Lectures, Panels, & Presentations

2024   
Leslie Lohman Museum Artist Fellowship (Seminar), Leslie Lohman Museum, January 21, 2024
Son(i)a # 391: Carlos Motta, Radio Web MACBA, January 18, 2024

2023
Visionado performativo y conversación con el artista Carlos Motta y la comisaria Maite Borjabad Matadero, Madrid, December 1, 2023
Dry Run (Artist Responder), PerformVu and Franklin Furnace, Pratt Institute, November 10, 2023
Don't Mourn, Consecrate (1987, Juan González) (Discussion) Grey Art Gallery, New York University, October 19, 2023
Carlos Motta, Yelaine Rodríguez, Emilio Rojas (Artist Talk), Colonial Archives, Erotics, and Latin American/Latinx Performance, Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics, New York University, September 21, 2023
Void: Tom Burr, Carlos Motta and José Esparza in Conversation, Storefront for Art and Architecture,  Broadcast, Montez Radio, July 30, 2023
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk) (Invited by Chlöe Bass), Social Practice, Queens College, April 25, 2023
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk) (Invited by Itziar Barrio), Sarah Lawrence College, April 3, 2023
Art History Happy Hour: Jimmy DeSana, (with Laurie Simmons and Drew Sayer), Brooklyn Museum,  March 23, 2023, Carlos Motta (Artist Talk/Studio Visit) (Invited by Itziar Barrio), University of Virginia, January 13, 2023

2022
Online Conversation: Obra Viva: Artistic Creation Laboratory (With artisan Higinio Bautista and artist Carlos Motta),Banco de la República, Centro Cultural Leticia, Colombia, December 21, 2022
Day With(out) Art 2022: Being and Belonging (Panel with Kat Cheairs, Pamela Sneed, and Jess Saldana), Barnard College, New York, December 1, 2022
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk) (Invited by Katherine Hubbard), School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, November 8, 2022
Critical Dialogues: Carlos Motta (Artist Talk ) (Invited by Alpesh Patel), Temple Contemporary, Art History, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Latin American Studies, Temple University Philadelphia, November 2, 2022
Carlos Motta and Ana María Reyes in Conversation (Moderated by Lucy Zimmerman), Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (online), October 26, 2022
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Cash Ragona’s class)School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, October 12, 2022
Art & Identity: Allocating resources to the development and representation of Latine/@/X artists
(Panel with Constanza Valenzuela, Nicole Calderón, Eva Díaz, and Elena Ketelsen González)Pratt Institute, School of Art, September 29, 2022
Eros Rising: Visions of the Erotic in Latin American Art(Panel with Bernardo Mosqueira, Mariano Lopez Seoane, David Lamelas, Wynnie Minerva, and La Chola Poblete),ISLAA, New York, September 20, 2022
Studio Visits MFA Program, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, September 22, 2022
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Visiting Artists Series) (Invited by Marc Tribe), School of Visual Arts, New York, March 29, 2022
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Cash Ragona’s class), School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, February 23, 2022

2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk) (Invited by Marc Arthur),University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, November 11, 2021
Bodies of Water Rising (Performance lecture) (Curated by Juana Berrio),Part of Brooklyn Through the Eyes Of… Amant Foundation, New York, November 6, 2021
The Arts Representation of the Dispossessions: Overview of the Art Exhibits, Art Projects, and Public Performances in the Americas,The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and University of Pennsylvania, October 28, 2021
Historias: A Panel Discussion (Panel with Ruth Benítez, Flavia Krause, Carlos Motta, Liliana Porter, Rosaura Ramos y Inés Yujnovsky), Franklin Furnace, New York, October 19, 2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk), UC Riverside, May 20, 2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk), Museum Nights, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, May 13, 2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Angela Dufresne and Dean Moss’ class),Rhode Island School of Design, April 30, 2021
Panelist, Dublin LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers Online Conference, Dublin City University, April 9-10, 2021
2021 Tutorials, School of Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art, London, March 22-23, 2021
Untimely Transgressions (Forum with Tavia Nyong’o. Curated by Raegan Truax), Hurford Center for the Arts & Humanities, Haverford College, March 19, 2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Melissa Ragona’s class), School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, March 10, 2021
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk at Mariano López Seoane’s class), Department of Comparative Literature, New York University, February 16, 2021

2020
Searching for Missing Narratives (Panel discussion with Karol Radziszewski and Laura Raicovich),Polish Cultural Institute, co-presented with Residency Unlimited, New York, December 15, 2020
Carlos Motta: History’s Backrooms (Book launch and panel discussion with Hendrik Folkerts, Eungie Joo, Miguel López and Roya Amirsoleymani),Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), co-presented with P.P.O.W Gallery, December 8, 2020
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk),Photography Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit. November 30, 2020
The Power of Mourning: Decolonial Struggles and Queer Bodies (with Simon(e) Pateau, Bartolina Xixa, Naomí Rincón Gallardo, and Agustín Pérez Rubio),Berlin Biennial, Gathering 3, ExRotaprint, Berlin, October 29, 2020
Carlos Motta and Nato Thompson in Conversation,Instagram Live, August 19, 2020
Carlos Motta and Mania Akbari in Conversation,Instagram Live, June 30, 2020
Movimiento queer, activismo y políticas del cuerpo: Entrevista con Carlos Motta y Pablo Bedoya por Inés Elvira Mejía,Plataforma Enlaces, Montevideo, Uruguay y Signo Centro Interdisciplinario, Bogotá, Colombia,Stream Yard, June 15, 2020
Carlos Motta: We The Enemy (Artist Talk),The Center for Cultural Studies, UCSC, Santa Cruz, January 22, 2020
Bodies at the Borders (Symposium convened with Rachel Nelson),UCSC, Santa Cruz and SFMOMA, San Francisco, January 24-25, 2020
Queer Archives: Between the Individual and the Institution (Panel with Dean Erdmann, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Shannon Mattern, and Christiane Paul),Vera List Center for Arts and Politics, The New School, New York, January 27, 2020
“I am reborn at every moment” – Contemporary Reflections on Feliciano Centurión and AIDS (Panel with Bill Arning, Elektra KB, and Carlos Motta. Moderated by Gonzalo Casals (Executive Director, Leslie-Lohman Museum), Americas Society (in collaboration with Visual AIDS), New York, March 5, 2020
Movimiento queer, activismo y políticas del cuerpo: Entrevista con Carlos Motta y Pablo Bedoya con Inés Elvira Mejía, Plataforma Enlaces (Colobia) y Signo (Uruguay), June 17, 2020

2019
Making Another World Possible (Panel with Nato Thompson, A.L. Steiner, Rashida Bumbray, and Nikolay Oleynikov),Summit X Sessions, Creative Time, New York, November 16, 2019
Soot Breath: On Land, Law, and Bodies (Symposium convened by Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman),Goldsmiths, London, May 18, 2019
Are the Arts Essential? (Symposium),John Brademas Center/New York University at Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, January 23-25, 2019
SEX/WORK (Screening),First Person Plural, March 3, 2019
En Vivo y En Directo (Reading with SPIT! for Camilo Godoy’s En Vivo y En Directo programs),CUE Art Foundation, March 9, 2019
Marathon Reading of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s DICTEE (Organized by Sarah Schulman) (Reading),Performance Space New York, March 17, 2019
Humboldt’s Parrot: David Ayala-Alfonso, Carlos Motta and Felipe Steinberg (Panel), Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, March 18, 2019
Carlos Motta (Job Talk),Pratt Institute, New York, February 21, 2019

2018
Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art: Future Genders (Symposium), MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, November 10, 2018
Butterfly’s Mirror: A Conversation on Carlos Motta’s Refugee Portraits in The Crossing, The Dedalus Foundation (organized by Denniston Hill), New York, May 17, 2018
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk), The Mount Royal School of Art MFA Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, October 9, 2018
Carlos Motta (Artist Talk), NYU Performance Studies, New York University, New York, March 22, 2018
Shapes of Freedom: Carlos Motta (Artist Talk), Social Science and Cultural Studies Department, Pratt Institute, New York, February 12, 2018

2017    
Trans*historicities (Panel), NYU Fales Library and Special Collections, New York, November 3, 2017
Carlos Motta in Conversation with Lia Gangitano, Americas Society, New York, November 2, 2017

