The work of Santiago Sierra has been characterized by situations where survival is a fundamental element. He translates this into an artistic practice that investigates inhuman aspects of the economic system, the mechanisms of corruption and the labor exploitation of the individual. He links diverse references with reality as an exploration of a world articulated by critical discourse for the art world and its agents.
In the nineties, his projects were known for establishing systems of negotiation with third parties to carry out actions that generally occupy a public space to demonstrate the materialistic procedures related to the systemic violence of capitalism and the working conditions that are generated from it. This body of work has questioned the function of institutional structures, control over the public space, the emergence of informal architectures in the urban landscape associated with forms of survival, and the conditions of disuse and disposal not only from the point of view of the material but also as a reflection of social contrasts.

Labor

Mexico City

Madrid

Bienal De Arte Lanzarote

Lanzarote

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal

Yinchuan Biennale

Yinchuan

Manifesta

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Sao Paolo Biennial

São Paulo

Venice Biennial

Venice

Paris

Nuit Blanche

Manchester

Manchester International Festival

Basel

Art Basel

Fiac

Treviso

Fondazione Imago Mundi

Galería Freijo

Edinburgh

Talbot Rice Gallery

Köln

Martinetz Galerie

Athens

Kappatos Gallery

Berlin

König Galerie

London

Lisson Gallery

Parque Galería

Galería Helga De Alvear

Los Angeles

Ace Gallery

Art & Idea

Parra & Romero

Milan

Prometeo Gallery Di Ida Pisani

Galerie Thomas Zander

New York City

Team Gallery

Zürich

Galerie Peter Kilchmann

Warsaw

Foksal Gallery Foundation

Jeffrey Deitch

Galería Enrique Guerrero

Derry

Void Gallery

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz De La Sierra

Kraków

Museum of Contemporary Art - Mocak

Wolfsburg

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Düsseldorf

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Muac - Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo

Logroño

Sala Amós Salvador

Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum Für Gegenwart

Bern

Kunstmuseum Bern

Barcelona

Museu Picasso

Lleida

Centre D'Art La Panera

Museo Jumex

Graz

Kunsthaus Graz

Burgos

Espacio Tangente

Grimmuseum

Cadiz

Espacio De Cultura Contemporánea

Rome

Maxxi

Macro

Frankfurt am Main

Mmk Museum Für Moderne Kunst

Montpellier

La Panacée

Haus Am Lützowplatz

Tirana

National Gallery of Arts (Tirana)

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

Lima

Museo De Arte Contemporáneo De Lima

Cáceres

Museo De Arte Contemporáneo Helga De Alvear

Essen

Museum Folkwang

Matadero Madrid – Centro De Creación Contemporánea

Leverkusen

Museum Morsbroich

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

Tate

Brétigny-sur-Orge

CAC Brétigny

National Museum of Contemporary Art - Emst

Centro de la Imagen

Hannover

Sprengel Museum

Dresden

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

Bolzano

Museion (Museo D'Arte Contemporanea)

Valladolid

Museo Patio Herreriano

Hammer Museum

Boston

Ica Boston

The Barbican

Neue Galerie Graz

Palais De Tokyo

Frankfurter Kunstverein

MoMA Ps1

Helsinki

Kiasma Kansallisgalleria

Kokerei

Istanbul

Borusan Contemporary

Dublin

Imma - Irish Museum of Modern Art

Hamburg

Deichtorhallen

Budapest

Műcsarnok Kunsthalle

Museo Universitario Del Chopo

Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual

Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofía

Kampnagel

South London Gallery

Museu De Lleida

Dundee

Dundee Contemporary Arts

Buenos Aires

Centro Cultural Recoleta

Vigo

Marco - Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Di Vigo

Málaga

Cac Málaga

Kestnergesellschaft

Bregenz

Kunsthaus Bregenz

Vienna

Kunsthalle Wien

Birmingham

Ikon Gallery

Kw Institute For Contemporary Art

Tübingen

Kunsthalle Tübingen

Sammlung Falckenberg

Santiago Sierra

Los Embarrados (Planos)

Los Embarrados

52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City's Air

La Lona