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Adrián Balseca Carrillo (Quito, 1989) is an Ecuadorian research-based artist and filmmaker who works between Argentina and Ecuador.

His work focuses on specific environmental issues across various territories, employing a range of media including installation, film, photography, and archival materials. By navigating the space between ethnofiction and documentary, he explores economic agendas related to extractivism. Through his research process, Balseca uncovers hidden histories intertwined with the dynamics of late capitalism, while simultaneously dismantling colonial symbols and raising a call for the restoration and healing of nature.^[1]

His work has garnered several awards and recognitions, including the Honorable Mention^[2] at the 14th Cuenca Biennial: Living Structures. Art as a Plural Experience (Cuenca, 2018); the Han Nefkens Foundation Video Art Production Award^[3] from Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Quito (Quito, 2018); 2015 CIFO^[4] Grants & Commissions Program (Miami, 2015); and the Paris Award^[5] at the 12th Cuenca Biennial: Leaving to Return (Cuenca, 2014).

Life and career

Medio Camino, digital video 4K, 15 '41 " (loop), 2014. Project commissioned for 12th Cuenca Biennial: Leaving to Return, 2014.

He’s a self-taught artist who has collaborated with several art collectives such as Tranvía Cero (2006–2009) and is a former member of La Selecta - Cooperativa Cultural. Both based in Quito.

Recent exhibitions include: Nyctalopia^[6] (Void Art Centre, Derry, 2023); In Praise of Darkness^[7], 55th Visions Du Réel International Film Festival (Nyon, 2024); Critical Landscapes^[8] (MCA Denver, Denver, 2023); ROUTING RUBBER^[9] (Canal Projects, New York, 2024); The genetically altered seed breaks the rhythm of an earthly music-Encounters Over Several Plants^[10] (TATE Modern, London, 2022); Who Tells a Tale Adds a Tail^[11] (Denver Art Museum, Denver, 2022); Rethinking Nature^[12] (MADRE Museum, Naples, 2021); 34th São Paulo Biennial: Faz escuro mas eu canto ^[13](Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, São Paulo, 2021); Cosmopolis #2: rethinking the human^[14] (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019), among others.

Solo shows

Nyctalopia (2024)^[15]
ROUTING RUBBER (2024)^[16]
PLANTASIA OIL Co. (2021)^[17]
The Unbalanced Land (2019)^[18]
Estela blanca (2019)^[19]
Horamen (2017)^[20]
The Skin of Labour (2016)^[21]
Ornato y delito (2010)
Si hay gas (2006)

References

^ Carrión, María del Carmen. "Reflections in a Black Mirror: An Interview with Adrián Balseca". MoMA.
^ "Grabador fantasma". Universes in universe.
^ "Adrián Balseca, Video Art Production Award". Art Nexus.
^ "Symbolism and meaning through an urban, social or political circulation". CIFO.
^ "«Ir para volver», tema de la 12 Bienal de Cuenca". La República. 30 March 2014.
^ "Nyctalopia". Void Art Centre.
^ "In Praise of Darkness". Visions du Réel.
^ "Critical Landscapes: Selected Works from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection". MCA Denver. 7 June 2024.
^ "Routing Rubber". Canal Projects.
^ "The genetically altered seed breaks the rhythm of an earthly music". TATE Modern Film.
^ "Who tells a tale adds a tail: Artists with works outside the exhibition gallery". Denver Art Museum.
^ "Adrian Balseca at Museo Madre". Museo Madre.
^ "Adrian Balseca at Bienal de São Paulo". Bienal de São Paulo.
^ "Cosmopolis #2: rethinking the human". e-flux Announcements.
^ "Nyctalopia". Void Art Centre.
^ "Routing Rubber". Canal Projects.
^ "Plantasia Oil Co". Collective Rewilding.
^ "The Unbalanced Land". Madragoa.
^ Portocarrero, Florencia (6 May 2019). "Estela Blanca". Artishock. Artishock Revista de Arte Contemporaneo. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
^ Figueroa Pérez, José Antonio (2018). "Horámen de Adrián Balseca y la desposesión neocolonial en la Tolita, Esmeraldas". Index, Revista de Arte Contemporáneo (5). Índex Revista de Arte Contemporáneo: 102–110. doi:10.26807/cav.v0i04.99.
^ "The Skin of Labour". Madragoa.

[1] Carrión, María del Carmen. "Reflections in a Black Mirror: An Interview with Adrián Balseca". MoMA.

[2] "Grabador fantasma". Universes in universe.

[3] "Adrián Balseca, Video Art Production Award". Art Nexus.

[4] "Symbolism and meaning through an urban, social or political circulation". CIFO.

[5] "«Ir para volver», tema de la 12 Bienal de Cuenca". La República. 30 March 2014.

[6] "Nyctalopia". Void Art Centre.

[7] "In Praise of Darkness". Visions du Réel.

[8] "Critical Landscapes: Selected Works from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection". MCA Denver. 7 June 2024.

[9] "Routing Rubber". Canal Projects.

[10] "The genetically altered seed breaks the rhythm of an earthly music". TATE Modern Film.

[11] "Who tells a tale adds a tail: Artists with works outside the exhibition gallery". Denver Art Museum.

[12] "Adrian Balseca at Museo Madre". Museo Madre.

[13] "Adrian Balseca at Bienal de São Paulo". Bienal de São Paulo.

[14] "Cosmopolis #2: rethinking the human". e-flux Announcements.

[15] "Nyctalopia". Void Art Centre.

[16] "Routing Rubber". Canal Projects.

[17] "Plantasia Oil Co". Collective Rewilding.

[18] "The Unbalanced Land". Madragoa.

[19] Portocarrero, Florencia (6 May 2019). "Estela Blanca". Artishock. Artishock Revista de Arte Contemporaneo. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

[20] Figueroa Pérez, José Antonio (2018). "Horámen de Adrián Balseca y la desposesión neocolonial en la Tolita, Esmeraldas". Index, Revista de Arte Contemporáneo (5). Índex Revista de Arte Contemporáneo: 102–110. doi:10.26807/cav.v0i04.99.

[21] "The Skin of Labour". Madragoa.

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