1967
Born in Viña del Mar, Chile
1989 - 1994
Studied visual communication at the University for Design, Viña del Mar, Chile
1995 - 1996
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Prof. Jannis Kounellis
2000 - 2002
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Prof. Rosemarie Trockel
2001 - 2003
Post-graduate studies at the Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany
Currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.
AWARDS
2009
The Drawing Prize of the Contemporary Art Foundation, Daniel and Florence Guerlain
1996
Art Prize Design Biennale. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Hibridos, Galeria Sneda, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
El Árbol del Fuego, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
2011
Ondinas/Ondines, Galería Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Musée d'Art Moderne de St-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France
L'arcobeleno, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf
2010
O Solo Mio, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Netherlands
Tu pelo es mi bandero, Nolan Judin, Berlin
2009
Confesiones de una Musa, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Viva La Musa!, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Mitológica, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalog)
Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
2007
Impossible Mind, Sprovieri Gallery, London (catalog)
Impossible Mind, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2006
Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2005
Alquimia Fantástica, Galerie Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1999
Botánica de la Evolución, Goethe Institut, Santiago, Chile
Anatomy Studies, Galerie Entropie, Wroclaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Hysterical Fantasy, Magazzino, Rome, Italy
Zeitgespenster. Erscheinungen des Übernatürlichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (upcoming)
Expanded Drawing '012, Casal Solleric, Palma, Majorca
The 30th São Paulo Bienal: The Imminence of Poetics, São Paulo, Brazil
Passion: Contemporary Art from the Hanck Collection, Museum Kunstapalast, Dusseldorf
In Other Words: Black Market of Translation - Negotiating Contemporary Cultures, NGBK & Kunstraum, Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Étre Chairs (with Oda Jaune), Maison de la Culture, Namur, Belgium
Auf Papier, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne
2011
All Cannibals?, Me Collectors Room, Berlin
Nouvelle Présentation de Collections Contemporaines des années 1960 à nos Jours, Musée National d'art Modèrne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Paperworks, U37/Anna Jill Lüpertz, Berlin
Three Artists from Europe, Gallery 604J, Busan, Korea
Selina Baumann, Frédérique Loutz, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Katz Contemporary, Zurich
2010
The More I Draw: Drawing as a Concept for the World, The Museum of Contemporary Art Siegen, Germany
Invisible Shadows: Images of Uncertainty, Marta Herford, Germany
The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York
2009
elles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris
The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; The Bluecoat, Liverpool, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2008
Que Culpa Tiene el Durazno, Centro de Extensión del Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Valparaíso, Chile
Meditations, Poznan Biennale (curated by Lorand Hegyi, Yu Yeon Kim, Gu Zhenqing), Poland
Anatomie | les peaux du dessin, Collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Frac-Picardie, Amiens, France
Memories for Tomorrow: Works from The UBS Art Collection, Shanghai Art Museum
Micro-narratives, tentation des petites réalités, Musée d´Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection - Select Drawings, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, New York
Another Damned Drawing Show, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
"und immer fehlt mir was, und das quält mich," Graz Kunst, Austria
Micro-Narratives, 48th October Salon of Belgrade, Cultural Centre Belgrade, Serbia
Drawings from the UBS Art Collection, Tate Modern, London
Kava Kava - Facetten der Angst Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr in der Alten Post, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (catalog)
2006
Drawings, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin
Art Cologne 06Open Space, Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Cologne 06, Förderkoje "young talents", Galerie Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2005
Akt; 8 Positionen in der Aktmalerei, Kunstverein Speyer, Germany
2004
In erster Linie..., Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Das Böse, Guardini Stiftung, Berlin
2003
Materia, Reflección y sueños, Collection Santa Cruz-Yaconi, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
2001
Salzburg, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2000
Wuckenhof, (Klasse von Prof. Rosemarie Trockel), Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany
1999
Proyecto orgánico, Galería Municipal de Valparaíso, Chile
ARTtoll-Labor, Bedburg-Hau, Kleve, Germany
1998
Äquator, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
Cascabel, Galerie Tomás Andreu, Santiago, Chile
1995
Diversidades, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Sandra Vasquez de la Horra at David Nolan Gallery" The New Yorker, 26 January 2009: 12.
Ammann, Jean Christophe. Impossible Mind: Sandra Vasquez de la Horra Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2007.
Ammann, Jean Christophe. "Traumata - fast wie in einem Märchen: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra." In: Jean Christophe Ammann, Bei näherer Betrachtung, (Frankfurt 2007): 168-170.
Breuninger, Martin. "Ein skurriles Wunderland in kleinen Formaten" in: Mallorca Zeitung Nr. 290, Nr.48/2005.
Catoir, Barbara. "Wie Treibgut an der Wand" Frankfurter Allgemeine, 21 October 2007, Nr. 42 : 71.
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Imdahl, Georg. "Brandmahle der Erinnerung," Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 18 October 2007, Kultur 28, Nr. 242.
Meister, Helga. "Das Schaudern beim Küssen" WZ, 26 June, 2008.
Meister, Helga. "Große Zeichner im Kleinformat. 'Junge Talente' auf der Art Cologne." Westdeutsche Zeitung Düsseldorf, November 3, 2006.
Meister, Helga. "Vitaminbomben," Westdeutsche Zeitung Düsseldorf, 6 May, 2006.
Peters, Gertrud. Märchen in Wachs getaucht, Rheinische Post Düsseldorf, 1 April, 2006.
Ribal, Pilar. "Reinventar el mundo / Rethinking the world." ART.ES 12/13: 34.
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CATALOGUES
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra - Mitológica. Published by museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, 2008
Impossible Mind: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. Published by Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Sprovieri, London, Elena Quarestani-Assab One, Milano, Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2007
Micro-Narratives. 48th October Salon, printed by Publikum, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, 2007
The UBS Collection / Zeichnungen. Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre Pompidou, Paris
ING Bank, Brussels
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
UBS ART Collection, Zurich
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Collection Antoine de Galbert, Paris
The Florence & Daniel Guerlain Collection, Paris
Hauser & Wirth Collection, Henau, Switzerland
Lutz Teutloff Collection, Bielefeld, Germany