Inigo Manglano-Ovalle Edit Profile

Background

Inigo Manglano-Ovalle was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1961, and was raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and Chicago, Illinois.

Education

Inigo earned a BA in art and art history, and a BA in Latin American and Spanish literature, from Williams College (1983), and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1989).

Career

Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated sculptures and video installations use natural forms such as clouds, icebergs, and DNA as metaphors for understanding social issues such as immigration, gun violence, and human cloning.

In collaboration with astrophysicists, meteorologists, and medical ethicists, Manglano-Ovalle harnesses extraterrestrial radio signals, weather patterns, and biological code, transforming pure data into digital video projections and sculptures realized through computer rendering.

Inigo's strategy of representing nature through information leads to an investigation of the underlying forces that shape the planet, as well as points of human interaction and interference with the environment. Manglano-Ovalle’s work is attentive to points of intersection between local and global communities, emphasizing the intricate nature of ecosystems. Manglano-Ovalle lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

Achievements

Inigo has received many awards, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (2001) and a Media Arts Award from the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (1997–2001), as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1995). He has had major exhibitions at the Rochester Art Center, Minnesota (2006); the Art Institute of Chicago (2005); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico (2003); Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (2002); and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1997).

Works

Doug, Joe and Genevieve (from The Garden of Delights) Doug, Joe and Genevieve (from The Garden of Delights)

Glenn, Dario, and Tyrone (from The Garden of Delights) Glenn, Dario, and Tyrone (from The Garden of Delights)

Cloud Prototype No. 2 Cloud Prototype No. 2

Portrait of a Young Reader Portrait of a Young Reader

Random Sky (in collaboration with Mark Hereld and Rick Gribenas) Random Sky (in collaboration with Mark Hereld and Rick Gribenas)

Recumbent Iceberg (r11i01) Recumbent Iceberg (r11i01)

Hurricane Prototype No.1 Hurricane Prototype No.1

Bird In Space Prototype for MACH 10 Hypervelocity Test Bird In Space Prototype for MACH 10 Hypervelocity Test

sculpture
- Bird In Space Prototype for MACH 10 Hypervelocity Test
  2012
- Black Jack
  2006
- Cloud Prototype No. 2
  2006
- Dirty Bomb
  2008
- Doug, Joe and Genevieve (from The Garden of Delights)
  1998
- Drone Wing
  2013
- Glenn, Dario, and Tyrone (from The Garden of Delights)
  1998
- Hurricane Prototype No.1
  2010
- Iceberg
  2004
- Portrait of a Young Reader
  2006
- Random Sky (in collaboration with Mark Hereld and Rick Gribenas)
  2006
- Recumbent Iceberg (r11i01)
  2006
- Roost
  2008

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