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Jota Castro

Jota Castro is a Peruvian artis, living in Brussels.

He uses photography, scuulpture, video and installations to talk about social issues.

He is Consulting Editor for Janus Magazine in Belgium and Nolens Volens in Spain.

His work has been extensively shown around the world. He has participated in the Venice, Tirana, Prague and Kwangju Biennales. He won the Gwandju Biennale Prize in 2004 in Korea.

 

Work exposed in Madrid Abierto
No more no less + La hucha de los Incas (The moneybox of the Incas)
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
  • Sleep tight, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium 
2007
  • Enjoy your travel, Gallery Umberto Di Marino, Napoli, Italy 
2006
  • No More No less, Gallery Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain
  • Row window, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
  • Born to be alive, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium 
2005
  • Exposition universelle 1, Palais de Tokio, Paris, France  
  • Taking part, Sterdelijk Museum's - Hertegenosch, Netherlands 
  • Introduction to Jota Castro, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
RECENT GROUPS EXHIBITIONS
2008
  • Art in the life World, Dublin, Ireland
  • Arte e Omosessualità, Firenze, Italy 
  • Fate Presto, Salerno, Italy
2008–2007
  • Informacion Contra Informacion, CGAC, Spain
2007
  • We are your future, Moscow Biennale
  • Construyendo el mundo, Marco Museo de arte contemporaneo de 
  • Monterrey, Mexico
  • Confine, MAN - Museo di arte di Nuoro, Sardeigna, Italy 
2006
  • Ars06, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
  • Tirana Biennale, Albania
2004
  • Kwangju Biennale, Korea
2003
  • 50th Venice Biennale
PRIZE
  • Gwandju Biennale Prize, Korea, 2004
  • Young Peruvian Poet Prize, 1983