Learning the Language (Present Continuous I), 2018. Video, color, sound, 18:25 min

Learning the Language (Present Continuous II), 2018. Video, color, sound, continuous loop (15:25 min cycle)

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Montevideo, Uruguay, 1975

Resides: New York, New York

Education: Malmö Art Academy, Sweden (Ph.D., 2019); New York University / International Center of Photography, New York (M.A., 2000); UCUDAL, Montevideo (B.A.,1998)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 “A Solo Exhibition,” Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam.
  “These Days,” Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin.
  “Tactics and Technics,” Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2018 “Learning the Language (Present Continous I),” Jeu de Paume, Paris.
  “Photographs in Different Sizes,” Parra Romero, Madrid.

2017 “Song,” Renaissance Society, Chicago.

“The Measure of Memory,” Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy.

“Public Process (Words Like Love),” SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York.

2016 “The Inner Shadow,” A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam.

“Untitled (with Booklet #16),” International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York.

2015 “Play,” Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin.

“Loyalties and Betrayals,” Murray Guy, New York.

“Prescribe the Symptom,” Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis.

“Alejandro Cesarco,” Kiria Koula, San Francisco.

“Some Other Examples,” Parra Romero, Madrid.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 “Tandem (with Tamar Guimarães),” Alexander and Bonin, New York.
“Portadores de Sentido, Contemporary Art in the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,” Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico.
“Insistir en lo mismo: Volver sobre una presencia sugerida,” Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellón, Spain.

2018 “Afinidades Afetivas,” 33rd São Paulo Biennial, Brazil.
“How to See [What Isn’t There]: A Group Show with Works from the Burger Collection,” Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany.
“Scripts,” Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany.
“We Do Not Know This to Be So,” Galeri Nev, Istanbul, Turkey.

2017 “An Inventory of Shimmers: Objects of Intimacy in Contemporary Art,” MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge.

Impermanencia, XII Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador.
“Modus Operandi,” Societé, Brussels.
“I Can Call This Progress to Halt,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE).
“Vasos Comunicantes,” Centro de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay.

2016 “Question the Wall Itself,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
“Let’s Be Open About… Conceptualism,” Dazibao, Montreal.
  “This Is Your Replacement, Sies und Höke,” Düsseldorf, Germany.
  “Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today,” Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City.
  “Poetry Passage#2,” National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic.
  “…and yet one more world,” Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2019 Partington, Gill. “His Back Pages,” London Review of Books (December 31).

Proctor, Jacob. “Alejandro Cesarco, Tanya Leighton,” Artforum (Summer).

Watlington, Emily. “Alejandro Cesarco, Tanya Leighton,” Art in America (May).

2018 Cristello, Stephanie. “Musical Grammar, Alejandro Cesarco: Song//Renaissance Society,” Seen Journal (April 17).

2017 Di Liscia, Valentina. “The Emotions of Interpretation,” Hyperallergic.com (December 3).

O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Alejandro Cesarco, Interview,” Artforum.com (November 29).  

2015 Allen, Gwenn. “Alejandro Cesarco, Kiria Koula,” Artforum (September).

Glessing, Jill. “Postcard from Madrid,” Frieze.com (August 17).

De la Villa, Rocío. “Memoria y Sensibilidad,” El Cultural, El Mundo (July 3).

McLean-Ferris, Laura. “Alejandro Cesarco: Loyalties and Betrayals,” Art Review (May).