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The artist Norton Maza was born in the commune of Lautaro, Araucanía Region, South America, in 1971. He was exiled to France with his family in 1975, after two and a half years of imprisonment of his father, as a direct consequence of the coup d'état that took place there. He remained in France until 1980, when he crossed the Atlantic again to Cuba, where he began his art studies in 1983 at the Elementary School ‘Juan Pablo Duarte’ in Havana Province. In 1985 he entered the National School of Art ‘ENA’ where he graduated in 1989. He continued his higher studies in Art at the School of Fine Arts in Bordeaux-France until 1994. He returned to his native country where he is currently developing his work, which is linked to a fine exploration of the socio-cultural and political contrasts determined by globalisation. His work, highly committed, embraces, in an ironic way and charged with an unparalleled sensitivity, the expressly raw and emotional reality with which he has to interact.
He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and Biennials. He has also received art residencies and awards. His work is currently in private and public collections.
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Solo Exhibitions
2023
THE NEED TO PLAY, Museo Taller, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2022
ANALOGIES OF REALITY, Museum of Contemporary Art and National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
FRAGMENTS OF AN IMPACT, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
COMPILATION, Yam Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2018
MAZA ARMARY, Solo Project, Yam Gallery, Zona Maco Fair, Mexico City, Mexico.
2017
DEEP IMPACT, Solo Project, Curator Marisa Caichiolo, LA ART SHOW Art Fair, LA, USA.
VESTIGES OF BORDERS, MATTA Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
GEOGRAPHIES OF FORGETTING, Curator Marisa Caichiolo, Museo MUSA, Guadalajara, Mexico.
EXERCISES OF UTOPIA, Yam Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
2016
THE PEOPLE OF THOUGHT, Lautaro Cultural Center, Commune of Lautaro, Region of the Araucanía, Chile.
THE RAPTURE, Curator Juan José Santos, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2013
OF THE LANDSCAPE AND ITS REALMS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2012
BREAK, MAM Museum of Modern Art, Castro, Chiloé, Chile.
2011
THE POLITICS OF PLAY, Yono Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2010
EXPANSION OF THE REIGNS, Contemporary Art Fair Ch.ACO, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
LIGHTS OF CHAOS, Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
THE MACHINE, Patricia Ready Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2008
BAROQUE IMPERTINENCES AND CURIOSITIES, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
TERRITORY (fourth stage), National Museum of Fine Arts, Mall Plaza Vespucio, Chile.
2007
STUDY FOR THE SYMPHONY OF THE ETERNAL POWER, Afa Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
STUDIO FOR THE SYMPHONY OF THE ETERNAL POWER, Centre Clark, Montreal Biennial of Photography, Montreal, Canada.
TERRITORY (third stage), Brive la Gaillarde, France.
2006
TERRITORY (third stage), La Souteraine, France.
PATHS OF DESIRE, FRAC, Regional Fund of Contemporary Art of Limoges, France.
2004
APNÉE, Contemporary Art Centre, Le Creux de l'Enfer, Thiers, France.
2001
KEYSTROKES, La Perrera Art Center, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
1998
SALTED PEANUT CONFIT A HUNDRED, Museo de Santiago, Casa Colorada, Chile.
1993
WITHOUT TITLE, Festival of Human Rights and Culture of the World, Paris, France.
1990
WITHOUT A TITLE, Terrasson Cultural Centre, Terrasson Lavilledieu, France.
1989
WITHOUT TITLE, Art Centre Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1987
WITHOUT TITLE, Ignacio Agramonte Museum, Camagüey, Cuba.
Group Exhibitions
2024
TRAIN (The need to play), Down the line runs the train, Palace Moneda Cultural Centre, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2022
FRAGMENTS OF AN IMPACT, Maco Art Fair, Yam Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
6,7 GB, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej w Toruniu, Torun, Poland.
2017
LATIN AMERICA, Infinite transformations in red line, Curator Marisa Caichiolo, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, USA.
LESS IS MORE, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2016
3 BIENNIAL OF MOROCCO, White House, Morocco.
ART CENTRAL FAIR, Isabel Croxatto Gallery, Hong Kong.
ARTLIMA, Yam de México Gallery, Lima, Peru.
ART SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, Isabel Croxatto Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2014
MACO ZONE FAIR, Yam Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
ZERO DEGREE, Corpartes, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
THE NEED TO PLAY, L'arts Cella/CRDPO, Poitiers, France.
2013
LEVITATION OF DESIRE, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2012
REPLICANTS, Galerie Talmart, Paris, France.
CH.ACO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, Bendana-Pinel Art Contemporaine Gallery (Paris-France), Santiago de Chile, Chile.
BREAK, MAM, Castro, Chiloé, Chile.
2016
THIRD BIENNIAL OF MAROCCO, Casa Blanca, Marruecos.
ART CENTRAL FAIR, Galería Isabel Croxatto, Hong Kong.
ARTLIMA, Galería Yam de México, Lima, Perú.
ART SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY, Galeria Isabel Croxatto, Sydney, Australia.
