Selected Biography

Alicia Framis was born in 1967 in Barcelona, Spain. She studied Fine Arts at the Barcelona University and at Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. She also completed her masters at the Institut d’Hautes Etudes, Paris and at the Rijksakademie Van Beelde Kunstende, Amsterdam. Alicia has lived and worked in Barcelona (1985-1990), Paris (1990-1993), and Amsterdam (1995-2005). She currently works in Shanghai.

(the biography is updated at the end of each year)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009

Ball Park, Galería Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain

Looking from the Outside, ArtAids, Barcelona, Spain

Minimal Histories, Galleri Box and Institute Cervantes, Göteborg, Sweden

Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia

abc Art Berlin Contemporary - def drafts establishing future, Berlín, Germany

Is this Spain? Saint Pancras Crypt Gallery, London, UK

Utopía? –Art and Human Rights, Addaya Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain

Auto, Sueño y Materia, Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain

Estuary biennale, Nantes, France

Contraseñas, Montehermoso Cultural Centre of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

The Show must go on, GMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell. Life experiences in art from Musac Collection, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest

Una fábrica, una máquina, un cuerpo... Arqueología …espacios industriales, La Panera, Lleida, Spain

URBANEA, Fundació Es Convent, Mallorca, Spain

200 years Prix de Rome, KunsthalRotterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009

Barbara Gross Galerie; Munich, Germany

GMG gallery, Moscow

New Buildings for China, Institute Cervantes, Beijing, China

PROJECTS 2009

LOST ASTRONAUT, PERFORMA, New York

FORBIDEN PLACES, ART AIDS, Barcelona

SOLO SHOWS 2008

Guantánamo Museum, curator: Montse Badía. Centre d’Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
Not for Sale (performance) Madrid Abierto, Madrid


GROUP SHOWS 2008

Zonas de Riesgo, curator: Ninfa Bisbe. Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain
Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris
“Wouldn’t it be nice… wishful thinking in art and design, Somerset House, London
Risque d'attente, Galerija Karas, Zagreb
Extraordinary rendition, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Imágenes a pie de calle, curator: Neus Miró, Festival Loop, Barcelona, Spain
“Wouldn’t it be nice…wishful thinking in art and design”, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
Locked-In, Images of Humanity in the Age of Intrusion, Casino de Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain, Luxemburg
War, Boudhi Art gallery, New Delhi

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007

CHINA WITH LOVE, Annet gelink Gallery, Amsterdam

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007
Pensa-Piensa-Think, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
Artist Pention Trust , Curator: Dan Cameron, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Montevideo program: Acciona, Observatori-festival. Valencia, Spain
After the News, BankART1929. Yokohama, Japan
MOCA Museum, Shanghai, China
Entreprise du lieu (curator Daniel Buren), POMMERY, Reims, France
Would be  so nice, Centre of Art Contemporaine, Genève

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006

Alicia Framis, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Acciones secretas, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Alicia Framis. Secret Strike, Mireille Mosler, Ltd, New York, USA
Secret Strike: Archivo momentos, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Partages, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux CACP, Budeaux, France.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006
Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin, Curator: Friederike Nymphius. Berlin, Garmany
On Mobility, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania.
59, Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Locarno, Suiss
Dresscode, Historisches und Voelkerkundemuseum (Borrower), St. Gallen, Swiss
Femmes d’Europe, Saint-Tropez, France
Alicia Framis. 8 de junio, las modelos libran. A Life in a Bag, Loewe 160 Years Anniversary, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid,
Fusión, MUSAC, León, Spain
INVIDEO, Milan, Italy
FASHION VICTIM, CRAC, Alsace, France
FASHIONS; Center of Contemporary Art in Leipzig, Germany
Secret Strike Tate Modern, Art Unlimited, Art 38 Basel, Basel, Swiss

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2005
Actions Tour, Cala San Vicente, Pollença, Palma de Mallorca. curator: Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes
Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Contemporary Visions, Photographs and videos from the Collection Helga de Alvear Oulu City Art Museum, Oulu, Finland (Cat.) 
Carrera de Fondo, Santa Inés exposition gallery, Curator: Margarita Aizpuru. (Cat.) Sevilla, Spain
Bodytalk, Museum Beelden aan Zee, El Cheveningen, The Netherlands
Pattern Language; Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, University of California;  Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Dreaming Bodies, Asahi Art Square, Tokio, Japan
Express yourself, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresde, Germany
Super, Bienal of Belgium, Hasselt, Belgium
On Mobility, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fascination, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm; Sweden; Museum of Modern Art of Bradford
Express yourself, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Pattern Language, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Pattern Language, Tufts Univeristy Art Gallery, Medford, MA, USA
Super, Bienal of Belgium, Hasselt, Belgium
Fascination, Museum Dusseldorf, Germany
Fascination, Museum in Bradford, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004

anti_dog, curator Gloria Picazo, Center of Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2004
No lo llames performance, Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
Hors d’ooeuvre: ordres et desordres de la noriture, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Hit and Run, Istanbul, Turkey
Dream Island, Riga, Leetonia
Video-shop, Zaragoza, Spain
Fashination, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Bodytalk, Beelden aan Zee, curator Anne Berk, The Hague, The Netherlands
Brave New World, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece
'Fuckin' Trendy, Kunsthalle Nuernberg, curator Ellen Seiferman, Nuernberg, Germany
The violence of the tone, curator Anders Kreuger, W139, Amsterdam
Women video artists, UNESCO, Paris
We are the world, Museum Boijmas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Utopia Station, curator Hans Ubrist, Napoli, Italy
Utopia Station, curator Hans Ubrist, Munich, Germany
Revolving Doors, Fundacion Telefonica, curator Montse Badia, Madrid, Spain
No lo llames performances, Centro Andaluz Art Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2003

Muebles de tiempo, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Anti_dog, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Anti_dog, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsinborg, Sweden
Anti_dog, performance, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Anti_dog, performance, Metronom, Barcelona, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003
We are the world, Venice Biennale Dutch Pavilion, curator Rein Wolf, Venice, Italy
Fantastic, MassMoca, curator Nato Thompson, Massachusetts, USA
Anti_dog, Rituals, Berlin, Germany
Pequenas politicas, EAC, Castellon, Spain
Utopia Station, Venice Biennale, curators Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Molly Nesbitt, Italy
Kidea, Tuscia Electra, Florence, Italy
Armour, curator Lidewij Edelkoort, Fort Asperen, The Netherlands
No lo llames performances, Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2002

Anti_dog, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anti_dog, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2002
Projects Centre D'Art Santa Monica, curator Montse Badia, Barcelona, Spain
Montevergini, Galleria Civica d'arte contemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, curator Ami Barak, Montpellier, France
Catalan International Artists Palau Sorajec, curator: Josep Miquel Garcia, Mallorca, Spain
Museum Dhondt - Dhaenens, curator: Edith Doove, Deurle, Belgium

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2001

Minibar, Arco, Madrid, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001
2nd Berlin Biennale, curator Saskia Bos, Berlin, Germany
Sonsbeek 9: Locus/Focus, curator Jan Hoet, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Squatters, Fundacion Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Triennale Yokohama, Curator Nabuo Nakamura, Japan
Artline 5: Interaktionen Natur & Architektur, curator Jan Hoet, Borken, Germany
Silhouettes and Shadow, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Demonstration Room: Ideal House, The Big Show, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Vostestaqui, Palau de la Virreina, curator Chus Martinez, Barcelona, Spain
Parasites, Stork area, SKOR/AFK Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2000

Remix Buildings- Proposals, Pand Paulus, Schiedam, The Netherlands
Remix Buildings, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
 -Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2000
Loneliness in the City/Einsamkeit in der Stad -Inventions against Loneliness, Zurich, Switzerland
Loneliness in the City/Yksinnaisyys Kaupungissa-World record of Contact, Helsinki, Finland
Loneliness in the City/Soledad en la cuidad- Remix, Macba, Barcelona, Spain
Over the Edges, SMAK, curator Jan Hoet, Ghent , Belgium
I made a list of things I'm going to do: ... Plan B, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Etats des lieux # 1, Nicolas Bourriaud, Fribourg, Switzerland
Domestic Loneliness, a project by Alicia Framis with Stefan Banz, Otto Berchem, Fortuyn / O'Brien, Una Henry, Johannes Schwartz, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zona F, EACC, Castellon, Spain
Miradas indiscretas, fundacion la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Living Apart Together, Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Ideas for living, ACHK-de Paviljoens, curator Janwillem Poels, Almere, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1999

Architectura Integrada, Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1999
Indoor, with a.o. Jimmie Durham, Musée art contemporain, Lyon, France
EXTRAetORDINAIRE Le printemps de Cahors, 9e édition, Cahors, France
Loneliness in the City/ Einsamkeit in der Stadt- Der Paradies so nah, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Germany,
Loneliness in the City/Eenzaamheid in de stad- LOCO, CBK Dordrecht, The Netherlands
12e mois de l'Image de Dieppe, dualité, Hotel de Ville de Dieppe, France
Sympathikus, Einblicke in das vegetative Nervensystem der Kunst von heute, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Go Away, Artists and Travel, curated by final year students on the Royal College of Art's MA in Visual Arts Administration, Royal College of Art, London, Great Brittain
Private Room, Public Space, ACHK De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1998

Hijas sin hijas / daughters without daughters, Alicia Framis, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Dreamkeeper, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1998
Pictures for the Blue Room, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
Projetto indoor, work in progress, Zerynthia, Centro Civico per l'Arte
Contemporanea, Spain
La Grancia, Serre di Rapolano, Italy
La terre est ronde, nouvelle narration, Musée Départemental de
Rochechouart, Haute Vienne, France
Manifesta II, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Irony, Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Self - Portraits, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands and
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium