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Cuban photographer
Juan Carlos Alom
BornDecember 1964 (1964-12) (age 60)
Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)Photographer, filmamaker
Years active1990–
Known forPhotographing, filmmaking

Juan Carlos Alom (born December 1964) is a Cuban photographer and filmmaker.

Biography

Alom was born in December 1964 in Havana, Cuba. His artistic career started in the 1990s in Havana.

In 2023, Alom was the Mellon Artist in Residence at Hemisphere Institute, from the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics New York University.

Solo exhibitions

Alom's work has been exhibited in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South Africa.

  • 2013 – 1989-2012 Fotografías de Juan Carlos Alom, BuzzArt, Miami
  • 2009 – Esperamos en el Monte Claro, Galería Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba
  • 2003 – Ritual a la Ceiba. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba
  • 2001 – Shifting Tides: Cuban photography after the Revolution. Tim B. Wride, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  • 2001 – Sombras Espesas. Throckmorton Gallery, New York City.
  • 2000 – Sombras Secretas, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York City
  • 1998 – Iturralde Gallery, West Hollywood, California
  • 1996 – " The Dark Book/El Libro Oscuro. Juan Carlos Alom", Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York City
  • 1996 – "El voluble rostro de la realidad ", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales(CDAV), Havana
  • 1995 – "Arenas Movedizas" together with Luis Gómez this was part of a very large visual event "Una de Cada Clase" organized by Ludwig Foundation in Cuba
  • 1990 – "Laura", Fototeca de Cuba, Havana

Group exhibitions

  • 2020 – Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami
  • 2004 – "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana", Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
  • 2004 – "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana"; Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
  • 1999 – "Queloides", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
  • 1999 – "Latinoamérica 92", Kuntbysningen, Denmark

Screenings

  • 2009 – Experimental video and video art: Artists from Cuba. Museo D'Antioquia, Colombia
  • 2009 – Diario. Salle Zero, Alianza Francesa, Havana, Cuba.
  • 2008 – Habana Solo. Visionarios, Audiovisual en Latinoamérica, São Paulo: Itaú Cultural, Brazil
  • 2008 – Las ciudades invisibles, Videos sobre Arte, Arquitectura y Ciudad. Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos, Valencia, Spain
  • 2007 – Ultramar, Videoartistas hispanoamericanos. Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2007 – Habana Solo. Ambulante Gira de Documentales, Mexico
  • 2006 – Fast Forward III, 28 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba
  • 2004 – Presentación de Habana Solo, 15 min en película de 16 mm. Video Marathon. Museo del Barrio, New York City
  • 2004 – Pabellón Cuba, 35 mm b/n 54´. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
  • 2004 – Iroko. 16 mm b/n 15´. Ciudadela La California. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
  • 2003 – 17e Encontres video art plastique. Wharf Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie, France

Collections

Publications

  • Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, & Gregory Tozian. Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures; (Atria Books/Beyond Words 1999); ISBN 978-1-56025-245-0
  • José Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4
  • José Veigas. Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California Intl Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1

References

  1. ^ González, Iberia Pérez. ""The camera becomes an extension of my body": A Conversation between Juan Carlos Alom and Iberia Pérez González – Caribbean Cultural Institute". Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. "World-Making in Image and Cinema: A Conversation with Artist in Residence Juan Carlos Alom". hemisphericinstitute.org. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. "Artists". artapartamento.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  4. "Artnexus". artnexus.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  5. "Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  6. "Nacimiento de una tierra (Birth of a Land) • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  7. "Artists · El Apartamento". artapartamento.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.


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