Short Narrative Bio
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Silvina Arismendi was born in 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 2000, she received a scholarship to study in the Czech Republic, graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2007. Since 2003, she has exhibited in many European cities, as well as in Latin America. In 2007 she founded galería parásito/, which is a platform for for the cultural exchange between Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Vita
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Solo Shows
2013
•Uno, Subte-Centro Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011
•Tres/Tri/Three, Galerie Ferdinanda Baumanna, Prague, Czech Republic
•Uno, Subte-Centro Municipal de Exposiciones, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010
•Dos, Espacio de Arte Comtemporáneo, Montevideo Uruguay
•Uno, Project room with Harto____espacio in ARTBO, curated by Maria Iovino
•Things named after numbers, PS122, Two-Person Exhibition, New York
2008
•Part-time artist, Gallery AM180, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
•Antajtl, Borivojova Experimental Space, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
•Some girls wander by mistake, Galerie mladych,Brno,Czech Republic
2005
•První jarní den, Galerie Eskort, Brno, Czech Republic
2004
•Thanks for coming, Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
•Jelenovi pivo nelej(Czech palindrome), Galerie Jeleni(with Eva Kotatkova), Prague, Czech Republic
2003
•The things made by people, Galerie Jelení, Prague, Czech Republic
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Group Shows
2013
•5X5 Castelló 2013, Premi Internacional d’art Contemporani, Espai d’art Contemporani, Castelló, Spain(Upcoming in October)
•Poison Green, Czech Center New York , NYC
2012
•Vistas, Contemporary art by Latin American artists, University of Maryland University College, Arts Program Gallery
2011
•Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
•Now or Never, Rincón Projects, Bogotá, Colombia
•Circulo de Bellas Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2009
•789 Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
•Melting the Pot, Czech Cultural Center, Manhattan, NY
•Pocket Utopia, Two-week residency program and exhibition organized by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Brooklyn, NY
2008
•Move on, Futura Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
•BACfestival, Barcelona, Spain
•La Otra, Bogota, Colombia
•163mt2, Galerie Stermberk, Czech Republic
•When I was a little boy, I used to play with girls,Curated by Jiri Kovanda, Klatovy, Czech Republic
•Contemporary Czech Cubism, Old town City hall Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
•I don't exist when you don't see me, FUTURA Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
•Gross Domestic Product, Moscow, Russia
•Gross Domestic Product, Galerie hlavního mesta Praha, Prague,Czech Republic
•Essl award, exhibition of the 10 finalist, Prague, CR
2006
•Proces-Symposium, Holesovicka Trznice, Prague, CR
•Moda nemoda, Galerie C2C, Prague, CR
•The one minutes award, The one minutes Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
•Plastic people, Galerie C2C, Prague, Czech Republic
•4+4+4 dny v pohybu: Ordinacni hodiny, Prague, Czech Republic
•Art video screening 2006, Vasteras, Sweden
•Vecné stavy, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
•Office art, Galerie C2C, Prague, Czech Republic
2005
•*-scape, Galerie AVU, Prague, Czech Republic
•Sister & Me, Galerie Doubner, Prague, Czech Republic
•Prijte se podivat!, Galerie ETC with Magdalena Kwiatkowska, Prague, Czech Republic
•Aspirace na vecnost, Moravská Galerie, Brno, Czech Republic
•Essl award, exhibition of the 10 finalist for CR, Prague, Czech Republic
•Full flavor, Galeria Hit, Bratislava, Slovakia
2003
•Obsese sberu, ONG, Jihlava, Czech Republic
2002
•Vytah, Alternative space for art, Prague, Czech Republic
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Curatorial projects
2012
•Somewhere between the beach and the highway,Jiri Kovanda, galería parásito/EAC, Montevideo, Uruguay
•Ideological graffitti,Carlos motta, galería parásito/Berlinskej Model, Prague Czech Republic
2011
•Luis Camnitzer,galería parásito/TranzitDisplay, Prague, Czech Republic
2009
•These Krasni Czechs, Paula Delgado, co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/Hunt Kastner Artworks, Prague, Czech Republic
•Three-hour exhibition Svatopluk Mykita(Co-Curated with Omar López-Chahoud), galería parásito/PS122 Gallery, NYC
•Everness, Alejandro Cesarco, co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/ETC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
•Micro residencias parasit(i)o, co-curated with Joaquín Luzoro, Artist in Residence for working in situ at the gallery space, galería parásito/MeetFactory. Prague, Czech Republic
•Do not believe him, he does not write, he just draw words, Juan Manuel Romero,co-curated with Tomas Dzadon, galería parásito/Entrance gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007
•Correo Domestico (Czech version), galería parásito/No-D. Prague, Czech Republic
2006
•Konec skolního roku, NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
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Residencies, Grants and Awards
2009
•Pocket Utopia, Two-week residency program and exhibition organized by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Brooklyn, New York
2008
•Futura Residence, Castle Trebesice, Czech Republic
2007 & 2005
•Nomenee for the Essl Award Czech Republic
2000-2007
•UNESCO Scholarship for Studies Abroad, Czech Embassy, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Studies:
2001-2007
•MFA, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague Studio Vladimír Skrepl/Jiri Kovanda
2004
•Informal Architecture workshop with Marjetica Potrc, International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria
2005
•School of Fine Arts, Kankaanpaa, Finland
1996-2000
•Escuela de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay
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