Martin Soto Climent
Selected Works
Las lágrimas siempre son perlas, no importa que nazcan en otra fisura
2022acrylic and graphite on canvas mounted on aluminum panel
120 × 115 × 4.5 cm (47 ¼ × 45 ¼ × 1 ¾ inches)
El instante de Leda
2022acrylic, oil and pastel on canvas mounted on aluminium panel
120 x 167 cm (47 x 65,7 inches)
Llamas de lluvia XIV
2020phantogram (charcoal on cotton canvas) mounted on oak box
53 × 40 × 10 cm (20 ⅞ × 15 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Llamas de lluvia XIII
2020phantogram (charcoal on cotton canvas) mounted on oak box
53 × 40 × 10 cm (20 ⅞ × 15 ¾ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Llamas de lluvia XV
2020phantogram (charcoal on cotton canvas) mounted on oak box
40 × 30 × 8 cm (15 ¾ × 11 ¾ × 3 ⅛ inches)
Llamas de lluvia XVI
2020phantogram (charcoal on cotton canvas), mounted on oak box
40 × 30 × 8 cm (15 ¾ × 11 ¾ × 3 ⅛ inches)
Gossip 69
2020tights, plexiglass mirror, mounted in cedar boxes
31 × 21 × 10 cm (12 ¼ × 8 ¼ × 3 ⅞ inches)
Gossip
2019tights, plexiglass mirror, mounted in cedar boxes
20 parts, each 30 x 20 x 10 cm (11 3,4 x 7 7,8 x 3 7,8 inches)
Caramel Huysmans
2015natural leather, Tzalam wood
33 × 20 × 16 cm (13 × 7 ⅞ × 6 ¼ inches)
Caramel Huysmans
2015natural leather, Tzalam wood
40 × 30 × 14 cm (15 ¾ × 11 ¾ × 5 ½ inches)
I touched the sunset with my finger, it burns
2018synthetic fabrics, linen on wooden panel
53 × 40 × 15 cm (20 ⅞ × 15 ¾ × 5 ⅞ inches)
Bajo la noche de Baco
2018synthetic fabrics, linen on 3 wooden panels
160 × 120 × 13 cm (63 × 47 ¼ × 5 ⅛ inches)
Love (under the immortal skin)
2018synthetic fabrics on cotton
169 × 120 cm (66 ½ × 47 ¼ inches)
Mercurio fulminante
2018synthetic fabrics, pencil, linen on 2 wooden panels
160 × 120 × 15 cm (63 × 47 ¼ × 5 ⅞ inches)
The Pleasure of the Seed
2014bras, mixed media (9 elements)
Unknown Nastro Azzurro
2014plasticine and plastic eye on beer can, wooden shelf
10.5 × 10 × 12 cm (4 ⅛ × 3 ⅞ × 4 ¾ inches)
Chocolate Can
2015plasticine and plastic eye on beer can, wooden shelf
Revoloteo #2
2014acrylic on venetian blind
approx: 142 × 93 × 18 cm (55 ⅞ × 36 ⅝ × 7 ⅛ inches)
Biography
Gallery Exhibitions
Other Venues
Selected Press
From the studio: Martin Soto Climent
Studio Visit
CV
1996
Industrial Design Degree, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2015
Master Degree in Visual Arts, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2022
‘Hay una palabra para nombrar la hora de la noche en silencio’, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
‘Gentle Stranger’, Union Pacific, London
‘The Phantom’s Shadow’, Karma International, Zurich
2021
‘Amatl’, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Paris
2020
‘Gossip’, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm
2019
‘Martin Soto Climent: In the Shadow of an Invisible Thread’, Hessel Museum of Art, New York
‘The skin of the apple’, Karma International, Zurich
2018
‘Todo empieza en otra parte’, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
‘Under the immortal skin’, T293, Rome
‘Temazcal’, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
2017
‘Works and Days’, Atlantis, Chevalier Roze, Marseille
2016
‘Retrospectiva’, Lulu, Mexico City
‘Chambres aver vue sur le champ’, Untilthen, Paris
‘Paradise’, DREI, Cologne
‘Frenetic Gossamer’, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
‘Huellas de la Revolución Industrial’, Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese, Roma
2015
‘La bella durmiente’, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
‘Caramel Huysmans’, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
‘The Contemporary Comedy: Glossy Mist’, Clifton Benevento, New York
2014
‘Luster Butterfly’, T293, Rome
‘All That I Never Was’, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
2013
‘Mariposas Migratorias’, Clifton Benevento, New York
2012
‘I miss my thread’, Karma International, Zurich
‘The Equation of Desire’, Kunsthalle Winterthur
‘The Bright of the Whisper’, Kunstraum, Innsbruck
‘La Alcoba Doble’, T293, Rome/Naples
2011
‘Frenetic Gossamer’, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
2010
‘Martin Soto Climent – A bridge between two towers’, Clifton Benevento, New York
‘A Long Chapter One’, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
2009
‘El Mago’, Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam
‘Laberintome’, T293, Naples
‘Impulsive Chorus’, X Initiative, New York
‘The Intimate Revolt’, Karma International, Zurich
‘For your eyes only’, La Sala, Mexico City
‘Martin Soto Climent’, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
2008
‘Hidden Symmetries’, Broadway 1602, New York
’Parabolic Dust’, Broadway 1602, New York
‘01.18.08’, T293, Naples
2007
‘Vacio Contenido’, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
2006
‘Checkmate’, Broadway 1602, New York
‘Study Objects’, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
2005
‘Other Objects’, The Other Gallery, The Banff Center, Alberta
‘Biotic Project’, Subway Station Tacuba, Mexico City
2004
‘Cotton Candy Doves’, MUCA , Mexico City
‘Throw Balls’, UNAM – The University Cultural Building, Mexico City
2003
‘Curious objects vol1’, Curious objects vol2’, The space, Mexico City
‘03-03-03’, installation in Jardín Hidalgo, Coyoacán, Mexico City
2002
‘It was green’, Museum Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City
2001
‘Empty Spaces (Journey Sensations)’, Casa de la Cultura Malinalxochitl, Malinalco, Mexico
‘One of so Many, Young Artist Collective’, Sebastián Foundation, Mexico City
2023
‘Tramas e Tecituras’, Simões de Assis Gallery, São Paulo
2022
‘Do animals go to heaven?’, Chiesa del Purgatorio, Matera, Italy
