Carlos Motta

*1978 / Colombia

Works

Solo exhibitions

Pleas of Resistance

OK Linz, Linz (AT)
28 Mar 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
When Falling Feels Like Flying

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
22 Nov 2025 – 14 Jan 2026
Jjagɨyɨ: Air of Life

with Elio Miraña, ELO, Gil Farekatde Maribba, Higinio Bautista, Kiyedekago, Rosita, and Yoí nanegü

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
8 Sep 2023 – 7 Oct 2023
Your Monsters, Our Idols

Wexner Center for Art, Columbus (US)
16 Sep 2022 – 30 Dec 2022
NÓS, X INIMIGX / LEGADO

A Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo (BR)
8 Oct 2019 – 10 Nov 2019
Conatus

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
25 Apr 2019 – 25 May 2019
Deseos

A Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo (BR)
23 Jan 2018 – 24 Feb 2018
Corpo Fechado

Galeria Av. da Índia, Lisboa (PT)
31 Oct 2018 – 10 Feb 2018
The Crossing

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
16 Sep 2017 – 21 Jan 2018
Réquiem

Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
14 Oct 2016 – 19 Feb 2017
Deviations

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
21 Apr 2016 – 21 May 2016
Nefandus (Part I)

Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa (PT)
1 Jun 2013 – 26 Oct 2013
La Buena Vida/ The Good Life & Six Acts: an Experiment in Narrative Justice

Hebbel am Ufer - Hau 1, 2, 3, Berlin (DE)
22 Apr 2010 – 30 Apr 2010
The Good Life

Art in General, New York (US)
27 Sep 2008 – 13 Dec 2008
The Good Life

ICA Inst Contemporary Arts, London (GB)
18 Jan 2008 – 30 Mar 2008

Group

Tell Me Where Home Is

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
19 Sep 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

with Bani Abidi, Nevin Aladag, Kader Attia, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Yael Bartana, Ana María Caballero, Cristina De Middel, Anna Ehrenstein, Alia Farid, Gauri Gill, Shilpa Gupta, Anawana Haloba …
I'm a thousand different people—Every one is real

Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York (US)
15 Mar 2024 – 5 Jan 2025

with Aziz + Cucher, GOTSCHO, Tommy Kha, D'Angelo Lovell Williams , Pierre Molinier
Exposição colectiva 2.0 | Group exhibition 2.0

Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa (PT)
13 Jan 2024 – 2 Mar 2024

with Helena Almeida, Carlos Garaicoa, Delio Jasse, Edgar Martins, Shirin Neshat, Miguel Rio Branco
Is it morning for you yet?

58th Carnegie International

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
24 Sep 2022 – 2 Apr 2023

with Banu Cennetoglu, Tony Cokes, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Aziz Hazara, Susan Meiselas, Vandy Rattana, Krista Belle Stewart, Hiromi Tsuchida
RADICAL HOPE

Mor Charpentier, Paris (FR)
25 Jan 2020 – 27 Feb 2020

with Marwa Arsanios, Rossella Biscotti, Paz Errazuriz, Bouchra Khalili, Teresa Margolles, Uriel Orlow
Soft Power

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
26 Oct 2019 – 17 Feb 2020

with Haig Aivazian, Marwa Arsanios, Nairy Baghramian, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Nikhil Chopra, Minerva Cuevas, Cevdet Erek, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hassan Khan, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Cinthia Marcelle, Dave McKenzie …
group exhibition

Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (NL)
9 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with Dora Garcia, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, WU Tsang, Akram Zaatari
I See You

SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah (US)
26 Jul 2018 – 30 Dec 2018

with Bas Jan Ader, Reza Aramesh, Bharti Kher, Ana Mendieta, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Cindy Sherman, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), Francesca Woodman
AFTER THE FACT

Propaganda im 21. Jahrhundert

Lenbachhaus, München (DE)
30 May 2017 – 17 Sep 2017

with Hannah Black, Carmen Dobre-Hametner, Beate Engl, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Samuel Fosso, Coco Fusco, Cindy Hinant, Alfredo Jaar, John Miller, Marge Monko, Julian Roeder …
Over the Rainbow

Praz-Delavallade L.A., Los Angeles (DE)
9 Jul 2017 – 26 Aug 2017

with Sadie Barnette, AA Bronson, Michael Chambers, Jean Cocteau, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Herve Guibert, Matthias Herrmann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Zanele Muholi
Visual Notes for an Upside-Down World

