Oscar Muñoz graduated from Escuela de Bellas Artes in 1971. He became known for using non-conventional photographic and mechanical printing techniques as well as video. He created a singular imagery and historiography by using transient mediums—such as human breath, water, dust and methacrylate—, focusing on the precarious reality of human life.
Muñoz’s works are in important public and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; the Museum of Modern Art (MomA), New York, USA; the Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA; the Museo del Barrio, New York, USA; The Hirshorm Museum, Washington D.C, USA; the Museum of the Americas, New York, USA; the Fundación la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; the Tate Modern, London, UK; MAMBO, Bogotá; Daros Collection, Rio de Janeiro; UBS Collection; Colección Banco de la República de Colombia; FRAC Picardie; Colorado Art Museum; MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain; LACMA, los Angeles, USA; Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico; JP Morgan Collection; MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina; MOMA San Francisco, USA; and Kadist Foundation, France.
Selected Works
Oscar Muñoz
El Coleccionista (The collector), 2014-2016
3, 4 or 5 Synchronized HD Projections
52 min. with sound
Oscar Muñoz
Seis Intentos, 2002
Oscar Muñoz
4×3, 2013 / 2017
Leftover offcuts of photographs mounted on 640g Fabriano paper
30,5 × 37,5 cm each
Oscar Muñoz
Aliento, 1995
Serigraph on steel disks, 12 elements
20 cm ø (each)
Oscar Muñoz
Distopía, 2014
1 channel video, color video, no audio
16:9, 14’55”
Oscar Muñoz
Oscar Muñoz, Eclipse, 2000-2002
12 concave mirrors mounted on the wall
20 cm Ø each
Oscar Muñoz
Doméstico I, 2013 / 2016
white marble, 8 picture frames
40 × 80 × 40 cm
Oscar Muñoz
El Metodo Ludovico, 2018
Video Installation,
17 min
Oscar Muñoz
La mirada del cíclope, 2001
Digital Chromogenic print, Series of 6 digital color pictures
72 × 72 cm
Oscar Muñoz
Señales de Vida, 2020
Mini-projection Single-channel video 4:3 + Group of (15-20) stills of the animation in acrylic capsule
50 min, loop, w/sound
Oscar Muñoz
Lacrimarios, 2000 / 2001
3 acrylic containers, water, charcoal powder, halogen lamps
20 × 20 cm
External Exhibition
News
Press
Featured in SWI swissinfo. Text by Rodrigo Carrizo Couto
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Featured in ABC Cultural. Text by Javier Díaz-Guardiola
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Featured in El País. Text by Gloria Crespo Maclennan
Award
Artforum: Named 2018 Hasselblad Award Winner
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Between being and nothingness: Oscar Muñoz at the Blanton Museum of Art
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Hyperallergic: Visualizes the Invisible
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Featured in El Cultural. Text by Luisa Espino