Antonio Pichillá

1982. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Lives and works in San Pedro la Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala.

An indigenous artist from the Mayan Tz'utujil people, Antonio Pichillá works with a variety of media, but finds textile weaving as his main focus of interest. For him, the processes and materials that involve textile traditions represent a way of rescuing his ancestry, especially through the memory of the women of his own family. His research is also based on the collectivity, culture and symbols of his people, native from the Lake Atitlan region (Guatemala).

Antonio Pichillá graduated from Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, in Guatemala. He is a member of TEI-CA group (Study and Research Workshops in Science and Art). Among his most important solo shows is the one that was featured at La Nueva Fábrica, Santa Ana (2022, Guatemala). As for the group shows, the most important are: Denver Art Museum (2022, USA); Kathmandu Triennial (2022, Nepal), 11th Berlin Biennial (2020, Germany), Arte Paiz Biennial (2002, 2010 and 2014, Guatemala), etc. His work features in relevant collections, such as Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain), Denver Art Museum (USA) and Tate Modern (UK). Some of his prizes are: Intercontinental Indigenous Biennial - Honorable Mention (2012, Mexico) and Juannio Latin American Art Contest / Auction (2017, Guatemala).