Muntadas

Muntadas is an internationally acclaimed pioneer of media art and conceptual art. Through his works, Muntadas addresses social, political and communication issues such as the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, and investigates channels of information and the ways they may be used to censor or promulgate ideas. His projects are presented in different media including photography, video, publications, the Internet, installations and urban interventions. His projects have been exhibited in prestigious museums such as The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Berkeley Art Museum in California, the Musée Contemporain de Montreal, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Buenos Aires, the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro, MACBA, the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, OCAT Shanghai, etc. Muntadas has been selected to participate in international events such as Documenta Kassel (1977, 1997), the 51st Venice Biennial (2005), the 16th and 17th Sao Paulo Biennal (1981, 1983), the Whitney Biennial of American Art (1991), and other international biennales in Lyon, Taipei, Gwangju, Havana, etc.

 

1942  Born in Barcelona, Spain
Lives and works in New York, USA

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

    2025
    Lugar Público, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
    Sobre/About Asia, Museo Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain

    2024
    MUNTADAS EDIZIONI 1971 – 2024, Studio Piero Varroni – EOS Libri, Roma, Italy
    Being Far/Being Close, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    Paratopias, Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain

    2023
    Antoni Muntadas: Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines

    2022
    Nights after Days, The Store, Vanguard Gallery, Seoul, Korea
    ¿PARA QUIÉN?, Para 8 ½, Montevideo, Uruguay
    Antoni Muntadas: Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain

    2021
    Muntadas. La Ciudad Vacía, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
    FLASH 44: Antoni Muntadas since 1991, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
    CLOSED/LOCKED [Social Photography IX], carriage trade, New York, USA
    Antoni Muntadas: Exercises on Past and Present Memories, Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila, Philippines

    2020
    Muntadas. Interconnessioni, Villa delle Rose, MAMbo, Bologna, Italy
    Palabras, El País, Arco Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    2019
    Muntadas: Elkarrekiko loturak, interconexiones, interconnessioni, Artium, Vitoria, Canada
    Atención: La percepción requiere participación, Torre Colpatria de Bogotб, Bogota, Colombia
    Intervenções: A propósito do público e do privado, Casa de Serralves, Oporto, Portugal
    Muntadas: Look See Perceive, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2018
    Muntadas: Asian Protocols, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
    Art KARLSRUHE, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
    Muntadas: ESTRATEGIA DEL DESPILAZAMIENTO, Kent Fine Art, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    2017
    Muntadas Videoworks, OCAT Shanghai, China
    Muntadas: Projects /Proposals, Kent Fine Art, New York, USA
    Activating Artifacts: About Academia, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
    Palabras, palabras…, Galerйa Moisйs Pеrez de Albеniz, Madrid, Spain

    2016
    Muntadas. Asian Protocols, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
    Muntadas: Protocol and Derive Veneziani, Real Academia de Espaсa en Roma, Italy

    2015
    Dérive Veneziane, 72nd Venice Film Festival, Movie Village, Palazzo del Casinт Venice, Italy

    2014
    Muntadas: Asian Protocols, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

    2013
    Aller/Retour, Citoyenneté et déplacements, MuCEM, Musеe des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Mediterranеe, Marseille, France
    La construcción del miedo, Periférico Caracas, Arte Contemporбneo Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela
    PROTOCOLLI VENEZIANII, ERIKA DEAK GALLERY, Budapest, Hungary

    2012
    Eleven, Kent Fine Art, New York, USA
    Cildo Meireles & Antoni Muntadas: SALT & SUGAR … NO SUGAR NO SALT, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland

    2011
    Entre/Between, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
    Información>>Espacio>>Controle, Estaçao Pinacoteca, Associaçao Pinacoteca Arte e Cultura, Sгo Paulo, Brazil
    About Academia, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
    Atención: La Percepción requiere participación, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia

    2010
    On Translation: Açik Radyo (Myths & Stereotypes), Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

    2009
    Muntadas: La construcción del miedo y la pérdida de lo público, Centro Atlаntico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

    2008
    Muntadas. Espacios, lugares y situaciones, Fundaciгn Marcelino Botнn, Santander, Spain
    On Translation: Petit et Grand, Instituto Cervantes, Paris, France

    2007
    Muntadas / Bs. As. Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Centro Cultural de Espaсa en Buenos Aires – Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    2006
    On Translation: Stand By, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
    Protokolle, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany

    2005
    On Translation: El Tren Urbano, Public Art Project, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

    2004
    Muntadas Projekte 1974-2004, On Translation: Erinnerungsrбume, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
    Proyectos, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Ciudad de Mеxico, Mexico

    2003
    On Translation: Das Museum, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

    2002
    On Translation: Museum, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona(MACBA), Barcelona, Spain

    2001
    On Translation: The Audience, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, USA

    2000
    Proyectos, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1999
    Intersecciones, Casa de la Moneda, Biblioteca Luis Жngel Arango, BogotбBogota, Colombia

    1998
    Muntadas: Proyectos, Fundaciгn Arte y Tecnologйa, Madrid, Spain
    On Translation: The Monuments, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary

    1997
    Between the Frames: The Forum, Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

    1996
    Des/Aparicions, Centre d’Art Santa Mтnica, Barcelona, Spain
    On Translation: The Games, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, USA

    1995
    New York: City Museum?, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, USA

    1994
    Between the Frames: The Forum, Musеe d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
    The File Room, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA

    1992
    C.E.E. Project, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    1991
    Words: The Press Conference Room, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA

    1990
    The Board Room, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

    1989
    Stadium I, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Center, Banff, Canada

    1988
    Híbridos, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofнa, Madrid, Spain
    The Board Room, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada

    1983
    Media Landscape, Galerije Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

    1982
    Media Sites/Media Monuments, Washington Projects for the Arts, Washington D.C., USA

    1980
    Between the lines, The Kitchen, New York, USA

    1979
    Personal/Public Information, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

    1976
    The Last Ten Minutes, The Kitchen, New York, USA

    1971
    Sobre los subsentidos, Galerйa Vandrеs, Madrid, Spain

  • Selected Group Exhibitions

    2024
    An Atlas of the Difficult World, Macalline Center of Art, Beijing, China
    A HISTORY OF THE HANDS, Museu de Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
    The World We Live In, Galería MPA, Madrid, Spain
    I la paraula es va fer carn, Palmadotze Galería de Arte, Santa Margarida i Monjos, Spain
    The Citrus Project, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
    Cinema Galleggiante – Acque Sconosciute, Cinema Galleggiante, Venice, Italy
    LBMA VIDEO: Shared Realities; A Cable Access Series, Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA
    Babel heureuse?, Lëtzebuerg City Museum, Lëtzebuerg
    In Conversation: The Museum and the Collection, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
    On Television, carries trade, New York, USA
    Vanguard Onwards, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    XXIII Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
    loft nota bene: 35 años de creación, Galeria Cadaqués, Cadaqués, Spain
    Porte Aperte/Open Doors, Galleria Duemila, Manila, Philippines

    2023
    Picasso: Untitled, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
    Il Lanternista, Spaziomensa, Milan, Italy
    Sistema Tempo, Centro de Nuevas Culturas de Brescia, Brescia, Italy
    Història de les mans, Museu de Mataró, Mataró, Spain
    Altrove/Elsewhere, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
    Història de les mans, Muxart Espai d’Art i Creació Contemporanis, Martorell, Spain
    Ficciones reales, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ultralocal. El arte en La Ribera, Sant Pere y Santa Caterina desde los 70 hasta el nuevo siglo, Mater, Barcelona, Spain
    Inelcom Collection, INELCOM, Madrid, Spain
    Història de les mans, Museu de l’Art de la Pell, Vic, Spain
    Histories of a Collection, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa, Portugal
    Poesie of Illusions —Exhibition of Video Art Masters, Beijing International Film Festival, UCCA Lab, Beijing, China
    FRESH FOR SUMMER, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
    Schema: World as Diagram, Marlborough New York, New York, USA

    2022
    The Citrus Project, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France
    Història de les mans, Centre Cultural el Casino, Manresa, Spain
    Signals: How Video Transformed the World, New York, USA
    Los nuevos 90, San Telmo Museoa, San Sebastián, Spain
    Apparition Room – Abstract Means of Production, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
    Història de les mans, Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain
    Aprire la storia, Fondazione Baruchello, Roma, Italy
    Història de les mans, Centre d’Art Contemporani la Sala de Vilanova, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
    10 × 10: OCAT Shanghai in pictures, OCAT Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Flores y Frutos, Colección del Banco de España, Madrid, Spain
    Història de les mans, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès, Spain
    La catifa màgica. Per a Joan de Muga/La alfombra mágica, Para Joan de Muga, Barcelona, Spain
    una voz/una imagen, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque, Madrid, Spain
    And Now the Good News. Works from the Nobel Collection, Pera Museum, Estambul, Turkey
    (in)visible fields. space as energy, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
    Història de les mans, d’Arts Visuals de la Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    ¡RATAS! ¡RATAS! ¡RATAS! LA GRAMÁTICA POÉTICA DEL HACK, INFORMACIÓN DEL CENTRO, Barcelona, Spain
    Jusque-là, The Le Fresnoy National Contemporary Art Centre, Tourcoing, France
    Conceptual Reflections & Site Specific Works, Meno parkas & Brigitte March I C A, Barcelona, Spain
    Le Pouvoir du Langage – Le Langage du Pouvoir, Meno parkas, Paris, France
    Warehouse Story VIII — On Your Mark!, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China

    2021
    Durational, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
    The 13th Shanghai Biennale – Bodies of Water, Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum (PSA), Shanghai, China

    2020
    Arte y Arquitectura: Un Diálogo, Centro Botín, Santander, Spain
    Exposures #02, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain

    2019
    Photoespaña: ¡Volar! 100 años en el cielo, CBA, Madrid, Spain
    Un siglo breve, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain

    2018
    Mpa On Paper, Galería Moisés Pérez de Albéniz, Madrid, Spain
    Liberxina, Pop i nous comportaments artístics, 1966-1971, Museu Nacional d’art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
    Turbulències, CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain
    Doc Fortnight 2017: International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

    2017
    Perdidos en la ciudad, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
    The Silk Road and Celestial Clothes, Art Gallery of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China
    Lección de Arte, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

    2015
    Prophetia, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
    Arquitecturas y Espacios en la Colección Rac, CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid, Spain

    2012
    La Triennale, Intense Proximité. Muntadas La Construction de la Peur, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

    2011
    Sistemas, Acciones y Procesos. 1965–1975, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    2010
    Colección II, CA2M, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

    2006
    Eye on Europe. Prints, books & multiples/1960 to now, MoMA, New York, USA
    Video: An Art, A History, 1965–2005, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

    1997
    Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
    Rooms with a View, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

    1996
    Señales de vídeo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain

    1991
    Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

    1982
    Reading Video, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

    1980
    New Images from Spain, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

    1979
    Journées interdisciplinaires sur l’art corporel et performances, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

    1977
    Documenta VI, Kassel, Germany

  • Public and Private Collections

    Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA

    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

    JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, New York, USA

    Tate Modern, London, UK

    Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

    Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

    Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain

    Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, Spain

    Col·lecció “La Caixa” d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain

    Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain

    DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany

    Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany