1968
Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and work in Havana and Chicago.
EDUCATION
1999-2001
MFA Performance, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
1987-1992
Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba.
1983-87
Escuela de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
1980-83
Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 20 de Octubre, Havana, Cuba.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
Dated Flesh, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2003
Esercizio di resistenza. Franco Soffiantino Gallery, Turin, Italy.
Autobiografia. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Ingeniero de almas, Palacio de Abrantes, Salamanca, Spain
Tania Bruguera – Ghada Amer, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2001
La isla en peso, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Solo exhibition, Liebman Magnan Gallery, New York.
1999
Recent work, Vera van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
Lo que me corresponde, Coloquio-proyecto para el arte contemporáneo, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala.
1997
El peso de la culpa, Tejadillo 214, Havana, Cuba
Anima, The Base Space, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
1996
Cabeza abajo, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
Lágrimas de tránsito, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1995
Lo que me corresponde, artist's home, Havana, Cuba
Soñando, Gasworks Studios Gallery, London, England.
1993
Memoria de la postguerra, Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
1992
Ana Mendieta. Sala Polivalente, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
1986
Marilyn is alive. Galeria Leopoldo Romañach. Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Art Projects, Art Basel, Miami, Florida
Shangai Bienale, Shangai, China
Island Nations, RISD Museum, Rhode Island
2003
The Royal, royal trip. PS1, New York, New York.
Solo exhibition, Palacio del Patio Herreriano, Valladollid, Spain.
Poetic Justice. 8th Istanbul Bienale, Istanbul, Turkey.
The living museum. Museum fur Modern Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
2002
Fusion Cuisine. Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Extreme Existance. Pratt Institute. New York.
Documenta 11. Kassel, Germany.
The Stone and water. Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland.
No place. IFA Gallery, Bonn, Germany.
III Bienal de Lima, Lima Peru.
F.A.I.R The Royal College, London.
2001
A little bit of history repeated. Kunst Werte, Berlin, Germany.
Mercancias. Espacio C, Cantabria, Spain
Span, International Performance Arts Residency Project, London, United Kingdom. The Plateau of Humankind. 49th Venice Bienal, Venice, Italy.
Do you have time?, LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York.
Project Room, Algunas Islas ARCO: Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Recinto Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid.
2000
Uno más cerca del otro, VII Bienal de la Habana, Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, Galería de Contraminas de San Ambrosio, Havana, Cuba.
Arte all Arte, 5th edition, Fortezza di Poggio Imperiale, Arte Continua, Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy.
Exotica Incognita, 3rd. Kwangju Bienale, Kwangju.
Cutting Edge. ARCO: Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Recinto Ferial Juan Carlos I Madrid, Spain.
1999
Videodrome, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
Utopia/Distopia, 8va. Muestra Internacional de Performance, Mexico City, Mexico.
Looking for a Place, III International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
Happening, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium.
Cuba -Maps of desire, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria.
1998
Art in Freedom, Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Garden of Forking Paths, (traveling exhibition, 1998-1999), Helsinski City Art Museum, Helsinski, Finland; Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark; EdsuikKunst & Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden.
II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
La dirección de la mirada, Stadhaus, Zürich; Musée de Beaux Arts, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland.
Obsesiones. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
De discretas autorías. Cuba y Venezuela: Nuevas poéticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela.
Fragmentos a su imán. Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
III Bienal Barro de América. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
Desde el cuerpo: Alegorías de lo femenino, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas.
1997
Trade routes, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, The Electric Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Troisiéme Manifestation International video et art electronique de Champs Libres, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Art from Cuba, a national residency and exhibition program (traveling exhibition 1997-1999) Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago; Art in General, New York; Hallwalls Center for
Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York.
Trabajo por cuenta propia, Facultad de Artes y Letras, University of Havana, Havana. Cuba.
New Art from Cuba: Utopic Territories, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
Las mieles del silencio, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
El ocultamiento de las almas, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1996
23rd Sao Paolo International Biennial, Parque do Ibirapuera, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
The visible and the invisible -- representing the body in contemporary art and society, St. Pancras Church, Institute of International Visual Art, London
La carne, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana. Curated by Sandra Ceballos and Ezequiel Suárez
I Salón Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México. Museo X Teresa, Mexico City.
Otras Escri(p)turas, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
1995
1st Contemporary Art Competition, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York.
II Bienal del Barro, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lía Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
La Isla Posible, Centro di Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain.
New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
Las formas de la tierra, Galería Buades, Madrid.
1994
La otra orilla, V Havana Biennial, Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
Una brecha entre el cielo y la tierra, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
Utopía, Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.
Salón de la Ciudad '94, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
1993
XI International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough Fine Arts Museum, Cleveland, England.
La nube en pantalones, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Dibujo no te olvido, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1992
2nd International Poster Biennial, Museo José Luis Cuevas. Mexico City.
1989
Fotografía manipulada, workshop’s exhibition, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Es sólo lo que ves (arte abstracto). Havana.
1988
No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
1987
I Festival de la Creación y la investigación, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba.
1986
Prometeo, Galería Leopoldo Romañach, Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
VIDEOS
2003
Poetic justice. (Video installation, 8 channels), 2003, 0:10 min. on loop.
2001
La isla en peso. (8 channels). .2001, 8:00 min. on loop.
Tania Bruguera, Performances 1994-2001 (Selection). 2001, 19:00 min.
2000
Jugando con los sentimientos (Playing with feelings) 2000, 5:00 min. on loop..
1997
El peso de la culpa (The burden of guilt) 1997, 4:55 min., Production Kunsthalle Wien, Wien, Austria.
Cabeza abajo (Head down), 1997, 10:05 min., Production Western Front, Vancouver, Canada.
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004
Le Mois de la Performance, La Centrale, Montreal, Canada.
7a11d, International Performance Festival, Toronto, Canada.
2002
Resident Faculty, Skowhegan Residency Program, New York.
Visiting Artist/ Visiting Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California.
2001
Artist in Residency, Khoj artists residency, Modinagar, India.
2000
Prince Claus Prize, Rotterdam,The Netherland.
1999
Merit Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
1998
Fellowship, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.
Artist in Residency, Headlands Centers for the Arts, Sausalito, California.
Artist in Residency, Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay, Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela.
1997
Artist in Residency, "1990's Art from Cuba," a national residency and exhibition program.
Art in General, The Bronx Council for the Art, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois.
Artist in Residency, The Western Front, media department, Vancouver.
Artist in Residency, Ephemeral Sculpture International Workshop, VI Havana Biennal, Soroa, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
1995
Artist in Residency, The Gasworks Studios, London.
Artist in Residency, ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York.
COLLECTIONS
MMK (Museum of Modern Kunst), Frankfurt, Germany.
Daros Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York.
Museum of Modern Art, artist book collection. New York.
Bronx Museum, New York.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
The New Museum for Latin American Art, Essex, England.
Colección Barro de América, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
