Carlos Amorales

♂ *1970 / Mexico

Works

Solo exhibitions

Face and Mask

Galerie Krinzinger, Wien (AT)
28 Oct 2025 – 6 Dec 2025
The Factory

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
23 Nov 2019 – 17 May 2020
Life in the folds

Venice Biennale - MX, Venezia (IT)
13 May 2017 – 26 Nov 2017
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Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzeliyya (IL)
24 Apr 2010 – 31 Jul 2010
Subconscious City

Galerie Yvon Lambert, London (GB)
16 Oct 2008 – 15 Nov 2008
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Queens Museum of Art, New York (US)
21 Jul 2006 – 17 Sep 2006
Broken animals

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris (FR)
6 Jun 2006 – 31 Jul 2006
The Nightlife of a shadow

Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
6 Mar 2004 – 15 May 2004
The bad sleep well

Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York (US)
20 Sep 2003 – 25 Oct 2003

Group

Between Light and Shadow

Ruiz-Healy Art, New York (US)
6 Feb 2025 – 14 Mar 2025

with Johanna Calle, Felipe Ehrenberg, Kati Horna, Graciela Iturbide, Liliana Porter
My Last Will

Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
25 May 2024 – 8 Sep 2024

with Loukia Alavanou, Lara Almarcegui, Ivan Argote, John Bock, Mohamed Bourouissa, Olaf Breuning, Clement Cogitore, Keren Cytter, Marcel Dzama, Renzo Martens, Agnieszka Polska, L.A. Raeven …
Mein letzter Wille

Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz (DE)
2 Jul 2023 – 1 Oct 2023

with Loukia Alavanou, Lara Almarcegui, Ivan Argote, John Bock, Mohamed Bourouissa, Olaf Breuning, Clement Cogitore, Keren Cytter, Marcel Dzama, Renzo Martens, Agnieszka Polska, L.A. Raeven …
The Radical Imaginary: The Social Contract

VOX, centre de l'image, Montréal (CA)
13 Sep 2018 – 15 Dec 2018

with Jill Magid, Carey Young
BERLIN BIENNALE 8

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
29 May 2014 – 3 Aug 2014

with Bani Abidi, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Leonor Antunes, Julieta Aranda, Nairy Baghramian, Rosa Barba, Mariana Castillo Deball, Carolina Caycedo, Tacita Dean, Mario Garcia Torres, Shilpa Gupta, Iman Issa …
The pursuit of public happiness?

ARRATIA BEER, Berlin (DE)
8 Jul 2014 – 2 Aug 2014

with Annika Eriksson, Peter Friedl, Iman Issa, Martha Rosler
Sharjah Biennial 11

<em>Re:emerge</em> - Towards a New Cultural Cartography

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
13 Mar 2013 – 13 May 2013

with Ravi Agarwal, Francis Alys, Jananne Al-Ani, Nevin Aladag, Burak Arikan, Ismail Bahri, Matthew Barney, Tony Chakar, Tiffany Chung, David Claerbout, Thomas Demand, Latifa Echakhch …
Model Kits. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
26 Jun 2010 – 12 Oct 2010

with Alexander Apostol, Julieta Aranda, Inaki Bonillas, Tania Bruguera, Jose Damasceno, Carlos Garaicoa, Juan Fernando Herran, Gilda Mantilla, Teresa Margolles, Ana Mendieta, Oscar Munoz, Rivane Neuenschwander …
mexico: expected/unexpected

Collection Isabel et Agustín Coppel

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
26 Oct 2008 – 18 Jan 2009

with Doug Aitken, Francis Alys, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Inaki Bonillas, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Graciela Iturbide, Helen Levitt, Marepe …
LOCKED IN: THE VISIBLE

Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
19 Apr 2008 – 29 Jun 2008

with Miklos Gaal, Douglas Gordon, Jesper Just, Melik Ohanian
Dark Mirror

Netherlands Media Art , Amsterdam (NL)
31 Mar 2007 – 20 May 2007

with Emmanuelle Antille, Marcus Coates, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Charlemagne Palestine, Sterling Ruby, Mark Wallinger
Wherever We Go

Spazio Oberdan, Milano (IT)
16 Oct 2006 – 28 Jan 2007

with Adel Abdessemed, Kristine Alksne, Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Banu Cennetoglu, NI Haifeng, Elena Nemkova, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Adrian Paci, Pascale Marthine Tayou
T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei

Torino Triennale Tremusei, Torino (IT)
11 Nov 2005 – 19 Mar 2006

with Miguel Angel Rios, Fikret Atay, Tamy Ben-Tor, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Paolo Chiasera, Oskar Dawicki, Rae di Martino, Ryan Gander, Marine Hugonnier, Christian Jankowski, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Hassan Khan …
Contested Fields

