Alexander Apóstol
Bio
Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1969. Studied Arts at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He currently lives and works in Madrid.
His work has been shown internationally in important solo and group exhibitions, including: in Spain, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, CA2M, IVAM, Casa de América, Palau de la Virreina, Fundación ICO and Fundación Telefónica. In the United States, at the Guggenheim Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Museum, Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Harvard University, ICP, Bronx Museum, CIFO and PAMM, in Miami. In the United Kingdom, at Tate Modern and South London Gallery; at Centre Pompidou, Musée du Quai Branly and CAPC, France; Kunstinstituut Melly (ex-Witte de With), The Netherlands; Martin Gropius-Bau, Heildelberger Kunsverein and NGBK in Germany; BAC in Switzerland; in Venezuela, at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Sala Mendoza, GAN, MACZUL and Museo Alejandro Otero.
Throughout Latin America at the Museo Rufino Tamayo, MUAC, Fundación Jumex, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Centro de la Imagen, MARCO and Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros in Mexico; Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI); MALBA, Centro Cultural Recoleta and Centro Cultural San Martín in Buenos Aires; Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango and MAMBO in Bogota; Instituto Tomie Ohtake in Sao Paulo and Teorética and Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo in Costa Rica.He has participated in the 12th Shanghai Biennale (2018), EVA International, Ireland (2018), Gwangju Biennale (2018), Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (2017), Les Recontres de la Photographie in Arles (2017), 10 Mercosur Biennial (2015), Manifesta 9 (2013), 54th Venice Biennial (2011), II San Juan Polygraphic Triennial (2009), I Canary Islands Biennial (2006), II Prague Biennial (2005), VIII Cuenca Biennial (2004), VIII Istanbul Biennial (2003), Printemps de Septembre, in Toulouse, France (2003), XXV Sao Paulo Biennial (2002), FotoFest,in Houston, (2002-1992), VI Havana Biennial (1997 ) and the Barro de America Biennial, in Caracas (2001).
He has published the monograph Alexander Apostol (La Fabrica/Archivo de Fotografia Urbana 2022), Alexander Apostol/ Modernidad Tropical (Actar/MUSAC, 2010) and the artist's book La Salvaje Revolucionaria en Horario Estelar (Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan/Fundación para la Cultura Urbana 2010); his work has appeared in a variety of books, including C Photo 4 (Ivory Press 2012), Contemporary Art in Latin America (BlackDog 2010), 100 Latin American Artists (EXIT 2008), Vitamin PH (Phaidon 2006), Art & Photography Now (Thames&Hudson 2005), Blink (Phaidon 2002), as well as in specialized magazines such as Aperture, Art Nexus, Beaux Arts Magazine, Artforum, European Photography, Art in America, Lápiz, Atlantica, Extra cámara and the New York Times.
He has been awarded grants and residencies at Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowships (2020), Bellagio Center Creative Arts Fellowship Rockefeller Foundation (2012), Casa de America/Carolina Foundation (2002), among others.
He is represented at Tate Modern, UK; Guggenheim Museum, Museo del Barrio, Perez Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, CIFO and Getty Research Institute, USA; Fundación ARCO, MUSAC, IVAM and CA2M, Spain; Centre Pompidou, France; Daros-Latin America; Fundación Cisneros and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela; Banco de la República, Colombia; MADC, Costa Rica; and, MUAC, Mexico, among others.
Statement
Multimedia conceptual artist working on Latin American modernity (architecture, art), politics (authoritarianism, populism, democracy, etc) and gender (masculinity, queer) through the history of art, architecture and political history of the region. She studied Art History at the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
His work includes photographs, films, installations and texts. She has been part of Manifesta 9, CAPC Bordeaux (2015) and the Biennials of EVA International (2019), Shanghai (2018), Gwangju (2018), Venice (2011), Prague (2003 and 2005); Cuenca (2004); Istanbul (2003), Sao Paulo (2002), Havana (1997), etc; Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse (2003); PhotoEspaña in Madrid (2003); FotoFest in Houston (2002), among many others.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
