JAVIER TÉLLEZ Born in 1969, in Valencia, Venezuela Lives and works in Long Island City, Queens, NY

EDUCATION Arturo Michelena School of Fine Arts, Venezuela

SELECTED SOLO EXHBITIONS 2018 Shadow Play, curated by Manuel Cirauqui Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain NOSFERATU (The Undead), Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY

2017 Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Blanton Museum, Austin, TX

2016 To Have Done with the Judgment of God, Koenig & Clinton, New York, NY

2014 Shadow Play, curated by Mirjam Varanidis, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, CA Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, REDCAT Gallery, co-produced with Kadist Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2013 Praise of Folly, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium The Conquest of Mexico, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany

2012 Ungesehen und unerhört II: Javier Téllez, Museum Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Germany Rotations, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland

2011 Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Fruits, Flowers, and Clouds, Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Galerie Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany

2010 Vasco Araújo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, curated by Isabel Carlos, Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain Vasco Araujo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

2009 41⁄2, curated by Hilke Wagner, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany Mind The Gap, curated by Sabine Schaschl, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland Javier Téllez: International Artist in Residence, curated by Mercedes Vicente, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand Caligari und der Schlafwandler, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Musée d’Art de Joliette, Canada

2008 Der Brief über die Blinden zum Gebrauch für die Sehenden, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland

1 2007 Production-in-Residence, Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden Oedipus Marshal, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany Oedipus Marshal, LOOP, Barcelona, Spain

2006 Oedipus Marshal, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO The Battle of Mexico, Galerie Arratia, Beer, Berlin, Germany La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

2005 La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada S-t-e-r-e-o-v-i-e-w, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

2004 A Hunger Artist, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2002 Alpha 60 (The Mind-Body Problem), White Box, New York, NY A Hunger Artist, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela

2001 Sala 7 Proyectos Contemporáneos, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico Aire de México, La Panadería, Mexico City, Mexico

2000 Bounced, Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

1999 I am Happy Because Everyone Loves Me, Gasworks Gallery, London, United Kingdom

1997 The Ship of Fools, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela

1996 Penalty, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY The Cure of Folly, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela The Cure of Folly, Museo Arturo Michelena, Valencia Jonac 2001 mg, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Pan y Circo: Appease, Distract, Disrupt, Another Space, New York, NY Walking Through Walls, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany 情の時代 Taming Y/Our Passion, Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Japan

2018 Sanguine: Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy Sanguine/Bloedrood: Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium Artaud 1936, curated by Manuel Cirauqui, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico

2017 OUTPOSTS: Global borders and national boundaries, curated by Chris Clarke and Fiona Kearney, in association with Professor Nuala Finnegan, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland Muros Blandos: Ser entre bordes, curated by Daniela Berger, Lily Hall, and Mette Kjærgaard Præst, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile Viva!, curated by Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull, 22 London, Asheville, NC The Truth of Uncertainty: Moving Image Works from the Hall Collection, curated by Chrissie Iles, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, Germany

2 Down and to the Left: Reflections on Mexico in the NAFTA Era, organized by Irene Tsatsos with Daniela Lieja, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Kathmandu Triennale: My City, My Studio / My City, My Life, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren, Nepal Art Council, Nepal

2016 Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond, Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom getting across, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom SITElines.2016: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas: much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, NM Basta!, The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, NY

2015 Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Under The Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico Contour 7, A Moving Image Biennale, Mechelen, Belgium Mobility and its Discontents, The 8th Floor, New York, NY Tribute to an Avenue, Sculpture International Rotterdam, Germany

2014 The Torches of Prometheus, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Under The Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY acting-out: the institution denied, Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014, Colechuch House, London, United Kingdom High Horizon: Bruegelland early 21th century, Stedelijk Museum, Lier, Belgium Recycling Memory: Recapturing the Lost City, IX Biennial of Visual Arts of Nicaragua, Managua We are living on a star, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway Artlovers - Histoires d’Art dans la Collection Pinault, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco Here and Elsewhere, Frac Nord-Pas de Calais Collection, Espacio Promoción del Arte Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain inSite: Cuatro ensayos de lo público, sobre otro escenario, La Tallera, Cuernavaca, Mexico 2nd CAFAM Biennale: Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China El Hotel Electrico, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium The Marvelous Real: Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art from The MUSAC Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

2013 Infra-Mince, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, Germany Ils sont nous et nous sommes eux!, Collection FRAC Nord/Pas de Calais, Centre Arc en Ciel, Liévin, France À Triple Tour, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Conciergerie, Paris, France Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket nʼest plus valuable, Pavillon Vendôme, Aix-en- Provence, France Pataphysics: A Theoretical Exhibition, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY Disabled by Normality, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague What To Do, Fundació La Caixa Contemporary Art Collection, Caixa Forum Barcelona, Spain Changing Scenes: Points of View in Contemporary Media Art, The Fabric Workshop

3 and Museum, Philadelphia, PA Kino Der Kunst, Munich, Germany

2012 Castle in the Air. A séance of imagination, Zamek Culture Center, Poznan, Poland Von hier nach dort, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon, Switzerland Gestures in Time, Qalandiya International, Qalandiya International, Palestine Garden of Learning, curated by Roger M. Buergel, Busan Biennale, South Korea Voices of Images, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy Niet Normaal – Differences on Display, curated by Ina Gevers & Garry Robson, The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom Artaud's Cave, dOCUMENTA (13), curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Kassel, Germany Track, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren & Mirjam Varadinis, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium Track, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren & Mirjam Varadinis, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland Parallelwelt Zirkus, curated by Verena Konrad, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria Aire de Lyon, Victoria Northoorn, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina More to Tell, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands Wunder, curated by Praxis fur̈ Ausstellung und Theorie, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria

2011 3 Expositions + 1 Film, Monaco National Musée Nouveau, Villa Paloma, Monte Carlo, Monaco Miracles, curated by Praxis fur̈ Ausstellung und Theorie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany A Terrible Beauty is Born, 11th Biennale de Lyon, France Spectrums of Light, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany Dublin Contemporary, St. Stephans Green House, Dublin, Ireland A Slowdown at the Museum, Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp, Belgium Universo vídeo Fleeting Stories, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain El grito, curated by María Inés Rodriguez & Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, Spain Too late, too little, and (how to) fail gracefully, curated by Nathalie Hartjes, Kunstfort Asperen, the Netherlands Unter Helden, Vor-Bilder in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nurnberg,̈ Germany Yes we don’t, curated by Nathalie Ergino & Joëlle Benzakin, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France Tracing the unseen border, curated by Ian Cofre & Omar Lopez Chahoud, LaMaMa La Galleria, New York, NY Crisiss. América Latina, arte y confrontacion 1919-2010, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Palacio de Bellas Artes, X-Teresa, Mexico City, Mexico Daydream Believer!!, Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, curated by Hiroko Tasaka, Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

2010 Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zürich, Switzerland Epílogo (Epilogue), curated by Cristián Silva, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico Sem Fronteiras, curated by Wilson Lazaro, Museu Bispo de Rosário Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil De Frente al Sol (Facing the Sun), curated by Patrick Charpenel, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria

4 Alienator: Le Retour, curated by Esther Jungo, Charlatan Museum Murten, Switzerland Model Kits, curated by María Inés Rodríguez, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, Spain Adaptation, curated by Helena Reckitt, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada 11. Tiennale Fellbach Kleinplastik 2010, Stadt Fellbach Kulturamt, Fellbach, Germany Substitute Teacher, curated by Regine Basha, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2009 For the Use of Those Who See, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany Périfériks, curated by Kader Attia, Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland Acciones Disolventes: Videoarte Latinoamericano, curated by Carlos Palacios, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela Exposition of Mythology, Electronic Technology, curated by Chung Chul Lee, Nam June Paik Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Alienator on Tour, curated by Esther Jungo, Marks Blond Project, Bern, Switzerland Islands + Ghettos, curated by Johan Holten, Stadtmuseum Graz, Austria Alienator on Tour, curated by Esther Jungo, Ancienne Gare, Fribourg, Switzerland For You/Para Usted, Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Daros Exhibitions, Zürich, Switzerland Acting Out, curated by Jen Mergel and Nicolas Baume, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Islands + Ghettos, curated by Johan Holten, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V., Berlin, Germany

