JAVIER TÉLLEZ Born in 1969, in Valencia, Venezuela Lives and

JAVIER TÉLLEZ
Born in 1969, in Valencia, Venezuela
Lives and works in Long Island City, Queens, NY
EDUCATION
Arturo Michelena School of Fine Arts, Venezuela
SELECTED SOLO EXHBITIONS
2016 To Have Done with the Judgment of God, Koenig & Clinton, New York
2014
Shadow Play, curated by Mirjam Varanidis, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco
Art Institute, CA
Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, REDCAT Gallery, co-produced with Kadist
Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Praise of Folly, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
The Conquest of Mexico, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2012
Ungesehen und unerhört II: Javier Téllez, Museum Sammlung Prinzhorn,
Heidelberg, Germany
Rotations, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland
2011
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Arthouse at the Jones Center,
Austin, TX
O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Fruits, Flowers, and Clouds, Museum for Applied Arts,
Vienna, Austria
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Museum of Contemporary Art
Cleveland, OH
O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Galerie Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
2010
Vasco Araújo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, curated by Isabel Carlos, Museo de
Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
Vasco Araujo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian,
Lisbon, Portugal
2009
41⁄2, curated by Hilke Wagner, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
Mind The Gap, curated by Sabine Schaschl, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
Javier Téllez: International Artist in Residence, curated by Mercedes Vicente,
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Caligari und der Schlafwandler, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Musée d’Art de Joliette, Canada
2008
Der Brief über die Blinden zum Gebrauch für die Sehenden, Galerie Peter
Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland
2007
Production-in-Residence, Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden
Oedipus Marshal, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Oedipus Marshal, LOOP, Barcelona, Spain
2006
Oedipus Marshal, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
The Battle of Mexico, Galerie Arratia, Beer, Berlin, Germany
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zürich,
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Switzerland
2005
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), The Power Plant Contemporary Art
Gallery, Toronto, Canada
S-t-e-r-e-o-v-i-e-w, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2004
A Hunger Artist, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
2002
Alpha 60 (The Mind-Body Problem), White Box, New York, NY
A Hunger Artist, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
2001
Sala 7 Proyectos Contemporáneos, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Aire de México, La Panadería, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
Bounced, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
1999
I am Happy Because Everyone Loves Me, Gasworks Gallery, London,
United Kingdom
1997
The Ship of Fools, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
1996
Penalty, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
The Cure of Folly, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
The Cure of Folly, Museo Arturo Michelena, Valencia
Jonac 2001 mg, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 SITElines.2016: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas: much wider than a line,
SITE Santa Fe, NM
Basta!, The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, City University of New York
2015
Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America, Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, TX
Under The Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Museo Jumex, Mexico
City, Mexico
Contour 7, A Moving Image Biennale, Mechelen, Belgium
Mobility and its Discontents, The 8th Floor, New York, NY
Tribute to an Avenue, Sculpture International Rotterdam, Germany
2014
The Torches of Prometheus, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Under The Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, The Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
acting-out: the institution denied, Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014, Colechuch
House, London, United Kingdom
High Horizon: Bruegelland early 21th century, Stedelijk Museum, Lier, Belgium
Recycling Memory: Recapturing the Lost City, IX Biennial of Visual Arts of
Nicaragua, Managua
We are living on a star, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
Artlovers - Histoires d’Art dans la Collection Pinault, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Here and Elsewhere, Frac Nord-Pas de Calais Collection, Espacio Promoción del
Arte Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain
inSite: Cuatro ensayos de lo público, sobre otro escenario, La Tallera,
Cuernavaca, Mexico
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2nd CAFAM Biennale: Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, CAFA Art Museum,
Beijing, China
El Hotel Electrico, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
The Marvelous Real: Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art from The
MUSAC Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Infra-Mince, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Ils sont nous et nous sommes eux!, Collection FRAC Nord/Pas de Calais, Centre
Arc en Ciel, Liévin, France
À Triple Tour, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Conciergerie, Paris, France
Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket nʼest plus valuable, Pavillon Vendôme, Aix-enProvence, France
Pataphysics: A Theoretical Exhibition, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Disabled by Normality, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague
What To Do, Fundació La Caixa Contemporary Art Collection, Caixa Forum
Barcelona, Spain
Changing Scenes: Points of View in Contemporary Media Art, The Fabric Workshop
and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Kino Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2012
Castle in the Air. A séance of imagination, Zamek Culture Center, Poznan
Von hier nach dort, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon
Gestures in Time, Qalandiya International, Jerusalem/Ramallah
Garden of Learning, curated by Roger M. Buergel, Busan Biennale, Korea
Voices of Images, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Niet Normaal – Differences on Display, curated by Ina Gevers & Garry Robson,
The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Artaud's Cave, dOCUMENTA (13), curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev,
Kassel, Germany
Track, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren & Mirjam Varadinis, Stedelijk
Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Track, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren & Mirjam Varadinis, Kunsthaus
Zürich, Switzerland
Parallelwelt Zirkus, curated by Verena Konrad, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Aire de Lyon, Victoria Northoorn, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
More to Tell, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
Wunder, curated by Praxis für Ausstellung und Theorie, Kunsthalle
Krems, Austria
2011
3 Expositions + 1 Film, Monaco National Musée Nouveau, Villa Paloma, Monte
Carlo, Monaco
Miracles, curated by Praxis für Ausstellung und Theorie, Deichtorhallen
Hamburg, Germany
A Terrible Beauty is Born, 11th Biennale de Lyon, France
Spectrums of Light, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Dublin Contemporary, St. Stephans Green House, Dublin, Ireland
A Slowdown at the Museum, Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp, Belgium
Universo vídeo Fleeting Stories, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial,
Gijón, Spain
El grito, curated by María Inés Rodriguez & Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy,
Musac Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Too late, too little, and (how to) fail gracefully, curated by Nathalie Hartjes,
Kunstfort Asperen, The Netherlands
Unter Helden, Vor-Bilder in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
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Yes we don’t, curated by Nathalie Ergino & Joëlle Benzakin, Institut d’Art
Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Tracing the unseen border, curated by Ian Cofre & Omar Lopez Chahoud,
LaMaMa La Galleria, New York, NY
Crisiss. América Latina, arte y confrontacion 1919-2010, curated by Gerardo
Mosquera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, X-Teresa, Mexico City, Mexico
Daydream Believer!!, Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions,
curated by Hiroko Tasaka, Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
Tokyo, Japan
2010
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse,
Zürich, Switzerland
Epílogo (Epilogue), curated by Cristián Silva, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico
Sem Fronteiras, curated by Wilson Lazaro, Museu Bispo de Rosário Arte
Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
De Frente al Sol (Facing the Sun), curated by Patrick Charpenel, Galerie Martin
Janda, Vienna, Austria
Alienator: Le Retour, curated by Esther Jungo, Charlatan Museum
Murten, Switzerland
Model Kits, curated by María Inés Rodríguez, Musac Museo de Arte
Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Adaptation, curated by Helena Reckitt, The Power Plant Contemporary Art
Gallery, Toronto, Canada
11. Tiennale Fellbach Kleinplastik 2010, Stadt Fellbach Kulturamt,
Fellbach, Germany
Substitute Teacher, curated by Regine Basha, Atlanta Contemporary Art
Center, Atlanta, GA
2009
For the Use of Those Who See, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
Périfériks, curated by Kader Attia, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Acciones Disolventes: Videoarte Latinoamericano, curated by Carlos Palacios,
Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas
Exposition of Mythology, Electronic Technology, curated by Chung Chul Lee, Nam
June Paik Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Alienator on Tour, curated by Esther Jungo, Marks Blond Project,
Bern, Switzerland
Islands + Ghettos, curated by Johan Holten, Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz, Austria
Alienator on Tour, curated by Esther Jungo, Ancienne Gare, Fribourg
For You/Para Usted, Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Daros
Exhibitions, Zürich, Switzerland
Acting Out, curated by Jen Mergel and Nicolas Baume, Institute of
Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Islands + Ghettos, curated by Johan Holten, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende
Kunst e.V., Berlin, Germany
2008
Manifesta, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
16th Biennial of Sydney, Australia
Rational/Irrational, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2007
Atlas Américas, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, 01 Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Doppelgänger. O dobre da realidade, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporanea de
Vigo, Spain
Between two deaths, curated by Ellen Blumstein and Felix Esslin, Zentrum für
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Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Jump-Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil, curated by
Jesús Fuenmayor, Tahía Rivero and Lorena Gonzales, Cisnero Fontanals Art
Foundation, Miami, FL
Constructing a poetic universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin
American Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Visiones del paraíso: utopías/distopías/heterotopías, espacio 1414, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2006
postEr, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece
On Mobility (final sequence), curated by Saskia Bos, De Appel, Amsterdam
Die Kunst erlöst uns von gar nichts, curated by Paz Aburto Guevara, ACC Galerie,
Weimar, Germany
Capital Culture, curated by Marco Scottini, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani,
Milan, Italy
First Architecture and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Canary Islands
Dark Places, curated by Joshua Decter, Santa Monica Museum of Art,
Los Angeles, CA
When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York, NY
2005
T1 Pantagruel Syndrome, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea,
Turin, Italy
InSite_05, curated by Carmen Cuenca, and Michael Krichmann, San Diego, CA
and Tijuana, Mexico
Accion Directa, curated by Marco Scotini, Prague Biennale 2, Prague,
Czech Republic
Jump-Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil, Americas
Society, New York, NY
The Here and Now, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
2004
On Reason and Emotion, curated by Isabel Carlos, 14th Biennale of Sydney,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Emotion eins, curated by Nikolaus Schaffhausen, Frankfurt Kunstverein,
Frankfurt, Germany
Settlements, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole,
St. Etienne, France
2003
Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist,
Venice, Italy
Living in a Cloud, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2nd Valencia Biennale: The Idea City, curated by Luigi Settembrini, Spain
Peripheries become the center, Prague Biennale 1, Prague, Czech Republic
Dreamspaces, Lobby Gallery of Deutsche Bank, New York
Forbidden, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Etnografia: Instrucciones de uso, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2002
Fotofest, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Lima, Peru
Thinking Local, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
TABU - Mavericks und heisse Eisen, curated by Sabine Schaschl-Cooper,
Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
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2001
Plateau of Humankind, curated by Harald Szeemann, 49th Venice Biennale,
Venice, Italy
Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
Ideal House, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Hieronymus Bosch, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdamm,
The Netherlands
Loop: Alles auf Anfang, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Kunsthalle der HypoKulturstiftung, Munich
2000
Gwangju Biennale, curated by Kwang-su Oh, South Korea
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
SOS: Scenes of Sounds, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery,
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
False Start, curated by Cecilia Brunson, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard
College, Annandele on Hudson, NY
The End, Exit Art, New York, NY
Demonstrationsräume: A, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Demonstrationsräume: A Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
1998
III Bienal Barro de América, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
IX Premio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezulea
Longitud de Onda: Videos-Fotografía, Museo Alejandro Otero,
Caracas, Venezuela
1997
Así Está la Cosa, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales MercoSur, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
1996
Video Faz, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
Video Faz, Museo de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
1995
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, NY
Una Visión del Arte Venezolano, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber,
Caracas, Venezuela
1994
Insane Asylum, International Studio Program, MoMA PS1,
Long Island City, NY
The art of the Next Generation, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
Courage, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Let the Artists Live, Exit Art, New York, NY
Projects, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, NY
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Wunder, Daniel Tyradellis, Beate Hentschel, Dirk Luckow, Deichtorhallen
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2001
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2000
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1999
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December 1999.
1998
“Sobre las estrategias de exhibición.” Papel Literario, El Nacional, Caracas, 29
November 1998.
Lebon, Manuel. “Mi arte es un virus que vive en las grietas.” El Universal,
Caracas, 9 September 1998.
Mendoza, Ana. “Javier Téllez: Licantropía.” El Globo, Caracas, 7
September 1998.
Jouannais, Jean Ives. “1ere Biennale do Mercosud.” Art Press, Paris, No. 232,
February 1998.
