Alexander Apóstol

(Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1969)

Lives and works between Madrid, Spain and Caracas, Venezuela. He has had solo exhibitions, among others, in MUSAC, León; Galeria Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid; and Arratia+Beer Gallery, Berlin (all 2010); Solo Projects in ARCO 08, Galería Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid (2008); DRCLAS, Harvard University, Cambridge (2007); Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition Center LACE, Los Angeles; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO, Miami; and Palau de La Virreina, Barcelona (all 2006); and Sala Mendoza, Caracas (2004). Recent group exhibitions include Photographic Typologies, Tate Modern, London (2010-11); Modelos para Armar, MUSAC, León (2010); Der Brief aus Jamaika, Oi Futuro, Río de Janeiro (2010); Painting in the Glass House: Artist revisit modern architecture, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Islands+Guettos, NGBK. Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin; and Building Pictures, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (all 2008); Lo(s) Cinetico(s), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia MNCARS, Madrid; and Habitat/Variations, BAC Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (both 2007). Apóstol has also participated in the Venice Biennale (2011), San Juan Triennial (2010), Prague Biennale (2005 and 2003), Istanbul Bienali (2003) and Bienal de São Paulo (2002).