Jorge Tacla Sacaán

Jorge Tacla is a Chilean-born visual artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Chile in Santiago and moved to New York City in 1981.

Well known for his paintings and drawings, he also works with other media such as photography, video, performance and installation. Tacla works between New York and Santiago, Chile.

In 2019 the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art incorporated Tacla's papers into their archive. These papers include some of his drawings, correspondence, photographs, notebooks, and clippings.

Biography

Tacla was born in 1958 in Santiago, Chile. Tacla received music studies in piano and percussion during his childhood. Later, he studied painting with and at Universidad de Chile between 1976 and 1979.

In 1981 he moved to New York. Besides his artistic work, Tacla is also the co-founder and artistic director of a production company, was co-founder and adjunct artistic director of the Santiago International Film Festival (2006–2013) and was director of the film department at CORPARTES (2005–2013).

Exhibitions Tacla's work has been exhibited at Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah; Coral Gables Museum, Miami; Converge 45 2023 Biennial, Portland; MoMa PS1, NY; Seibu Artforum, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin; 798 Biennale, Beijing; The Bronx Museum, NY; Milwaukee Art Museum, MI; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Sharjah Biennale 10, Sharjah; 55 Venice Biennale, Venice; Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC.; California Center for the Arts, CA; MALBA, Buenos Aires; IV Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.

In 2012, his work was paired with Li Taihuan's at the Bruce Museum's exhibition "Tales of Two Cities: New York & Beijing", where each addressed the theme of urban decay.

Selected public commissions 2010 Museo de la Memoria, "Al Mismo Tiempo, en el Mismo Lugar," Santiago, Chile 2004 Edificio el Regidor, "San Santiago," Santiago, Chile

Awards 2013 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy 1992 Eco Art Award, Brazil 1991 New York Foundation for the Arts, USA 1987 New York Foundation for the Arts, USA 1988 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, USA 1986 AT&T Foundation, USA 1981–82 Grant "Corporación Amigos del Arte" Santiago, Chile