Pia Camil (born 1980) is a Mexican

contemporary artist Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, generally referring to art produced from the 1970s onwards. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art i ...

. Camil works in painting, sculpture, installation and performance.

Biography

Pia Camil was born in 1980 in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

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. Camil was raised in Mexico City. Camil focused on studying painting in her college education. She earned a B.F.A. in Painting in 2003 from the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...

, and an M.F.A. in 2008 from the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

, in London. Camil’s work is usually associated to the Mexican urban landscape, the aesthetic language of modernism and its relationship to retail and advertising. Recently she has engaged in public participation as a way to activate the work and engage with the politics of consumerism. Her work is included in many public museum collections including

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Street (Manhattan), 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It hosts a permanent coll ...

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, and others.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* ''Pia Camil: Three Works,'' Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Tucson, Arizona (2021) *''Telón de Boca'',

Museo Universitario del Chopo The Museo Universitario del Chopo (meaning, "Populus, poplar"; locally nicknamed ''Crystal Palace'' or simply ''El Chopo'', in Spanish language, Spanish) (''Chopo University Museum'') is located at Doctor Enrique González Martínez Street in the ...

, Mexico City, Mexico, curated by Itzel Vargas. (2018) * ''Fade to Black: Sit, Relax, Look'',

Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is a private art school with locations in Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Lacoste, France. It was founded in 1978 to provide degrees in programs not yet offered in the southeast of the United ...

Museum, Savannah, Georgia. (2018) * ''Bara, Bara, Bara'', Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. Curated by Justine Ludwig. (2017) * ''Divisor Pirata'', NuMu (Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo),

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, Guatemala. (2016) * ''A Pot for A Latch'', second edition,

Manetti Shrem Museum of Art The Manetti Shrem Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California. Its full name is the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. The museum opened on November 13, 2016. Accordin ...

at the

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. (2016) * ''Slats, Skins & Shopfittings'',

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, New York City, New York. (2016) * ''A Pot for A Latch'',

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, New York City, New York. (2016)

Group exhibitions

* Aichi Triennial 2019,

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. (2019) *2019

Desert X Desert X is a site-specific, contemporary art exhibition that is held in the Coachella Valley in Southern California. The inaugural Desert X was held from February 25 to April 30, 2017, and has held subsequent exhibitions every two years. The nex ...

Biennial, Camil's work was co-created with

Cinthia Marcelle Cinthia Marcelle was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1974. She is a Brazilian multimedia artist focusing in photography, video and installation work. She studied at the Universitadad Federal de Minas Gerais. She lives and works in Belo Horizo ...

. (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camill, Pia Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Mexican painters 21st-century Mexican sculptors 1980 births Rhode Island School of Design alumni Artists from Mexico City Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art 21st-century Mexican women painters 21st-century Mexican women sculptors