ARTURO KAMEYA

Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL)

Arturo Kameya’s work examines the narratives and myths that comprise different versions of history, with a distinct focus on indigenous cultures. Kameya works with various mediums, including acrylic, plaster, film, and print making. His multimedia artworks are often arranged together to create large-scale installations that delineate connections between disparate historical events, by linking together a range of visual cultural languages which have been formed over time. Recent works closely examine the fabric of urban environments, while embracing the contradictions that come with knowing a place intimately. His work is noted for its attentive and direct critical depictions of his native country Peru, that narrate both the troubling and familiar aspects of life there.

Kameya attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima (PE) and was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (NL).

In 2024, Kameya was awarded the Wolvecampprijs (NL). This year, GRIMM in Amsterdam (NL) will present a solo exhibition with new works by Kameya in May 2025, during Amsterdam Art Week. Following this, he will present his work in a solo show at Centre d’Art Saint-Fons, CAP, Lyon (FR).

Selected exhibitions: Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home, New Orleans, LA (US) in 2024; Opaque Spirits, Marres, Maastricht (NL), 2024; Memory is an Editing Station, 22nd BiennialSesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo (BR), 2023; Los Ovnis, GRIMM, New York, NY (US), 2023; En esa pulga se mezcla nuestra sangre / In that flea, our blood mixes, GRIMM, New York, NY (US), 2021; Drylands, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL), 2021; Grandma’s Cooking Recipes, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL), 2020; Depósito de Sombras, Alliance Française, Lima (PE), 2019; Allá en el Caserío, Acá en el Matorral (with Claudia Martínez Garay) Ginsberg Galeria, Lima (PE), 2018; and Ghosts Don’t Care if You Believe in Them, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn (NL), 2018.

Selected collections: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, FL (US); ING Collection, Amsterdam (NL); Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, FL (US); Museo de Arte de Lima (PE); and Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo (FI).

Courtesy GRIMM