William Kuitica a Contemporary Argentine Artist
Topic: William Kuitica
Guillermo Kuitca, William Kuitica... is at this moment the most important Contemporary Argentine artist in the international art scene. He studied with Ahuva Szlimowicz and at the prestigious university of Buenos Aires where he graduated as an Art History Major. But long before those studies when he was 13 years of age he held his first individual show at the Lirolay Gallery. Together with Osvaldo Monzo, Pablo Bobbio, Ernesto Bertani and Miguel Melcom, Kuitca was part of the Grupo III, an avant-garde art group in Argentina.

Guillermo Kuitca put his first European show when he was 24. And in 1985 and 1989 he participated of the International Art Bienal of San Pablo, Brazil. From then on he showed his Works permanently in the US and Europe. Critics agree to say that his works are a specific kind of paintings that combines intimate themes with autobiography references and link them with universal matters. Throughout his first works he worked on modern concepts such as dislocation and separation based upon his family history of immigration. Not long after this journey of introspections he began to explore a map like links into a space and it’s problematic. And his works begin to show a thorough work into unopen space and sights.

Several International Galleries and Museums show Kuitca’s works, not only as a renamed Latin American gifted artist but also as a top notch contemporary artist, no extra labels. "Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920-1987" held by the Indianapolis Museum of Art and MOMA held a special retrospective show on his life production.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2002
Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
L.A. Louer, Venice, CA, E.U.A.
Galleria Cardi & Co., Milan, Italia
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
2000
Oeuvres recentes, Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, Francia
1999
Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, E.U.A
Beds, Theaters & Drawings, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, E.U.A
La Serre Art Contemporain, Trets, Francia
Centro de Arte Helio Oiticia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
L.A. Louver, Venice, CA, E.U.A
1998
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Francia
1997
Guillermo Kuitca en Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Galeria Milleventi, Milan, Italia
Poema pedagogico, Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, E.U.A
Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres, R.U.
1996
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma, Italia
Espacio 204, Caracas, Venezuela
1995
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Paises Bajos
Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Irlanda
Puro Teatro, Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, E.U.A.
1994
Obra Reciente, Galeria Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
The Tablada Suite, Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Burning Beds: a Survey 1982-1994, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; Miami Arts Museum, Miami, FL, E.U.A; Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londres, R.U.
1993
Les Lieux de l'errance, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Espa?a; Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A
1992
Les Allumees Nantes-Buenos Aires, Chapelle de l'Oratoire-Musee des Beaux Arts de Nantes, Nantes, Francia
1991
Annina Nosei Gallery, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, E.U.A.
Projects 30: Guillermo Kuitca, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, NY; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA;
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Paises Bajos
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, E.U.A.
1990
Annina Nosei Gallery, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Kunsthale Basel, Basilea, Suiza
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Paises Bajos
Witte deWith Center of Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Paises Bajos
Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA, E.U.A.
Stadtisches Museum, Mulheim, Alemania
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma, Italia
1989
Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Galeria Atma, San Jose, Costa Rica
1987
Galeria Paulo Figueiredo, S?o Paulo, Brasil
1986
Siete ultimas canciones, Galeria del Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1985
Elizabeth Franck Gallery, Knokke Le Zoute, Belgica
1984
Galeria del Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1980
Obras 1978-79-80, Fundacion San Telmo, Argentina
1978
Dibujos 1978, Galeria Christel K, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1974
Galeria Lirolay, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002
Ten Years, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Suiza
Tempo, MoMA, Queens, NY, E.U.A.
2001
The Uncertain, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Espa?a
A misura d'lo, Galleria Cardi 7 Co. Milan, Italia
7th International Istanbul Biennial 2001, Estambul, Turquia
Content is a Glimpse, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
ARS 01, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finlandia
Trauma, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Escocia; Firstsite, Colchester; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Inglaterra
2000
Architecture and Memory: Kevin Appel, Guillermo Kuitca, Julie Mehretu, CRG Art Incorporated,
Arte Americana; Ultimo Decennio, Museo d'Arte della Citta di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italia
Telesthesia and amnescopia, The School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, E.U.A.
Art of the Americas from The Chase Manhattan Collection, Icon + Grid + Void, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Contra La Architectura, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Valencia, Espa?a
Living and Working in Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Viena, Austria
Early Works, Barbara Farber / La Serre, Trets, Francia
F( r)icciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Espa?a
1999
On the Table, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, E.U.A.
78th Exhibition of Artists Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, E.U.A.
Reality and Desire, Fundacion Joao Miro, Barcelona, Espa?a
1998
Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, Moderna Museet, Estocolmo, Suecia
Exterminating Angel, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, Francia
XXIV Bienal de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brasil
1997
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, Francia
Contemporary projects: Longing and Memory, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L.A., E.U.A.
4e Biennale de Lyon d'Art Contemporain, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, Francia
The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., E.U.A.
I Bienal de Arte Visuais do Mercosul, Fundacao Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brasil
Steirischer Herbst 97, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Europe - U.S.A. and the Epoch of Unimplosive Art, Palazzo Osterio Magno, Cefalu (Pa), Italia
Project Painting, Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Cartographers: Geo-Gnostic Projection for the 21st Century, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croacia; Center of Contemporary Art, Varsovia, Polonia; Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungria
1996
Distemper: Dissonant Themes in the Art of the 1990's, Hirshhorn and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., E.U.A.
Painting: The Extended Field, Magasin 3, Estocolmo, Suecia
Inklusion: Exklusion. Kunst im Zeitalter von Postkolonialismus und globaler Migration, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Sin Fronteras: Arte Latinoamericano Actual, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
1995
About Place: Recent Art of the Americas, The Art Chicago Institute, Chicago, IL, E.U.A.
Sleeper: Katharina Fritch, Robert Gober, Guillermo Kuitca, Doris Salcedo, Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego, San Diego, CA, E.U.A.
Repicturing abstraction, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Canada
'95 Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Corea
52nd Carnegie International,The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, E.U.A.
Galerie Vidal - Saint Phalle, Paris, Francia
Pittura - Immedia Malerei in den 90er Jahren, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum und kunstlerhaus, Graz, Austria
1994
Art on the map, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, E.U.A.
La Ville, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Francia
5 artistas de las Americas, Sandra Azcarraga, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Prints from Solo Press, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH, E.U.A.
Art from Argentina 1920 - 1994, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Inglaterra
Mapping, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Arrested Childhood, Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, E.U.A.
Writen, Spoken, Drawn, in Lacanian Ink, Thread Waxing Space, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
La Metafora Trovata, 30 anni, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Roma, Italia
Art from Argentina 1920-1994, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Inglaterra
Itinere, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Espa?a
Burnt Whole: Contemporary Artists Reflect on the Holocaust, Washington Project of the Arts, Washington, D.C.; The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA, E.U.A.
1993
The Spirit of the Drawing, Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, E.U.A.
Drawing the Line Against AIDS, Bienal de Venecia and AmFair International, Venecia, Italia; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Living with Art: The Collection of Ellyn & Saul Dennison, The Morris Museum, Nueva Jersey, E.U.A.
Cartographies: 14 Artists from Latin America, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela; Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, Colombia; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; The Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, Nueva York, E.U.A.; Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid, Espa?a; Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Alemania
1992
Greg Colson, Guillermo Kuitca, William Wegman, Sperone Westwater, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
Currents 1992: The Absent Body, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, E.U.A.; Documenta IX, Kassel, Alemania
La Coleccion del IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Espa?a
Artistas Latinoamericanos del Siglo XX, Estacion Plaza de Armas, Sevilla, Espa?a; Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Hotel des Arts, Paris, Francia, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
1991
Metropolis, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Alemania
Mito y Magia de los '80, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
1990
Homage to Van Gogh, Fundacion Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Paises Bajos
1989
New Image Painting, Argentina in the Eighties, Americas Society Art Gallery, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
U-ABC, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Paises Bajos
XX Bienal de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brasil
1987
Salon Internacional Bienal, San Jose, Costa Rica
1Arte Argentina 1810 - 1987, Istituto Italo - Latinoamericano, Roma, Italia
Art of the Fantastic, Latin - America, 1920 - 1987, Indianapolis Museum of Art; The Queens Museum, Nueva York, NY; Center for the fine Arts, Miami, FL; E.U.A.; Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
La Nueva Imagen, Dos Generaciones, Galeria Forum, Lima, Peru
Argentina, Pintura Joven, Galeria Arte Actual, Santiago de Chile, Chile
1985
XVIII Bienal de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brasil
Ideas e imagenes de la Argentina de hoy, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Del Pop Art a la Nueva Imagen,Galeria Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Montevideo, Uruguay
Instalaciones, Fundacion San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latinoamericanos en Nueva York, M13 Gallery, Nueva York, NY, E.U.A.
De la Nueva Figuracion y Nueva Imagen, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Soy loco por ti America, Auditorio H. Stern, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1984
Intergrafik '84, Berlin, Alemania
Artistas en papel, Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Tucuman, Argentina
Cambre-Kuitca-Marcaccio, Sala de la peque?a muestra, Rosario, Argentina
1983
Realismo, Tres Vertientes, Museo de America, Madrid, Espa?a; Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris, Francia
Sieben Maler aus Buenos Aires, DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Alemania
Buenos Aires a traves de sus artistas, Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Alemania; International Union of Architects, El Cairo, Egipto
7 Pintores..., Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
Expresiones '83, Museo de Arte Moderno, Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1982
La Nueva Imagen y Pintura Fresca, Galeria del Buen Ayre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grupo IIIII, Centro de Arte y Comunicacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
La Anavanguardia, Estudio Giesso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bienal Arche, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1981
25 a?os, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1980
Premio Braque, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS


Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
Contemporary Art Museum, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
Daros Services AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, France
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France
Fondation Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
IVAM, Valencia, Spain
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, USA
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museum de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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