For Pierre Huyghe, the act of exhibiting represents a profound interaction with a sentient environment that gives rise to novel prospects of interdependence between unfolding events and constituent elements. The exhibition itself is a being whose manifestation is inseparable from the time and space in which it appears.
His pieces are conceptualized as works of speculative fiction, often serving as a bridge between diverse forms of intelligent life, encompassing both biological and technological entities, as well as tangible but inert matter, all of which possess the capacity to learn, adapt, and evolve. They are permeable, contingent, and at times, indifferent to those who view them.
Pierre Huyghe, who was born in 1962 in Paris and currently resides and works in Santiago, Chile, is a renowned artist known for his international presence and participation in various exhibitions around the globe.
Some of his recent exhibitions include “Liminal” at Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea (2025); “Liminal” at Palazzo Grassi-Punta della Dogana, Pinault Collection in Venice, Italy (2024); “Chimeras” at EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art in Finland (2023); “Pierre Huyghe” at Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce in Paris (2023); “Variants” at Kistefos Museum in Jevnaker (2022); “After UUmwelt” at Luma Foundation in Arles (2021); “UUmwelt” at Serpentine Gallery in London (2018); and “The Roof Garden” at Metropolitan Museum in New York (2015). Additionally, from 2012 to 2014, a major retrospective of Huyghe’s work traveled from the Centre Pompidou in France to the Ludwig Museum in Germany and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the United States.
Huyghe has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Nasher Sculpture Prize (2017); the Kurt Schwitters Prize (2015); the Roswitha Haftmann Preis Award (2013); the Contemporary Artist Award from the Smithsonian American Museum (2010); the Hugo Bozz Prize at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (2002); and an artist residency at the DAAD in Berlin (1999-2000), among others.
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