Teresa Margolles

Teresa Margolles
Born Teresa Margolles
1963
Culiacán
Nationality Mexican
Known for Photography
Videography
Performance art
Conceptual art
Awards Prince Claus Award (2012)

Teresa Margolles is a Mexican conceptual artist, photographer, videographer and performance artist. She exhibits world wide.

Life

Margolles was born in Culiacán in 1963. As an artist she researches the social causes and consequences of death.[1]

In 1990, Margolles founded an artists' collective titled SEMEFO, which is an anagram for the Mexican coroner's office.[2] Other core members of SEMEFO included Arturo Angulo and Carlos Lopez, yet the group had a loose membership. [3] Through performance and installation-based work, SEMEFO commented on social violence and death in Mexico.

Margolles' independent art practice has continued to explore themes of death and violence in society, specifically using forensic material and human remains.[4] In 2012 she was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands.[1]

Solo exhibitions

Literature

References

Das Kunstmagazin (September 2006) Reste des Lebens,

  1. 1 2 Prince Claus Fund (June 2012) Report from the 2012 Prince Claus Awards Committee
  2. Scott Bray, R (2007). "En piel ajena: The work of Teresa Margolles". Law Text Culture 11 (1): 17. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. Scott Bray, R (2007). "En piel ajena: The work of Teresa Margolles". Law Text Culture 11 (1): 17. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. Scott Bray, R (2007). "En piel ajena: The work of Teresa Margolles". Law Text Culture 11 (1): 26–27. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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