Born in Geneva in 1969.
Lives and works in Caracas.
Photographer Luis Molina-Pantin considers himself “essentially an urban archaeologist.” He refers to his practice of combing through his surroundings and creating series featuring objects, people, or spaces united by a common theme or subject. In his work, Molina-Pantin has assembled photographs of Manhattan gallery offices, structures built with drug money, cruise ships, international hotel chains, wax museum art figures, and images of landscapes printed on objects. He likens his practice of hunting and photographing to the act of collecting, saying that “the photograph calms my urge to possess something that I can’t.” Molina-Pantin has been lauded for subverting photography’s conventions of portraiture, landscape, and documentary in a wry and humorous way.
COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Blanton Museum of Art at University of Texas, Austin
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, New York / Caracas
Fundación Banco Mercantil, Caracas
Diane and Bruce Halle Collection, Arizona
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville
The Museum of Latin American Art, (MOLAA) Los Angeles
Tito Mugrabi Collection, New York
Leticia and Stanisnas Poniatowsky Collection, Bogota
Colección Anna Gamazo de Abelló, Madrid
Colección Valentina e Ignacio Oberto, Caracas
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofia Imber
Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
Museo de Arte Moderno de Merida Juan Astorga, Merida, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay, Venezuela
Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela