Marcel Reyes-Cortez
Marcel is a visual anthropologist and artist, born in Chile and now living and working between London and Taipei. He studied in London and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Photography and an MA in Social Anthropology, later became the first academic to be awarded a PhD in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths.
He spent several years doing ethnographic research and recording the daily life of workers in Mexico. In 2018, he carried out an artist in residency at Treasure Hill, Taipei. During this time he started to work with ceramics. And later in 2019 he had his first ceramic exhibition in Taipei. Marcel’s art practice is closely interlinked with social and political issues that concerns him. Combining trainings and perspectives from anthropology and photography, he often revisits his South American root to develop a unique artistic expression.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Chronicles of Dreams II, Tai-Hwa Gallery, Yingge, Taiwan
2020 Yo Apruebo, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Chronicles of Dreams | Piao Piao Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 The Beloved, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Altar – I love you Abuelita (I love you my dearest Grandmother), Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Golden Rooster, Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 Zapotecs of Yaeé, Death in African History Conference’ CRASSH, Cambridge
1995 The lost path of Waqqa, Light of the Word Gallery, Chicago, USA
1994 The lost path of Waqqa, The Barbican Centre, London
Double Solo Exhibitions
2020 Phases of Flowers, Yi Yun Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2013 Photography: A social research method in IUAES, Manchester
2008 Visiones Sobre La Muerte, VI Festival Internacional del Día de los Muertos in
Mexico City, Paris, Oxford, N.Y., Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Cairo
1992 The Waso Booranas, London College of Printing, London
1992 The Mapuche of Chile, Latin American Festival, Vauxhall, London
Residences
2018 International Artist in Residence. Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
Curation and International Conferences
2018 Conference Director: 2nd International Conference: Photography and Academic Research, Conference Director. (UCL, Institute of Archaeology (Heritage Studies), with Birkbeck dept of Politics and the RAI)
2016 Conference Director: photography + (con) text: International Conference: Photography and Academic Research, Conference Director. (UCL, Institute of Archaeology (Heritage Studies), with Birkbeck dept of Politics and the RAI)
2013 Curator: Photography as a research method, ‘IUAES 2013 Congress’, University of Manchester
Art Publications
2021 Home Away from Home Art of Tai Hwa, Vol.32, pg.28-33, Yingge, Taiwan
2020 Chronicles of Dreams, Art of Tai Hwa, Vol.29, pg.28-31, Yingge, Taiwan