2008 Manifesta, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 16th Biennial of Sydney, Australia Rational/Irrational, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

2007 Atlas Américas, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, 01 Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Doppelgänger. O dobre da realidade, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain Between two deaths, curated by Ellen Blumstein and Felix Esslin, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany Jump-Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil, curated by Jesús Fuenmayor, Tahía Rivero and Lorena Gonzales, Cisnero Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL Constructing a poetic universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Visiones del paraíso: utopías/distopías/heterotopías, espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2006 postEr, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece On Mobility (final sequence), curated by Saskia Bos, De Appel, Amsterdam Die Kunst erlöst uns von gar nichts, curated by Paz Aburto Guevara, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany Capital Culture, curated by Marco Scottini, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan, Italy

5 First Architecture and Landscape Biennial of the Canaries, Canary Islands Dark Places, curated by Joshua Decter, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York, NY

2005 T1 Pantagruel Syndrome, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy InSite_05, curated by Carmen Cuenca, and Michael Krichmann, San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico Accion Directa, curated by Marco Scotini, Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic Jump-Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil, Americas Society, New York, NY The Here and Now, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

2004 On Reason and Emotion, curated by Isabel Carlos, 14th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia Emotion eins, curated by Nikolaus Schaffhausen, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany Settlements, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, St. Etienne, France

2003 Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Venice, Italy Living in a Cloud, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2nd Valencia Biennale: The Idea City, curated by Luigi Settembrini, Spain Peripheries become the center, Prague Biennale 1, Prague, Czech Republic Dreamspaces, Lobby Gallery of Deutsche Bank, New York, NY Forbidden, Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea Etnografia: Instrucciones de uso, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

2002 Fotofest, Houston Community College, Houston, TX Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Lima, Peru Thinking Local, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX TABU - Mavericks und heisse Eisen, curated by Sabine Schaschl-Cooper, Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland

2001 Plateau of Humankind, curated by Harald Szeemann, 49th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan Ideal House, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium Hieronymus Bosch, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdamm, the Netherlands Loop: Alles auf Anfang, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Kunsthalle der Hypo- Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany

2000 Gwangju Biennale, curated by Kwang-su Oh, South Korea Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY SOS: Scenes of Sounds, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY False Start, curated by Cecilia Brunson, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY The End, Exit Art, New York, NY

6 Demonstrationsräume: A, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada Demonstrationsräume: A Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

1998 III Bienal Barro de América, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil IX Premio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezulea Longitud de Onda: Videos-Fotografía, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela

1997 Así Está la Cosa, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales MercoSur, Porto Alegre, Brazil Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

1996 Video Faz, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico Video Faz, Museo de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

1995 Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, NY Una Visión del Arte Venezolano, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela

1994 Insane Asylum, International Studio Program, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY The art of the Next Generation, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY Courage, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY Let the Artists Live, Exit Art, New York, NY Projects, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2020 Benedetti, Silvia. “Sustaining Art in the Midst of Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis.” Hyperallergic. 28 January 2020. [online] “Aichi Triennale Exhibition Will Be Restaged In Taiwan Following Censorship Controversy.” Artforum. 17 January 2020. [online]

2019 “e-flux conversations: Artist Koki Tanaka Joins Protest Over Censorship at Aichi Triennale.” e-flux. 27 August 2019. [online] “Expert eye: Javier Téllez.” The Art Newspaper. 3 May 2019. [online] “e-flux conversations: In Defense of Freedom of Expression at the Aichi Triennale.” e-flux. 13 August 2019. [online] Goldfine, Jael. “Over 40 Self-Taught or 'Visionary' Artists Will Show at Frieze.” Papermag. 1 May 2019. [online]