Bienal Mercosul, Sichel, Berta, Flash Art International, Milan, Vol.XXXI,
No.198. Jan./Feb.
Haber, Alicia. “First Mercosur Biennial.” Art Nexus, Miami, No. 27, Jan./
March 1998.
Hernández, Carmen. “El artista trickster o de como el hospital se metió dentro
del museo.” Arte y Locura: Espacios de Creación, Serie Reflexiones en el Museo,
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, No. 3. 1998. [ex. cat.]
Los palimpsestos de la identidad, Estilo, No. 34
Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia. “IX Salón Mendoza.” Sala Mendoza, Caracas,
1998. [ex. cat.]
Fuenmayor, Rubén. “Longuitud de Onda.” Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas,
1998. [ex. cat.]
1997
“Así está la cosa: Nada más latinoamericano que temer parecerlo.” Centro
Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 1997. [ex. cat.]
Gallo, Rubéen. “La Nave de los Locos.” Fundación Mendoza, Caracas,
1997 [ex. cat.]
Morais, Federico; Guevara, Roberto. “Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales
Mercosur.” Porto Alegre, Brazil 1997.
Gallo, Rubén. “Javier Téllez” Poliester, Fall, 1997.
Krebs, Victor. “Del Alma y el Arte.” Serie Reflexiones en el Museo, No. 2. Museo
de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1997. [ex. cat.]
Palenzuela, J. C. “50 Obras del Salón Michelena.” Colección El Tiempo
Derramado, Tierra de Gracia Editores, Caracas, 1997.
Tuchman, Phyllis and Duque.“Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today.”
Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK. 1997.
1996
Costa, Eduardo. “Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery.” Art in America,
November 1996. [print]
Pomenta, Allison. “Pistas para descubrir el itinerario mental de un artista.”
Economia Hoy, Caracas, 9 October 1996. [print]
“Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery.” Art Nexus, Milan, September 1996. [print]
Maddicks, Russell. “Exhibit Turns Museum in Madhouse.” The Daily Journal, 28
September 1996. [print]
Wisotzki, Rubén. “Cada quien busca su propia locura.” El Nacional, Caracas,
28 September 1996. [print]
Levin, Kim. “Art Short List.” The Village Voice, New York, 26 April 1996. [print]
Hernández, Carmen. “Javier Téllez: Arqueólogo Trickster.” Estilo, Caracas,
December 1996. [print]
“Video Faz.” Art & Idea, Ciudad de México, 1996. [ex. cat.]
Hernández, Carmen. “La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura.” Museo de
Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1996. [ex. cat.]
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De un Hospital dentro del Museo, La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura,
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
1995
Udé, Iké. “Javier Téllez.” Arude, No.1. Spring 1995. [print]
Cárdenas, M. L. “II Salón Pirelli.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber,
Caracas, 1995.
Duque, Luis Angel; María Luz Cárdenas. “Una Visión del Arte Venezolano.”
Colección Ignacio y Valentina Oberto, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía
Imber, Caracas, 1995 [ex.cat.]
1994
Avgikos, Jean. “International Studio Program.” P.S.1 Museum, New York, 1994.
Lipson, Karin. “Gallery or Madhouse.” New York Newsday, 19 October
1994. [print]
Vicente, Mercedes. “Cuando la obra de arte es el propio artista.” La Vanguardia,
Spain, 22 October 1994. [print]
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2010 DAAD Residency in Berlin, Germany
2009
Artist-in-Residency, Massey University of Creative Art, School of Fine Arts,
Litmus Research Initiative, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2007
Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden
2006
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Artist-in-Residency, Récollets, Paris, France
2002
Artist-in-Residency, Art in General, New York, NY
2000
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
1999
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
Gasworks Studio Program, London, United Kingdom
1998
IX Mendoza Prize, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
1997
Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New
York, NY
1995
Visual Culture Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Caracas, Venezuela
1994
Van Lier Fellowship, Artist-in-residence, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art
Center, New York, NY
1993
P.S.1 International Studio Program, MoMA P.S.1, Long Island City
COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
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Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich, Switzerland
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