ASMA Ecuadorian/Mexican, b. 1990/1994
ASMA is an artist duo based in Mexico City, formed by Matias Armendaris (Ecuador b. 1990) and Hanya Beliá (México b. 1994). Their work uses allegorical figures and evocative architectural spaces exploring formal interrelations between painterly and sculptural expressions. They employ fictional narratives which include forms of nature interwoven with psychoaffective contemporary landscapes. As a result of a collaborative process the work focuses on hybrid and polluted forms both in a material and conceptual nature. They explore a nostalgic revisitation of the past through a metamodern lens which oscillates between critical discourses of identity and belonging with ornate formal explorations of beauty.
ASMA’s recent projects include Wander & Pursuit a solo exhibition at House of Gaga in Los Angeles, US; Who Tells a Tale Adds A Tail, a group exhibition at Denver Art Museum; Denver, US; Vain Kisses to the Source, a solo exhibition at Deli Gallery in New York, US; Vermin Gloom at Project Pangeé, Montreal, US; a participation in “OTRXS MUNDXS” a group exhibition at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, MX; “Anima Mundi” a group exhibition presented as part of Manifiesta 13, Marseille, FR; “Janus” a solo exhibition at Embajada, San Juan, PR; “Half Blood Princess” a solo exhibition at PEANA, Monterrey, MX; “Blossoming Carcass” at Make Room, Los Angeles, US.
2023
Revista Moderna + Julio Ruelas - Peana, Mexico City, Mexico (upcoming) (Solo show)
Mud Keeper’s Promise - Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava, Czech Republic
The last of Animal Builders - Edith Farnsworth House, Chicago, United States
Hic Sunt Dracones - Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Chatter ‘round the pond - Cantina, Aarhus, Denmark
2022
Wander & Pursuit - House of Gaga, Los Angeles, United States (Solo show)
Vain kisses to the source - Deli Gallery, New York, United States (Solo show)
Todos me amarán - Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, España
Retrato de un artista - Peana, Mexico City, Mexico
Who Tells a Tale Adds a Tail - Denver Museum, Denver, United States
Now I am a Lake - Public Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Por debajo del árbol - Peana, Mexico City, Mexico
The fool - 8th House Projects, Mexico City, Mexico
Era de Acuario - Trinidad, Oaxaca, Mexico
2021
Vermin Gloom - Projet Pangee, Montreal, Canada (Solo show)
Las cosas suceden de forma silenciosa + Jorge Satorre - LABOR, Mexico City, Mexico (Solo show)
Gutz + Sophronia Cook - Et.Al. Gallery, San Francisco, United States (Solo show)
End of a Dream - No Place Gallery, Ohio, United States
Tramas - 80m2 Livia Benavides, Lima, Perú
Theorem X - Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, United States
Theorem Y - Mrs. Gallery, New York, United States
You sit in a Garden - Centre Clark, Montreal, Canada
44 Signs of The Time - Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, United States
2020
Janus - Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Solo show)
Otrxs Mundxs - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, México
La memoria que no recordamos - Peana / Labor, Monterrey, México
Documento - Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico
We introduce ourselves to planets and to flowers - Kylin Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
At the center of my ironic faith - Cassandra Cassandra, Toronto, Canada
Anima Mundi - St Victor Abbey, Manifesta Biennial, Marseille, France
Blasted Heath - A.M. 180 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Baitball 01 - Like a little disaster / Pane Projects, Polignano a Mare, Italy
2019
Half Blood Princess - Peana, Monterrey, Mexico (Solo show)
Blossoming Carcass - Make Room Gallery, Los Angeles, United States (Solo show)
Futuro Modular - Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, United States
Sanctuary - Jessica Silverman Gallery- Fused Space, San Francisco, United States
Second Life - Casa Mobius hosted by Peana, Condo MX, México
City, México
Cold Prey - Lubov Gallery, New York, United States
XYXX010101000 - Galeria Curro, Guadalajara, México
Pach Pan - Diablo Rosso, Panamá, Panama
2018
Fantasma - Proyecto Nasa(L), Santiago, Chile (Solo show)
Visitante - Arte Passagem, São Paulo, Brasil (Solo show)
El derecho a la opacidad - Aguirree, Mexico City, Mexico
The Annual - Chicago Artist Coalition (CAC), Chicago, United States
Proyecto Nasa(l) - XIV Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
The Belly and the Members - Mx Gallery, New York, United States