ASMA is an artist duo formed by Matias Armendaris (b. 1990, Ecuador)
and Hanya Beliá (b. 1994, Mexico). They live and work in Mexico City.
Their work uses allegorical figures and evocative architectural spaces
exploring formal interrelations between painterly and sculptural
expressions. They employ fictional narratives which include forms of
nature interwoven with psychoaffective contemporary landscapes.
As a result of a collaborative process the work focuses on hybrid and
polluted forms both in a material and conceptual nature. They explore
a nostalgic revisitation of the past through a metamodern lens which
oscillates between critical discourses of identity and belonging with
ornate formal explorations of beauty.
ASMA has been featured in gallery and institutional exhibitions
including Wander+Pursuit at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Detroit, Detroit, US; Ideal Space for Music at the SculptureCenter,
New York, US; Inverse Sátiro Envy I & II at PEANA, Mexico City, MX;
Blind Sun Rests in Desire, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BEL; Wander &
Pursuit a solo exhibition at House of Gaga in Los Angeles, US; Vain
Kisses to the Source, a solo exhibition at Deli Gallery in New York,
US; Vermin Gloom at Project Pangeé, Montreal, CA; “Anima Mundi”
a group exhibition presented as part of Manifiesta 13, Marseille, FR;
“Janus” a solo exhibition at Embajada, San Juan, PR; “Half Blood
Princess” a solo exhibition at PEANA, Monterrey, MX; “Blossoming
Carcass” at Make Room, Los Angeles. As well as their participation in
institutions with The Last of Animal Builders at the Edith Farnsworth
House curated by Alberto Ortega in Plane, Illinois USUS; Who Tells a
Tale Adds A Tail, a group exhibition at Denver Art Museum; Denver,
US; “OTRXS MUNDXS” a group exhibition at Museo Tamayo, Mexico
City, MX.