Saraceno