original lithograph on Velin d’Arches paper | limited and signed edition
The works of the artist Carla Arocha from Venezuela are classified as minimalist. With this reduction to the essentials, the smallest geometric interventions, she also refers to an originally indigenous formal language.
Her original interest was in biology. After completing her bachelor’s degree in this science, she turned to her passion for the visual arts. However, Carla Arocha’s art still contains traces of organic forms, such as patterns of animal fur, which she combines in monumental wall pieces. Her preference for minimalist dots or grids can also be seen in her works for the Koenigshof Collection.
Eva Mueller | Art Consultant
Curator of the Koenigshof Collection
VITA CARLA AROCHA (short form)
1961 born in Caracas, Venezuela | 1986 Bachelor of Science, Saint Xavier University, Venezuela | 1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago USA | 1994 Master of Fine Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
EXHIBITIONS AND WORKS IN COLLECTIONS (selection)
2016 Parasol Unit, London, England | 2015 Art Brussels, Belgium | 2015 Glyptotheca Zagreb, Croatia | 2014 Cultuurzentrum Mechelen, Belgium | 2013 Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan | 2012 MALA Gallery Ljublijana, Slovenia | 2011 Wallace Collection, London, England | 2010 KaBe Gallery Miami, USA | 2009 Vegas Gallery, London, England | 2008 Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Caracas, Venezuela | 2007 Montserrat Albores, Mexico City, Mexico | 2006 Fonds régional d’art contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand | 2006 Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium | 2006 Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland | 2004 Galería OMR, Mexico City, Mexico | 2003 Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, USA | 2002 Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium | 2001 Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicagom USA | 2000 Dorothée De Pauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | 1999 Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, USA | 1998 Cranbrook Art Museum, Blomfield Hills, USA | 1997 and 2001-02 MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA | 1997 Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, USA | 1996-97 Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA | 1996 El Museo del Barrio, New York
American Express, New York NY (USA) | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA | Benedictine University, Chicago, USA | Boca Raton Museum of Art in Boca Raton, Florida, USA | British Airways Collection, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, USA | CAB De Burgos, Burgos, Spain | C.I.F.O., Miami, USA | Fonds régional d’art contemporain d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France | F.R.A.C. Bourgogne, Dijon, France | Fundación Banco Mercantil, Caracas, Venezuela | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA | MOMA, New York, USA | Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium | Nationale Bank Van België – Banque Nationale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium | Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA