Elia Alba
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Born: New York City
Lives: Queens
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2000-2001
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York City
1994-1989
Hunter College, BA in Philosophy & Literature, New York City
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2009
Busts, Black & White Art Gallery, New york
2005
Hybrid Realities, Atlantica TransArt, Santiago, Chile
2003
identi-kits, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey
Project Room, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Project Room, Generous Miracles, New York
2001
Doll Heads, Casa de Teatro, IV Caribbean Biennial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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2009
A Black and White World, Black & White Gallery
Through the Lens: Photography from the Lowe Art Museum, Lowe Art Museum, FL
10th Havana Biennial, Centro de Arte Contempor�neo Wifredo Lam, Cuba
Entre-Vues: Contemporary Photography from the Caribbean, Fondation Clement, Martinique
Beyond Shared Language, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Nost�lgia de futur. Homenatge a Josep Renau, Museo de la Ciudad Valencia, Spain
2008
Archaeology of Wonder, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
B-Sides, Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Visionarios, Audiovisual En Latinoam�rica, ITAU Cultural Institute, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, DF, Museo Nacional de Arte, Bolivia, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires
Ethnographies of the Future, Rotunda Art Gallery, New York
LOOP 08�, Barcelona Spain (screening)
2007
UltraMar, organized by Institute Cervantes, traveling exhibition through Brasil, curated by Manuel Garcia
Agua, Cuarto Espacio Cultural. Diputaci�n de Zaragoza, Spain, curated by Juan Ramon Barbancho
projects4rooms, El Taller Boricua, curated by Yasmin Ramirez & Marcos Dimas
Partners in Crime, Gallery MC, curated by Sara Reiseman, Mariely Lopez, Louky Keiser
The Field, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, curated by Heng-gil Han
2006
Kick it one time, Rush Arts @ ArtBaselMiami with Ingalls & Associates, curated by Derrick Adams & Carmen Hammons
Queens International 06: Everything all at once, Queens Museum of Art, curated by Jaishri Abichandani and Herb Tam
Eyes Wide Open, El Museo del Barrio @ Art(212), curated by Deborah Cullen
This Skin I�m In: Contemporary Dominican Art from the Permanent Collection, El Museo del Barrio curated by Deborah Cullen
�Merengue! Visual Rhythms/Ritmos Visuales Visual Rhythms, El Museo del Barrio, curated by Sara Hermann
Tropicalisms, Jersey City Museum, curated by Rocio Aranda
VideoArte de la Republica Dominicana, Foro Iberoamericano, Huelva, Spain, curated by Juan Ramon Barbancho
Emerge7, AljriaCenter for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, curated by Franklin Sirmans & Jennifer Moon
Play of Difference, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic, curated by Amable Lopez
Descubrimientos, PHotoEspa�a 2006, Matadero de Legazpi, Madrid curated Moritz Neum�ller
Women's Looks: �Discourse of Gender, Discourse of ideas? (Miradas de mujer. �Discurso de g�nero, discurso de idea?), traveling exhibition, VIII Sal�n y Coloquio Internacional Del Arte Digital, La Habana, Cuba & Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, curated by Manuel Garcia
Hispanos. Video Artistas Iberoamericanos, traveling exhibition, Centro de Artes Visuales y Contempor�neo, Honduras, and Museo de Arte Contempor�neo, Panam�, curated by Manuel Garcia,
Close Connections, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, curated by Edwin Ramoran
Circa, Puerto Rico 06, Punto Gris
MACO: Mexico Arte Contemporaneo, Punto Gris.
REWIND� REWIND, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, curated by Elvis Fuentes
No Country is an Island: Recent Caribbean Art, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, NJ curated by Jorge, Daniel Veneciano & Yoland Skeet
Women of Color Film Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, urated by Linda Charmaraman
Do you think I�m Disco, Longwood Arts Gallery @ Hostos, curated by Edwin Ramoran
2005
Hispanos. Video-Creadores-Iberoamericanos, Centro Cultural de Espa�a Juan de Salazar, Paraguay, curated by Manuel Garc�a
scopeNewYork, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, Flatotel, New York;
IMPACT ME'05, CAVE Gallery - Bethlehem International Center curated by Rogier van Benteghem, organized by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne;
Dominicanazo!!!!: Contemporary Dominican Art, Samson Projects, Boston, MA curated by Camilo Alvarez;
Cuerpo Impropio, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic, curated by Maria Elena DiTren & Amable Lopez
2004
Island Nations: New Art from Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Diaspora, The RISD Museum, Rhode Island, curated by Judith Tannenbaum & Rene Morales
Future Face, Science Museum, Wellcome Trust Gallery, UK, curated by Sandra Kemp
Women of Color Film Festival Pacific Film Archives, Berkley, CA, curated by Linda Charmaraman
Pares y Nones, Ibero-Amerikaniksches Institut, Berlin, Germany, curated by Alanna Lockward
2003
Bootleg Gender, Longwood Arts Gallery @ Hostos, New York, curated by Rocio Aranda
Belonging, (two-person) Focal Point Gallery, Essex, UK and Margaret Harvey Gallery Hertfordshire, UK
BQE, Whitebox, New York, curated by Raul Zamudio and Heng-gil Han
Public Responsibility, Art Museum of the Americas, OAS, Washington, DC
American Resources, The Art Museum, FIU, Miami, Florida, curated by Bernice Steinbaum
Comfort Zone, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC, curated by Leslie Lund & Thalia Vrachopoulos
Orden del Dia, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic, curated by Paula Gomez
Immanence, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin #6, Paris, curated by roARaTorio
2002
Art Basel Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Florida
Pares y Nones, satellite exhibition, ArtBasel Miami and Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic, curated by Alanna Lockward
Hot City: What�s New, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, Florida, curated by Dermis P. Leon
For Skin, Generous Miracles, New York, curated by Henrique Faria
Cutting Edge: Migrations To/From the Caribbean, Arco 2002, Museo de Arte Moderno
Dominican Republic, Spain, presentation by Sara Hermann
Girl Talk, Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, curated by Elizabeth Adan
2001
Pol�tica de la Diferencia: Arte Iberoamericano Fin de Siglo, Organized by Generalitat de Valencia, Spain, Centro de Convenciones de Pernambuco, Receife, Brazil and Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Doll Heads, Casa de Teatro, IV Caribbean Biennial, Dominican Republic
Open Studios, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York City
other, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center, New York City, curated by Kendall Henry
Political is the Personal: Perspective from the Latin American Diaspora, The College of New Jersey, Ewing
2000
The S-Files, El Museo del Barrio, New York, curated by Yasmin Ramirez & Deborah Cullen Thresholds, Larrama Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
In the Black, Bronx River Art Center, New York, curated by David Terry
Public Voices/Private Visions, Rockland Center for the Arts, New York, curated by Ned Harris
1999
Flip Funk & Fantasy, Artists in Residence 1998-1999, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
XXI National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic
1998
Gender (Con)Sumption/Assumption of Gender, in Conjunction with the XXIII National Conference on Man and Masculinity, Union Art Gallery at Stony Brook, New York, curated by Daniel Mirer
Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
XII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Lationamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorrique�a, Puerto Rico
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forthcoming
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2009 LMCC Workspace Residency
2008 Joan Mitchell Career Opportunity Grant
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant - Photography
2006 Aljira Emerge Fellowship, Newark NJ
2003 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant
2002 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant
2000 Whitney Museum Van Lier Foundation Fellowship Grant
1998-1999 Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence Fellowship Program
1998-1999 Henry Street Settlement Artist-in-Residence Workspace Program
1997-1998 Bronx Museum of the Arts Artists in the Marketplace Program
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Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio, identi-kits, Jersey City Museum, Brochure
Castellote, Alejandro, Mapas Abiertos:. Fotograf�a Latinoamericana 1991-2002 publisher Editores Lunwerg, October 2003;
Carden�s, Elisa, �Cara a cara entre artistas� El Mercurio, 7 Agust, 2005, pg 45 (Chile);
Diaz, Eva, �Elia Alba: The Diguises of Identity�, UrbanLatino, Issue 56, page 58, 2005;
Genocchio, Benjamin, �When Identity Is in the Eye of the Beholder� The New York Times, 13 July 2003, New Jersey Section, pg 9;
Garfield, Rachel, Belonging, Focal Point Gallery, Essex, England. Catalogue;
Hermann-Szab�, Sarah, �Migrations from the DR to everywhere�, Artes En Santo Domingo, June 2003, pg. 25;
Hunt, David, �Funky fresh� Time Out Magazine, 2 September 1999, Art Section pg. 53;
Kemp, Sandra, Future Face, Image, Identity & Innovation, publisher Profile Books, UK;
Koslow Miller, Francine, �Dominicanazo!� Tema Celeste No. 109, pg 25 (Italy);
Krenz, Marcel, �New York, New York�, FlashArt, January � February 2004, pg. 71;
Lack, Jessica, �Belonging�, The Guardian, The Guide, London, 19-September-2003;
Leon, Dermis, �Flip, Funk & Fantasy� Art Nexus, No. 35 Enero-Marzo 2000-pg 114;
Leon, Dermis, �Doll heads� Brochure. IV Caribbean Biennial, Dominican Republic;
Lolas, Jazm�n, �Personas intercambian caras en curiosa muestra fotogr�fica� Ultimas Noticias, Cultura, 24 Agosto, 2005, Chile;
Lockward, Alanna, "Los 90 en Santo Domingo: Un Anecdotario". Politicas de la diferencia, Arte Iberoamericano Fin de Siglo, Generalitat de Valencia, Spain. publisher Casa de America
Lockward, Alanna. �Los Quehacers del Aqua� Contemporary Dominican Art. Casa de Am�rica, publisher Turner Libros;
Lopez Mel�ndez, Amable, �5 po�ticas para el tercer milenio� Hoy, 12 March 2000, Are�to Section, pg 11, (Dominican Republic);
Morales, Rene, and Tannenbaum, Judith, Island Nations, The RISD Museum, Rhode Island, Catalogue;
Ross, Susan, �More, More, More�, NYArts Magazine, April 10, 2006, pg 15;
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