Exercises for Wasting Time
22.06.24 – 30.06.24
As part of his FDKS residency, Reyes Santiago Rojas presents Exercises for Wasting Time at his studio on the second floor at the back of Kunstnernes Hus. A lion's head ornament has been carved in styrofoam. The lion’s roar presents a collection of fauna and flora from movies he has watched in idleness.
About the artist
Reyes Santiago Rojas Figueroa (b. 1981, Bogotá, Colombia) holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Oslo National Academy of Fine Arts (2021-23), a Master in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (2014-15) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National University of Colombia, Bogotá (2007-12).
Solo exhibitions include Swept, Skylight, KHiO, Oslo (2023), To Earth, Skylight, KHiO, Oslo (2022), Tabaco, Tobacco, Tobakk., K.O.SA. Oslo (2021), Gratis, FORO SPACE, Bogotá, Colombia (2019) and Lote 11.900, MIAMI Prácticas contemporáneas, Bogotá, Colombia (2016). In 2024 he participated in the group exhibition Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections, Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington, Vermont.