biografia di Felix GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Personal data
Birth : 11/26/1957 - Guáimaro, Cuba
Death : 01/09/1996 - Miami FL Florida, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Cuba - United States
Representatives
Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1981 : Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program – 100 Lafayette Street – New York NY, United States
1983 : Pratt Institute (B.F.A.) – 200 Willoughby Avenue – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1983 : Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program – 100 Lafayette Street – New York NY, United States
1987 : ICP International Center of Photography (M.F.A.) – Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1990:First solo exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York NY, USA
1987 – 1991:Joined Group Material
1985:First trip to Europe
1979:Lived and worked in New York NY, USA
Grants
1993
1993 : National Endowment for the Art – Washington DC, United States
Awarded by : NEA National Endowment for the Arts – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW – Washington DC, United States
1989
1989 : National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship – United States
Awarded by : NEA National Endowment for the Arts – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW – Washington DC, United States
1989 : The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. – 863 Park Avenue – New York NY, United States
Awards
1989
1989 : Cintas Fellowships – United States
Awarded by : Cintas Fellowships, U.S. Student Programs – Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : IIE – 809 United Nations Plaza – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : Cintas Foundation, Inc. – c/o William B. Warren, 29th Floor 1301 Avenue of the Americas – New York NY, United States
Other professions
1987 – 1989 : Lecturer – Art
NYU New York University – 70 Washington Square South – New York NY, United States
1989 – 1990 : Professor
California Institute of the Arts – 24700 McBean Parkway – Valencia CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation 
Photography : Movements and styles
Minimal ArtConceptual Art
Works
| Untitled (Throat) | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Installation Size : 4 x 41 x 41 cm | |
| Untitled (Public Opinion) | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Sculpture Technical data : black rod licorice candy, individually wrapped in cellophane (endless supply), ideal weight, 700 pounds, dimensions variable | |
| Untitled | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Installation Technical data : offset lithographs/paper, endless copies | |
| Untitled ( A Corner of Baci) | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Sculpture Technical data : approximately forty-two pounds of Baci candies, dimensions variable | |
| Untitled (Himmler, hate, hole, Helms) | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Offset Size : 60 x 57 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Akira Ikeda Gallery / Taura – Yokosuka, Japan
03/04/2006 – 04/28/2006
2002
It’s just a matter of time
Sadie Coles HQ – London, United Kingdom
2002
2001
MAM Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
08/09/2001 – 09/09/2001
2000
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
06/01/2000 – 07/16/2000
1998
Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/04/1998 – 01/16/1999
Museum Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig – Vienna, Austria
09/12/1998 – 11/01/1998
1997
Sprengel Museum – Hanover, Germany
06/01/1997 – 08/24/1997
1995
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
03/03/1995 – 05/10/1995
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galleria Massimo De Carlo – Via Giovanni Ventura 5 – Milan MI, Italy
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galleria Massimo De Carlo – Via Giovanni Ventura 5 – Milan MI, Italy
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2006
Dark Matter
White Cube – London, United Kingdom
07/07/2006 – 09/09/2006
2004
Á fripon, fripon et demi
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
2004 – 06/06/2004
Realm of the Senses
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/10/2004 – 01/29/2005
Eclipse
White Cube – London, United Kingdom
07/16/2004 – 08/21/2004
2003
Regarde, il neige (schizogéographie de la vie quotidienne)
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
10/18/2003 – 03/07/2004
Guided by Heroes
Z33 – Hasselt, Belgium
05/25/2003 – 08/31/2003
Pulse: Art, Healing and Transformation
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
05/14/2003 – 08/31/2003
2002
Quel meilleur endroit ?
Maison de Balzac – Paris, France
12/11/2002 – 03/16/2003
Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002
Shimmering Substance
Arnolfini Gallery – Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
04/27/2002 – 06/23/2002
Life is Beautiful
Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
02/09/2002 – 04/07/2002
La Teoría del Ocio
Galería Colección Jumex – Mexico, Mexico
02/01/2002 – 06/30/2002
Trauma
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
01/26/2002 – 04/07/2002
2001
Do it
Museo Carrillo Gil de Arte Contemporáneo – Mexico, Mexico
2001 – 02/2002
Let’s entertain
Miami Art Museum – Miami FL, United States
09/14/2001 – 11/18/2001
Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001
A room of their own: from Arbus to Gober
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
04/02/2001
Let’s entertain
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
03/16/2001 – 07/15/2001
2000
Au delà du Spectacle / Let’s entertain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/08/2001
Let’s entertain
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
07/07/2000 – 09/17/2000
Let’s entertain
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/12/2000 – 04/30/2000
1999
Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000
1998
John Currin, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Sean Landers, Ken Lum, Dan Peterman
Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998
Manifesta 2
Casino Luxembourg Forum d’Art Contemporain – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
06/28/1998 – 10/11/1998
1997
Transit. 60 artistes nés après 60. Oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain
ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
09/16/1997 – 11/02/1997
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition, n°69
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
03/20/1997 – 06/01/1997
1996
A/drift:
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 01/05/1997
Thinking Print : Books to Billboards, 1980-95
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
06/20/1996 – 09/10/1996
NowHere : Work in Progress
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art – Humlebæk, Denmark
05/15/1996 – 09/08/1996
1993
Space of Time / Espacio del Tiempo
Americas Society Art Gallery – New York NY, United States
1993
Space of Time / Espacio del Tiempo
Center for the Fine Arts – Miami FL, United States
1993
1991
Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1991
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2003
Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
Periodicals
2002
GIONI Massimiliano – New York cut up
in: Flash Art n° 224 p. 77 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
05/2002-06/2002
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