Gabriel kuri biography

Gabriel Kuri was born in 1970 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Gabriel kuri biography

He studied at Goldsmiths College in London and at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM in Mexico City. The artist lives and works in Brussels.

Gabriel Kuri’s œuvre encompasses diverse media including sculpture, collage and installation, often using repurposed natural, industrial, and mass-produced objects (insulation foam, shells, soda cans, stones, or ticket receipts, for instance) to craft eloquent works of art.

Kuri’s works often include traces of past human activities, such as empty bottles or cans, cigarette butts or ticket stubs. They function as signs of spent time, energy or currency — a recurring theme in the artist’s work.

Kuri’s solo exhibitions include: Forecast, Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2023); Gabriel Kuri, Aranya Art Center, Beidaihe (2023); Offering, Saint-Martin Bookshop, Brussels (2021); spending static to save gas, The Doug