Alexandre Arrechea was born in Trinidad, Cuba, in 1970. He graduated from the “Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)” in Havana in 1994. For twelve years he was a member of the art collective Los Carpinteros, until he left the group in July of 2003 to continue his career as a solo artist.
The interdisciplinary quality of Alexandre Arrechea’s work reveals a profound interest in the exploration of both public and domestic spaces. This quest has led him to produce several monumental projects like “Ciudad Transportable” (2000), “The Garden of Mistrust” (2003-2005) and “Perpetual Free Entrance” (2006).
Selected Biography:
- Solo Exhibitions & Projects
- 2008 >>
- American University Museum at the Katzen, Washington D.C. USA
- 2007 >>
- “Espacio Derrotado”, [January 30] Casado-Santa Pau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- “Sweet Fear”, [February 15] Alonso Art, Miami, Florida. U.S.A.
- “Contemporary Links” [June 30] San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, U.S.A.
- 2006 >>
- “Taipei Biennial” [October 4] Taipei,China.
- “Perpetual Free Entrance”, [June 12-September 24] Patio Herreriano, Museo de Arte contemporaneo Español, Valladolid, Spain.
- “The Limit” [March 11] Mary Goldman Gallery [February 18] LA,California. U.S.A.
- 2005 >>
- “DUST” [November 17], Magnan Projects. NY, NY. U.S.A.
- “POLVO” [November 9], Miramar Trade Center, La Habana, Cuba
- NADA ART FAIR [Miami December 1-4] Mary Goldman Gallery.
- PULSE [Miami December 1-4] Magnan Projects.
- “Nowhere” [November 26,2005- January 27,2006] Alonso Fine Art, Miami, USA
- “Raúl Cordero, Felipe Dulzaides, Alexandre Arrechea en la Casa de las Américas” [July 22] Casa de las Americas, La Habana,Cuba
- 2004 >>
- “Dos nuevos espacios” [May 28], Espacio Aglutinador, La Habana, Cuba.
- “Arte público”. [February 14], Mark Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- “Sudor”. Proyecto de arte público [February 13], Havana, Cuba
- 2003 >>
- “Novos Desenhos” [August 14-September 13], Galeria Fortes-Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil*
- 2002 >>
- “Ciudad Transportable”, Contemporary Art Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii*
- 2001 >>
- “Túneles Populares”, Palacio de Abrahante, Salamanca, Spain*
- “Los Carpinteros”, Galería Camargo-Vilaça, São 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*
- 1999 >>
- “Tania Bruguera/Los Carpinteros”, Vera Van Laer Galerie, Antwerp, Belgium*
- 1998 >>
- “Los Carpinteros”. Project Room. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCO’98, Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain*
- “Mecánica Popular”, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
- “Los Carpinteros”, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany*
- “Bili Bidjocka/Los Carpinteros/ Rivane Neuenschwander”, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA*
- “Los Carpinteros” [October 23-November 25], Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA*
- 1997 >>
- “Construimos el puente para que cruce la gente, construimos paredes para que el sol no llegue” [March 14] Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain*
- “Viejos métodos para nuevas deudas” [May-June], Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba*
- “Los Carpinteros/Carlos Estévez/Offil Industrial” [September] Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico*
- 1996 >>
- “Todo ha sido reducido a la mitad del original” [December], Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, Cuba*
- 1995 >>
- “Los Carpinteros. Obra Reciente” [February-April], Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain*
- “Se vende tierra de Cuba” [October 16-22], L’Entrepot Pour Matériel Pharmaceutique, Nates, France (not shown due to cancellation of Les Allumées Nantes-La Havanne, 1995 Festival)*
- “Ingeniería Civil”, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba*
- 1992 >>
- “Arte-sano” [Fernando Rodríguez Falcón/Alexandre Arrechea/Dagoberto Rodríguez], Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba*
- 1991 >>
- “Para Usted” [January], Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás, Havana, Cuba*
- Group Exhibitions
- 2007 >>
- “We Are Your Future" Special Project to the 2nd Moscow Biennale of the Fine Arts.
- “Caribbean Encounters”, scheduled to open on August 31st 2007 – January 17th 2008 Brooklyn Museum, NY. U.S.A.
- 2006 >>
- “Fatamorgana, Ilusion and deception in Contemporary Art”,[November 25] Haifa Museum of Art, Israel.
- “Moving Image, Alonso Art” [October 21-November 25] Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
- “Stop & Forward”, [September 22] Galeria Habana, Cuba.
- “Volta Show 2” June 14-18] ULTRA BRAG, Südquaistrasse 55, CH-4019 Basel, Switzerland
- 2005 >>
- “51a Bienal de Venecia”, 2005 Italy*
- “Out of place-works on paper”. [May 21], Mary Goldman Gallery. LA, CA. USA.
- “Scope: Contemporary Cuban Video/Film” Curator Judy Cheung. Co-presented by May Works Festival CALGARY and EMMEDIA GALLERY
- “Group show” Magnan project Gallery [may 12] NY, NY, USA.
- “Salon de arte contemporaneo” [Jan 21] Centro de desarrollo de las artes visuales, La Habana, Cuba.
- 2004 >>
- "Video rampage: Resurrected!" Video In, Vancouver,Canada Video In Studios/Satellite Video Exchange Society 1965 Main Street Vancouver, B.C. Canada
- “Ay, Mami!” Programe of Cuban video at the Liverpool Biennal.[September 18]Liverpool, England.
- “Festival of independent Film & Video” [March 19] Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 2003 >>
- “Stretch” [June 20-September 1st], The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada*
- “Kaap Helder” [June 5-August 3], Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord (ORW), Den Helder, Holland*
- “Sentido Común”, [March 5], Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba*
- “Dreamspaces-Entresueños”, [February 20-April 20], 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*
- “Dwelling Project”, Gallery Optica, Montreal, Canada*
- “With Eyes of Stone and Water”, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland*
- “The 25th Bienal de São Paulo”, São Paulo, Brazil*
- 2001 >>
- “Valencia” [May-June], Valencia, Spain*
- 2000 >>
- “Playgroung & Toys. An International Project for Art for the World”, Geneva/Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum, Rome/New York (traveling show)*
- “7ma Bienal de La Habana”, Fortaleza de la Cabaña [November17, 2000-January 5, 2001], Havana, Cuba*
- 1999 >>
- “Arte Cubano, Obra sobre papel”, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain*
- 1998 >>
- “Trasatlántico” [April 14-June 14],Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain*
- “El jardín 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], WHO’s Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland [September 13-October 15/1998], PS1, New York, USA/[December 7/1998-January 30/1999], SESC de Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil/[March 4-22/1999], New Delhi, India/[October 13-31/1999], Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy*
- “CRIA’s Latin Art Sale” [May 29], Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, USA*
- “Caribe Insular. Exclusión, Fragmentación y Paraíso” [June 19-September 25], Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz [September 30-November 8], Casa de America, Madrid, Spain*
- “Barro de América” III Bienal Latinoamericana de Arte [July 9-September 26], Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela*
- “La Dirección de la Mirada” [September 1st-October30], Stadhaus, Zurich/[November 7-January 3/1999], Musée 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 Contemporáneo ARCO’97” [February 13-18], Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain*
- “New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories” [March 22-May 25], Morris and Helken Belkin Art Gallery/National Gallery, Vancouver, Canada*
- “The Rest of the World” [April-July], Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany*
- “Zona Vedada” [May-June], residencia privada, calle 8 y 13, Vedado, Havana, Cuba*
- “Arte y Ciudad. Festival Internacional de Arte” [June], Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín, Colombia*
- “Así está la cosa. Instalación y arte objeto en América Latina” [July 25-October 20], Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo 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 Contemporáneo ARCO’96” [February 8-13], Pabellón de Cristal, Madrid, Spain*
- “Mundo Soñado”. Joven Plástica Cubana [February-March], Casa de América, Madrid, Spain*
- “Río Almendares”. Ni fresa, ni chocolate [April], Centro de Conservación, Restauración y Museología (CENCREM), Havana, Cuba*
