LIKA MUTAL
Born in the Netherlands in 1939
Moves to Lima, Peru in 1968
Moves to New York in 1986
Lives and works in New York and Lima, Peru
EDUCATION
Bonifacius College, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Art and Drama Studies, Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
School of Fine Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Columbia
School of Fine Arts, Universidad Catolica, Lima, Peru
Studies Sculpture with Anna Maccagno
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso, Lima, Peru
“La Tentacion de la Piedra,” Galeria Patricia Ready, Santiago, Chile
2007 “Del espacio sagrado, de las piedras soñadas, del Munay,” Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2006 Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2003 Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2000 “The Mirror of My Faceless Face,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1996 “Stone Sculpture 1975-1995,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1995 “Stone Sculpture 1979-1994,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Lika Mutal: Stone Sculpture,” Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa
1993 “Stone Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1990 “Recent Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery New York
1989 “Silent Stone,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1986 “Recent Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery New York
1984 Nohra Haime Gallery New York
1983 Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris
1982 Galeria Forum, Lima
1981 Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague
1980 Galeria Forum, Lima
FIAC- Galerie Daniel Gervis, Grand Palais, Paris
1978 Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands
1976 Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris, France
1974 Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1972 Galeria Carlos Rodriguez, Lima, Peru
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 “Wintry Mix,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013 “Dealer’s Choice,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Latin Beat,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
2010 Art Chicago, Nohra Haime Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Metamorphosis,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
2008 “Pinta,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Selections,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Pulso de la Montana - Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, bi-personal en el marco de la V Cumbre ALC-UE, Lima, Peru
2006 “Fram Calder to Bolla,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium
“Sculpture in Four Dimensions,” Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
“Past, Present, Future,” Okaloosa-Walton Art Center, Niceville, FL
“In the Back Room,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
2003 Tefaf, Fondation Veranneman, Maastricht, The Netherlands
“Selections,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“3D,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002 “Paradox and Coexistence: Latin American Art of the Past Two Decades,” IDB, Washington, D.C.
Galerie Laimbock, Langrock, Holland
“Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Art is Art,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“From Nature,” A.V.C. Contemporary, New York
“International Sculpture,” Wassenaar Town Hall, Wassenaar, Holland
“Arte de la America Latina,” Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2001 Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem, Belgium
“Major New Works,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“El libro del artista,” Galeria de arte Petroperu, Lima, Peru
2000 “Into the New Century,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Living with Form: The Horn Collection,” Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
1999 “Equuilibrium of the Senses,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Mastering the Millennium: Art of The Americas,” The World Bank, Washington
“Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Summer Exhibition,” Auto Pon Gallery, Leusden, The Netherlands
“Homenaje a la piedra,” El Ofo Afeno, Lima, Peru
1998 “Bienal de Arte y empresa: Contemporaneidad de Chancai,” Lima, Peru
“Accrochage,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
FIAC, Paris
1997-98 “Women in image,” Beelden aan Zee Museum, El Scheveningen, Holland
1997 “The Power of Color,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Primera Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Lima
1996 Art Chicago – Nohra Haime Gallery, Chicago
“Fifteenth Anniversary,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1995 The Art Show – Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
“Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Mone-Carlo,” Fondation
Prince Pierre de Monaco, Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo
1994 Biennale Sculptuur 94, Amsterdam, Holland
FIAC – Nohra Haime Gallery, Paris
1993 Art Miami – Nohra Haime Gallery, Miami, Florida
IVeme Biennale de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo
“Twentieth Century Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallelry, New York
1992 “Mutal/Van Alstine/Vari,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“10th Anniversary Exhibition,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Miniature-Museum,” Reflex Modern Art Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991 “Topography of a Landscape,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1990 “Long, Mutal, Ruckriem – Floor Works,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties,” Organization of American States, Washington D.C.
