Eduardo Muñoz
Ordoqui
Curriculum Vitae
Born in
Havana, Cuba, 1964.
Educational Experience:
2002-2005: Master
of Fine Arts. Studio Art. (Photography). University of Texas at Austin. Austin,
Texas, USA.
1985-1990:
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Art History. Universidad de La Habana, Cuba.
Graduated with honors. Award for the most outstanding student (in the area
of research) to the graduation thesis: "Study of the Warriors in the
Province of Matanzas" (co-written with Taiyana Pimentel-Paradoa). College
of Arts and Letters. University of Havana. (Course 1989-1990).
Fellowships and awards:
2007: Artpace International
Artist-in-Residence Program, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
2003: Austin Critics Table award for Best
Group show of the year, for the exhibit
"Digging Alone: Five Cuban Photographers" (as a curator),
Austin, Texas, USA.
2002: Austin Critics Table award for
outstanding male artist of the year, Austin, Texas, USA.
1998: The
Cintas Foundation, Inc. (Fellowship), Institute of International Education,
United Nations, New York, USA. (Appointed for photography).
1997: John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (Fellowship), New York, USA. (Appointed
for photography).
1992:
Salón de la Ciudad, Special mention of the jury, Havana, Cuba.
Solo exhibitions:
2007:
"New Works 07.2." Artpace, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
2004:
"Portable Worlds." Gallery 106,
Austin, Texas, USA.
2003:
"Marea baja." Galería
Foto fija, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Photographs: Arturo Cuenca and Eduardo Muñoz."
Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.
2001:
"Photographs." Gallery 106,
Austin, Texas, USA.
"Resurrecciones." Espai Xavier Miserachs, Palau de la Virreina,
Institut de Cultura de Barcelona,
Barcelona, Spain.
2000:
"Cartas por Sabina." Galería
Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico.
1999:
"Zoo-logos." Sala de Exposiciones de la Muralla Bizantina,
Cartagena, Spain.
"Destierros."
Fototeca de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
1998: "Banishments
(1996-98)." Image Room Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
"Entrando a la casa por la ventana." Galería Nacho
López, Fototeca del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia,
Pachuca, Mexico.
"Stealing into the House through the Window." Blue Sky
Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA.
1997: "Banishments."
Sicardi & Sanders Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.
1993:
"Zoo-Logos." Galería Nacho López, Fototeca
del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Pachuca, Mexico.
1992: "Zoo-Logos."
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
"D-Construcciones." Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas
y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
Group Exhibitions:
2009:
"Hasta la basura se separa
(Artcrush)." Box 13 Artspace, Houston, Texas, USA.
"Guangzhou Photo Biennial. Guangdong
Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China.
2006:
"Unbroken Ties (Sin rupturas). Dialogues in Cuban Art." Museum
of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, USA.
"Reencuentro." Convento de San Francisco, Ciudad de La Habana,
Cuba.
IX Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba.
"Artistas citados." Galería Nina Menocal, México
D.F.
2005:
"Viajeros: North American Artist/ Photographers' Images of Cuba." Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, USA.
"Plots and Schemes." Creative Research Lab, Austin, Texas, USA.
"Mapas Abiertos." Fototeca de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico;
Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Sala de exposiciones de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain; Fundación
Telefónica. Santiago de Chile, Chile; Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago
de Compostela, Spain; Bienal Fotonoviembre. Centro de fotografía Isla
de Tenerife, Spain.
2004:
"Circumstantial Views: Contemporary Photography by Arturo Cuenca,
Rogelio López Marín (Gory), Luis Mallo and Eduardo Muñoz
Ordoqui." INTAR Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
"Siete Miradas/Seven Visions: New World Photographers." University
of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
"Mapas abiertos. Fotografía latinoamericana (1991-2002)."
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Zapopan, Guadalajara Mexico.
"Ahora Es El Futuro/The Future Is Now." Paul Sharpe Contemporary
Art, New York, New York, USA.
"Intersections/ Intersecciones: an Exhibition on Cuban Artists."
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
2003: Art
Basel, Miami, USA.
"Mapas abiertos. Fotografía latinoamericana (1991-2002)."
Exposición: 18 de noviembre 2003-11 de enero 2004: Fundación
Telefónica, Madrid, Spain; 20 de noviembre 2003-15 de enero 2004: La
Virreina Exposiciones. Instituto de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
2002: "Water
Premonitions." Art Basel, Miami Beach, USA.
"Chance
Operation." Gallery 1313, Austin, Texas, USA.
"22 to watch: New Art in Austin." Austin Museum of Arts, Austin,
Texas, USA.
Feria
Internacional de arte, Monterrey, Mexico.
"La Huella múltiple." Fototeca de Cuba, Ciudad de la Habana,
Cuba.
2001:
"A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs
at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas,
USA.
"Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art
Galleries Collection." El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, USA;
El Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, University of Puerto Rico,
Río Piedros Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico; DuBois Gallery, Maginnes
Hall, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA.
"Puntos de giros y sus posibles conexiones." Centro de Desarrrollo
de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
USA.
