JUAN CARLOS ALOM BIOGRAPHY
[ Personal | Solo Exhibitions | Group Exhibitions | Collections | Filmography ]
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1964.
Education:
Semiotics of the Cuban Environment, Institute of International Journalism, Havana, Cuba
Course in Restoration and Conservation of Photographic Materials, Fototeca de Cuba
He lives in Havana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions:
2001
Evidencia, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Secret Shadows, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
1998
El Libro Oscuro, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1996
El Libro Oscuro, Imaginario de Juan Carlos Alom, en El voluble rostro de la realidad, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba / Fototeca de Cuba/Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
The Dark Book, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY.
The Dark Book, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
Arenas Movedizas (with Luis Gómez), en Una de cada clase, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba / CENCREM, Havana, Cuba
Traces, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Mística Cubana, Comune de Milano, OPENSPACE, Milan, Italy
Ojos que te vieron ir (with Cirenaica Moreira), Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba
Voluble rostro de la realidad, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
1992
La tama, el olordumare y La sagrada familia, Galería Tina Modotti, Havana, Cuba
Havana, Galerie Nesle, Paris, France
1991
Laura, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2001
"Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000
From the Negative, Conceptual Photography from Cuba, Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Vistas Nuevas: Recent Video from Cuba, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1999
New Voices / New Visions: 23 Contemporary Artists, University Art Gallery, UCSD, San Diego, CA
1997
Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana.
1995
Pictures of a Dark Book, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Natural Myth: A Bestiari, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, NY
Works of paper, Park Avenue, Armory, New York, NY
The Photography Show 95 (AIPAD), The New York Hilton, New York,NY
1994
Contemporary Photography from Cuba, Foto Fest '94, Richmond Hall, The Menil Collection, Houston
1992
Latin America 92, Kunstbygningen, Denmark
Fotografía Cubana 1950-1990, Galeria Nueva, Berlin, Germany
Fotografía Cubana contemporánea en 150 imágenes, Centro Internacional de Prensa, Havana, Cuba
1991
Transformación, Galería Tina Modotti, Havana, Cuba
1990
Fotografía Manipulada, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Public Collections:
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
IF, Milan, Italy
The Bronx Museum, New York, NY
Foto-Fest, Houston, TX
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ludwig Forum for International Art, Germany
Museum of Art Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Filmography:
2000
Habana Solo, 16mm, B/W, 15', Directed by Juan Carlos Alom
Sobre espesas, 16mm, B/W, 3', Directed by Juan Carlos Alom
1998
Una Harley recorre La Habana, 16mm, B/W, 37', Directed by Juan Carlos Alom
El método moderno, 16mm, B/W, 12', Directed by Juan Carlos Alom
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