Antonio Paucarartes mundi 1125.10.2025 - 21.02.2026
National Museum Cardiff + Mostyn Gallery
Antonio Paucar, *1973 in Huancayo, Peru,
lives and works in Berlin and Peru
Artes Mundi 11 (AM11) with Presenting Partner: Bagri Foundation, has opened at the National Museum in Cardiff on 24 October 2025. Mostyn Gallery is showing Paucar‘s work in their exhibition from 25 October 2025 – 21 February 2026.
On occasion of the opening shortlisted artist Antonio Paucar performed La energía espiral del AYNI.
The UK’s leading biennial exhibition and international contemporary art prize returns to National Museum Cardiff for its eleventh edition, and will this year be shared across four other sites across Wales.
The winner of the prestigious £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize will be announced during the exhibition run in January 2026.
Through his performances, sculptures and video works, Antonio Paucar creates an artistic language that draws upon his origins in Andean culture through rituals and interventions. Dialogue with indigenous ancestral knowledge is often set in critical tension with Western culture to address issues such as contemporary conflict, the assassination of indigenous leaders and climate change. The core of Paucar’s practice lies in his poetic and poignant performances in which he creates a dense body of readings. Concentrated actions and movements in natural and urban public spaces conjure intense imaginary worlds, loaded with symbolic readings.
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