Matías Duville
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1974.
Matías Duville (Buenos Aires, 1974) works with objects, videos and installations, although his production has mainly grown out of drawing. His works evoke scenes of desolation with rarified, timeless atmospheres like those that precede a natural disaster.
Duville's work is characterized by experimentation with different mediums and materials. With his expressive strokes and procedures which reveal certain brutality, he modifies the surface by leaving traces in the representation, marks which blend the nature of matter with the landscape. The tension between opposites, mutation and time are some of the subjects that feature in his most recent works. He lives and works between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata.
Scholarships & Residencies
- 2024Residencia Paulo Reis, Ateliê Fidalga, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2019Molaa Residency. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA
- 2018Instituto InclusArtiz. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2016LARA. Latin America Roaming Art. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
- 2014FLORA Residency. Honda, Colombia
- 2013Sam Art Project. Paris, France
- 2011John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. USA
- 2011Skowhegan Residency Scholarship. USA
- 2010Ibere Camargo Residency. Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 2008Revolver Art Residency. Lima, Peru
- 2007Civitella Ranieri Fellowship. Italy
- 2005RIAA. International Artists Residency in Argentina. Ostende, Buenos Aires
- 2004Visual Arts Scholarship. Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires
- 2003Workshop Program for Visual Arts. Centro Cultural Rojas, UBA / Kuitca, Buenos Aires
- 2003TRAMA. Program of Cooperation Amongst Artists. Buenos Aires
- 2002Visual Arts Scholarship. Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires
- 2001–02Studies with Jorge Macchi. Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires
- 1999Fundación Antorchas Scholarship. Buenos Aires
Individual Exhibitions
- 2026Monitor Yin Yang, Argentine Pavilion, Biennale Arte, Venice, Italy
- 2024Vertices of Time, BARRO, New York, USA
- 2024Individual Exhibition, Ateliê Fidalga, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2024Cenizas de Mañana, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2023El Fondo Inestable, BARRO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2021Arena Parking, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2020Hotel Palmera, Colección Fortabat, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2019Projection and Soul, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2019Desert Means Ocean, Molaa, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
- 2017Romance Atómico, Barro Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2015Mutações, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2015Escenario, Proyectil, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2015Arena Parking, C.C. Recoleta, Sala Cronopios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2014Precipitar una Especie, Barro Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2014Karma-Secuencia-Deriva, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
- 2014Life in an Instant, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
- 2013Alaska, book launch edited by Drawing Center. Drawing Center, New York, USA
- 2013Discard Geography, École de Beaux Arts, Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Paris
- 2012Safari, Malba, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2012Los Martes Menta, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
- 2011Whistle, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2010Esto Fue Otro Lugar, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2010El Aullido del Cristal, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009Safari en el Crepúsculo, Distrito 4 Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- 2008Descampado, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
- 2008Una Escena Perdida, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2007Cover, MUSAC, Laboratorio 987, Castilla y León, Spain
- 2006Propulsión, Baro Cruz Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2005Autocine, Macro, Rosario, Argentina
- 2005Travelling, Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina — curator: Jorge Macchi
Group Exhibitions
- 2025Latinoamericano, cur. María Amalia García & Issa Al Shirawi, National Museum of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- 2024Moderno y Metamoderno, cur. Victoria Noorthoorn & Francisco Lemus, Museo Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2024La Trama Sensible, Museo Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2024The Atlantic Ocean, cur. Stefanie Hessler, Knut Ljøgodt & Susanne Østby Sæther, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
- 2024What the Night Tells the Day, PAC, Milan, Italy
- 2023Beneath the Surface, Behind the Scenes, cur. Melissa Keys, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
- 2023Art Basel, booth with BARRO, Miami Beach, USA
- 2022rīvus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, Australia
- 2020Art in the Field, Estadio Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2020Nuestra América, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2020Seismic Movements at Bangladesh's Shilpakala, Dhaka Art Summit Biennial, Bangladesh
- 2019Disruptions, Art Basel Cities, Miami, USA
- 2019Bardo, Barro Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2019Una Historia de la Imaginación Argentina, Mamba, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2017The Valise, MoMA, New York, USA
- 2016Objectif Vidéo Nice, festival d'art vidéo, Nice, France
- 2016Everything You Are I Am Not, Tiroche De Leon Collection, MANA Glass Gallery, New Jersey, USA
- 2016Public, Art Basel, curator Nicholas Baume, Miami, USA
- 2015Intrigantes Incertitudes, Le Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne, France
- 2015Figuratism, curator Jens Hoffmann, ArtBo, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2015U-Turn, Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2015My Buenos Aires, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
- 2014The First and Last Freedom, curator Lara Pan, MOT International, London, UK
- 2014Autodestrucción 4, collaboration with Abraham Cruzvillegas, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
- 2013Prix Canson, finalist, Petit Palais, Paris, France
- 2013La Distance Juste, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
- 2013Of Bridges and Borders, Valparaíso, Chile
- 2012Art on Paper 2012, the 42nd Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, USA
- 2012Tenth Parallel, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena, Italy
- 2011Reformation 2011, Skowhegan, Maine, USA
- 2010First and Last, Notes on the Monument, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2010Smart Exhibition, Freedom Tower, Miami, USA
- 2010Modelos para Armar, MUSAC, Spain
- 2009Vamos, Nueveochenta Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2009Huésped, MUSAC Collection, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009Destructivo Arte, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009Escuelismo, MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2009Benefit auction, Drawing Center, New York, USA
- 2008Narrative/Non-Narrative: Contemporary Artists from the CIFO Programs, Miami, USA
- 2007Signos de Existencias, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile
- 2006Run for Your Life, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, USA
- 2006Interfaces, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2005Panoramix, PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Public Collections
MoMA. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Pathy Cisneros Collection, New York, USA
Tate Modern, London, UK
Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York, USA
Blanton Museum, Austin, Texas, USA
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
MAR. Museo de Arte de Rio, Brazil
MALBA. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
MAMBA. Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Molaa. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
MUSAC. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
MALI. Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Modena, Italy
Fundación ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Tiroche De Leon Collection, Jaffa, Israel
MACRO. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Argentina
Selected Publications
- 2026Monitor Yin Yang. Exhibition catalog, Venice Biennale
- 2024The Atlantic Ocean. Catalog, cur. Stefanie Hessler, Knut Ljøgodt & Susanne Østby Sæther, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
- 2024Black Earth Rising. Colonialism and Climate Change. Catalog, cur. Ekow Eshun
- 2022Rīvus, 23rd Biennale of Sydney. Exhibition catalog, Australia
- 2016The Valise. MoMA
- 2015Mutações. Exhibition catalog, MAM, Rio
- 2015Hogar. KBB
- 2013Vitamin D2. New Perspectives in Drawings. Phaidon
- 2013Alaska, edited by Brett Littman. Drawing Center
- 2012Interview by Ursula Davila. Might Be Good, Issue #194
- 2011Collection catalog. Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Italy
- 2010Creamier. Contemporary Art in Culture. Phaidon
- 2010Esto Fue Otro Lugar. KBB
- 2010Snow–Blind, article by Brett Littman. Modern Painters Magazine
- 2010Of Bridges & Borders. JRP/Ringier
- 2010Discursive Variants. MUSAC Collection
- 2009Guillermo Kuitca by Matías Duville. Bomb Magazine
- 2007Exhibition catalog. MUSAC, Laboratorio 987