2016 Norbiato, Luciana Pareja. “Na Linha de Frente.” Select, Edition 31, August– September 2016. Buck, Louisa. “Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today.” The Telegraph, 4 July 2016. Benedetti, Silvia. “Javier Téllez’s ‘To Have Done with the Judgement of God’.” Bomb Magazine, 15 July 2016. [online] Kumar, Priyanka. “Javier Tellez:́ Let the Boulders Speak.” Pasatiempo, 15 July 2016. [online] Leslie, Richard. “Javier Téllez.” ArtNexus, June–August 2016: 105. “Goings on About Town: Art: Javier Téllez.” The New Yorker, 22 March 2016: 13.

2015 Estevez,́ Ruth, Hesse McGraw, and Dieter Roelstraete. “Javier Tellez:́ Games

7 Are Forbidden in the Labyrinth.” Amsterdam: Roma Publications, 2015.

2014 de la Barra, Pablo Leon.́ “Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative.” Guggenheim.org. Cotter, Holland. “Arriving Late to the Party, but Dancing on All the Clichés.” New York Times, 12 June 2014. [online] Varadinis, Mirjam, and Bernhard von Waldkirch. “Die Frackeln des Prometheus / Prometheus’s Torches.” Zurcher̈ Kunstgesellschaft/Kunstahus Zurich,̈ Switzerland [ex. cat.] Okada, Hikari. “The Marvelous Real.” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo [ex. cat.] Onstad, Henie. “We Are Living on a Star.” Kunstsenter, Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2014. [ex. cat.]

2013 “A ̀ triple tour.” Collection Pinault, Editioń s du patrimoine, Paris [ex. cat.] “Handbook of the collections.” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, 2012: 301.

2012 Konrad, Verena. “Parallelwelt Zirkus.” Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2015: 22-42, 264-267. Molina, Angela. “dOCUMENTA (13) Una crueldad tolerable.” El Pais, 25 June 2012. [online] Volk, Gregory. “Art on Tracks at dOCUMENTA.” Art in America, 20 June 2012. [online] Teixeira Pino, Ana. “Documenta 13.” Art Agenda, 10 June 2012. [online] Rosenmeyer, Aoife. “Javier Téllez.” Art in America, 5 April 2012. [online] Morgenthaler, Daniel. “Ent-Art.” Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, 16 February 2012. [online]

2011 Wunder, Daniel Tyradellis, Beate Hentschel, Dirk Luckow, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2011: 204. [ex. cat.] Noorthoorn, Victoria; Thierry Raspail; Thierry Prat. “A terrible Beauty is born.” 11th Biennale de Lyon, France, 2011: 216, 340. [ex. cat.] “Daydream Believer!” Yebishu Intern. Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, Tokyo, 2011: 66-67. [ex. cat.] Park, Manu; Youngbin Kwon. “EXPosition of mythology – Electronic technology.” Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggido (Korea), 2011: 116-117. [ex. cat.] Lebovici, Elizabeth. “11th Biennale de Lyon.” Artforum, December 2011: 242-243. “Lyon Biennale.” Art Review, December 2011: 131-132. Lange, Christy. “11th Biennale de Lyon.” Frieze, November/December 2011: 144. “Ausstellungen” Monopol, No. 11, 2011: 144. Schnabel, Ulrich. “Wundert euch!” Die Zeit, 6 October 2011. Smith, S.E. “Letter on the Blind, For the Use of Those Who See.” Pastelegram Review, 15 July 2011. Ryzin, Jeanne Claire van. “Modern-day parable: Artist’s film expands upon Indian tale about blind men who encoun-ter an elephant.” The Austin American Statesman, 13 July 2011. [online] Fopp, Andrea. “Bertarelli streicht die Segel, Herr Wichtig bellt und Netzer lächelt.” Basler Zeitung, 15 June 2011: 34. Pinto, Ana Teixeira. “Javier Téllez’s ‘O Rinoceronte de Durer̈ ’ at Arratia, Beer, Berlin.” Art Agenda, 7 February 2011. [online]

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2010 Biesenbach, Klaus. “Erdkunde.” Monopol, April 2010: 16. Reyes, Pedro. “Javier Téllez.” Bomb, March 2010: 80-87.

