Jorge Tacla Sacaán


Jorge Tacla is a Chilean-born visual artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Chile in Santiago and moved to New York City in 1981.
Well known for his paintings and drawings, he also works with other media such as photography, video, performance and installation. Tacla works between New York and Santiago, Chile.
In 2019 the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art incorporated Tacla's papers into their archive. These papers include some of his drawings, correspondence, photographs, notebooks, and clippings.

Biography

Tacla was born in 1958 in Santiago, Chile. Tacla received music studies in piano and percussion during his childhood. Later, he studied painting with and at Universidad de Chile between 1976 and 1979.
In 1981 he moved to New York. Besides his artistic work, Tacla is also the co-founder and artistic director of a production company, was co-founder and adjunct artistic director of the Santiago International Film Festival and was director of the film department at CORPARTES.

Exhibitions

Tacla's work has been exhibited at Coral Gables Museum, Miami; Converge 45 2023 Biennial, Portland; MoMa PS1, NY; Seibu Artforum, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin; 798 Biennale, Beijing; The Bronx Museum, NY, Milwaukee Art Museum, MI, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago; Sharjah Biennale 10, Sharjah; 55 Venice Biennale, Venice; Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC.; California Center for the Arts, CA; MALBA, Buenos Aires; IV, Cuenca, Ecuador.
In 2012, his work was paired with Li Taihuan's at the Bruce Museum's exhibition "Tales of Two Cities: New York & Beijing", where each addressed the theme of urban decay.

Selected public commissions

2010 Museo de la Memoria, "Al Mismo Tiempo, en el Mismo Lugar," Santiago, Chile2004 Edificio el Regidor, "San Santiago," Santiago, Chile1990 Bronx Housing Court, "Memories of the Bronx," Percent for Art Commission, Bronx, New York

Awards

2013    Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy1992    Eco Art Award, Brazil1991    New York Foundation for the Arts, USA 1987    New York Foundation for the Arts, USA 1988    John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, USA 1986    AT&T Foundation, USA 1981–82 Grant "Corporación Amigos del Arte" Santiago, Chile

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