biografia di Tania BRUGUERA (1968)
Personal data
Birth : 1968 - Havana, Cuba
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Cuba - United States
Address
Havana, CubaEducation
1987 – 1992 : Instituto Superior de Arte (Diploma) – Calle 120 No.1110 entre 9 y 13 Municipio Playa – Havana, Cuba
Professional data
Work and Life
Also lives and works in Chicago IL, USA.
Grants
1999
1999 : Honorary Scholarship School of The Art Institut Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
Awarded by : School of the Art Institute of Chicago – 111 South Wabash Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
1998
1998 : John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation – 90 Park Avenue – New York NY, United States
Artist in residence
1998
1998 : Residence of Artist Gasworks Gallery – London, United Kingdom
Awarded by : Gasworks Gallery – Gasworks Gallery 155 Vauxhall Street – London, United Kingdom
Work
Categorie and medium
Tapestry : 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video - Video installation 
Performing Art : Performance Works
| Ingeniero de Almas | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Video installation Process : performance | |
| Happening | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Performance | |
| Destierro | |
| Date of creation : 1998-1999 Medium : Performance Technical data : suit of mud and nails | |
| The Burden of Guilt | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Installation Process : video-performance | |
| Art in America (The Dream) | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Performance | |
| Estadisticia | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Tapestry Materials : organic material-textile material Size : 366 x 152 cm | |
| Accumulación | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Installation Process : print Supports : canvas | |
| Lo Que Me Corresponde | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Performance | |
| Estudio de Taller | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Performance | |
| Dédalo o el Imperio de Salvación | |
| Date of creation : 1995-1996 Medium : Installation Materials : wood-textile material Supports : Japanese paper Size : 330 x 150 x 170 cm | |
| Medio | |
| Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Performance | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Palacio de Abrantes – Universidad de Salamanca – Salamanca, Spain
06/2002
1997
El Peso de la culpa
Casa del Artista – Havana, Cuba
1997
Anima , The Base Space
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1997
1996
Lágrimas de Tránsito
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
1996
Cabeza Abajo
Espacio Aglutinador – Havana, Cuba
1996
1995
Lo que Me Corresponde
Casa del Artista – Havana, Cuba
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 : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galería La Casona – Murella 107 esq. San ignacio Habana Vieja – Mexico, Mexico
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States
2002
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Magnan Projects – 317 10th Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Magnan Projects – 317 10th Avenue – 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 : Magnan Projects – 317 10th Avenue – New York NY, United States
2000
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 19
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
02/2000
1998
II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo de la Habana
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales de La Habana – Havana, Cuba
1998
1997
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n° 16
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1997
Group exhibitions
2003
Poetic Justice – 8th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/20/2003 – 11/16/2003
Pulse: Art, Healing and Transformation
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
05/14/2003 – 08/31/2003
2002
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
3a Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima
Centro de Artes Visuales – Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima – Lima, Peru
04/17/2002 – 05/31/2002
Ghada Amer, Tania Bruguera
Walter & McBean Galleries – San Francisco Art Institute – San Francisco CA, United States
02/14/2002 – 04/20/2002
2001
A Little Bit of History Repeated
Kunst-Werke – Berlin, Germany
11/16/2001 – 11/18/2001
Tirana Biennale 1 – Escape
National Gallery – Tirana, Albania
09/15/2001 – 10/15/2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
2000
Más cerca uno del otro – 7a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
11/17/2000 – 01/05/2001
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
1999
Looking for a place – SITE Santa Fe’s Third International Biennial
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
1999
Arte Cubano, más allá del papel
Centro Cultural del Conde Duque – Madrid, Spain
12/02/1999 – 01/30/2000
Videodrome
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
10/22/1999 – 11/11/1999
1998
Caribe insular, exclusión, fragmentación y paraíso
MEIAC et Casa de America, Spain
1998
Lenguajes de la tierra – III Bienal Barro de América
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
05/1998 – 10/1998
1997
Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Contemporary Art Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
03/1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
1996
Universalis – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 23
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/06/1996 – 12/08/1996
1995
Génesis continuo – II Bienal Barro de América
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
11/1995 – 01/1996
1994
Arte, Sociedad, Reflexión – 5a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/06/1994 – 06/30/1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
2000
Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Tirana Biennale 1
Publisher: Giancarlo Politi Editore – Via Carlo Farini 68 – Milan MI, Italy
Preface Writer: Robecchi Michele – Milan MI, Italy
2001
ISBN : 8878161225
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
Periodicals
2002
HOFFMANN Jens – Freedom of the Ephemeral
in: Flash Art n° 225 p. 98 vol. 34
Milan MI, Italy
07/2002-09/2002
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