Art
Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Chicago
International Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2000:
"Latin American Photographs, New Viewpoints." Visual Arts
Gallery, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
"Frontera." (IX Bienal Internacional de Fotografía, Mexico);
Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas,
Venezuela; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
(MARCO), Monterrey, Mexico, and Museo de la Fotografía, Oaxaca, Mexico.
"En el filo. Habitando el espacio." Museo de Arte
Moderno Juan Astorga Anta, Merida, Venezuela.
"Once Removed." San Francisco Camera Work, San Francisco, California,
USA.
1999: San Francisco International Art Fair,
San Francisco, California, USA.
"Passionate Visions." Bath House Cultural Center
Gallery, Dallas, Texas. USA.
Corredor Cultural de La Roma, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico
City, Mexico.
Bienal Internacional de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico
City, Mexico.
"Theater of the Memory: Five Cuban American Artist/
Photographers." Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, USA.
1998: "Ignition."
Haz Mat Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
"Cuba: 100 a–os de fotografía." Photo España.
Casa de América, Madrid; "La Mar de músicas." Sala
de la Muralla Bizantina, Centro Cultural Ramón A. Luzzy, Cartagena;
FNAC-Plaza de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
"CubaOn: Eleven Conceptual Photographers." Generous
Miracles Gallery, New York, USA.
1997: "Breaking
Barriers." Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
"Contemporary Images from Cuba." Paul Kopeikin Gallery,
Los Angeles, California, USA.
"M.A.P." (Media Arts Project), Amos Anderson Art Museum,
Helsinki, Finland.
"Beaux Arts Ball." Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas,
USA.
"Once Removed: The Photograph in Contemporary Cuban-American
Art." West Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, California,
USA.
"Group Exhibition." Sicardi & Sanders Gallery,
Houston, Texas, USA.
1996: "Foto
Forum." Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA.
1995: "Contemporary
Latin American Photography." Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas,
Texas, USA.
"Black and White." Sicardi & Sanders Gallery,
Houston, Texas, USA.
1994: "The
New Generation: Cuban Contemporary Photography." The Menil Collection at
Richmond Hall, FotoFest, Houston, Texas, USA.
"Nueva fotografía cubana." V Bienal de La Habana,
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
"Portraits." Houston Center for Photography, Houston,
Texas, USA.
1992: "Ten
Cuban Photographers." Archivo Fotografico Toscano, Florence, Italy;
Giovanni Corriani Photographic Competition, Art Institute of Siena, Italy;
Institute of Hispanic Culture, Munich, Germany.
"Cuban Photography 1959-1992." Neue Galerie, Berlin,
Germany.
"Salón de la Ciudad." Centro Provincial de Artes
Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
Publications:
2009:
2009 Guangzhou Photo Biennial (catalog). Guangdong Museum of
Art, Guangzhou, China.
2006:
Latin American Photography. Selections
from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection
(catalog). Lehigh University Art Galleries/ Museum Operation,
Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Unbroken Ties (Sin rupturas). Dialogues
in Cuban Art
(catalog). Museum of Latin American
Art, Long Beach, California, USA.
2005:
Viajeros: North American Artist/Photographers' Images of Cuba
(catalog). Lehigh University Art Galleries/ Museum Operation, Bethlehem, PA,
USA.
2003:
Mapas abiertos. Fotografía latinoamericana (1991-2002)
(catalog). Barcelona y Madrid, Lunwerg Editores y Fundación Telefónica.
2003. ISBN: 84-9785-039-4, Spain.
Fisura (magazine). Año 1, No. 3, Febrero, New York, USA.
2002:
"Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui ,
Photographer." Text by Heather
Brand. Tribeza (magazine). December, Austin, Texas, USA.
"22
to Watch: New Art in Austin" (catalog). Austin Museum of Art, Austin,
Texas, USA.
"Eduardo Muñoz: Exploring Personal History, Memory and
Separation." Text by Elizabeth Ferrer. Artlies (magazine). Issue
No. 33. Winter 2001-2002, Houston, Texas, USA.
2001:
"Sobre Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui." Text by Joaqu’n Ordoqui.
Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana (magazine). Verano-oto–o 2001, Madrid,
Spain.
"Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui." Text by Rob Curran. ArtLies
(magazine). Issue No. 31, Summer.
Houston, Texas, USA.
"'Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui." Text by Manuel García.
Lápiz (magazine). A–o XX, Núm. 171, Spain.
"Utopías privadas."
Text by Iván de la Nuez. "La Eterna miseria que es el acto
de recordar." Text by Juan Antonio Molina. Resurrecciones Eduardo
Muñoz Ordoqui (catalog). Ajuntament de Barcelona, Institut de Cultura,
Lunwerg Editores, Barcelona, Spain.
"Pagadera al regreso." Text by Juan Antonio Molina, Encuentro
de la Cultura Cubana (magazine). Invierno 2000-2001, Madrid, Spain.