2009 “One Day Sculpture.” Frieze, June, July, August 2009: 193. Harper, Laird. “Art prowls at theatre.” South Taranaki Star, 26 March 2009 Palmer, Harriet. “Ferocious fundraisers a roaring success for everybody.” Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 2009. “The ultimate cinematic experience.” Govett Art Gallery, Media Release, 10 March 2009. Becker, Maria. “Auf Caligaris Stern.” Neue Zurcher̈ Zeitung, 6 June 2009: 42. Ströle, Ingeborg. “Jeanne d’Arc in der Psychiatrie.” Basellandschaftl, Zeitung, 8 May 2010: 29. Gerig, Karen N. “Verrucktë Welten.” Basler Zeitung, 27 April 2009. “Imaginäre Welten.” Basler Zeitung, Basel, 24 April 2009. Auel, Anne-Kathrin. “Javier Téllez, 41/2 und Mind The Gap.” Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, June 2009: 70-71. “For You / Para Usted. Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung.” Javier Téllez, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, 24 April 2009: 34-35. Meier, Philipp. “Bis zum Tod – Videokunst aus Lateinamerika bei Daros.” Neue Zurcher̈ Zeitung, Zurich,̈ No. 129, 8 June 2009: 28. Doswald, Christoph. “Die verrruckten̈ Welten des Javier Téllez.” Tages- Anzeiger, Zurich,̈ 13 May 2009: 4. Imdahl, Georg. “Von einem anderen Stern.” Kölner Stadt–Anzeiger, Cologne, No. 60, 12 March 2009. Weidemuller,̈ Melanie. “Das Innen und Aussen des Traums.” Stadtrevue, Das Kölnmagazin, Cologne, March 2009.

2008 Muller,̈ Katrin Bettina. “Des Schlafwandlers Wissen.” TAZ Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, 21 November 2008. Stern, Steven. Javier Téllez. Invisible populations; animals, sight, translation and interpretation. Frieze, London, No. 116, June / July / August 2008: 210–211. Faguet, Michèle. “Afterall.” ed. Charles Esche / Thomas Lawson / Mark Lewis / Dieter Roelstraete, Museum van Hedendaagse, Antwerp, 2008: 45–54. Goldberg, RoseLee “Diary: Performance Anxiety. Political currents at the Whitney Biennial.” Modern Painters, 2008: 42 – 45. Searle, Adrian. “Comelo, lamelo, roncalo, jodelo.” El Cultural, Madrid, 3-9 April 2008: 36-38. Lawn, Andrzej. “Whitney Biennial 2008.” Flash Art, Milan, No. 260, May-June, 2009: 79, 84. Stern, Steven “Whitney Biennial 2008.” Frieze, London, May 2008. Dalton, Trinie; ed. Henriette Huldich, Shamin M. Momin. “Whitney Biennial 2008.” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York / Yale University Press, New Heaven and London, 2008: 238–239. [ex. cat.] Mimétisme. Extracity, Antwerp, Eva Wittocx, Flash Art, Milano, No. 259, March–April 2008: 82.

