Gonzalo Reyes Araos
Gonzalo was born in 1980 in Quilpué, Chile.
He currently lives and works in Berlin.
ARTIST EDUCATION
2000–2004 Degree in Fine Arts, specialization in painting at the School of
Fine Arts of Valparaíso, Chile
2000–2003 Graduate Assistant Instructor in Fine Arts in painting at the
School of Fine Arts of Valparaíso, Chile
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2014 GAPE - 02, LIGHTHEART, Plateau Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012 Matter - Light - Time, Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, China
2013 PrismeS, KARTüche gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 P,P & F, Maison du Vallon, Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 Transmutation – Rencontre, Maison de l’Amérique latine, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Dimensiones Abstractas, Balmaceda 1215 Cultural Centre, Valparaíso, Chile
(Cat.)
2006 Y Dios creó la célula…y la célula la imagen, exhibition at the Antesala
Viña gallery, Viña del Mar, Chile (Cat.)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2015
Final_draft.mov, Geumcheon Art Apace Seoul, Korea
Losito Kustpreis 2015, final shortlist, Löwenpalais Lounge der Stiftung Starke,
Berlin, Germany (Cat.)
Velada Remix 2015, art festival, Hamburg, Germany
Zentralestation, Kunst am Spreeknie 2015 - Schöneweide Art Festival,
Berlin, Germany
Postinternet is dead, Fisher Gallery at Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
2014
Swab Barcelona, International Contemporary Art Fair, Pantocrator Gallery,
Barcelona, Spain
1st Shandong Biennale, Mass Art Museum, Jinan, China (Cat.)
Umschalten, Schalterraum, Berlin, Germany
Sunland, Pantocrator Gallery at EBPC, Shanghai, China
Paint like you mean it, painting prize, final shortlist, Interviewroom 11,
Edinburgh, Scotland (Cat.)
Spark, new medias art exhibition, Kunst am Spreeknie Schöneweide Art Festival,
Berlin, Germany
Zentralestation, Kunst am Spreeknie 2014 - Schöneweide Art Festival, Berlin,
Germany
Digital zur Malerei Dialog der Medien prize, final shortlist, Sparkasse,
Karlsruhe, Germany
2013
Screen Festival Barcelona, Pantocrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Zendai Himalayas center, Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, China
Aktuelle Selbstportraits, Nachbarschaftsgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2012
Pantocrátor Gallery at Amsterdam Showcase, Netherlands
Retro-perspective, KARTüche gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011
Artist Project, 15th anniversary of ILES, La Lustrerie, Brussels, Belgium
Art’page 2010, Glarey castel, Sierre, Switzerland
2010
International Painting and Mixed Media Competition, Lessedra gallery, Bulgaria
2009
Viña del Mar National Painting Prize, final shortlist, Enjoy gallery Viña del Mar,
Chile
Juan Francisco González painting prize, final shortlist, House of Culture
of Limache, Chile
2008
Dessinateurs de demain, BD-Fil Festival, Lausanne, SwitzerlandUn espace
dédié à l’art, Echanden’s Castle, Switzerland
Un espace dédié à l’art, Echanden’s Castle, Switzerland
2007
Exhibition tribute to José Maria Sert, Spanish Book, Unites Nation’s Palace,
Geneva, Switzerland (Cat.)
2006
XXIV Valdivia y su río national painting prize, final shortlist, Valdivia, Chile
Corral y su bahía painting prize, Honorary Award, Corral, Chile
2005
XXVII Arte y Poesía Joven art prize, final shortlist, University of Valparaíso,
Farol gallery, Valparaíso, Chile (Cat.)
Viña del Mar National Painting Prize, final shortlist, Enjoy gallery Viña del Mar,
Chile
Juan Francisco González, painting prize, Honorary Award, House of Culture
of Limache, Chile
100 monedas de 100, action of public art, Latin American Art Week (SELAI),
Valparaíso, Chile
2004
Pequeño Formato prize, final shortlist, Balmaceda 1215, to Valparaíso and
Viña del Mar, Chile
Murales por la paz, meeting mural painting for the centenary of Christ Re deemer,
Mendoza, Argentina
Mural painting, Ex-Cárcel Cultural Park with Marcelino Truong, Lire en Fête
festival, Valparaíso, Chile
2003
Mi Ciudad, art prize, final shortlist, Municipal Gallery of Valparaiso, Chile
XXV Arte y Poesía Joven art prize, final shortlist, Farol gallery, University
of Valparaíso, Chile (Cat.)
Casablanca…250 años de historia, art prize, final shortlist, Casablanca, Chile
2002
Mi Ciudad, art prize, final shortlist, Municipal Gallery of Valparaiso, Chile
2001
Pequeño Formato, art prize, final shortlist, Balmaceda 1215, to Valparaíso
and Viña del Mar, Chile
PRIZES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015
Art residency grant at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul Fundation for Arts
and Culture, Korea
2011
Prix Découverte, Commission for Assistance to the comic book of the French
community of Belgium
2006 Honorary Award, II Corral y su bahía painting prize, Corral, Chile
2005 Honorary Award, VI Juan Francisco González painting prize, Limache, Chile
2004 First prize, mural painting competition Todos contra el muro, Ex-Cárcel
Cultural Park, Valparaíso, Chile
2001–2004 Scholarship, Degree in Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts of Valparaíso,
Chile
RESIDENCIES
2015 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul Fundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
(3 months)
2012 Pantocrátor Gallery, Shanghai, China (3 months)
2010 Art’page, Chalet à Goblet, Switzerland (1 month)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2014
Alexander Gumz, “Leistungsschau der freien Szene”, Berliner Morgenpost,
Di Welt, Berlin, July 2014. 16.
“KaSK”, Kunst am Spreeknie, Schock Velag & Novilla, Catalogue, Berlin, July 2014.
54.
Daniel Eltinger, “Sieben Medienkünstler zelebrieren den Nachlass technologischer Innovationen”, Kunstgeflüster, Berlin, July 2014, 10.
Steffen Blunk, “Enine wirklich große Anzahl von gutter und bemerkenswerter Kunst!”,
Kunst geflüster, Berlin, July 2014, 3.
Mirja Koponen and Scott McCracken, “Paint like you mean it 2014”, Catalogue,
Interviewroom 11, Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-32-001242-3
2013
Galerie Mazzoca Catalogue 2013, Mazzocca Contemporary Paintings, Berlin, Germany
2012
Commission d’aide à la bande dessinée de la communauté française de Belgique,
Répertoire de 67 auteurs de bande dessinée en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, Belgium.
ISBN 2-930071-83-4
2007
Club del libro en Español “Exhibition tribute to José Maria Sert”, Catalogue,
ONU, Geneva, December 2007.
2006
"Sala Balmaceda 2005", Balmaceda 1215, Catalogue, Valparaíso, July 2006
Carlos Lastarria Hermosilla, “Dos pintores en Viña”, El Mercurio de Valparaíso,
May 2006.
Virginia Vizcaino, “Y Dios creó la célula...y la célula la imagen”, Antesala Viña
del Mar gallery, Viña del Mar, April 2006.
2005
University of Valparaíso, ”XXVII Concurso nacional Arte y Poesía joven”,
Catalogue, Valparaíso 2005.
2003
University of Valparaíso, ”XXV Concurso nacional Arte y Poesía joven”, Catalogue,
Valparaíso 2003.
COLLECTIONS
Shandong Art Museum, Jinan, China
Cultural Corporation of Viña del Mar, Municipal Council of Viña del Mar, Chile
House of Culture of Limache, Municipal Council of Limache, Chile
Private collections in Switzerland, Chile, Germany and Belgium