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines (US)
20 Nov 2004 – 6 Feb 2005

with Roderick Buchanan, Maurizio Cattelan, Keith Edmier, Luis Gispert, David Hammons, Annika Larsson, Maria Lassnig, Nikki S. Lee, Ingeborg Lüscher, Paul Pfeiffer, Kirsten Stoltmann, Mark Wallinger
No lo llames peformance / Don’t Call It Performance

El Museo del Barrio, New York (US)
18 Aug 2004 – 7 Nov 2004

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez, ZHANG Huan …
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

Colectiva de vídeo

Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca (ES)
12 Aug 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Gustavo Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez, ZHANG Huan …
we are the world

Museum Boijmans Van Beun, Rotterdam (NL)
20 Mar 2004 – 23 May 2004

with Alicia Framis, Erik van Lieshout
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
9 Mar 2004 – 2 May 2004

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez, ZHANG Huan …
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic, Jonas Dahlberg …
No lo llames performance / Don’t Call it Performance

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
9 Oct 2003 – 26 Oct 2003

with Miguel Angel Rojas, Arahmaiani, Francisco Artigas, Sandra Bermudez, Carlos Betancourt, Catarina Campino, Yael Davids, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Adriana Groisman, Quisqueya Henriquez, ZHANG Huan …
FORBIDDEN 3RD PHOTO FESTIVAL

Gana Art Gallery, Seoul (KR)
19 Jul 2003 – 31 Aug 2003

with Annelies Strba, Ruedi Bechtler, Frank Breuer, Daniele Buetti, Stéphane Couturier, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mexico City: Eine Ausstellung über die Wechselkurse von Körpern und Werten

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
22 Sep 2002 – 19 Jan 2003

with Eduardo Abaroa, Francis Alys, Gustavo Artigas, Jose Davila, Ivan Edeza, Jonathan Hernandez, Gabriel Kuri, Teresa Margolles, Enrique Metinides, Yoshua Okon, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Daniela Rossell …
Senseless Violence

with Martijn Verhoeven

TENT, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Feb 2000

with Peter Bogers, Marcello Mercado, Anders Thoren
2. Bienal do Mercosul

2nd. Mercosul Biennial

Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (BR)
6 Nov 1999 – 9 Jan 2000

with Marina Abramovic, Albano Afonso, Francis Alys, John Baldessari, Samuel Beckett, Pablo Bronstein, Lygia Clark, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Minerva Cuevas, Jonathas de Andrade, Juan Downey, Oeyvind Fahlstroem …

Events

Biennale Images Vevey 2026

The Swiss Visual Arts Biennial

Images Vevey, Vevey (CH)
5 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Annelies Strba, Anoush Abrar, Martina Bacigalupo, Lisa Bertoldi, Richard Billingham, Matthias Brunner, Luisa Doerr, Barbara Davatz, Sian Davey, Cristina De Middel, Rineke Dijkstra, Deanna Dikeman …
ArteFiera 2026

curated section: photography and video (Photography and moving images)

Bologna Fiere, Bologna (IT)
6 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2026

with Darren Almond, Stefano Arienti, David Armstrong, Hamza Badran, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Per Barclay, Yael Bartana, Matteo Basile, Elisabetta Benassi, Jacopo Benassi, Tomaso Binga …
Art Brussels 2025

art brussels, Brussels (BE)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Ignasi Aballi, María María Acha-Kutscher, Carlos Aires, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Catherine Balet, Catherine Balet, Roger Ballen, Banz & Bowinkel, Mary Ellen Bartley, Abdelkader Benchamma, Evelyn Bencicova, Gianni Berengo Gardin …
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2019

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Nov 2019 – 24 Nov 2019

with Yael Bartana, Melanie Bonajo, Brassai, Charles Freger, Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya), Suchan Kinoshita, Vik Muniz, Andrey Tarkovsky, Gerald van der Kaap, Lorenzo Vitturi
Frieze Art Fair 2019

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
3 Oct 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Sophia Al-Maria, Harold Ancart, Joel Andrianomearisoa, Vanessa Beecroft, Neil Beloufa, Mark Bradford, Dirk Braeckman, Clegg & Guttmann , Natalie Czech, Shezad Dawood, Dario De Dominicis …
CHART ART FAIR 2018

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Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug 2018 – 2 Sep 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Miriam Baeckstroem, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ulla Jokisalo, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Joachim Koester, Hilla Kurki, Alicja Kwade, Niko Luoma, Daido Moriyama, Juuso Noronkoski …
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2018

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
9 Jun 2018 – 10 Jun 2018

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Lucas Blalock, Katinka Bock, Teresa Burga, Stefan Burger, Vincenzo Castella, Slawomir Elsner, Sam Falls, Harun Farocki, Fischli & Weiss, Alex Hubbard …