- “Domestic Partnership: New Impulses in Decorative Arts from the Americas” [April 26-June 29], Art in General, New York, USA*
- “A Dentro/A Fuera: New Work from Cuba” [August 29-October 6], Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada*
- “El cine por la plástica” [December], Galería 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-Abril 23], Whitechapel Art Gallery, London/[May 6-June 25], Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK*
- “Havanna/São Paulo. Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika” [March 23-June 5], Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany*
- “Una de cada clase” Fundación Ludwing de Cuba [March 26], CENCREM, Havana, Cuba*
- “Novísimos artistas cubanos” Jornadas culturales de Cuba en México [June], Casa del Lago, Antiguo Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, México*
- “El oficio del arte” [November 16], Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba*
- 1994 >>
- “Paisajes” [January-February], Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba*
- “Utopía” [February 11-March 4], Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba*
- “Multimedios” (collateral to la 5ta Bienal de La Habana)[April-July], Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba*
- “5ta Bienal de La Habana” [May 7-June 30], Museo de la Educación, Havana, Cuba*
- “Die 5 Biennale von Havana” (Fifth Biennial of Havana. Selection) [September 15-December 11], Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany*
- “Nuevas adquisiciones”, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba*
- Subasta, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba*
- XI Bienal Internacional de Arte Valparaíso, Galería Municipal de Arte, Valparaíso, Chile*
- 1993 >>
- “Las metáforas 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 México, México*
- 1992 >>
- “Bienalisa” (colateral a la 3ra Bienal de la Habana)[November-December], Galería “El Pasillo”, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba*
- “Cambio de bola”, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba*
- 1991 >>
- “Miss Expo” [April], Galería “El Pasillo”, ISA, Havana, Cuba*
- “Si TIM tiene TIM vale” (colateral a la 4ta Bienal de la Habana)[November], Galería “El Pasillo”, ISA, Havana, Cuba*
- “Expresso ISA”, Galería de la Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba*
- “Gala del ISA”, Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba*
- 1990 >>
- “El Objeto Esculturado” [May-July], CDAV, Havana, Cuba*
- Awards and Residencies
- 2005 Braziers International. Oxfordshire, England.
- 2002 Artist in residence, The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, England *
- 2000 Prize. Fomento de las Artes, UNESCO, 7ma Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba*
- 1997 First Prize, Contemporary Art-People’s Award, El Mundo Magazine, Argentaria Foundation. ARCO Fair*
- 1995-6 Endowment. Departamento de Exposiciones y Colecciones, Ministerio de Cultura Español, Madrid, Spain*
- Collections
- Ellipse Foundation, Portugal
- Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, USA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
- Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
- Arizona State University, ASU Art Museum, Arizona, USA
- Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
- Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo A.C., Mexico City, Mexico
- Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
- Fundación ARCO, Museo Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Spain
- Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo 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
(*) Work with Los Carpinteros
To contact Alexandre Arrechea directly, write to:
contact@alexandrearrechea.com
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Madrid:
Galería Casado Santa Pau
Calle Españoleto, 21
28010 Madrid, (Spain)
tel +34 (91) 702 3946
http://www.casadosantapau.com + damiancasado@casadosantapau.com
New York:
Magnan Projects
317 Tenth Avenue, between 28th and 29th st.
New York, NY 10001
tel (212) 244 2344
http://www.magnanprojects.com + alberto@magnanprojects.com
Miami:
Alonso Art >> http://www.alonsoart.com + alonsoart@bellsouth.net
Here you can browse Alexandre Arrechea's presence in art collections, foundations and events:
The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE (the installation piece "Dust" by Alexandre Arrechea is currently on view at their space)
The Garden of Mistrust (project website)