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Carlos Motta Biography
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1978 |
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Born in Bogotá, Colombia
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2001 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, The School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
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2001 |
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Fellowship, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA
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2001 |
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Rhodes Family Award for Exceptional Achievement in Photo, The School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
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2003 |
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Master of Fine Arts, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA
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2004 |
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Workspace Program Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
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2005 |
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Workspace Grant for Emerging Artists, Center for Book Arts, New York, USA
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2005 - 2006 |
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Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, USA
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2006 |
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Subvention Grant, Cisneros Fontanals Foundation (CIFO), Miami, USA
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2006 |
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Next Exhibition Award, Real Art Ways, Hartford, USA
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2007 |
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Grant, Art Matters Foundation, New York, USA
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2007 |
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DaNY Arts Grant (with HOMEWORK), Danish Arts Council, Aarhus, Denmark
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2007 |
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Artist Residency, International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Stockholm, Sweden
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2007 |
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Swing Space Program, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
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2008 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York,USA
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2008 |
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New Commission, Art in General, New York, USA
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2008 |
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New Commission, Art in General, New York, USA
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2008 |
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Special Editions Residency, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA
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2008 |
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Finishing Funds, Experimental Television Center, New York, USA
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2009 |
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Artist Residency, Flaggfabrikken, Bergen, Norway
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2010 |
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Individual Artist Grant, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York, USA
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2010 |
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Jury Prize, Map Digital Space, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), Ithaca, USA
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Lives and works in New York, USA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Museum as Hub: Carlos Motta: We Who Feel Differently, New Museum, New York, USA, (solo)
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2012
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III Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico
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2011
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Found in Translation Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
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2011
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The Walls That Divide Us Apex Art, New York, USA
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2011
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The Air We Breathe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
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2011
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Modo de empleo 3: Desobedecer a toda costa, video y manifestaciones Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
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2011
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The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rocherster, New York, USA
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2011
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Sin realidad no hay utopía Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
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2011
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InSite: Art + Commemoration Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Online), New York, USA
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2011
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Patria o Libertad! Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
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2011
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Deus Pobre: Modern Sermons of Communal Lament, Y Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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The Future Lasts Forever (com/with Runo Lagomarsino), Gävle Konstcentrum, Sweden (solo)
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2011
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Broken English, Performa 11 (com/with Julieta Aranda), New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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A New Discover: Queer Immigration in Perspective (com/with Queerocracy), Risk + Reward Series, Museum of Art, and Design, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public (com/with Joshua Lubin-Levy) Forever & Today, New York, USA (solo)
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2011
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Normativo (com/with LTTR), Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Museo de La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia, (solo)
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2011
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We Who Feel Differently, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway (solo)
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2011
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The Good Life and Six Acts: An Experiment in Narrative Justice Wiener FestWochen, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2011
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Multiple, Limited, Unique Center for Book Arts, New York, USA
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2011
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Drawn to Disaster Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, USA
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2011
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Motion of a Nation VM21 Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
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2011
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Aesthetic Justice The Lambent Foundation, New York, USA
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2011
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Boundaries: Selections from the Molaa Permanent Collection Molaa, Long Beach, USA
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2011
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Stuttgart Filmwinter, Estugarda, Stuttgart, Germany
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2010
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Six Acts: An Experiment in Narrative Justice Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, El Parqueadero, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
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2010
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The Good Life and Six Acts: An Experiment in Narrative Justice Hebbel am Ufer (HAU), Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2010
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We Who Feel Differently Other Gallery, Shanghai, China (solo)
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2010
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To the Arts Citizens! Museu Serralves, Porto, Oporto, Portugal
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2010
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Notes on Memories IG Bildende kunst, Viena, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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smart Miami Dade College at The Freedom Tower, Miami, USA
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2010
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Second World Congress of Free Artists, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Denmark
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2010
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27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
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2010
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How To Do Things With Words, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
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2010
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The Politics of Art, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece, Athens
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2010
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The Creative Act, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
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2010
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Dwelling-in-Travel, Art Today Association - Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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2010
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Kabul, Jenin, Tehran..., MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA
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2010
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2nd “Qui Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moskow Museum of Modern Art, Moskow, Russia
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2010
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The Mobile Archive, Stacion-Center for Contemporary Art, Pristina, Kosovo
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2010
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The Art of War, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, USA
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2010
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Avenue of the America's, LMCC Lent Space, New York, USA
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2010
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39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2010
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Geography of Trans-territories, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, São Francisco, USA
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2010
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Biennale Cuvee 10, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
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2009
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Brief History MoMA/PS1, Long Island City, Queens, USA (solo)
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2009
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La Buena Vida/The Good Life Fundación Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colômbia | Colombia; Smack Mellon, New York, USA; Festival Fabbrica Europa, Florence, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Le spectacle du quotidien, X Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
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2009
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Matrix: The Unstable Reality, 28 Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubijana, Slovenia
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2009
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Conversation Pieces, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, USA
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2009
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5x5Castelló, Espai d'art contemporani de Castelló (EACC), Castellón, Spain
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2009
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Turn on, Tune in, Drop out, Beijing 798 Biennale 2009, China
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2009
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Feedforward- The Angel of History, LABoral Art Center, Gijón, Spain
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2009
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The 21st Cen., The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope, International Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, Korea
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2009
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NO SOUL FOR SALE A Festival of Independents, X Initiative, New York, USA
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2009
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Special Editions, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, USA
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2009
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Turn On, Slag Gallery, New York, USA
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2009
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Biennale Democrazia, Torino, Italy
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2009
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t.error, Hungarian Cultural Institute, New York, USA
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2009
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Things Fall Apart, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
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2009
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The Immigrant Files: Democracy Is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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Art in General, New York, USA (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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KZNSA Gallery, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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ICA: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA (solo)
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2008
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Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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2008
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Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
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2008
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Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
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2008
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RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI, USA
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2008
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European Social Forum (ESF) Screening Program, Mälmo, Sweden
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2008
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Art Space Diffusion138, University of Grenoble, France
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2008
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La Buena Vida/The Good Life ICA: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA; Art in General, New York, USA (solo)
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2008
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The People... Johannesburg Art Gallery, África do Sul | South Africa; KZNSA Gallery, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa (solo)
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2007
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OPEN HOUSE WITH OPEN STUDIOS, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
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2007
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INFINITU ET CONTINI, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
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2007
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Timeline: Human Speed and Technology Speed, Korea Cultural Service China, Hong Kong
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2007
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EXPOSURE, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
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2007
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MAKING GOOD LUCK. Y- Gallery, Queens, USA
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2007
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PAWNSHOP, e-flux projects, New York, USA
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2007
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Atlante Latinoamericano, Centro de las Artes Conarte. En el Marco de el Forum Internacional de las Culturas, Monterrey, Mexico
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2007
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Tollé...Toleránce, Images Citoyennes, Festival International de la Vidéo, Belgium
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2007
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Unmarked Categories (com/with HOMEWORK), K2,Yzmir-Istanbul, Turkey (cat.)
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2007
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Quote Unquote, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, USA
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2007
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CHALLENGERS!: art-e-conomy Selected Video Screening, Laboratorio Occupato Morion, Venice, Italy
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2007
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Symbiotic/Synergy: Selections from The Center for Book Arts Community, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, USA
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2007
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Carte Blanche á Heure Exquise!, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
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2007
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in someone else’s skin, CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA (cat.)
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2007
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The Karma of War, Wang Center- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
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2007
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Oog-Eye, Foam_Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2007
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Recorridos y Video Proyecciones Durante ARCO, ArtBus, Madrid, Spain
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2007
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System Error: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (cat.)
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2007
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Leningrad Trilogy, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2007
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The Good Life (Installation Sketch # 3) and Other Works in Progress, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA (solo)
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2006
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The Good Life (Installation Sketch # 1), rum46, Aarhus, Denmark (solo)
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2006
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SOA: Black & White Tales, Kevin Bruk Gallery at bâleLatina (June), Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2006
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Kevin Bruk Gallery (October), Miami, USA (Catalog) (solo)
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2006
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Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Exhibition Chelsea Museum, New York, USA
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2006
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El Museo's 4th Bienal: The (S) Files, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (cat.)
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2006
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4ème Festival International du Cinéma Iranien en Exil, Art en Exil, Paris, France
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2006
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When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York, USA
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2006
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Bzzzz, Fundacion C4rto Nivel Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia
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2006
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Russia: Significant Other, ICA at the Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg, Russia (cat.)
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2006
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Surveillance, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, USA (cat.)
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2006
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Moving Time, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, USA (cat.)
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2006
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Featured Artist Projects, The Center for Book Arts, New York, USA
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2006
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Estrecho Dudoso, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica (cat.)
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2006
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OHNE BLICK, Musée de Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2006
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pa.per.ing, Art in General at Deutsche Bank, New York, USA
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2006
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Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris, Centre Culturel La Clef, Paris, France
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2006
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Estudio Abierto, Palacio de Correos, Buenos Aires, Argentina (cat.)
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2006
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10 Defining Experiments: cifo 2006 Grant Program Recipients, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (cifo), Miami, Florida, USA (cat.)
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2006
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Manifesta 6 School (Cancelada/Cancelled), Manifesta 6, Nicosia, Cyprus
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2006
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Prevailing Climate (Screening), Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA
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2006
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3 Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (cat.)
