Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
American conceptual artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (born 1961, Madrid, Spain) is an American conceptual artist known for multidisciplinary, socially oriented sculpture, video and installations and urban community-based projects of the 1990s.[1][2][3] His work often explores a dialectical relationships involving minimalist aesthetics, the utopian ambitions of modernism and science, and the resulting—often negative—social, geopolitical and ecological consequences of such ideologies.[4][5][6] New York Times critic Holland Cotter wrote that Manglano-Ovalle was adept in "distilling complex ideas into inviting visual metaphors," while Jody Zellen described his work as "infused with a formal elegance and sociopolitical content."[7][8] Manglano-Ovalle has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago,[9] MASS MoCA,[10] Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo[11] and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA),[12] and participated in Documenta 12,[13] the Venice Biennale, Whitney Biennial,[14] and Bienal de São Paulo.[1][15][16] He has been recognized with MacArthur Foundation,[17] Guggenheim,[1] and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and his work belongs to the collections of forty major institutions.[18] He has been a professor at Northwestern University since 2012 and lives and works in Chicago.[16]
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle | |
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Born | 1961 Madrid, Spain |
Nationality | American |
Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Williams College |
Known for | Conceptual art, Installation art, Sculpture, Video, Photography |
Awards | MacArthur Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts |
Website | Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle |