Carlos Amorales Mexican, b. 1970

Amorales studied in Amsterdam at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1996-97) and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1992–95). He has completed residencies at Atelier Calder in Saché, France (2012); Mac/Val in Val-de-Marne, France (2011); and the Smithsonian Artists Research Fellowship in Washington, D.C. (2010). 
The artist's practice encompasses animation, drawing, installation, video, and performance. He collaborates with professional animators, composers, designers, musicians, and wrestlers. Growing up under the influences of Mexican and European cultures, Amorales frequently explores the similarities and differences between the two milieus by juxtaposing their distinctive vocabularies. His work is also profoundly personal, reflecting emotional introversion and sometimes obscurity. It journeys into a dark fantasy world, blurring the line between the real and the imagined.

Carlos Amorales represented Mexico at the 57th Venice Biennial with the project Life in the Folds,2017, curator: Pablo Leon de la Barra. His work has been part of other biennials such as the 10th Shanghai Biennale, China (2015); 2 and 8 Berlin Biennial (2001 and 2014); Sharjah Biennial 11, United Arab Emirates (2013); The 12th and 10th Biennial de la Habana, La Havana, Cuba (2015 and 2009).

 Amorales has had solo exhibitions at Museo Kaluz in Mexico City, Mexico (2022); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019); Adolfo Pini Foundation in Milan, Italy (2019); MUAC- Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo in Ciudad de México, Mexico (2018); Turku Art Museum in Finland (2016); Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK (2015); Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States (2014); Museo Tamayo in Mexico City (2013); and Palazzo Delle Esposizioni in Rome (2010).