Bio/CV
Raúl Hott is a Chilean
architect, researcher, and healing artist. He designs environments, experiences
and tools for shifting consciousness. The aim of these is to provide an
integrated comprehension of reality, through a non-dual vision of unity and
interconnectedness. His investigation spans psychology, eastern philosophies,
ephemeral architecture, sound, and ecological regeneration.
Raúl holds an MFA in New Forms from Pratt Institute. During 2017, he was a
fellow resident of the experimental education program Capacete in Athens as
part of Documenta 14’s public program. He gave a presentation on collective joy
at The School of Everything, which was also part of the public program of
Documenta 14 in Athens.
His work and collaborations have been featured at Centro de Residencias
Artísticas Matadero Madrid (Spain), Mécènes du Sud (France), HALLE14 (Germany),
Point Centre for Contemporary Art (Cyprus), Ed. Varie Gallery (NY), Trestle
Gallery (NY), Blackburn 20/20 Gallery (NY), Art in Odd Places Festival (NY),
Espacios Revelados (Chile), and Centro de Creación y Residencia NAVE (Chile),
among others.
Timeline Projects
Raúl Hott is a Chilean architect, researcher, and healing artist. He designs environments, experiences and tools for shifting consciousness. The aim of these is to provide an integrated comprehension of reality, through a non-dual vision of unity and interconnectedness. His investigation spans psychology, eastern philosophies, ephemeral architecture, sound, and ecological regeneration.
Raúl holds an MFA in New Forms from Pratt Institute. During 2017, he was a fellow resident of the experimental education program Capacete in Athens as part of Documenta 14’s public program. He gave a presentation on collective joy at The School of Everything, which was also part of the public program of Documenta 14 in Athens.
His work and collaborations have been featured at Centro de Residencias Artísticas Matadero Madrid (Spain), Mécènes du Sud (France), HALLE14 (Germany), Point Centre for Contemporary Art (Cyprus), Ed. Varie Gallery (NY), Trestle Gallery (NY), Blackburn 20/20 Gallery (NY), Art in Odd Places Festival (NY), Espacios Revelados (Chile), and Centro de Creación y Residencia NAVE (Chile), among others.
el Radiante, 2020–Present
Santiago, Chile
Efecto-Afecto, 2018–Present
Madrid, Spain
The Great Arousal, 2017–2018
Athens, Greece
La Unión, 2015–2016
Santiago, Chile
The Open Body, 2013
New York, US
EDUCATION
2013 Master of Fine Arts in New Forms, Pratt Institute, New York.
2009 Architecture, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile.
FURTHER EDUCATION
2021 Instituto Bioalkimia, ENOC ‘Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness’, Online.
2020 SFSIA
Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, ‘Care, Caring and Repair in Cognitive
Capitalism’, Online.
2020 AfA Artists for Artists Masterclass, ‘Radical Care’,
Online.
2017 Capacete
Athens, Public Program Documenta 14, Athens, Greece.
PRESENTATIONS
2018 (4) “The Affective Experience”, E.M.M.A
- Mystery of Love, Spazio Speciale, Palermo, Italy.
2018 (3) “Reclaiming Pleasure”, The Great Arousal, Beton 7, Athens,
Greece.
2017 (2) “Collective Joy”, The School of Everything, Public Program Documenta 14, Parko
Eleftherias, Athens, Greece.
2017 (1) “Forces”, Open Encounters, Capacete Athens, Circuits and Currents, Athens,
Greece.
COLLABORATIONS
2021 How
to Love Many in Many Ways with Engy Mohsen and Gabriel Hensche, Warehouse 421,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2021 Exercises
for the Digital Age with Gabriel Hensche, The Ignorant Schoolmaster, Goethe Institut
Hanoi, Vietnam.
2017 The Garden with
Jenny Marketou, Goethe Institut
Athens, Athens, Greece.
2016 Bank of No with
Noah Fischer, Joulia Strauss, Nurtane Karagil, and Csaba Nemes. First Action: Produced by A.G. Leventis Gallery and Point Centre for Contemporary Art in the framework of
“Life Zone – Life Point” by Pawel Althamer in Nicosia, Cyprus. Second Action: Produced in the
context of the exhibition “Terra Mediterranea: In Action” at HALLE14, Leipzig, Germany.
