Martín Soto Climént

Overview
Martín Soto Climént
Martín Soto Climént is well known for his surrealist manipulation of images and objects. His practice refers to the forms of the body and the psychology of desire embedded within an economy of consumption. By re-contextualising ever so slightly and executing delicate re-arrangements by ways of appropriation and juxtaposition his works often have the humble quality of the ready-made or appear to be fragile assemblages exploring issues of temporality, desire, decay and marginality. Soto Climént creates objects, installations, sculptures and photographs sourcing materials and imagery from the quotidian and his interventions into everyday objects are occasionally temporary.
 

Martín Soto Climént was born in 1977 in Mexico City and lives and works in nearby Tepoztlán. A major survey exhibition of Martín Soto Climént's work was presented at the Museo de la Ciudad de México in Mexico City in 2023. In France, his work was featured in the solo exhibition Amatl in 2021 at Andréhn-Schitpjenko and in group exhibitions at Les Franciscaines, Deauville (2022), the Carmignac Foundation (2021) and the Palais de Tokyo (2016). Recent solo exhibitions include the Hessel Museum of Art, Hudson, USA; Museo Universitario del Chopo Mexico; Museo Pietro Canonica Rome; Palais de Tokyo Paris; Kunsthalle Wintherthur, Switzerland; El ECO Museo Experimental, Mexico City, Mexico; New Jersey Musuem of Contemporary Art, USA; and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

His works are included in numerous collections, such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA; the Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA; the Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico; the Loewe Foundation; the MCA Chicago, USA; the Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; the MOCA, Miami, USA; and the François Pinault Foundation.

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  • Misty Tide (Secret Knock)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Misty Tide (Secret Knock), 2024
  • Misty Tide (Constellation)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Misty Tide (Constellation), 2024
  • Snow Bird III
    Martín Soto Climent
    Snow Bird III, 2024
  • Venus Borealis I
    Martín Soto Climent
    Venus Borealis I, 2024
  • Venus Borealis II
    Martín Soto Climent
    Venus Borealis II, 2024
  • Lo Oculto de la Doncella
    Martín Soto Climent
    Lo Oculto de la Doncella, 2024
  • La Doncella (Misty Gate)
    Martín Soto Climent
    La Doncella (Misty Gate), 2024
  • El Testigo de la Doncella
    Martín Soto Climent
    El Testigo de la Doncella, 2024
  • Beso Boreal (Frozen Lake)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Beso Boreal (Frozen Lake), 2024
  • The Seasons of Venus
    Martín Soto Climent
    The Seasons of Venus, 2024
  • Venus y Vulcano
    Martín Soto Climent
    Venus y Vulcano, 2024
  • The Seasons of Venus II
    Martín Soto Climent
    The Seasons of Venus II, 2024
  • Venus
    Martín Soto Climent
    Venus, 2024
  • Volupté / De ces ciels brouillés #1
    Martín Soto Climent
    Volupté / De ces ciels brouillés #1, 2023
  • Origine/ Les plus rares fleurs #2
    Martín Soto Climent
    Origine/ Les plus rares fleurs #2, 2023
  • Origine/ Les plus rares fleurs #3
    Martín Soto Climent
    Origine/ Les plus rares fleurs #3, 2023
  • Caché derrière le rideau de secrets
    Martín Soto Climent
    Caché derrière le rideau de secrets , 2023
  • La douce langue natale #1
    Martín Soto Climent
    La douce langue natale #1, 2023
  • Si Mystérieux
    Martín Soto Climent
    Si Mystérieux, 2023
  • La douce langue natale #2
    Martín Soto Climent
    La douce langue natale #2, 2023
  • Vaisseau de peau
    Martín Soto Climent
    Vaisseau de peau, 2023
  • À l'âme en secret #1
    Martín Soto Climent
    À l'âme en secret #1, 2023
  • Les charmes si mystérieux
    Martín Soto Climent
    Les charmes si mystérieux, 2023
  • À l'âme en secret #2
    Martín Soto Climent
    À l'âme en secret #2, 2023
  • À l'âme en secret #3
    Martín Soto Climent
    À l'âme en secret #3, 2023
  • À l'âme en secret #4
    Martín Soto Climent
    À l'âme en secret #4, 2023
  • Volupté / De ces ciels brouillés #2
    Martín Soto Climent
    Volupté / De ces ciels brouillés #2, 2023
  • Les soleils mouillés #1
    Martín Soto Climent
    Les soleils mouillés #1, 2023
  • Brillant à travers leurs larmes #1
    Martín Soto Climent
    Brillant à travers leurs larmes #1, 2023
  • Brillant à travers leurs larmes #2
    Martín Soto Climent
    Brillant à travers leurs larmes #2, 2023
  • Melting Caramel
    Martín Soto Climent
    Melting Caramel, 2023
  • Blue
    Martín Soto Climent
    Blue, 2023
  • Velvet Flames
    Martín Soto Climent
    Velvet Flames, 2023
  • Velvet Flames (Beating)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Velvet Flames (Beating), 2023
  • Caramel
    Martín Soto Climent
    Caramel, 2023
  • Gossip / Le secret de l’aube
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / Le secret de l’aube, 2022
  • Gossip / L’adieu de l’aube
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / L’adieu de l’aube, 2022
  • El origen de los dioses
    Martín Soto Climent
    El origen de los dioses, 2022
  • Gossip / Les miroirs profonds
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / Les miroirs profonds, 2022
  • Detail (Heliogravure print 4)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Heliogravure print 4) , 2021
  • Detail (Heliogravure print 2)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Heliogravure print 2) , 2021
  • Detail (Copper plate 4)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Copper plate 4) , 2021
  • Detail (Copper plate 6)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Copper plate 6) , 2021
  • Gossip / BicoLove 3
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / BicoLove 3, 2021
  • Gossip / BicoLove 7 (Cupid´s Dart)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / BicoLove 7 (Cupid´s Dart), 2021
  • Gossip / Janus
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip / Janus, 2021
  • Gossip (Double night in wine)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip (Double night in wine), 2020
  • Gossip 69
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip 69, 2020
  • Gossip (Three souls for one night)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Gossip (Three souls for one night), 2020
  • Origin of a Star
    Martín Soto Climent
    Origin of a Star, 2020
  • Origin (Comets in Love)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Origin (Comets in Love), 2020
  • El Vuelo de los Pájaros – El Canto de la Noche (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    El Vuelo de los Pájaros – El Canto de la Noche (Phantogram), 2020
  • El Canto de la Noche (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    El Canto de la Noche (Phantogram), 2020
  • Windove (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Windove (Phantogram), 2020
  • Llamas de Lluvia II (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Llamas de Lluvia II (Phantogram), 2020
  • Llamas de Lluvia III (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Llamas de Lluvia III (Phantogram), 2020
  • Llamas de Lluvia IV (Phantogram)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Llamas de Lluvia IV (Phantogram), 2020
  • Detail (Collodion 3)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Collodion 3), 2020
  • Detail (Collodion 2)
    Martín Soto Climent
    Detail (Collodion 2), 2020
  • Marea de espuma
    Martín Soto Climent
    Marea de espuma, 2015
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