Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Silence Awareness Existence program / MARCH 2023
José Andrés Mora
Canada
www.joseamora.com
About
José Andrés Mora (he/him) is a Venezuelan-born artist living
in Canada. Mora graduated from the Nova Scotia College of
Arts and Design (2013, BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts) and the
University of Guelph (2020, MFA in Studio Arts).
Mora’s work elicits a sense of disconnect deeply tied to
his experience as a member of the Venezuelan diaspora.
Mora excises written narrative fragments from personal
experience, grafting the textual content to digital and
physical surfaces and disconnecting the fragment's narrative
voice from context. He describes this untethered state of
his written language as one analogous to his relationship to
home and culture.
Trying everything
On purpose, I started as many ideas as possible, hoping not
to finish any of them during the residency. I wanted to return
home with many incomplete things, like leaving with many
seedlings, hoping I could plant them once I returned home.
It’s hard to describe the process as anything else other than
playing and indulging my own curiosity.
I bonded with so many people in this residency and I left
feeling transformed.
Mora has exhibited across Canada since 2013 in notable
galleries and public programs such as Nuit Blanche (2014),
Birch Contemporary (2019), Trinity Square Video (2020),
Dalhousie Art Gallery (2020), Artspace Peterborough (2022),
Art Metropole (2022), the Digital Arts Resource Centre (2022),
and The Plumb Gallery (2022).
Currently, Mora is presenting a solo exhibition show at Maison
de la Culture (Montréal, 2023). Future projects include a solo
show at Hamilton Artists Inc. (Hamilton, 2025), and group
projects at TAP Arspace (Montréal, 2023) and Latcham Arts
Centre (Toronto, 2023).