1989 “The Art of Peru,” Galerie D’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada “Selections,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1987 “Fifth Anniversary Exhibition,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Small Sculpture,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
“Bienal de Trujillo,” Trujillo, Peru
RVS Fine Arts, Southampton
1986 “Kunstenaarskeuze ’86: Geurts, Mutal, Schuil,” Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pulitzer Art Gallery, Amsterdam
CAF – Nohra Haime Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 “GalleryArtists Recent Work,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
1984 “2eme Biennale Europeenne de Sculpture de Normandie,” Centre d’Art Contemporain, Jouy-sur-Eure
1983 FIAC – Galerie Daniel Gervis, Grand Palais, Paris
1982 “3000 Anos de Escultura Peruana,” Museo de Arte Lima
AWARDS
2007 Jose Maria Arguedas Prize for El ojo que Llora, Lima
2003-6 Creation of the Memorial EL OJO QUE LLORA, that honors the victims of the terrorism in Peru from 1980 to 2000 – An overwhelming number of articles have appeared on this work
1994 Royal Ueno Museum Prize, Fujisankei Viennale, Japan
1992 Excellent Maquette, Fujisankei Biennale, Japan
1987 Premio Camacho, Lima Peru
1970 First Sculpture Prize, Universidad Catolica, Lima
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre Georges Pompidou – Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
City of Lima, Peru
City of Utrecht, The Netherlands
City of Oporto, Portugal
Faret Tachikawa, City of Tachikawa, Japan
Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
Universidad Catolica, Lima, Peru
Utsukushi-ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Japan
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Adbanta Corporation, Miami
Confiep, Lima, Peru
Dennendael B.V., Gravenhage, The Netherlands
Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando, FL
Nike Building Terrace, Queen’s Square, Yokohama, Japan
TNN, Tokyo, Japan
TransPotomac Canal Center, Alexandria, VA
SELECTED PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
1998 Museo de Lima
1997 City of Lima
1990-4 Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. (garden)
1984 City of Lima
LECTURES
1999 “Encountering Art,” Miho Museum, Kyoto, Japan
1998 “Finding the Sacred Through Art—The Value of Values,” The New York Historical Society, Ruder-Finn’s 50th Anniversary
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Armendariz Azcarate, Maite. “Esculturas de Lika Mutal llegan a Chile junto a grabados de Vasarely,” El Mercurio, July 27 2008.
Llosa, Mario Vargas. Lika Mutal: La tenacion de la piedra. Santiago, Chile: Galeria Patricia Ready, 2008, exhibition catalogue.
Sommer, Waldermar. “Entrana (entrania) de piedra,”El Mercurio, Santiago, August 10, 2008.
2007 Lika Mutal: Del Espacio Sagrado, de las Piedras Sonadas, del Munay. Lima: Galeria Lucia de la Puente, November 8 - December 8, 2007.
Vargas Llosa, Marius. “El Ojo que Llora,” La Nacion, Lima, January 27, 2007.
2002 Sokoloff, Ana. Arte de America Latina, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, October 2002,
exhibition catalogue.
2001 Koyama, Iroho, David Finn, Thomas M. Messer and others, Encountering Art. The Miho Museum, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 2001.
Mutal, Lika. “Stones are My Teachers,” Encountering Art. Miho Museum, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, 2001.
2000 Falkenstein, Michelle. “Lika Mutal,” Artnews, New York, June 2000.
Kartofel, Graciela. “New York Reviws: Lika Mutal,” Art Nexus, Bogota, August- October, 2000.
Landi, Ann. “New York Reviews” Artnews, New York, June 2000.
Rubiano Caballero, German.. Arte de America Latina, 1981-2000. Washington, D.C. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
1999 Escallon, Ana Maria and Artemis Zenetou. Mastering the Millenium: Art of the Americas, Washington D.C., OAS and The World Bank, 1999.
“Mastering the Millenium, Art of the Americas,” The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, May 9 – August 9, 1999, exhibition catalogue.
1998 Frost, Peter. “Lika Mutal: Roots of Stone,” Rumbos, Lima 3rd year, No.12, 1998.
Lambert, Jean Clarence. Le Reigne Imaginaire, Paris, 1998.
Oviedo, Jose Miguel.. “Diez Reflecciones Sobre un Extrano Pais Propio,” Quehacer, Lima, 1998.
1997 Primera Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Municipalidad de Miraflores, Lima, Peru, 1997.
Rodriguez Saavedra, Carlos. “Dialogo con la Piedra,” Arkinka, Lima, March 1997.
1996 Angeline, John. “Lika Mutal at Nohra Haime,” Art Nexus, Bogota, July-September 1996.
Bayly, Doris. “Praderas de Piedra : Los Paisajes Inmutables de Lika Mutal,” Somos, El Comercio, Lima, October 12, 1996.
DeFerrari,Gabriella and Merriam Dena. Lika Mutal. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1996.
Holland, Gill. “Lika Mutal: Freeing the form, a modern master mixes meanings,” Cover, New York, September 1996.
Itoi, Kay. “A Forest of Public Art,” Sculpture Magazine, Washington D.C., April 1996.
Koplos, Janet. “Lika Mutal at Nohra Haime,” Art in America, New York, September 1996.
“Lika Mutal Stone Sculpture at The Nohra Haime Gallery,” Antiques & The Arts Weekly, Newton, April 19,1996.
“Lika Mutal”, Publisher’s Weekly, New York, May 27, 1996.
Maris, Kathryn. “Lika Mutal at Nohra Haime,” Art & Auction, New York, May 1996.