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9 Olivares, Rosa. “100 Latin American Artists.” Exit Publications, Madrid, 2007: 410-413, 452. [ex. cat.] Blumenstein, Ellen; Ensslin Felix. “Between two deaths.” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Hatje Cantz, Ostifildern, 2007: 28, 55, 58, 232-235, 303. [ex. cat.] Baer-Bogenschutz,̈ Dorothee. “Bloss keine Diskurs-Kacke. Karlsruhe: Zwischenn zwei Toden im ZKM.” Kunstzeitung, Regensburg, No. 129, May 2007: 15. Lorch, Catrin. “Entrucktë Anmut: ‘Oedipus Marshal’ von Javier Téllez in Köln.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt am Main, 7 April 2007: 50. Herzog, Samuel. “Ärger im 21. Stockwerk. Die zweite Moskau-Biennale fur̈ zeitgenössische Kunst.” NZZ Online, Neue Zurcher̈ Zeitung, Zurich,̈ March 14 2006. [online] van Weelden, Dirk “On Mobility.” De Appel, Amsterdam, 2007: 72-73. [ex. cat] Von Burg, Dominique. “Javier Téllez bei Peter Kilchmann.” Kunst-Bulletin, Lucerne, No.5, May 2007: 64. Bradley, Will. “Biennals/Survey Shows.” Frieze, London, Issue 96, Jan/Feb. 2007. Costa, Jordi a.o. “Un Nuevo y Bravo Mundo, El Perro.” Sala Alcalá, Madrid, 2007: 32, 91-101.

2004 Wei, Lilly. “Report from Sydney, South by Southeast.” Art in America, New York, No. 11, December 2004: 63-65. Ward, Ossian. “Biennale of Sydney.” Frieze, London, No. 86, October 2004: 169. Wei, Lilly. “On Emotion and Reason: The 14th Biennale of Sydney.” Art Asia Pacific, New York, No. 42, Fall 2004: 24-25. Doherty, Claire. “14th Biennale of Sydney.” Art Monthly, London, Vol.43/No.3, July/August 2004: 29-30.

2003 Gonzales, Julieta. “Dis(lo)cation.” Prague Biennale 1 [ex. cat.]

2002 Hoffman, Jens. “Ethnography.” Flash Art, November-December 2002. Cotter, Holand. “Javier Tellez, Alpha 60 (The mind-body problem).” The New York Times, 18 October 2002. Zamodio, Raul. “Javier Téllez: Institutionalized Aesthetics.” Flash Art International, July-September 2002. Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Crazy World.” Houston Press 14.31, 1 August 2002. “Los Viajes Imaginarios de la Locura.” El Nacional, Papel Literario, 1 June 2002. “Una Bienal del Sur, El Ojo Breve.” Reforma, 8 May 2002.

2001 Hoptman, Laura. “Videodrome.” Flash Art International, July-September 2001. Lewisohn, Cedar. “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Flash Art International, July-September 2001. Iwasaki, Hitomi. “Mexico on My Mind: Javier Téllez.” Fine Arts, No.43, 2001. El Encierro (lo) cura, Cuauhtémoc, Medina, El Ojo Breve. Reforma, Mexico City, 19 April 2001. Javier Téllez, Loop: Alles auf Anfang, Harris, Larissa, Kunstwerke, Berlin [ex. cat.] Arriata, Euridice. “Javier Téllez.” Tema Celeste, Milan, Summer 2001. Brett, Guy. “Learning from Spiders.” La Biennale di Venezia, Italy 2001. [ex. cat.]

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2000 Cotter, Holland. “Inside and Out: Playful Wit Reigns at Skidmore’s New Museum.” The New York Times, 22 December 2000. [online] Kent, Sarah. “Javier Téllez.” TimeOut, New York, #1529, London, 8-15 December 2000. Siegel, Katy. “Greater New York.” Artforum International, May 2000. Zamudio, Raúcl. “Plato’s Cave, Alberti’s Window and Benthams Panopticum: Notes on Javier Téllez’s I am Happy Because Everyone Loves Me.” NY Arts, Vol. 5, May 2000. “Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways.” The New York Times, 6 March 2000. Kim, Yu Yeon. “Exotica Incognita.” Man + Space, Kwangju Biennale, Korea [ex. cat.]

