Edgar Calel

Chi Xot (San Juan Comalapa), Guatemala,1987

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Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
‘Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el’ (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Installation view Liverpool Biennial 2023 at Tate Liverpool. Courtesy of Liverpool Biennial. Photography: Mark McNulty
‘Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el’ (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Installation view Liverpool Biennial 2023 at Tate Liverpool. Courtesy of Liverpool Biennial. Photography: Mark McNulty
B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton
B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton
B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton
B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton
B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton
Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers
Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers
Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers
Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers
Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers
Is It Morning for You Yet?
2022 Installation view 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
Is It Morning for You Yet?
2022 Installation view 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
Is It Morning for You Yet?
2022 Installation view 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
Is It Morning for You Yet?
2022 Installation view 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly
Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly
Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly
Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly
Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly
Ru raxalh ri Rua Ch’ ulew (The Greenness of the Land)
2022 Oil on canvas 89 x 114.6 in
El fotógrafo (The Photographer)
2022 Oil on canvas 78.7 x 51.2 in
Xukulb´el (Place Where Knees Are Bent)
2022 Oil on canvas 39.4 x 29.5 in
Tz´i´ (Authority)
2022 Oil on canvas 31.5 x 31.5 in
Sutz´ (Cloud)
2022 Oil on canvas 19.7 x 39.4 in
Palamax II (Butterfly II)
2022 Oil on canvas 8.3 x 16.5 in
Rox sanik (Third Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3 x 3 in
Ru kan sanik (Second Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 4.3 in
Jun sanik (First Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 4.3 in
Ixim ab´äj (Stone the Size of a Grain of Corn)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 5.1 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ VII (The tracks of the sandals of our car VII)
2022 (Detail) Acrylic on wood 32.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ VII (The tracks of the sandals of our car VII)
2022 Acrylic on wood 32.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 in
Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Stones, fruits, vegetables and offering Exhibition view Frieze London
Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Stones, fruits, vegetables and offering Exhibition view Frieze London
Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Stones, fruits, vegetables and offering Exhibition view Frieze London
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 28 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 28)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 1 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 1)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 12.9 x 9.5 in
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 7 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 7)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 12.9 x 9.5 in
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 20 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 20)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 27 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 27)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 28 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 28)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
22021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Q ́Ana Kit Kit (Yellow Kit Kit)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 240 x 145.6 in
Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 1)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in
Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 2)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in
Q ́eq Muj q ́ojon (Thick Sound Shadow)
2021 Rope, radios and USB Dimensions variable
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 15.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 16.5 x 3.9 x 3 in
Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 48 x 7.8 x 9.8 in
Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable
Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 (Detail) Mud Dimensions variable
Kit Kit Q ́ij Kit Kit (Sun)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 17.7 in
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in
Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in
Anatomía de un canto VII (Anatomy of a Song VII)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in
Anatomía de un canto VI (Anatomy of a Song VI)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in
Anatomía de un canto V (Anatomy of a Song V)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto IV (Anatomy of a Song IV)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto III (Anatomy of a Song III)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in
Anatomía de un canto II (Anatomy of a Song II)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in
Anatomía de un canto I (Anatomy of a Song I)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in
Dibuxerco I
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 17.7 in
Dibuxerco III
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 37.4 x 19.2 in
Qajb ́el Ramaj (Object to Slow Down Time in the House)
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric, wood and acrylic paint Dimensions variable
Dibuxerco IV
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 38.1 x 18.9 in
Pa ru tun che ́ (From the Treetop)
2021 (Detail) Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable
Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
B’alam Ulef (Jaguar of Mud)
2013 Dyptich Oil and mud on canvas 20 x 15 in (each)
Xar – Sueño de obsidiana (Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream)
2020 In collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video 13:06 min
First Sunrises on Earth
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Calendario de las energias (Energy calendar)
2019 – 2020 wired Ø 25 in
Sueño de obsidiana (Obsidian Dream)
2020 Edgar Calel in collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video loop 3:57 min
B’atz tejido constelación de saberes (B’atz weaving constellation of knowledges)
2015 Digital photographic diptych on cotton paper 24 x 63.8 in (each)
To Weave Blue // Poem to the Weaving
2020 Exhibition view The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art University of Memphis, Memphis
To Weave Blue // Poem to the Weaving
2020 Exhibition view The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art University of Memphis, Memphis
To Weave Blue // Poem to the Weaving
2020 Exhibition view The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art University of Memphis, Memphis
Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 2 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 2)
2020 (Detail) Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in
Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 2 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 2)
2020 Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in
Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 3 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 3)
2020 (Detail) Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in
Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 3 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 3)
2020 Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in
Untitled
2020 Four cloths embroidered with wool 3 pieces of 24 x 31 in 1 piece of 49 x 85 in
The Gardeners
2020 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Calendario (Calendar)
2019 – 2020 (Detail) Oil on canvas and wire 78.74 x 177.17 in
Calendario (Calendar)
2019 – 2020 (Detail) Oil on canvas and wire 78.74 x 177.17 in
Calendario (Calendar)
2019 – 2020 Oil on canvas and wire 78.74 x 177.17 in
at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / Yo vivo en tí, tú vives en mí (at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / I Live in You, You Live in Me)
2010 (Detail) Intervention and installation with guatemalan birth certificates Dimensions variable
at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / Yo vivo en tí, tú vives en mí (at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / I Live in You, You Live in Me)
2010 (Detail) Intervention and installation with guatemalan birth certificates Dimensions variable
This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds
2019 Exhibition view Gallerie im Körnerpark Berlin, Germany
Laberinto de los pájaros No.2 (Bird Maze No. 2)
2008 Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variable
Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Centroamérica: deseo de lugar (Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Central America: desire for place)
2019 Exhibition view MUAC Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Laberinto de los pájaros No.1 (Bird Maze No.1)
2008 (Detail) Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variables
Laberinto de los pájaros No.1 (Bird Maze No.1)
2008 Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variable
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ (Some Two or Three Offerings For Our Ancestors)
2018 Intervention view Convento Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala
Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / nosotros somos herederos de los señores de Ixim che ́ (Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / We are Heirs of the Lords of Ixim che ́)
2018 Intervention view Convento Santo Domingo Guatemala City, Guatemala
Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ (Some Two or Three Offerings For Our Ancestors)
2018 Digital photography on cotton paper 42.9 x 67.7 in
Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / nosotros somos herederos de los señores de Ixim che ́ (Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / We are Heirs of the Lords of Ixim che ́)
2018 Charcoal drawing on fabriano paper 47 x 126 in
Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / nosotros somos herederos de los señores de Ixim che ́ (Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / We are Heirs of the Lords of Ixim che ́)
2018 Charcoal drawing on fabriano paper 47 x 126 in
Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / nosotros somos herederos de los señores de Ixim che ́ (Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / We are Heirs of the Lords of Ixim che ́)
2018 Charcoal drawing on fabriano paper 47 x 126 in
Naturaleza incierta, o cómo se construye el paisaje desde Guatemala (Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala)
2018 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
K’obomanik (Offering)
2018 Fruits, vegetables and stones Site specific installation
K’obomanik (Offering)
2018 Fruits, vegetables and stones Site specific installation
Eclipse (junio 2018)
2018 Charcoal, clay and obsidian
Eclipse (junio 2018)
2018 Exhibition view Charcoal, clay and obsidian
El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Earth That My Feet Saw)
2017 Exhibition view TRAMA Guatemala City
Kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit
2015 Song to call the birds written with mud on whitewashed wall Dimensions variable
El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Soil That My Feet Saw)
2017 Exhibition view TRAMA Guatemala City
El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Soil That My Feet Saw)
2017 Exhibition view TRAMA Guatemala City
El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Soil That My Feet Saw)
2014 Paper and mud
Abuelos
2014 In collaboration with Rosario Sotelo Fruits, vegetables, stones and 16 mm b/w film projection Site-specific installation
IN_ _NDIO
2016 Digital photography on cotton paper 14.2 x 25.2 in
Ulef- Tzamiy- Jichchan (Earth – Corn Husk – Comb)
2015 Digital photographic diptych on cotton paper 35 x 48 in
Yo estoy aquí por la ausencia de un trabajo (I’m here due to the absence of a job)
2015 Digital print on cotton paper 24 x 31.9 in
Untitled
2011 Mixed media
Untitled
2010 Installation Dimensions variable
Q ́än, oäq, säq, q ́ëq (2012)
2010 Used wheelbarrows, soil, corn and bean seeds Dimensions variable
Q ́än, oäq, säq, q ́ëq (2012)
2010 Used wheelbarrows, soil, corn and bean seeds Dimensions variable

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Nimajay Guarani (The Big Guarani House)
2023 Installation view 35a Bienal de São Paulo, Foto: © Levi Fanan / Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

‘Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el’ (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Installation view Liverpool Biennial 2023 at Tate Liverpool. Courtesy of Liverpool Biennial. Photography: Mark McNulty

B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone)
2023 Installation view Sculpture Center, New York Artwork commissioned by Sculpture Center and Hartwig Art Foundations. Photo: Charles Benton

Soft and Weak Like Water
2023 Installation view 14th Gwangju Biennale, Buk-gu, Gwangju Courtesy the artist and Gwangju Biennale Foundation Photo: glimworkers

Is It Morning for You Yet?
2022 Installation view 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh

Edgar Calel
2022 Installation view, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Art Basel, Basel, Photo: Gina Folly

Ru raxalh ri Rua Ch’ ulew (The Greenness of the Land)
2022 Oil on canvas 89 x 114.6 in

El fotógrafo (The Photographer)
2022 Oil on canvas 78.7 x 51.2 in

Xukulb´el (Place Where Knees Are Bent)
2022 Oil on canvas 39.4 x 29.5 in

Tz´i´ (Authority)
2022 Oil on canvas 31.5 x 31.5 in

Sutz´ (Cloud)
2022 Oil on canvas 19.7 x 39.4 in

Palamax II (Butterfly II)
2022 Oil on canvas 8.3 x 16.5 in

Rox sanik (Third Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3 x 3 in

Ru kan sanik (Second Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 4.3 in

Jun sanik (First Ant)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 4.3 in

Ixim ab´äj (Stone the Size of a Grain of Corn)
2022 Oil on canvas 3.1 x 5.1 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ VII (The tracks of the sandals of our car VII)
2022 (Detail) Acrylic on wood 32.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ VII (The tracks of the sandals of our car VII)
2022 Acrylic on wood 32.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 in

Ru k’ox k’ob’el jun ojer etemab’el (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge)
2021 Stones, fruits, vegetables and offering Exhibition view Frieze London

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 28 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 28)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 1 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 1)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 12.9 x 9.5 in

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 7 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 7)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 12.9 x 9.5 in

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 20 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 20)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ 27 (Some Two or Three Offerings for Our Ancestors 27)
2021 Pencil and crayon on paper 9.5 x 12.9 in

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
22021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Q ́Ana Kit Kit (Yellow Kit Kit)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 240 x 145.6 in

Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 1)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in

Kaqa Kit Kit (Red Kit Kit 2)
2021 Acrylic on tarpaulin 141.7 x 106 in

Q ́eq Muj q ́ojon (Thick Sound Shadow)
2021 Rope, radios and USB Dimensions variable

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 15.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 16.5 x 3.9 x 3 in

Retalh ru xajab ́ ri qa ch ́ich ́ (The Footprints of the “Caites” of Our Car)
2021 Oil on wood 48 x 7.8 x 9.8 in

Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable

Juyu Kit Kit (Kit Kit Mountain)
2021 (Detail) Mud Dimensions variable

Kit Kit Q ́ij Kit Kit (Sun)
2021 Mud Dimensions variable

Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 17.7 in

Tortilleria ·· (Tortilla Shop ··)
2021 Wood, acrylic and knitted blanket 9.8 x 3.9 in

Anatomía de un canto VII (Anatomy of a Song VII)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in

Anatomía de un canto VI (Anatomy of a Song VI)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 24 x 31.4 in

Anatomía de un canto V (Anatomy of a Song V)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto IV (Anatomy of a Song IV)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto III (Anatomy of a Song III)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 19.2 x 24.4 in

Anatomía de un canto II (Anatomy of a Song II)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in

Anatomía de un canto I (Anatomy of a Song I)
2021 Embroidery on raw blanket 16.5 x 21 in

Dibuxerco I
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 39.3 x 17.7 in

Dibuxerco III
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 37.4 x 19.2 in

Qajb ́el Ramaj (Object to Slow Down Time in the House)
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric, wood and acrylic paint Dimensions variable

Dibuxerco IV
2021 Embroidery on wool fabric 38.1 x 18.9 in

Pa ru tun che ́ (From the Treetop)
2021 (Detail) Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable

Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
2021 Branches and wooden masks Dimensions variable

B’alam Ulef (Jaguar of Mud)
2013 Dyptich Oil and mud on canvas 20 x 15 in (each)

Xar – Sueño de obsidiana (Blue Bird – Obsidian Dream)
2020 In collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video 13:06 min

First Sunrises on Earth
2021 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Calendario de las energias (Energy calendar)
2019 – 2020 wired Ø 25 in

Sueño de obsidiana (Obsidian Dream)
2020 Edgar Calel in collaboration with Fernando Pereira dos Santos Single channel HD video loop 3:57 min

B’atz tejido constelación de saberes (B’atz weaving constellation of knowledges)
2015 Digital photographic diptych on cotton paper 24 x 63.8 in (each)

To Weave Blue // Poem to the Weaving
2020 Exhibition view The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art University of Memphis, Memphis

Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 2 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 2)
2020 (Detail) Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in

Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 2 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 2)
2020 Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in

Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 3 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 3)
2020 (Detail) Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in

Traje tradicional de un kakchiquel actual No. 3 (Traditional Garb of a Contemporary Kaqchikel No. 3)
2020 Artist’s clothes embroidered with yarn 57.5 x 23.2 in

Untitled
2020 Four cloths embroidered with wool 3 pieces of 24 x 31 in 1 piece of 49 x 85 in

