1981 born in Baracoa, Cuba

lives and works in Berlin, Germany


education:

since 2010 PhD candidate at the University of Gothenburg
2001/02 Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
1997 Gender and Cultural Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
1996 University of the Arts, MFA, Berlin
1994 School of the Art Institute Chicago


teaching:
2012/07 Valand School of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006/07 University of the Arts, Berlin


selected awards and grants:
2012/13 Global Prayers research grant
2010 IASPIS Residency, Sweden
2009 TCG Kunming China Residency
2007 Lukas Cranach Video Art Prize
2005 Cité des Art International, Paris
2004 Grant Berlin Senate Department of Science, Research and Culture
2003 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2002 Alfredo Jaar Grant, New York


selected solo exhibitions
2010 "Material for Analyses for Opposition - MAO", Manufactura's Studio, Wuhan
------"immigration humans plants animals ghosts (late afternoon confusion)", FCAC, Shanghai
2008 "Realness can escape – the rest is instinct rising from the shock of the moment", MASA Projesi at Platform Garanti, Istanbul
2007 "Here Comes Our Daily Need For Biopower", Studio Protokoll, Clui
2003 "Hip Hop killed the Video Star", Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2002 "revolutionary – there is no revolution!" Gallery Koch und Kesslau 2, Berlin
2000 "Jetzt gehts los! (Now it starts!)" Gallery Koch und Kesslau, Berlin


selected group exhibitions:

2013 "Two Films About Cotton Picking – Ken Jacobs & Elke Marhöfer", G Gallery, Toronto
2012 "Lieber Aby Warburg, was tun mit Bildern?" (Dear Aby Warburg, what can be done with Images?), Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen
------"DAS, was nicht gesagt wird - Subtexte in Politik und Kunst", (THAT, which not said – subtexts in politics and arts) Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Lichtenberg, Berlin
2011 "Folge der Generationen", Motorenhalle, Dresden
------"LiquidShell", IAC, Berlin
------"Autofokus { and the meantime belongs to becoming }", General Public, Berlin
------"Open Studios", IASPIS, Stockholm
------"The Sound Of Nowhere", Beijing
------"Changes", Halle 14, Leipzig & aufaeg, Nürnberg & ACC, Weimar
2010 "Territories of the In/Human", Wüttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
2009 "Orders. Secrets. Embarrassments ... And Then We Start Again", General Public, Berlin
------"Moral Phantasies", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
------"Politics of Redistribution", Magazin 4, Kunstverein Bregenz & Open Space, Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Wien
2008 "Farewell to Post-Colonialism", The Tea Pavilion, 3rd Guangzhou Triennial
------"DRESSing the MESSAGE", Sprengel Museum, Hannover
------"Unstern. Sinistre. Disastro". ACC Galerie, Weimar
------"Art after education", Röda Sten, Göteborg
------"Moral Phantasies", Kunstmuseum Ittingen & Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
------"Into the music", Kunstraum Munich
------"Just Play", Edith Ruß Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg
2007 "Kunsthalle Lichtenberg", Berlin
------"ÜBERleben", Galerie Program, Berlin
------"Historyteller", Galerie Lautom, Oslo
------"The Evil | Part 1 & 2" Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
2006 "storylines", Centre d'art Passerelle, Brest & Kunstverein München, Munich
------"Klartext Berlin", Kunstraum NOE, Vienna
------"Periferic 7", Focusing Isai, Biennale Rumanien
2005 "storylines", Gallery public, Paris
2004 "Her und Hin Epilog", Gallery K&S, Berlin
------"Nine Points of the Law, Image I Power I Property I Relations", NGBK, Berlin
------"Subduktive Massnahmen", Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
2003 "Attraction and Solidarity", Clui, Romania
------"unoccupied territories", Gallery K&S, Berlin
2002 "Open Sudios" at the Whitney Independent Study Program, New York City
2001 "Auf offener Straße", Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin
1998 "Trail end Error", Guardini Stiftung, Berlin
------"Ceterum Censeo", Marstall, Berlin

selected talks/lectures:
2011 UDK, University of Art, Berlin
2010 artist talk, UDK, University of Art, Berlin
2009 "Looking at shadows", Kunstverein Frankfurt
2008 artist talk, UDK, University of Art, Berlin
2005 "Just do it!", Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
2004 artist talk, University at Albany, State University of New York
artist talk, 16beaver group, New York City
2003 "Attraction and Solidarity", National Museum, Clui, Romania
1999 artist talk, University of the Arts, Brunswick


selected festivals and screenings:

