Yoshua Okón
Yoshua Okón, The Indian Project (still), 2015, single-channel video, colour, sound, duration: 15:26 minutes
Born 1970, Mexico City. Lives and works Mexico City.
Yoshua Okón‘s work, like a series of near-sociological experiments executed for the camera, blends staged situations, documentation and improvisation and questions habitual perceptions of reality, truth, selfhood and morality. His solo shows exhibitions include: Salò Island, UC Irvine, Irvine; Piovra, Kaufmann Repetto, Milan; Poulpe, Mor Charpentier, Paris; Octopus, Cornerhouse, Manchester and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and SUBTITLE, Städtische Kunsthalle, Munich. His work is included in the collections of Tate Modern, Hammer Museum, LACMA, Colección Jumex, National Gallery of Victoria and MUAC, among others.