Through humour, seduction, confusion and absurdity, Buenos Aires-born, New York-based artist Mika Rottenberg explores notions of labour, production, global economy and hyper-capitalist existence. Working in film, sculpture and architectural installation, she creates strange and chaotic universes where representation and real-life are interviewed in a way to reveal the absurdity of the human condition. Rottenberg’s works are inhabited by plastic, pearls and ponytails, vivid colours, deformed noses and fake flowers. Her absurdist films, depicting protagonists performing tasks in strange factories, are often accompanied by even stranger sculptures and installations. Describing her work as “social surrealism” and drawing inspiration from Marxist theory, the artist eschews images and narratives to avoid normative logic and to reveal reality as being stranger than fiction.

New York City

Taipei Biennial

Taipei

Istanbul Biennial

Istanbul

Glasgow International

Glasgow

Performa

Whitney Biennial

Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art

Moscow

Busan Biennial

Busan

Buenos Aires

Basel

Art Basel

Köln

Art Cologne

Genève

Artgénève

Paris

Paris Photo

Frieze

Drawing Now Paris

Galerie Mitterrand

London

Kenny Schachter

Bergamo

Galleria D'Arte Moderna E Contemporanea

Beijing

Ullens Center For Contemporary Art - Ucca

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Jewish Museum

Columbus

Columbus Museum of Art

Łódź

Muzeum Sztuki

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

MoMA

Düsseldorf

Julia Stoschek Collection

Chicago

Mca Chicago

Goldsmiths CCA

Mika Rottenberg

Glass

NoNoseKnows

Sneeze

Ponytails

Mary's Cheries

Cosmic Generator

AC Trio

Bowls Balls Souls Holes