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La Chola Poblete
The work of the artist La Chola Poblete (Guaymallén, Mendoza, Argentina, 1989) includes painting, sculpture, installation and performance. Taking up again the tools and formats around which she builds her own language and iconography, La Chola intervenes in historical and contemporary imaginaries to explore the ambiguities and undefinable zones of the narrative of the past and the current political discourse. She critices the stereotyping and exoticization of original peoples.
In 2023, she was awarded ‘Artist of the Year’ by Deutsche Bank and, as part of the recognition, she presented Guaymallén at Palais Populaire, Berlin (2023). Following several other major international exhibitions, her participation in the 60th Venice Biennale Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa (Venice, 2024), stands out, during which she received an Honorable Mention.
Other recent solo shows include Pop Andino, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, São Paulo, Brasil (2026); En el aire, Barro, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2026); Melancolía del futuro, Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City, Mexico (2025); Guaymallén, MUDEC, Milan, Italy (2024); Guaymallén, Palais Populaire, Berlin (2023); Pap Art, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2023); Ejercicios del llanto, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (2022); Tenedor de Hereje, Pasto, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2021); El órgano masculino de la Chola, Mercado de Arte Contemporáneo, Córdoba, Argentina; SLAVE, Museo Carlos Alonso, Mendoza, Argentina; Todos sabemos lo fácil que es hacer llorar a alguien, El Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Pierrot, curated by Marcela Sinclair, Centro Cultural Conte Grand, Festival Plataforma Futuro, San Juan, Argentina; Rumore, Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno Mendoza (MMAMM) and Secretaría de Cultura, Mendoza, Argentina, among others.
She has participated in group exhibitions at the Center for Art, Research and Aliences / CARA; New York, USA; Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Argentina; (ISLAA) Institute for Studies on Latin American Art, New York, USA; Centro Internacional Das Artes José de Guimarães, Portugal, among many others. She has also been involved in the development and experimentation platform for transdisciplinary artists Laboratorio de Acción (Buenos Aires Theater Complex, 2019) and MARCO Arte Foco (Buenos Aires, 2018).
Among her upcoming projects include an exhibition at La Casa Encendida in Madrid in September 2026.
She lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.






































