Adrián Gouet (Santiago de Chile, 1982) is a visual artist whose practice operates at the intersection of painting and archival research, developing a pictorial methodology that turns the accumulation of heterogeneous images into unexpected forms of encounter, causing memory and imagination to entangle with each other. He holds a PhD in Arts & Humanities from the Royal College of Art, London (2024), and an MFA from Universidad de Chile (2013). His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections in Chile, Europe and the United States. He currently teaches at the School of Art of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and is developing a major exhibition project for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) Santiago in 2027.
Solo exhibitions
2024 – Methods of Refraction, Alma Pearl gallery (online presentation). London, UK
2023 – It’s Better to Imagine the End of the World than the End of Capitalism. Museo de Artes Visuales. Santiago, Chile.
2019 – Occult Sciences, NAC gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2015 – La Barrera Del Sonido, CCU Art Hall, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – Still life, XS gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – The Powerful Arts of Dreaming, Macchina gallery, Fine Arts faculty P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2010 – Dog Anagrama De God, Sala Cero, Animal gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2009 – Salvation Technologies,Bech gallery, Bancoestado Cultural Institute, Santiago, Chile.
Group exhibitions
2023 – Fuego del Cielo. Instituto Tele Arte. Santiago, Chile.
2023 – Positions, part I. Alma Pearl gallery. Londres, UK.
2022 – Fossil, TIM gallery. Santiago, Chile.
2022 – Unruly Encounters. Southwark Park gallery. London, UK.
2019 – 1984, Dyson gallery, RCA, London, UK.
2017 – 27 painters, XS gallery. Santiago, Chile
2016 – Ni Uno ni Otro (Los Otros), Museum of Visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2015 – Ch.ACO Art fair, Espora gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – Stomachion, CIEC room, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – Desde el Otro, Sala Juan Egenau, Fac. de Artes Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2010 – Sin Título, Matucana 100 Cultural Centre, Santiago, Chile.
2010 – Cabeza de Raton, Museum of Visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2010 – Clasico Universitario, CCU Art Room, Santiago, Chile.
2009 – El Terremoto de Chile, Museum of Contemporary Art, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.
2009 – The Object of the Object: Drawing Practices, Las Condes Cultural Institute, Santiago, Chile
2009 – Balmaceda Arte Joven art contest, Museum of Contemporary Art, Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile.
Residencies
2023 – Kim Cole Art Projects, Mastica. Santiago, Chile
2018 – Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, US.
2017 – Silence, awareness, existence, Arteles creative center, Haukijärvi, Finland.
2013 – Golden GAEP workshop. Santiago, Chile
2011 – Eduardo Frei Antarctic Base, Teraike foundation, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Grants / Fellowships
2021 – Selected essay, 7th International Award for Art Criticism (IAAC). Londres, UK.
2019 – CONICYT Full scholarship for PhD in Royal College of Art.
2017 – VSC Residency Fellowship
2015 – Third prize MAVI / Escondida, for Young Contemporary Artists. Museum of Visual Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – Fondo Nacional del desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART. National fund for investigation through the development of Still life project at XS gallery. Government of Chile.
2011 – CONICYT Full scholarship for MA in Fine Arts at Universidad de Chile.
2011 – Honorable mention, Teraike Painting Contest. Punta Arenas, Chile.
2010 – Fondo Nacional del desarrollo Cultural y las Artes, FONDART. National fund for investigation through the development of Dog anagram de god project at Animal gallery. Government of Chile.
2007 – First Prize in Artistas Siglo XXI Contest. Centro de Extension, P. Universidad Catolica.
Publications
2022 – “The Future of an Archive”. Cuadernos de Arte nº25, P. Universidad Catolica. Santiago, Chile.
2021 – “Oblivions are Just Things to Overcome, After All”. Published by the International Award for Art Criticism (IAAC), nº7. London, UK.
2020 – “Language Games”, Prova Magazine, published by RCA (London, UK). Collaboration through “Archive” Research Group. School of Arts & Humanities, RCA.
2020 – “Visual Speculations on Theses on Pihilosophy of History, by W. Benjamin”. Revista Diagrama nº 4, published by Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile). Collaboration in Artistic Research section.
2015 – Memorias de un perro escritas por su propia pata. Graphic novel, Letra Capital Ediciones, 65 p.
2013 – Pintura chilena contemporanea. Ediciones UC. Santiago, Chile
2010 – Revision Tecnica. Pintura en Chile 1980-2010. Ocho Libros Editores. Santiago, Chile.
Presentations and Conferences
2026 – The Archive as Poiesis: Artistic Research Practices at the Edges of Knowledge. III Latin American Congress on Artistic Practice as Research. Extension Center, Faculty of Arts, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
2021 – Resonating Passages: Painting as an Allegorical Machine. School of Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
2019 – Organs of Foreseeing. School of Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom. 2018 – Painting on the Verge: Memory and Imagination in a Media Accumulation Context. Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA.