Biographie / Biography
1967
Geboren in Havanna, Kuba
Born in Havana, Cuba
Lebt und arbeitet in Havanna, Kuba und Madrid, Spanien
Lives and works in Havana, Cuba and Madrid, Spain
1994
Studium an der Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Havanna, Kuba
Studies at the Institute of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Preise und Auszeichnungen / Awards and Distinctions
2007
Selected Young Global Leader 2007 by the Wold Economic Forum ,
2005
Monaco International Contemporary Art Price,
Monaco, Monaco
1999
Artist in residence project,
Parts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1998
Artist in residence project,
Yaddo Corporation, New York, USA
Artist in residence project,
Mario Abreu Museum, Maracay, Venezuela
1997
Artist in residence project,
Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy
1996
Artist in residence project,
Art in General, New York, USA
1995
Artist in residence project,
City of Biel-Bienne, Pro Helvetia and the Canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1993
Artist in residence project,
City of Düsseldorf and the Paul Pozzoza Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017
Carlos Garaicoa, El Palacio de las Tres Historias,
Fondazione Merz, Turin
Prêt-à-porter,
Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain
2016
Unvollendete Ordnung (Orden Inconcluso),
Villa Stuck, München
2015
The politics and poetics of space,
Nasjonalmuseet, The Museum of Comtemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
2014
Reflexión Refracción / Reflection Refraction,
Saludarte Foundation, Miami, USA
Orden Inconcluso (político-poético),
Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo CA2M, Madrid, Spain
Orden Aparente (poético-político),
Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain
Episode #3,
Ideobox Art Space, Miami, USA
2013
Wer im Glashaus sitzt...,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
Saving the Save,
Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012
Under Construction,
Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Sword and a Ros,
ICA Sofia, Bulgaria
A city view from the table of my house,
Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
A city view from the table of my house,
Kunstverein Braunschwaig, Germany
Sin Solucíon,
Galeria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
2011
Noticias Reciente,
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2010
Lo viejo y el nuevo/ Das Alte und das Neu,
Barbara Gross Galerie, München
IMMA, Museum of Modern Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Shanghai Biennale, China
Biennale de São Paolo, Brazil
Tampa Museum, Florida, USA
El Matadero de Madrid, Spain
2009
La enmienda que hay en m,
Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
The Observatory,
A project for the City of Castleford, England
Carlos Garaicoa: Colateral,
10 Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
2008
La Caixa Cultura,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007
Capablanca’s Real Passion,
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto/Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2006
The drawing, the writing, the abstraction,
Lombard-Freid Gallery, New York
Yo no quiero ver más a mis vecino,
Castello di Ama, Gaiole in Chianti
Capablanca’s real passion,
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Das Gast (retrospectiva de videos 1996-2006),
Kunsthalle de Fribourg
Overlapping,
Liverpool Biennale, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Postcapital,
Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
Capablanca’s real passion,
ICA, Philadelphia, USA
2005
Carlos Garaicoa,
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Carta a los censores. XXXIX Internacional Contemporary Art Prize,
Quai Antoine I - Princess Grace Theather, Montecarlo, France
Capablanca’s real passion,
M.O.C.A (Pacific Design Center) L.A., USA
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination,
Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, USA
La medida de todas las cosas,
Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
2003
Lecciones de Historia,
Casa de América, Madrid
De la serie Nuevas Arquitectura,
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Letter to the Censors, Artist Statements,
Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination,
La Caixa Foundation, Sala Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
Cuba on the Verge,
Centro Internationale di Fotografia (UK)
Letter to the Censors, Artist Statements,
Art Basel Miami, USA/Volume!, Rome, Italy
Letter to the Censors, Artist Statements,
Art Miami-Basel, USA
2002
Ni Christo, ni Marx, ni Bakounine,
Maison Européene de la Photographie, París, France
Recuadros (con Federico Herrero),
Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San Jose
Carlos Garaicoa: La ruina; La Utopía (obras 1990-2000),
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Banco de La República, Bogotá; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Nueva York / Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Paisaje,
Ars TeorÉTICA, San Jose
Survia,
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. Primer Salón de Fotografía, Havana, Cuba
Principio y fin de las fascinación,
Centro Wilfredo Lam. Havana, Cuba
El voluble rostro de la realida,
Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Cuando el deseo se parece a nada,
Art in General, Nueva York
El espacio decapitad,
Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne
2001
The Ruin; The Utopia, (Works 1990-2000),
Alejandro Otero MuseumCaracas, Venezuela
2000
The last 10 days of the market,
Festival de Aarhus, Image Gallery, Denmark
The Ruin; The Utopia (Works 1990 - 2000),
Luis Angel Arango Library, Bank of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia and Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA
1999
Survia,
Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1998
The beginning and end of the fascination,
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
Anclados en el territorio,
Galleria continua, Habana, Cuba
San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial ,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cuando Hay Esperanza / When there is hope,
Phototriennale Hamburg 2015, Germany
Iconocracia,
ARTIUM, North Gallery, Araba, Spain
12th Havana Biennial: Entre la idea y la experiencia Public-space intervention,
Biennial Foundation, Havana, Cuba
In Search of a City,
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Beleza?,
Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ejercicios De Traslado: Colecciones 9915 ,
Centro de Arte Alcobendas (CAA), Madrid
City Walks - Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Was Modelle können - Eine kleine Geschichte des Architekturmodells in der zeitgenössischen Kunst,
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, Germany
América Latina 1960-2013. Photos + Text,
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
El Teatro Del Mundo / The Theater of the World,
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
And Finally Happened/ Group Video Show,
Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
Perduti nel paesaggio/ Lost in Landscape,
MART- Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Permission To Be Global / Prácticas Globales: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection,
MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA, USA
A book between two stools,
Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
The Marvelous Real - Contemporary Spanish And Latin American Art From The Musac Collection,
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo, Japan
Roesler Hotel #25: Dispositivos para un mundo (impossible) / Apparatuses for an (im)possible world,
Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
Requiem for the Bibliophile,
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, California, USA
Block House,
La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Ceutí, Spain
New Territories: Laboratories for Design, Craft and Art in Latin America,
Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
Cuban America: An Empire State Of Mind,
Lehman College Art Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2013
Mixtape,
Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
Stadt in Sicht - Werke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank. Von Feininger bis Gursky,
Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany
Utopie beginnt im Kleinen,
Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
Revisioning History,
Senior and Shopmaker Gallery, New York, USA
Artificial Amsterdam,
de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
What to do,
Fundació la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
The Balconism,
Project presented by Aer Apart during the 55th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
Extreme carpets, From Timbuctù to Contemporary Art,
Fondazione 107, Turin, Italy
La Palabra Transformada,
Open Studio 8.0. Carlos Garaicoa Studio, Madrid, Spain
2012
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale,
EchigoTsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinare, Japan
All Our Relations, 18th Biennale of Sydney,
Cockatoo Island, Australia
End of Silence, 11th Havana Biennale: Artistic Practices and social imaginaries,,
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
New Artworks in the Collection,
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Open Studio 6.0. Construct, Deconstruct and Destroy,
Carlos Garaicoa Studio, Madrid, Spain
Fifty Year of Latin American Art, Selection from The Neuberger Museum of Arts,
Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, USA
Walk the line,
Galería Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain
Lugares en pérdida,
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Huarte/Uharte, Spain
Language Games,
Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear de Cáceres, Spain
Take, take, take and...?.Biennale Regard Benin: Inventing the World: The Artist as
Citizen,
The National Print Shop Porto Novo, Benin
Sweet and safe, Happening, Kreëmart Special Project for CIFO,
CIFO Art Space, Miami, USA
Industrial Park,
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Facing walls, opening windows,
Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
The Stumbling Present: Ruins in Contemporary Art,
Art, Design & Architecture Museum UC Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Revolution not televised,
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA
Fondazione Malvina Menegaz,
Palazzo Clemente, Castelbasso (TE), Italy
Caribbean: Crossroads of the world,
El Museo del Barrio, Queens Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA
Inhotim Instituto de Arte Contemporáne,
Inhotim, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Invisible cities,
MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, USA
2011
Há sempre um copo de mar para um home navegar,
29th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Eröffnung in Neuen Räumen,
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
I Shot the Sheriff (Héroes y Villanos),
Garlos Garaicoa Open Studio 4.0, Madrid, Spain
2009
Paço das Artes e o MIS de São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil
Videos in the Street Project ,
Murcia, Spain
Contemporary Art of Latin America,
53 Venice Biennale, Artiglerie, Italy
Cartografías Disidentes,
Centro Cultural de São Paulo, Brazil/Centro Cultural de España, Mexico/Oi Futuro, Río de Janeiro/Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela
2008
The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation,
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, USA
Farewell to Post-Colonialism,
