Alexandre Arrechea

The Garden of Mistrust.

The Garden of Mistrust.

We Have to Talk About the Position of the TV (From "Reminders" series)

We Have to Talk About the Position of the TV (From "Reminders" series)

The Garden of Mistrust.

The Garden of Mistrust.

Black Sun.

Black Sun.

Mil Amores

Mil Amores

Black Sun (video)

Black Sun (video)

Atardecer.

Atardecer.

Cardboard box

Cardboard box

Musica

Musica

The Nature of Things

The Nature of Things

Hotel

Hotel

Hotel

Hotel

Biography

Alexandre Jesus Arrechea Zambrano
Trinidad, Cuba 1970.

Education
Graduated from the Superior Art Institute of Havana, 1994.
Solo Exhibitions
2006
Perpetual Free Entrance. Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid. Spain.
The Limit. Mary Goldman Gallery. Los Angeles. USA.
2005
Dust. Magnan Projects. New York. USA.
2004
Dos nuevos espacios. Espacio Aglutinador, La Habana, Cuba.
Arte publico. Mark Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sudor. Proyecto de arte publico, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Artist in residence. The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, England.*
Ciudad Transportable. Contemporary Art Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.*
2001
Tuneles Populares. Palacio de Abrahante, Salamanca, Spain.*
Los Carpinteros. Galeria Camargo Vilaca. Sao Paulo, Brazil.*
Ciudad Transportable. PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA.*
Los Carpinteros. Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.*
Ciudad Transportable. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.* Los Carpinteros. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.*
2000
Los Carpinteros. Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.*
1998
Los Carpinteros. Project Room. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain.*
Los Carpinteros. Ludwig Forum. Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany.*
Bili Bidjocka/Los Carpinteros/ Rivane Neuenschwander. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA.*
1997
Construimos el puente para que cruce la gente, construimos paredes para que el sol no llegue. Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain.*
Viejos metodos para nuevas deudas. Convento de San Francisco de Asis, Havana, Cuba.*
1996
Todo ha sido reducido a la mitad del original. Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, Cuba.*
1995
Se vende tierra de Cuba. Entrepot Pour Materiel Pharmaceutique, Nates, France (not shown due to cancellation of Les Allumees Nantes-La Havanne, 1995 Festival).*
1992
Arte-sano [Fernando Rodriguez Falcon/Alexandre Arrechea/Dagoberto Rodriguez]. Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.*

Group Exhibitions
2006
Taipei Biennal. Dirty Yoga. (November 2006-February 2007). Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Taiwan.
Moving Image. Video, Animaton and Software Art. Alonso Art, Miami. USA.
Open House. The Ellipse Foundation, Cascais. Portugal.
2005
Nowhere & The garden of Mistrust. Alonso Art, Miami. USA.
2004
1 Salon y coloquio Internacional de Arte digital. La Habana, Cuba. Festival of independent Film & Video. Toronto,Ontario,Canada.*
2003
Stretch. The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada.*
Kaap Helder. Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord (ORW), Den Helder, Holland.*
Dreamspaces-Entresuenos. Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, USA.*
Rest in Space. Kunstlerhaus, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.*
2002
Shangai Biennale. Shangai Art Museum, Shangai, China.*
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA.*
Rest in Space. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway.*
With Eyes of Stone and Water. Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.*
The 25th Bienal de Sao Paulo., Sao Paulo, Brazil.*
2000
7ma Bienal de La Habana. Fortaleza de la Cabana [November17, 2000-January 5, 2001], Havana, Cuba.*
1998
Trasatlantico. [April 14-June 14],Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.*
El jardin de los senderos que se bifurcan/The Garden of Forking Paths. [April 25-June 14], Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
[January-April 1999], Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
[April-July], Edsvik Konst & Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
[August-October], Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.*
The Edge of Awareness. [May 10-July 12/1998], Geneva, Switzerland
[September 13-October 15/1998], PS1, New York, USA
[December 7/1998-January 30/1999], SESC de Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[March 4-22/1999], New Delhi, India
[October 13-31/1999], Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy.*
Caribe Insular. Exclusion, Fragmentacion y Parais.o [June 19-September 25], Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Badajoz [September 30-November 8], Casa de America, Madrid, Spain.*
Barro de America. III Bienal Latinoamericana de Arte [July 9-September 26], Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.*
La Direccion de la Mirada [September 1st-October30], Stadhaus, Zurich/[November 7-January 3/1999], Musee de Beaux Arts, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland.*
Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island [September 26-December 13], Arizona State University. ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona[January-March/1999], Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
[May 19-July 14/2001], Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.*
1997
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO, 1997. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain.*
New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories. Morris and Helken Belkin Art Gallery/National Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.*
The Rest of the World. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.*
Trade Routes. Africus 97. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale [October 1997-January 1998], Africus Institute for Contemporary Art (AICA), Johannesburg, South Africa.*
El arte que no cesa. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.*
1996
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO. Pabellon de Cristal, Madrid, Spain.*
Mundo Sonado. Joven Plastica Cubana. Casa de America, Madrid, Spain.* Domestic Partnership: New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas. Art in General, New York, USA.*
A Dentro/A Fuera: New Work from Cuba. Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.*
Family.Nation.Tribe.Community.Shift. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.*
1995
New Art from Cuba. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London/[May 6-June 25], Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK.*
Havanna/Sao Paulo. Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika. [March 23-June 5], Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.*
Una de cada clase. Fundacion Ludwing de Cuba [March 26], CENCREM, Havana, Cuba.* Novisimos artistas cubanos. Jornadas culturales de Cuba en Mexico. Casa del Lago, Antiguo Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico.*
El oficio del arte. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.* 1994
Artistas cubanos invitados a la 5ta Bienal de La Habana 1994. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.*
Multimedios (collateral to la 5ta Bienal de La Habana)[April-July], Galeria Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba.*
5ta Bienal de La Habana [May 7-June 30], Museo de la Educacion, Havana, Cuba.* Die 5 Biennale von Havana (Fifth Biennial of Havana. Selection) [September 15-December 11], Ludwig Forum for Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.*
Nuevas adquisiciones. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.*
1993
Las metaforas del templo [February], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.*
Nacido en Cuba. Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Ex Hacienda La Pila, Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.*
1990
El Objeto Esculturado [May-July], CDAV, Havana, Cuba.*
(*) Indicates working as a member of Los Carpinteros

Collections
Arizona State University, ASU Art Museum, Arizona, USA.
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo A.C., Mexico City, Mexico.
Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
Fundacion ARCO, Museo Galego de Arte Contemporaneo, Spain.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ludwig Forum for Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, USA.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain. San Diego Art Museum, San Diego, CA, USA.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria.
Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA.
University of California at Santa Barbara Museum, CA, USA.
Fredrick Weissman Foundation Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
Cincinnati Museum of Contemporary Art Cincinnati, OH, USA.