1974, Guatemala
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Controversial artist Regina Galindo is considered to be one of the most subversive voices in contemporary art today. Despite having exhibited worldwide, to great international acclaim – In 2005, Galindo was awarded the prestigious Leone de Oro, at the 51st Bienale di Venezia for best young artist – her work remains decidedly anti-establishment. Galindo’s is first and foremost a performance artist who uses her own body to enact and denounce the themes which dominate her artistic discourse.
Her work creates social and cultural memory by constructing fleeting moments of searing hyperreality where Audience no longer a passive observer, finds itself transformed into Witness… or Accomplice.
Solo Shows and Performances
2008
MuseumVoor Moderne Kunst, Holland
2007
Regina José Galindo, La Caja Blanca, Nit de l’Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Confesión, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Recent work, Pari Nadimi, Toronto, Canada
Proyecto XX, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan, Italy
150,000 Voltios, performance, Milan, Italy
Cepo, performance, Spazio Volume, Roma, Italia
Mientras, ellos siguen libres, performance, Guatemala
2006
Corona, más de 6040 asesinatos en el Año de la Paz, installation,Plaza Central, Guatemala
Peso, performance, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Isla, performance, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Recent work, Galerie Du Tour Agnes B, Paris, France
Camisa de Fuerza, performance, Mens (Mankind) S.M.A.K., Belgium
Plomo, performance, (clases para aprender a disparar armas), CIFO, Miami, USA
Carnada, performance, Al Límite, Sto. Domingo, R.D.
2005
Toque de Queda, performance, Le Plateau, Pais
Perra, performance, Prometeo Galery, Milan, Italy
2004
El Peso de la Sangre, performance, Plaza Central, Ciudad de Guatemala
2003
¿Quién puede borrar las huellas? Performance, walk to the Palacio Nacional, Guatemala
2001
Angelina, performance, 1 month dressed as a a maid, Guatemala
2000
Sobremesa, performance and installation, Proyecto Jóvenes Creadores Bancafé, Guatemala
1999
El cielo llora tanto que debería ser mujer, Performance, Galleria Belia Vico Arte Contemporáneo, Guatemala and the Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain.
Group Shows
2008
Residency and exhibition, ARTSPACE, San Antonio, Texas, USA
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith. The exhibition at The Menil Collection, Houston (June 27 – September 28th), the exhibition at P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, New York (Autumn 08)
2007
La Presencia, Latin American in the United States Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), California, USA
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Museo Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Second Moscow Biennale, Russia
Auckland Triennial, New Zealand
Beyond the Dust, The Archeologycal Museum, Naples, Italy
Global Femenism, Brooklyn Museum, USA
Otras Contemporaneidades, Bienal de Valencia, Spain
Timer, Rome, Italy
Adiós Identidad, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala
Art’s Shake, Bologna, Italy
2006
MASH, Miami Fl., USA
Un espejo para la pequeña muerte, Estrecho Dudoso, Teorética, Costa Rica
Artissima, Trento, Italy
Venice-Istambul, Istambul Modern, Turkey
1st Biennale of Architecture and Nature, Arte Paisaje, Islas Canarias, Spain
Into Me, Out of Me, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, N.Y., USA, and Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Action Zones, Prometeo Gallery, Balelatina, Basel
Yesoterapia, perfomance at teh Barceló Nuevas Propuestas, Dominican Republic
Courants Alternatifs, PARVIS Paris, Bordeaux, France
Eretica, Palermo, Italy
Bienal Adriática, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Es Mou, Et Mou, Galeria Canes, Spain
Jukebox, Loop Video Festival, CCCB Barcelona
Semiotics and Performance of Gender, World Psychiatric Congress, Istambul, Turkey
The Pain of Others, Miami, USA
Tanasoterapia, performance as part of Migraciones, Centro Cultural de ESpaña, Guatemala
Limpieza Social, performance at the Il Potere delle Donne, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporánea, Trento, Italy
2005
Vértigo, performance at the 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania
Recorte por la Línea, with the collaboration of Dr. Billy Spence. First Festival of Corporal Art, Caracas, Venezuela
279 Golpes, performance within the section “Siempre un poco más lejos”, 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
Picacebollas, performance, in Fuera de Lugar, Dominican Republic
Prague Biennale, Czech Republic
2004
Milenium, Contemporary Painting in Guatemala, Museo de Arte Moderno, Guatemala
Produciendo REalidad, Lucca, Italy
Himenoplastia, performance within Contexto, Colectiva Cinismo, Guatemala
Todo Incluido, Imágenes Urbanas de América, Centro Cultural Conde Duque
Boda Galindo – Herrera, invites. Casa Santo Domingo, Guatemala
2003
A Puño Limpio, Dias Mejores, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala
Proxémica, Dias Mejores, Centro Cultural de España, San José, C.R.
Ella, permanece, Maternidades Plus. Centro de Cultura Hispánica, Guatemala
2002
Sin titulo (hasta ver), performance for the third Biennale of Contemporary art, Lima, Perú
Autocannibalismo, video – performance shown in Contaminados. MADCO. C.R. / Bienal Audiovisual L.A. / Freewaves, MOCA, L.A., E.U.A. / Latin American Literatura and Arts, N.Y., E.U.A. Transferences of Sensation. Gallery Gachet. Canada / Colloquia, Guatemala.
Selección Nacional. Colloquia, Guatemala
Lucha, performance, Colectiva Blanco & Negro. Edificio Correos, Guatemala.
2001
Tendencia del Lodo, performance, Galeria Sol del Río, Guatemala
Escultura: 10 piedras de Crack, Contemoprary sculpture, Guatemala. Teatro Nacional, Guatemala
Piel, performance, La Platea de la Humanidad. 49th Venice Biennale, Italy
Bandera Nuestra, Colectiva Suvo-Ajeno. ExTeresa Arte Actual. México, D.F.
2000
Encierros, Colectiva Paréntesis, (PAI) Zoológico Nacional La Aurora, Guatemala.
Todos estamos muriendo, Simposio Centroamericano Temas Centrales, TEOR/ética. Costa Rica
Valium 10ml. performance, Colectiva Vivir Aquí. Museo Ixchel, Guatemala.
No perdemos nada con nacer, performance 9th Festival of Peforming arts. ExTeresa. Zócalo de la Ciudad de Mexico. Festival Octubre Azul. Basurero Municipal. Guatemala
Esperando al príncipe azul, Colctiva Tripearte, Festival Octubre Azul. Edificio Correros, Guatemala
1999
Lo voy a gritar al viento, II Festival del Centro Histórico. Arco de Correos. Guatemala
El dolor en un pañuelo, Colectiva SinPelos en la Lengua, (PAI) Plaza G&T. Gutatemala.
Publications
2008
Book on the project Confesión, with texts by Julian Stallabrass, published by La Caja Blanca Gallery
2006
Retrospective Catalogue, published by Vanillaedizioni, Italy in collaboration with Prometeo Gallery di Ida Pisani.
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2006
10 Experimentos Determinantes: Artistas subvencionados CIFO
2005
Golden Lion for best artist under 34 years of age. 51st Venice Biennale
Artist residency awarded by Le Plateau, Paris, France
1999
Winner of the award BANCAFE Jóvenes Creadores
1998
Poetry prize, Myrna Mack Foundation
Bibliography (selección)
Confesión. With texts by Julian Stallabrass, published by La Caja Blanca. Expected publication date is October 2008
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith. Robert Farris Thompson, Jen Budney, Julia Herzberg, Greg Tate, Arthur Danto, and Quincy Troupe are the authors of this book. Expected publication date is June 2008. The exhibition dates are June 27–September 21, 2008.
This book examines the work of thirty-three artists––including Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, José Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, and James Lee Byars––who began using ritualistic practices during the 1970s and 1980s as a way of reinterpreting aspects of their cultural heritage. Younger artists such as Tania Bruguera and Michael Joo are shown to have drawn upon the iconography of ritual.
EXIT, 100 Artistas Latinoamericanos. 2007
Regina José Galindo. Vanillaedizioni, Italy. 2006
Contemporary Annual 2006, Text by Emiliano Valdés
BOMB Magazine, New York, No. 94. Interview with Francisco Goldman
ARTNEXUS No. 60 Article by Mariana David
FLASH ART augost - september 2005. Interview with Ilaria Bombelli
IL MANIFESTO Article by Arianna di Genova on the 51 Venice Biennale
ART IN AMERICA Review on the 51 Venice Biennale
KULT Magazine. December 2005. Article by Lorenza Pignatti
WORK, Art in Progress. No. 15. Article by Caroline Bourgeois
Latin American Literature and Arts. No. 62
