CV
Jennifer Allora (b. 1974, Philadelphia, USA)
Guillermo Calzadilla (b. 1971, Havana, CUBA)
Education
Jennifer Allora
2001-2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS), Cambridge, MA
1998-1999 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1996 University of Richmond (BA), Richmond, VA
Guillermo Calzadilla
1999-2001 Bard College (MFA)
1998 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1996 Escuela de Artes Plásticas (BFA), San Juan, PR
Fellowships & Residencies
2006 Couvent des Récollets, Residence des Récollets, Paris, France
2004 Walker Art Center Artist in Residence Program, Minneapolis, MN
2004 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy
2004 Headlands Center for the Arts Bridge Residency Program, CA
1998-1999 P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center National Studio Program, NY
Awards & Grants
2000-2001 Cintas Fellowship
2002 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2003 Penny McCall Foundation Grant
2004 Gwangju Biennial Prize
2005 Hugo Boss Prize Shortlist
2006 Nam June Paik Award Finalist
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2006
Allora & Calzadilla, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst , Ghent, Belgium (April 8, 2006- June 18, 2006)
(En)Tropics, Galerie Chantal Crousel (June 6, 2006-July 29, 2006)
Land Mark, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (June 8, 2006 - August 2006)
Combine Platter, Screening event, LA MOCA, (June 24, 2006)
Allora & Calzadilla, Dallas Museum of Art, (September 28, 2006- ?2006)
Allora & Calzadilla, The Moore Space (December 7, 2006- March 1, 2007)
2005
Art Positions, ArtBasel Miami Beach
2004
Unstable Atmospheres . Lisson Gallery, London, England
Ciclonismo . Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Chalk . 7 th Annual ICA/Vita Brevis Project, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
Radio Revolt: One Person, One Watt . Artist in Residence Project, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003
Land Mark . Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, PR
Puerto Rican Light. Americas Society, New York, NY
2002
Allora & Calzadilla . Institute of Visual Arts (INOVA) at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2001
Allora & Calzadilla . Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
2000
Other Worlds. Project Rooms, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
1997
Charcoal Dance Floor . Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, PR
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2006
Une Vision du Monde , La Maison Rouge, Paris France (February 19, 2006-May 14, 2006)
2006 Whitney Biennial , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (March 2, 2006- May 26, 2006)
Other Than Art, Provisions Library, Washington, D.C. (March 18-April 29, 2006)
Wrong, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany (March 24, 2006- June 19, 2006)
La Force de L'art, Grand Palais, Paris, France (May 9- June 25, 2006)
2éme Festival Photo et Vidéo de Biarritz , Biarritz, France (May 13, 2006-May 21, 2006)
Territory , Artspeak/Presentation House, Vancouver, Canada (June 10-August 6, 2006)
Home of the Free, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago (June 25-September 3, 2006)
Nam June Paik Award 2006 , Museum of Applied Arts Cologne, Cologne, Germany (September 1-November 12, 2006)
Group Therapy , MUSEION, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzana (September 15, 2006-January 7, 2007)
Artificial Light , Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA (September 15-October 29, 2006)
Ecotopia: The 2 nd ICP Triennal of Photography and Video, International Center for Photography (September 14, 2006-January 7, 2007)
Busan Biennale 2006 , Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea (September 16-November 25, 2006)
Empathetic, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (November 2006-February 2007)
2005
Ralentir Vite. Le Plateau/ FRAC Ile-de-France, Paris, France (December 9-February 20, 2005)
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video . CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA (January 19-March 19, 2005)
I Love Art Vidéo, Le Forum Itinérant, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, (January 22, 2005)
Utopia Station. World Social Forum, São Paulo, Brazil (January 26-31, 2005)
1 Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art: Dialectics of Hope. Moscow, Russia (January 28-February 28, 2005)
Contemporaneo Liquido. Franco Soffiantino Gallery, Turin, Italy (Feb. 24, 2005-March 30, 2005)
No Convenient Subway Stops. Art in General, New York, NY (March 5-26, 2005)
E-Flux Video Rental, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (March 5-August 31, 2005)
Dedicated to you, but you weren't listening. Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (March 26-May 23, 2005)
Monuments for the USA. CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA (April 7-May 14, 2005)
Land Marks, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (April 9- June 18, 2006)
Material Time/Work Time/Life Time. Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland (May 14-August 28, 2005)
The Mind is a Horse (Part 2) , Bloomberg Space, London, UK (26 May - 9 July 2005)
That From a Long Way off looks Like Flies, Platfotm Garantí Contemporary Arts Center, Istanbul, Turkey (June 3 - July 9 th , 2005)
51st International Art Exhibition. Venice, Italy (June 12-November 6, 2005)
Tropical Abstraction, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (July 9- August 21, 2005)
The Gesture: A Visual Library in Progress, Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (22 July - 18 September 2005)
inSITE_05. San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico (August 26-November 13, 2005)
Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art 2005 , Lyon, France (September 12-December 31 2005)
Uncertain States of America , Astrup Fearnley Museum of Museum Art in Oslo, Norway (October 8,2005-December 11, 2005;CCS, Bard College, June 24, 2006- September 10, 2006)
Beyond Green: Towards a Sustainable Art, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA (October 6, 2005- January 6, 2006)
Poesia in Forma di Rosa : Tribute to Pasolini », Videoscreening, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Montefalcone (November 4, 2005-November 6, 2005)
T - Torinotriennale tremuse: The Pantagruel Syndrome, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudeng (November 9, 2005 - February 28, 2006)
Loop 05 La 3ème , Barcelona, (November 2005)
Second Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (November 2005 - January 2005)
Drivin, Exposition Frac-Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux (Novermber 25 -27, 2005)
Videographias In(Visibles), Museo Patio Herreriano de Arte Contemporaneo Espanol, Valladolid, Spain (November 16, 2005- December 14, 2005)
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam , Amsterdam, The Netherlands (December 2005)
Les Visiteurs, Chateau d'Oiron, France
2004
Triennal Poli/grafica de San Juan , San Juan, PR
Island Nations. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Gwangju Biennale 2004: A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water . Gwangju, South Korea
PARA SITES. When Space Comes Into Play. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien, Austria
Dakar Biennial: Le Monde: Dak'Art 2004 . Dakar, Senegal
None of the Above. Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Son et Lumiere. List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Ailleurs/Ici. Musee D'Art Moderne de La Ville De Paris/Arc Au Couvent Des Cordeliers, Paris, France
Situations construites , Attitudes, Espace d'art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self. International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Common Wealth . Tate Modern, London, England
Away From Home. The Wexner Center for The Arts, Columbus, OH
How Latitudes Become Forms . Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo per L'Arte, Turin, Italy; Contemporary Arts Center, Houston, TX
24/7. Center of Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Institution2 , Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, in collaboration with the Center of Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002
Interplay . The Moore Building, Miami, FL
Fair. Royal College of Art, London, England
III Bienal Iberoamericana. Lima, Peru
Bird's Eye View. The Arch at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Zoning . The Project, New York, NY
2000
VII Bienal de la Habana. Havana, Cuba
Puerto Rico 00 (Parentesis en la 'Ciudad') . San Juan, PR
S-Files. El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Distinctions. A thesis exhibition at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY; Berrie Center for the Arts, Ramapo College, Ramapo, NJ
Puerto Rico Hoy. Instituto de America, Santa Fe, Spain
1999
1999. P.S.1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, NY
1998
XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil
Caribe: Exclusión, Fragmentación, y Paraiso. MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain; Casa Las Americas, Madrid, Spain
BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS & CATALOGS (SELECTED)
Solo Publications
Land Mark , Palais de Tokyo, site de création contemporaine, Paris Musées, 2006
Allora &Calzadilla , Americas Society, NYC, USA 2005
Common Sense?, ICA Boston, USA, 2004
Group Publications
Hugo Boss Prize 2006 , Guggenheim Museum, 2006
Whitney Biennial 2006 : Day for Night, Whitney Museum, 2006
inSITE_05, inSITE, 2006
The Gesture. A Visual Library in Progress, Daphne Vitali. Firenze: Artout-Maschietto, 2005
Lyon Biennale, 2005
Monuments to the USA , CCA Wattis Institute, 2005
Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearly Museum, Oslo 2005
Material Time/Work Time/Life Time, Reykavik Arts Festival, 2005
Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art , David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA, 2005
La sindrome di Pantagruel T1 Triennale Tremusei, Skira 2005
Gwangju Biennial , 2004
Ailleurs, Ici , ARC-Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2004
Irreducible : Contemporary Short Form Video , CCA Wattis Institute, 2004
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, International Center for Photography, 2003
Common Wealth, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2003
How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in A Global Age, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2003
The Art To Come, Barragáán Paco, Subastas Siglo XXI, Grupo Subastas, Madrid 2003
III Bienal Iberoamericana , Casa Rimac, Lima, Peru. 2002
FAIR , Royal College of Art, London, UK 2002
VII Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba. 2000
Away From Home, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2000
PR'00 (Parentesis en la Cuidad) M&M Proyectos y El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan,Puerto Rico 2000.
The S-Files , El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2000
Caribe: Exclusión, Fragmentación, y Paraiso , MEIAC; Badajoz, Spain 1998
Puerto Rico, Rico Puerto, Que Puerto , Instituto de America, Santa Fe, Spain 1998
XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1998