2016 Meerschmerz – Może Współdzielne with Beata Rojek & The Gang of Dolphins, HALLE14, Leipzig, Germany.
2015 Futuro Local – 1st Local Encounter with LOCAL, Espacio Recoleta IF, Santiago, Chile.
2014 Failure’s Island with Kaloyan Ivanov, Art in Odd Places Festival, NY.
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019 Artist Residency, Centro
de Creación y Residencia NAVE, Santiago, Chile.
2018 Artist Residency, E.M.M.A - Mystery of
Love, Centro de Residencias Artísticas Matadero Madrid, Spain.
2018 Artist Fellowship, E.M.M.A - Mystery of Love, The Gathering, Palermo,
Italy.
2017 Artist Fellowship, Motel Capacete Fellowship, Motel Producciones,
Santiago, Chile.
2017 Fondart, Circulación Internacional, Consejo de la Cultura y las
Artes, Santiago, Chile.
2017 Artist Residency, Comunidad Acción - Revuelo, Concepción, Chile.
2013 Winner 'Best of Brooklyn' GoPark Photo Contest, City of New York
Parks & Recreation Department, NY.
2013 Artist Residency, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2013 Education Fellowship, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2012 International Student Scholarship, Office of International Affairs
(OIA), Pratt Institute, NY.
2012 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY.
2011 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY.
2021 Exercises for the Digital Age with Gabriel Hensche, The Ignorant Schoolmaster, Goethe Institut Hanoi, Vietnam.
2017 The Garden with Jenny Marketou, Goethe Institut Athens, Athens, Greece.
2016 Bank of No with Noah Fischer, Joulia Strauss, Nurtane Karagil, and Csaba Nemes. First Action: Produced by A.G. Leventis Gallery and Point Centre for Contemporary Art in the framework of “Life Zone – Life Point” by Pawel Althamer in Nicosia, Cyprus. Second Action: Produced in the context of the exhibition “Terra Mediterranea: In Action” at HALLE14, Leipzig, Germany.
2016 Meerschmerz – Może Współdzielne with Beata Rojek & The Gang of Dolphins, HALLE14, Leipzig, Germany.
2015 Futuro Local – 1st Local Encounter with LOCAL, Espacio Recoleta IF, Santiago, Chile.
2014 Failure’s Island with Kaloyan Ivanov, Art in Odd Places Festival, NY.
2018 Artist Residency, E.M.M.A - Mystery of Love, Centro de Residencias Artísticas Matadero Madrid, Spain.
2018 Artist Fellowship, E.M.M.A - Mystery of Love, The Gathering, Palermo, Italy.
2017 Artist Fellowship, Motel Capacete Fellowship, Motel Producciones, Santiago, Chile.
2017 Fondart, Circulación Internacional, Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes, Santiago, Chile.
2017 Artist Residency, Comunidad Acción - Revuelo, Concepción, Chile.
2013 Winner 'Best of Brooklyn' GoPark Photo Contest, City of New York Parks & Recreation Department, NY.
2013 Artist Residency, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2013 Education Fellowship, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2012 International Student Scholarship, Office of International Affairs (OIA), Pratt Institute, NY.
2012 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY.
2011 Graduate Scholarship, Department of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 (Re-)sentir tous les jours. Techniques de résistance, Mécènes du
Sud, Montpellier, France.
2015 Antidote, Mykonos Biennale, Mykonos Island, Greece.
2015 Hang Together: Collaborative Work & Practices, Pratt
Institute Library, NY.
2014 Seeing the Sky, Maxon Mills, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2014 Urban Factors (300 seconds), The Toronto Design Offsite
Festival, Toronto, Canada.
2014 Last Saturdays Program, Maxon Mills, The Wassaic Project, NY.
2013 The Aesthetics of Engagement, Pratt Institute, NY.
2013 Pratt Graduate Fine Arts 2013 Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan
Gallery, NY.
2013 Fountain Art Fair 2013, The Armory, NY.
2013 Silhouette, Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, NY.
2012 Silence and Noise, Brooklyn Zen Center, NY.
2012 Excavation:
Memory, Ed. Varie Gallery, NY.
2012 I Pick You First Series, The BackPack Gallery, NY.
2012 Crisis – D9 Collective, Dekalb Gallery, NY.
2012 La Ropa Sucia Se Lava En Casa, Schmall Gallery, NY.
2012 Beta: Round Forty, Steuben Gallery, NY.
2012 The BackPack Gallery at Governors Island Art Fair, The
BackPack Gallery, NY.
2012 Two-Sided Act, Trestle Gallery, NY.
2011 Fracture, Steuben Gallery, NY.
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