Christian Wedel (San José, Costa Rica, 1985) is an artist who works from the immensity and density of tropical ecosystems. Observing the relationships of interpenetration and entanglement between plants, humans, and materials, Christian tries out worlds of intimacy and hospitality that are alternatives to the humanist or anthropocentric paradigm. “Livable Worlds”, “Tropical Futurology”. "The plant as a form" and "A town for plant people" name some of the groups of work that he has recently developed from media such as drawing, ceramics, fanzine, painting and sculpture with found objects. These projects have received support from institutions such as the Cultural Center of Spain in Costa Rica (CCE), the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of Costa Rica (MADC) and the Museum of Costa Rican Art (MAC). In 2021, he participated in the residence and exhibition "Next season: Art and science in the face of the climate future", promoted by the Climate Change Directorate (DDC) of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) in Costa Rica. His practice is found and nourished by science fiction and mythology that open up the current possibilities of interspecies relationship.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 Velo Lunar. Cero uno, Costa Rica

  • 2023 Glosario para un Gobierno Vegetal.  Espacio Independiente, Costa Rica

  • 2021 “Mundos Habitables” Museo de Arte Costarricence

  • 2018 "El Planeta Salvaje", Combai, Escazú.

  • 2012 “Naturaleza, Patrones y Armonía” Galería Sophia Wanamaker Centro Cultural Americano, La Sabana.

  • 2011 “Muestra individual” , Bar Galería Shakespeare.

  • 2009 “Naturaleza Interna” , Galería Sasso Sasso, Universidad Veritas.

  • 2007 “Falso Despertar” , Cuelga en el Farolito, Centro Cultural Español.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024 Seguimos Seguimos. Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2023 Sangre y Sabia. Estudio Croma,  Cdmx curado por LAVA

  • 2022 Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales. Museo de Arte Costarricense, Costa Rica

  • 2021 Próxima Temporada. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Costa Rica

  • 2021 Resiliencia Pandémica, Spain Cultural Center, Costa Rica

  • 2019 La Inmedible Dimensión del Caos, la vida de Rolando Castellón en nosotros , Teorética

  • 2017 “New World Tropics” Hotel Aguas Claras. Puerto viejo, limón

  • 2014 Valoarte


RESIDENCIES

  • 2021 “Proxima Temporada” Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo / Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica

  • 2020 “Art Residences at Home” Spain Cultural Center, Costa Rica