Born 1967, Havana, Cuba
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Capablanca’s Passion. Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Capablanca’s Passion. Royal Ontario Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
Things that happen when life goes very wrong. Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
Capablanca’s Passion. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Carlos Garaicoa. Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. Aspen Art Museum, CO
The measure of almost everything. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Letter to the Censors. Art Statements, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. La Caixa Foundation, Sala Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
Letter to the Censors. Volume, Rome, Italy
La Habitacion de mi Negatividad, Galeria La Casona, Havana, Cuba
Lecciones de Historia. Casa de America, Madrid, Spain
Carlos Garaicoa, Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Ni Crist, ni Marx, ni Bakunin. Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
Because Every City Has the Right To Be Called Utopia. Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
Carlos Garaicoa. Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Carlos Garaicoa: The Ruin; The Utopia, (Works 1990-2000). Alejandro Otero Museum,Caracas, Venezuela
The last 10 days of the market. Aarhus Photography Festival, Image Gallery, Denmark
Carlos Garaicoa: The Ruin; The Utopia (Works1990-2000). Luis Angel Arango Library, Bank of the Republic, Bogotá Colombia; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Nouvelles Architectures. Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, France.
Recuadros (con Federico Herrero). Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica.
My first and last homage to architecture (and the Marquis de Sade). Havana, Cuba
Landscape. Ars TeoréTica, San José, Costa Rica
Survia. Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
The beginning and end of the fascination. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
El voluble rostro de la realidad, Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts and The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
When Desire resembles Nothing, Art in General, New York, NY
Havana: A Survey, Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, NY
The Landscape; The Limits, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Inside Havana, Space Aglutinador of Art, Havana, Cuba
The Beheading Space, Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
The Dream of the Reason..., Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
Your lucky number, Gallery Juan Francisco Elso, Havana, Cuba
Childhood’s Days, Investigation Center of the Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba
Capablanca’s Passion. Royal Ontario Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
Things that happen when life goes very wrong. Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
Capablanca’s Passion. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Carlos Garaicoa. Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. Aspen Art Museum, CO
The measure of almost everything. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Letter to the Censors. Art Statements, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. La Caixa Foundation, Sala Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
Letter to the Censors. Volume, Rome, Italy
La Habitacion de mi Negatividad, Galeria La Casona, Havana, Cuba
Lecciones de Historia. Casa de America, Madrid, Spain
Carlos Garaicoa, Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Ni Crist, ni Marx, ni Bakunin. Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
Because Every City Has the Right To Be Called Utopia. Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
Carlos Garaicoa. Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Carlos Garaicoa: The Ruin; The Utopia, (Works 1990-2000). Alejandro Otero Museum,Caracas, Venezuela
The last 10 days of the market. Aarhus Photography Festival, Image Gallery, Denmark
Carlos Garaicoa: The Ruin; The Utopia (Works1990-2000). Luis Angel Arango Library, Bank of the Republic, Bogotá Colombia; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Nouvelles Architectures. Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, France.
Recuadros (con Federico Herrero). Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica.
My first and last homage to architecture (and the Marquis de Sade). Havana, Cuba
Landscape. Ars TeoréTica, San José, Costa Rica
Survia. Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
The beginning and end of the fascination. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
El voluble rostro de la realidad, Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts and The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
When Desire resembles Nothing, Art in General, New York, NY
Havana: A Survey, Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, NY
The Landscape; The Limits, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Inside Havana, Space Aglutinador of Art, Havana, Cuba
The Beheading Space, Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
The Dream of the Reason..., Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
Your lucky number, Gallery Juan Francisco Elso, Havana, Cuba
Childhood’s Days, Investigation Center of the Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba
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Beyond Delirious Architecture: Selected Photographs from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Miami, FL
New Photography Series XV, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Farsites: Urban crisis and domestic symptoms in recent contemporary art, inSite05, San Diego Museum of Art and Centro Cultural Tijuana.
Collection Remixed, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
ATOMICA, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts and Esso Gallery, New York, NY
51st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
Fantasmapolis, La Ville Contemporaine Et Ses Imaginaires, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, France
Dialectics of Hope, Moscow Biennale.
7th Sharjah International Biennial, United Arab Emirates.
Transmigracione, Triennial Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Future Cities. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada
We come in peace… Histories of the Americas, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal.
Artitecture. Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Image Smugglers, XXVI Sao Paulo Biennale, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil. Gallery Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
A Taste of the Pain of Others. Contemporary video works from Latin America. L.A Freewaves, California. USA
Time Capsule, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Art In General,
New York, NY
Dream Space / Entre sueños. German Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
Salon des Refuses, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Modern Islands, Public Project, Dresde, Germany.
