Between 1992 and 1995 he attends the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. In 1996, he continues his studies at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in the same City. Since 1997 he starts working on performance projects. In 2003 his work turns to vectorial drawing, digital animations and videos with sound, carried out in collaboration with graphic designers, communication specialists and musicians. In 2004 he starts the discographic project Nuevos Ricos in collaboration with Julian Lede (musician). Among his many solo exhibitions, some of the most enhancing are Discarded Spider, Cincinnati Art Center y Orange County Museum (USA, 2008-09); Four Animations, Five Drawings and a Plague, Philadelphia Art Museum (USA, 2008), Dark Mirror, Daros Latinamerica (Zurich 2007); Carlos Amorales, MALBA (Buenos Aires, 2006); Why Fear the Future?, Casa de America (Madrid, 2005) and MUCA Campus (Mexico City, 2006); Amorales vs. Amorales, Challenge 2003, Tate Modern, (London, 2003). He has also been part of several group exhibitions, as well as part of various biennials such as 10 Bienal de La Habana (Cuba 2009); Performa (New York, 2007); 2nd Berlin Biennale (2001) and La Biennale di Venezia, representing The Netherlands (2003), among others. His work is part of important collections as Tate Modern (London), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Daros-Latinoamerica (Zurich), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Museum Boijmaans van Beunigen (Rotterdam) and Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex (México), among others. Since 2008 he is tutor of the Rijksakademie van BeeldenKunsten (Amsterdam), and member of the National System of Art Creators (México).