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CARLOS MOTTA
  
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, 1978
  Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION
  Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, USA, 2005/6

  Master of Fine Arts, 2003
  Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA

  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, 2001
  The School of Visual Arts, New York, USA

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
  
Individual Artist Grant, 2010
  New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
, New York,USA

  
Jury Prize, 2010
  Map Digital Space, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival
(FLEFF),
  Ithaca, NY


  
Artist Residency, 2009
  Flaggfabrikken, Bergen, Norway


  Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008
  John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York,USA


  New Commission, 2008
  Art in General, New York,USA

  Studio Residency, 2008
  Smack Mellon, New York,USA

  Special Editions Residency, 2008
  Lower East Side Printshop, New York,USA

  Finishing Funds, 2008
  Experimental Television Center, New York,USA

  Grant, 2007
  Art Matters Foundation, New York,USA


  
Artist Residency, 2007
  International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Stockholm, Sweden

  
Swing Space Program, 2007
  Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York,USA

  DaNY Arts Grant (with HOMEWORK), 2007
  Danish Arts Council, Aarhus, Denmark

  Subvention Grant, 2006
  Cisneros Fontanals Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL, USA

  Next Exhibition Award, 2006
  Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, USA


  Fellowship, 2005/6
  Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, USA, 2005/6

  Workspace Grant for Emerging Artists, 2005
  Center for Book Arts, New York

  Workspace Program Residency, 2004
  Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
   

  Fellowship, 2001/2/3
  Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York, USA

  Rhodes Family Award for Exceptional Achievement in Photo, 2001
  The School of Visual Arts, New York

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  Teaching Faculty, MFA & BFA Photography Departments
  Parsons The New School of Design, New York, USA
  
  Teaching Faculty, General Studies Program
  International Center of Photography, New York, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  2010
  Carlos Motta: The Good Life and Six Acts
  Hebbel am Ufer (HAU)
,
Berlin, Germany

  
  2009
  La Buena Vida/The Good Life
  
Fundación Alzate Avendaño,
Bogotá, Colombia
  Smack Mellon, New York, USA
  
Festival Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, Italia

  Brief History
  PS1/MoMA, Long Island City, Queens, NY


  
The Immigrant Files: Democracy Is Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny
  
Konsthall C,
Stockholm, Sweden
  Baltic Art Center (BAC), Visby, Sweden


  2008
  La Buena Vida/The Good Life
  ICA: Institute of Contemporary Art
,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
  Art in General, New York, USA

 
  
The People...
  Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
  KZNSA Gallery,
Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

  2007
  
Leningrad Trilogy
  Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA

  The Good Life (Installation Sketch # 3) and Other Works in Progress
  Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA 

  2006
  
The Good Life (Installation Sketch # 1)
  rum46, Aarhus, Denmark

  
SOA: Black & White Tales
  Kevin Bruk Gallery at bâleLatina (June), Basel, Switzerland
  Kevin Bruk Gallery (October)
, Miami, Fl, USA (Catalog)
  Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (Catalog)

  2004-2002
  Untitled # 2 from Bury them and keep quiet
  Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia (Catalog)(2004)

  Ese Algo que Somos
  Alonso Garcés Galería, Bogotá, Colombia (2004)

  The Missing Series
  Kevin Bruk Gallery,
Miami, Fl, USA (2004)

  Pesca Milagrosa
  La Corte Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (2002)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
  2010
  
39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR),
The Netherlands

  
Geography of Trans-territories
  Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute
,
San Francisco
  
Curated by Hou Hanru


  
Biennale Cuvee 10
  OK Center for Contemporary Art
,
Linz

  

  2009
  
Le spectacle du quotidien
  X Biennale de Lyon,
Lyon, France
  
Curated by Hou Hanru


  Matrix: The Unstable Reality
  28 Biennial of Graphic Arts,
Ljubijana, Slovenia

  Conversation Pieces
  
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
  Curated by Sean Donaher and
Mariam Ghani


  
5x5Castelló
  Espai d'art contemporani de Castelló (EACC),
Castellón, Spain

  Turn on, Tune in, Drop out
  
Beijing 798 Biennale 2009, China
  
Curated by nicoykatiushka


  
Feedforward- The Angel of History
  LABoral Art Center,
Gijón, Spain
  
Curated by Christiane Paul and Steve Dietz

  The 21st Cen., The Feminine Century, and the Century of Diversity and Hope
  International Incheon Women Artists' Biennale, Incheon, Korea

  NO SOUL FOR SALE – A Festival of Independents
  (with Miguel Amado + Filipa Oliveira and with Migrating Forms)
  X Initiative, New York

  Special Editions
  Lower East Side Printshop, New York

  Turn On
  Slag Gallery, New York


  Biennale Democrazia,
Torino, Italy

  
t.error
  Hungarian Cultural Institute,
New York
  
Curated by Aniko Erdosi

  
Things Fall Apart
  Winkleman Gallery,
New York
  
Curated by Joy Garnett

  2008
  Soft Manipulation, or Who is Afraid of The New Now?

  
Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Stiftelsen 314, Bergen, Norway
  Curated by Zoran Eric, Maria Lind and Enrico Lunghi

  The Prisoner's Dilemma
  
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
  Curated by Leanne Mella


  Archivo Sur
  
Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
  Curated by Antonio Arévalo

  Alternating Beats
  
RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI, USA
  Curated by Zeljka Himbele

  European Social Forum (ESF) Screening Program, Mälmo, Sweden
  Programed by Michele Masucci and Jesper Nordahl

  Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding
  
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons, New York, NY, USA
  Curated by Carin Kuonic and Marisa Olson for The Vera List Center

