Víctor Albarracín Llanos Neiva (Colombia), 1974 Lives and works between Los Angeles and Bogotá
Education 2015: MFA in Public Practice. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California 2000: BA Film Studies. Universidad Nacional, Bogotá
Curatorial Experience November, 2014 to date: Curatorial team at Selecto–Planta Baja, Los Angeles, CA. Selecto–Planta Baja is an artists–run space funded by Margarethe Drexel (Steeg, Austria), Raul Paulino Baltazar (Los Angeles, CA) and Víctor Albarracín Llanos (Neiva, Colombia), established as a platform for international cooperation and cultural exchange on the basis of a rigorous curatorial program focused on the search for experimentation, honesty and risk in contemporary art practices. From December, 2014, the space has generated a significant series of exhibitions, including artists from Germany (Else Gabriel, Regine Rode, and Maximilian Bauer), Austria
(Joseph Schröck and Elisabeth Haid in collaboration with Super, Vienna, Austria), Los Angeles (Roxane Rendón and La Gótika), and Colombia (Andrés Felipe Uribe and Víctor Albarracín). Upcoming solo shows include: Richard Newton, Hugo Hopping and Tyler Rowland, Mónica Rodríguez, Thari Jungen, and James Lee Byars’s works from the Eugenia Butler collection. Selecto–Planta Baja has started an editorial project with a volume of poetry by La Gótika and a DVD with works by Else Gabriel. Upcoming publications include Andrés Felipe Uribe’s Auffürhen, and Mónica Rodríguez’s Confiscation Archives. For additional information: www.selectoplantabaja.net July, 2010 to date: La Parte Maldita, temporary possession of spaces for art. La Parte Maldita curated La política no ama, a show by Cuban Artist Ana Olema at La Central, Bogotá. As an editorial project, La Parte Maldita also published books by Ana Olema, and two books by Víctor Albarracín Llanos: Materials for a Makeshift Shack (2013) and Feign (2015). August, 2013: No nacimos pa semilla. [We ain’t born to be a seed], La Quincena, Bogotá.
April, 2015: Milena Bonilla, Low-Intensity Operations. The Mistake Room, Los Angeles. June–August, 2013: Guest curator at El Parche Artist Residency, Bogotá.
April, 2013: El Bodegón–Post Mortem. Dortmund Bodega, Oslo, Norway. September, 2012: Tupac Cruz, Una entidad compleja. El Parche Artist Residency, Bogotá. October, 2005 – August, 2009: Curatorial chair at El Bodegón Foundation, in Bogotá, Colombia. As the general coordinator of the Foundation’s board, I took a wide range of responsabilities, from museography and installation, to fundraising, writing and curatorial research –among others– of nearly 100 exhibitions, concerts and other events by artists from Colombia and abroad, including: Wilson Díaz, Incidentes, anotaciones y artistadas; Gabriel Sierra, (día de frutas) & nubes negras; Galia Eibenschutz, Dibujos; La mirada del coleccionista: el ojo acrítico de Luis Hernández Mellizo; Ingrid Hernández, Hecho en casa; Hostipitalidades: belleza y delito con función social; Mateo Cohen, De esta manera, no afirmamos ni lo uno ni lo otro; Manuel Kalmanovitz, Recortar
es vivir; Tras del hecho: Dysfunktionen 1968 - 1975; Milena Bonilla, Manuscrito siniestro, and Todopipas, H.H. For additional info, please visit http://lebodegon.blogspot.com. El Bodegón was invited as an artists nominator to Pilot 03, presented at the Biennale di Venezia and also at Triangle Arts Gallery, in London. The space participated in several residencies, lectures, talks and workshops all over Colombia. “Antagonism and Failure,” my essay about the story of the space, won the National Art Critic Award in 2009, and its English version was published in 2012 in the New Museum’s Artspace Directory. Biting our own tail, a feature documentary on the history of El Bodegón, was produced by Interferencias, Colombia, and can be watched on: https://vimeo.
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As an Artist One Person Shows May, 2015: *Swen. Selecto–Planta Baja, Los Angeles. April, 2015: The Luster of Scybala. Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles. March, 2013: El retorno de lo reprimido [Return of the Repressed]. Galería Valenzuela Klenner, Bogotá. March, 2013: El tratamiento de las contradicciones [The Handling of Contradictions]. Galería Las Edades, Bogotá. November, 2012: El tratamiento de las contradicciones [The Handling of Contradictions]. Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia. April, 2008: La alegría de vivir [The Joy of Living]. La comuna, Bogotá. August, 2004: That Happy Feeling. Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá. Group Shows and Projects (Selection) October, 2013: Desokupados. SIART Biennial, La Paz, Bolivia. April, 2013: Revolución y simulacro. Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia. October, 2011: TCOB (Take Care of Business). M I A M I, Bogotá, Colombia. June, 2010: Dorado. FIART, Madrid, Spain. December, 2009: Franquicia pirata [Pirate Franchise]. Collaborative project by the Klasenkämpfe Collective (Lorena Espitia and Víctor Albarracín) for the Carlos Amorales’s Nuevos Ricos exhibition. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. May, 2009: Casa de Citas. Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. January, 2009: Suerte muerte [Good Luck You’re Fucked Up]. La Ex-Culpable, Lima, Perú. November, 2008: Non-profit harassment. VII Festival Internacional de Performance, Cali, Colombia. November, 2006: Entertainment Parks of Columbia. Salón de Arte y Naturaleza. Quinta de Bolívar, Bogotá. April, 2006: Limpieza social [Social Cleansing]. Colectivo Pornomiseria, VI Festival Internacional de Performance, Cali, Colombia. March, 2006: Why I’m so Unhappy. Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. February, 2006: Concurso de talentos [Talent Contest]. Procesos Urbanos. Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá, Colombia. October, 2005: The Modern MamBoys en concierto. The Modern MamBoys Collective, Arte Joven 2005. Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá.
September, 2003: Festival de Festivales, Rosario, Argentina. January, 2003: Todo sobre George / Everything About Jorge. Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá. December, 2002: VIII Salón Nacional de Arte Joven. Galería Santa Fe, Bogotá. May, 2002: Interfaces 02, Instituto Goethe, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Publications Books
April, 2015: Feign. La Parte Maldita, Los Angeles April, 2013: Materials for a Makeshift Shack. Colomborama / La Parte Maldita, Oslo, Norway. October, 2012: El tratamiento de las contradicciones. Desde el Bienestar / Caín Press, Bogotá, Colombia. April, 2008: La alegría de vivir. La silueta editores, Bogotá. Articles, columns and others (selection)
May, 2014: “Aquelarre.” Elena Bajo, With Entheogenic Intent (Burn the Witch). 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles. November, 2013: “Two Thousands Four Hundred and Twenty One Words (Excluding the Sixteen from the Title) about Something that is not the National Salon.” Libro de creencias, Saber Desconocer – 43 Salón Nacional de Artistas, Ministerio de Cultura, Bogota. 2013: “On Royal Trux.” ‘93’ Till Infinity. New Museum Tumblr. http://newmuseum.tumblr.com/ post/50113745803/93-til-infinity-victor-albarracin-royal 2004 - 2014: Freelance writer. http://esferapublica.org/nfblog/?author=361 February, 2012: “Antagonism and Failure.” Art Spaces Directory, New Museum - Artasiapacific, New York Hong Kong. December, 2011: “Entretien croisé avec Edwin Sánchez et Víctor Albarracín.” Tête à Tête 02 –Temoigner–, Le Bord de l’eau Éditions, Lormont, France. February, 2011: “Close, So Faraway.” Cumbre Cartagena de Indias 2011, Helena Producciones, Cali, Colombia. July, 2010: “Alieno y alienígena.” Recibo 057, Traplev Orçamentos, Río De Janeiro, Brasil. February, 2010: “Antagonismo y fracaso. La historia de un espacio de artistas en Bogotá.” V Premio Nacional de Crítica de Arte, Universidad de los Andes - Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá. September, 2009: “El emprendimiento de la causa perdida.” Giros y desvíos. Una aproximación a la gestión desde las artes visuales, Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá. November, 2008: “Poltrona (reclinable).” Cuadernos grises, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá. October, 2007: Pazmaker # 3. Perros Negros, México D.F., México. December, 2006: “Cali es Cali, lo demás no es Cali.” Festival Internacional de Performance de Cali. Helena Producciones, Cali, Colombia. July, 2006: Illustrations for Tropicalgoth magazine, México D.F., México. March, 2006: Pazmaker # 1. Perros Negros, Mexico D.F., México. April, 1999 - November, 2001: Editorial Board. Revista TRIP (Tabloide de rock y películas), Bogotá, Colombia.
Miscellaneous Teaching (selection) September, 2010 – December, 2012: Full time professor. Universidad Distrital, Art Faculty, Bogotá, Colombia. July, 2011 – May, 2012: Adjunct professor. Universidad de los Andes, Art Faculty, Bogotá, Colombia. April, 2000 – May, 2006: Adjunct professor. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Art Faculty, Bogotá. Prizes and Honors 2014: Colfuturo Foundation Colombia. Fellow. 2012: Fulbright Commission Colombia - Ministry of Culture. Fellow. 2009: V National Art Critic Award. Universidad de los Andes - Ministerio de Cultura. Prize. 2008: International Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur (IYVAE Colombia) 2008. Finalist. Contact phone: (310)562-4977 thathappyfeeling@gmail.com skype: thathappyfeeling www.victoralbarracin.com