2011
FINAL WORK, Jugarreta, Palace Moneda Cultural Centre, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
SHOCK OF A PERMANENT FRONTIER, Out of place, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2009
THE NEED TO PLAY, Modelisme, FRAC, Regional Fund of Contemporary Art of Limoges, France.
PINTA ART FAIR, New York, USA.
CH.ACO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2008
LE ROYAUME, French Embassy, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2007
ARTEBA, Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
FICTION/FRICTION, Bogotá, Colombia.
2006
AVALANCHE OF CHAOS, Transits & transitions, Museum of Visual Arts - Mavi, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2005
TERRITORY (second stage), Bienalde Art de Québec, Québec, Canada.
APNÉE, Espace Culturel François Mitterrand, Périgueux, France.
2004
TERRITORY (first stage), Pancevo Art Biennale, Belgrade, Serbia.
THE DISTANCE TO GO THROUGH A TIME, A TIME FINISHED BY THE DISTANCE, Catholis University Extension Center, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2002
THE NEED TO PLAY, ADDC, Espace Culturel François Mitterrand, Périgueux, France.
YOU ONLY KNOW WELL WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEING BORN, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2001
THINGS ARE NOT TRANSLATED IN EXERCISES, Museo Tajamares, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2000
III BIENNIAL, Temuco, Aaucanía Region, Chile.
1999
SOUTH O AMERICA, Bucci Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
TRANSITIONAL GEOMETRY, Chilean-North American Institute Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
1998
ANAMORPHOSIS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
1997
GÜNTER BIENNIAL, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
AIRING, Bucci Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
1995
GÜNTER BIENNIAL, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
1994
NATIONAL YOUNG ART COMPETITION, Valparaíso, Chile.
1993
PICTURE GALLERY, Bergerac, France.
FIDELIO PONCE SALON, Camagüey, Cuba.
Awards
2011
FONDART AWARD, Ministry of Education, Culture Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2001
FONDART AWARD, Ministry of Education, Culture Division, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
HONOURABLE MENTION, Temuco Biennial, Temuco, Chile.
Grants
2009
TRANSFORMERS, Les Treizearches, Brive la Gaillarde, France.
2006
ART RESIDENCE, La Souterraine, Frac Limousin, France.
2004
ART RESIDENCE, Terrasson lavilledieu, France.
Works in Collections
National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
FRAC, Regional Fund of Contemporary Art of Limoges, France.
Conseil General et Association Départamental de Développement Culturel (ADDC) de la Dordogne, France.
Les Treizearches, Brive la Gaillarde, France.
His work is also in various private collections in Chile, United States, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, France, Canada, England, Belgium, Spain.
Publications
2022
ANALOGIES OF REALITY - NORTON MAZA
Text by Dermis León
Miami, USA.
2017
Text by Gabriela Salgado
Publisher PURO CHILE
Santiago, Chile.
2016
Catalogue of the exhibition ‘The Rapture’.
National Museum of Fine Arts
Text by Juan José Santos
Santiago, Chile.
2015
Zero Degree
10 years of contemporary art
2000-2010
Corpartes Foundation
Santiago, Chile.
2012
OUT OF PLACE
Catalogue of the exhibition Fuera de lugar.
National Museum of Fine Arts, 2012
Text by Patricio M. Zárate (Ed.)
Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2011
978-956-8327-79-8
Gabriela Mistral Gallery 2010
NI SOMBRA DE ORDEN EN...LUCES DE CAOS (NO SHADOW OF ORDER IN...LIGHTS OF CHAOS)
text by Mari Carmen Ramirez
Santiago, Chile.
2010
Technical Review (100 painters)
Painting in Chile 1980 - 2010
Publisher 8 books
Santiago, Chile.
2009
Centenary Book (heritage collection)
National Museum of Fine Arts Collection 1910 - 2010
Publisher Celfin capital
Museum of Fine Arts
Chile.
2007
Catalogue: ExplorationsNarratives,
Le mois de la photo à Montréal 2007
Directed by Marie Fraser
1500 copies,
Montreal, Canada.
Catalogue: 1996-2006 Troisième époque ,
Fonds regional d'artcontemporain Limousin
2000 copies,
Limoges, France.
Catalogue: ManifD'art 3 ,
Biennale d'art du Québec
2000 copies,
Québec, Canada.
2005
Norton Maza, Catalogue of the collection:
Publisher ‘Me pas a faire au Creux de l'Enfer’,
Centre d'Art Contemporain,
2000 copies of 112 pages, Thiers, France.
2004
11 BIENNIAL OF ARTS VALUES
La galerie de l'art contemporain
text by Michèle Grellety
Belgrade, Serbia.
Publications in various magazines specialised in contemporary art
in contemporary art such as :
Artnews, ArtNexus (no. 119), Artpress (no. 303), ESSE art+opinions,
for its 20th anniversary - nº 52, Magazine Lápiz (nº 248), Parachute, Catalogue of the
Biennial of Pancevo (Serbia) and Québec (Canada) etc...