2020
‘Seeing Touch’, Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, Switzerland
2019
‘Gossamer’, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK
2018
‘Unstable stillness’, Perrotin, Hong Kong
‘GRAND OPENING (SUMMER RAPSODHY)’, KURA at Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Milan
‘Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study’, ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Melbourne
2017
‘Deseo’, MAMM Museo de Arte Moderno Medellín, Medellín
‘Sin Titulo’, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
‘t twoninethree in-residence at Luciana Brito Galeria’, Sao Paulo
2016
‘WHO ARE YOU?’, SALTS, Basel
‘Art Club #10 / Bois d’amour’, Acadèmie de France à Rome – Villa Medici, Rome
Frieze Projects, Frieze London
‘Lanzarote’, Union Pacific, London
‘Future Form’, Gamma Galeria, Guadalajara
‘…ma l’amor mio non muore. Opere dalla Collezione Alloggia’, Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, Arezzo
‘¿ Cómo te voy a olvidar ?’, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
‘Corridor Plateau VI’, DREI, Cologne
‘T293-in-residence’, Via Gabba 1, Milan
‘One, No One and One Hundred Thousand’, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
‘Un certain regard’, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague
‘Après Ski’, Karma International, Los Angeles
2015
‘WONDERWHEEL’, Depart Foundation, Miami
‘The prediction of a one-night king’, Chalet Society, Paris
‘Breathing Room’, U:L:O: Part I, Lodos, Mexico City
2014
‘THE GO-BETWEEN. A selection of emerging international artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
‘Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
‘Many Places at Once’, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
‘Unsparing Quality’, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles
2013
‘The Unicorn’, Transformer Station, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
‘The Black Moon’, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
‘Search for the Unicorn’, The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
‘They might well have been remnants of the boat’, Calder Foundation, New York
‘The First and the Last Folding’, Swiss Church, London
‘Notes on Neo-Camp’, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp
‘Opinione Latina’, Francesca Minini, Milan
2012
‘Qalandiya International’, Palestine
‘«allez-y!» Act 2’, R4/Ile Seguin, Paris
‘Exposures, Experiences, Experiments’ (performance), Halle für Kunst, Lünebur
‘CARA DOMANI opere dalla Collezione Ernesto Esposito’, MAMbo, Bologna
‘A Disagreeable Object’, SculptureCenter, New York
‘Erogenous Zones’, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
‘A Stepping Stone’, Autocenter, Berlin
‘Death Can Dance’, Townhouse, Zurich
‘Economy of means: toward humility in contemporary sculpture’, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
‘Koło Plastyków’, Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw
2011
‘There are two sides to every coin, and two sides to your face’, Galerie Xippas, Paris
‘Energies, unplugged and reloaded’, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich
‘Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials…’, Johann König, Berlin
‘The moment pleasantly frightful’, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
‘Emerge Selections 2011’, MCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2010
‘It’s All American’, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art, New Jersey
‘Mascarade, Chambres à part IV, place du Trocadéro, Paris
‘Swagger, Drag, Fit Together’, Wallspace, New York
‘Still Vast Reserves’, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia
‘Une idée, une Forme, un Être – Poésie / Politique du corporel’, Migros Museum Zurich
‘Not Extractions, but Abstractions’, Clifton Benevento, New York
‘Digging in a Sandbox’, Max Hans Daniel, Berlin
‘Adventure in Space’, Villa Lentza, Szczecin
‘While Bodies Get Mirrored’, Migros Museum, Zurich
2009
‘Summer Show’, Hotel, London
‘The Reach of Realism’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
‘Melodies & Rocks / Copyright’, Karma International Art Space, Zurich
‘Between Spaces’, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
‘(re)Visions: (di)Visions’, The Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
‘Ordinary Revolutions’, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
‘Collection of…’, White Columns, New York
‘Between the Cup and Lip’, V&A, New York
‘Nudes’, Fortes Vilaça Gallery, Sao Paulo
2008
‘As Queer as a Clockwork Orange’, La Sala, Mexico City
‘Light’, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
2007
‘Re-Make / Re-Model’, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
‘Pase de Abordar, artistas viajeros contemporáneos’, UIA, Mexico City
‘The Kitchen Benefit Art Auction’, The Kitchen, New York
‘The Office’, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
‘Drawing outside the lines’, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
‘New Collection presentation’, Nancy & Stanley Singer, East Hampton, New York
‘Objects’, Karma International Art Space, Zurich
‘In Apertura’, Vilma Gold, London
2006
‘Solidarity Solitude’, Broadway 1602, New York
‘Keep passing the open windows or happiness’, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
‘Distor’, Art Museum Carrillo Gil , Mexico City
2005
‘Beguin, Began, Begun’, Other Gallery, The Banff Center, Alberta
‘Alegria’, El mono de la Tinta, Madrid
2002
‘Urban Tianguis. Alternative runway’, Franz Meyer Museum, Mexico City
‘Colección Monocroma Alternative Catwalk’, Centro Convenciones de las Américas, Mexico City