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A photo of artist Juan Antonio Olivares. He looks away from the camera with a neutral expression.

Juan Antonio Olivares

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Olivares works in digital animation, sound sculpture and drawing to create psychologically charged environments that merge nature and technology. Mining impulses that reflect our deeply embedded fears and desires, Olivares abstracts them through digital interfaces. His work explores humanity through constantly evolving forms of image making, connecting viewers beyond an immediate time and place.

Olivares has exhibited in venues such as: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, The Clark Institute, Williamstown; Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris; Sadie Coles HQ, London; Bortolami Gallery, New York; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; Off Vendome, New York; Aguirre, Mexico City; and M/L Artspace, Venice.

Collections: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaundengo, Torino, Italy; Adrastus Collection, Avila, Spain.

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Juan Antonio Olivares (b. 1988) was born in Puerto Rico to Colombian/Chilean parents, and is currently based in New York. He received a BA in Visual Arts and Philosophy from Columbia University in 2011 and attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Christopher Williams from 2015-6.

Featured Artwork

Artwork in values of gray and white. It depicts a large box of glass reinforced by a segmented structure in a large room with a window. The glass of the box is shattering.
Juan Antonio Olivares. Contemporary Office Fantasy, 2024. Acrylic paint and graphite powder on aluminum honeycomb panel, 48 x 72 x 1 inches (121.9 x 182.8 x 2.5cm). Image courtesy of the artist.
Still from the 3D animated film, "Moléculas." It shows a grey bear with a black torso from the chest up. The bear holds a payphone up to its ear while crying.
Juan Antonio Olivares. Moléculas, 2018. 3D Animation, Sound. Image courtesy of the artist.
A glowing blue fetus in an egg-shaped sac.
Juan Antonio Olivares. Transference, 2021. 3D animation, 3 LED holograms, powder-coated steel telescopic brackets, audio-channel splitter, stereo-amps, speakers, subwoofer, speaker-wire, audio file (15’ 50”). Image courtesy of the Artist.

Resources

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Juan Antonio Olivares - Transference 17 September – 30 October 2021

ChertLüdde | Exhibition
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Juan Antonio Olivares - Naufragios 6 Sep – 19 Oct 2019

Bortolami | Exhibition

Juan Antonio Olivares - Moléculas Mar 2 – June 10, 2018

The Whitney | Exhibition