IndexDescriptionThrough a cycle of new performances, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa attempts to exhaust his interest in the Guatemalan Civil War as the recurring subject of his work. Each of the performances has been performed live for an audience and directly for the camera, forming a series of video works at its conclusion.
IndexBiographyNaufus Ramírez-Figueroa (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala) holds a BFA from Emily Carr University, Vancouver and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Using theatre, drawing, literature and sculpture, Ramírez-Figueroa’s work conjures live and sculptural representations that explore themes of loss, identity and displacement. The Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) is a recurring subject in his work, which although often softened by an absurd and humorous approach, fails to conceal the force of history that precedes it. Ramírez-Figueroa has participated in various solo and group exhibitions including
Viva Arte, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice (2017);
Rendez-Vous, 13th Lyon Biennale, Lyon (2015);
Burning Down the House, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2014);
A Chronicle of Interventions, Tate Modern, London, (2014);
Illy Present Future, Castello di Rivoli, Torino (2013);
Beber y Leer El Arcoiris, Casa América, Madrid (2012);
Home Works IV, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut (2008); and 53rd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen, (2007). He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Mies van der Rohe-Stipendium, a Franklin Furnace award, and an Akademie Schloss Solitude fellowship (selected by Dan Graham). He attended the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht in 2013.
IndexCreditsNaufus Ramírez-Figueroa’s cycle of performances,
Requiem for Mirrors and Tigers was commissioned and produced as part of Corpus, network for performance practice. Corpus is: Bulegoa z/b, Bilbao; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam; Playground, STUK and M - Museum Leuven; and Tate Modern, London. Corpus is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
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