Documenta11, Platform 5, Kassel, Germany
Artists Imagine Architecture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Copyright. Cultural Center of Spain, Habana, Cuba
Reality’s Desire. Generación de la Imagen 8, Milano, Italy
De ponta cabeça. Biennial de Fortaleza, Brazil
Some Islands Exhibition, Project Room, Ianidett Cadot Gallery, Arco 2001, Madrid, Spain
Mirror’s Edge, (traveling exhibition) curated by Okwui Enwezor,Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland; Charlottenbourg, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark
Sincretisimi, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome, Italy
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography After The Revolution, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA; Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY
Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Sonsbeek 9, curated by Jan Hoet, Arnhem, Netherlands
Mas alla del documento, curated by Jose Jimenez, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid, Granada, Badajoz, Spain
Memorias Intimas, Marcas, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Mirror's Edge, Vancouver Art Gallery, Castello Di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
From the negative: conceptual photography from Cuba, Parts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; North Dakota Museum, ND
Beyond the Document, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Waterfront project, Malmo, Sweden
Fotolatina, Contemporary Art Museum of Guadalajara, Mexico
Project: Window onto Venus, VII Biennale of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Cream 2, 10 curators, 100 artists. Exhibition Catalog, Phaidon Press London, England
Maps of Desire, Kunsthalle, Vienna; Nikolai Comtemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Four Cuban artists, Geunkens and De Vill Gallery, Knokke, Belgium.
Mirror’s Edge, Bild-Museet, Umea, Sweden
The Sight and the Labyrinth, Cosello da Cultura Gallega, Galicia, Spain
Isla Oscura: New Photography from Cuba, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Comme peut on être cubain? Maison de L´Amérique, Paris, France
Fragments to its Magnet, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Memorias Intimas, Marcas, Electricworkshop, Johannesburg; Window-Museum, Pretoria, South Africa; White Pavilion, Institute for Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
XXIV Biennale of Sao Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2nd Salón de Arte Contemporáneo, Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
Utopian territories: New Cuban Art, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Memorias Intimas, Marcas, Cuito Cuanavale, Portuguese Cultural Center, Angola; The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa
Individual and his memory, VI Biennale of Havana, Wifredo Lam Centre, Havana, Cuba
Kwangju Biennale (Space/Fire), Kwangju, South Korea
Las otras escri(p)turas, Visual Arts and Design Center, Havana, Cuba
Africus 95, 1st Biennale of Johannesburg, South Africa
One of each class, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Trans (Intro) Post-Diary, La Fundición Gallery, Bilbao, Spain
Cuba: The Possible Island, Center of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain
Environment and Circumstances, V Biennale of Havana, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana; Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
The new generation: Contemporary Photography from Cuba, Fototeca de Cuba, V Biennale of Havana, Havana, Cuba
The Metaphors of the Temple, Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
Si Tim tiene, Tim vale, IV Biennale of Havana, Gallery ISA, Havana
Flesh, Space Aglutinador of Arte, Havana, Cuba
Awards and Fellowships
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Guest Lecturer, “Archive Information Territory,” Canadian Center
for Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Artist in residency project, Parts Gallery. Minneapolis, MN
Artist in residence project, Mario Abreu Museum, Maracay, Venezuela
Artist in residency project, Yaddo Corporation, New York, NY
Artist in residence project, Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy
Artist in residence project, Art in General, New York, NY
Artist in residence project, City of Biel-Bienne, Pro Helvetia and the Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Artist in residence project, City of Düsseldorf and the Paul Pozzoza Museum, Germany
Selected Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museo Nacional de Arte Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain
National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Metropolitan Savings Bank, Cleveland, OH
Lehigh University Gallery Bethlehem, PA
Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
Arte Viva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Musée Européen de la Photographie, Paris, France
SMAK Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Contradicciones,” Estilo: Revista venezolana de las artes, Año 8, número
31, p. 59-62
Blanco, Caridad. “Carlos Garaicoa: Jugar a la memoria entre la historia y la
ficción,” En Arte Cubano, número 2,1998, p.32-37
Block, Holly. “Carlos Garaicoa,” BOMB, Winter 2002-2003 No. 82
Brody, Jacqueline. “From Putts to Prints in Cuba,” art on paper, March 2003, p. 40-44
Cameron, Dan. “Cuba: Still not Free,” Art and Auction, March 1994, vol. XVI,
número 8, p. 86-91
Cazalla, Jana. “Quinta Bienal de La Habana: Encuentros en la periferia,” Lápiz,
número 106, año XII, España , octubre-diciembre 1994
Cembalest, Robin. “The Cuban Revolution,” ARTnews, March 2002
Cotter, Holland. “Photographic Stylists of the Epic and the Surreal,” The New York Times, September 7, 2001
Csaszar, Tom. Review of Foire International d’Art Contemporain, Sculpture, Vol. 22, No. 4, May 2003
Dailey, Meghan. Review of “Because every city has the right to be called Utopia,” Time Out New York, Dec. 27, 2001- Jan. 3, 2002
de la Torre, Monica. Review of Bronx Museum of the Arts show, ARTnews, February 2001
Duenas, Issa Maria Benitez. “El Final del Eclipse,” Art Nexus, No. 43, Vol. 1, 2002
Frerot, Christine. “FIAC 2002, Art Paris,” Art Nexus, No. 47, Vol. 1, 2003
Gefter, Philip. “Defining the Moment, for the Moment, Anyway,” Review, New Photography '05, The New York Times, October 16, 2005
Glueck, Grace. Review of Bronx Museum of the Arts show, “The Ruins, The Utopia,” The New York Times, February 16, 2001
Gioni, Massimiliano. “Yokohama Mega Wave: Towards a New Synthesis,” Flash Art, October 2001
Goodman, Jonathan. “Carlos Garaicoa at the Bronx Museum of Art,” Art in America, June 2001
Guagnini, Nicolás, “CubaON: 11 fotógrafos conceptuales: Galería Generous
Miracles, New York,” Art Nexus, número 28, abril-junio , 1998, p.131-132
---“Comand (voz de mando),” Marcas News. Deflagration Difumbe
(Proyecto Memorias Intima). Johannesburgo, July 1998, p. 16
Halkin, Talya. “Metamorphoses of Time,” The New York Sun, January 30, 2003
Helguera, Pablo. Review of Lombard-Freid Fine Arts show, Art Nexus, No. 44, Vol. 2, 2002
Hernandez, Erena. “Carlos Garaicoa: From Ruins to Desire,” Art Nexus, No. 44, Vol. 1, 2002
Jimenez, Carlos. “The Globalization Documenta.” Art Nexus, No. 46, Vol. 4, 2002, p. 69-70
Jones, Kristen M. “Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution, Grey Art Gallery, New York,” frieze, December 2001, p. 126
Lovelace, Carey. “Havana Biennial,” ARTnews, September 1997, vol. 96,
number 8, p. 142-144
Matriss, Wendy with Antonio Molina. Interview: “Reflection on contemporary
photography in Cuba,” Aperture, No. 141,1995
Mosquera, Gerardo. “Art through the city (Carlos Garaicoa),” The City as Art:
Interrogating the polis, publication from Symposium held in Dublin by
The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), December 1991
---“Carlos Garaicoa,” Poliester, vol. 5, número 15, primavera 1996
---"CREAM 2: 100 curators - 100 artists,” Phaidon Press, London, UK
Newhall, Edith, review, New York Magazine, Dec. 2001
Ollman, Leah. “From Revolution to Reverie,” Art in America, October 2001, p.65-69
Olmo, Santigo B. “Bienal de La Habana El individuo y la memoria,” Lápiz, año
XVI, número 133, junio 1997, España, págs 62-69
Pagel, David. “When multi-this and multi-that lacks newness,” Los Angeles Times, March, 14, 2005
Rosen, Miriam. Review of Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Artforum, Summer 2003
Rottner, Nadja. Review, Flash Art, Oct. 2003
Santos, Eduardo Alberto. “Carlos Garaicoa. Un proyecto para Atlántica,”
Atlántica Internacional. Revista de Artes Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, número 15, invierno 1996, p. 92-97
Spiegler, Marc. “City Lights,” ARTnews, March 2005, p. 96-99
Tully, Judd. “Carlos Garaicoa: Art in General and Carla Stellweg,” Art Nexus
Magazine, No. 22, October-December, 1996, p. 154
Wallach, Amei, “Below the Surface: Daydreams of Havana, and Other Cities, Too,” New York Times, May 19, 2005
Weiss, Rachel. “La Sexta Bienal de La Habana.” Art Nexus. Arte en
Colombia. No. 26, oct-nov 1997, p. 70-77
Zaya, Octavio. “The Cuban Quagmire: Carlos Garaicoa, Kcho and Osvaldo
Yero,” Flash Art International, vol. XXVIII, No. 184, October 1995, p.195-198