219:, the 2nd Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art 2016, China and 3rd Aichi Triennial, Japan, and with arts organisation Artangel in 2021. Speaking about the project, Murillo has said ‘The idea is to let these kids explore in the intimate reality of the school desk, to make marks of their own desires’. To date, the project has produced 50,000 canvases from 36 different countries. The project has formed the basis for a number of Murillo’s paintings and further projects, such as his
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230:(2017), a large-scale banner conceived for the inaugural Kathmandu Triennale in the same year, he commented on the continuing legacy of colonialism in present-day international fairs. The artist often invites contrasting socio-economic tensions within his work. In 2012, Murillo held a party for the cleaners at the
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Frequencies, Murillo has worked with schools across the globe, placing pieces of raw canvas on schools students' desks and inviting them to draw and write on, mark and illustrate them. To date, thousands of students, primarily aged 10 to 16, have
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I came to the realisation that I was interested in too many things at once. Somehow the studio floor was the only available tool to communicate these interests. One tutor from art school once said that the way I made work, or treated the studio, reminded her of when she was growing up in post-war
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Britain because then there was this idea that you had to be resourceful. I grew up as a child in a village in
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His early life has influenced much of the artist’s later work, particularly the artist’s engagement with ideas of labour, globalisation, and material conditions.
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Ishikawa (London), Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie (Berlin), Taka Ishi Gallery (Tokyo), Kurimanzutto (New York, Mexico City) and
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