2012 "Ani, Nan DooKKeobiga Anigo Geobuk-ee Yo!" (No, I am not a toad, I am a turtle!), IMAGES film festival, Toronto
------"Ani, Nan DooKKeobiga Anigo Geobuk-ee Yo!" (No, I am not a toad, I am a turtle!), and "Is there something else I've lost?" at Standpunkt der Aufnahme (Point of View), Kino Arsenal, Berlin
------"Bauern!" (farmers!) and Is there something else I've lost? at Okto TV, Filmkunst, Vienna
2011 "Is there something else I've lost?" at Case Study China 2, 4d, Berlin
------"Is there something else I've lost?" at trans305, Paris
------"Sugar-free" at World Social Forum, Dakar
2010 "Bauern!" (farmers!) and Permeable Super Real at Standpunkt der Aufnahme (Point of View), Kino Arsenal, Berlin
2008 "Les exclus" at 100 dage 100 videoer, GL Strand, Kobenvaven
2007 "Bauern!" (farmers!) at They – We – How to film colonialism? b_book, Berlin
2006 "Les exclus" at Erratic Signals, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Canada
------"Les exclus" at Evas Arche und der Feminist, Berlin
2001 "phantomas entangled by aida" at Money/Nations, Videonale 9, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2000 "phantomas entangled by aida" at InternationalFilmFestival, Nuremberg
2000 "phantomas entangled by aida" at Euro Vision 2000 Shedhalle Zurich and Prague
1999 "phantomas entangled by aida" at b_books and parallel screening at cafe Serfat, Berlin


selected performances
2006 "Without qualities" Kunstverein Hannover
2004 "OUT (Operation Urban Terrain)". A game modification in public space in co-operation with Anne-Marie Schleiner, New York City


selected bibliography:

2012 "No, I am not a toad, I am a turtle!" published by archive books, Berlin
2010 "Elke Marhöfer Interview" published by Fei Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai
2007 "What is to be done?" published by dokumenta 12 magazine and IDEA, Clui
------"The Evil", published by Raimar Stange & Gal.Lehmann, Dumont Verlag, Cologne
2006 "Klartext – Berlin", published by Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
------"sonambiente", sound art published by Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2005 "as soon as there is more than one", published by Revolver Verlag, Frankfurt/Main
2004 "Neue Review, Art in Berlin", Issue Nr. 7, Berlin
------"Nine Points of the law", published by NGBK, Berlin


selected video and filmography:
prendas - ngangas - enquisos - machines {each part welcomes the other without saying}, 16mm transferred to Digi-Beta, 33:56min, Cuba,2013.
Keiner weiß, wann es gemacht wurde und warum (Nobody knows, when it was made and why) 16mm film, 26:34min, black & white, no sound, Germany/England 2012.
Ani, Nan DooK Keobiga Anigo Geobuk-ee Yo! (No, I am not a toad, I am a turtle!), 16mm transferred to Digi-Beta, 50 min, Germany/China/South Korea, 2012.
Is there something else I've lost? 16mm transferred to Digi-Beta, 40 min, Germany/China 2010.
permeable super real, DV, 33:33 min, DV, Germany/China 2010.
Fragmented Forest, DV, 15 min, Germany/China 2010.
schéma amusement, 16mm & DV, 3-screen projection, 14 min, Germany/Burkina Faso 2010.
sugar-free, DV, 55 min, Germany/Burkina Faso, 2008.
nearness to large rivers eats the eyes, DV, 2-screen projection, 25 min, Germany/Burkina Faso 2007.
Bauern! (Farmers!), DV, 51 min, Germany/Burkina Faso 2007.
Les exclus (The excluded), 16mm transfered to DV, 8 min, Germany/France 2006.
lookin´out for Wachsamkeit 1, DV, 13 min, Germany 2005.
Erase you (Acéphale mix), DV, 5 min, Germany 2005.
helle nacht nichten; (bright night nothings;), DV, 23 min, Germany/USA/France 2004.
PIBA - phantomas intangled by aida, DV, 27 min, Germany/Bosnia/Kosovo/Serbia/Republic of Macedonia 1998/99.
jetzt gehts los! (Now it starts!), DV, 60 min, Germany 2000.
TRAIL END ERROR, DV, 23 min, Germany 1998.
die anderen, (the others) DV, 7 min, Germany 1998/99.
im Text sein anstatt Text verfassen (being in text and author text), DV, 24 min, Germany 1999.
footmassage, DV, 10 min, Germany/Thailand 1997/98.
housing, DV, 45 min, Germany 1997.
BSS BSS..., DV, 60 min, Germany 1997.