Jose Yisa Chilean, b. 1984
He has developed a career marked by reflection on power, identity, territory, and migration. His work has shown a commitment to social critique and the analysis of power dynamics, using art as a tool to generate awareness and dialogue around key issues in contemporary society.
José Yisa is a visual artist with a degree in Visual Arts from the Universidad Finis Térrae (2005) and holds a master’s degree in Urban Design, Art, City, and Society from the Universitat de Barcelona (2016-2018).
His work has been exhibited in prominent national and international spaces, with solo shows in Chile, Spain, Germany, and other countries. Some of his most notable exhibitions include “Incidencias/ Das Kapital Kunst” (2023), “Proyecto DKK” (2022), and “EVIDENCIA” (2019). Throughout his career, he has received various grants and awards, including the National Fund for Culture and the Arts of Chile (2020) and a nomination for the EFG Latin America Art Award (2021). He has also been an artist-in-residence at renowned creative centers such as La Escocesa in Barcelona and Glogauair in Berlin. Additionally, he has had a distinguished academic career, serving as a professor at universities in Chile and participating in seminars on public art and critical thinking. His work has been published in various magazines and catalogs, and he has written several articles, including his book “Art in the Public Space of Chile as Genesis of Historical Memory” (2019).
José currently lives and works in Mexico.
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Jose YisaInterregnum - CARONTE, 2024Red LED neon text installed on MDF wood pieces480 x 280 cm$USD 8,000.00 -
Jose YisaDKK - Deconstrucción y tiempo (DKK - Deconstruction and time), 2023Triptych, synthetic paint on on zinc sheet and paint stripper600 x 200 cm$USD 16,000.00
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Jose YisaDKK - Deconstrucción y tiempo CC. (DKK - Deconstruction and time CC. ), 2023Synthetic paint on on zinc sheet and paint stripper300 x 200 cm$USD 6,000.00
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Jose YisaDKK - Deconstrucción y tiempo GE. (DKK - Deconstruction and time GE.), 2023Synthetic paint on on zinc sheet and paint stripper300 x 200 cm$USD 6,000.00
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Jose YisaDKK - Deconstrucción y tiempo MC. (DKK - Deconstruction and time MC.), 2023Synthetic paint on on zinc sheet and paint stripper300 x 200 cm$USD 6,000.00
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Jose YisaEscultura publicitaria - Proyecto FUTURO (Advertising sculpture - FUTURO Project ), 2022PCB printing and text in neon LED light on zinc plate in steel structure.600 x 420 cm$USD 16,000.00
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Jose YisaDKK / Serie pictórica C.C. (DKK / Pictorial series C.C.), 2022Acrylic on acid-free cotton paper105 x 79 cm$USD 900.00
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Jose YisaDKK / Serie pictórica G.E. Azul (DKK / Pictorial series Blue G.E.), 2022Acrylic on acid-free cotton paper105 x 79 cm$USD 900.00
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Jose YisaDKK / Serie pictórica G.E. Blanco (DKK / Pictorial series White G.E.), 2022Acrylic on acid-free cotton paper105 x 79 cm$USD 900.00
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Jose YisaDKK / Serie pictórica M.C. (DKK / Pictorial series M.C.), 2022Acrylic on acid-free cotton paper105 x 79 cm$USD 900.00
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Jose YisaDKK Coca, 2021Acrylic on canvas220 x 150 cm$USD 4,000.00
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Jose YisaDKK Coca Lucky, 2021Diptych, acrylic on canvas220 x 300 cm$USD 7,500.00
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Jose YisaDKK Lucky, 2021Acrylic on canvas220 x 150 cm$USD 4,000.00
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Jose YisaDe Jimy Buton proyect I (color), 2019Acrylic, ink, printed methacrylate, burnt oil and photographic transfer on cotton paper.12 piece series, 41 x 29 cm each$USD 3,000.00
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Jose YisaDe Jimy Buton proyect II (aceite), 2019Acrylic, ink, burnt oil and photographic transfer on cotton paper6 piece series, 41 x 29 cm each$USD 1,800.00
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Jose YisaEl Arribo (The Arrival), 2016Acrylic and distressed on canvas, burnt oil pigment and rope"Ver para creer" 190 x 150 cm$USD 2,000.00 each
"El que no llora no mama" 250 x 210 cm
"El hambre tiene cara de hereje" 250 x 200 cm
"Sereno moreno" 230 x 150 cm
"Perro que ladra no muerde" 155 x 125 cm
"Wero winca" 250 x 160 cm
"Mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso" 245 x 300 cm -
Jose YisaE.R.H.A (El robo de Hispano América), 2015Acrylic and worn on urea bags"Aufklarung" 350 x 330 cm aprox.$USD 3,000.00 each
"Terror Domesticado" 350 x 330 cm aprox. -
Jose YisaDiarios de frontera - DDF, 2012 -2017Gouache and ink on found cotton paper21 drawing series, 34 x 29 cm each$USD 5,000.00
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Jose YisaMadre Patria (Motherland), 2012Acrylic on canvas, spray, charcoal, ink, sanding and rope.320 x 320 cm$USD 5,000.00
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Jose YisaPadre Estado (Father State), 2012Acrylic on canvas, spray, charcoal, ink, sanding and rope.320 x 320 cm$USD 5,000.00
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Jose YisaLa Fatiga de San Jorge (The fatigue of Saint George), 2011Paint and distressed on canvas320 x 640 cm$USD 10,000.00
My work develops an investigation and production that relates forms of power and control with ideas such as identity, territory or migration, exploring how these relations of friction and force have the capacity to define affective, social and political constructions on both an intimate and economic level, showing themselves as anthropological representations of a social system currently under definition. Symbolically speaking, I seek through the artistic field to give origin and weight to a chain between acts, forms, signs and images, reconfiguring this chain in a visual production that accounts for the latent processes of the particular themes addressed by each investigation. Thus developing pieces that present a social vein linked to the economic systems and the relations between them, analysing the flaws, the precariousness and the fragile balance of power existing in labour relations and the hierarchical imposition of powers of domination in the framework of neo-colonial capitalism and the normalised hegemonic impositions.