JAVIER TÉLLEZ 1969 Born in Valencia, Venezuela Lives and works

JAVIER TÉLLEZ
1969
Born in Valencia, Venezuela
Lives and works in New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
Javier Téllez, Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional de Bogotá, Colombia
To Have Done with the Judgment of God, Koenig & Clinton, New York City, NY
2014
Shadow Play, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA, USA
Javier Téllez, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, USA
Games are forbidden in the labyrinth, REDCAT Gallery co-produced with Kadist Art Foundation,
Los Angeles, USA,
2013 Praise of Folly, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
The Conquest of Mexico, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
La Conquista de México, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2012
Ungesehen und unerhört II: Javier Téllez, Museum Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Germany
Rotations, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Switzerland, Zurich
2011 Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, US
O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Fruits, Flowers, and Clouds, MAK, Vienna, Austria
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See, Moca Cleveland, Cleveland, US
O Rinoceronte de Dürer, Galerie Arratia Beer, Berlin, Germany
2010
Vasco Araújo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, Marco, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo,Spain
Vasco Araujo/Javier Téllez - Larger than Life, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
2009
4 ½ (curated by Hilke Wagner), Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Mind The Gap (curated by Sabine Schaschl), Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Javier Téllez: International Artist in Residence, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery,
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Caligari und der Schlafwandler, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Javier Téllez. 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
2007 Production-in-Residence-program, Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden
Oedipus Marshal, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2006 Oedipus Marshal, Aspen Art Museum, USA
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
Stereoview, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, USA
2004 A Hunger Artist, Museo Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
2002 Alpha 60 (The Mind-Body Problem), White Box, New York, USA
A Hunger Artist, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
2001 Bedlam, Sala 7, 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, UK
1997 The Ship of Fools, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Penalty, Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
The Cure of Folla, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas and Museo Arturo Michelena,Valencia, Venezuela
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Jonac 2001 mg, Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
Sitelines.2016: New Perspectives On Art Of The Americas - SITElines, Santa Fe, USA
2015
FIRE AND FORGET. ON VIOLENCE, KW Institute for Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Contour 7: A Moving Image Biennale, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Belgium
2014 Artlovers - Histoires d’Art dans la Collection Pinault, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Monaco
Here and Elsewhere, Frac Nord-Pas de Calais Collection, Espacio Promoción del Arte Tabacalera,
Madrid, Spain
The Torches of Prometheus, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Under The Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, USA
acting-out: the institution denied, Anxiety Arts Festival London 2014, Colechuch House,
London, UK
High Horizon: Bruegelland early 21th century, Stedelijk Museum, Lier, Belgium
inSite: Cuatro ensayos de lo público, sobre otro escenario, La Tallera, Cuernavaca Mexico
Recycling Memory: Recapturing the Lost City, IX Biennial of Visual Arts of Nicaragua,
Managua, Nicaragua
2nd CAFAM Biennale: Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
El Hotel Electrico, M HKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
The Marvelous Real. Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Art from The MUSAC Collection”,
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan,
We are living on a star, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden Norway
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, Pinault Colleciton, Conciergerie, Paris, France
Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket nʼest plus valable, Pavillon Vendôme, Vichy, France
Pataphysics: A Theoretical Exhibition, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, US
Disabled by Normality, DOX CCA, Prague, Czech Republic
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 & Museum,
Philadelphia, USA
2012 Garden of Learning, Busan Bienniale 2012, Busan, Korea
Voice of Images, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Niet Normaal, Differences on Display, The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
dOCUMENTA (13) curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Kassel, Germany
Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
Aire de Lyon, Victoria Northoorn, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wunder, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Track, SMAK, Gent, Belgium & Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 3 Expositions + 1 Film, Nouveau Musée National Monaco, Villa Paloma, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Miracles, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
A terrible Beauty is born, 11th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Dublin Contemporary 2011, St Stephans Green House, Dublin, Ireland
A Slowdown at the Museum, Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Universo vídeo. Fleeting Stories, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain
El grito, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Too late, too little, and (how to) fail gracefully, Kunstfort Asperen, Asperen, Netherlands
Unter Helden, Vor-Bilder in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
Yes we don’t, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Tracing the unseen border, LaMaMa La Galleria, New York, NY, USA,
Crisiss. América Latina, arte y confrontacion 1919-2010, Palacio de Bellas Artes X-Teresa,
Mexico City, Mexico
Daydream Believer!!, Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, Metropolitan Museum
of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
2010
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland
Epílogo (Epilogue), Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico
Sem Fronteiras, Museu Bispo de Rosário Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
De Frente al Sol (Facing the Sun), Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria
Alienator: Le Retour, Museum Murten, Murten, Switzerland
Model Kits, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Adaptation, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
11. Tiennale Fellbach Kleinplastik 2010, Stadt Fellbach Kulturamt, Fellbach, Germany
Substitute Teacher, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, USA
2009
Périfériks, CAN Centre d’Art, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Acciones Disolventes: Videoarte Latinoamericano, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela
Exposition of Mythology, Electronic Technology, Nam June Paik Center, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Alienator on Tour, Marks Blond Project, Bern, Switzerland
Islands + Ghettos, Stadtmuseum Graz, Austria
Alienator on Tour, Ancienne Gare, Fribourg, Switzerland
For You / Para Usted. Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Daros Exhibitions,
Zürich, Switzerland
Acting Out, ICA, cur. Jen Mergel / Nicolas Baume, Boston, USA
Islands + Ghettos, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V., Berlin, Germany
2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, USA
Rational/Irrational, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2007
Between two deaths (curated by Ellen Blumstein and Felix Esslin), ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jump-Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil, Miami, USA
Constructing a poetic universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art,
The Museum of Fine Artys, Houston, USA
Visiones del paraíso: utopías/distopías/heterotopías, espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006 postEr (curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis), Hydra School Project, Hydra
On Mobility (final sequence), curated by Saskia Bos, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherland
Die Kunst erlöst uns von gar nichts (curated by Paz Aburto Guevara), ACC Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Capital Culture (curated by Marco Scotini), prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milano, Italy
Dark Places, curated by Joshua Decter, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
When Artists Say We, Artists Space, New York, USA
T1 Pantagruel Syndrome, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’ Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
InSite_05, curated by Carmen Cuenca/ Michael Krichmann, San Diego/Tijuana
Prague Biennale 2, curated by Marco Scotini, Section “Accion Directa”, Prague, Czech Republic
Jump Cuts – Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Americas Society, New York, USA
The Here and Now, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA
2004 On Reason and Emotion, Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Emotion eins, curated by Nikolaus Schaffhausen, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Settlements, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, St. Etienne, France
2003 Utopia Station, 50 Venice Biennale curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Venice, Italy
Living in a Cloud, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Irland
2nd Valencia Biennale, Valencia, Spain
Prague Biennale 1, Pheripheries become the center, Prague, Czech Republic
Dreamspaces/Entresuenos, Lobby Gallery of Deutsche Bank, New York, USA
Forbidden, Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Etnografia: Instrucciones de uso, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, USA
2002 Fotofest, Houston Community College, Houston, USA
Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Lima, Peru
Thinking Local: Gonzalo Lebrija, Cristian Silva & Javier Téllez, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, USA
TABU - Mavericks und heisse Eisen (curated by Sabine Schaschl-Cooper), Kunsthaus Baselland,
Muttenz, Switzerland
2001 Plateau of Humankind (curated by Harald Szeemann), 49 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Yokohama Triennale, Tokyo, Japan
Ideal House, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Hieronymus Bosch, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherland
Loop: Alles auf Anfang (curated by Klaus Biesenbach), Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung,
Munich, Germany
2000 Gwangju Biennale, cur. Kwang-su Oh, South Korea
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S.1/MOMA, Long Island City, USA
SOS: Scenes of Sounds, Tang Museum, Saratoga, USA
False Start, Center for curatorial studies, Bard College,Annandele on Hudson, USA
The End, Exit Art, New York, USA
Demonstrationsräume: A, Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada and Gallery 400, University of
Illinois, Chicago, USA
1998 III Bienal Barro de América, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
X Premio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
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, USA
1996 Video Faz, Art & Idea, Mexico City and Museo de Guadalajara, Mexico
1995 Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, USA
Una Visión del Arte Venezolano, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 Insane Asylum, I.S.P. P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, USA
The Art of the next generation, Cristinerose Gallery, New York
Courage, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Let the Artists Live, Exit Art, New York, USA
Projects, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, USA
Bibliography
2012
Verena Konrad, Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, pp. 22-42, 264-267
Angela Molina, DOCUMENTA (13) Una crueldad tolerable, El Pais, Madrid, June 25
Gregory Volk, Art on Tracks at DOCUMENTA, Art in America, New York, June 20
Ana Teixeira PinTo, Documenta 13, Art Agenda, New York, June 10
Aoife Rosenmeyer, Javier Téllez, Art in America, New York, April 5
Daniel Morgenthaler, Ent-Art, Züritipp, Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, Feb. 16
2011
Wunder, Daniel Tyradellis, Beate Hentschel, Dirk Luckow, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, p. 204, ex.cat
Vitctoria Noorthoorn, Thierry Raspail, Thierry Prat, A terrible Beauty is born, 11th Biennale de Lyon,
Lyon, pp. 216, 340, ex.cat
Daydream Believer!, Yebishu Intern. Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, Tokyo, pp. 66-67, ex.cat
Manu Park, EXPosition of mythology – Electronic technology, Nam June Paik Art Center,
Gyeonggi-do (Korea), pp. 116-117
Elisabeth Lebovici, 11th Biennale de Lyon, Artforum, New York, December, Vol. 50, No. 4,
pp. 242-243
Lyon Biennale, Art Review, London, Issue 55, December, pp. 131+132
Christy Lange, 11th Biennale de Lyon, Frieze, London, No. 143, Nov./Dec., p. 144
Ausstellungen, Monopol, Berlin, No. 11, p. 144
Ulrich Schnabel, Wundert euch!, Die Zeit, Hamburg, No. 41, October 2011
S.E. Smith, Letter on the Blind, For the Use of Those Who See, Pastelegram Review, July 15
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Modern-day parable: Artist’s film expands upon Indian tale about blind men
who encoun-ter an elephant, The Austin American Statesman, July 13
Andrea Fopp, Bertarelli streicht die Segel, Herr Wichtig bellt und Netzer lächelt, Basler Zeitung, Basel,
June 15, p. 34
Ana Teixeira Pinto, Javier Téllez’s O Rinoceronte de Dürer at Arratia Beer, Art Agenda Online,
New York, Feb. 2011
2010
Klaus Biesenbach, Erdkunde, Monopol, Berlin, No. 4, April, p. 16
Pedro Reyes, Javier Téllez, Bomb, New York, No. 110, March 2010, pp. 80-87
2009
One Day Sculpture, Frieze, London, June, July, August, p.193
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Laird Harper, Art prowls at theatre, South Taranaki Star, Taranaki
Harriet Palmer, Ferocious fundraisers a roaring success for everybody, Taranaki Daily News, Taranaki
The ultimate cinematic experience, Govett Art Gallery, Media Release, New Plymouth
2009
Maria Becker, Auf Caligaris Stern, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, June 6, p. 42
Ingeborg Ströle, Jeanne d’Arc in der Psychiatrie, Basellandschaftl. Zeitung, Liestal, May 8, p. 29
Karen N. Gerig, Verrückte Welten, Basler Zeitung, Basel, Apr. 27
Imaginäre Welten, Basler Zeitung, Basel, Apr. 24
Anne-Kathrin Auel, Javier Téllez, 41/2 und Mind The Gap, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, June, pp. 70-71
For You / Para Usted. Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Javier Téllez, Daros Exhibitions,
Zurich, Apr. 24, pp. 34-35
Philipp Meier, Bis zum Tod – Videokunst aus Lateinamerika bei Daros, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich,
No. 129, June 8, p. 28
Christoph Doswald, Die verrrückten Welten des Javier Téllez, Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich, May 13,p.4
Georg Imdahl, Von einem anderen Stern, Kölner Stadt–Anzeiger, Cologne, No. 60, March 12
Melanie Weidemüller, Das Innen und Aussen des Traums, Stadtrevue, Das Kölnmagazin,
Cologne, March
2008
Katrin Bettina Müller, Des Schlafwandlers Wissen, TAZ Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, Nov. 21
Steven Stern, Javier Téllez. Invisible populations; animals, sight, translation and interpretation,
Frieze, London, No. 116, June / July / Aug., pp. 210 - 211
Michèle Faguet, Afterall, ed. Charles Esche / Thomas Lawson / Mark Lewis / Dieter Roelstraete,
Museum van Hedendaagse, Antwerp, pp.45 - 54
RoseLee Goldberg, Diary: Performance Anxiety. Political currents at the Whitney Biennial, Modern
Painters, New York, pp. 42 - 45
Adrian Searle, Comelo, lamelo, roncalo, jodelo, El Cultural, Madrid, April 3-9, pp. 36-38
Andrzej Lawn, Whitney Biennial 2008, Flash Art, Milan, No. 260, May-June, pp. 79/ 84
Steven Stern, Whitney Biennial 2008, Frieze, London, May
Trinie Dalton, Whitney Biennial 2008, ed. Henriette Huldich / Shamin M. Momin, Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York / Yale University Press, New Heaven and London, pp. 238 - 239
Eva Wittocx, Mimétisme. Extracity, Antwerp, Flash Art, Milano, No. 259, March – April, p. 82
2007
Philippe Roller, Residentes. 2003-2007 Paris, Paris, pp. 216 - 219
Daniel Völzke, Was war, Review: Between to Deaths in Karlsruhe, Monopol, Berlin, No.7, July, p. 121
Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia, 2 moscow biennale of contemporary art, Moscow,
Mar. 1 – Apr. 1, p. 168-169, ex. cat.
