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 Memory is an Editing Station, 22nd BiennialSesc_Videobrasil in São Paulo (BR) in 2023; 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.
The artist has a forthcoming solo exhibition in Marres, Maastricht (NL) on view from 7 Mar 2024 — 5 May 2024. 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).
Kemeya'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) and Saastamoinen Foundation (FI).
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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) -
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)Arturo Kameya’s solo presentation for Art | Basel Miami Beach Positions will be on exhibit from December 2 - 5 at GRIMM’s Keizersgracht location in Amsterdam. Private viewings will be...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
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Soft Water Hard Stone - 2021 New Museum Triennial
Including Arturo Kameya 2021Hardcover, 366 pagesRead more
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Who can afford to feed more ghosts
Arturo Kameya Published by GRIMM on the occasion of "En esa pulga se mezcla nuestra sangre. In that flea, our blood mixes.", the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery at its New York location., 2021Hard cover with linen, 112 pagesRead more
Publisher: GRIMM Amsterdam (NL)
ISBN: ISBN 978-90-831888-4-3
Dimensions: 216 x 145 mm | 85 1/8 x 57 1/8 in
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Arturo Kameya to present an immersive solo exhibition at the Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht (NL)
November 30, 2023In the Spring of 2024, Peruvian artist Arturo Kameya will transform the Marres House for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht (NL) into a hotel where the...Read more -
GRIMM at Frieze London 2023
October 6, 2023GRIMM will present a series of new works from a range of international artists within the gallery program that reflect its foundations in the Netherlands,...Read more -
"Bones and cages" (2023) by Arturo Kameya acquired by Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
The acquisition was generously made possible by private donors. April 26, 2023GRIMM is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Arturo Kameya's Bones and cages (2023) by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (US). Arturo...Read more -
Arturo Kameya: "We, On the Rising Wave" at the Busan Biennale, 2022
September 3, 2022Arturo Kameya will be exhibiting at this year's Busan Biennale, 'We, on the rising wave' (SK). This exhibition takes Busan as a starting point in...Read more -
Arturo Kameya part of the New Museum Triennial: "Soft Water Hard Stone" (2021)
Arturo Kameya October 28, 2021Who can afford to feed more ghosts (2021) by Arturo Kameya is part of the 2021 New Museum Triennial titled Soft Water Hard Stone in...Read more