Education
- 2014
MFA in Visual Arts, University of Chile, Chile.
- 1993
BFA in Fine Arts, Major in Engraving, School of Art, Catholic University of Chile, Chile.
- 1992
Specialization in Filmmaking, Chilean–American Cultural Institute, Chile.
Teaching
Since 1993 she has served as a professor at the School of Art of the Catholic University of Chile, in the field of work production.
Solo exhibitions
International solo exhibitions
- 2015
Exercices de Style / Exercises in Style. Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, United Sates.
- 2008
- 2007
Mónica Bengoa SCL-MAD-SCL. Carmen de la Calle Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
- 2004
The color of the garden. Latincollector Art Center, New York, NY, United States.
- 2003
de siete a diez (from seven to ten). Oxígeno Gallery, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
National solo exhibitions
- 2015
Exercices de Style / Ejercicios de Estilo. Isabel Aninat Gallery, Santiago, Chile
- 2012
- 2009
- 2009
- 2004
enero, 7:25 (January, 7:25). Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2003
platos, cepillos, sábanas… (plates, tooth brushes, blankets…) Casa de la Cultura, Cauquenes, Chile.
- 2001
Sobrevigilancia (Overvigilance). Animal Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2000
- 1998
203 Fotografías (203 Photographs). Posada del Corregidor Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1993
Para hacer en casa (To do at home). Chilean–American Cultural Institute, Santiago, Chile.
Group exhibitions
Biennials
- 2009
- 2007
52 Esposizione Internationale D’Arte la Biennale di Venecia, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy.
- 2004
IV Biennale Internationale de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels de Liège, Liège Belgium.
- 1998
Bienal Arte Diseño en 360º (Art and Design in 360º Biennial) Viña del Mar, Chile – National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.
- 1997
I Bienal de Artes Visuales del Mercosur (I Visual Arts Biennial of the Mercosur), Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
International group exhibitions
- 2015
Still life / Style leaf Palacio Molina, Cartagena, Spain
- 2015
Ejercicios de Traslado: Colecciones 9915 Alcobendas Art Center, Madrid, Spain.
- 2014
Thread Lines. The Drawing Center, New York, NY, United States.
- 2014
A book between two stools. Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2010
Chili, l’envers du décor. L’Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France.
- 2009
Olhos Mágicos da América. Museo AfroBrasil, San Pablo, Brazil.
- 2008
- 2008
IKF Latin American Art Auction, Cisneros Fontanal Foundation, Miami, FL, United States.
- 2007
Poetics of the handmade. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
- 2007
Daniel López Show. White Box + Roebling Hall Galleries, New York, NY, United States.
- 2007
- 2005
Project of a Boundary, portable affairs. Artspace, Sydney, Australia.
- 2005
Chilean Contemporary Art: From the other side/site. MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
- 2004
Redefining Maps and Locations. Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, United Kingdom.
- 2003
II International Photography Festival of Rome. Mercati di Traiano, Rome, Italy.
- 2003
Re-Do China. Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY, United Sates.
- 2003
Alternating Currents, Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art. University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art. Firstsite Gallery, Essex, United Kingdom.
- 2002
- 2002
Project of a Boundary, unfold. Fuller Museum, Boston, MA, United States.
- 2002
Project of a Boundary, fold. Latincollector Art Center, New York, NY, United States.
- 2002
Tandem. Visual Arts Center Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay.
- 2002
Asunción Habita (Asunción inhabits). Central Railway Station Cultural Center, Asunción, Paraguay.
- 2001
- 1997
Prospect and Perspective: Recent Art from Chile. San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, TX, United States.
- 1996
From Left to Right. Delfina Studio, London, United Kingdom.
- 1995
XI Mostra da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba Casa Vermelha, Curitiba, Brazil.
- 1994
Deficit Club. Royal Academy of Fine Arts of The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands.
- 1994
Deficit Club. KB 7514 Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands.
National group exhibitions
- 2015
Diálogos de Reconocimiento. Cultural Center Palacio La Moneda. Santiago, Chile.
- 2015
Grado cero, 10 años de arte contemporáneo chileno. Centro de las Artes 660, Santiago, Chile.
- 2014
Diálogos del Reconocimiento. Contemporary Art Museum of Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile.
- 2014
On Line. Isabel Aninat Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2014
Geographies CCU Art Collection. Sala de arte CCU, Santiago, Chile
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011
Chile Arte Extremo” (Chile Extreme Art). Cultural Center of Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
- 2011
Beuys and Beyond. MAVI Museum of Visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
- 2010
2 Años, 2 Dibujos, 20 Artistas (2 Years, 2 Drawings, 20 Artists). Moro Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
Mujer, Arte y Compromiso. Visibilizando la solidaridad de las artistas del mundo (Woman, Art and Commitment. Making visible the solidarity of artists women worldwide). Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
Postdata. Extension Center of the Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
- 2006
- 2006
Del otro lado (From the other side). Cultural Center Palacio La Moneda. Santiago, Chile.
- 2006
Piel (Skin). Contemporary Art Museum of Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile.
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
Ricos y Famosos (Rich & Famous). Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende. Santiago, Chile.
- 2003
Concurso de Arte Mural Universidad y Sociedad. Extension Center of the Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 2002
Imagen Sólida / Imagen Líquida (Solid Image/Liquid Image). Muro Sur Visual Arts Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2000
Chile 100 Años Artes Visuales, 1973 – 2000 (Chile 100 Years of Visual Arts, 1973 – 2000). National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.
- 2000
Grandes Paños. Muro Sur Visual Arts Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1999
Colección Particular (Private Collection). Muro Sur Visual Arts Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1999
Proyecto de Borde (Project of a Boundary) Contemporary Art Museum of Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile.
- 1999
40 años, Testimonio de una Presencia (40 years, Testimony of a presence). Extension Center of the Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
- 1998
Bengoa. Jarpa. Merino. Notas al Margen I (Bengoa. Jarpa. Merino. Margin Notes I). Balmaceda 1215 Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1998
Seguridad Social (Social Security). Instituto de Normalización Previsional INP, Santiago, Chile.
- 1998
Fotografía: Intervenciones, Cruces y Desvíos (Photography: Interventions, Crossings and Detours). National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.
- 1997
Cromo. Centro Cultural Montecarmelo, Santiago, Chile.
- 1996
Mónica Bengoa y Carlos Navarrete. Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1995
Sportelegant. Bucarest Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
Art fair attendance
- 2014
Still Life / Style Leaf ARCO. Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
- 2013
ARTBO. Contemporary Art Fair. Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2013
PARC. Perú Arte Contemporáneo. Lima, Perú.
- 2012
Ch.ACO. Contemporary Art Fair. Santiago, Chile.
- 2012
KIAF. Contemporary Art Fair. Seoul, Korea.
- 2012
PINTA. The Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show, London, United Kingdom.
- 2012
ARTBO. Contemporary Art Fair. Bogotá, Colombia.
- 2011
Ch.ACO. Contemporary Art Fair. Santiago, Chile.
- 2011
MACO. Contemporary Art Fair of México. México DF, México.
- 2010
Ch.ACO. Contemporary Art Fair. Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
ArteBA. Contemporary Art Fair of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2008
ArteBA. Contemporary Art Fair of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2006
City Scapes. ARCO. Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
- 2004
Up and coming, futuribles. ARCO. Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Residencies
- 2015
Mar e Montanha. Aspas e Parenteses, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal.
- 2013
- 2005
Artspace, Sydney, Australia.
- 2003
Casa Taller Fundación Puertas Abiertas, Samaipata, Bolivia.
- 2002
ArtOmi International Artists’ Colony, Ghent, New York, United States.
- 2001
Km0 Artists Residency, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Grants & Awards
- 2012
Award for Excellence in Artistic Creation. Art and Culture Department of the Research Direction of the Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 2012
DIRAC Fund, Cultural Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Santiago, Chile. The Storytellers project. Exhibition at the Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway.
- 2012
Fund for the a la Assistance to International Conferences of the Research Direction of the Catholic University of Chile. LINK: arte, investigación y docencia project. Exhibition at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Quito, together with the School of Visual Arts of the Catholic University of Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.