The Gardeners
2020 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

Calendario (Calendar)
2019 – 2020 (Detail) Oil on canvas and wire 78.74 x 177.17 in

Calendario (Calendar)
2019 – 2020 Oil on canvas and wire 78.74 x 177.17 in

at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / Yo vivo en tí, tú vives en mí (at k ́o pa nu k ́ux in k ́o pa a k ́ux / I Live in You, You Live in Me)
2010 (Detail) Intervention and installation with guatemalan birth certificates Dimensions variable

This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds
2019 Exhibition view Gallerie im Körnerpark Berlin, Germany

Laberinto de los pájaros No.2 (Bird Maze No. 2)
2008 Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variable

Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Centroamérica: deseo de lugar (Virginia Pérez-Ratton. Central America: desire for place)
2019 Exhibition view MUAC Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City

Laberinto de los pájaros No.1 (Bird Maze No.1)
2008 (Detail) Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variables

Laberinto de los pájaros No.1 (Bird Maze No.1)
2008 Oil on 12 cardboard boxes Dimensions variable

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ (Some Two or Three Offerings For Our Ancestors)
2018 Intervention view Convento Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala

Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / nosotros somos herederos de los señores de Ixim che ́ (Roj kan oj kajkualbí kan ri achía ́ aj Ixim ché / We are Heirs of the Lords of Ixim che ́)
2018 Intervention view Convento Santo Domingo Guatemala City, Guatemala

Jun Kio Oxi qi Munib ́al ri qatit qa Mama ́ (Some Two or Three Offerings For Our Ancestors)
2018 Digital photography on cotton paper 42.9 x 67.7 in

Naturaleza incierta, o cómo se construye el paisaje desde Guatemala (Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala)
2018 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City

K’obomanik (Offering)
2018 Fruits, vegetables and stones Site specific installation

Eclipse (junio 2018)
2018 Charcoal, clay and obsidian

Eclipse (junio 2018)
2018 Exhibition view Charcoal, clay and obsidian

El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Earth That My Feet Saw)
2017 Exhibition view TRAMA Guatemala City

Kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit kit
2015 Song to call the birds written with mud on whitewashed wall Dimensions variable

El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Soil That My Feet Saw)
2017 Exhibition view TRAMA Guatemala City

El rostro de la tierra que mis pies vieron (The Face of the Soil That My Feet Saw)
2014 Paper and mud

Abuelos
2014 In collaboration with Rosario Sotelo Fruits, vegetables, stones and 16 mm b/w film projection Site-specific installation

IN_ _NDIO
2016 Digital photography on cotton paper 14.2 x 25.2 in

Ulef- Tzamiy- Jichchan (Earth – Corn Husk – Comb)
2015 Digital photographic diptych on cotton paper 35 x 48 in

Yo estoy aquí por la ausencia de un trabajo (I’m here due to the absence of a job)
2015 Digital print on cotton paper 24 x 31.9 in

Untitled
2010 Installation Dimensions variable

Q ́än, oäq, säq, q ́ëq (2012)
2010 Used wheelbarrows, soil, corn and bean seeds Dimensions variable

Edgar Calel (Chi Xot -San Juan Comalapa-, Guatemala, 1987) studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Rafael Rodríguez Padilla. He works in a variety of media, exploring the complexities of the indigenous experience, as seen through the Mayan Kaqchikel cosmovision, spirituality, rituals, community practices, and beliefs, in juxtaposition with the systematic racism and exclusion that the indigenous people of Guatemala endure on a daily basis.

In 2023 had his first institutional solo show B’alab’äj (Jaguar Stone) at SculptureCenter. In 2021 had his first solo Pa Ru Tun Che´ (From a Tree Top) at Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City. Additionally, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions including Choreographies of the Impossible, 35^thSão Paulo Biennial,

São Paulo, Brazil (2023); uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things, 12^th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2023); Soft and Weak Like Water, 14^th Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju (2023); Is It Morning for You Yet?, 58^th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2022); The Crack Begins Within, 11^th Berlin Biennial, Berlin (2020); Los Jardineros (The Gardeners), Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2020); Continuous Fire | Feu continuel, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (2019); Virginia Pérez Ratton. Centroamérica: Deseo de lugar / Centra America, MUAC Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2019).

His works are part of the permanent collections of Rijkscolectie- National Collection of the Netherlands; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA; Tate, UK; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; the National Gallery of Canada, Ontario; Fundación TEOR/ética, San José, Costa Rica; MADC Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, San José, Costa Rica; and Kadist, San Francisco. Additionally, he has participated in artistic residencies including Tropical Papers (2021); Residencia Rua do Sol, Portugal (2019), and at Lastro research platform, Brazil, 2015), amongst others.

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