2016    
La internacional queer: La indecencia y el futuro de la teología (Symposium with Ron Athey, Hugo Córdova-Quero and Linn Tonstad), MALBA, Buenos Aires, October 15, 2016
Nefandus: Colonial Sexual Alterity and Histories for the Future (Symposium with Anjali Arondekar, Pablo Bedoya, Joseph Massad, Fernanda Molina and Pete Sigal), Pérez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami, August 27, 2016
Histories for the Future (Panel with Tone Hellesund, Heather Love and Julia Morandeira), Hordaland Kunstsenter, August 27, 2016
What Now? On Future Identities (Panel), Art in General, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York, May 20, 2016
Jack McGrath on Carlos Motta’s Nefandus Trilogy, P·P·O·W, New York, May 17, 2016
Editor Evan Moffitt in conversation with Carlos Motta, Reading Room, Frieze New York, May 9, 2016
Asking and Telling It: A Conversation between Carlos Motta and Juan Ledezma, Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, March 9, 2016
La universidad desconocida (Symposium), Museo Jumex, Mexico City, January 29-30, 2016

2015    
Sunny Bunny — Molodist Kiev International Film Festival (Member of the jury), October 24- November 1, 2015
Conflict #5 – ‘Do-Gooding’ and Criticality (Artist Presentation), Art and Social Justice Working Group, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, New York September 24, 2015
MoMA R&D Salon: Fluid States of America (Panel with Paola Antonelli, Micha Cárdena, Thomas Lax, Latoya Peterson, Tricia Wang), Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 16, 2015
Drawing in A Straight Line (Panel with Nayland Blake, Collier Shorr and Bob Nickas), Artist Space, New York, July 16, 2015
Encuentro profesionales ArteBA (Co-organizer with Miguel López), ArteBA, Buenos Aires, June 4-7, 2015
Gender Talents  (Panel Organizer with Kate Bornstein, Johanna Burton, Tiger Devore, Tara Mateik and Tavia Nyong’o), New Museum, New York, May 3, 2015
Carlos Motta  (Artist Presentation), Purchase College, State University of New York, April 15, 2015
Art, Social Change, and the Urban Sphere (Panelist with Johanna Fateman, Eva Franch i Gilabert and Dread Scott), The City College of NY (CCNY), New York, March 26, 2015
Who remains? Subjectivity After Identity Politics part of the Visible/Invisible Symposium, (Panelist with Katherine Hubbard, Steffani Jemison and Luke Willis Thompson. Moderated by Johanna Burton), New Museum, New York, March 7, 2015
Encuentros profesionales ARCO (Participant in both Miguel López’s and Manuel Segade’s encounter), ARCO, Madrid, Feb 27-28, 2015
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Pratt University, New York, February 11, 2015
SITAC XII: Just Art(e) Justamente (Screening) Patronato de arte contemporáneo, Mexico City, Jan. 22-24, 2015
The Empire of Love: Alternative Relationships and Other Possibilities (Symposium co-organizer with Mary Coble and Sara Jördeno. With Erika Alm and Ellie Nordfeldt, Katarina Bonnevier, Mathias Danbolt, Al Masson, and Transmilitanta Brigaden), Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Jan. 25, 2015
Queer/Art/Film: Carlos Motta presents TO DIE LIKE A MAN, IFC Center, January 12, 2015

2014    
Carlos Motta: Nefandus Trilogy (Screening and artist presentation), Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 14, 2014
Carlos Motta: Nefandus Trilogy (Screening and artist presentation), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, October 4, 2014
Carlos Motta: Gender Talents (Artist Presentation), 98weeks —Beirut, Lebanon, July 14, 2014
Curatorial Intensive in Mexico City (Artist Presentation), Independent Curators International —Museo Jumex, Mexico, July 3, 2014
El cuerpo producido (Panel with Carolina Escobar Sarti and Dorotea Gómez), Centro Cultural de España —19 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala, Peru, June 7, 2014
Talentos de género: Disidencias sexo-genéricas y prácticas políticas desde REDMMUTRANS (Panel with Galilea Bracho (REDMMUTRANS), Jorge Chavarría (artist), Ricardo García (UNAIDS), Carlos Motta (artist), Lic. Trinidad (Presidential Commission Against the Discrimination and Racism Against Indigenous People), and Gabriela Tuch (Sexual Diversity Defender, Attorney General’s Office for Human Rights, Guatemala) —Centro Cultural de España — 19 Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala, Peru, June 5, 2014
Genealogías del arte latinoamericano desde la sexualidad y el género (Panel with Miguel López y Fernanda Nogueira), PARC-Perú Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru, Abril 26, 2014
The Queer Art of the Counter Archive (Panel moderator. With Harrison Apple, Andy Campbell, and Ryan Conrad), Radical Archives Conference, A/P/A Institute & Cantor Film Center, NYU, April 12, 2014
The Oncoming Corner # 13: Carlos Motta (Screening and Discussion), A project by Malin Arnell at her Brooklyn apartment, March 30, 2014
Visual Activism Symposium (Keynote Presentation), SF MoMA and International Association for Visual Culture, San Francisco, March 14-16, 2014
El sexo (el arte) y la ciudad (Workshop), Galeria Arte Actual, Quito, Ecuador, February 17-19, 2014
Los contextos queer en el arte (Panel with Eduardo Carrera, Eduardo Fajardo and León Sierra), Cine Ocho y Medio, Quito, Ecuador, February 18, 2014

2013    
Oiticica-subterrânea (Panel moderator. With Irene Small and Víctor Manuel Rodriguez), PINTA FORUM, PINTA NY, November 15, 2013
ritual of queer rituals (Ritual co-organizer with AA Bronson. With Ron Athey, François Chaignaud, Ebe Oke, Elizabeth Povinelli and Linn Tonstad), Witte de With, Rotterdam, November 2, 2013
The Practice of Reading Undocumented Histories (Artist Talk & Screening with Prof. Carmen Mörsch) Kunsthof Zürich at Main Auditorium ZHdK, Zürich, October 31, 2013
Art Talk: AA Bronson and Carlos Motta, Hyperallergic, New York, August 21, 2013 
Aesthetics of Engagement (Panel Discussion with Mariam Ghani, Murtaza Vali and Ann Mesner), Pratt University, New York, May 9, 2013
El sexo (el arte) y la ciudad (Artist Presentation), Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, July 31, 2013     
Youth (Lecture and panel discussion with Naomi Hirabayashi, Barry McGee, Carlos Motta, and Ellin O’Leary and Dennis Schol), IDEAS CITY Conference, New York, May 2, 2013
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Paul Branch Lecture Series, CalArts, Los Angeles, April 25, 2013
Godfull: Shape Shifting God as Queer (Symposium co-organizer with Jared Gilbert. With Lovett/Codagnone, Darnell L. Moore, Ernesto Pujol, Robert Sember, Samita Sinha and Linn Tonstad) The Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice, Union Theological Seminary, New York, April 12, 2013
La forma de la libertad (Panel Discussion with Susana Vargas, Alonso Hernandez, Oscar Garcia and Xabier Lizarraga), Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, April 9, 2013
Gender Talents: A Special Address (Symposium co-organizer with Electra. With Xabier Arakistain, Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Giuseppe Campuzano, J. Jack Halberstam, Carlos Motta, Beatriz Preciado, Dean Spade, Terre Thaemlitz, Wu Tsang & Safra Project, Del LaGrace Volcano and Campbell X), TATE Modern, London, February 2, 2013

2012    
Conflict and the Rebel City (Panel Discussion with Miguel Amado, Chelsea Haines and Sreshta Rit Premnath) Dorsky Gallery—Curatorial Projects, Long Island City, Queens, October 21, 2012
Carlos Motta, We Who Feel Differently (Lecture and Screening), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, October 11, 2012
Feeling Differently (Round Table with Sianne Ngai, Nomy Lamm & Raegan Truax), Stanford University, October 10, 2012 
Show and Tell: Carlos Motta in Conversation with Larry Rinder (Talk), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, October 8, 2012
Absolute Democracy (Symposium co-organizer with Oliver Ressler), Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria, September 26, 2012
Carlos Motta: Algunos apuntes sobre las políticas del afecto queer (Lecture and Screening), Lugar a dudas, Cali, Colombia, August 9, 2012
Carlos Motta, We Who Feel Differently (Lecture and Screening), Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, July 17, 2012
Digital Art & Democracy: People, Places, Participation (Symposium—Artist Presentation), University of California, Santa Cruz, June 1, 2012 
We Who Feel Differently: Thursday Night Events— (Organizer of public programs in the context of New Museum solo exhibition) New Museum, New York, May 31 – September 6, 2012
We Who Feel Differently: A Symposium (Co-organizer with Raegan Truax), New Museum, New York, May 4-5, 2012
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, April 17, 2012 
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, March 29, 2012
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Escuela de Artes Plásticas (EAP), San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 12, 2012
SITAC X: The Future: The Long Count Begins Again (Symposium), Patronato de arte contemporáneo, Mexico City, Feb. 9, 10 and 11, 2012

2011    
Writing as Practice: Peripheral Continuity (Symposium— Artist Presentation with Andrea Geyer), International Center of Photography, New York, December 17, 2011 
Theologies of Liberation (Artist Talk with Jared Gilbert), Y Gallery, New York, December 15, 2011 
The Walls That Divide Us (Artist Talk with Leor Grady), Apexart, New York, December 8, 2011 
The Future Lasts Forever (Book Presentation with Migue López and Lisa Rosendahl), Gävle Konstcentrum, Sweden, November 19, 2011
Broken English (Panel Discussion with Julieta Aranda, Defne Ayas, Adam Kleinman and Naeem Mohaiemen) Performa Hub, Performa 11, New York, November 13, 2011 
A New Discovery: Queer Immigration in Perspective (Panel Discussion), Museum of Art and Design, New York, October 15, 2011
Live Out Loud (Panel Discussion), Pratt University, Brooklyn, October 11
The Gay Generation Gap (Panel Discussion), Dixon Place, New York, October 2, 2011 
We Who Feel Differently (Artist Presentation), Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, September 26, 2011
Diversidad Sexual, Activismo y Arte en Cali (Panel Discussion), Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Museo La Tertulia, Cali, August 11, 2011
Artist Residencies and Conflict Areas (Symposium), Goethe-Institut, New York, June 25, 2011
Aesthetic Justice (Artist Presentation with Niels Van Tomme), Cabinet, New York, June 14, 2011
We Who Feel Differently (Panel Discussion), Torpedo Books, Oslo, Norway, May 20, 2011
We Who Feel Differently (Panel Discussion), Gallery USF, Bergen, Norway, May 19, 2011
Aesthetic Justice (Seminar), Provisions Libraby and Lambent Foundation, New York, May 14, 2011
Queerocracy (Symposium), The New School University, New York, April 17, 2011
Sexuality and the State in Latin America (Panel with Noelle Stout), Columbia University, New York, Apr 13, ‘11

2010    
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Nov. 4, 2010
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Oct. 12, 2010
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Hunter College, New York, NY, Sept.29, 2010
La imagen emancipada (Panel Discussion), ARTEBA’10, Buenos Aires, June 26, 2010
Ask Los Artistas (Panel Discussion), VOLTA NY, New York, March 6, 2010
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz, CA, Feb.26, 2010
Geography of Trans-teritories (Panel Discussion), San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Feb.24, 2010
Carlos Motta (Artist in Residency & Artist Presentation), Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT, January 29- Feb 7, 2010
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Medienwerkstatt, Vienna, Austria, Nov. 30, 2009
Feedforward: The Angel of History (Symposium), Laboral, Gijon, Spain, Oct. 23-24, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway, Oct. 15, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), California College of the Arts Curatorial Practice Program, San Francisco, Oct. 9, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), SF Camerawork with Galeria La Raza, San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2009
¡Presente! Daniel Alarcón and Carlos Motta: Next-Generation Latin American Art and Literature (Panel Discussion), Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, Oct. 10, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia, Sept. 4, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, June 26, 2009
Atti Democratici (Panel Discussion), Casa della Creativita, Florence, Italy, May 6, 2009
Symposium on Integration, April 4, 2009, Konsthall C in collaboration with Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm
The Good Life (Workshop), El Parqueadero, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, March 14-15, 2009
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, February 18, 2009

2008    
The Shape of Things to Come – Artists as Public Intellectuals (Panel Discussion), Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, December 4, 2008
What is Real? Photography and the Politics of Truth (Symposium), International Center of Photography, Dec 12-13, 2008
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, November 13, 2008
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Parsons Fine Arts Lecture Series, New York, NY, October 15, 2008
Carlos Motta + Ann Farnsworth-Alvear (Artist Presentation), ICA, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2008

2007    
Vita Activa: Political Engagement through the Arts (Artist Presentation), SODAart at Villa Arson, Nice, France, October 2007
On the edge of the abyss, one-step forward! A conversation between Carlos Motta and Juan Pedro Fabra
wip:konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2007
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), Konstfak, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2007

2006    
Art/Net/Work (Artist Presentation, Panel Discussion), New Media Department, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, October 2006

2005    
Town Meeting (Artist Presentation), Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, October 15, 2005
La Conceptualizacion de La Imagen (Teaching, One-Week Workshop), El Centro de La Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico, August 2005

2004    
The Future of Photography (Panel Organizer and Moderator), Parsons The New School of Design, part of SPE Conference 2004, New York
Legitimizing The Other: Art and National Identity in the Age of Globalization (Artist Presentation), New York University, October 9, 2004, New York
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, April 2004
Establishing Shot (Panel Discussion), Artists Space, March 2004, New York
Carlos Motta (Artist Presentation), SF Camerawork, May 2003, San Francisco, CA
Slide Fest (Artist Presentation), ICP Education Program, September 2002, New York

Publications

2020
Carlos Motta: History’s Backrooms (Monograph, 300p. Edition of 2000). Published by SKIRA, Italy, 2020.

2011    
The Future Lasts Forever (with Runo Lagomarsino) (Book, 224p. Edition of 500). Published by Gävle Konstcentrum and Iaspis, Sweden, 2011.
BROKEN ENGLISH (Tabloid, 48 pages, co-edited with Julieta Aranda). Published by Performa 11, New York, USA, 2011.
Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public (with Josh Lubin-Levy) (160p. Edition of 500). Published by Forever & Today, Inc., 2011.
We Who Feel Differently (Book, 96p., Edition of 500). Published by Ctrl+Z Publishing, Norway, 2011.
The Future Lasts Forever (with Runo Lagomarsino) (Book, 224p. Edition of 500). Published by Gävle Konstcentrum and Iaspis, Sweden, 2011.

2010    
We Who Feel Differently (Catalog, Edition of 500). Published by The Other Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2010.

2009    
La Buena Vida/The Good Life (Catalog, 85p., On demand). Published by Art in General, New York, USA, 2008.
The Immigrant Files: Democracy is Not Dead; It Just Smells Funny (Book, 185p., Edition of 500). Published by Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.

2008    
What is Democracy to You? (Poster, Edition of 2000). Originally published in 2008 for exhibition at ICA, Philadelphia, USA.

2005    
Brief History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America Since 1946 (Poster, 4 editions of 2000 up to date). Originally published in 2005 for exhibition at   Jersey City Museum, NJ, USA.
Arts & LEISURE, (Tabloid, 28 pages, co-edited with The Generals). Published in 2005 by Art in General and e-flux, New York, USA.

2000    
Close (Artist Monograph, 76 pages). Published in 2000 by Deskubre, Rome, Italy.

Select Bibliography

2024
O’Dwyer, Diedre. Scientia Sexualis. ICA LA and Inventory Press, Los Angeles, CA, 2024.
Gemma Rolls-Bentley. Queer Art, From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between. Frances Lincoln, London, UK. 2024, pp. 91.
Art Daily, Americas Society Presents “Part II of El Dorado: Myths of Gold,” January 24, 2024.

2023
Collins, Kristen, and Bryan C. Keene. "In Focus: Carlos Motta." Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2023, p. 63.
Comer, Stuart., et al. Signals, How Video Transformed the World. The Museum of Modern Art, 2023. NY. 
Segal, Susan, Aimé, Jojima, Tie, J. Sullivan, Edward ed. El Dorado: Myths of Gold. Americas Society, Spa, Italy, pp. 152
Cultured Magazine. “This Week in Culture: September 4-10,” September 4, 2023.
Hakim, Claudia. “El arte alerta,” El Tiempo, March 30, 2023.
Hakim, Claudia. “A capotear la incertidumbre,” El Tiempo, January 5, 2023.
Hopkins Zöe. “Five Shows To See in New York During Armory Show,” Frieze, September 8, 2023.
Keenan, Annabel. “10 Standout Gallery Exhibitions to See During the Armory Week 2023,” Artsy, Sepptember 2023.
Kruijswijk, Léon. “Carlos Motta in conversation with Léon Kruijswijk on queer ageing,” Body Politics: ON Masculinity, King Kong, 2023.
Moses, Serubiri. “It Shall Not Be Named— Carlos Motta’s Your Monsters, Our Idols,” Art Papers, 2023.
Motta, Carlos. “Wynnie Minerva Brings Their Rib—and a 70-Foot Long Painting—to the New Museum for their U.S. Debut,” Cultured Magazine, June 30, 2023.
Motta, Carlos and Zimmerman, Lucy. “The Columbus Assembly,” Amalgam, 2023.
Motta, Carlos. “We Who Feel Differently: Interview with Chase Strangio,” MoMA Magazine, June 2023.
Phaidon, “Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now.”
Osorio, Adrian, “Visionarios: Carlos Motta,” Revista Diners, November 2023.
Revista Diners. “El MAMBO celebra 60 años con una programación excepcional de expocisiones” July 18, 2023.
Valdes, Emiliano. “Carlos Motta – MAMBO,” Artnexus, 2023.
“‘Virosis’, Primera exposición en Colombia sobre la epidemia del VIH,” Radionica, June 6, 2023.
Velandia, Manuel. “Todos vivimos en un mundo ‘positivo’,” Semanario Voz, March 25, 2023.

2022
Cascone, Sarah. “The Pain is Part of the Process: Why Two Artists Are Pushing Body Modification to the Extreme,” Artnet, April 7, 2022.
Díaz, Carmen Graciela. “America Latina erotismo,” La voz de Chile, September 22, 2022.
Díaz, Carmen Graciela. “Erotism Beyond the Flesh,” Hyperallergic, September 22, 2022.
Gilson, Nancy. “Artists offer food for thought in dual fall exhibits at the Wexner Center for the Arts,” The Columbus Dispatch, November 2022.
Harris-Huffman, Rachel. “What Does Solidarity By Artists Look Like,” Hyperallergic, November 17, 2022.
Hicklin, Aaron. “Bless the Perverts: The artist Carlos Motta and the writer Rabih Alameddine on recovering the real (and imagined) stories of the demonized,” Grand Journal, November 28, 2022.
Mak, Geoffrey. “Linn Tonstad’s Theology of the Dance Floor,” Pioneer Works, 2022.
Maksimov, Denis. “Otherness, Desire, the Vernacular,” Arterritory, January 25, 2022.
Mosqueira, Bernardo and López Soane, Mariano. “Eros Rising: Visions of the Erotic in Latin American Art,” ISLAA, 2022.
Packard, Cassie, “Your Concise New York Art Guide for March 2022,” Hyperallergic, March 1, 2022.
Paz, Luciano. “Requiem: El cristianismo y las estructuras binarias de relación. Análisis de la obra de Carlos Motta."
Raigaonkard, Varad. “Exhibitions at Wexner Center for the Arts Bring the Worlds of Revolutionary Artiststo Columbus,” The Lantern, September 26, 2022.
Vogel, Wendy. “Carlos Motta and Tiamat Legion Medusa,” Artforum, May 2022.
Wally, Maxine. “At Trailblazers Park in Fire Island Pines, Queer Icons Get Their Due,” W Magazine, July 26, 2022.

2021
“8 LGBTQIA+ Artists on Self-Portraiture and Expressions of Pride,” Artsy, June 15, 2021.
Bermudez Tobón, Juan. “Poner el culo. Arte disidencia sexual en Colombia,” Beca de curaduría histórica, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, 2021.
Bideaux, Kévin. “La vie en rose: Petite histoire d’une couleur aux prises avec le genre,” Thése de doctorat, Etudes de genre, option arts, Univeristé Paris 8, 2021.
Boaden, James. “United by AIDS?,” Association for Art History, 2021.
Cotter, Holland. “How the Guggenheim Got Its Groove Back,” New York Times, July 29, 2021.
Dawers, Bill. “Never Spoken Again,” Savannah Morning News, July 6, 2021.
Marine, Brooke. “Guggenheim Curator Ashley James Lives For “Unanticipated Epiphanies,” April 2, 2021.
McShane Julianne. “From genetics to allyship: how queer culture changed the family portrait,” The Guardian, October 27, 2021.
Ostojski, Alexander. “Queere Körperin der Gegenwartskunst am Beispiel vom Carlos Mottas Requiem,” Bachelorarbeit für die Prüfung zum Bachelor of Arts im Studiengang Kultur und Technik / Kunstwissenschaft and der Technischen Universität Berlin, Fakultät I, Geisteswissenschaften, August 18, 2021.
Russo, Jullian. “Wandamba yalungka…/Winds change direction,” The Brooklyn Rail, September 2021.
Steinberg, Claudia. “Carlos Motta,” TANK Magazine, 2021.
Tarbox, Wilson. “The 10 Best Booths at FIAC 2021,” Artsy, October 21, 2021.
Wesley, Noah. “Never Spoken Again,” Burnaway, July 26, 2021.

2020
A Miami, conversation avec l’artiste queer Carlos Motta,” Soleil Rouge, February 4, 2020.
Bailey, Stephanie. “Hell is a Place on Earth: PPOW Looks to History in the Context of Covid-19,” Ocula, April 3, 2020.
Blondet, José Luis. “19 Bienal de Arte Paiz,” Artnexus, December 2, 2020.
Cerón, Jaime. “Territorios ampliados,” La revista que no fue, April 21, 2020.
Devi, Reena. “Collector Benedicta Badia de Nordenstahl Is Drawn to the Art That Appals Her,” Artsy, May 11, 2020.
Devi. Reena. “Why Are We Not Paying Attention to Latin American Art?,” Cobosocial.com, April 14, 2020.
Eler, Alicia. “For exhibit about migration, Minneapolis museum wraps its white façade in colorful life jackets,” February 20, 2020.
Ghizzoni, Edoardo. “(Auto) critica, riconciliazioni e il ruolo dell’arte oggi. Intervista a Carlos Motta,” Artribune, November 11, 2020.
Krieger, Deborah, “A Look Into The Future: Four Pivotal Queer Artists Discuss Their Most Powerful Work, June 25, 2020.
Langjahr, Kathleen. “Hell is a Place on Earth. Heaven is a Place in Your Head,” The Brroklyn Rail, May 2020.
Larios, Pablo. “Why the Real 11th Berlin Biennale Happens Outside the Institution,” Frieze, September 25, 2020.
Levin K., Amy. “Crossing Over: Museums as Spaces of Violence,” Museum International, 2020.
Moffit, Evan. “Roma Holiday,” Artforum, February 18, 2020.
Moro, Humberto. “National Insuffiencies,” Art Papers, Winter 2020.
Yerebacan Can, Osman. “11 Digital Art and Design Exhibitions to Get Lost In From Home,” Architectural Digest, April 10, 2020.
Whitechapel Gallery. “Pride Celebration,” June 13, 2020.
Whittle, Andrea. “Artists Turn to the Skies to Bring Awareness to Detention Centers Around the Country,” W Magazine, July 3, 2020.