  The Greenroom
  
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
  Curated by Maria Lind 


  Convergence Center, Democracy in America

  
Creative Time at Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY, USA
  Curated by Nato Thompson

  Wild Horses
  Art Space Diffusion138, University of Grenoble
, France
  Curated by Nicolas Audureau

  Auto Memorized
  Centrum for fotografi, Stockholm, Sweden

  Festival International d'Art Video de Casablanca
 
Casablanca, Morocco

  
UNMASKED: A Marathon of Artist's Film and Videos Contesting Systems of Rule
  New Museum,
New York, NY
  Co-organized by Carlos Motta and Elise Youn

  TROUBLEMAKERS
  Magazzini del Salle- Punta della Dogana,
Venice, Italy
  Curated by Marco Baravalle

  Night School
  New Museum, New York, NY
  A project by Anton Vidokle


  In The Private Eye

  ISE Foundation
,
New York, NY
  Curated by Yaelle Amir

 

  2007 
  
OPEN HOUSE WITH OPEN STUDIOS
  IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
  Filtered by Cecilia Widenheim and Marti Manen

  INFINITU ET CONTINI
  Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Curated by Denise Carvalho

  Timeline: Human Speed and Technology Speed
  Korea Cultural Service China, Hong Kong
  Curated by Jeeyun Kim

  EXPOSURE
  Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
  Curated by Patrick Grenier

  MAKING GOOD LUCK
  Y- Gallery, Queens, NY, USA
  Curated by Larry Litt and Cecilia Jurado

  PAWNSHOP
  e-flux,
New York, NY, USA


  Atlante Latinoamericano
  Centro de las Artes Conarte
  En el Marco de el Forum Internacional de las Culturas
  
Monterrey
, Mexico, Curated by Antonio Arevalo


  Tollé...Toleránce (Screening)
  
Images Citoyennes, Festival International de la Vidéo, Liege, Belgium

  
  
Unmarked Categories (with HOMEWORK)
  K2,Yzmir-Istanbul, Turkey
  Organized by Elmas Deniz (Publication)

  Quote Unquote
  Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA
  Curated by Yaelle Amir (Brochure)


  
CHALLENGERS!: art-e-conomy Selected Video Screening
  Laboratorio Occupato Morion, Venice, Italy

  Curated by Marko Stamenkovic

  Symbiotic/Synergy: Selections from The Center for Book Arts Community
  Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL, USA
  Curated by Alex Campos

  Carte Blanche á Heure Exquise! (Screening)
  International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany

  in someone else’s skin
  CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
  Curated by Rebeca Noriega-Costas (Brochure)

  The Karma of War (Screening)
  
Wang Center- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
  Curated by Carla Machiavello

  Oog-Eye
  Foam_Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Recorridos y Video Proyecciones Durante ARCO
  ArtBus, Madrid, Spain
  Curated by Antonio Arevalo

  
System Error: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
  Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
  Curated by
Lorenzo Fusi and Naeem Mohaiemen (Catalog)

  2006
  Estrecho Dudoso
  TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica
  Curated by Virginia Pérez-Ratton
and Tamara Díaz Bringas (Catalog)

  OHNE BLICK
  Musée de Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

  pa.per.ing
  Art in General at Deutsche Bank, New York, NY, USA
  Curated by Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy


  Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris (Screening)
  Centre Culturel La Clef, Paris, France


  Estudio Abierto
  Palacio de Correos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  
Organized by Gobierno de La Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Catalog)

  
10 Defining Experiments: cifo 2006 Grant Program Recipients
  Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (cifo), Miami, Florida, USA (Catalog)

  Manifesta 6 School (Cancelled)
  Manifesta 6, Nicosia, Cyprus
  Curated by Mai Abu El Dehab, Anton Vidokle and Florian Waldvogel

  Prevailing Climate (Screening)
  Sara Meltzer Gallery
, New York
  Curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak

  3 Biennale Adriatica di Arti Nuove
  San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
  Curated by Antonio Arévalo (Catalog)

  Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Exhibition   Chelsea Museum, New York, USA

  
El Museo's 4th Bienal: The (S) Files
  Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  Curated by Deborah Cullen and Miki Garcia with Marysol Nieves (Catalog)

  4ème Festival International du Cinéma Iranien en Exil, (Screening)
  Art en Exil, Paris, France

  When Artists Say We
  Artists Space, New York
  Organized by Andrea Geyer and Christian Rattemeyer

  Bzzzz
  Fundacion C4rto Nivel Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia
  Curated by Jaime Cerón

  
Russia: Significant Other
  ICA at the Anna Akhmatova Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
  Curated by Olga Kopenkina
(Brochure)

  Surveillance
  Jersey City Museum
, Jersey City, NJ, USA
  Curated by Rocio Aranda Alvarado (Brochure)

  Moving Time
  Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service, New York, USA
  Curated by Hwang Yu Jin, Jeeyun Kim, Inhee Iris Moon (Brochure)

  Featured Artist Projects
  The Center for Book Arts, New York, USA

  2005
  El Salón de la Justicia
  Galería Santa Fé, Bogotá, Colombia

  Co-dependent (with Julieta Aranda)
  College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University, Miami, Fl, USA
  Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud

  New Vectors, Southern Panorama/15th International Electronic Art Festival   Videobrasil, Sesc Pompeia, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Catalog)

  BEOGRAD NEKAD I SAD
  Prodajna galerija "Beograd"
, Belgrad, Serbia
  Curated by Marko Stamenkovic (Catalog)

  
El Museo's 4th Bienal: The (S) Files
  El Museo, New York, USA
  Curated by Deborah Cullen and Miki Garcia with Marysol Nieves (Catalog)