I am a Costa Rican artist between San José, Costa Rica and Basel, Switzerland. I approach art-making as an ethnobiologic practice, I am interested in the way plant and animal species are seen, used and represented by contemporary culture.
My work focuses on affective approaches to biology: ranging from the role of houseplants in our homes, to birdwatching communities and aquarium decoration.
My practice offers the opportunity to see especies in a new light, as living being like and not like us, so that we can understand our humanness more deeply because of them.
sergio@reunion.la
My work focuses on affective approaches to biology: ranging from the role of houseplants in our homes, to birdwatching communities and aquarium decoration.
My practice offers the opportunity to see especies in a new light, as living being like and not like us, so that we can understand our humanness more deeply because of them.
sergio@reunion.la
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Individual Exhibitions
2019
The Bird In My Hands, Herrero Studio, San José, Costa Rica
2018
It’s for the birds, Die Diele, Zurich
Zimmerplfanzen in Residence, Kunsthalle 3000/Kunstverein Langenhagen
2017
El Hogar De Las Plantas, MADC, San José, Costa Rica
Efecto Invernadero, Alianza Francesa, San José Costa Rica
2016
Going To/Coming From, Xchanges Gallery & Studios, Victoria BC
Plants in Residence, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
A Selection of Plants, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
House Plants On Tour, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Una Superficie Tangible, The FiftyFifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC
Uno No Siente El Día, Michael J. Audain Gallery UVic, Victoria BC
Group Exhibitions
2021
Hotel Simplon, Giulietta, Basel, Switzerland
Follow the Birds, étage 19, Nidau, Switzerland
Houseplant Portraits (w/Samuel Leuenberger), Villa Wenkenhof, Riehen, Switzerland
Emergency, AMORE, Basel, Switzerland
ACT Performance Festival, Arsenic, Lausanne, Switzerland
It Almost Felt Like the Voice of a Close Friend, curated by Julie Marmet, Geneva, Switzerland
2020
"Hands that feed", re-performed by Thomas Geiger, part of 4th Festival of Minimal Actions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Ärt, St. Alban-Anlage 67, Basel, Switzerland
This Thin Edge, la_cápsula, Zurich, Switzerland
2019
Nature Distante, Centre d’art Neuchatel, Switzerland
DIGIT, Arad Art Museum, Romania
VOLUMES, Kunshalle Zurich, Switzerland
Ingesta, TEOR/ética, San Jose, Costa Rica
2018
Launch, Enact, Berlin
House warming, Hamlet, Zurich, Switzerland
Water Yump, Museum Tinguely/Waldburger Wouters, Basel, Switzerland
La Tigra Performance Festival, Reunion, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2017
9-11/11- 9, MADC, San José, Costa Rica
Festival de Performance, Despacio, Costa Rica
2016
Archivo Abierto, Fundación YAXS, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Horizonte Rocola, as a part of the collective Islas Resonantes, X Bienal Centroamericana, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
Recreaciones A-1/2016 Tras Aníbal López, Despacio, Costa Rica
D.I.Y LIFE: Art+Science+Ecology Fair, Victoria, BC
Between Amongst and Away, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton AB
Iterations: UVic BFA Graduating Exhibition, University of Victoria
Approach, Michael J. Audain Gallery UVic, Victoria BC
2015
Synergy, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria BC
Antimatter-media art, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria BC
Residencies
REUNION CAN, Centre d’art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Hotel Atelier, Message Salon, Zurich, Switzerland
El ruido que precede el silencio, CCE Costa Rica
Karaoke Todos Los Días, Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
Alter Academia, TEOR/ética, San José Costa Rica
Studies
Insitut Kunst FHNW, MA, Visual Arts (2019-2021)
University of Victoria, BFA, Visual Arts (2013-16)
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Faculty of Architecture (2012-13)
Workshops, Artist Talks & Performances
2017
Los Bosques Posibles, Drawing workshop in collaboration with Ayami Awazuhara, Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
En las grietas Crecen Helechos. Drawing workshop, in collaboration with Dominique Ratton, TEMPORAL, Panama
2016
Artist Talk: ¿Why do we look at animals and plants? Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica
Artist Talk: Performing in Public Space, Universidad Hispanoamericana, San Jose, Costa Rica
Artist Talk, Xchanges Gallery & Studios, Victoria BC
Artist Talk, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton AB
2015
Artist Talk, FiftyFifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC
2014
Proyecciones Impromptu + Festival Vimeo Escuela de Arquitectura UCR, San José
2013
How to look at clouds: Shared Actions and Community Recreation
School of Environmental Studies UVic, Victoria BC