Third Guangzhou Triennial 2008, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
Lança Cuba, Gentil Carioca,
Río de Janeiro, Brazil
2007
The Shapes of Space,
The Guggenheim Museum New York, NY, USA
Commitment,
Mechelen, Begium
Not afraid of the Dark ,
Emergenze hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Turbulence Auckland Triennale,
New Zealand
2006
Arte de Cuba Rio de Janeiro,
São Paulo, Brazil
Overlapping, Open Eye Gallery, 4th Liverpool Biennial,
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
nternational Festival of C4 ,
Centro Cultura Contemporaneo Caldogno, Vicenza, Italy
Echigo-Tsumari Art TriennaleNigata,
Nigata, Japan
Metropolitanscapes,
Palazzo Cavour, Turin, Italy
Less, Strategie alternative dell’abitare,
PAC, Milan, Italy
Other than Art,
G Fine Art, Washington DC, USA
Ideal City-Invicible Cities,
Zamonsc, Poland
Estrecho Dudoso,
San José, Costa Rica
De repente livros, A Gentil Carioca,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Off the Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artist's Books,
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
2005
New Photography,
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Inverting the Map: Latin American Art from the Tate Collection,
TATE Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
M City,
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
III Tirana Biennale,
Tirana, Albania
Farsite, Insite Tijuana,
Tijuana, Mexiko, San Diego, USA
51st Venice Biennale,
Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Art Unlimited,
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Dialectics of Hope,
Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
7th Sharjah International Biennial,
Sharjah, United Arabic Emirates
2004
Transmigraciones,
Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Future Cities,
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada
We come in peace... Histories of the Americas,
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada
Artitecture,
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Image Smugglers,
XXVI Sao Paulo Biennale, Parque Ibirapuera, Brasil
Sculpture,
Gallery Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
A Taste of the Pain of Others. Contemporary video works from Latin America,
L.A. Freewaves, California, USA
2003
Time capsule,
Art in General, New York, USA
Dream Space / Entre sueños,
Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, USA
Salon des Refuses,
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Modern Islands,
Public Project, Dresden, Germany
Copyright,
Centro Cultural de España, Havana, Cuba
Artists Imagine Architecture,
I.C.A., Boston, USA
2002
Reality’s Desire,
Generación de la Imagen 8, Milano, Italy
De ponta cabeca,
I Biena de Fortaleza, Brazil
Copyright,
Centro Cultural de España, La Habana, Cuba
Somebody's Architecture ,
Documenta 11, Platform 5, Kassel, Germany
2001
Demonstration Room (Casa ideal),
Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas/ Apex Gallery, New York/NICC, Amberes, Belgium
Shifting Tides,
L.A. County Museum, California/Grey Art Gallery, New York/ Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
Sonsbeek 9,
Arnhem, NL
VI Bienal de La Habana,
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Mega Wave,
First Yokohama Triennial, Japan
2000
Mirror's Edge,
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Castello Di Rivoli, Turin; Tranway, Glasgow, UK
From the negative: conceptual photography from Cuba,
Parts Gallery, Minneapolis/ North Dakota Museum, Dakota, USA
Más allá del Documento,
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Waterfront project, ,
Helsingor, Denmark
Fotolatina,
Contemporary Art Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico
Project: Window onto Venus,
VII Biennale of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Cream 2, 10 curators, 100 artists. Exhibition Catalog, Phaidon Press,
London, UK
1999
Los mapas del deseo,
Kunsthalle Wien, Austria/Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria/ Nicolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Venus’s Window,
Civic Centre “La Grancia”, Zerynthia, Associacione per l’arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Mirror Edge,
Bildmusee Umea, Sweden
1998
La casa vista desde la mesa de casa,
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Fragmentos a su imán,
Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Isla Oscura: New Photography from Cuba,
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
Comme peut on être cubain?,
Maison de L’Amerique, Paris, France
1997
Utopian territories: new cuban art,
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery / Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
El individuo y su memoria,
VI Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Space/Fire ,
97 Kwangjú Biennale, Kwangjú, South Korea
1996
Las otras escri(p)turas,
Centro de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
Río Almendares, ni fresa ni chocolate,
CENCREM, Havana, Cuba
Carne,
Espacio Aglutinador de Arte, Havana, Cuba
1995
Africus’95,
1st Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
Una de cada clase,
Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Cuba: la isla posible,
Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona, Spain
Trans (intro) post-diario,
Galería La Fundición, Bilbao, Spain
1994
The new generation,
The Menill Collection, Fotofest Houston, TX, USA
Entornos y circunstancias,
V Bienal de la Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba Havana, Cuba
La nueva generación: fotografía contemporánea de Cuba, ,
Fototeca de Cuba, V Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
1993
Las metáforas del templo,
Centro de Desarrollo de Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
1991
Si Tim tiene, Tim vale,
IV Bienal de La Habana, Galería del ISA, Havana, Cuba
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