Yuri Tuma is a multidisciplinary Brazilian artist living in Madrid who focuses on the investigation of contemporary narratives related to sonic ecologies through sound art, installation, and performance as a way to address and reevaluate the human/animal binomial imposed by science and Western thinking. In early 2020, he co-founded the Institute for Postnatural Studies (IPS) in Madrid, a platform that focuses on the relationship between contemporary artistic practice and the necessary revision of the concept of nature. More actively, in addition to academic programming and artistic direction, he coordinates the Institute's publishing project, Cthulhu Books, to become a showcase for the political potential of imagining new worlds and possible futures for the planet through academic and artistic research. Starting in 2021, in addition to participating in residencies and coordinating workshops around interspecies thinking and sound ecologies, Tuma works with educational and mediation programs through sound art and performance at Spanish institutions such as Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Matadero, La Casa Encendida, INLAND, among others. |
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Workshops
2023 Becoming Assembly: On the Whys and Hows of Design Today, Colectivos Pláka, Porto
Sonic ecologies (wt), Gramounce with the Institute for Postnatural Studier
2022 Desirable Futures, Hybrid Bodies, Rhubaba Gallery & Studios with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Edinburgh
Labpendiente, AMECUM, Media Lab Matadero
XENOXENOXENO, Institute for Postnatural Studies
2021 Dolphins, wolves and Zamioculcas: interspecies sound art workshop, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Descaminha Equipo 15-17, sound art and performance workshop, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Non-human Design, Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Lessac
Speculative design, IED with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Madrid
Academic programming
2023 Postnatural Independent Program, Institute for Postnatural Studies
2022 Mutualism & Mutability Vol. II, Institute for Postnatural Studies with the Institute of Queer Ecology
Hydro Futures / Memory Ecologies Institute for Postnatural Studies with Rhubaba Gallery & Studios
2021 Mutualism & Mutability Vol. I, Institute for Postnatural Studies with the Institute of Queer Ecology
Publishing
2023 We?, co-editor, cthulhu books
2022 Making Kin: Animal Series, co-editor, cthulhu books
Un lago de jade verde, coco-editor, CentroCentro publications with the Institute for Postnatural Studies
2021 Compost Reader Vol. I, co-editor, cthulhu books
Atlas Menor #02 Posthuman Bodies, co-editor, Bartlebooth with the Institute for Postnatural Studies
Curatorial projects
2022 Ser Montaña, co-curator with the Institute for Postnatural Studies, Travesía 4 Gallery, Mexico City
2021 Un lago de jade verde, co-curator with the Institute for Postnatural Studies, CentroCentro, Madrid
Selected artistic projects
2021 A Forest on an Island, immersive sound installation, Augusta, Sicily
L'arbre i la roca, group exhibition, Museo Municipal de Tossa del Mar, Catalunya
PUMPUMYACHKAN Festival Asimtria 16, experimental sound art festival, Ayacucho, Peru
2020 Rascacielos, solo exhibit, Marcablanca, Madrid
Birth, crypto art group exhibit, Zardoz Gallery, Origin City, Cryptovoxels.com
Corpo Brasileiro, group exhibit, Hösek Contemporary, Berlin
PUMPUMYACHKAN Festival Asimtria 15, experimental sound art festival, Ayacucho, Peru
2019 Eskhara, solo exhibit, Espacio Oculto, Madrid
The King, The Garden City, The Chorus & The Captain, group exhibit, outdoor installation, Arnis, Germany
Cuon, performance, Centro Dados Negros, Ciudad Real, Spain
Paralaje, group exhibit, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
¡Oye, Mira!, performance, La Juan Gallery
Horizonte de Cristal, installation, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
La vie matérielle, installation, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2018 Paronomía, performance with Fabiana Vinagre, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
Extreme Exterior, installation, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
Araña, installation, La Eriza, Madrid
Moon Drawings, book presentation, La Fábrica, Madrid
2017 Cosecha 2017, photobook group exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid
Home / Casa / Home, group exhibit, Mondo Galeria, Madrid
2016 Enantiodromia, solo exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid
PhotoEspaña 2016 Best Photo Books of the Year Showcase w/ Commplus, Madrid National Library
Papel, Cola e Hilo, group exhibit, La Eriza, Madrid
2015 Buscadores de Oro, group exhibit, OTR Espacio De Arte, Madrid
PhotoEspaña's Madrid 24 Horas, group exhibit, CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid
TransVisiones : Alcobendas 2015, group exhibit, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
2014 Departure, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Smash and Grab Auction with Locust Projects, Miami FL
Morgan Fine Arts & Film Center Annual Spring Studio Open House, Create Collect, Brooklyn NY
2013 Heineken's Light Your Night Challenge,installation, Miami Light Project, Miami FL
Headlights, solo exhibit, Product 81 Gallery, Miami FL
2012 Sym City, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Miami International Art Fair, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Shanghai Art Fair, International Chinese Fine Arts Council, Shanghai
2011 Scope Art Fair, Butter Gallery, New York NY
Metropolis, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2010 Garden, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2009 Roof Less, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2008 Only Water, group exhibit, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami FL
Solitary States, group exhibit, Chelsea Galleria, Miami FL
Selected artistic residencies
2021 AIR.Cat, Tossa del Mar, Spain
Casabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Postnature | Post-tourism, Augusta, Italy
2020 Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France
Bravos Foundry, Galicia, Spain
Bañarte, La Rioja, Spain
Kinono Tinos Art Gathering, Tinos, Greece
2019 Arnis Residency, Arnis, Germany
Conde Duque - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
Residencia Espacio Oculto, Madrid
2015 TransVisiones:Alcobendas, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain
Collections
Museo Municipal Tossa del Mar, Tossa del Mar
Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Madrid
Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo (CA2M) Library, Madrid
Education
2017/19 M.F.A Universidad Carlos III, Escuela SUR, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
2006 B.S. Emerson College, Cum laude, Boston
Workshops
2023 Becoming Assembly: On the Whys and Hows of Design Today, Colectivos Pláka, Porto
Sonic ecologies (wt), Gramounce with the Institute for Postnatural Studier
2022 Desirable Futures, Hybrid Bodies, Rhubaba Gallery & Studios with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Edinburgh
Labpendiente, AMECUM, Media Lab Matadero
XENOXENOXENO, Institute for Postnatural Studies
2021 Dolphins, wolves and Zamioculcas: interspecies sound art workshop, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Descaminha Equipo 15-17, sound art and performance workshop, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Non-human Design, Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Lessac
Speculative design, IED with the Institute for Postnatural Studier, Madrid
Academic programming
2023 Postnatural Independent Program, Institute for Postnatural Studies
2022 Mutualism & Mutability Vol. II, Institute for Postnatural Studies with the Institute of Queer Ecology
Hydro Futures / Memory Ecologies Institute for Postnatural Studies with Rhubaba Gallery & Studios
2021 Mutualism & Mutability Vol. I, Institute for Postnatural Studies with the Institute of Queer Ecology
Publishing
2023 We?, co-editor, cthulhu books
2022 Making Kin: Animal Series, co-editor, cthulhu books
Un lago de jade verde, coco-editor, CentroCentro publications with the Institute for Postnatural Studies
2021 Compost Reader Vol. I, co-editor, cthulhu books
Atlas Menor #02 Posthuman Bodies, co-editor, Bartlebooth with the Institute for Postnatural Studies
Curatorial projects
2022 Ser Montaña, co-curator with the Institute for Postnatural Studies, Travesía 4 Gallery, Mexico City
2021 Un lago de jade verde, co-curator with the Institute for Postnatural Studies, CentroCentro, Madrid
Selected artistic projects
2021 A Forest on an Island, immersive sound installation, Augusta, Sicily
L'arbre i la roca, group exhibition, Museo Municipal de Tossa del Mar, Catalunya
PUMPUMYACHKAN Festival Asimtria 16, experimental sound art festival, Ayacucho, Peru
2020 Rascacielos, solo exhibit, Marcablanca, Madrid
Birth, crypto art group exhibit, Zardoz Gallery, Origin City, Cryptovoxels.com
Corpo Brasileiro, group exhibit, Hösek Contemporary, Berlin
PUMPUMYACHKAN Festival Asimtria 15, experimental sound art festival, Ayacucho, Peru
2019 Eskhara, solo exhibit, Espacio Oculto, Madrid
The King, The Garden City, The Chorus & The Captain, group exhibit, outdoor installation, Arnis, Germany
Cuon, performance, Centro Dados Negros, Ciudad Real, Spain
Paralaje, group exhibit, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
¡Oye, Mira!, performance, La Juan Gallery
Horizonte de Cristal, installation, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
La vie matérielle, installation, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2018 Paronomía, performance with Fabiana Vinagre, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
Extreme Exterior, installation, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
Araña, installation, La Eriza, Madrid
Moon Drawings, book presentation, La Fábrica, Madrid
2017 Cosecha 2017, photobook group exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid
Home / Casa / Home, group exhibit, Mondo Galeria, Madrid
2016 Enantiodromia, solo exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid
PhotoEspaña 2016 Best Photo Books of the Year Showcase w/ Commplus, Madrid National Library
Papel, Cola e Hilo, group exhibit, La Eriza, Madrid
2015 Buscadores de Oro, group exhibit, OTR Espacio De Arte, Madrid
PhotoEspaña's Madrid 24 Horas, group exhibit, CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid
TransVisiones : Alcobendas 2015, group exhibit, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
2014 Departure, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Smash and Grab Auction with Locust Projects, Miami FL
Morgan Fine Arts & Film Center Annual Spring Studio Open House, Create Collect, Brooklyn NY
2013 Heineken's Light Your Night Challenge,installation, Miami Light Project, Miami FL
Headlights, solo exhibit, Product 81 Gallery, Miami FL
2012 Sym City, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Miami International Art Fair, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
Shanghai Art Fair, International Chinese Fine Arts Council, Shanghai
2011 Scope Art Fair, Butter Gallery, New York NY
Metropolis, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2010 Garden, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2009 Roof Less, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2008 Only Water, group exhibit, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami FL
Solitary States, group exhibit, Chelsea Galleria, Miami FL
Selected artistic residencies
2021 AIR.Cat, Tossa del Mar, Spain
Casabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Postnature | Post-tourism, Augusta, Italy
2020 Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France
Bravos Foundry, Galicia, Spain
Bañarte, La Rioja, Spain
Kinono Tinos Art Gathering, Tinos, Greece
2019 Arnis Residency, Arnis, Germany
Conde Duque - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
Residencia Espacio Oculto, Madrid
2015 TransVisiones:Alcobendas, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain
Collections
Museo Municipal Tossa del Mar, Tossa del Mar
Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Madrid
Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo (CA2M) Library, Madrid
Education
2017/19 M.F.A Universidad Carlos III, Escuela SUR, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
2006 B.S. Emerson College, Cum laude, Boston