Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1947, Juan Manuel Echavarría lives and works in New York and Bogotá. Selected exhibitions include: Tate Modern, The Artist and Society: Citizens wall, London, United Kingdom (2020); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND(2019); Centro Cultural Salmona, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia (2018); Hemeroteca Nacional Universitaria Carlos Lleras Restrepo, Bogotá, Colombia (2016); Museo de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia (2015); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris; traveled to Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; Musée du quai Branly, Paris: Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2014);  Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2013); 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2012); Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia (2012); Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2012); Phoenix Art Museum, AZ (2012); Bienal Do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2011); Media Art Sammlung Goetz, ZKM; Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany (2010); Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006); Venice Biennale, Italy (2005). In 2017-2018, an expansive 20-year career survey exhibition was on view at MAMBO Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, CO. A 200-page monograph was published by Toluca Editions on this occasion.