Tris Vonna-Michell: Capitol Complex at Galerie Jan Mot, Mexico City

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Channel: VernissageTV · 2013 · Education

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With this video we cover the opening of the exhibition Capitol Complex of the young British artist Tris Vonna-Michell at Galerie Jan Mot in Mexico City. It's the artist's first solo exhibition in the Belgian gallery's space in Mexico. Tris Vonna-Michell is known for his performances and multimedia installations. Tris Vonna-Michell's exhibition Capitol Complex runs until February 23, 2013.

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Tris Vonna-Michell was born in 1982 in Southend-on-Sea (UK). He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). He lives and works in Stockholm. His works are included in the collections of Tate Modern (London), Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris), and FRAC Champagne-Ardenne. Current and upcoming exhibitions with works by Tris Vonna-Michell include 9th Shanghai Biennale, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, Mudam Luxembourg, and Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.

Jan Mot is a gallery with spaces in Brussels (Belgium), and Mexico City. The gallery represents artists such as Rineke Dijkstra, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, David Lamelas, and Tino Sehgal.

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