TANIA BRUGUERA
Born: Havana, Cuba, 1968.
Lives and works in Havana, Cuba
[ Solo Exhibitions | Selected Group Exhibitions | Performances | Collections | Fellowships | Professional Activities | Education | Other Studies | Selected Lectures | Books and Catalogues | Selected Reveiws ]
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1997
"El peso de la culpa," Tejadillo 214, Havana, Cuba.
"Anima," The Base Space, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
1996
"Cabeza Abajo," Espacio Aglutinador, Havana.
"Lágrimas de tránsito," Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
1995
"Lo que me corresponde," artist's home, Havana.
"Soñando," with Fernando Rodriguez, Gasworks Studios Gallery, London, England.
1993
"Memoria de la postguerra," Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana.
1992
"Ana Mendieta," Sala Polivalente, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana.
1986
"Marilyn is alive," Galería Leopoldo Romañach, Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana.
FORTHCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1999
Performance at 8vo. Encuentro Internacional de Performance. Museo X-Teresa, México City, México.
"Lo que me corresponde", Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, United States. Traveling to:
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala. Auspiciado por Fundación Colloquia.
• Proyecto Sala de Mujeres del Arte Contemporáneo. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1998-99
"The Garden of Forking Paths, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Demark; EdsuikKunst & Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden; Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark.
1998
"La direccion de la mirada", Stadhaus, Zürich; Musée de Beaux Arts, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland.
"Obsesiones." Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
"De discretas autorias. Cuba y Venezuela: Nuevas poéticas," Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela.
III Bienal Barro de América. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
"Fragmentos a su imán." Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Americas,Havana.
"Desde el cuerpo: Alegorias de lo femenino," Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
1997-98
"1990's Art from Cuba," a national residency and exhibition program,
Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago;
Art in General, New York,
Hallwalls Center for contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York.
1997
2nd. Johannesburg Biennale, Trade routes, The Electric Workshop,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Troisieme Manifestation International video et art electronique de
Champs Libres, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
"Trabajo por cuenta propia," Arts and Letters Faculty, University of
Havana, Havana.
"New Art from Cuba: Utopic Territories," Morris and Helen Belkin Art
Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
ARCO: Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Recinto Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid,
Spain.
"Las mieles del silencio," Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las
Americas, Havana.
"El ocultamiento de las almas," Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes
Visuales, Havana.
1996
23rd Sao Paolo International Biennial, Parque do Ibirapuera, Sao Paolo,
Brazil.
"The visible and the invisible -- representing the body in contemporary art
and society,"
St. Pancras Church, Institute of International Visual Art, London.
"La carne," Espacio Aglutinador, Havana.
I Salon Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana,
México; Museo X Teresa, México City.
"Otras Escri(p)turas," Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Diseño, Havana.
"Un giro de tuerca," Galería Taller de Serigrafia Rene Portocarrero, Havana.
"Mujeres por mujeres," Galería Imago, Gran Teatro de la Habana, Havana.
1995
1st Contemporary Art Competition, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York.
II Bienal del Barro, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo,
Venezuela.
"La Isla Posible," Centro di Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain.
"New Art from Cuba," Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
"Las formas de la tierra," Galería Buades, Madrid.
1994
V Havana Biennial, Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Centro Wifredo
Lam, Havana.
"Una brecha entre el cielo y la tierra," Centro Provincial de Artes
Plásticas y Diseño, Havana.
"Utopia," Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana.
"Catalogo," Galería Catalogo, Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Havana.
"Salon de la Ciudad '94," Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Diseño,
Havana.
1993
XI International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough Fine Arts Museum,
Cleveland, England.
"La nube en pantalones," Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
"Dibujo no te olvido," Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana.
1992
2rd International Poster Biennial, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City.
"Cambio de bola," Galería Habana, Havana.
1989
II Festival de la Creación y la Investigación, Instituto Superior de
Arte, Havana.
Exhibition workshop: "Fotografia Manipulada," Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
"Es solo lo que ves (arte abstracto)," La Habana.
1988
"No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano," Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
"El ISA en Casa," Casa de las Américas, Havana.
1987
I Festival de la Creación y la Investigación, Instituto Superior de Arte,
Havana.
1986
"Proteo," Galería Leopoldo Romanach, Academia de Artes Plásticas San
Alejandro, Havana.
FORTHCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1999
"Cuba -Maps of desire," Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
1998
Art in Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
PERFORMANCES:
1998
From the series "El cuerpo del silencio: Destierro." Obsesiones, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
III Bienal Barro de America, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
From the series "El cuerpo del silencio." Fragmentos a su iman, Galería Latinoamericana,Casa de las Americas.
The Garden of Forking Paths. Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen.
From the series "El cuerpo del silencio." Tejadillo 214, Havana.
"El peso de la culpa," Desde el cuerpo: Alegorias de lo femenino. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas.
From the series "Dédalo o el imperio de Salvación." De discretas autorias,
Cuba y Venezuela: Nuevas poéticas. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abrey, Maracay.
1997
"El peso de la culpa," Tejadillo 214, Havana.
"Art in America (the dream)," (work in progress) Gallery 2, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
"Cabeza abajo." Trabajo por cuenta propia, Arts and Letters Faculty, University of Havana, Havana.
New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories, The Western Front, Vancouver.
1996
From the series "Lo que me corresponde: Estudio de Taller." 23rd Sao Paolo Biennale, Parque de Ibirapuera, Sao Paolo.
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana.
Cabeza Abajo. Espacio Aglutinador,Havana.
From the series Homenaje a Ana Mendieta. The Visible and the Invisible: Representing the Body in Contemporary Art and Society, St. Pancras Church,
Institute of International Visual Art, London.
1995
"Lo que me corresponde," artist's home, Havana.
"Dedalo o el Imperio de Salvacion," Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana.
Untitled, Xamaca Workshop, Cristal Spring, Jamaica.
1994
From the series "Memoria de la Postguerra: Miedo," V Havana Biennial,
Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana.
"Alter Ego," Centro Provincial de las Artes Plasticas y Diseño, Havana.
"Proyecto de obra," Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana.
1993
"Rastros corporales 1982-1993 (sobre performance de Ana Mendieta)." La nube en pantalones, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
1988
"Rastros Corporales 1982-1988 (sobre performance de Ana Mendieta)." No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
COLLECTIONS:
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
The New Museum for Latin American Art, Essex, England.
Colección Barro de América, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
FELLOWSHIPS:
1998
Fellowship, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, United States.
Artist in Residency, Headlands Centers for the Arts, Sausalito, California, United States.
Artist in Residency, Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela.
1997
Artist in Residency, "1990's Art from Cuba," a national residency and exhibition program. Art in General, The Bronx Council for the Art, The Andy Warhol Foundation,
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. January - March.
Artist in Residency, The Western Front, media department, Vancouver. March-April.
Artist in Residency, Ephemeral Sculpture International Workshop, VI Havana Biennal, Soroa, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. May
1995
Artist in Residency, The Gasworks Studios, London.
Artist in Residency, Slade College of Art, printmaking department, London.
Artist in Residency, ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York.
Artists in Residency, Xamaca Workshop, Crystal Spring, Jamaica.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1992-1996
Professor, painting department, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
1995
Teacher, workshop and exhibition "Juego de Imagenes," XVII Festival of New Latin American Film, Instituto de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, Havana.
1994
Curator of group exhibition "Una brecha entre el cielo y la tierra" (in conjunction with the V Havana Biennial), Centro de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana.
Teacher, interdisciplinary creativity workshop, Comunidad Las Terrazas, Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1992-1993
Coordinating director, project for children with behavioral difficulties, Tomas Sanchez Foundation.
EDUCATION:
1987-1992
Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
1983-1987
Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana.
1980-1983
Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 20 de Octubre, Havana.
OTHER STUDIES:
1991
Workshop, "Pensamiento Teórico de la Postmodernidad," prof. Ivan de la Nuez. Instituto Superior de Arte. Havana.
1990
Workshop, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión. San Antonio de los Baños, Havana.
1989
Workshop, Estructuras y Soportes no Convencionales, Prof. Carlos Capelán.
Instituto Superior de Arte. Havana workshop, "Taller de Fotografía Manipulada," Prof. Gerardo Sutter. Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
1988
Workshop, "Taller de Fotografía," Prof. Luis Camnitzer. Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
Workshop, "Historia y Apreciación de la Fotografía, "Prof. Pablo Cabado. Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
SELECTED LECTURES:
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam.
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
The School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston.
Hunter College, New York.
Columbia College, Chicago.
DePaul University, Chicago.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
Essex University, Essex, England.
Slade College of Art, London.
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
ART/OMI, Hudson, New York.
Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES:
Performance Live Art since 1960.
text by Roselee Golberg
Ed. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, England;
Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, United States, 1998.
(ilust.) p.142
ISBN 0-8109-4360-3
The Garden of Forking Paths
text by
Ed.
(ilust) p.
exhibition catalogue
ISBN
Trade Routes - 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
text by
Ed. Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, The Prince Claus Fund, New York, United
States, 1997
(ilust) p. 84-85
exhibition catalogue
ISBN 0-620-21522-4
Islas
text by
Ed. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Spain, 1997.
(ilust) p.
exhibition catalogue
1990's Art from Cuba: A National Residency and Exhibition Program
text by Betty Sue Hertz, Valerie Cassell,
Ed. , 1997
(ilust) p.
exhibition catalogue
ISBN
Cuba siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo
"El arte de la negociación y el espacio del juego. El coito interrupto del
arte cubano Contemporáneo."
text by Eugenio Valdés Figueroa
Ed. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Spain, 1996.
(ilust.) p.108
exhibition catalogue
ISBN
Cuba: La Isla Posible
text by
Ed. Centro di Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, 1995
(ilust) p.
exhibition catalogue
ISBN
New Art from Cuba
text by Antonio Eligio (Tonel) Fernandez
Ed. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England, 1995
(ilust.)
exhibition plegable
New Art of Cuba
text by Luis Camnitzer
Ed. University of Texas Press, Austin, 1994
(ilust.) p.194, 326
ISBN 0-292-71149-2
SELECTED REVIEWS:
Pozo, Alejandra. "Cuerpos de artistas en plena acción." Art Nexus, no.26,
octubre-diciembre, Bogotá, Colombia,1997.(ilust) p.77-79
"La Habana Mayo 1997. Arte Off-icial." Estilo, año 8, no.32,Caracas,
Venezuela, 1997. (ilust) p. 62-65
Auerbach, Ruth."Sexta Bienal de la Habana. La rebelion de las contradicciones."
Estilo, año 8, no.32, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997. (ilust)
p.58-62
Carlozo, Lou."Cuban Performance Artist on a Mission of Cultural Healing."
Chicago Tribune, march 20, Chicago, 1997 (ilust) p.1,4
Helguera, Pablo."Migración y desamparo." Exito, marzo 13, Chicago, United
States, 1997.(ilust)p. 26
Valdés Figueroa, Eugenio."Art in Cuba. The mask: Utopia and Ideology". Flash
Art, No. 192, Vol. XXX, January-February 1997. (ilust.) p.53-55
Hinchberge, Bill."XIII Bienal International Sao Paolo." Art News, December,
New York, United States, 1996. p.128
Molina, Juan Antonio."Entre la ida y el regreso. La experiencia del otro en la
memoria." 23 Bienal de Sao Paolo (plegable) ed. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo
Wifredo Lam/Consejo de las Artes Plásticas, 1996. (ilust)pp.6. Arte Cubano, no.1, La Habana, Cuba, 1997. (ilust)p.68-70
Fusco, Coco."Cuba's Art World Comes Undone." Los Angeles Times, December 24,
Los Angeles, California, 1996. p. F1, F7
Quiros, Luis Fernando."Tania Bruguera: el enigma de lo enigmático." Fanal,
Revista del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño de Costa Rica, año II,
no.13, marzo-abril, San José, Costa Rica, 1996. (ilust) p. 19-23
Castellaños, Lazara."Tania Bruguera + Sandra Ceballos." Lo que venga. año 2,
no.1, La Habana, 1995. p. 20-21
Mosquera, Gerardo."Reaniming Ana Mendieta." Poliester, vol.4 no.11, winter,
México D.F., México, 1995. (ilust) p.52-55
Lores, Maité."The Art of Cuba." Art Line International Art News Magazine,
Vol.6/3, Autum, England, 1995. (ilust.) p.18-20
Sanders, Mark."Cuban Confronted." What's On, March 15, England, 1995.
Camnitzer, Luis."Memoria de la Postguerra." Art Nexus, no.15, sección
publicaciones, enero-marzo, Bogota, Colombia, 1995. p. 29-30
"The 5th Havana Biennial." Art Nexus, no.14, October-December, Bogota,
Colombia, 1994. (ilust.) p.54
Wise, Michael."Breaking the beard of the maximun leader." The New York Times,
United States, December 6, 1994. p.35-36.
Suarez, Ezequiel."Lo que no vemos (coronariografía parascópica)." Lo que
venga, año 1, no.2, Cuba, December, 1994.
Hollander, Kurt."Report From Cuba. Art, Emigration and tourism." Art in
America, no.10, October, New York, United States, 1994. (ilust) p. 41-47
Anselmi, Ines. "Kunst del Peripherie im Zentrum." Zurichesee-Zeitung, june
9,Zurich, Switzerland, 1994. (ilust.) p. 20
"Kunst, Macht und Marginalitat. 5a Biennale von Havana." Kunstforum, no.
602, november, Germany, 1994. (ilust.) p.
Cantor, Judy."Art in Cuba." New Times, vol.9, no.8, June 9-15, Miami, United
States, 1994. (ilust.) p. 14, 25
Cameron, Dan."Cuba: Still Not Libre." Art and Auction, vol. XVI, no.8, march,
New York, United States, 1994. (ilust.) p. 82-85
Cazalla, Jana."Quinta Bienal de la Habana. Encuentros en la periferia."
Lapiz, año XII, no.106, Madrid, Spain, 1994. (ilust) p.77-78, 81
Narea, Ximena."Cuba: 5ta Bienal de la Habana. Arte de tres continentes."
Heterogenesis, no.8-9, Septiembre, Suecia, 1994. (ilust) p.4-7
de la Nuez, Ivan."Nuevos mapas y viejas trampas." Lapiz, año XIII, no.103,
Madrid, Spain, 1994. (ilust) p.35-39
Medina, Cuauhtémoc."Lo real Habana." Curare, suplemento de La Jornada, Junio,
México D.F., México, 1994. (ilust) p.12
Hernandez Guerra, Erena."Para no olvidar a Ana." Mujeres, año 31, no.2, abril,
La Habana, Cuba, 1992 (ilust) p.66-67
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