Alex Villar (b. 1962, Brazil)
Using a variety of interdisciplinary sources, Villar explores video, installations, performance and photography. In 1998 he received an MFA from Hunter College, New York; in 2000 he participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program, funded by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. More often than not, his projects, which are a product of his individualised experience of urban oppression and architectural confinement, are involved in a critical dialogue with the public space. All his artistic endeavours share the focus on the thorough exploration of diverse cityscapes. He lives in New York.
Select solo exhibitions:
2006 Waste Management, New York, USA
2005 de-tour at uks, UKS, Oslo, Norway
2004 Upward Mobility, the New Museum, New York, USA
2004 Tropes and Thresholds, Signal, Malmo, Sweden
2003 Irrational Intervals and Other Ways, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, USA
2002 Irrational Intervals, World Financial Center, New York, USA
2002 Upward Mobility, Danger Museum project room, Institute of International Visual Arts (InIVA), London, UK
2001 Back and Forth, Vacancy Gallery, New York, USA
2001 Not a Place, Joanna Kamm Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2001 Other Ways, Art Container, New York, USA
2001 Other Ways, Tommy Lund Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Outerplace, Lichthaus, Bremen, Germany
2001 Temporary Occupations and Other Languages, Halle für Kunst, Luneburg, Germany
2011 Breaking into Business, Open City, Lublin
http://www.de-tour.org/post/4406281468/breaking-into-business