TERESA BURGA
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Teresa Burga (born 1935 in Iquitos, Peru; lives and works in Lima) is a pioneer of multimedia and conceptual art in Peru. She studied in Lima before attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a Fulbright scholar. Recent solo shows include TERESA BURGA, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (2015); TERESA BURGA: AIR STRUCTURES, MALBA, Buenos Aires (2015); and PROFILE OF THE PERUVIAN WOMAN (1980-1981), Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City (2014). Significant group exhibitions include THE WORLD GOES POP, Tate Modern, London (2015); and WOMAN: THE FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE FROM THE 1970S, WORKS FROM THE SAMMLUNG VERBUND, VIENNA, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2014). Her work was featured in ALL THE WORLD’S FUTURES at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). Burga was included in the group show PUDDLE, POTHOLE, PORTAL at SculptureCenter, Long Island City in 2014-15.