Morgan Barclay, Anne, “Lika Mutal-Nohra Haime Gallery,” Sculpture Magazine, Washington D.C., October 1996.
1995 "Corazon Abstracto del Condor," El Diario, Lima, January 17, 1995.
Kimura, Mitsuhiro and Fram Kitagawa, Faret Tachikawa Art Project, Tokyo, Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers, November 1995.
Morgan Barclay, Anne "Maze & Labyrinth",Sculpture Magazine, Washington D.C., July- August 1995.
1994 Cooper Llosa, Frederick. "Una Casa y Un Jardin de Las Delicias," El Comercio, Lima, January 5, 1994.
"La cocina de una artista," El Comercio, Lima, September 28, 1994.
Lujambio, Mariana. "Los Diez Años de Nohra Haime en Nueva York," Casas & Gente, Mexico, May 1994.
Llosa, Frederick Cooper. "Una Casa y un Jardin de las Delicias," El Comercio. Lima, January 5, 1994.
Montealegre, Samuel. "Peru. Arte," Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti," Rome Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Giovanni Treccani,1994, Vol IV P-S.
1993 Adelson, Fred B. Constructures. Philadelphia, PA: Port of History Museum, 1993, exhibition catalogue.
Finn, David. "Enduring Images," The Earth Times, New York, October 24, 1993, vol. V, no. 33.
Garcia-Cisneros, Florencio. "Ronda de Galerias," Noticias de Arte, New York, May 1993.
Mutal, Lika. "Lika Mutal: Camino al Corazon de la Piedra," Lundero, Peru, September 26, 1993.
1991 Sologuren, Javier. "Poesia: Lika Mutal Respira en Otra Ola," Lundero (Suplemento Cultural de "La Industria"), Lima, August 25, 1991.
1990 Rodriguez, Belgica. Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties. Washington, D.C.:
Organization of American States, June 7 - September 5, 1990, exhibition catalogue.
Rubiano Caballero, German. "Benito Rosas, Esculturas," Arte en Colombia, Bogota, No. 43, February 1990.
1989 Lika Mutal: Silent Stone. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery, March 15 - April 15, 1989, exhibition catalogue.
Oviedo, Jose Miguel. "La Edad de la Piedra, The Age of Stone," Review. New York: Americas Society, June 1989.
Seggerman, Helen Louise. "Letter from New York," Tableau, Amsterdam, February 1989.
Waterman, Daniel. "New York Reviews: Lika Mutal," Artnews, New York, September 1989.
1988 Quipus II/Lika Mutal," Grand Cypress Resort Art Collection. Orlando, FL: Grand Cypress Resort, 1988.
1987 Cohen, Ronny. "New York Reviews: Lika Mutal," Artforum, New York, February 1987.
Karafel, Lorraine. "New York Reviews: Lika Mutal," Artnews, New york February 1987.
Langland, Harold R. Sculpture. New York: Prentice Hall, 1987.
Shapiro, Alice. “Nohra Haime Gallery: Art on the Edge," Artspeak, New York, May 1987.
1986 Boyens, Jose. "La Pierre Porteuse d'Esprit - La Sculpture de Lika Mutal," Septentrion Netherlands, 15th year, No. 1, 1986.
C.S. De Druppel Holt de Steen Uit. Heino, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij van Spijk, 1986.
Guntenaar, Ben; Lucasson and Roseland, Jan. Kunstenaarskeuze '86: Geurts, Mutal, Schuil. Amsterdam: Galerie Espace, 1986, exhibition catalogue.
Lika Mutal: Recent Sculpture. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery, November 5-29, 1986. exhibition catalogue.
Rubiano Caballero, German. La Escultura en America Latina, Siglo XX, Bogota: Universidad de Colombia, 1986.
Van Beek, Marius. "Alle Inspiratie is Aanwezig in Een Blok Steen," Kunstbeeld,
November 1986.
1985 Vallada, Paulo. Simposio Internacional de Escultura em Pedra /International Symposium on Sculpture in Stone. Oporto, Portugal: Centro de Arte Comunicacao Visual, 1985, exhibition catalogue.
1984 Jungschlaeger, Ineke. "De Steen is Jaloers, de Beitels Huilen," N.R.C. Handelsblad, Rotterdam, May 11, 1984.
Lama, Luis. "Del Mundo," Caretas, Lima, March 19, 1984.
1983 Vargas Llosa, Mario. "Lika Mutal o la Tentacion de la Piedra," Armitano Arte, Caracas, No. 6, October 1983.
1982 Lama, Luis. "Extraordinaria Lika, "Caretas, Lima, August 16, 1982.