Los Carpinteros
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Estudio de paredes de una fabrica de muebles.
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Biography
LOS CARPINTEROS
Havana, Cuba, 1991-to date
OTHER STUDIES
1989 Workshop on Unconventional Creation with Carlos Capelan, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, CUBA.
1990 Sociology Workshop with Rene Francisco RodriÂguez, Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, CUBA.
1992 Workshop on debates and exhibitions of Cuban Art with Rene Francisco Rodriguez, Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, CUBA.
SOLO SHOWS
2006
Inventing the word/Inventar el mundo, Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, IL e Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
2005
Inventing the word/Inventar el mundo, Contemporary Arts Museum, South Florida University, Tampa, USA.
Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
51. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte - Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Curadoria Irma Arestizabal, Veneza, Italy.
Accion Directa - Latin American Social Sphere, Curadoria Marco Scotini, Prague Biennale 2, Praga, Republica Checa.
2004
Downtown, Anthony Grant Inc., Nova York, USA.
Hand Book – drawings | Recent Sculptures, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Cuba.
2003
Fluido, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Novos Desenhos, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2002
Artists in residence, Baltic the Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, England.
Ciudad Transportable, Contemporary Art Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
2001
Tuneles populares [February 9-March 16]. Sala de Exposiciones Palacio de Abrantes, Salamanca, SPAIN.
2000
Los Carpinteros [July]. Grand Sellwyn Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1999
Tania Bruguera/Los Carpinteros [March 26-May 1]. Vera Van Laer Galerie. Antwerp, BELGIUM.
1998
Los Carpinteros. Project Room. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO'98 [February 12-17]. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, SPAIN.*
represented by: Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California) Mecanica Popular [May 7-June 1]. Galeria Habana, Havana, CUBA.*
Los Carpinteros [May 17-July 26]. Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen/[October-November]. Kunsthalle, Berlin, GERMANY.*
Bili Bidjocka/Los Carpinteros/Rivane Neuenschwander [June 18-September 20]. The New Museum of Contemporary Art,New York, U.S.A.*
Los Carpinteros [October 23-November 25]. Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1997
Construimos el puente para que cruce la gente, construimos paredes para que el sol no llegue [March 14 ?]. Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, SPAIN.
Viejos metodos para nuevas deudas [May 2 June]. Convento de San Francisco de Asis, Havana, CUBA.
Los Carpinteros/Carlos Estevez/Offill Industrial [September 3-?]. Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, MEXICO.
1996
Todo ha sido reducido a la mitad del original [December 12 ?]. Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, CUBA.
1995
Los Carpinteros. Obra Reciente [February 28 April]. Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, SPAIN.
Se vende tierra de Cuba [October 16 22]. L'Entrepot Pour Materiel Pharmaceutique, Nantes FRANCE.*
exhibition not shown due to cancellation of Les Allumees Nantes La Havanne, 1995 Festival)Ingenieria Civil. Galeria Habana, Havana, CUBA.
1992
Arte sano [Fernando RodriÂguez Falcon/Alexandre Arrechea/Dagoberto Rodriguez]. Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, CUBA.*
No sitios pintados. Galeria Arte 7. Complejo Cultural Cinematografico Yara, Havana, CUBA.
Pintura de Caballete. Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, CUBA.
1991
Para Usted [January 28 ?]. Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas, Havana, CUBA.
GROUP SHOWS
2005
Exhibition for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, Art for the World, Genebra, Switzerland.
Monuments, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Sao Francisco, USA.
Manipulacoes na Economia do Engano – Projeto nº3, curadoria Adam Budak, Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Praga, Galeria Nacional de Praga, Veleterzni Palac (Palacio da Feira de Comercio), Praga, Republica Checa.
Bazar de Verao, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Arte Americas, curadoria Roberto Padilha e Marlise Ilhesca, Espaco Cultural dos Correios no Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2004
Ahora es el Futuro/The future is now. Contemporary Cuban Artists – Part 1, The Durst Organization with Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art PSCA, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
MOMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern, Museum of Modern Art and El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Paper, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Los Carpinteros: Inventing the World, Museum Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, USA.
ISLAND NATIONS – New Art From Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, The RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA.
2003
Cuban Art from the Permanent Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, USA.
Stretch, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada Sentido Comun, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Dreamspaces – Entresueños, Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, Nova York, USA.
Rest in Space, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
Kaap Helder, Oulde Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Den Helder, Holand.
El delirio sobre el Chimborazo, iV Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Sentido Comun, Habana Gallery, La Habana, Cuba.