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
29 Jun 2017 – 18 Aug 2017

with Alice Austen, Aziz + Cucher, Hans Bellmer, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Mona Hatoum, John Heartfield, Florence Henri, Edmund Kesting, Helmar Lerski, Man Ray , Adam Putnam …
32nd Bienal de São Paulo - Incerteza Viva

LIVE UNCERTAINTY

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
10 Sep 2016 – 11 Dec 2016

with Gabriel Abrantes, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Rosa Barba, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Jordan Belson, José Bento, Ursula Biemann, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Mariana Castillo Deball, Carolina Caycedo, Jonathas de Andrade …
For Freedoms

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2016 – 29 Jul 2016

with Shimon Attie, Wendy Ewald, Chitra Ganesh, Jim Goldberg, Marilyn Minter, Trevor Paglen, Xaviera Simmons, Alec Soth, Will Steacy, Mikhael Subotzky, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas …
Inventing the Possible

The Ephemeral Video Library

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
14 Oct 2014 – 8 Feb 2015

with Edgardo Aragon, Yto Barrada, Eric Baudelaire, Ursula Biemann, Wim Catrysse, Theo Eshetu, Peter Friedl, YANG Fudong, Marine Hugonnier, Martin Le Chevallier, Naeem Mohaiemen, Els Opsomer …
10th Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down the House

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2014 – 9 Nov 2014

with Abbas Akhavan, Jane Alexander, Charles Atlas, Andrea Bowers, AA Bronson, Lee Bul, Banu Cennetoglu, Heman Chong, Jonathas de Andrade, Jeremy Deller, Jack Goldstein, Sharon Hayes …
Without Reality There Is No Utopia

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (US)
15 Feb 2013 – 9 Jun 2013

with Ignasi Aballi, Dora Garcia, Alfredo Jaar, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), ZHOU Xiaohu, Artur Zmijewski
The Walls That Divide Us

Apex Art, New York (US)
9 Nov 2011 – 22 Dec 2011

with Ahmet Oeguet, Kader Attia, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Sam Durant, Shilpa Gupta, Alfredo Jaar, Emily Jacir, Amalia Pica
Performa 11 - biennial of new visual art performance

Performa, New York (US)
1 Nov 2011 – 21 Nov 2011

with Abbas Akhavan, Julieta Aranda, Robert Ashley, Gerard Byrne, Tamar Ettun, Tamar Ettun, James Franco, Simon Fujiwara, Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Ragnar Kjartansson, Liz Magic Laser …
The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Found in Translation

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
11 Feb 2011 – 1 May 2011

with Paul Chan, Patty Chang, Keren Cytter, Omer Fast, Brendan Fernandes, Sharon Hayes, Steve McQueen, Lisa Oppenheim, Jenny Perlin, Sharif Waked
Soft Manipulation

Kunsthal 3,14, Bergen (NO)
20 Mar 2009 – 3 May 2009

with Ferhat Oezguer, Alexandra Croitoru, Köken Ergun, Saskia Holmkvist, Julia Meltzer & David Thorne, An-My Le, Rabih Mroue, Katarina Zdjelar, Artur Zmijewski
Moving Time: Tribute to Nam June Paik

Korean Cultural Service, New York (US)
20 Jan 2006 – 23 Feb 2006

with Carina Diepens, ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research, Mayumi Kimura, Nam June Paik, Jeanne Susplugas
Produciendo Realidad

PROMETEO Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca (IT)
26 Jun 2004 – 30 Aug 2004

with Brooke Alfaro, Tania Bruguera, Jota Castro, Patrick Hamilton, Teresa Margolles, Chemi Rosado Seijo, Santiago Sierra, Javier Tellez
Establishing Shot

Artists Space, New York (US)
9 Mar 2004 – 1 May 2004

with Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, Rirkrit Tiravanija

Events

ARTBO 2026

ARTBO, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá (CO)
24 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Clemencia Echeverri, Gabriela Golder, Mapa Teatro, Rosangela Renno, Jose Alejandro Restrepo, Silvia Rivas
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
7 May 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Roe Ethridge, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andrea Geyer, David Goldblatt, Alexandra Hedison, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Lisa Oppenheim, Thomas J Price, Eileen Quinlan …
The 60th International Art Exhibition

Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Claudia Andujar, Miguel Angel Rojas, Ivan Argote, Karimah Ashadu, Zanny Begg, Ursula Biemann, Kudzanai Chiurai, Isaac Chong Wai, River Claure, Liz Collins, Miguel Covarrubias, Giana De Dier …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
18 May 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Doug Aitken, Carla Chan, Ernest Cole, Alex Da Corte, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Paz Errazuriz, Roe Ethridge, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Leslie Hewitt, Alfredo Jaar …
SP-ARTE 2022

Sao Paulo Arte, Sao Paolo (BR)
6 Apr 2022 – 10 Apr 2022

with Fabiano Al Makul, Maureen Bisilliat, Erwin Blumenfeld, Andre Cypriano, Jonathas de Andrade, Geraldo de Barros, Virginia de Medeiros, Claudio Edinger, Carlos Garaicoa, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Evandro Carlos Jardim, Sekai Machache …
11. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst

KW Institute for Contemporary Art, daadgalerie, Gropius Bau

Berlin Biennale, Berlin (DE)
5 Sep 2020 – 1 Nov 2020

with Noor Abuarafeh, Marwa Arsanios, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), Kiri Dalena, Virginia de Medeiros, Eiko Grimberg, Francisco Huichaqueo, Aykan Safoğlu, Bartolina Xixa, Osías Yanov, Katarina Zdjelar
ARCOlisboa 2019

ARCO Lisboa, Lisboa (PT)
16 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Pilar Albarracin, Adriana Barreto, Daniel Blaufuks, Andre Cepeda, Nuno Cera, Cristina De Middel, Monica de Miranda, Nicolas Grospierre, Christian Jankowski, Joao Maria Gusmao og Pedro Paiva, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Tatiana Macedo …
Art Paris 2019

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
4 Apr 2019 – 7 Apr 2019

with Albarran Cabrera, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Jacques Bosser, Slater Bradley, Marcelo Brodsky, Daniele Buetti, Anne-Flore Cabanis, Clark & Pougnaud, Giovanni Cocco, Nathalie Daoust, Justin Dingwall …
ARCOmadrid 2019

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
27 Feb 2019 – 3 Mar 2019

with Indre Serpytyte, Ignasi Aballi, Miguel Aguirre, Pep Agut, Juan Carlos Alom, Miguel Angel Rios, Francesco Arena, Roger Ballen, Shannon Bool, Thorsten Brinkmann, Teresa Burga, Nino Cais …
arteBA 2018

arteBA Fundación, Buenos Aires (AR)
24 May 2018 – 27 May 2018

with Erica Bohm, Francois Bucher, Andrea Galvani, Alberto Goldenstein, Lourdes Grobet, Ignacio Iasparra, Alfredo Jaar, Alejandro Kuropatwa, Pablo Lopez Luz, Alejandra Laviada, Andreas Sterzing, Jorge Yeregui
ARTBO 2017

ARTBO, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá (CO)
26 Oct 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

with Ivan Argote, Francois Buecher, Marcelo Brodsky, Julien Creuzet, Monica de Miranda, Adriana DuQue, Andrea Geyer, Nicolas Grospierre, Juan Fernando Herran, Walterio Iraheta, Kapwani Kiwanga, Rosangela Renno …
Chongqing International Photography & Video Biennale

Rip It Up - Over 230 world-renowned artists and 1000 artworks

Changjiang Inter.Photo, Chongqing (CN)
28 Apr 2017 – 28 Jul 2017

with Fati Abubakar, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Josué Azor, Matteo Basile, CAO Fei, Shadi Ghadirian, AO Guoxing, HONG Hao, Ayrson Heraclito, Sasha Huber, Marta Jovanovic, Kimsooja …
Liste 22 - The Young Art Fair

Special guest: Fotomuseum Winterthur

Liste - The young Art Fair, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2017 – 18 Jun 2017

with Ahmet Oeguet, Emile Barret, Hannah Black, Ellie de Verdier, David Fathi, Igor Grubic, Runo Lagomarsino, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Nathaniel Mellors, Tatsumi Orimoto, Tabita Rezaire, Koki Tanaka …
ARTBO 2016

ARTBO, Feria de Arte de Bogotá, Bogotá (CO)
27 Oct 2016 – 30 Oct 2016

with Alexander Apostol, Francois Buecher, Teresa Margolles, MP & MP Rosado, Cecilia Paredes