Alejandra Villasmil
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Born: in Venezuela
Lives: in New York
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2002-2004 Studio Art and Art History, Hunter College, New York
2001-2004 Mixed Media, The Art Students League of New York
1998-2000 Studio Art, School of Visual Arts, New York
1994 B.A, Media Studies, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela
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2006
Strange Brew: Alejandra Villasmil and D. Dominick Lombardi, Repetti Gallery, LIC, NY
Recent Works of Alejandra Villasmil and Carlos Enríquez, Praxis Wynwood, Miami, FL
2003
Stripped: Alejandra Villasmil and Ariadna Capasso, Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY
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Upcoming (2007)
On Every Wall (Ben Goldman, curator), City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Sonotube® Forms: Contemporary Art and Transport, (Miki García, curator,) Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
Bienal de Dibujo 2007, Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007
The Fantastic Form: The Art of Comics and Graphic Novels (Raul Villarreal, curator,) The Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Talking with my friends (Cecilia Jurado, curator), Y Gallery, Queens, NY
Recent Works by Andrea Juan, Augusto Zanela, and Alejandra Villasmil, Praxis New York, NY
Fast Forward: Flushing in 2107 (Maddy Rosenberg, curator), Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Queens, NY
99 Cents, (Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, curator of Jersey City Museum), Victory Hall Cultural Center, Jersey City, NJ
Arteaméricas: Latin American Art Fair, with Praxis Wynwood, Miami, FL
Red Dot Art Fair, with Repetti Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Thanks: Returning the Favor, apexart, New York, NY
Newark Invitational, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
New Art as Universal Language, (Mariavelia Savino, curator), Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, FL
Queens International: Everything all at once (Jaishri Abichandani and Herb Tam, curators), Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (catalogue)
Ghosts and Machines (Jaret Vadera, curator), Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Scapes: A Bold New World (D.Dominick Lombardi, curator), The Lab Gallery, New York, NY
Emerge 7 (Jennifer Moon and Franklin Sirmans, curators), Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ (catalogue)
International Globus Dislocator (Esperanza Mayobre, curator) as part of If a cat gives birth to kittens in an oven, are they kittens or biscuits? (Dean Daderko, curator), Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
The (S) Files (Deborah Cullen, Miki García and Marysol Nieves, curators), Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Arteaméricas Art Fair with Galería Galou, Miami, FL
Making your Mark: On Paper, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005
The S Files (Deborah Cullen, Miki García and Marysol Nieves, curators), El Museo del Barrio, NY
LART, Library of Santo Domingo University, Dominican Republic
Affordable Art Fair (AAF), with Galería Galou, New York, NY (catalogue)
Venezueland, Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Infusion (Maria Sarmiento and Candice Bennett, curators), Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
Queens Council on the Arts Exhibition (Maria Spector, curator), Queens Theatre in the Park, NY
Serene Obsession, Haim Chanin Fine Arts, New York, NY
ART LA with Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Other Dimensions of Abstract Art (Rui Uchida, curator), Tribes Gallery and Gallery 128, New York, NY
2004
Intricate Subtleties (Susan Hoeltzel and Patricia Cazorla, curators), Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Park Your Art: Mobile Art Peace, with Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Scope Miami, FL
Sensuous Abundance (James Pinney, curator), Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Arte con Filo, King Juan Carlos I Center, New York University, NY
Affordable Art Fair (AAF), with Galeria Galou, New York, NY
Art(e)Spanglish, Solar Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Desire, Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Urban Moment (Pei-Yu Lin, curator), Ever Harvest Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
LA Scope Art Fair, with Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Pool Art Fair, with Galeria Galou, New York, NY
2003
Transportable, Werketage, Berlin, Germany
Latin Art Digital Diaspora, Studio Soto, Boston, MA
2002
Drawings for Peace, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
Night of 1.000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
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Stirling, Stephen, Boro artists explore future of Queens, Times Ledger, NY, May 10, 2007
McAdams, Shane, An Exhibition worth Unwrapping, Downtown Express, NY, Jan 4, 2007
Caputo, Amalia, Alejandra Villasmil, Reviews, Arte al Día magazine, # 117, p. 144, 2006
Lombardi, D. Dominick, In a NY Sketch, & Magazine, Fall 2006
Abichandani, Jaishri, Queens International 2006 (catalogue essay)
Cullen, Deborah, and García, Miki, The S Files (catalogue essays)
Vali, Murtaza, Ghosts & Machines (exhibition essay), Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Lombardi, D. Dominick, Scapes, NY Arts Magazine, October, 2006
Lombardi, D. Dominick, Scapes, D’art Magazine, Fall 2006
Steverlynck, María Laura, Alejandra Villasmil: Entre los Colores, el Canibalismo y el Post-Modernismo, profile and interview by NYRemezcla.com, 2006
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre, The S Files Latinas et Latinos, Art Actuel (France), # 41, Nov-Dec, 2005
Howard, Christopher, El Museo’s Bienal, ArtSeen, The Brooklyn Rail, November 2005
Cullum, Jerry, Latin American Influences Subtle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 25, 2005
Feaster, Felicia, All-Embracing Theme, Creative Loafing Atlanta, May 18, 2005
Wolberg Weiss, Marion, Art(e)Spanglish, Dan's Papers, Sep 10, 2004
Kucharski, Nada, Deseo, The Artists Alliance of East Hampton Newsletter, May 2004
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2005
Emerge 7, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
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Curator, Fantastic Routes, Galería Galou and The Lab Gallery, New York, NY (2006)
Curator, Venezueland, Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY (2005)
Curator, Shortos, a showcase of Latin short films, Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
Co-curator, Latin American Arts Evening, 38nine Studios, Long Island City, NY (2003)
Mixed Media workshops, New Jersey Teen Arts Festival, Newark, New Jersey (2004-2005)
Art Assistant, La Ofrenda, award-winner short film by Alejandro Fernandez, New York, NY (2003)
Artist talk, El Museo del Barrio, New York (2005)
Artists talk, LART Congress, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2005)
Artist talk, Queens International: Everything all at once, Queens Museum of Art, NY (2006)
Artist talk, Fun with Toys, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey (2007)
New York Contributor to Arte al Día, a Contemporary Latin American art magazine (2004-current)
Arts and Culture Contributor to EFE, Spain's International News Agency (2002-current)
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(t)HERE Magazine, Photographic Essay, Fall 2007 (forthcoming)
99 Cents, Exhibition Catalogue, Texts by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and James Pustorino, 2007
Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of New York, NY Culture, Annual Report 2006, p. 21
Thanks: Returning the Favor, exhibition brochure, apexart, New York, NY, Winter 2006
New York Arts & Culture Contributor to EFE, Spain's International News Agency (2002-current)
Down to the ground; up to the sky: A visual voyage inspired by trees, catalogue Introduction for the exhibition Mystic Trees, curated by Linda Marston-Reid, The Arts Center in Orange, VA
My Queens Wanderings in Two Chapters, Essay for Queens International Catalogue, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
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