1999:
"Entrando a la casa por la ventana." Text by Juan Antonio
Molina. Atlántica Internacional (magazine). Número 24,
Otoño, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
"Viaje a la fotografía ilusionista." Text by Juan Antonio
Molina. Revista Equis (magazine). N. 17,
septiembre, México, D.F.
1998:
Cuba: 100 años de fotografía (Antología de
la Fotografía Cubana 1898-1998) (book). Mestizo A.C./ Fototeca
de Cuba, Murcia, Spain.
1997:
"Zoo-logos o las termitas de la reducción." Text by
Juan Antonio Molina. Extra Cámara (magazine). N.11, Caracas,
Venezuela.
"Braking Barriers. Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Contemporary
Cuban Collection" (catalog). Museum of Art. Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
USA.
1995:
"Zoo-logos, or the Termites of Reduction." Text by Juan Antonio
Molina. Aperture (magazine). Fall, New York, USA.
1994:
"The New Generation. Contemporary Photography from Cuba."
Text by Wendy Watriss. Fotofest' 94 (catalog). Houston, Texas, USA.
1993:
"Elegía del cautivo." Text by Patricia Massé.
La Jornada (weekly). Núm. 201, 18 de abril, México, D.F.
"Zoo-logos o las termitas de la reducción." Text by Juan
Antonio Molina. La Jornada
(weekly). Núm. 189, 24 de enero, México, D.F.
Reviews:
2007:
"Old-fashioned Approach to Past."
Text by Dan R.
Goddard. San Antonio Express-News (newspaper). Sunday, August 5. San
Antonio, Texas, USA.
2004:
"Portable Worlds." Text by Jacqueline May. The Austin
Chronicle (weekly). Vol. 24 No. 14. December 3, page 92. Austin, Texas,
USA.
2003:
"Modern Vintage." Text by Kelly Klaasmeyer. Houston Press (weekly). May 1-7, page 49, Houston,
Texas, USA.
2002:
"El Malecón
habanero en dos visiones fotográficas." Text by José Antonio
Evora. El Nuevo Herald (newspaper). Sunday, December 8, Miami, Florida,
USA.
"Shades of the Future." Text by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. Austin
American Statesman (newspaper). 11 April, pages: 18-23, Austin, Texas,
USA.
Nexos (magazine). N. 292, abril, México, D.F.
2001:
"A Family Living Nowhere." Text by Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin.
Austin American-Statesman (newspaper). June 14, Austin, Texas, USA.
"Muñoz Ordoqui y el exilio." Text by J.V. El País
(newspaper). Marzo 7, Barcelona, Spain.
"Muñoz Ordoqui muestra en la Virreina sus imágenes de
dolor y violencia." Text by Angela Molina.
ABC (newspaper). Febrero 7, Barcelona, Spain.
"Transgressió fotográfica." Text by Meritxell Doncel.
AVUI Prensa Catalana S.A. (newspaper). Febrero 3, Barcelona, Spain.
2000:
"Once Removed." Text by Berin Golonu. Art Papers (magazine).
September-October, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
"Once Removed." Text by Lindsey Westbrook. The San Francisco
Bay Guardian (newspaper). April 5, page 98, San Francisco, California,
USA.
1998:
"Eduardo Muñoz: Imagenes del exilio." Text by Manuel
García. Unomásuno (newspaper). 17 de octubre, México
D.F.
"Cubaon: Eleven Conceptual Photographers." Text by Nicolas Guagnini.
Art Nexus (magazine). N.28 May-July, Bogotá, Colombia.
1997:
Los Angeles Times (newspaper). February 11, Los Angeles, California,
USA.
1996:
"Orígenes en la poesía de Orígenes."
Text by César López. Encuentro de la cultura cubana (magazine).
Núm. 2, otoño, Madrid, Spain.
1995:
"Una fotografía del cambio en Cuba." Text by Nelson
Herrera Ysla. Unión (magazine). Núm. 21, Ciudad de la
Habana, Cuba.
1994:
"Cuban Photography. Context and Meaning." Text by John Mraz.
History of Photography (magazine). Volume 18, No.1, Spring, Linacre
College, Oxford, United Kingdom.
"Cubas's Emerging Eyes." Text by Patricia C. Johnson. Houston
Chronicle (newspaper). March 27, Houston, Texas, USA.
"Cuban Photography Displays Creative Freedom." Text by Susan
Chadwick. The Houston Post (newspaper). March 25, Houston, Texas, USA.
"Socialist Surrealism." Text by Susie Kalil. Houston Press
(newspaper). March 31- April 6, vol. 6, num. 13, Houston, Texas, USA.
1993:
"La fotografia cubana dell' ultima generazione." Text by
Giovanna Chiti. AFT (magazine). Num. 17, Giugno, Florence, Italy.
1992:
Revue Noire (magazine). September, October and November, Paris,
France.
Permanent collections:
Fototeca de
Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Reinhard
Schultz Collection, Berlin, Germany.
Colección
JUMEX, Mexico.
Austin Museum
of Art, Austin, Texas, USA.
FotoFest,
Houston, Texas, USA.
The Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA.
Southeast
Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
The Museum
of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Lehigh
University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Center
for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.