Arturo Kameya

Jan 16

b. 1984, Lima, Peru
lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Lima, Peru

Arturo Kameya’s work examines the narratives and myths that comprise different versions of history. Kameya works with various mediums, including: acrylic, plaster, film, and printmaking. His multimedia artworks are often arranged together to create large-scale installations that delineate connections between disparate historical events, linking together a range of visual cultural languages which have been formed over time. Recent works closely examine the fabric of contextualized urban environments, embracing the contradictions that come with knowing a place intimately.

Kameya attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima (PE) and was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL). Kameya's work was presented at Memory is an Editing Station, 22nd BiennialSesc_Videobrasil in São Paulo (BR) in 2023; We, on the Rising Wave, Busan Biennale (SK) in 2022 and at Soft Water Hard Stone, the fifth New Museum Triennial, New York, NY (US) in 2021. The artist has a forthcoming solo exhibition in Marres, Maastricht (NL) on view from 7 Mar 2024 — 5 May 2024. Solo exhibitons include, Los Ovnis, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); En esa pulga se mezcla nuestra sangre / In that flea, our blood mixes, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Drylands, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL); GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); and Grandma’s Cooking Recipes, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL).