Alejandro Diaz
Installation view of Cardboard Signs Series, 2003–ongoing, at Sara Meltzer Gallery, 2007.
Permanent marker on cardboard, dimensions variable.
Installation view of China Poblano, 2007, at “Surge” 798 Art Festival, Beijing, 2007. Vinyl banner, and ink and permanent marker on cardboard, dimensions variable. Courtesy Artist Network.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: San Antonio, Texas, 1963
Resides: Queens, New York
Education: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (M.A., 1999);
University of Texas at Austin (B.F.A., 1987)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005
“A Can for All Seasons,” Public Art Fund, New York.
2003
“Back in 5 Minutes,” Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas.
2001
“Souvenirs,” Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn.
2000
“A Million Dollars,” Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts.
1996
Artpace, San Antonio, Texas.
1995
“Introductions ’95,” Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
“Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Catalogue.
“A New Cosmopolitanism: Preeminence of Place in Contemporary Art,” California State University, Fullerton.
“What Do You Care?” Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles.
2007
“Ceci n’est pas . . . (This is not . . .),” Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York.
“Surge,” 798 Art Festival, Beijing.
2006
“Light/Art: Mystic, Crystal, Revelation,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum, California.
“Tres Años, Tres Amigos, Trés Chic,” New World Museum, Houston.
“Art on Paper 2006,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina.
“Body Double,” Forum + Elzbieta Koscielak Gallery, Cultural Center Zamek Lesnica Castle, Wroclaw, Poland.
2005
“Gift: Wrap and Set Boutique,” Julia Friedman Gallery, New York.
“Cheap and Chic,” Galeria O-Itatti, Mexico City.
“The Superfly Effect,” Jersey City Museum, New Jersey.
2004
“Talespinning: Selections Fall 2004,” The Drawing Center, New York.
“Open House: Working in Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
“Pequeñas Escenas,” Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile.
“Postcards from Cuba: Selections from the 8th Havana B iennial,” Heine Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway.
2003
“I (Heart) CUBA,” 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
2002
“Queer Visualities: Reframing Sexuality in a Post-Warhol World,” Stony Brook University, New York.
2000
“S-Files,” El Museo del Barrio, New York.
“Latino Redux: A collection of Stories, Lies, and Embellishments,” University of North Texas State, Denton.
“Showroom,” The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, New York.
1997
“Simply Beautiful,” Contemporary Art Museum Houston. Catalogue.
Selected Bibliography
2008
Knight, Christopher. “Phantom Sightings at LACMA,” Los Angeles Times (April 15).
Robinson, Walter. “Fair Weather?” Artnet Magazine (March 28).
2007
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review,” The NewYork Times (August 3).
Rosenberg, Karen. “An Afternoon in Chelsea,” New York Magazine (July, 23).
Ryan, Jeffrey. “What Do You Care?” Frieze (December 2).
2004
Glueck, Grace. “Working Words into Images,” The New York Times (September 24).
Herzberg, Julia. “8th Havana Biennial,” ArtNexus (April).
Stone, Laurie. “Sharon Hayes,” Out (November).