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Jota Castro is a Peruvian-born artist (Yurimaguas, 1965), based in Brussels, Belgium, who worked in the diplomatic service for two decades. In the late 1990s he left his career as a diplomat at the United Nations and the European Union and decided to devote himself totally to the field of art. Through his different professional activities, Castro has gained in-depth knowledge of the world of international politics; moreover, he considers his university studies in Law and Political Science as his real training in art.
His works point to certain mechanisms at work in present day Western society, with its imbalances and weaknesses, which are skillfully highlighted by the artist to reveal the incongruities at work in political and social structures.
He is consulting editor for Janus magazine in Belgium and Nolens Volens in Spain. He is a lecturer at the European University of Madrid. His work has been extensively shown around the world. He has participated in the Venice, Tirana, Prague and Gwangju Biennales. He won the Gwangju Biennale Prize in 2004 in South Korea.
SELECTED 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 Tokyo. Paris, France
Taking part, Sterdelijk Museum's - Hertegenosch, Netherlands
Introduction to Jota Castro, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Madrid Abierto, Madrid, Spain
Gravity, Museo Artium, Vitoria, Spain
Black-Paris, Black-Bruxelles, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Art in the life World, Dublin, Ireland
Arte e Omosessualità, Firenze, Italy
Fate Presto, Salerno, Italy
Atlante latinoamericano, Monterrey, Mexico
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, Sardegna, Italy
2006
Ars06, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Tirana Biennale, Albania
2004
Kwangju Biennale, Korea
2003
50th Venice Biennale.
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