Catalina Schliebener Muñoz

 
 
 
 

Catalina Schliebener Muñoz (b.1980), is a Sudamerican, Chilean-born visual artist and educator who works primarily with collage, installation, and murals. Their work draws on images, objects, and narratives associated with childhood and explores gender, sexuality, and class. They earned a Bachelor of Philosophy (2008) and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (2005) from the Universidad de Arte y Ciencias Sociales (ARCIS; Santiago, Chile).

Schliebener Muñoz’s work has been exhibited internationally including solo shows at the Queens Museum(Queens, NY, 2024), Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh, PA, 2024), Bureau of General Services—Queer Division(New York, NY, 2022, 2016), Boston Center for the Arts(Boston, MA, 2021), HACHE Arte Contemporáneo (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017), Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, 2016), CCMATTA Embassy of Chile in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015), Fundación Esteban Lisa (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014), CCE-Centro Cultural de España (Santiago, Chile, 2011), Galería Balmaceda 1215 (Santiago, Chile, 2008), among others.

They have shown in group exhibitions at the Colby Museum of Arts (Waterville, Maine, 2024), National Academy of Design (New York, NY, 2023), Casa del Bicentenario (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023), Children’s Museum of Manhattan (New York, NY, 2022), Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2021), Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY, 2021), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn, NY, 2019), The Loisaida Center (New York, NY, 2019), Center for Books Arts (New York, NY, 2016), Galería LOCAL (Santiago, Chile, 2013), Galería Metropolitana (Santiago, Chile, 2012), Galeria Gravura Brasileira (São Paulo, Brazil, 2012), Biblioteca de Santiago (Santiago, Chile, 2011), Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009), Catalyst Arts (Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2007), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Santiago, Chile, 2003) among many others.

Schliebener Muñoz is a recipient of the following grants: FONDART Grants (Cultural and Arts Development Fund of the Government of Chile, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), DIRAC (Board of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Relations of Chile, 2007) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York, NY, 2021, 2024), among others. They also received a Queer Artist Fellowship from the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York, NY, 2017), and an Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Fellowship from the Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY, 2018).

Schliebener Muñoz was an In Situ Fellow (2022-2024) at Queens Museum (Queens, NY).

Catalina Schliebener Muñoz, Puzzle Series (Alphabet #1), 2025, Collage and graphite on paper, Unframed: 12 x 9 in. (30.48 x 22.86 cm), Framed: 13 x 10 x 1 in. (33.02 x 25.4 x 2.54 cm), Installation: 51 x 74 x 1 in. (129.54 x 187.96 x 2.54 cm)