CAROLINA CAYCEDO
London, 1978.
BIO
Carolina Caycedo (1978, lives in Los Angeles) was born in London to Colombian parents. She transcends institutional spaces to work in the social realm, where she participates in movements of territorial resistance, solidarity economies, and housing as a human right. Carolina’s artistic practice has a collective dimension to it in which performances, drawings, photographs and videos are not just an end result, but rather part of the artist’s process of research and acting. Through work that investigates relationships of movement, assimilation and resistance, representation and control, she addresses contexts, groups and communities that are affected by developmental projects, like the constructions of dams, the privatization of water, and its consequences on riverside communities.
She has developed publicly engaged projects in Bogota, Quezon City, Toronto, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Lisbon, San Juan, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Mexico DF, Tijuana, and London. Her work has been exhibited worldwide with solo shows at Vienna Secession, Intermediae-Matadero Madrid, Agnes B Gallery Paris, Alianza Francesa Bogotá, Hordaland Kunstsenter Bergen, 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, and DAAD Gallery in Berlin. She has participated in international biennials including Sao Paulo (2016), Berlin (2014), Paris Triennial (2013), New Museum (2011), Havana (2009), Whitney (2006), Venice (2003) and Istanbul (2001). In 2012, Caycedo was a DAAD Artist-in-Berlin resident. She has received funding from Creative Capital, California Community Foundation, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Harpo Foundation, Art Matters, Colombian Culture Ministry, Arts Council UK, and Prince Claus Fund.
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CAROLINA CAYCEDO
London, 1978. Lives and works in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
MFA. Roski School of Fine Arts. University of Southern California. Los Angeles.
BFA. Los Andes University. Bogotá, Colombia.
GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES / AWARDS (selection)
2017
Artist in Residence. Main Museum. Los Angeles.
Visual Artists Fellowship. California Community Foundation. Los Angeles.
2016
Artist in residency program FAAP/Biennial Sao Paulo. Brazil.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant. USA.
Traveling Grant. Ministry of Culture. Colombia.
2015
Creative Capital Visual Arts Award. USA
Harpo Foundation Visual Artist Grant. USA
2014
Art Matters Grant. USA.
Traveling Grant. Ministry of Culture. Colombia.
2013
Rethinking Public Space. Grant Collaboration. Prince Claus Fund. Amsterdam.
2012
DAAD. Artists-in-Berlin Residency Program. Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (selection)
2017
HUNGER AS TEACHER. Commonwealth and Council. Los Angeles. (Upcoming)
CONJURO DE LA LOCURA. NUMU. Guatemala. (Upcoming)
2015
HUILA’S BLEEDING. Video report and text commission. Creative Time Reports.
CUERPOS DE AGUA. Mas Arte Mas Acción. Huila and Bogota, Colombia.
ONE BODY OF WATER. The Bowtie Project, Clockshop. Los Angeles.
2014
GEOCHOREOGRAPHIES. Rural public spaces in Huila, Colombia.
LA TIERRA DE LOS AMIGOS. Instituto de Vision. Bogota.
LAND OF FRIENDS. Gayle and Ed Roski Gallery. Los Angeles.
2013
THE HEADLONG STREAM IS TERMED VIOLENT, BUT THE RIVER BED HEMMING IT IN IS TERMED VIOLENT BY NO ONE. DAAD Gallery. Berlin, Germany. (Brochure)
BE DAMMED. 18th Street. Santa Monica, California.
HUMANE MATERIALE II. Dispari&Dispari. Reggio Emilia, Italy.
CRIMINAL WOMEN. Galerie du Jour. Agnes B. Paris, France.
LESS THAN LETHAL. Zona Maco Sur. Mexico. (Catalog)
2012
HUMANE MATERIALE. Hordaland Kunstsenter. Bergen, Norway
CRIMINAL WOMEN. Frieze Frame. London, UK. (Catalog)
COSTO SENTIMENTAL. Galeria La Central, Bogota.
2010
LA STARGATE. Intermediae, Matadero. Madrid, Spain. (Brochure)
MUJERES EN MI. Solo Projects ARCO. Madrid, Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (selection)
2017
A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY. LACMA- PST Getty. Los Angeles. (UPCOMING)
LA VUELTA: CONTEMPORARY ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY FROM COLOMBIA. Chapelle du Méjan. Les Rencontres de la Photographie. Arles, France. (UPCOMING)
A DECOLONIAL ATLAS. Vincent Price Art Museum. Los Angeles. (UPCOMING)
HABITAR, SER Y SENTIR LAS FRONTERAS. Cámara de Comercio. Bogota.
ALMOST THERE. Vargas Museum. Quezon City, Philippines.
2016
INCERTEZA VIVA. 32nd Bienal de Sao Paulo.
AUN. 44 Salón Nacional de Artistas. Museo de Arte de Pereira, Colombia.
EL ORIGEN DE LA NOCHE. Museo Universidad Nacional. Bogota
LIMA INDEPENDIENTE #6. Festival International de Cine. Lima.
THE DISTANCE PLAN: CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Human Resources. Los Angeles.
THE ARTISTS’ LIBRARY. LAXART. Los Angeles.
GEOGRAFIAS DE LA DIASPORA-ATLAS. Camara de Comercio. Bogota.
BEYOND 2 DEGREES . MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.
2015
SOMETHING ELSE. Off Biennale Cairo. Egypt
THE REFLECTION OF THE MINERAL, THE (RE)ACTION OF THE IMAGE. Sining Makiling Gallery, University of the Philippines, Los Banos.
THE WORLD IN WHICH WE OCCUR. XII Baltic Triennial. Four Sessions:The Pharmakon. Vilnius.
