Juan Downey

Juan Downey (May 11, 1940 - June 9,1993) was a pioneer video artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, he received a B.A. in architecture from the Catholic University of Chile. He also studied at S.W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He immigrated to New York in 1965 and died in New York City at the age of 53 survived by his wife, Marilys Lamadrid. He is best known for his video work that is an eclectic voyage into political discourse, the history of art, ideas, personal discovery and self-reflection. Downey rediscovered a form of moving discourse that combined a multicultural deconstructivist investigation of language with his own deep understanding of color, form, shape and process. In addition to his videotapes, Downey also produced an extensive body of work that included installations, drawings, and paintings.

Bibliography

:Chile: Juan Downey (Venice, Italy: La Biennale di Venezia 49) 1999.

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:Juan Downey, The Thinking Eye (New York: International Center of Photography) 1987.

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:John G. Hanhardt and Anne D. Hoy, Juan Downey: Of Dream Into Study (Santiago, Chile: Editorial Lord Cochrane) 1989.

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:Nuria Enguita Mayo and Juan Guardiola Roman, Juan Downey: With Energy Beyond These Walls (Valencia, Spain: Institut Valencia d'Art Modern) 1998.

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