Nicolás Guagnini (b. in 1966 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) has lived and worked in New York since 1998. In 2022, he had one-person shows at MACRO Rome and FRAC Grand Large – Hauts-de-France, Dunkirk. Recent solo exhibitions include Twilight of the Idols, Tarble Art Center, Charleston, IL; The Walrus, 3A Gallery, New York; Union Gaucha Productions, Artists Space, New York. Recent group exhibitions include Therapy, MALBA, Buenos Aires; 100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York; Publishing as Artistic Toolbox: 1989- 2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria; Sinister Feminism: A.I.R. Gallery’s 12th Biennial Exhibition, curated by Piper Marshall, New York; Bread and Roses, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Dancing Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo; Descartes’ Daughter, Swiss Institute, New York; A Drawing Show Curated by Dan Graham, Micheline Swajcer, Antwerp; and Notations: The Cage Effect Today, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York.
He was a founder of Orchard Gallery (2005-2008), the film collective Union Gaucha Productions, and his writings have been published in October, Texte zur Kunst, and the recent catalogue for Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. He also designed DICKFACE, a typography available at dickface.me
Exhibitions
Farces and Tirades
10 Feb – 22 May 2022
Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (MACRO)
Heads and Torsos
24 Sep – 30 Oct 2021
55 Walker
Constanza Schaffner, Koichi Sato and Nicolás Guagnini
6 Mar – 17 Apr 2021
The Upstairs at 39 Walker
Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina
6 Sep – 5 Oct 2019
39 Walker
Nicolás Guagnini - Twilight of the Idols
17 Aug – 17 Aug 2019
Tarble Arts Center
Human Applause
5 Apr – 4 May 2018
Bortolami
Bibelots
23 Feb – 25 Mar 2017
Bortolami
Bread and Roses: Artists and the Class Divide
19 Feb – 1 Jan 2016
Museum of Modern Art Warsaw
Union Gaucha Productions
7 Nov 2015 – 10 Jan 2016
Artists Space
Nicolás Guagnini
20 Nov – 10 Jan 2014
Bortolami
Ana and Carl and some other couples
13 Feb – 14 Mar 2014
Andrew Roth
The Panel Discussion, The Tennis Match, and A Bodegon
13 May – 30 Jun 2011
Andrew Roth
77 Testicular Imprints
20 Sep – 8 Dec 2007
Andrew Roth
Press
Jenny Jaskey I Love Nic Alex Kitnick The Counter-Public Sphere in the Condor Years 4 Columns Jan 2021Jerry Saltz Explore the World of Artists in Quarantine Vulture Sept 2020Gabriel Palumbo Muestra en Nueva York, Personajes de un altar personal Clarín Jun 2020Austen Brown Artist Talks Provocative, Phallic Artwork The Daily Eastern News Dec 2019Enzo Shalom Mother of Pearl: Enzo Shalom on Nicolás Guagnini at Bortolami New York Texte Zur Kunst Dec 2019Israel Lund Nicolás Guagnini: Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina The Brooklyn Rail Oct 2019Noelle Douglass Louder Than Words: How Art Serves As A Form Of Activism Marquette Wire May 2018Blouin Artinfo Nicolás Guagnini’s ‘Bibelots’ at Bortolami Gallery, New York BLOUIN ARTINFO Mar 2017— 9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week Artnews Feb 2017Florencia San Martin Nicolás Guagnini ArtNexus Mar 2015Alex Kitnick Nicolás Guagnini Artforum Feb 2015Daniel Gauss Nicolás Guagnini at Bortolami on 20th Street Arte Fuse Jan 2015Raimar Stange Heads: Galerie Lars Friedrich, Berlin Lars Friedrich Dec 2013Aimee Walleston Nicolás Guagnini Art in America Oct 2012David Joselit The Scream Artforum Sept 2011Nuit Banai Nicolás Guagnini, "77 Testicular Imprints" Time Out Nov 2007Holland Cotter Unresolved Chords Echo for ‘the Disappeared’ The New York Times Apr 2007John Miller Artists On Artists: Nicolás Guagnini by John Miller BOMB Jun 2006Roberta Smith September 11 1973 The New York Times Oct 2005Writings
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“Fetishism/Hoarding/Entropy”
Mousse Issue #46
December 2013 -
“Some Notes on Dickface”
November 2014 -
“Italics Mine: Deformation, Modification, Exaggeration”
Texte Zur Kunst
March 2013 -
“Pretend You’re Actually Dead”
in exhibition catalogue of Leigh Ledare
2012 -
“Middle Man”
with texts by Dan Graham, Nicolás Guagnini, and John Miller
2010 -
“Givens”
Regift, curated by John Miller
2009 -
“Feedback in the Amazon”
October 125
Summer 2008 -
“Nicolás Guagnini and Karin Schneider”
October 123
Winter 2008 -
“Community”
Texte Zur Kunst
June 2007 -
“Dan Graham: Beyond”
Nicolás Guagnini in conversation with Dan Graham
May 2006 -
“The Seven Reviews of Monkeys and Shit”
2004 -
“Cable TV’s Failed Utopian Vision: An Interview with Dara Birnbaum”
Cabinet
Winter 2002/2003 -
“Nicolás Guagnini interview”
Artforum