Jorge Macchi studied at the School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, where he graduated in 1987. His dislike of the neo-expressionism and trans-avant-garde trends that predominated in Argentina led him to join Grupo de la X ['Group X'] that same year. With the group he produced paintings and sculptures based on everyday, trivial elements. This was a style that he would maintain throughout his career. His work took a step forward after 1996, when he was invited by the Rotterdam Kunststichting to take up a residency with the Duende Artists Initiative. This was followed by further residencies in London and Germany. His work shifted towards the poetry of the everyday and the banal, with pieces that he grouped in accordance with semantic and visual links that tended to the paradoxical, trapping viewers in nonsensical situations laden with tension and unknowns. His works contain references to chance, accident, fate and death through aspects such as time and music. His collaborations with composer Edgardo Rudnitzky stand out in this regard. He brings to light the difference between our logical understanding of the world and how we actually experience it though our senses.
He has received many accolades, including a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (New York, 2001) and awards such as the Banco de la Nación de Argentina Prize (2000). Solo and group exhibitions of his work have been held at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires (1998), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (Belgium, 1998), the Blanton Museum (Austin, USA, 2007), the Centre for Contemporary Art of Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, 2008), the Künstlerhaus Bremen (Germany, 2009), the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2009) and, more recently, the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (2016) and the Dos de Mayo Art Centre (Móstoles, Madrid, 2017). He has also taken part in international events such as the Havana Biennial (2000), the Istanbul Biennial (2003), the São Paulo Biennial (2004), the Venice Biennale (2005) and the Porto Alegre Biennial (Brazil, 2007).
Jorge Macchi studied at the School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, where he graduated in 1987. His dislike of the neo-expressionism and trans-avant-garde trends that predominated in Argentina led him to join Grupo de la X ['Group X'] that same year. With the group he produced paintings and sculptures based on everyday, trivial elements. This was a style that he would maintain throughout his career. His work took a step forward after 1996, when he was invited by the Rotterdam Kunststichting to take up a residency with the Duende Artists Initiative. This was followed by further residencies in London and Germany. His work shifted towards the poetry of the everyday and the banal, with pieces that he grouped in accordance with semantic and visual links that tended to the paradoxical, trapping viewers in nonsensical situations laden with tension and unknowns. His works contain references to chance, accident, fate and death through aspects such as time and music. His collaborations with composer Edgardo Rudnitzky stand out in this regard. He brings to light the difference between our logical understanding of the world and how we actually experience it though our senses.
He has received many accolades, including a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (New York, 2001) and awards such as the Banco de la Nación de Argentina Prize (2000). Solo and group exhibitions of his work have been held at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires (1998), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (Belgium, 1998), the Blanton Museum (Austin, USA, 2007), the Centre for Contemporary Art of Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, 2008), the Künstlerhaus Bremen (Germany, 2009), the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2009) and, more recently, the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires (2016) and the Dos de Mayo Art Centre (Móstoles, Madrid, 2017). He has also taken part in international events such as the Havana Biennial (2000), the Istanbul Biennial (2003), the São Paulo Biennial (2004), the Venice Biennale (2005) and the Porto Alegre Biennial (Brazil, 2007).