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a large sculpture that looks as though it is made out of clay with some bottles underneath

Gabriel Chaile

Dates: Sat 4 Dec 2027 10:00 - Sun 12 Mar 2028 18:00

A major solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Gabriel Chaile, whose practice explores memory, migration, identity and the transmission of histories through materials, objects and form. Chaile draws on the cultural traditions of north-west Argentina, creating anthropomorphic sculptures and installations from adobe, clay and organic materials. 

Chaile’s practice brings ancestral knowledge into dialogue with contemporary experience, tracing what he describes as a “genealogy of form”: the movement of shapes and symbols across generations and geographies. His work invites us to look at objects not simply as things, but as vessels for memory and connection. His sculptures become monuments, meeting places and storytellers, offering a poetic way of considering how identities are formed, transformed and remembered across generations and geographies.

Artist Biography

Gabriel Chaile (b.1985, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina) has exhibited extensively around the world. His large-scale public work The Wind Blows Where It Wishes was presented on the High Line in New York in 2023. Chaile’s work was included in the Venice Biennale and the Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2022 and the New Museum Triennial in 2021. His work has been the subject of solo presentations at the Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez, José Ignacio (2025); La Tabakalera, San Sebastián, (2024); Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley (2024); Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2022); the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (2017); Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires (2014); Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (2015); and Nuevo Museo Energía de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires (2011).

He has been featured in group exhibitions at Guggenheim, Bilbao (2025); Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah (2025); Malba Puertos, Buenos Aires (2025); Madragoa, Lisbon (2025); the 14th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2025); MARCO, Buenos Aires (2024); C3A – Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía, Córdoba (2023); BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Lisbon (2023); Temporary Gallery, Cologne (2023); FORMA, Paris (2023); Fondation Thalie, Brussels (2021); the New Museum, New York (2021); Galeria Municipal, Porto (2021); Plural Nodo Cultural, Bogotá (2021); Espacio Temporal, Mexico City (2021); Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo (2019); Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (2019); Faena Festival, Miami Beach (2019); Art Basel Cities, Buenos Aires (2018); Museo de Arte Moderno de Cuenca (2015); and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano, La Plata (2012). Chaile’s work is included in collections of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; the Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires; Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid; and KadistFoundation, Paris.

a clay sculpture of a figure with a large mouth and a pot inside it
Gabriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood). Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery and the artist.
a clay oven with shaped like a bird on wheels
Gabriel Chaile, Flota - Centro Cultural Ambulante, 2023. Photo by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, B
a large sculpture that looks as though it is made out of clay with some bottles underneath
abriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood)
a clay sculpture of a figure with a large mouth and a pot inside it
Gabriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood). Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery and the artist.
a clay oven with shaped like a bird on wheels
Gabriel Chaile, Flota - Centro Cultural Ambulante, 2023. Photo by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, B
a large sculpture that looks as though it is made out of clay with some bottles underneath
abriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood)
a clay sculpture of a figure with a large mouth and a pot inside it
Gabriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood). Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery and the artist.
a clay oven with shaped like a bird on wheels
Gabriel Chaile, Flota - Centro Cultural Ambulante, 2023. Photo by Andrea Rossetti. Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, B
a large sculpture that looks as though it is made out of clay with some bottles underneath
abriel Chaile, Installation view of Archaeology of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2026 Photo by Above Ground Studio (Matt Greenwood)

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