Juan Carlos Alom

Juan Carlos Alom
Juan Carlos Alom

Havana, Cuba, 1964

Juan Carlos Alom is one of the Cuban creators with the most outstanding trajectory in the fields of photography and documentary and experimental cinema.

His work participates, along with that of other great Cuban artists, in the generational impulse of the nineties, determined to oxygenate the old discursive and aesthetic assumptions of the genre. His work as a photographer and videographer has enabled him to carry out numerous exhibition projects inside and outside Cuba. Among the most outstanding are "Criaturas de isla", at El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba; "Nacidos para ser libres", which participated in the National Event of Photographic Libraries of Mexico; "Juan Carlos Alom", Metrònom Fundació Rafael Tous d'Art Contemporan, Barcelona, Spain, among others. Likewise, his work has been included in relevant group exhibitions such as "Colimadores. A look at Cuba. Exhibition of modern and contemporary Cuban photography", at the Michael Horbach Foundation, Germany; "Iconocracy - Contemporary Cuban Photography, Sala Norte Artium Centro- Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; and "Cuba - Fiction and Fantasy", Daros Latinamerica, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2000 he was recognized by Time Magazine of New York, USA as one of the 100 Latin American photographers of the millennium. His works are part of prestigious collections, among them IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain; Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, USA, among others.

Juan Carlos Alom

curriculum

studies

1986 - 1989   
Semiotic Studies, International Institute of Journalism. Havana, Cuba.                          
Restoration of photographic images. Cuban Photographic Library. Havana, Cuba.    

personal exhibitions

2017
Projection of Havana Solo and Daily. lsmo, Ismo, Ismo, Experimental Cinema in Latin America. Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cuban analogs
Jorgensen Gallery, Jorgansen Center for the Periorming Arts, University of Connecticut (UConn), Connecticut.
2015
Island creatures, El Apartamento, contemporary art. Havana, Cuba.
Born to be freeNational Event of Photo Libraries of Mexico, Fototeca de Pachuca. Pachuca, Mexico.
2012

Juan Carlos Alom, Photographs (1989 - 2012).
 Buzz Art Gallery, Wynwood Arts District. Miami, USA.
2010

Monte Soy,
 Gallery El Torco de Suances. Santander, Spain.
2009
             
We are waiting at Monte Claro
Villa Manuela Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Monte SoyEl Torco Gallery. Santander, Spain.
Cult of Life
Habana Cultura. Madrid, Spain.
2006

Juan Carlos Alom
Metrònom Fundació Rafael Tous d'Art Contemporan. Barcelona, Spain.
2002

Watching the Music, National Theater of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2001 
Evidence, Iturralde Gallery. Los Angeles, USA.                   
2000

Secret ShadowsThrockmorton Fine Art, New York, USA.                   
1997

The Dark Book
Iturralde Gallery. Los Angeles, USA.
The Dark Book
Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
1996

The Dark Book
Schneider Gallery. Chicago, USA.
Juan Carlos Alom:
 Dark BookThrockmorton Fine Art, New York, USA.
1995

Footprints
The Bronx Museum of Arts, New York, USA.
Cuban Mystique
 (OPENSPACE), Comune di Milano. Milan, Italy.
The fickle face of reality
Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba.
La tama, the Olordumare and the Sagrada FamiliaTina Modotti Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Quicksand (with Luis Gómez), CENCREM Convento de Santa Clara. Havana, Cuba.
1992

Havana
. Nesle Gallery. Paris, France.
LauraFototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.  

collective exhibitions

2018
Kindred spitits. Ten artists by the HudsonCoral Gables Museum. Miami, Florida, USA.
16 mm. Motion photography.
 The Apartment. Havana, Cuba.
2017

The Cuban matrix
Torrance Art, Museum, California, USA.
On the Orizon
Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. Perez Att Museum Miami (PAMM). Miami, USA.
Double Play. Contemporary Cuban Photography
. Photo Cuatro Caminos Museum. Mexico City.
No masks
Contemporary Afro-Cuban Artvon Christierson Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Mutations
. Estudio Figueroa-Vives. Havana, Cuba. The redeemed night. Figueroa-Vives Studio, Havana, Cuba.
2016
ON/OFF Video Festival. Video collection of the MEP (Maison Européenne de la Photographio), Casa Victor Hugo, Havana, Cuba.
Mine, yours, ours
. 21 Art Space. Havana, Cuba. Bogota International Art Fair ARTBO 2016Corferias Fairgrounds. Bogota, Colombia.  
The banality of the sea. Contemporary Cuban photography, 
Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
What prying eyes, Mom! Patricia Conde Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico.
CUBA. Tattoo history,
 PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea. Milan, Italy.
Under The Cuban Sun
Spencer Throckmorton Gallery. New York, USA.
Today since the 80s
Casa de México. Havana, Cuba.
The suspension of desire, 
Center for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
Rescue trade, Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba. 54.67 linear meters, The Apartment. Havana, Cuba.
2015

Cuba - Fiction & Fantasy
Daros Latinamerica, Casa Daros. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Collimators. A look at Cuba. Exhibition of modern and contemporary Cuban photography,
 Michael Horbach Foundation. Cologne, Germany.
Size matters
Altamira Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Iconocracy - Contemporary Cuban photography,
 North Hall Artium Basque Center-Museum of Contemporary Art. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
The light in Cuban eyes, 
Robert Mann Gallery. San Francisco, USA.
The Light In Cuban Eyes
Robert Mann Gallery. New York, USA.
The Spaces Between
Bildmuseet. Umeå, Switzerland. 2014 Daros Latinamerica CollectionFondation Beyeler. Riehen, Switzerland.
The Spaces Between. Contemporary Art From HavanaThe University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
Signs. Art, Industry and Viceversa. Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba.
2013

Occupying, Building, Thinking: Poetic and Discursive Perspectives on Contemporary Cuban Video Art (1990-2010)
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum. Tampa, USA.
Waiting For The Idols To Fall
The 8th Floor. New York, USA.
2012

The Virgin of La Caridad del Cobre
National Center for the Arts. Mexico City, Mexico.
Cine a Contracorriente, a traveling showcase of the most relevant experimental cinema from Europe and Latin America
Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
Recent Acquisitions,
 Donald and Rubin Foundation. New York, USA.
2011

TabakaleraFábrica de Cultura Visual, Daros Latin America. San Sebastian, Spain.
dna
UNEAC Curatorship Award Sunday RavenetVilla Manuela Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Last Scenes
posters on unfilmed screenplays by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea23 and 12 Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
2010

Contemporary Polarity: Recent Cuban Artwork
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA.
SerendipityPortugal Art Biennial 10. Lisbon, Portugal.
Contemporary Afro- Cuban Art. Without masks
The Johannesburg Art Gallery. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Digital Ocean, Technology in Art,
 Provincial Center of Plastic Arts Rafael Botín Foundation. Córdoba, Spain.
2009

For You/ Para Usted
The Daros Latinamerica tapes and video installationsDaros Museum. Zürich, Switzerland
On the Road
Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
Nostalgia for the Future, Tribute to Renau
Centre del Carme. Valencia, Spain.
The Boston Printmakers Presents: Making Connections: Contemporary Cuban
 PrintmakersLaconia Gallery. Chicago, USA.
Don't Stare at the Sun / Nie patrz prosto w słońce
CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art Torun. Torun, Poland.
2008

Group Therapy (current Cuban art),
 Fernando Pradilla Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
Not Neutral
Tabacalera International Center for Contemporary Culture. San Sebastian, Spain.
2007

ViewpointsZeitgenössische Kunst aus der Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Kunstmuseum Bochum. Bochum, Germany. 
The Other Side Of The Soul
Círculo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
2006

Three Cuban photographers
IX Havana Biennial, Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2005
My Body, My Country: Cuban Art Today
Thomas H. Bayly Building. Charlottesville, USA.
Open Maps - Latin American Photography 1991-2002
Amos Anderson Art Museum. Helsinki, Finland.
2004
Scope. Contemporain Cuban Images
Toronto Film Festival. Toronto, Canada.
100 Years of Latin American Photography
. Palau de la Virreina, Centre de la Imatge. Barcelona, Spain.
100 Years of Latin American Photography,
 Fundación Telefónica. Madrid, Spain
Fluid Image
Institut polytechnique de Grenoble. Grenoble, France.
The Daros_ Latinoamerica Tapes, Videos from the Daros-Latinamerica Collection
Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Zoll_ Douane. Hamburg, Germany.
Cuba Pavilion
Cuba Pavilion, VIII Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
No island is an island
Contemporary Cuban ArtSawhill Gallery, James Madison University. Virginia, USA.
Cuba Plástica: Recent Art from CubaJoel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond. Virginia, USA.
Defining Moments
Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix, USA.
Je t'envisage. La disparition du portrait (I look at you. The disappearance of the portrait).
Musée de l'Elysée. Lausanne, Switzerland.
2003
Face to FaceEdifício Sede da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Culturgest. Lisbon, Portugal.
Digging Alone: Five Cuban Photographers
Gallery 106. Minnesota, USA.
Parallax EffectSpanish Cultural Center. Miami, USA.
Mapas Oberts (Open Maps). Latin American Photography 1991-2002
Palau de la Virreina, Centre de la Imatge. Barcelona, Spain.
2002

Migrations of the Sea
 Caribbean. Arco 2002. Madrid, Spain.
17eme Encontres video art plastique
. Wharf Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse. Normadia, France.
Photographie a la carte!
Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
2001

Viva Cuba, 
ALVA Gallery. New London, England.
Shifting Tides: Cuban photography after the Revolution
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA.
From The Negative
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, USA.
2000

From the Negative: Conceptual Photography from Cuba
Parts Photographic Arts, Minneapolis, USA.
Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Col,
 El Museo del Barrio. New York, USA.
Le Siecle Du Corps Photographies 1900-2000Musée de l'Elysée. Lausanne, Switzerland.
1998
A Prova de Agua, 
Belém Cultural Center - CCB. Lisbon, Portugal.
1997

Utopian territories: new art from Cuba, 
Morris and Helen Belkins Gallery, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
VI Havana Biennial
Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
1995

Cuba 4, Four VisionsCaribbean Art and Culture Association. Tokyo, Japan.
Natural Myth: a Bestiart,
 Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc. New York, USA.
The Photography Show 95
The New York Hilton. New York, USA.
1994
Contemporary Photography
FotoFest 94 Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, Houston, USA.
The New Generation,
 Menil Collection's Richmond Hall, Photography Houston/Spring '94. Houston, USA.
1992

The sweetness does not last long in the mouth
Regards croises sur la HavaneGalerie de Nesle. Paris, France.
Latin America 92
Kunstbygningen, Denmark. Cuban Photography (1950 - 1990), New Gallery. Berlin, Germany. Cuban Photography in 150 imagesInternational Press Center. Havana, Cuba.
The nude
Fototeca de Cuba, IV Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
1991

Transformation
Tina Modotti Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1990

Manipulated photograph
Fototeca de Cuba, III Biennial of Havana. Havana, Cuba.  

works

P.M., 1989. From the Special Period series, 1989-1994.
Silver on gelatin / 21.5 x 31 cm
Ed. 3 (Edition of 3 + 3 P/A)

Misael, 2015
Silver on gelatin / 35 x 35 cm
Ed. 2 (Edition of 3 + 2 P/A)

Republic of Cuba, 2012
Silver on gelatin / 35 x 35 cm
P/A 3 (Edition of 3 + 3 P/A)

P.M., 1989. From the Special Period series, 1989-1994.
Silver on gelatin / 21.5 x 31 cm
Ed. 3 (Edition of 3 + 3 P/A)

Misael, 2015
Silver on gelatin / 35 x 35 cm
Ed. 2 (Edition of 3 + 2 P/A)

Republic of Cuba, 2012
Silver on gelatin / 35 x 35 cm
P/A 3 (Edition of 3 + 3 P/A)