Arturo Kameya’s work examines the narratives and myths that comprise different versions of history. Kameya works with various mediums, including: acrylic, plaster, film, and print making. His multimedia artworks are often arranged together to create large-scale installations that delineate connections between disparate historical events, by linking together a range of visual cultural languages which have been formed over time. Recent works closely examine the fabric of contextualized urban environments, while embracing the contradictions that come with knowing a place intimately. His work has garnered increasing attention in recent years for attentive and direct critical depictions of his native country Peru, that narrative both the troubling and familiar aspects of life there.
"Childhood memories, scenes from Lima’s suburbs where the artist grew up in the 1990s, family traditions and popular culture often form the point of departure of Arturo’s artworks. These sources lead to intriguing groups of related, finely detailed paintings, installations and, occasionally, videos. [...] Arturo’s work feels both familiar and unknown at the same time. Yet all elements seem to relate. They find each other in a carefully composed idiom constructed by gentle looking forms and by soft pastel and grayish, slightly muted, colors. [...] Arturo’s artworks may looklike mementos or witnesses from a bygone era, which addssomething bittersweet, in between nostalgia, a painful sentimentand a celebration of the past."
- excerpt from Turning history downside up by Madelon van Schie, Who can afford to feed mroe ghosts, 2021
Arturo Kameya (b. 1984 in Lima, PE) attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima (PE) and was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL). Kameya's work was presented at We, on the Rising Wave, Busan Biennale (SK) in 2022 and at Soft Water Hard Stone, the fifth New Museum Triennial, New York, NY (US) in 2021.
Solo exhibitons include, Los Ovnis, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); En esa pulga se mezcla nuestra sangre / In that flea, our blood mixes, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Drylands, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL); GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Grandma’s Cooking Recipes, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Depósito de Sombras, Alliance Française, Lima (PE); Allá en el Caserío, Acá en el Matorral (with Claudia Martínez Garay) Ginsberg Galeria, Lima (PE); Ghosts Don’t Care if You Believe in Them, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn (NL); Ghost Stories, Alliance Française, Lima (PE); Ciencia Ficción, Wu Gallery, Lima (PE); Land at the End of the Sea (with Claudia Martínez Garay), Galería del Centro Cultural Británico de San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima (PE).
The artist's work is part of numerous collections including the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection (US); ING Collection (NL); Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (US); Museo de Arte de Lima, MALI (PE); Saastamoinen Foundation (FI) and Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art (CN).
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Arturo Kameya
Los Ovnis 24 Mar - 6 May 2023 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Arturo Kameya
En esa pulga se mezcla nuestra sangre. / In that flea, our blood mixes. 10 Dec 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US) -
Arturo Kameya
Drylands 14 Aug 2021 - 24 Apr 2022 Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL) -
54 White Street | Inaugural exhibition
GRIMM's new gallery in Tribeca 20 Mar - 17 Apr 2021 GRIMM 54 White St, New York, NY (US)Join us in March 2021 for the grand opening of GRIMM's new space in Tribeca at 54 White Street. For more further information, please email info@grimmgallery.comRead more -
Arturo Kameya
Art | Basel Miami Beach 2 - 6 Dec 2020 GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL)Click here to explore the Online Viewing Room Arturo Kameya’s solo presentation for Art | Basel Miami Beach Positions will be on exhibit from December 2 - 5 at GRIMM’s...Read more -
Arturo Kameya
Grandma's Cooking Recipes 17 Jul - 22 Aug 2020 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL)A new solo exhibition by Arturo Kameya at GRIMM, Van Baerlestraat 80 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Read more -
Frieze New York
Group presentation 8 - 16 May 2020 GRIMM Van Baerlestraat 80, Amsterdam (NL)Frieze presentation at GRIMM's new Van Baerlestraat 80 location in Amsterdam.Read more
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Arturo Kameya Absorbs Us into Memories of His Past at GRIMM New York
Rory Mitchell, May 5, 2023 -
Een persoonlijk droombeeld van vraagtekens (Dutch)
Sander Bortier, HART Magazine, April 19, 2022 -
Distant childhood memories in dusty pinks and sandy yellows – Arturo Kameya’s 'Drylands' at Dordrechts Museum
Manuela Zammit, Metropolis M, March 6, 2022 -
Shows to See in the US and Mexico This January
Simon Wu, Frieze, January 14, 2022 -
Arturo Kameya’s Quest Towards the Supernatural
Simon Wu, Frieze, January 11, 2022 -
Je hoeft de oorsprong niet te snappen om toch verliefd te worden op de beelden van Arturo Kameya ★★★★☆ (Dutch)
Sarah van Binsbergen, de Volkskrant, November 11, 2021 -
The New Museum’s Muted 2021 Triennial Reflects Culture’s Inward Turn, and Perhaps Its Exhaustion
Ben Davis, Artnet news, November 9, 2021 -
Rijksakademie toont lichting zeer krachtige kunstenaars (in Dutch)
Lucette ter Borg, nrc.nl, June 17, 2021 -
11 Newly Represented Artists from Tastemaking Galleries around the World
Casey Lesser, Artsy, April 26, 2021 -
9 x de beste tips voor het weekend in Amsterdam (in Dutch)
Lisa Lubberts, Het Parool, August 21, 2020 -
Amsterdam Roundup
Mariana Cánepa Luna, Art Agenda, December 13, 2019 -
Arturo Kameya y Claudia Martínez Garay: allá en el Caserío, Acá en el Matorral
Gerardo Chávez-Maza, Artischock, July 26, 2018 -
Interview with Arturo Kameya
Irene de Craen, Undercurrents, April 1, 2018