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2005
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El Salón de la Justicia, Galería Santa Fé, Bogotá, Colombia
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2005
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Co-dependent (com/with Julieta Aranda), College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University, Miami, USA
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2005
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New Vectors, Southern Panorama/15th International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil, Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil (cat.)
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2005
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BEOGRAD NEKAD I SAD, Prodajna galerija 'Beograd', Belgrad, Serbia
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2005
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El Museo's 4th Bienal: The (S) Files, El Museo, New York, USA (cat.)
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2005
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Enemy Image, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, USA
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2005
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Se acabó el rollo? La fotografia en Colombia de 1950 a 2000, Museo Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia (cat.)
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2005
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Selections from 'Dancing Bear' the Collection of W.M. Hunt, Arles: Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photo 2005, Arles, France
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2005
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The Generals (com/with Julieta Aranda, K8 Hardy e/and Gareth James), Art in General, New York, USA (cat.)
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2005
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Digital Cotton, Savannah Gallery at the Savannah College of Art, Savannah, USA
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2004
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The Book as Object and Performance, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, USA (cat.)
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2004
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LMCC's Workspace 120 Broadway Open Studios, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
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2004
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The Freedom Salon, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
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2004
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2 Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (cat.)
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2004
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Free Roaming: Video Madness (Screening), El Museo, New York, USA
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2004
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Produciendo Realidad, Associazione Culturale Prometeo di Lucca, Italy (cat.)
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2004
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Urbes Interiores, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia (cat.)
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2004
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Outdoor Intervention, PS122 Gallery, New York, USA
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2004
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Establishing Shot, Artists Space, New York, USA (cat.)
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2004
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San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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2004
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
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2004
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Bury them and keep quiet, Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia (Catalog) (solo)
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2004
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Ese Algo que Somos, Alonso Garcés Galería, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
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2004
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The Missing Series, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, USA (solo)
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2003
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Salón Regional de Artistas de Bogotá, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, Colombia (cat.)
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2003
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XII Art Biennial of Cerveira, Forum Cultural, Cerveira, Portugal (cat.)
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2003
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Visiones, Fotología Photography Festival, Universidad de Salamanca, Bogotá, Colombia (cat.)
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2003
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Translatability, Berliner Kunstproject, Berlin, Germany
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2003
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Agitate: Negotiating the Photographic Process, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, USA (cat.)
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2003
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No Money No Honey, Area (Contenitore d'Arte Contemporanea), Palermo, Italy
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2003
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[B L A N K]: In Pursuit of An American History, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
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2002
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Pesca Milagrosa, La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (solo)
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2000 - 2002
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Mundos Creados: Constructed Photography from the Wider Caribbean, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Fries Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (cat.)
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200 - 2002
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Fresh: New Photography, Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art, New York, USA
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2001
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Latin-American Photography from New York to Santiago de Chile, Fotografia, Primo Festival Internazionale di Roma, IILA, Rome, Italy (cat.)
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2000
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Tecnica Mista, La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (cat.)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Bronx Museum, New York, USA
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Cisneros Fontanals Foundation, Miami, USA
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Deutsche Bank, New York, USA
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Fundación Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela, New York, USA
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Museum of Latin American Art (Mola), Long Beach, USA
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National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
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Timeline, Konstfack’s Videotek, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
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Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
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| Literature |
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2011
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The Future Lasts Forever (with Runo Lagomarsino) (224p. Ed. 500), Gävle Konstcentrum and Iaspis, Sweden
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2011
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BROKEN ENGLISH (48 pp., co-edited with Julieta Aranda), Performa 11, New York, USA
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2011
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Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public (with Josh Lubin-Levy) (160p. ed. 500), Forever & Today, Inc.
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2011
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We Who Feel Differently (96p., Ed. 500), Ctrl+Z Publishing, Norway
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2010
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We Who Feel Differently (, Ed. 500), The Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
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2009
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La Buena Vida/The Good Life (136p., Ed. 500), Fundación Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia
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2009
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The Immigrant Files: Democracy is Not Dead; It Just Smells Funny (185p., Ed. 500), Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
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2008
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What is Democracy To You? (Ed. 2000), Originally published in 2008 for exhibition at ICA, Philadelphia, USA
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2008
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La Buena Vida/The Good Life (85p., On demand), Art in General, New York, USA
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2005
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Brief History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America Since 1946 (Poster, 4 editions of 2000 up to date), Originally published in 2005 for exhibition at Jersey City Museum, New York, USA
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2005
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Arts & LEISURE, (28 pages, co-edited with The Generals), 2005 by Art in General and e-flux, New York, USA
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2000
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Close (76 pp.), Deskubre, Rome, Italy
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