Pablo Linsambarth Cartagena. Visual artists. Santiago, Chile. 1989
Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Title of Painter from Universidad de Chile, and Master's degree in Arts,
specializing in Visual Arts, from the same institution. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Fine Arts at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
He lives and works between Santiago, Chile, and Madrid, Spain.
In 2016, he received a scholarship from the AADK Network Spain to develop a project and artistic residency in Murcia, Spain, and secured additional funding from the same organization to produce a
video-documentary across various locations in Morocco. He has exhibited both individually and collectively
in Chile and abroad, presenting his work in institutions, galleries, museums, art fairs, and residencies,
including the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Santiago, Chile); Instituto Cultural Peruano
Norteamericano (ICPNA), Lima, Peru; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina; Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago (MAC), Chile; ATM Gallery, Gijón, Spain; El Apartamento Gallery, Madrid, Spain; Patricia Ready Gallery, Santiago, Chile; D21 Gallery, Santiago, Chile; Vigil Gonzáles Gallery, Cusco, Peru; ARCO Madrid, Spain; NADA NYC and NADA Miami, USA; ZONA MACO, Mexico City, Mexico; Hangar Art Residency / Center for Research and Artistic Creation, Lisbon, Portugal; ZK-U, Berlin, Germany; and Reset Proa 21, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work has also appeared in contemporary art publications and catalogues, including ART News, Artishock, Terremoto, El País, Babelia, Artes y Letras de El Mercurio, La Panera, among others. He has been awarded the FONDART National Prize five times in different categories.
He is currently working on the publication of a monograph of his work with Temblores Mx Publishing.
His work is included in renowned collections and institutions, including recent acquisitions by the public
collections of the Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo Cerrillos (CNAC) and the NuMu (Nuevo Museo
Santiago), both in Chile; Jorge M. Pérez Collection “El Espacio 23,” Miami, USA; ArtNexus Collection, Miami, USA and Latin America; Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago, Chile; Il Posto Collection by Solari del Sol, Santiago, Chile; ICPNA Collection, Lima, Peru; Kells Collection, Santander, Spain; Aldebarán Collection, Madrid, Spain; Engel Collection, Santiago, Chile; Ca.Sa Collection, Santiago, Chile; among others.
He is currently represented by Patricia Ready Gallery (Santiago, Chile), ATM Gallery (Gijón, Spain), and El
Apartamento Gallery (Madrid, Spain – Miami, Usa - Havana, Cuba).
STATEMENT
In the last 10 years, I have been investigating the ways in which art can relate to everyday political life. The methods I have been applying to achieve this have been variable. Ultimately the anecdotal aspect of a story or narrative is what I use as investigative source.
I have always believed that art should not seek or represent a theme; rather, I think it is its own language, which possesses codes and symbologies. I am interested in the dialogue that exists between the enigmatic and the timeless, and as an artist I attempt to relate with the viewer from many different possible places, yielding to different analyses or perceptions. Therefore, my work does not seek certainty, becoming almost exclusively statements that represent some feeling or personal longing.
The mediums I work with are mainly painting, video, and installation. However painting plays a prominent role in how I conceptualize or initiate a work (independent of the medium to be used), it is the starting point of any project from a theoretical conception. This means that even when working with a different medium than painting, I compose it in the same way I would start to execute a painting.
Over time, I have discovered that my works share a common denominator: they represent the political everyday life of any average citizen, who like me, struggles to conceive their particular environment and tries to understand it through their own actions.
Finally, "memory" as a concept is the "place" I always turn to. Highlighting personal and collective events that have marked my own existence.