ALEXANDRE ARRECHEAimages curriculum
Born in 1970 in Trinidad, Cuba
Living and working in Madrid
Solo Exhibitions
2024
- Uncharted Surfaces, LnS Gallery, Miami.
2023
- Black Sabbath – The Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, London.
- Intersected Horizons, MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles.
- Urban Poet, Percent for Art Program Commission in New York City.
2022
- Hexagon Garden, commissioned by Maison Balmain Paris.
- Landscape and Hierarchies, ArtYard Museum, Frenchtown, New Jersey.
- Orange Functional, Art Omi Architectural and Sculpture Park in New York.
2021
- Monumental, Galería Casado Santapau , Madrid.
2020
- Dreaming with lions, Faena Art, Miami.
2019
- Superficies em conflicto, Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de janeiro.
Corners, Nara Roesler Gallery, New York. - Obsesiones y acumulaciones: el gabinete del artista, Estudio Figueroa-Vives and the Norwegian Embassy in Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
2018
- Higienopolis, Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid.
- Uninhabited Order, Fredric Snitzer, Miami.
2017
- La Mar de Músicas, Palacio Molina, Cartagena, Murcia.
- Refazer , Roesler Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2016
- Tied Stone, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
- “Jerarquias Negadas” Galería Habana, La Habana, Cuba
- “O Objeto Vital” > [Los Carpinteros > Arrechea/Castillo/Rodriguez], Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil.
2015
- Fragment Seduction, Galeria Casado Santapau , Madrid. Spain
- Mapa del Silencio, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana,Cuba.
2014
- Magnan Metz Gallery , N.Y.
2013
- Park Avenue Mall Project, New York, NY.
- DOS Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid. Spain.
- No limits , Phillips, New York.
2012
- Building Bacardi: Architecture, Art and Identity, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
- Skyline Adrift: Cuban Art and Architecture, Architecture OMI, Ghent, NY
- Twisted Horizon, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
2011
- The Sacrificed Object, Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid Spain
2010
- Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
- Orange Tree, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
- Evasive, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
- Elasticity, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
- The Rules Of Play, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah and Atlanta, GA
- Ideational Architecture, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, CA
- Alexandre Arrechea @ Ice Box Project Space in conjunction with Philagrafika2010, Philadelphia, PA
- La ciudad que dejó de bailar, Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
- Black Sun, NASDAQBillboard, Times Square Arts, Time Square, NY
2009
- Everything, Something, Nothing, CABde Burgos, Burgos, Spain
- A Day After The Future, Galeria Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba
2008
- Suicide landscape, [May 13] Casado-Santapau Gallery, Madrid
- American University Museum at the Katzen, Washington, DC
2007
- What Could Happen If I Lie? Magnan Projects, New York, NY
- Scalpel and Cotton, Contemporary Links 5, San Diego Museum of
Art, San Diego, CA - Defeated Space, Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2006
- Perpetual Free Entrance, Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
- The Limit, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Alarma, Special Project Booth, ART212 (shown by Magnan Projects),
New York, NY
2005
- DUST, Magnan Projects, New York, NY
- POLVO, Miramar Trade Center, Havana, Cuba
- Three New Spaces, PULSEArt Fair (shown by Magnan Projects), Miami, FL
- Raúl Cordero, Felipe Dulzaides, Alexandre Arrechea en la Casa de las Américas,
Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba
2004
- Dos Nuevos Espacios, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
- Arte Público, Mark Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Sudor, Proyecto de arte público, Havana, Cuba
Group Exhibitions
2022
- El pasado mío/ My Own Past: Afrodescendant Contributions to Cuban Art, The Cooper Gallery, Boston.
2021
- I AM: NEWAFRO-LATINX NARRATIVES, MOLAA . Los Angeles.
2018
- Here We Meet, (co-produced with Kadist art Fondation) Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art (Chongqing, China).
- Gwangju Biennale, Korea
- Construções sensíveis – A experiência geométrica latino-americana na coleção Ella Fontanals-Cisneros. Itinerant exhibition: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – Belo Horizonte (CCBB-BH), Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – Rio de Janeiro (CCBB-RJ), Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
- The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art,PAMM
2017
- On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, PAMM, Miami.
- Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, Houston Museum Fine Arts.
2016
- Q & A Nine Cuban Artists, Miami Dade College / Museum of Art + Design, Miami
- Katrina Chairs (art project), Coachella valley Music & Art festival, California.
- La Madre de Todas las Artes, Centro Wifredo lam, La Habana , Cuba.
2015
- Q&A, Contemporary Cuban Artist, IDBCultural Center , Washington.
- Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami.
- Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain . Brussels
2014
- Somos, sois, eres, soy: 4 lecturas de lo humano en la Colección Museo Würth, La Rioja.
2013
- Against The Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft & Design,
Museum of Arts and Design, NY. - ¡Oye, Mira! Reflective Approaches in Contemporary Latin American Video Art,
San Francisco Art Institute , San Francisco, CAL.
2012
- Against The Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft & Design,
MINTMuseum, NY - Message from La Habana: Seven Contemporary Cuban Artists,
Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 11th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
- Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?, Kunsthal KAdE, The Netherlands
2011
- 54 Biennial de Venezia, Venice, Italy
- Hola Havana, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
- Cuba Now, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY
- The Draughtsman’s Contract Curator Carlos Garaicoa’s Studio. Madrid, Spain
- Fear, Salon de Vortex, Ithakis 24, Kipseli, Athens, Greece
2010
- Global Africa Project, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
- No Longer Empty, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
- PortugalArte 10, Lisbon, Portugal
- Announcing Magnan Metz, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
- EN OTRADIMENSIóN, Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba
- Does The Angle Between Two Walls Have A Happy Ending?,
Galeria Federica Schiavo, Rome - XXXIBiennial de Pontevedra UTROPICOS, Centro America y
Caribe, Sexto Edifico Museo de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
2009
- Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Russia
- Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art, Greece
- 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2008
- 1 New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
- MACO23-27/ 04/ 2008 México International Art Fair, Centro Banamex,
México D.F. - Informed by Function, Lehman College Art Gallery Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, N.Y. USA, ARCO, 2008
- “Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country,” Hunterdon Museum, NJ Elefante Negro, Museo Diego Rivera, Anahuacalli, [January 26] Mexico D.F.
2007
- MOMAY. New Perspectives in Latin American Art Tomorrow, Artsonje Center and Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
- Caribbean Encounters, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Killing Time, An exhibition of Cuban Artists from the 1980’s to the Present,
Exit Art, New York, NY - Cintas Fellowship Finalist Exhibition, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
- We Are Your Future, Special Project at the 2nd Moscow Biennial of the Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
2006
- IMPAKTFESTIVAL, Central Museum, Louis Hartlooper Complex, Utrecht, Holland
- Taipei Biennial, Taipei, China
- FATAMORGANA, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
- ULTRA BRAG, 2nd Volta Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2005
- 51 Biennial de Venecia, Venice, Italy*
- Out of Place-Works on Paper, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Scope: Contemporary Cuban Video/Film, co–presented by Emmedia
- Gallery and May Works Festival, Calgary, Canada
- Inaugural Exhibition, Magnan Projects, New York, NY
- Salon de arte contemporaneo, 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, Vancouver, Canada - Ay, Mami! Programe of Cuban video, Liverpool Biennal, UK
- Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, Canada
Collections
- MoMA, Museum of Modern Art,New York, NY
- MOCA,Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
- Fidelity Art Collection, London, England
- Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Arizona State University, ASU, Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
- Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
- Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo A.C., Mexico City, Mexico
- Cincinnati Museum of Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH
- CIFO, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL.
- Daros Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
- Ellipse Foundation, Portugal, Spain
- Fredrick Weissman Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA
- Fundación ARCO, Madrid, Spain
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA, CA
- Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
- The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
- Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba
- The Richard B. Sachs Collection, New York, NY
- San Diego Art Museum, CA
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria
- Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, KS
- University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
- MUDAMLuxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
- MAM. Museo de Arte de Miami, Florida.USA
- Artnow International, San Francisco, CA
- CAB(Cento de Arte Burgos) Burgos, Spain
- Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, USA
- The Farber Collection, USA
- Museo del Barrio. New York. NY. USA
- Fort Lauderdale Museum, Miami, USA
- Arizona State University, ASUArt Museum, Arizona, USA
- Würth Museum, La Rioja, España.
- Pizzuti Collection, Ohio. USA
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami.USA
- The Bronx Museum of Arts . New York. USA
Awards and Residencies
- 2016 Space defeated, Alexandre Arrechea, artist, in conversation with Michelle Bird, curatorial assistant, department of French paintings, national Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
- 2015 Cuban artist of the year, Farber Foundation, Havana, Cuba
- 2013 NOLIMITS– Park Avenue Mall, New York, USA
- 2011 Defeated Space, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
- 2005 Braziers International. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- 2002 Artist in residence, The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, New Castle, United Kingdom
- 2000 Fomento de las Artes, UNESCO, 7th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
- 1997 First Prize, Contemporary Art-People’s Award, El Mundo Magazine, Argentaria Foundation. ARCOFair, Madrid, Spain
- 1995-1996 Departamento de Exposiciones y Colecciones Ministerio de Cultura Español, Madrid, Spain.