David Lamelas (1946, Buenos Aires) lives and works in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles and Nice. He represented Argentina at the 9th São Paulo Biennial (1967), where he received the São Paulo Biennial Award, as well as at the 34th Venice Biennial (1968). In 1972 he took part in Documenta 5, Kassel. Lamelas has shown his work in important institutions as Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016), MoMA, New York (2016), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2013), Kunstmuseum Basel (2008), Secession, Vienna (2006), Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (2006), Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City (2005), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2004), Kunstverein München, and Witte de With, Rotterdam (both 1997). He has recently shown at the MoMA “Office of Information about the War Of Vietnam”, 1968 and also presented his performance ‘TIME’ at Tate Modern.