- 2012
Contest of Creation and Artistic Culture VRI, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Proyecto de creación/investigación en torno a las obras desaparecidas de la Colección del Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (Creation and research project about the missing works from the Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende Collection). Curator of the exhibition Historias de la bruma: ficciones de una desaparición (Histories from the haze: fictions of a disappearance). Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Bicentennial Grant. Project El fieltro como soporte de un nuevo ejercicio óptico (Felt as a new material for an optic exercise). Exhibition Einige Beobachtungen über Insekten und Wildblumen o Algunas consideraciones acerca de los insectos y las flores silvestres. (Some considerations on insects and wild flowers). MAVI Museum of Visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
- 2007
Cultural Ambassadress 2007 DIRAC. Award of the Cultural Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile to represent Chile at the 52 Biennial of Venice, in the exhibition Poetics of the Handmade at the MOCA in Los Angeles, CA., the exhibition Sur Scène in Tours, France and Mónica Bengoa SCL – MAD – SCL, at the Carmen de la Calle Gallery in Madrid, Spain.
- 2007
Contest of Creation and Artistic Culture DIPUC, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project Rodrigos y yo, del still al movimiento (Rodrigos and me, from the still to the movement). Exhibition Daniel López Show. White Box + Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, NY, United Sates.
- 2006
Contest Woman Terra 2006. Winner of the Art and Literature Category. Santiago, Chile.
- 2005
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project one hundred and sixty three shades of yellow, green, orange, red, purple, brown, grey and blue (so far). Exhibition Project of a Boundary, portable affairs. Artspace, Sydney, Australia.
- 2005
DIRAC Fund, Cultural Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project of a Boundary / Sydney – Australia. Residence and Exhibition in Artspace, Sydney, Australia.
- 2005
Nomination for the Altazor Prize in Video and Installation category for enero, 7:25, Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2005
Fund for the Artistic Extension of the School of Art, Catholic University of Chile. Academic studies project.
- 2004
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Projects The color of the garden and enero, 7:25 (January, 7:25). Exhibitions The color of the garden, Latincollector Art Center, New York, United States; and enero, 7:25 (January, 7:25). Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2004
Fund for the Artistic Extension of the School of Art, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project Trajectory Catalogue.
- 2004
Fund for the Artistic Extension of the School of Art, Catholic University of Chile. Project for the support of the exhibition enero, 7:25, Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 2003 – 2004
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, United States.
- 2003
Fund for the Artistic Extension of the School of Art, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Creation project.
- 2003
Special Mention of the Jury, Mural Art Competition University and Society, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
- 2002
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Projects ejercicios de resistencia: absorción (resistance exercises: absorption) and ejercicios de resistencia: roce (resistance exercises: rubbing). Exhibitions Project of a Boundary, unfold. Fuller Museum, Boston, MA, United sates; and Project of a Boundary, fold. Latincollector Art Center, New York, NY, United States.
- 2002
DIRAC Fund, Cultural Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project of a Boundary: New York – United States.
- 2002
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project ejercicios de fortalecimiento del cuerpo: distensión (exercises for the strengthening of the body: relax). Exhibition Tandem. Visual Arts Center Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay.
- 2002
Contest of Creation and Artistic Culture DIPUC, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project Desplazamientos fotográficos a medios objetuales (Photographic displacements to objectual media.
- 2000
Contest of Creation and Artistic Culture DIPUC, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Investigation Project.
- 2000
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project Triptych in Santiago. Advertising billboard on building. Bellavista &. Loreto Streets, Santiago, Chile.
- 1999
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project vigilant. Exhibition Project of a Boundary, Contemporary Art Museum of Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile.
- 1998
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project 203 Fotografías (203 Photographs). Exhibition 203 Fotografías. Posada del Corregidor Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 1997
Contest of Creation and Artistic Culture DIPUC, Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile. Project Investigación en torno al registro fotográfico sistemático.
- 1995
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project for the publication of Taxonomias, textos de artista (Taxonomies, artist texts), Ed. by Jemmy Buton, Inc.
- 1994
FONDART Grant, Ministry of Culture. Santiago, Chile. Project Pequeños Viajes (Small trips). Exhibition Deficit Club, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands; and Deficit Club, KB 7514 Gallery, Enschede, Netherlands.
Texts & Selected articles
In art books and exhibition catalogues
- 2012
- 2012
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
Mónica Bengoa in Copiar el Eden, Arte reciente en Chile (Copying Eden. Recent Art from Chile). Mosquera, Gerardo. Ed: Gerardo Mosquera, p.192-195. Santiago, Chile.
- 2006
Al son de un suave y blando movimiento (At he sound of a gentle and soft movement) in Memorias Visuales, Arte contemporáneo en Chile (Visual Memories, Contemporary Art in Chile). Valdés, Adriana. Ed. Metales Pesados, Santiago, Chile.