HTUOS/HTRON. Nuit Blanche Toronto. With Cambalche Collective. Toronto.
EN Y ENTRE GEOGRAFÍAS. MAMM. Medellin.
2014
VIII FESTICINE. San Agustin Film Festival . Colombia.
TERRICOLA. Museo de Arte de Pereira. Colombia.
ACCIONES TERRITORIALES. ExTeresa, Mexico City.
COMPASSION FATIGUE. New Wight Biennial. UCLA, Los Angeles.
8 BERLIN BIENNIAL. KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Berlin.
PAISAJES HIDRICOS / WATERSCAPES. Centro Colombo-Americano. Medellín.
2013
THE PHYLOGENESIS OF GENEROSITY. Prinzessinnengarten. Berlin
THE PAST IS PRESENT. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, US. (Catalog)
2012
HERE, THERE AND ELSWHERE. SFMOMA, San Francisco.
MATERIAL INFORMATION. Kunstmuseene. Bergen, Norway.
BOGOTA PAVILLION. 9th Shanghai Biennale.
AGENCY OF UNREALIZED PROJECTS. DAAD Gallery. Berlin, Germany.
POPÓ DE PARIS. Galerie Sultana. Paris.
BOTH ENDS. Edel Assanti. London.
INTENSE PROXIMITY. La Triennale. Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2017
The Extractivist Zone. Macarena Gomez-Barris. Duke University Press. Durham and London.
(Upcoming)
Almost There: A Genealogy of Struggles. The Philippine Star. 6 March.
Vigilia en Manila recuerda la muerte de activistas medioambientales. EFE/EPA. 4 March.
2016
Dias de Estudo. Incerteza Viva. 32 Bienal Sao Paulo. Ed. Rjeille, Isabela. Sao Paulo.
Creer en el Amor Despues de la Muerte? Maria Wills. Revista Arcadia, Bogota. Nov. 26
Despues de la Identidad: Cuerpo en in-disciplina. Felix Suazo. Trafico Visual, Caracas. Nov. 10
Aun: 44 Salon Nacional Pereira. Ericka Florez. Terremoto. Oct. 20, 2016.
Uncertainty in Brazil, Vitality in Its Arts. Martha Schwedener. New York Times. Oct. 11, 2016.
La Magia de la Amazonia se Trasladan a Bogota. Maria Toro. El Tiempo, Bogota. Oct, 4.
Sao Paulo Biennial, A Leap Into the Unknown. Maya Jaggi. Financial Times. Sep.16, 2016
A Sao Paulo Biennial in Praise of Uncertainties. Tatiana Schilaro. Sep.13, 2016. ArtNews.
Nehum Home e uma Ihla. Marion Strecker. Revista SeLecT Ed No. 31. Sept. Sao Paulo.
A Ecologia aparece em diferentes níveis na 32a Bienal de Sao Paulo. Camila Molina. Estadao. Sao Paulo, Brazil. June 15, 2016.
Sabotage Art: Politics and Iconoclasm in Contemporary Latin America. Ed. Halart and Polgovsky. I.B. Taurus. London. May 2016.
Embracing the Sao Paulo Biennial’s Acute Uncertainty. Juan Jose Santos. MOMUS. May 4, 2016
Inverted Visuality: Against the Flow of Extractivism. Macarena Gomez-Barris. Journal of Visual Culture. April, 2016.
Las Historias de Los Ríos. Paola Moreno. Arcadia. Apr. 23, 2016
Creative Time Empowers Artists to Report on Global News Issues. Les Neuhaus. Ivoh. Feb 22.
Art and the Magdalena River. International Rivers Blog. Jan. 7. 2016
2015
From Deforestation to Disappeared Populations. Bansie Vasvani. Hyperallergic. Oct.13 2015.
Colombia’s Arts Scene Heats Up. Kelly Crow. The Wall Street Journal. June 26, 2015.
Seis Nuevas Caras Colombianas en ARCO. Ángeles García. Babelia, El Pais. Feb. 20, 2015.
13 LA Artists Awarded The Creative Capital Artists Grants. Carolina Miranda. Los Angeles Times. Jan.9, 2015.
2014
Geocoreografias, al Ritmo del Territorio. Laura Perdomo. SurRegion. Neiva, Colombia. Aug. 22.
Berlin Biennale Tells Tales Old and New. Michael Turner. Canadian Art.une 25, 2014.
8th Berlin Biennale. Adam Kleinman. Art Agenda. May 29.
Lost in the Berlin Biennale: A First Look. S.Hornung and R.Pettifer. ARTslant. May.
Carolina Caycedo: Be Dammed. Victor Albarracín. Artishock. March. Chile
Terrorists Trasngressions. Ed. Malvern and Koureas. IB Tauris, London.
2013
Geochoreographies: Carolina Caycedo Versus Social and Natural Erasure. Interview with Pilar Tompkins. Artbound, KCET. Dec 10, 2013
Carolina Caycedo: Der reißende Strom. Raimar Stange. Zitty, Taggesspiegles. Dec, 13. Berlin
2012
TRANSPOLITIC: ART IN COLOMBIA 1992-2012. Ed. José Roca and Sylvia Suarez. Paralelo 10. Bogotá, Colombia.
RAÍCES, RUTAS Y OTROS RADICALISMOS. Maria Clara Bernal. Revista ERRRATA #5.
Oct-2012. Idartes. Bogota.
HOGAR DE ULTRAMAR. Carolina Caycedo. ERRATA #5. Oct-2012. IDARTES. Bogotá.
LIVING AS FORM. Ed. Nato Thompson. MIT Press. Cambridge, US.