Oscar Muñoz

1. BIOGRAPHY

Oscar Muñoz graduated from the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Cali, in 1971, and has developed his career through a prolific investigation of post-modern methods of representation, using non-conventional photographic and mechanical printing techniques and video. He has created a singular imagery and historiography by using transient mediums such as human breath, water, dust and fire, focusing on the precarious reality of human life.
Oscar Muñoz has had solo exhibitions at international institutions such as the MAMBO, Bogotá (2025); Blanton Museum of Art, Austin (2022); Phoenix Art Museum (2021); Hasselblad Foundation, Göteborg (2018); MAMM, Medellín (2018); Tabakalera, San Sebastian (2015); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2014); Museo del Banco de la República, Bogotá (2014); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2014); MALI, Lima (2013); MALBA, Buenos Aires (2012); Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast (2012); Bildmuseet, Umea (2009); among others.

His work has also been featured in numerous group shows at Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles (2017, 2024); CAAC, Sevilla (2024); MAMM, Medellín (2023); Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris (2023); MAMBO, Bogotá (2021); Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2013, 2020); Louvre Abu Dhabi (2019); Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (2017); ICA, Portland (2016); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2016); CAC, Cincinnati (2015); Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid (2015); MFA, Boston (2014); Museo Amparo, Puebla (2014); MoMA, New York (2013); Fondation Cartier, Paris (2013); SFMOMA, San Francisco (2012); Denver Art Museum (2011); Philadelphia Museum of Art (2010); Caixa Foundation, Barcelona (2010); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2010); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2009); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2008); among many others. He has also participated twice in the Venice Biennale (2005 & 2007).
Muñoz’s works are in important public and private collections including the MoMA, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris; Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Hirschhorn Museum, Washington DC; SF MOMA, San Francisco; MALBA, Buenos Aires; and Fundacion La Caixa, Barcelona.

In 2018, Oscar Muñoz was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation Award, and he received the Prince Claus Award in 2013.