Juan Carlos Alom (born December 1964 in

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. Alom is a photographer, documentary and experimental filmmaker. His artistic career started in the 1990s in Havana. In 2023, Alom was the Mellon Artist in Residence at Hemisphere Institute, from the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics

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Solo exhibitions

Alom's work has been exhibited in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South Africa. * 2013 - ''1989-2012 Fotografías de Juan Carlos Alom'', BuzzArt, Miami * 2009 - Esperamos en el Monte Claro, Galería Villa Manuela,

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. * 2003 - Ritual a la Ceiba. 8th

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. * 2001 - Shifting Tides: Cuban photography after the Revolution. Tim B. Wride,

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, LA. * 2001 - Sombras Espesas. Throckmorton Gallery,

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. * 2000 - Sombras Secretas, Throckmorton Fine Art,

. * 1998 - Iturralde Gallery,

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. * 1996 - ''" The Dark Book/El Libro Oscuro. Juan Carlos Alom"'', Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc.,

* 1996 - ''"El voluble rostro de la realidad "'', Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales( CDAV),

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

* 1995 - ''"Arenas Movedizas"'' together with Luis Gómez this was part of a very large visual event "''Una de Cada Clase"'' organized by Ludwig Foundation in

. * 1990 - ''"Laura"'', Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.

Group exhibitions

* 2020 - ''Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection'',

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* 2004 - ''"Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana"'', Fundación Telefónica,

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* 2004 - ''"Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana"''; Palau de la Virreina,

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* 1999 - ''"

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"'', Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales,

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. * 1999 - ''"Latinoamérica 92"'', Kuntbysningen,

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Screenings

* 2009 - Experimental video and video art: Artists from Cuba. Museo D'Antioquia,

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. * 2009 - Diario. Salle Zero, Alianza Francesa, Havana, Cuba. * 2008 - Habana Solo. Visionarios, Audiovisual en Latinoamérica,

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: Itaú Cultural,

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. * 2008 - Las ciudades invisibles, Videos sobre Arte, Arquitectura y Ciudad. Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos,

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. * 2007 - Ultramar, Videoartistas hispanoamericanos. Centro Cultural

. * 2007 - Habana Solo. Ambulante Gira de Documentales,

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* 2006 - Fast Forward III, 28 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano,

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. * 2004 - Presentación de Habana Solo, 15 min en película de 16 mm. Video Marathon.

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, NY. * 2004 - Pabellón Cuba, 35 mm b/n 54´. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba. * 2004 - Iroko. 16 mm b/n 15´. Ciudadela La California. 8th

, Cuba. * 2003 - 17e Encontres video art plastique. Wharf Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie,

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Collections

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, Minneapolis * Ludwig Forum for International Art,

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* Fototeca de Cuba,

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* IF, Milan, Italy *

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* FOTOFEST,

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Publications

* Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, & Gregory Tozian; ''Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures''; ( Atria Books/ Beyond Words 1999); * José Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; ''Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century''; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); * José Veigas; ''Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx''; (California Intl Arts 2004);

References

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