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Alberto Rodríguez Collía

Alberto Rodríguez Collía (Born in 1985, Guatemala)

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Born in 1985, Lives and works in Guatemala.
Guatemalan artist Alberto Rodríguez Collía uses archive's images (newspapers, television commercials, documentaries, video clips and the internet) to produce video works, drawings and collages. Collía presents images borrowed from mass media to criticize the unstable social and political situation in his country. For the 2008 project 'La Favorita', Collía gathered together with Erick Menchú, Guatemalan visual artist, images of folk sign designs from Guatemala, sharing the anonymous voices of the country.




Biography (Selected)
・Graduated in 2007 as engraver from Escuela de Arte 10 from Madrid
・2007 in august he co-founds (together with La Torana and Mario Santizo) the Taller Experimental de Gráfica, the 1st. workshop dedicated for engraving in Guatemala.
・2008 "Auction 08", Museum of Latin American Arts (Long Beach, California)
・2008 "Horror Vacui", Espacio CE! (Guatemala)
・2010 "Central American Biennial" (Nicaragua)
・2012 "Estampida", Des.Pacio gallery (San Jose, Costa Rica)




Stay: May 14, 2013 - August 8, 2013
Co-organized by: The Backers Foundation
Exhibition: The BAR Vol.6 "Divided Against Ourselves" New works from Allegra Pacheco and Alberto Rodriguez Collia (Sat, July 13th - Sat, July 27th, 2013 at YAMAMOTO GENDAI)
Event:・Summer Minglius "Ancient cities in dreams, and 12,350km" Residence Program Report by 2 Artists: Masahiro Wada and Alberto Rodríguez Collía(Sat, Aug 3rd 2013 at Daikanyama AIT room)
・Guatemalan Film Screening and Talk by AIT Artist in Resident, Alberto Rodriguez Collia (Sun, Aug 4th, 2013 at Daikanyama AIT room)


Alberto Rodríguez Collía
From the series of "Weekend" / 2009 / scanned newspapers, frame


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Left: Vegetation / 2013 / super 8 film transferred to digital video / 3' 07" Right: No lugar (Non place) / 2013 / engraving on paper


Alberto Rodríguez Collía Alberto Rodríguez Collía
From the series of "Weekend" / 2009 / scanned newspapers, frame

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