Carlos Garaicoa

Born 1967, Havana, Cuba. Lives and works in Havana, Cuba

Nowhere is the constant march of history more obviously stamped on our surroundings than in cities, with the seemingly endless processes of demolition, reconstruction and rebuilding going on all around us. The cityscape of Liverpool, in particular, is currently changing so rapidly that even lifelong residents are bewildered. This makes it a perfect site for Carlos Garaicoa, whose art has long focused on the complex structures and ongoing evolutions of cities – the ways in which, although cities are constantly changing, they always retain, half-hidden, the traces of what went before. For International 06, Garaicoa makes intriguing use of his own photographs, ‘invading’ their surfaces to create poignant images of Liverpool buildings haunted by their own past.

Solo Exhibitions

2006 Capablanca’s Real Passion, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

2005 Because Every City has the Right to be Called Utopia, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Carlos Garaicoa, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
Carta a los censores. XXXIX International Contemporary Art Prize, Quai Antoine I–Princess Grace Theatre, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2004 La misura de quasi tutte le cose, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy

2003 Lecciones de Historia, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
De la serie Nuevas Arquitecturas, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba

2002 Now Let’s Play to Disappear, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy
Ni Christ, ni Marx, ni Bakounine, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France

2001 The Last 10 Days of the Market, Aarhus Festival, Galeria Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Because Every City has the Right to be Called Utopia, Lombard-Freid Gallery, New York, USA

2000 Carlos Garaicoa: La ruina; La Utopía (obras 1990–2000), Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Banco de La República, Bogotá, Colombia; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA; Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan
Postcapital, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain

2005 3rd Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
Farsite, Insite Tijuana, Tijuana–San Diego, Mexico–USA
51st Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
Dialectics of Hope, Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
7th Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Inverting the Map, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2004 Transmigraciones, Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico
Future Cities, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Image Smugglers, XXVI Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

2003 Time Capsule, Art in General, New York, USA
Salon des Refuses, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Modern Islands, Public Project, Dresden, Germany

2001 Copyright, Centro Cultural de España, Havana, Cuba
Documenta 11, Platform 5, Kassel, Germany
De ponta cabeça, Bienal de Fortaleza, Brazil

2001 Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, Holland
VII Bienal de La Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Mega Wave, First Yokohama Triennale, Japan