2019
Adell, Anna. “Carlos Motta, Mirillas desde las que espiar lo contado,”Le Bastart, January 2019.
Anderson, Samuel. “Carlos Motta Kindles Wojnarowicz’s Rage,” V-Man, February 26, 2019.
Berardini, Andrew. “Madrid Roundup,” Art Agenda, April 2, 2019.
Betancourt, Manuel. “Carlos Motta: on Excavating a Queer Historical Past and Imagining its Future,” Extra Extra, March 2019.
Bishop, Nancy. “Stonewall Exhibit at Wrightwood 659 Celebrates Queer Art And “Trans-ness”: We Are Many Things At Once,” Third Coast Review, May 31, 2019.
Can Yerebacan, Osman. “A Pain That I’m Used To: When The Art World Embraced S&M,” Elephant, June, 11, 2019.
Erickson, Ruth. “Carlos Motta.” When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2019, pp. 128-129.
Ferreira da Silva, Denise. “Corpus Infinitum,” Catalogue for the exhibition Carlos Motta: Corpo Fechado, Galeria Avenida da India, Lisbon, Portugal, EGEAC, Lisbon.
Jaeger, William. “Exhibit at Union College examines issues of power, U.S. hegemony,” Times Union, January 30, 2019.
Johnson, Steve. “Queer art celebration honors Stonewall anniversary by looking beyond the binary,” Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2019.
Kotlarczyk, Abbra. “Queer uses of colour: A tinted hermeneutics,” Artlink, March 1, 2019.
Leeb, Susanne and Stakemeier, Kerstin. Denise Ferreira da Silva Interviewed, Texte Zür Kunst, April 12, 2019.
McGrath, Jack. “Carlos Motta: Conatus,” Brochure of the Exhibition: Carlos Motta: Conatus, P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY.
Motta, Carlos in “Confessions on the Dance Floor: Reveries From The Gay Bar,” Art Forum, June 2019.
Motta, Carlos in “What is Photography?” B&H Photo, August 2019.
Small, Zachary. “Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Carlos Motta Wants an Iced Almond Latte,” Hyperallergic, June 6, 2019.
Synec, Manuela. “Corpo Fechado de Carlos Motta — uma revisitaçao da narrativa histórica,” Umbigo, January 30, 2019.

2018    
Goldberg, RoseLee. “Performance Now!,” Thames and Hudson, 2018.
Moreno, Nadia. “Formas de libertad: Carlos Motta at MAMM,” Medellín, Terremoto, Jan. 25, 2018.
Motta, Carlos. “TOP 10,” Artforum, January 2018
Devun Leah and Tortorici Zeb. “Interview with Maya Mikdashi and Carlos Motta,” TSQ, November 2018.

2017    
Weber, Stephanie and Matthias Mühling. “A Reader Accompanying the Exhibition After the Fact. Propaganda in the 21st Century,” Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau Munchen and the authors, Munich Germany, 2017.
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Gender Fluid Artists Come Out of the Grey Zone,” New York Times, September 15, 2017.

2016    
Colucci, Emily. “X-Ray of Civilization: Beyond Biopolitics in Carlos Motta’s ‘Deviations’,” filthy dreams, May 8, 2016.
Cotter, Holland. “Carlos Motta, ‘Deviations’,” New York Times, May 12, 2016.
Dama, Francesco. “An Anthology of Queer Art Theory Puts Artists First,” Hyperallergic, May 26, 2016.
Dunham, Noah. “Unpacking ‘Otherness’ in Carlos Motta’s Deseos”, The Portland Mercury, September 15, 2016.
Gaia, Giovanni. “Performance e provocazione. Alla Tenuta dello Scompiglio,” Artribune, June 13, 2016.
Getsy, David. “QUEER— Documents of Contemporary Art,” Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press, 2016.
Kleinman, Adam. “Carlos Motta,” Artforum, Summer 2016.
Masushio, Taro. “Critics’ Picks: Carlos Motta,” Artforum, May 6, 2016.
Motta, Carlos. “Activism, Visuality, and the Needs of Queer Youth,” Journal for Visual Culture, April 2016.
Motta, Carlos. “We Are Orlando,” Bomb Magazine, June 15, 2016.
Yerebakan, Osman Can. “Carlos Motta: Deviations at PPOW,” ARTE FUSE, May 13, 2016.
Small, Zachary. “Art that Slows Down How We Assess Gender,” Hyperallergic, April 4, 2016.
Tyc, Cat. “Carlos Motta,” Bomb Magazine, May 6, 2016.
Vazquez, Neil. “Artist Carlos Motta Revives Latin America’s Queer Culture With ‘Histories for the Future’ at PAMM,” Miami New Times, July 12, 2016.
Getsy, David J. “Histories for the Future: Visionary Identification in the Work of Carlos Motta,” Brochure, P·P·O·W, New York.
Kogler, Stefanie. “The art practice of Carlos Motta and the archive as a tool for re-enactment and communication,” World Art, March 2016.
Luna, Claire. “Carlos Motta,” Arte al Dia, January 2016.
Silver, Erin. “Beloved,” Brochure, Mercer Union, Toronto.

2015    
Berardini, Andrew. “Carlos Motta, Suppression and Pre-Columbian Blowjobs,” Art Review, January 2015.
Janeksela, Jacklyn. “Gender Talents is Making You Rethink Everything You Thought You Knew About Gender,” culturedesigners.com, March 26, 2015.
Obregón, Catalina. “El arte pecador de Carlos Motta,” Revista Diners, February 2015.
Olsson, Nils. “En mångfald av roster,” Kunstkritikk, February 6, 2015.
Piñero, Alvaro. “‘gender talents’ es la prueba de que el género está sobrevalorado,” i-D, March 25, 2015.
Rana, Matthew. “Carlos Motta, Röda Sten Konsthall,” Frieze Magazine, April 2015.
Schoiswohl, Maria. “Insider New York: Carlos Motta,” Insiderei.com, March 19, 2015.
Sutton, Benjamin. “In an Artist’s Video Project, Getting to Know Trans and Intersex Activists,” Hyperallergic, March 24, 2015.
Svensk, Fredrik. “Sex i kolonin,“ Aftonbladet, February 23, 2015.
Teplitzky, Alex. “Performing Gender,” The Lab, Creative Capital Blog, March 11, 2015.

2014    
Zaya, Octavio. “Carlos Motta: Letter to My Father,” Memórias Inapagáives, Associacâo Cultural Videobrasil, “ARCO’14: El crítico como galerista,” ABC Cultural, February 19, 2014.
Barbancho, Juan-Ramón. “El cuerpo queer, la construcción de la memoria,” http://ramona.org.ar, March 2014.
Cotter, Holland. “Under the Same Sun, Art from Latin America, at Guggenheim,” The New York Times, June 12, 2014.
Hontoria, Javier. “Nuevos escenarios en los Solo Projects,” El Cultural (Spain) — Especial ARCO, February 21, 2014.
Kovalyova, Ekaterina. “арлос Мотта: «Сексуальная идентичность — это ахиллесова пята нашего мира»”
http://theoryandpractice.ru, April 9, 2014.
“Las diversidades sociales y sexuales aún son incómodas,” HOY (Ecuador), February 23, 2014.
León de la Barra, Pablo. “Dispatch: Mexico,” blogs.guggenheim.org/map/dispatch-mexico, February 26, 2014.
León de la Barra, Pablo. “Dispatch: Colombia,” http://blogs.guggenheim.org/map/dispatch-columbia, April 2, 2014.
López Jijón, Ana María. “El cuerpo es un espacio de resistencia donde la identidad se ejerce como performance,”
radiococoa.com/index.php?url=entrevistas-2/el-cuerpo-es-un-espacio-de-resistencia-donde-la-identidad-se-ejerce-como-performance.
Mejía, Joseph and Rafael Garrido. “Carlos Motta: Hacia una historiografía homoerótica,” ICONOS- Flacso, Ecuador.
Millán de Benavides, Carmen. “Sus monstruos son nuestros ídolos: A propósito de la Trilogía Nefanda de Carlos Motta,” Instituto Caro y Cuervo, Ciclo Rosa Audiovisual 2014.
Molina, Oscar. “Lo queer en sí es colonial,” HOY (Ecuador), February 19, 2014.
Moscoso, Manuela. “Entrevista con Carlos Motta Catalogue for “7.000.000″, Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló, ’14.
Ortíz, Diego. “Retratos de aquellas otras historias,” El Comercio (Ecuador), February 20, 2014.
Ostrander, Tobias. “My Highlights from ARCOmadrid,” ART SY, February 26, 2014.
Rodríguez Dalvard, Dominique. Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cartagena (BIACI). Revista Diners, Marzo 11, 2014.
Vera, Cristhian. “Teoría queer y memoria,” GATOPARDO Número 22 (Ecuador), 2014.
Young, Peter. “The Artists Subverting the Gender Binary,” Dazed, November 20, 2014.

