José Vera Matos
Bio/CV
Available works
José Vera Matos
José Vera Matos
José Vera Matos lives and works in Lima, Perú. He studied at the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú. His work addresses the relationship between language, history, and visuality. Articulating diverse cultural references from pre-Hispanic worldviews to contemporary urban life to reflect on the processes through which knowledge is archived, translated, and transformed.
Bio/CV
José Vera Matos
Among his new projects: Cartier Foundation in the opening collection show at the new venue, and “Torre de los vientos” (Tower of the Winds) by Gonzalo Fonseca, one of the 19 sculptures in the “Ruta de la Amistad”(Friendship Route), commissioned for the 1986 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
He recently had a solo show at Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) (2022). Vera Matos has also participated in collective shows at: Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2025); Lohaus Sominsky, Germany (2025); Casa America, Madrid (2023); The Milan Triennial, 2020, Italy; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris; Sala Alcalá, Madrid; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2016), Copenhagen; Delfina Foundation (2015), London; Museo del Barrio (2013), New York; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima (2008), Peru; Nordenhake Gallery, among others.
Vera Matos’ work can be found in collections such as: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima.
His work has been recently published in Phaidon’s Vitamin D3.
He recently had a solo show at Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) (2022). Vera Matos has also participated in collective shows at: Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2025); Lohaus Sominsky, Germany (2025); Casa America, Madrid (2023); The Milan Triennial, 2020, Italy; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris; Sala Alcalá, Madrid; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2016), Copenhagen; Delfina Foundation (2015), London; Museo del Barrio (2013), New York; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima (2008), Peru; Nordenhake Gallery, among others.
Vera Matos’ work can be found in collections such as: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima.
His work has been recently published in Phaidon’s Vitamin D3.
Available works
Transcripción a mano de la revista “Amauta 27” y “Amauta 30”, 2026
105 x 100 cm
Handwritten transcription with fountain pen and Indian ink on paper
Díptico: Transcripción a mano del capítulo «Rizoma» del libro Mil Mesetas, de Deleuze y Guattari, 2025
84 x 105 cm (c/u)
Ink on paper
Tríptico: Transcripción manuscrita del capítulo «Rizoma» del libro Mil mesetas, de Deleuze y Guattari, 2025
50 x 65 cm (c/u)
Ink on paper
“Mil Lenguas Propias IV” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024
100 x 70 cm
Ink on paper
“Mil Lenguas Propias V” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024
100 x 70 cm
Ink on paper
“Un libro sonríe / Una canción se Burla” Transcripción a mano del Libro “Tempestad en Los Andes” de Luis. E Valcárcel y fragmentos de la canción “Las Colinas” de V.A Gil Mallma / “Picaflor de Los Andes”, 2023
125 x 100 cm
Ink on cotton paper
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation”, 2023
65 x 50 cm
Ink and graphite on bamboo paper
Handwritten transcription of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s book “A thousand Plateaus”, 2022
65 x 50 cm
Stylographs on cotton paper
Handwritten transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation”, 2021
42 x 60 cm
Stylographs on cotton paper
Handwritten transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation”, 2021
42 x 60 cm
Stylographs on cotton paper
José Vera Matos
José Vera Matos lives and works in Lima, Perú. He studied at the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú. His work addresses the relationship between language, history, and visuality. Articulating diverse cultural references from pre-Hispanic worldviews to contemporary urban life to reflect on the processes through which knowledge is archived, translated, and transformed.
José Vera Matos
Among his new projects: Cartier Foundation in the opening collection show at the new venue, and “Torre de los vientos” (Tower of the Winds) by Gonzalo Fonseca, one of the 19 sculptures in the “Ruta de la Amistad”(Friendship Route), commissioned for the 1986 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
He recently had a solo show at Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) (2022). Vera Matos has also participated in collective shows at: Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2025); Lohaus Sominsky, Germany (2025); Casa America, Madrid (2023); The Milan Triennial, 2020, Italy; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris; Sala Alcalá, Madrid; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2016), Copenhagen; Delfina Foundation (2015), London; Museo del Barrio (2013), New York; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima (2008), Peru; Nordenhake Gallery, among others.
Vera Matos’ work can be found in collections such as: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima.
His work has been recently published in Phaidon’s Vitamin D3.
He recently had a solo show at Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) (2022). Vera Matos has also participated in collective shows at: Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2025); Lohaus Sominsky, Germany (2025); Casa America, Madrid (2023); The Milan Triennial, 2020, Italy; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris; Sala Alcalá, Madrid; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2016), Copenhagen; Delfina Foundation (2015), London; Museo del Barrio (2013), New York; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima (2008), Peru; Nordenhake Gallery, among others.
Vera Matos’ work can be found in collections such as: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Thyssen Bornemisza, Madrid; Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris, France; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; MALI – Museo de Arte de Lima.
His work has been recently published in Phaidon’s Vitamin D3.
Transcripción a mano de la revista “Amauta 27” y “Amauta 30”, 2026
105 x 100 cm
Handwritten transcription with fountain pen and Indian ink on paper
Díptico: Transcripción a mano del capítulo «Rizoma» del libro Mil Mesetas, de Deleuze y Guattari, 2025
84 x 105 cm (c/u)
Ink on paper
Tríptico: Transcripción manuscrita del capítulo «Rizoma» del libro Mil mesetas, de Deleuze y Guattari, 2025
50 x 65 cm (c/u)
Ink on paper
“Mil Lenguas Propias IV” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024
100 x 70 cm
Ink on paper
“Mil Lenguas Propias V” handwritten transcription of the book “Autobiography of an Octopus” by Vinciane Despret”, 2024
100 x 70 cm
Ink on paper
“Un libro sonríe / Una canción se Burla” Transcripción a mano del Libro “Tempestad en Los Andes” de Luis. E Valcárcel y fragmentos de la canción “Las Colinas” de V.A Gil Mallma / “Picaflor de Los Andes”, 2023
125 x 100 cm
Ink on cotton paper
Hand transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation”, 2023
65 x 50 cm
Ink and graphite on bamboo paper
Handwritten transcription of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s book “A thousand Plateaus”, 2022
65 x 50 cm
Stylographs on cotton paper
Handwritten transcription of Edouard Glissant’s book “Poetics of Relation”, 2021
42 x 60 cm
Stylographs on cotton paper