1999 Negrotti, Rosanna. “Javier Téllez in Gasworks.” What’s On in London, 8 December 1999.

1998 “Sobre las estrategias de exhibición.” Papel Literario, El Nacional, Caracas, 29 November 1998. Lebon, Manuel. “Mi arte es un virus que vive en las grietas.” El Universal, Caracas, 9 September 1998. Mendoza, Ana. “Javier Téllez: Licantropía.” El Globo, Caracas, 7 September 1998. Jouannais, Jean Ives. “1ere Biennale do Mercosud.” Art Press, Paris, No. 232, February 1998. Bienal Mercosul, Sichel, Berta, Flash Art International, Milan, Vol.XXXI, No.198. Jan./Feb. Haber, Alicia. “First Mercosur Biennial.” Art Nexus, Miami, No. 27, Jan./ March 1998. Hernández, Carmen. “El artista trickster o de como el hospital se metió dentro del museo.” Arte y Locura: Espacios de Creación, Serie Reflexiones en el Museo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, No. 3. 1998. [ex. cat.] Los palimpsestos de la identidad, Estilo, No. 34 Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia. “IX Saloń Mendoza.” Sala Mendoza, Caracas, 1998. [ex. cat.] Fuenmayor, Ruben.́ “Longuitud de Onda.” Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, 1998. [ex. cat.]

1997 “Así está la cosa: Nada más latinoamericano que temer parecerlo.” Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, 1997. [ex. cat.] Gallo, Rubéen. “La Nave de los Locos.” Fundación Mendoza, Caracas, 1997. [ex. cat.] Morais, Federico; Guevara, Roberto. “Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales Mercosur.” Porto Alegre, Brazil 1997. Gallo, Rubén. “Javier Téllez” Poliester, Fall, 1997. Krebs, Victor. “Del Alma y el Arte.” Serie Reflexiones en el Museo, No. 2. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1997. [ex. cat.] Palenzuela, J. C. “50 Obras del Salón Michelena.” Colección El Tiempo Derramado, Tierra de Gracia Editores, Caracas, 1997. Tuchman, Phyllis and Duque. “Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today.” Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, OK. 1997.

1996 Costa, Eduardo. “Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery.” Art in America, November 1996. Pomenta, Allison. “Pistas para descubrir el itinerario mental de un artista.”

11 Economia Hoy, Caracas, 9 October 1996. “Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery.” Art Nexus, Milan, September 1996. Maddicks, Russell. “Exhibit Turns Museum in Madhouse.” The Daily Journal, 28 September 1996. Wisotzki, Rubén. “Cada quien busca su propia locura.” El Nacional, Caracas, 28 September 1996. Levin, Kim. “Art Short List.” The Village Voice, New York, 26 April 1996. Hernández, Carmen. “Javier Téllez: Arqueólogo Trickster.” Estilo, Caracas, December 1996. “Video Faz.” Art & Idea, Ciudad de México, 1996. [ex. cat.] Hernández, Carmen. “La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura.” Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1996. [ex. cat.] De un Hospital dentro del Museo, La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

1995 Udé, Iké. “Javier Téllez.” Arude, No.1. Spring 1995. Cárdenas, M. L. “II Salón Pirelli.” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, 1995. Duque, Luis Angel; María Luz Cárdenas. “Una Visión del Arte Venezolano.” Colección Ignacio y Valentina Oberto, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, 1995. [ex. cat.]

1994 Avgikos, Jean. “International Studio Program.” P.S.1 Museum, New York, 1994. Lipson, Karin. “Gallery or Madhouse.” New York Newsday, 19 October 1994. Vicente, Mercedes. “Cuando la obra de arte es el propio artista.” La Vanguardia, Spain, 22 October 1994.

GRANTS AND AWARDS 2016 Global Mental Health Award for Innovation in the Arts, New York, NY

2010 DAAD Residency in Berlin, Germany

2009 Artist-in-Residency, Massey University of Creative Art, School of Fine Arts, Litmus Research Initiative, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2007 Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden

2006 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO Artist-in-Residency, Récollets, Paris, France

2002 Artist-in-Residency, Art in General, New York, NY

2000 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY

1999 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY Gasworks Studio Program, London, United Kingdom

1998 IX Mendoza Prize, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela

1997 Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

12 1995 Visual Culture Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Caracas, Venezuela

1994 Van Lier Fellowship, Artist-in-residence, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY

1993 P.S.1 International Studio Program, MoMA P.S.1, Long Island City

COLLECTIONS Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich, Switzerland

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