JOHANNA UNZUETA
B. 1974, Santiago, Chile
Lives and works between New York and Berlin

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    Naturalist

     

    WHERE THE THREADS ARE WORN

    Zwischendeich 2022, Berlin 2023, Resonance

    2023

    Wood, indigo dye, pastel pencil, oil pastel, cotton thread

    89.75 x 28.75 x 23.75” / 228 x 73 x 60.3cm

    Zwischendeich 2022, Berlin 2023, Resonance, 2023 (detail)

    Installation view: Johanna Unzueta, Naturalist, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 12 - February 17, 2024

    Berlin 2023, Elica

    2023

    Wood, indigo dye, pastel pencil, oil pastel, linen thread

    19.69 x 24.8 x 3.9” / 50 x 63 x 10cm

    Installation view: Johanna Unzueta, Naturalist, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 12 - February 17, 2024

    Berlin 2021/2023, You were the first after...

    2023

    Wood, indigo dye, pastel pencil, oil pastel, charcoal, linen thread

    36 x 16 x 8.2” / 93 x 40 x 21cm

    Berlin 2021/2023, You were the first after..., 2023 (detail)

    Installation view: Johanna Unzueta, Naturalist, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 12 - February 17, 2024

    March, April 2021 Berlin

    2022

    Watercolor, pastel pencil, oil sticks, needle holes, and cut paper on tinted watercolor paper (Indigo/añil, wild berry/Schneebeere), plexiglass, wood, bronze screws

    Drawing: 43 x 43” / 109.22 x 109.22cm
    Install dimensions: 60 x 47 x 9.8" / 152.4 x 119.4 x 25cm

    March, April 2021 Berlin, 2022 (Detail)

    March, April 2021 Berlin, 2022 (Alternate view)

    Installation view: Drawing in the Continuous Present, The Drawing Center, New York. March 10 – May 22, 2022. Photo: Daniel Terna

    Installation view: Drawing in the Continuous Present, The Drawing Center, New York. March 10 – May 22, 2022. Photo: Daniel Terna

    June NY, September Berlin 2018

    2018

    Pastel pencils, charcoal, watercolor gold, needle holes on indigo, and rustic hand-dyed watercolor paper

    44 x 21 x 7.5” / 112 x 54 x 19.05cm

    June NY, September Berlin 2018, 2018 (Detail)

    June NY, September Berlin 2018, 2018 (Alternate view)

    Installation view: Where the threads are worn, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 18 - April 24, 2021

    2016 NY

    2016

    Pastel pencils, charcoal pencils, onion extracts, and needle holes on watercolor paper

    Paper size: 12.5 x 12.5” / 32 x 32cm each
    Framed: 16 x16” / 40.64 x 40.64cm each

    October 2020, February 2021 Berlin

    2021

    Watercolor, pastel pencil, oil sticks and pin holes on wild berries hand- dyed paper

    42.9 × 32.7” / 109 × 83cm

    October 2020, February 2021 Berlin (Detail)

    November 2020, February 2021 Berlin

    2021

    Watercolor, pastel pencil, oil sticks and pin holes on indigo and fustic hand-dyed paper

    59 × 42.9” / 150 × 109cm

    November 2020, February 2021 Berlin

    Installation view: Pine’s Eye, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2020. Photo: Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh

    1:1 Resonance

    2020

    Sticks, oil pastel, twine and copper

    511.81 x 354.33 x 5” / 13m x 9m x 15cm

    1:1 Resonance, 2020 (Detail)

    Installation view: Tools for Life, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photo: Ben Westoby

    Related to Myself

    2020

    Felt, thread, recycled wooden spools

    354.3 x 23.6 x 13.8” / 900 x 60 x 35cm

    My Tears Started the Rain / The Darkness of the Sea Opened My Eyes No. 2

    2019

    Indigo dyed natural felt, thread, burnt wooden beams, and wooden dowels

    220 x 60 x 25” / 558.8 x 152.4 x 63.5cm

    Installation view: Tools for Life, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photo: Ben Westoby

    Installation view: Tools for Life, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photo: Ben Westoby

    Installation view: Tools for Life, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photo: Ben Westoby

    Installation view: Tools for Life, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Photo: Ben Westoby

    Two Of Us I

    2019

    Wood, indigo dye, pastel pencil, copper watercolor, industrial wheels, nails and linen thread

    52 x 36 x 19” / 132.1 x 91.4 x 48.3cm

    Two Of Us I, 2019 (Alternate view)

    Two Of Us II

    2019

    Wood, indigo dye, pastel pencil, gold watercolor, industrial wheels, nails, and linen thread

    52 × 36 × 19” / 132.1 × 91.4 × 48.3cm

    Two Of Us II, 2019 (Detail)

    Two Of Us II, 2019 (Alternate view)

    Installation view: Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, 2019. Photo: Margo Porres

    February NY, March Antigua 2019

    2019

    Hand-dyed indigo wooden panel, pastel pencil, copper watercolor, nails and hand-dyed cotton thread

    21.85 x 9.84 x 0.98” / 55.5 x 25 x 2.5cm

    February NY, March Antigua 2019, 2019 (Alternate view)

    March NY, Antigua 2019

    2019

    Hand-dyed indigo wooden panel, pastel pencil, gold watercolor, nails and 100% linen thread

    11.81 x 11.81 x 1.57” / 30 x 30 x 4cm

    March NY, Antigua 2019

    April, May 2018

    2019

    Hand-dyed indigo wooden panel, pastel pencil, gold watercolor, nails and cotton thread

    7.87 x 7.87 x 0.98” / 20 x 20 x 2.5cm

    April, May 2018, 2019 (Alternate view)

    May NY 2018, March Antigua 2019

    2019

    Hand-dyed indigo wooden panel, pastel pencil, gold watercolor, nails and cotton thread

    16 x 12 x 1” / 40.64 x 30.58 x 2.54cm

    May NY 2018, March Antigua 2019 (Alternate view)

    Installation view: Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, 2019. Photo: Margo Porres

    Installation view: Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, 2019. Photo: Margo Porres

    May, June 2016 NY

    2016

    Watercolor, pastel pencil, and needle holes on indigo hand-dyed watercolor paper

    39 x 31” / 99.06 x 78.74cm

    Installation view: Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, 2019. Photo: Margo Porres

    September Berlin, November NY

    2018

    Watercolor, pastel pencils, needle holes, watercolor paper dyed by hand with indigo and fustic, die-cut by hand

    46.6 x 25.19” / 118.5 x 64 cm.

    September Berlin, November NY, 2018 (Alternate view)

    Installation view: From my Head to my Toes, to my Teeth to my Nose, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2019. Photo: Eat Pomegranate Photography

    Installation view: From my Head to my Toes, to my Teeth to my Nose, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2019. Photo: Eat Pomegranate Photography

    Hug

    2013

    Felt, thread, and recycled wooden pole

    Dimensions variable

    Related to Myself

    2018

    Felt, recycled wooden spools, and recycled beams

    Dimensions variable

    Installation view: Searching the Sky for Rain, Sculpture Center, New York, 2019. Photo: Kyle Knodell

    Gravity & Grace

    2019

    Oil stick pastel, charcoal, upcycled cotton rope (courtesy The New Denim Project), beetroot–dyed rope, iron, nails

    Dimensions variable

    Gravity & Grace, 2019 (Detail)

    Installation view: When The Wind Goes Wrong, 57W57Arts, New York, 2018

    Installation view: 10th Berlin Biennale, Akademie der Künste / ZK/U Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (Center for Art and Urbanism), Berlin, Germany, 2018

    Installation view: Nodes, Encounter… Out of The Fields, Pastel pencil, Felt and wood sculptures, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 2017. Mural drawing made in collaboration with students at Wellesley College, MA

    Installation view: Nictinastia, Sala de Arte Público, Siqueiros, Mexico City, 2017

    Nictinastia, 2017 (Detail)

    Installation view: Nictinastia, Sala de Arte Público, Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017

    Installation view: La liberte sans nom. 3, CRAC, Alsace, France, 2016

    Hula Hoop

    2015

    Super 8mm transferred to digital video

    4:42 min

    Whispers

    2012

    8 mm transferred to video

    5:03 min

    Faucets and Yellow Hose

    2011

    Felt and thread

    3.5 x 22 x 3” / 8.89 x 55.88 x 7.62 (each faucet)

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