Pia Camil

Lover's Rainbow, 2019

Painted rebar

196 7/8 x 511 3/4 in

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Plant a seed, 2022

Ink, oil stick and clay on paper

Unframed: 25 3/4 x 36 7/8 in Framed: 42 1/2 x 31 1/8 x 2 1/4 in

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Multi-Organism (Red), 2022

Dyed second-hand jeans

141 3/4 x 59 x 59 in

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Be Happy, 2023

Oil crayons on Indian handmade paper from recycled clothes

Unframed: 39 5/8 x 27 1/8 in Framed: 51 1/8 x 38 1/4 x 2 3/4 in

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Vicky’s Blue Jeans Hammock, 2018

Textile

63 3/4 x 103 1/8 in

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Fragmento 0, 2014

Enameled low temperature ceramic

3.74 x 7.99 x 5.98 in

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Mourning after, 2020

Liquid watercolor, acrylic ink and oil stick on paper

60 7/8 x 47 1/4 in

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Estudio nido 2,

Steel, concrete, recycled newspaper pulp, pigment, inset newspaper photographs and plywood base

105 x 81 x 67 in

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Shows with the gallery
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Shake Your Body

2022

LagoAlgo

COLLECTIVE

Form Follows Energy

2022

LagoAlgo

COLLECTIVE

Ríe ahora, llora después

2020

OMR

COLLECTIVE

Entrecortinas: abre, jala, corre

2014

OMR

COLLECTIVE

Exhibitions and projects
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Fuego Amigo

2024

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil

COLLECTIVE

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Fuego Amigo

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil

2024

The Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil presents “Fuego amigo“, Pia Camil’s first survey exhibition at a Mexican institution. The exhibition presents works from 2001 to the present, spanning various media from drawing and sculpture to installation and performance.

Fuego amigo proposes a circular revision without a beginning. The main structure is held together by the remains of her studio’s fire emulating the alchemic practice of lead transforming into gold. Prior to installation, the museum gallery was being renovated and the ‘bare’ plywood walls appeared behind the white walls. It was then decided to stop the remodeling and reveal what lies beneath, exposing the process of transformation. The work therefore is showcased on bare walls and self-standing modules made from repurposed and burnt wood.

Pia Camil’s work emerges from engaging in forms of commerce that operate outside the confines of capitalism. This process is nourished by the observation of the social and economic failure of the neo-colonial model, instrumentalized by trade agreements and the unrestrained forces of the free market. The artist draws inspiration from the heterogeneous peri-capitalist models that surface from necessity and precariousness. She locates and exposes them, without romanticism, to highlight the hardships and to propose alternate possibilities that communities have found. In this way, she practices a form of urban anthropology.

A few years ago, Camil and her family relocated from Mexico City to a semi-rural community in Mexico – seeking another way of life, one that diverged from the discourses, rules and productivity-focused schedules imposed by capitalism in every major city.

– Mauricio Marcin, Curator

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Beautiful Repair

2023

Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark

COLLECTIVE

Beautiful Repair

Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark

2023

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Colección Jumex: Everything Gets Lighter

2023

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

COLLECTIVE

Colección Jumex: Everything Gets Lighter

Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

2023

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Fade into Black

2021

Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

COLLECTIVE

Fade into Black

Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

2021

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Otrxs Mundxs

2020

Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

COLLECTIVE

Otrxs Mundxs

Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

2020

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Here Comes The Sun

2020

Guggenheim, New York, USA

COLLECTIVE

Here Comes The Sun

Guggenheim, New York, USA

2020

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Bara, Bara, Bara

2017

Dallas Contemporary, USA

COLLECTIVE

Bara, Bara, Bara

Dallas Contemporary, USA

2017

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A Pot for a Latch

2016

New Museum, New York, USA

COLLECTIVE

A Pot for a Latch

New Museum, New York, USA

2016

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La Noche Del Cisne: Mexico City's Secret Cabaret

2022

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