Berenice Olmedo

Berenice Olmedo, was born 1987 in Oaxaca, Mexico.

She is known for her sculptures and kinetic objects, in which she often incorporates prostheses and orthoses. Her hybrid forms challenge conventional notions of bodily wholeness and draw attention to the political dimensions of disability, illness, and care. The artist interrogates standardised expectations of the human body and explores the extent to which external supports are essential to human existence. By repurposing forms and materials from the medical field, she questions the pursuit of efficiency and seamless perfection in favour of a more physical, political, and existential contemporary experience.

Her work has been exhibited at Kunsthalle Basel; ICA Boston; the Boros Collection, Berlin; Dortmunder Kunstverein; TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife; the Eres Foundation, Munich; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey; the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts; the Krannert Art Museum, Chicago; the Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt; Simian, Copenhagen; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Haus Mödrath – Räume für Kunst, Kerpen; Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte (MUCA), Mexico City; and CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux.