Jose Pedro Godoy

José Pedro Godoy’s work (b. 1985, Santiago, Chile) is mainly developed in painting, addresses the relationship between high and low culture, the ways of representing the melodramatic and the corny, and the tensions and narratives that occur between good and evil, nature and artifice, pleasure and pain or luxury and lust, focusing his research on the male nude, its erotic quality and how the idea of masculinity is constructed from it.

His solo exhibitions include Extraño del mar (Galería Vigil Gonzáles, Lima, Peru, 2020), Animales Salvajes (La Fresh Gallery, Madrid, 2018), Historia violenta y luminosa (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile 2016), The beloved, (WhiteBox NY, New York, USA 2013), El progreso del amor (MAVI, Santiago, Chile, 2012) and Heliogábalo (Sala Gasco, Santiago, Chile, 2010).

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, in spaces such as MAMM (Medellin, 2017), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Cerrillos (Santiago, 2017), MAC (Santiago, 2017, 2014), MAVI (Santiago, 2013, 2008), Galería Gabriela Mistral (Santiago, 2008), Matucana 100 (2009), Concreta Gallery (Santiago, 2009), MAC Valdivia (2008) and also in art fairs such as ArteBA, Chaco and Pinta, highlighting ARCO Madrid 2015 Solo Projects Focus Latin America section, where he was a finalist for the Illy Sustain Art Award. His awards also include the Fondart award in 2012 and 2015 and second place in the MAVI Young Art competition (2008).

In 2017 he published Figuras recortadas por otra luz, a monograph that brings together a selection of his work made between the years 2006-2016. In addition, his painting has been included in numerous publications both in Chile and abroad.
José Pedro’s work is part of private and public collections in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Panama.

Solo shows

2021

• Penetrando el fondo del bosque, _VIGILGONZALES [Cusco, Peru]

2020

• Extraño del mar, _VIGILGONZALES [Lima, Peru]

 2018

• Historia violenta y luminosa, Pinacoteca de Concepción [Concepción, Chile]

• Animales Salvajes, La Fresh Gallery [Madrid, Spain]

 2016

• Historia violenta y luminosa, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes [Santiago, Chile]

 2013

• The beloved, WhiteBox [New York, USA]

2012

• El progreso del amor, MAVIl, Museo de Artes Visuales de Santiago [Santiago, Chile]

2010

• Heliogábalo, Sala Gasco [Santiago, Chile]

Group shows

2023

• Licking Blackberry Jam From Your Front Teeth, Blanco [Gante, Bélgica]

2021

• La muerte de Narciso, Bodegón Cultural [Los Vilos, Chile]

2020

• Archipresente, Centro Cultural El Tranque [Santiago, Chile]

2019

• Cómo se avanza en un sitio peligroso, Teatinos 750 [Santiago, Chile]

2018

• Juventud, Galería Nemesio Antúnez, UMCE [Santiago, Chile]

• Este puede ser el lugar, Carmen 36 [Santiago, Chile]

• En Blanco, Sala de Arte de la Universidad Mayor [Temuco, Chile]

2017

• Deseo, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín [Medellín, Colombia]

• Lo que ha dejado huellas, Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo [Santiago, Chile]

• Colección MAC: Post 90, MAC Parque Forestal [Santiago, Chile]

• 27 pintores, Galería XS [Santiago, Chile]

2014

• Sub30, MAC Quinta Normal [Santiago, Chile]

• Menage a trois, Galería Allegro [Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá]

2013

• Post Mortem, Centro Cultural La Perrera [Santiago, Chile]

• Post Mortem, La Petite Mort Gallery [Ottawa, Canadá]

• En Blanco, Museo de Artes Visuales de Santiago [Santiago, Chile]

2011

• Reality Show, Galería Allegro [Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá]

2010

• XVII Bienal de Santa Cruz de la Sierra [Santa Cruz, Bolivia]

• 13 x 13, Universidad de Talca [Santiago, Chile]

2009

• Sin Título, Matucana 100 [Santiago, Chile]

• Clásico Universitario, Sala de Arte CCU [Santiago, Chile]

• Paraíso, Galería Gabriela Mistral [Santiago, Chile]

• Barroque, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Valdivia [Valdivia, Chile]

2008

• Cruces, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Valdivia [Valdivia, Chile]

• Lanzamiento Sala Cero, Galería Animal [Santiago, Chile]

• Cabeza de Ratón, Museo de Artes Visuales de Santiago [Santiago, Chile]

• Obsesiones Intermedias, Galería Masotta Torres [Buenos Aires, Argentina]

• Segunda Mano, MUCHA [Mendoza, Argentina]

• El lugar de la fragilidad, Galería Balmaceda 1215 [Santiago, Chile]

• Umbrales, Centro de Extensión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica [Santiago, Chile]

Awards

2015

• The Fondart Award [Santiago, Chile]

• Finalist in Illy Sustain Art, ARCO Madrid [Madrid, España]

2013

• Finalist in Art Award at Cutlog [París, France]

2012

• The Fondart Award Art Award [Santiago, Chile]

2010

• Mention at Entre Ch.ACO y Finlandia concours [Chile & Finland]

2008

• Second place in the MAVI (Museo de Artes Visuales de Santiago) Young Art competition [Santiago, Chile]

Monographs and catalogues

2017

• Figuras recortadas por otra luz. José Pedro Godoy, Editorial Puro Chile [Santiago, Chile]

2014

• Sub30  (Jorge González Lohse Ed. Editorial Ocho Libros [Santiago, Chile]

2012

• El Progreso del Amor (Catalogue) Link.

2010

• Heliogábalo (Catalogue) Link.

• Revisión Técnica. Jorge González Lohse Ed. Editorial Ocho Libros [Santiago, Chile]

• Desmemoria y Perversión. Fernando Blanco, Editorial Cuarto Propio [Santiago, Chile]

2009

• Galería Gabriela Mistral, 2009 Exhibitions (Catalogue) Link. [Santiago, Chile]