2013    
Bettencourt, Sandra. “A Arte Nefanda de Carlos Motta,” Janela Urbana, August 8, 2013.
Carbone, Christopher. “We Created This: The Value of Mentorship for Queer Artists in the Age of Assimilation
Master of Arts Thesis,” Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2013.
Cotroneo, Rocco. “Dalla politica Usa ai trans riprendo la mia Colombia,” Corriere Della Sera, January 25, 2013.
D’Arcy, David. “What the Experimental Films at TIFF Tell Us About the Future of Film,” Indiewire, September 16, 2013.
Feiss, Ellen. “Gender Talents: A Special Address,” Frieze Blog, March 4, 2013.
Feiss, Ellen. “Absolute Democracy,” Frieze Magazine, Winter 2012-2013.
Kogler, Stephanie. “Democracy Cycle— An Interview with Carlos Motta, Arara: Art and Architecture of the Americas,” Issue 11, 2013.
Marucci, Luciano. L’Arte dei Paesi Emergenti, Juliet # 163, 2013.
Mayer, Mariano. “Extranjero,” Arte al Dia, February 2013.
Motta, Carlos. “AA Bronson: On the Ineffable Quality of His Life and Work,” EXTRA EXTRA, April Issue # 2.
Motta, Carlos. “Guest Editor, (im)practical (im)possibilities,” e-flux journal # 44, April Issue.
Motta, Carlos. “Deviations to Love,” ATLANTICA, Journal of Art and Thought # 53.
Motta, Carlos. “Dios es pobre in The Second World Congress of Free Artists,” Ed. Camel Collective, Aarhus Kunsthal.
Nash, Mark. “Das Dokumnentarische im Zeitalter der Asthetik — Documentary in the Age of Aesthetics,” Kultur Kreis, 2013.
Ostrowska, Ania. “Gender Charmers, the f word, Contemporary UK Feminism,” February 24, 2013.
Sicinski, Michael, NEFANDUS in TIFF 2013. Wavelenghts Experimental Films—The Shorts and the Mediums Mubi.com, September 2013.
Sierra, Sonia. “Frontera y libertad, temas en los muros de la SAPS,” El Universal, April 9, 2013 (Mexico).
Weil, Harry J. “Somewhere There is History: A Conversation with Carlos Motta,” Afterimage Vol. 41, No. 2, 2013.

2012    
“Konsten att flytta ett berg,” Aftonbladet, January 16, 2012.
 Amir, Yaelle. Required Reading (Catalogue), Center for Book Arts.
Berrío, Juana, On Queering Dominant Discourses: An Interview with Carlos Motta, Six Degrees, New Museum’s Blog, September 7, 2012.
Bogre, Michelle. “Activism: Practice and Process in Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change,” Focal Press, 2012.
Cruz, Araceli. “Carlos Motta, On ‘We Who Feel Differently’ and Obama’s Gay Marriage Stance,” Village Voice, June 5, 2012.
Clements, Alexis. “Can We Queer the (Art) World, and Why Should We?,” Hyperallergic, May 9, 2012.
Diaz, Silvina. “Sentir de una manera diferente…,” Pie Derecho, May 2012.
Durant, Marc Alice. “Carlos Motta,” Saint Lucy, September 2012.
Erikson, Alex. “Centering the Fringe,” Next Magazine, April 27, 2012.
Finkelstein, Avram. “We Who Feel Differently,” criticalmob.com, May 10, 2012.
Forero Parra, Michael Andrés. Carlos Motta: entre el arte y el museo Premio Nacional de Crítica y Ensayo (Corto): Arte Contemporáneo en Colombia, 2012.
Kartofel, Graciela. “Carlos Motta at Y Gallery,” Artnexus No. 84, Volume 11, 2012.
Kogler, Stefanie. “Mediation and the Role of Archives in Contemporary Art from Latin America University of Essex,” School of Philosophy and Art History, MA Curating Latin American Art, Sep. 2012.
Loek, Heida. “Come! To Man’s Country: Counterpublic Space, Sexuality and Identity of the Gay Clone in New York City,” American Studies, MA Dissertation, University of Groningen, 2012. 
López Sorzano, Liliana. “Interrogando la diferencia,” El Espectador, Mayo 20, 2012. 
Nakano, Sarah. “Queer Eyes on ‘We Who Feel Differently’ Exhibit,” velvetparkmedia.com, May 23, 2012. 
Petersson, Frans Josef. “Konsten att flytta ett berg,” Aftonbladet, January 16, 2012. 
3ra Trienal Poli/gráfica de San Juan: El Panal/The Hive (Catalogue), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2012.
Zaya, Octavio. “We Who Feel Differently,” The New Museum, New York, Arte al Dia, September 2012.
Arevalo, Antonio. “No se está trabajando con banderas sino con poéticas de lo personal,” ArtiShock, June 2011.

2011    
Ardila, Oscar. “Zeit- Genössische Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum in Kolumbien,” Kunststadt Stadtkunst, April 2011, No. 58.
Artecontexto, “Without Reality There is No Utopia,” June 6, 2011.
Biesenbach, Klaus. ”Erdkunde,” Monopol Magazine, January 2011.
Bosco Díaz-Urmeneta, Juan. “Descripción de la mentira,” El País.com, June 20, 2011.
burrough, xtine, “NetWORKS: Case Studies in Web Art and Design,” Routledge, 2011.
Bourland, Ian. “Critics’ Picks, Found in Translation,” ArtForum, March 2011.
“de ll a 21: Sobre la constitución política del presente, Déficit (vs excedente),” De 11 a 21, March-June 2011, Number 1, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo Danbolt, Matthias, We Who Feel Differently, trickster.net, May 31, 2011.
La Tertulia Trangrede, El País. 8 de Agosto, 2011.
Exhibition Catalogue, “Âs Artes, Ciudadãos!,” Museu de Arte Contempoânea de Serralves, 2011.
Fisher, Cora. “Found in Translation,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2011.
Gelder, Van Hilde. “Aesthetic Justice,” Le Magazine Jeu de Paume. 30 May 2011.
Haraldseth, Geir. “Ten questions: Carlos Motta,” Kunstikritikk Nordic Edition, kunstkrittikk.se, May 18, 2011.
Rangel, Gabriela. “arteBA: Bicentenarios después de la invención,” arteBA Fundación, 2011.
di Quinzio, Apsara. “The Air We Breathe,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011.
Symons, Stéphane. “Aesthetic Justice,” lemagazine.jeudepaume.org
”The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconscious,” Thames & Hudson and Aperture, 2011.
Ullebø, Kjetil. “Med kunstnerblikk pa skeive Norge,” Fredag, Kultur & Folk, May 20, 2011.
Zeithammer, Sabina. “Carlos Motta, Wiener Festwochen,” derStandard.at, June 9, 2011.

