1. Amalia Ulman was born on 1989 and is an Argentine-Spanish artist and film director whose practice includes performance, installation, video and net-art works.
10 Facts About Amalia Ulman
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In 2021, Ulman made her feature film debut, with El Planeta.
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Amalia Ulman was born in Argentina in 1989 and was raised in Gijon, in the Spanish province of Asturias, after emigrating with her family.
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Amalia Ulman's intention was to prove how easy an audience can be manipulated through the use of mainstream archetypes.
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In October 2014, during Frieze Art Fair, Amalia Ulman presented a solo show The Destruction of Experience at Evelyn Yard in London.
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Towards the end of the same year, Amalia Ulman started Privilege, a second, year long, Instagram performance that lasted until shortly after the 2016 US presidential election.
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The work presented an exaggerated version of Amalia Ulman that explored multiplicity in a corporate office setting.
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Amalia Ulman has been described as the first social network-based artist to enter top institutional galleries, and the "First great Instagram Artist" by Elle magazine.
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In 2021, Amalia Ulman premiered her first feature film, El Planeta, at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.
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Amalia Ulman wrote, produced, and directed the feature, which stars herself and her mother.