Juan Carlos Alom

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Juan Carlos Alom
Born
Juan Carlos Alom

December 1964
Havana, Cuba
CitizenshipCuban
Occupation(s)Photographer, Filmamaker
Years active1990`s
Known forPhotographing, Filmmaking

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[edit]

Alom's work has been exhibited in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South Africa.[3]

Group exhibitions[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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 · El Apartamento". www.artapartamento.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  4. ^ "Artnexus". www.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". 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". www.artapartamento.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.