2010    
Amdam, Peter. “Arkivets spøkelser,” Kunstkritikk, September 9, 2010.
Cahill, Zachary. “The Creative Act,” Artforum, December 20, 2010.
“Días de Auditorio,” ADN Cultura, June 26, 2010.
Donovan, Thom. “Melanie Crean: How to Do Things with Words,” BomBlog, November 30, 2010.
Exhibition Brochure, Biennale Cuvée 2010, at World Selection of Contemporary Art OK Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Austria 2010.
Exhibition Catalogue, smART at the Miami Dade College, Miami Dade College, 2010.
Herrera, Adriana. “Panorama del Arte Emergente Latinoamericano,” Arte Al Día, June-August 2010, Issue 131.
Hoyo, Andrés. “El teatro colombiano invade a Berlín,” Eltiempo.com, April 13, 2010.
Ithaca College Names Winners of Environmental Film Festival, IthacaIndy.com, March 10, 2010.
Kunstsenter, Henie Onstad. “Kampen om arkivet-Utstilling,” The Creative Act, Aftenposten, Kultur, September 6, 2010.
“Libertad y Desorden,” Black Box Berlin, March 23, 2010.
La Paglia, Federica. “Se Non Qui, Dove?,” Cura Magazine, October-December 2010, Issue 06.
López, Liliana. “Artistas colombianos hacen presencia en Berlín,” elespectador.com, April 23, 2010.
Marmeleira, José. “Exposição- Somos todos cidadãos do mundo em Serralves,” ípsilon, November 17, 2010.
Marshall, Piper. “Avenue of the Americas,” ArtForum, September 13, 2010.
Meierhenrich, Doris. “Freiheit und Unordnung: Theater aus Kolumbien in HAU, Berliner Zeitung, April 26, 2010.
Morales, Lorenzo, Experimento de Justicia Narrativa en Seis Actos, impre.com, March 21, 2010.
Motta, Carlos, A Conversation Between Carlos Motta and Gabriela Rangel, Henie Onstad Art Centre Exhibition Catalogue, 2010.
Motta, Carlos. Exhibition Catalogue for “The Politics of Art”, National Museum of Contemporary Arts, Athens, 2010.
Νερομάνα, Worlds Together- An hour with artist Carlos Motta Fountain Head, Communicative Experimentation, Jun 27.
Sarmiento, Jorge. “¿El Libreto Teatral Como Discurso Artístico Del Arte Contemporáneo?” esferapública.org, Sep 18.
Schulz, Ole. “Wo die Gewalt zeitlos ist- Kritische kolumbianische Theatermacher versammeln sich im HAU TANZ,” 2010.
Schulz, Ole. “Kein Fest ohne Feind,” Die Tageszeitung, April 22, 2010.
Spreng, Eberhard. “Antirhetorick einer mörderischen Wirklichkeit, Deutschlandradio Kultur,” Dradio.de, April 26, 2010.
Teicke, Friedhelm. “Festival: Libertad y Desorden Freiheit und Unordnung,” Zitty, April/May 2010.
Teicke, Friedhelm. “Gewalt und Leidenschaft,” 14 Tage Bühne, April/May 2010.
Trezzi, Nicola. “Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,” FlashArtOnline.com, July 13, 2010.
Weiner, Andrew Stefan. “The Shapes I Remember from Maps,” Tracking New Geographies, X-TRA, Vol. 12, Num. 2.
Wildermann, Patrick. “O Land voll Blut und Wunden- Passionsspiele: Politisches Theater aus Kolumbien- ein Festival am Berliner HAU,” Der Tagesspiegel, Kultur, April 24, 2010.
Wildermann, Patrick. “Die dreckigen Helilgen”, Der Tagesspiegel, March 25, 2010.
Zerpa, Marth Escalona. “Gran retrospectiva de Frida Kahlo,” el músico Ruben Rada y arte joven colombiano en Berlín Analítica.com, May 5, 2010.

2009    
5x5 Castelló ‘09 Exhibition Catalogue, Castelló, July 24- September 27, 2009.
6th Annual New Prints Review, Art on Paper, November/December 2009, Vol 14, No. 2.
Allerholm, Milou. “Review of ‘Carlos Motta på Konstahall C, Stockholm’,” DN.se, February 19, 2009.
Amado, Miguel. “Review of ‘Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding’ at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery,” Artforum, January 24, 2009.
Bellet, Harry and Dagen, Phillippe. “Petites choses, grande réussite,” Le Monde, Biennale de Lyon, September 16, 2009.
Cole, Lori. “Critics’ Picks, Things Fall Apart at the Winkleman Gallery,” Artforum, January 26, 2009.
Durant, Mark Alice. “Notes on Photography and Monumentality,” Aperture, Fall 2009.
Feedforward- El ángel de la Historia/ The Angel of History, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, 2009.
Exhibition Catalogue, 28 Grafica Bienale/ Biennial of Graphic Arts Mednarodni Graficni Likovni Center/ International Centre of Graphic Arts, 2009.
Exhibition Catalogue, Xe Biennale de Lyon, Le Spectacle du Quotidien/The Spectacle of the Everyday, Les Presses du Reél, 2009.
Exhibition Catalogue, Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Tuning Exhibition, Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale Organizing Committee, 2009.
Flores, Tatiana. “Preemptive Resistances: Critical Pointers in Latin American Art,” ArtNexus, June/August 2009, Issue 7.
Incerti, Roberto. “Review of ‘La Buena Vida/ The Good Life’ at Fabbrica Europa,” Stazione Leopolda, La Repubblica, May 5, 2009.
Iyer, Gayathri. “Review of ‘The End. And...’ at Frederico Séve Gallery,” latincollector, newyorkartbeat.com, Aug 4, 2009.
Lindgren, Peter. “Review of ‘Mörk bild av den svenska modellen’ at Konsthall C,” aftonbladet.se, February 20, 2009.
Listing of La Buena Vida/ The Good Life at Stazione Leopolda, Fabbrica Europa, May 5-May 23, 2009.
Manen, Martí. “Carlos Motta, los archivos del immigrante, at Konsthall C,” Exposiciones Europa.
McQuaid, Cate. “Videos, then and now, tell a story, at the RISD Museum,” Boston.com, January 4, 2009.
Motta, Carlos. “Brigada Ramona Parra,” A Prior, Issue 03, 2009.
Motta, Carlos. “Interview with Allora and Calzadilla,” BOMB, Number 109, Fall 2009.
Ospina, Lucas. “Historia de dos Artistas,” Elespectador.com, April 17, 2009.
Peña, Carolina. “La Buena Vida: Una Percepción Latinoamericana de Democracia,” Acceso Directo, Portada, Edition 40.
Peña, Pompillio. “La fuerza de Carlos Motta, at Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, elesptador.com, March 26, 2009.
Pope-Chappell, Maya. “Dissecting the Good Life, at Smack Mellon Gallery,” nycitynewsservice.com, March 23, 2009.
P.S.1 Summer 2009 Newspaper, “Spotlight on Carlos Motta at P.S. 1 MoMA,” Summer 2009, P.S. 1 MoMA.
“Review of ‘Carlos Motta, Demokrati på riktigt’ at Konsthall C,” svd.se, February 20, 2009.
“Review of ‘Carlos Motta, Undersöker den svenska demokratin’ at Konsthall C,” kulturstan.se, January 28, 2009.
“Younger Than Jesus/ Artist Directory,” New Museum, Phaidon, 2009.

2008    
Jones, Caitlin. “Review of ‘In the Private Eye’ at ISE Cultural Foundation,” Rhizome, February 2008.
Bernasconi, Roberta. “VENEZIA TUTTO S.A.L.E.,” Exibart.com, February 2008.
Zellen, Jody. “Carlos Motta,” Art Papers, January 2008.
Blagojovic, B. “Upcoming Events, ‘Parsons Fine Arts Lecture Series: Carlos Motta’,” The Zine, October 14, 2008.
Blagojovic, B. “Review of ‘Democracy in America’ at the Park Avenue Armory,” The Zine, Events, September 22, 2008.
Bryant, Eric. “The Indecisive Image,” Art News, March 2008.
Buil, Belaxis. “Carlos Motta, Capturing the Voice of the Masses,” Creative Art Network, 2008.
Cotter, Holland. “’With Politics in Air, a Freedom Free-for-All Comes to Town’ at the Park Avenue Armory,” The New York Times, September 23, 2008.
Carvalho, Denise. “The Good Life at the Institute of Contemporary Art,” Art Nexus, No.116 Sept-Nov 2008, pg. 156.
Douglas, Sarah. “New York Museum Shows to Restore Your Faith at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery,” Art Info, November 3, 2008.
“Soft Manipulation- Who is Afraid of the New Now?”, Casino Luxembourg, 2008.
“The Greenroom, Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art”, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard Museum 2008.
Estévez, Mayra. UIO-BOG, Estudios Sonoros Desde la Región Andina, Trama, 2008.
Halpern, Ashlea. Exhibition listing of “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding” at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery, Time Out New York, Own this city, October 16- October 22, 2008.
Holmes, Pernilla. “Blast from the Past- Artists around the globe are turning Socialist Realism on its head, layering the once-potent tool of propaganda with irony and nostalgia,” Art News, January 2008.
Kushner, Marilyn S. “The Future Must Be Sweet- Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years,” Lower East Side Printshop Inc., 2008.
Mella, Leanne. “The Prisoner’s Dilemma,” Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2008.
Moreno, S. “Review of Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, ‘Parsons Show Examines Democracy as Brand’ at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery,” I.D. Magazine, October 28, 2008.
Motta, Carlos. “Relations in Real Time: A Conversation with Maria Lind,” Sjónauki Art Magazine, Number 3, 2008.
Motta, Carlos. “mapa zerø, 2008 2DA Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan América Latina y el Caribe,” No. Cero, Issue 1.
Motta, Carlos. “The Good Life,” Art in General, New Commissions Program 2008.
Ozuna, Tony. Exhibition review, “Straight Shooters” of Archivo Sur: Art Between Identity and the Mask, at Futura
The Prague Post, November 19, 2008.
Roalf, Peggy. “Review of Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, ‘Art at a Cultural Crossroads’ at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery,” Design Arts, October 16, 2008.
Smith, Roberta. Exhibition listing of “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding” at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery. The New York Times, Arts and Leisure, October 10, 2008.
Thompson, Nato. Editor, A Guide to Democracy in America, Creative Time Books, 2008.
Review of Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, “New York goes democrazy” at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery, Flash Art, November 1, 2008.
Review of Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding at Parsons Anna-Maria and Stephen Keller Gallery, Art Slant New York, Exhibitions, October 2008.
Review of “Soft Manipulatin- Who is afraid of the new now?” at Casino Luxembourg, ArtFama, March 2009.
Stamenkovic, Marko. “Interview with Carlos Motta, ‘Victims’ Dignity’,” labforculture.org, January 23, 2008.
Velasco, David. “Review of ‘The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art’ at CCS Bard/Hessel Museum,” Artforum, September 2008.
Vriens, Matthias. Contributors, “Top Tip”, Elle UK, February 2008.
Wilson, Beth E. Review of The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art, “Lucid Dreaming” at CCS Bard/Hessel Museum, Chronogram, November 2008.
Zellen, Jody. “Carlos Motta, New York,” Art Papers, January/February 2008.

2007    
Amir, Yaelle. “Carlos Motta,” The Leningrad Trilogy, Winkleman Gallery, Whitehot, Oct. 2007.
Hernández, Sofía. “Carlos Motta: Consistently Aware,” Arte Al Día Internacional, May 2007.
Motta, Carlos. “Means of Engagement: A Review of Oliver Herring's Show,” Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Fall 2007.

2006    
Bordón, Juan Manuel. “Carta Abierta a la Vanguardia Artística en el Correo Central,” Clarin, Cultura, Nov. 11, 2006.
Clinton, Margaret Liu. “Distortion, Disruption & Dispersion: Reconfigured Retellings,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Exhibition Brochure Essay, June 2006.
“Carlos Motta: Reciclador de Imagenes,” Conección Colombia, Abril 6, 2006.
Cotter, Holland. “Whitney Independent Study Program,” New York Times, May 12, 2006.
Costa, Marcela. “Balelatína, The Art of Latin America on the Banks of the Rhine,” Arte al Día, No 115, September 2006.
Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia. “10 Experimentos Determinantes,” Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Exhibition Catalog, 2006.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Black and White but Not That Simple: Carlos Motta Confronts Latin American Politics,” New York Times, April 30, 2006.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Is It the N.S.A., Or, an M.F.A?,” New York Times, February 12, 2006.
Herrera, Adriana. “La incertidumbre en el arte contemporáneo,” El Nuevo Herald, Oct. 15, 2006.
Motta, Carlos.” Venas Abiertas?,” Exit Express, 2006.
Motta, Carlos. “Lesson Plan: Unlearn,” NYFA Current, Dec. 2006.
Motta, Carlos. ”Cultura: Hablan los Artistas,” Cambios, No. 685, August 14-20, 2006.
Kilston, Lyra. “The Front Page: Artists and Photojournalism,” Artlies, 2006.
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. “Ella's Gift: Cifo is an oasis in a desert of concrete rot,” Miami New Times, October 2006.
McKee, Yates. “Carlos Motta’s Hemispheric Counter-Pedagogy,” Real Art Ways, Exhibition Brochure Essay, May 2006.
Perez, Dinorah. ”Carlos Motta en Kevin Bruk Gallery,” Arte al Dia, December 2006.
“Projekt: The People Speak v. Saul Albert og Mikey,” Kunst, Art Guide, September-October 2006.
Rexer, Lyle. “Bill Hunt's Photographs,” Art on Paper, January 2006.
Turner, Eliza. “Video, defined: Two shows focus on the history of video arts,” The Miami Herald, Nov 5, 2006.

2005    
Cotter, Holland. “Latino Art, and Beyond Category,” New York Times, September 2, 2005.
Cullen Deborah. “The (S) Files, El Museo,” Exhibition Catalog Essay, 2005.
Henry, Clare. “The (S) Files,” ARTnews, December 2005.
Howard, Henry. “El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files/The Selected Files,” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2005.
Kopenkina, Olga. “Russia Significant Other,” ICA, Exhibition Brochure Essay, St. Petersburg, Russia, February 2006.
Micchelli, Thomas. “The Book as Object and Performance,” The Brooklyn Rail, January 2005.
Powhida, William. “Enemy Image,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 2005.
Serrano, Eduardo. “Se acabo el rollo? La fotografia en Colombia de 1950 a 2000,” Book, published by Editorial Planeta, 2005/6.

2004    
Ellis, David. “New Home for WTC Art Studios,” Downtown Express, July 15, 2004.
Farrel, Jennifer. “Establishing Shot,” Exit Express, May 2004.
Hudson, Suzanne. “Establishing Shot,” Artforum, September 2004.
Rattemeyer, Christian. “Establishing Shot,” Artists Space, Exhibition Catalog Essay, April 2004.
Roca, José. “Urbes Interiores: Carlos Motta, Enterrar y Callar, Alliance Française,” Exhibition Catalog Essay, June 2004.
Schwendener, Martha. “Establishing Shot,” Time Out New York, April 15, 2004.
Stillman, Nick. “Establishing Shot,” Artforum.com, April 30, 2004.

2003    
Baker, Kenneth. “Artists Leave the Camera Out of the Picture,” SF Chronicle, June 7, 2003.
Bowen, Doren. “Photography in the Mix: Flora-Fauna-Photo,” Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Spring/Summer 2003.
Nuovi Spazi, nasce a Aréa a Palermo, Exibart.com, January 2003.
Flynt, Robert. “Interview with Carlos Motta,” Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, CD-ROM, Spring/Summer 2003.
“Translatability,” New York Arts Magazine, August 2003.
Nicita, Paola. “No Money, No Honey,” Exibart.com, February 12, 2003.
Comienza Fotología, Periodico El Tiempo, August 6, 2003.
“25 Artistas en el Salón Nacional,” Periodico El Tiempo, August 25, 2003.

2002    
Arévalo, Antonio. “Latin-American Photography from New York to Santiago de Chile,” IILA, Exhibition Catalog Essay, May 2002.
Bastante, Maria Cristina. “Latin-American Photography from New York to Santiago de Chile,” Exibart.com, June 14, 2002.
Ciolini, Vittoria. “Identita Culturali: Toscana Fotografia,” La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Exhibition Catalog Essay, October 2002.
“Da non perdere, Carlos Motta,” Pesca Milagrosa, CityFirenze, November 5, 2002.
“Mundos Creados,” CultFrame, September 2002.
Door, Arno. “Revolutie,” De Volkskrant, September 12, 2002.
Guarnieri, Beatrice. “Pesca Milagrosa,” Exibart.com, November 7, 2002.
L’altro é il mio obbietivo torna Toscana fotografia, La Repubblica, November 2002.
La ‘Pesca Miracolosa’ dei guerriglieri colombiani, L’unita, November 8, 2002.
Melis, Wim. “Carlos Motta: 'Pesca Milagrosa', Mundos Creados: Constructed Photography from the Wider Caribbean," Noorderlicht Photofestival, Exhibition Catalog Essay, 2002.
Reieneweld, Chris. Waarachtig beeld, Financieel Dagblad, September 28, 2002, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Pietersma, lland, Ik will niet aan geweld wennen, Dagblad van het Noorden, September 2002, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Van, Ek S. “Experimentale Fotografie,” Friesch Dagblad, September 2002, Groningen, The Netherlands.

2001    
Vásquez, Mauricio and de Greiff, Ilse. “Interview with Carlos Motta,” Choque y Fusión, 99.1 Radio Joven, Colombia, November 2001.

2000    
Landi, Patrizia. “Tecnica Mista, La Corte Arte Contemporanea,” Exhibition Catalog Essay, May 2000.
Frailey, Stephen. “Introduction for Close,” Published by Deskubre, Rome Italy, 2000.
Tocancipa Luz Stella, Goce Visual, Revista Cromos, November 16, 2000.
Umbrico, Penelope. “Critical Essay for Close,” Published by Deskubre, Rome, Italy, 2000.