Juan Carlos Alom Explained
| Birth Name: | Juan Carlos Alom |
| Juan Carlos Alom |
| Birth Date: | December 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation: | Photographer, Filmamaker |
| Years Active: | 1990`s |
| Known For: | Photographing, Filmmaking |
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Juan Carlos Alom (born December 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban photographer. Alom is a photographer, documentary and experimental filmmaker. His artistic career started in the 1990s in Havana.[1]
In 2023, Alom was the Mellon Artist in Residence at Hemisphere Institute, from the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics New York University.[2]
Solo exhibitions
Alom's work has been exhibited in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South Africa.[3]
- 2013 - 1989-2012 Fotografías de Juan Carlos Alom, BuzzArt, Miami[4]
- 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, LA.
- 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[5]
- 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, Sao Paulo: Itaú Cultural, Brasil.
- 2008 - Las ciudades invisibles, Videos sobre Arte, Arquitectura y Ciudad. Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos, Valencia, Spain.
- 2007 - Ultramar, Videoartistas hispanoamericanos. Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brasil.
- 2007 - Habana Solo. Ambulante Gira de Documentales, México
- 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, NY.
- 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
- Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida[6]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis[7]
- Ludwig Forum for International Art, Germany
- Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
- IF, Milan, Italy
- Bronx Museum, New York City
- FOTOFEST, Houston, Texas
- Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
Publications
- Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, & Gregory Tozian; Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures; (Atria Books/Beyond Words 1999);
- 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);
- José Veigas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California Intl Arts 2004);
Notes and References
- Web site: González . Iberia Pérez . "The camera becomes an extension of my body": A Conversation between Juan Carlos Alom and Iberia Pérez González – Caribbean Cultural Institute . 2023-08-18 . en-US.
- Web site: World-Making in Image and Cinema: A Conversation with Artist in Residence Juan Carlos Alom . 2023-08-18 . hemisphericinstitute.org.
- Web site: Artists · El Apartamento . 2023-08-18 . www.artapartamento.com.
- Web site: Artnexus . 2023-08-18 . www.artnexus.com.
- Web site: Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami . 2023-08-18 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
- Web site: Nacimiento de una tierra (Birth of a Land) • Pérez Art Museum Miami . 2023-08-18 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
- Web site: Artists · El Apartamento . 2023-08-18 . www.artapartamento.com.
