Alexander Apóstol
Alexander Apóstol was born in 1969 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
He currently lives and works between Caracas and Madrid
Encompassing photography and video, Apóstol’s oeuvre seeks to expose fractures in the modernist project, both in the artist’s native Venezuela and across South America. His work has been presented in international events including the 16th Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (2023); EVA International in Limerick, Ireland, curated by Inti Guerrero (2018); 12th Shanghai Biennial; 12th Gwangju Biennial (2018); BIENALSUR, curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and Diana Wechsler (2017), Manifesta 9 curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina (2013); the 16th Mercosul Biennial, Brazil (2010); the 54th Venice Biennale (2011), the Prague Biennial (2003 and 2005); the 6th Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador (2004); the 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse, France (2003); the São Paulo Biennial (2002); PhotoEspaña in Madrid (2003); FotoFest in Houston, USA (2002); the Havana Biennial in Cuba (1997), among many others.
Alexander Apóstol’s solo shows in international institutions include: Postura y geometría en la era de la autocracia tropical, CA2M, Madrid; Salida de los obreros del museo. Curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and Diana Wechsler, MALBA, Buenos Aires; Alexander Apóstol, Geometría, acción y souvenirs del discurso insurgente, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Ciudad de Mexico; Showcase Project, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, MUSAC, León, Spain; and Moderno Salvaje/Sauvage Modern, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO, Miami. Apóstol has also been featured in group exhibitions such as: Latinoamérica en las colecciones CA2M y Fundación ARCO. Sala Alcala 31, Madrid; Pulsions Urbaines, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France; Under The Same Sun, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, curated by Pablo León de La Barra; Teoría del Color, MUAC, Mexico City; Destello, JUMEX Foundation, Mexico City; Patria o Libertad!, Country or Liberty, The Rhetoric of Patriotism, MOCCA – Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; En Todas Partes : Políticas LGBTQ en el arte, CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Lo(s) Cinetico(s), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, among many others.
His works are part of important public and private collections, such as the Tate Modern, London; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Perez Art Museum, Miami; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO, Miami; Museo Banco de la República, Bogotá; and Fundación ARCO, Madrid.
Regimen: Dramatis Personae, 2018 – Exhibition view, 12th Shanghai Biennial, 2018
Regimen: Dramatis Personae, 2018 – Exhibition view, 12th Shanghai Biennial, 2018
Regimen: Dramatis Personae (El héroe histórico), 2018 - Digital print
Regimen: Dramatis Personae (La reina de belleza), 2018 - Digital print
Regimen: Dramatis Personae (El indígena que vio esperanzas), 2018 - Digital print
Regimen: Dramatis Personae, 2018 – Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Regimen: Dramatis Personae, 2018 – Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Yamaikaleter, 2009 - Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Yamaikaleter, 2009 – Exhibition view, 54th Venice Biennale, 2011
Color is my Business, 2012-2016 - Exhibition view, ICA, Richmond, 2023 (photo: David Hale)
Color is my Business - Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Exhibition view, CA2M, Madrid 2022 (photo: Pedro Albornoz)
Partidos Políticos que han Desaparecido en la Democracia, 2018 - Exhibition view, ICA, Richmond, 2023 (photo David Hale)- Exhibition view, ICA, Richmond, 2023 (photo: David Hale
Ensayando la postura nacional (El cacao), 2010 - Digital print
Ensayando la postura nacional (Naturaleza muerta), 2010 - Digital print
Caracas Suite, 2003 – Exhibition view, Gwangju Biennale, Korea, 2018
Contrato Colectivo Cromosaturado, 2012 – Exhibition view, Manifesta 9, Limbourg, Belgium, 2012
Contrato Colectivo Cromosaturado, 2012 – Exhibition view, EVA International, Limerick, Ireland, 2018
Residente pulido, 2001 – Exhibition view, Tate Modern, London, 2010
Residente pulido, 2001 – Exhibition view, CIFO Art Space, Miami, 2006
Residente Pulido (Limoges), 2001 - Digital print
Residente Pulido (Royal Copenhagen), 2001 - Digital print
Residente Pulido (Sevres), 2001 - Digital print
Residente pulido: Ranchos, 2003 – Exhibition view, CIFO Art Space, Miami, 2006
Residente pulido: Ranchos, 2003 – Exhibition view, MUSAC, León, Spain, 2005
Residente Pulido: Ranchos, 2003 - Digital print
Residente Pulido: Ranchos, 2003 - Digital print
Residente Pulido: Ranchos, 2003 - Digital print
© W.M. Jackson, Inc., 2000 – Exhibition view, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, 2016
© W.M. Jackson, Inc. (Venezuela), 2000 – Digital print
Think Blue, 2007-2010 - Series of digital prints
Think Blue, 2007-2010 - Series of digital prints
Fábrica desde una inclinación a la izquierda / Fábrica desde una inclinación a la derecha, 2017 – Exhibition view, MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2017
26 trabajadores salen de cuadro, 2017 – Exhibition view, MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2017
Huelga y contexto: patrón numeral, 2017 – Exhibition view, MALBA, Buenos Aires, 2017
Geometría, Acción y Souvenirs del Discurso Insurgente, GASDI, 2015 – Exhibition view, Sala Siqueiros, Mexico City, 2015
Geometría, Acción y Souvenirs del Discurso Insurgente, GASDI, 2015 – Exhibition view, Sala Siqueiros, Mexico City, 2015
Geometría, Acción y Souvenirs del Discurso Insurgente, GASDI, 2015 – Exhibition view, Sala Siqueiros, Mexico City, 2015
Los cuatro jinetes, 2005-2007 – Exhibition view, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, 2006
Avenida Libertador, 2006 – Exhibition view, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2007
Soy la ciudad, 2005 - Single channel video
Hogar Canario, 2006 – Exhibition view, Bienal de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, 2006
Them as Fountain, 2003 – Exhibition view, LACE, Los Angeles, 2006
What I’m Looking For, 2002 – Exhibition view, 8th Istanbul Biennial, 2003