- 2005
- 2005
Trabajo, devoción y enigma en Arte en su espacio. Navarrete, Carlos. Ediciones Artespacio, p.192-196. Santiago, Chile.
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
Conversation with Mónica Bengoa. Herzberg, Julia P. Monographic book cuaderno en mano, p.51-55. Santiago, Chile.
- 2004
- 2001
- 2000
Dentro y fuera de la casa (del arte). Madrid, Alberto. Catálogo de Tríptico en Santiago. Santiago, Chile.
- 1999
Articles in art magazines, newspapers and internet
- 2012
Mónica Bengoa. Museo de Artes Visuales. Lara, Carolina. ArtNexus No. 85 Volumen 11. pág 107-108.
- 2012
Mónica Bengoa “Einige Beobachtungen uber Insekten und Wildblumen o Algunas consideraciones sobre los insectos y las flores silvestres. Gabler, César. La Panera n°26. p.18-19. Santiago, Chile.
- 2012
Inquisiciones de la mirada: esmero y deleite. Sobre Einige Beobachtungen über Insekten und Wildblumen de Mónica Bengoa. Delpiano, María José. Letras en Línea. Santiago, Chile. (http://www.letrasenlinea.cl/?p=2563)
- 2012
Mónica Bengoa: La imagen, su disección y clasificación. Artishock. Santiago, Chile. (http://www.artishock.cl/2012/04/monica-bengoa-la-imagen-su-diseccion-y-clasificacion/)
- 2012
De Insectos y flores. Jiménez, Francisca. Diario La Tercera, Revista MásDeco. p.20-21. Santiago, Chile.
- 2012
Mónica Bengoa y su taxonomía de fieltro. Silva, Daniela. Diario El Mercurio, Cultura. p.7. Santiago, Chile. 20/03.
- 2012
Studio Visit Mónica Bengoa. Villasmil, Alejandra. Artishock. Santiago, Chile. (http://www.artishock.cl/2012/03/monica-bengoa/).
- 2011
El taller de Mónica Bengoa. Arnaboldi, Sofía. Revista Casas Nº65. p.26-28. Santiago, Chile. 06.
- 2009
Insectos gigantes arman sus nidos en pleno centro de Santiago. Lolas, Jazmín. Diario Las Últimas Noticias, Cultura. p.42. Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
Mónica Bengoa: Diseccionando insectos. Sommer, Waldemar. Diario El Mercurio, Suplemento Artes y Letras. p.14. Santiago, Chile.
- 2009
Como las alas de una mariposa. Ortiz de Rozas, Marilú. Diario El Mercurio, Actividad Cultural. p.10. Santiago, Chile.
- 2008
Entrevista a Mónica Bengoa: Reflexiones sobre la situación del arte en Chile. Montebruno, Paula. Revista 180, n°21 “Espacio y Tiempo”. p.26-31. Santiago, Chile.
- 2007
Mónica Bengoa y las flores que nunca mueren. Cárdenas, Elisa. Revista CoBe, Nº1 edición primavera, p.116-121. Santiago, Chile.
- 2007
Mónica Bengoa talento sobre muros. Bravo, Carolina. Revista Arte al Límite, p.96-98. Santiago, Chile.
- 2007
Las flores que invaden Venecia. Cáceres, Jenny. Revista Qué Pasa, p.66-67. Santiago, Chile.
- 2007
Estados de conciencia en la obra de Mónica Bengoa. Bucci, Ennio. Arte al Límite, Diario especializado en arte #25, p.04. Santiago, Chile.
- 2004
Una desordenada pieza de niño se transforma en un gigantesco mural. Castillo, Rodrigo. Diario Las Últimas Noticias, p.35. Santiago, Chile.
- 2004
Desconfiando de la foto. García, Macarena. Diario El Mercurio, Artes y Letras, p.18. Santiago, Chile.
- 2003
Articulaciones_Vanguardia_Mónica Bengoa. Muñoz, María Antonieta. Play Magazine #2, p.29-30. Santiago, Chile.
- 2001
A propósito de Sobrevigilancia, Mónica Bengoa en Galería Animal. Navarrete, Carlos. Revista Intermedio. Santiago, Chile.
- 1998
Los Otros Caminos de la Fotografía. Lara, Carolina. Diario El Mercurio. Santiago, Chile.