2002
I Shanghai Bienalle, Shanghai, China.
XXV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Drawing now: 8 propositions, MoMA, Nova York, USA.
Rest in Space, Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo, Noruega.
Dwelling Project, Gallery Optica, Montreal, Canada.
Bienalisa, Galeria El Pasillo, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba.
With Eyes of Stone and Water, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
2001
New To the Modern: Recent Acquisitions, MOMA, Nova York, USA.
Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Uniform Order and Disorder, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center ( MOMA), New York, USA.
2000
7ma Bienal de La Habana [November 18-January 5/2001]. Complejo Militar Morro-Cabana, 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 Path [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]. WHO's Headquarters, Geneva, SWITZERLAND/ [September 13-October 15/1998]. PS1,New York, U.S.A./[December 7/1998-January 30/1999]. SESC de Pompeia, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL/[March 4-22/1999]. New Delhi, INDIA/[Octobre 13-31/1999]. Triennale di Milano, Milan, ITALY.*
CRIA's Latin Art Sale [May 29]. Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Caribe Insular. Exclusion, Fragmentacion y Paraiso [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 1-October 30]. 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, California, U.S.A.
1997
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo ARCO'97 [February 13 18]. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, SPAIN.
represented by Galeria Habana, Havana
New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories [March 22 May 25]. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery/National Gallery, Vancouver, CANADA.*
The Rest of the World [April July]. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY Zona Vedada [May 2 June]. Residencia privada, Calle 8 y 13, Vedado, Havana, CUBA.
Arte y Ciudad. Festival Internacional de Arte [June]. Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, COLOMBIA.
Asi esta la cosa. Instalacion y arte objeto en America Latina [July 25 October 20]. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo A.C., Mexico City, MEXICO.*
Trade Routes. Africus 97. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale [October 12/1997 January 18/1998]. Africus Institute for Contemporary Art (AICA), Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA.*
El arte que no cesa [December 26/1997-January/1998]. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA.
1996
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo Arco'96 [February 8 13]. Pabellon de Cristal, Madrid, SPAIN.
represented by Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid Mundo Sonado. Joven Plastica Cubana [February March]. Casa de America, Madrid, SPAIN.*
Rio Almendares. Ni fresa, ni chocolate [April]. Centro de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museologia (CENCREM), Havana, CUBA.*
Domestic Partnerships: New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas [April 26 June 29]. Art in General, New York, U.S.A.*
A Dentro/A Fuera: New Work from Cuba [August 29-October 6]. Walter Phillis Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, CANADA.
El cine por la plastica [December]. Galeria Juan David, Complejo Cultural Yara, Havana, CUBA.
Family. Nation. Tribe. Community. Shift. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY.
1995
New Art from Cuba [February 24 April 23]. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London/ [May 6 June 25]. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K.*
Havanna/Sao Paulo. Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika [March 23 June 5]. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GERMANY.*
Una de Cada Clase. Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba [March 26 ?]. Centro de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museologia (CENCREM), Havana, CUBA.*
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Novisimos Artistas Cubanos. Jornadas Culturales de Cuba en Mexico [June]. Casa del Lago, Antiguo Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, MEXICO.*
El Oficio del Arte [November 16 ?]. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, CUBA.*
1994
Paisajes [January February]. Galeria La Acacia, Havana, CUBA.*
Utopia [February 11 March 4]. Galeria Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, CUBA.*
Artistas cubanos invitados a la Quinta Bienal de La Habana 1994 [April]. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA.
Multimedios (parallel to la Quinta Bienal de La Habana) [April July]. GaleriÂa Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, CUBA.*
Quinta 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 fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, GERMANY.*
Nuevas Adquisiones [October 24-?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.
Subasta. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA.
XI Bienal Internacional de Arte Valparaiso. Galeria Municipal de Arte, Valparaiso, CHILE.
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.*
1992
Cambio de Bola. Galeria Habana, Havana, CUBA.
1991
Miss Expo [April]. Galeria "El Pasillo" Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), La Habana, CUBA.
Si TIM tiene TIM vale (parallel to la Cuarta Bienal de La Habana) [November]. Galeria "El Pasillo" Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, CUBA.*
Expreso ISA. Galeria de la Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, CUBA.
Gala del ISA. Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, CUBA.
1990
El Objeto Esculturado [May July]. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, CUBA.*
as part of a collective work "Desde una pragmatica pedagogica" by Rene Francisco Rodriguez
1989
Bienalisa (parallel to la Tercera Bienal de La Habana) [November December]. Galeria "El Pasillo" Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, CUBA.*