About & CV
Valeria Montti Colque (b.1978, lives and works in Stockholm) is a Chilean-Swedish artist who works in a variety of expressions and media. Her installations often take the form of characters, gods, and mythological figures, incorporating symbolic names from the Andean cosmovision and a mix of different languages. This amalgamation serves as a powerful statement about the artist’s multiple and mobile roots, drawing from her experiences as part of the Chilean and Latin American diaspora in Europe. Collaboration is fundamental to Valeria’s practice as other artists, family, and friends are part of the creation of her artistic world. She graduated from the Royal Art Institute in Stockholm and has exhibited extensively in Sweden, Chile, Norway, Spain, Bolivia, and Germany.
Valeria was selected to represent Chile in the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, with the proposal “Cosmonación” by curator Andrea Pacheco. In 2023 she took part in the 3º edition of El Cairo Biennale, Something Else, Off, organized by cultural activist Moataz Nasr and curator Simon Njami. In 2022, the Stockholm region commissioned her to create two artworks for public transport stations in the city, further expanding her practice for public spaces. One of her installations, Apu Mama Höjden, was acquired by the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, becoming part of their collection.
In 2020 She had a solo exhibition at the Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum in Santiago, Chile. In 2016, she collaborated with art historian and writer Macarena Dusant to produce an artist monograph titled La Jardinera (Dokument Press) which addresses themes such as diaspora, love, grief, trauma, and gender power structures.
In June 2024, Valeria Montti Colque will present a new project of installation and performance in public space, commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden to the OpenArt Biennial in Örebro.
Open Art Biennale in Örebrö, organized by Statenskonstråd
Solo show in Bonniers konsthall
Bellas Artes, Santiago Chile
Project student Video, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Al Fresco kurs, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Master in Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Nyckelvikskolan, Stockholm
Keramik, Universidad de San Pedro, Costa Rica
Cultural Centre, Casa del Artista, Costa Rica
Instituto Cultural, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
60th Venice Biennale. Artist representing Chile with “Cosmonación” curated by Andrea Pacheco and producer Carola Chacón.
Himlajorden På Picknick, curated by Paola Zamora, Konstväxlingar Stockholm collaboration with Celina Escher
Apu Mamahöjden Ojitos de Sal, curated by Asrin Haidari, Modern Museet Stockholm
Gunnel & Anita, in collaboration with Rossana Mercado-Rojas, curated by Ashik Zaman. BAS Konsthall
El bosque de nubes/ Los Pajaros del Horizonte, curated by Daniela Berger, El Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende
Molnskogen/Cloud Forest, curated by Johanna Linder, Österängens Art Venue Jönköping
Ett Stort Vitt Moln av Fåglar, Östra High School, Huddinge
Ett Stort Vitt Moln av Fåglar, Alias Theatern, Stockholm Sweden
Vasaskolan public works commissioned by Gävle kommun
Vingåker public work commission by Vingåker kommun
Cairo Biennale curated by Power Ekroth, Sara Rossling
Gränbyskolan public works commission by Uppsala kommun
“Here for the rain, here for the storm” group exhibition Curated by Alba Folgado. Köttinspektionen, Uppsala.
Supermarket Art Fair, curated by Alba Folgado, Stockholm
Residence at Felipa Manuela, Madrid Invited by the curator Andrea Pacheco
“Meeting of minds” group exhibition curated by Abir Boukhari, various venues; All Art Now Gallery, Konsthall C, Stockholm and Karlstad.
Public art to preschool Kastanjen in Stockholm.
Public art to AMU Skogsmur, Gävle.
Hammarkullen art Gallery and Blå Stället, Gothenburg
Framtisdkropp, Gävle
Rastros, The museum of World Culture, Gothenburg
Motståndsmuseet Södertälje konsthall
The Lonsame Dreamer, Kunsthal 3.14 Bergen, Norway
Dans på Rosor, Public Artwork, train station Handen, Sweden
Regnbågsljus, four murals in the suburb Grimsta
Shared History, Artspace Färgfabriken, Stockholm A collaboration with the architect Hala Alnaji.
Bakom Grönskan, an exhibition in the nature reserve Kärleksstigen in Gotland. A collaboration with Gotlands Art Museum and the Swedish Orienteering Association
Animita, international fashion Showcase Chile in London 2016 Biennal SIART Bolivia
September sessions Liljevalchs Demons Stomp & Flores, Ängar and the Vamperra på Picknick
Demoner i picnic, Pavilion C and Slakthusområdet (Momento film 10 year anniversary)
Corazon de Oro Alma de Cristal, Iaspis
Corazon de Oro Alma de Cristal, Blå Stället Göteborg
Santa Jokerita, Södertälje konsthall
Santa Jokerita, All Art Now curated by Abir Boukari, Stockholm
Horisontens Fåglar Norrabantorget, Konstmaraton, Stockholm
Molnskogen/Cloude Forest at Kunsthal 3.14 Bergen, Norway
Molnskogen/Cloud Forest at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin at Ecologies of Darkness. Building grounds on shifting sands.
Molnskogen/ Cloud Forest, at the PALS- festival. History Will Be Kind to Me for I Intend to Perform it, at Fylkinge, Stockholm
Two years working grant, Konstnärsnämden the Swedish Art Grants
Iaspis residency, Stockholm
Two years working grant, Konstnärsnämden the Swedish Art Grants Committee
Carl Larsson Art Academy, Sweden
Two years working grant, Konstnärsnämden the Swedish Art Grants Committee
Paris studio, Art Academy
International Cooperation Projects, the Arts 2008 Travel Scholarship, Art Academy, Sweden
One year working grant, Konstnärsnämden the Swedish Art Grants Committee 2003 Stockholm Art Fair, Academic house, scholarship for art students
Liljevalch Vårsalong