Rosa Olivares, 100 Latin American Artists, Exit Publications, Madrid, pp. 410-413, 452
Ellen Blumenstein, Ensslin Felix, Between two deaths, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Hatje Cantz, Ostifildern,
pp. 28, 55, 58, 232-235, 303
Dorothee Baer-Bogeschütz, Bloss keine Diskurs-Kacke. Karlsruhe: „Zwischenn zwei Toden im ZKM“,
Kunstzeitung, Regensburg, No. 129, May, p. 15
Catrin Lorch, Entrückte Anmut: ‘Oedipus Marshal’ von Javier Téllez in Köln, Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung, Frankfurt am Main, Apr. 7, p. 50
Samuel Herzog, Ärger im 21. Stockwerk. Die zweite Moskau-Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst,
NZZ Online, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, March 14
2006 Dirk Van Weelden, On Mobility, De Appel, Amsterdam, pp. 72-73
Dominique Von Burg, Javier Téllez bei Peter Kilchmann, Kunst-Bulletin, Lucerne, No.5,May, p. 64
Will Bradley, Biennals/Survey Shows, Frieze, London, Issue 96, Jan/Feb.2006
El Perro, Jordi Costa, Un Nuevo y Bravo Mundo, Sala Alcalá, Madrid,pp. 32, 91-101
2004 Lilly Wei, Report from Sydney, South by Southeast, Art in America, New York, No. 11, pp. 63-65
Ossian Ward, Biennale of Sydney, Frieze, London, No. 86, Oct., p.169
Lilly Wei, On Emotion and Reason: The 14th Biennale of Sydney, Art Asia Pacific, New York, No. 42,
Fall, pp. 24-25
Claire Doherty, 14th Biennale of Sydney, Art Monthly, London, Vol.43/No.3,July/Aug.,pp. 29-30
2003 Julieta Gonzales, Dis(lo)cation, Prague Biennale 1
2002 Holand Cotter, Javier Tellez, Alpha 60 (The mind-body problem), The New York Times, NY, 18 Oct.
Javier Téllez: Institutionalized Aesthetics, Flash Art International, Milan, July/Sept.
Kelly Klaasmeyer, Crazy World, Houston Press, Vol.14/No. 31, 1-7 Aug.
Los Viajes Imaginarios de la Locura, El Nacional, Papel Literario, Caracas, 1 June
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Una Bienal del Sur, El Ojo Breve. Reforma, Mexico City, 8 May
2001 Laura Hoptman, Videodrome, Flash Art International, July-September
Cedar Lewisohn, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Flash Art International, Jul./Sept.
Hitomi Iwasaki, Mexico on My Mind: Javier Téllez, Fine Arts, Tokyo, No. 43
Medina Cuauhtémoc, El Encierro (lo) cura, El Ojo Breve., Reforma, Mexico City, 19 Apr.
Larissa Harris, Javier Téllez, Loop: Alles auf Anfang, Kunstwerke, Berlin, ex.cat.
Euridice Arriatia, Javier Téllez, Tema Celeste, Milan
Guy Brett, Learning from Spiders, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2000
Inside and Out: Playful Wit Reigns at Skidmore’s New Museum, The New York Times,NY, 22 Dec.
Sarah Kent, Javier Téllez, New York, #1529, London, 8-15 Dec.
Katy Siegel, Greater New York, Artforum International, May 2000
Raúl Zamudio, Plato’s Cave, Alberti’s Window and Benthams Panopticum: Notes on Javier Téllez’s I
am Happy Because Everyone Loves Me, NY Arts, New York, Vol. 5, May
New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways, The New York Times, New York, March 6, 2000
Kim Yu Yeon, Man + Space, Exotica Incognita, Kwangju Biennale, Korea, ex.cat.
1999 Rosanna Negrotti, Javier Téllez in Gasworks, What’s On in London, 8 Dec.
1998 Sobre las estrategias de exhibición, Papel Literario, El Nacional, Caracas, 29 Nov.
Manuel Lebon, Mi arte es un virus que vive en las grietas, El Universal, Caracas, 9 Sept.
Ana Mendoza, Javier Téllez: Licantropía, El Globo, Caracas, 7 Sept.
Jean Ives Jouannais, 1ere Biennale do Mercosud, Art Press, Paris, No. 232, Feb.
Berta Sichel, Bienal Mercosul, Flash Art International, Milan, Vol.XXXI, No.198., Jan./Feb.
Alicia Haber, First Mercosur Biennial, Art Nexus, Miami, No. 27, Jan./March
Carmen Hernández, 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
Penalty, Estilo, Añ’96o 9/No.33
Los palimpsestos de la identidad, Estilo, No. 34
Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, IX Salón Mendoza, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, ex.cat.
Jesús Fuenmayor, Longuitud de Onda, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, ex.cat.
1997 Así está la cosa: Nada más latinoamericano que temer parecerlo, Centro Cultural Arte
Contemporáneo, Mexico City, ex.cat.
Rubén Gallo, La Nave de los Locos, Fundación Mendoza, Caracas, ex.cat.
Federico Morais, Roberto Guevara, Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales Mercosur, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Rubén Gallo, Javier Téllez, Poliester, Fall
Victor Krebs, Del Alma y el Arte, Serie Reflexiones en el Museo, No. 2. Museo de Bellas Artes,
Caracas
J. C. Palenzuela, 50 Obras del Salón Michelena, Colección El Tiempo Derramado, Tierra de Gracia
Editores, Caracas
Norte del Sur: Venezuelan Art Today, Tuchman, Phyllis and Duque, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa
1996 Eduardo Costa, Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery, Art in America, Nov. 1996
Allison Pomenta, Pistas para descubrir el itinerario mental de un artista, Economia Hoy, Caracas,
Oct. 9, 1996
Javier Téllez at Silverstein Gallery, Art Nexus, Milan, Sept. 1996
Russel Maddicks, Exhibit Turns Museum in Madhouse, The Daily Journal, Sept. 28, 1996
Rubén Wisotzki, Cada quien busca su propia locura, El Nacional, Caracas, Sept. 28, 1996
Kim Levin, Art Short List, The Village Voice, New York, April 26, 1996
Carmen Hernández, Javier Téllez: Arqueólogo Trickster, Estilo, Caracas, Dec. 1996
Berta Sichel, Video Faz, Art & Idea, Ciudad de México Arco Latino, Madrid
Carmen Hernández, La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
De un Hospital dentro del Museo, La Extracción de la Piedra de la Locura, Museo de Bellas Artes,
Caracas
1995 Iké Udé, Javier Téllez, Arude, No.1. Spring 1995
M. L Cárdenas, II Salón Pirelli, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas
L. A. Duque, M. L. Cárdenas, Una Visión del Arte Venezolano, Colección Ignacio y Valentina Oberto,
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas
1994 Jean Avgikos, International Studio Program, P.S.1 Museum, New York
Karin Lipson, Gallery or Madhouse, New York Newsday, New York, Oct. 19, 1994
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Mercedes Vicente, Cuando la obra de arte es el propio artista, La Vanguardia, Spain, Oct 22, 1994
Grants and Awards
2010 DAAD Residency in Berlin, Germany
2009 Artist-in-Residency, Massey University of Creative Art, School of Fine Arts, Litmus Reseach Initiative,
New Plymouth, New Zealand
2007 Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden
2006 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
Artist-in-Residency, Recollets, Paris, France
2002 Artist-in-Residency, Art in General, New York, USA
2000 Rema Hort Foundation, New York, USA
1999 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York, USA
Gasworks Studio Program, London, UK
1997 Whitney Independent Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
1994 Van Lier Fellowship, Artist-in-residence, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, USA
1993 P.S.1 International Studio Program, P.S.1 Museum, New York, USA
Selected Public Collections
Collection Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
Tate Modern Collection, London
Berezvidin Collection, Espacio 1414, Puerto Rico
Frac Dunkerque, Dunkerque
Princeton University Collection, Princeton
Whitney Museum of American Art
Fundación Cisneros, Caracas, New York /
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas /
Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas
Potsdamer Str. 87, 10785 Berlin, Germany

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