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STATEMENT
A boundary is not that at which something stops but, as the Greeks recognized, the boundary is that from which something begins its presencing.
Martin Heidegger, “Building, dwelling, thinking”
I create surfaces, membranes, screens, borders, skins and wrappings that talk about boundaries, differences and similarities. I have been using these surfaces to make sculptures that create poetics. Some of these sculptures have more recognizable forms like torsos, traffic cones or dresses, and others have more abstract forms like vessels or drops. They are displayed in groups or multiplicities in the form of installations. Their ethereal quality makes them have a stronger emotional and visual impact, as does their gathering. I build interior and exterior spaces within the object, but also within the installation. My pieces show a skin that you have left, which is the wrapping of something; it covers it, but makes it desirable at the same time. This skin becomes the boundary.
“Im(possible) interventions” are a series of sculptures, that exist as an installation. They are small-scale sculptures made by using techniques and materials that usually are not associated with large-scale structures or public sculpture. These materials include twigs, animal fiber, vegetable fiber. After constructing the sculpture I identify a locale where I imagine placing the sculpture if it were enlarged. I take photographs of the place and digitally locate the sculpture in the chosen site, creating the illusion of large scale public interventions. My photomontages are “(im) possible interventions” because they challenge our sense of space, place, and scale while engaging questions around popular tourist/travel photography as well as the aesthetics of interventions and public sculptures.
Micaela de Vivero
e-mail: micaelavive@hotmail.com
web-site: http://www.micaelavivero.com/
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2007 |
Das Land Steiermark, Austria, Stipend |
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International Artists Stipend |
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2007 |
Denison University, USA |
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Durf Grant Receipient |
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2005 |
Jakob und Emma Windler Stiftung, |
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Stadt Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, Stipend |
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2005 |
Denison University, USA |
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Mellon and Durf Grant Recepient |
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2003 |
College Arts Association, USA |
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International Travel Grant |
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2003 |
Unesco - Aschberg Grant Recepient |
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2001 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Grant, USA |
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1997 |
New York State School of Ceramics at Alfred University, USA |
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Grant for realization of MFA studies |
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Residencies: |
2007 - 2008 |
RONDO, Marienmuehle, Graz, Austria |
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(residency from October 2007 to February 2008) |
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2007 |
Koli Ryynanen, Koli, Finland |
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(residency during May and June) |
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2005 |
Chretzeturm, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland |
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(residency during June, July and August 2005) |
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2003 |
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland |
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(residency during June, July |
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and August 2003, with the Unesco-Aschberg as partner institution) |
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2001 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA |
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(residency during July and August 2001) |
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Awards: |
2004 |
Salón Nacional de Arte El Comercio, Quito- Ecuador |
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Honorary Mention |
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Solo Exhibitions: |
2009 |
Espacio Arte Actual, Quito, Ecuador |
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"Camuflajes Turísticos " , January 6- 30 |
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2008 |
Harry Krugg Gallery, PSU, Pittsburg, KA, USA |
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"(Im)possible Interventions", October 7- November 11 |
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2008 |
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, USA |
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"Tourist Series", August 20 - September 12 |
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2007 |
Kolin Kulmakiven Galleria, Koli, Finland |
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"Akka Koli" , June 17- June 25 |
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2007 |
1078 Gallery, Chico, CA, USA |
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"Global Circulation", May 4- June 2 |
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2006 |
Bruce Gallery, Edinboro, PA, USA |
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"Fit the Profile" , September 6-28 |
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2005 |
Chretzeturm, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland |
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"Zeigt her Eure Huete" , August 15-20 |
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2003 |
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA |
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"Order Words" , September 5- 23 |
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2002 |
El Conteiner, Quito, Ecuador |
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"Contenedores" , July 30- August 16 |
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1998 |
Rhodes Room, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA |
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"Peanutcocha" |
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1998 |
Cell Space, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA |
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"Peanutería II" |
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2009 |
CERES Gallery, New York City, NY, USA |
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"Ineffable/Woman", Februaury 24 - March 21 |
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2009 |
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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"Ineffable/Woman", Februaury 24 - March 21 |
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2008 |
Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH, USA |
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"Latino Arts/ OHIO 2008", August 25 - September 19 |
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2008 |
RONDO, Graz, Austria |
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Artists in Residence Exhibition, January 10 - 20 |
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2007 |
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, USA |
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Portal Spaces, December 2006- March 2007 |
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2005 |
Denison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH, USA |
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"Tangents" , February 11- March 11 |
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2004 |
Centro Cultural de la PUCE, Quito, Ecuador |
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IX Salón Nacional de Artes, Fundación El Comercio |
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March 19- April 21 |
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2003 |
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland |
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Process Room, "Order Words I" , July 29- August 24 |
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Courtyard, "Order Words II" , August 12- 17 |
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2001 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA |
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Artists in Residency Exhibition, August 17 |
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2000 |
Parque Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador |
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"Desconsiderare", December 2,3,4 |
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2000 |
Hacienda La Avelina, Lasso, Ecuador |
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"Entrópico-Enpáramo", June 24 |
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1999 |
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA |
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MFA Thesis Exhibition, April 10-14 |
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1998 |
Fireplace Room, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA |
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Graduate Students Exhibition |
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1998 |
Student Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA |
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Graduate Students Exhibition |
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1996 |
Escuela de Ingenieros, Quito, Ecuador |
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BA Exhibition |
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Collections: |
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Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
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Privat Collections in Ecuador and Finland |
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Conferences: |
2008 |
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria |
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" Tourist Series," January 8 |
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2006 |
7th Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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"From a Developing Country to Developing Processes" , Jan. 11-14 |
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2004 |
Popular Culture Association, Edition 27, San Diego, California, USA |
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"Developing Processes" , March 23-26 |
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Collective Projects |
2006 |
Paralell Projects to "Closing Time" a project for the Paris Biennale |
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"Un par de combos para la memoria"/ "Puntos de Contacto" |
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October 6 and 12 |
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2005 |
Denison University, Granville, OH |
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" Contained" |
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October 7 and 8 |
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Public Projects: |
2002 |
Quito,Ecuador |
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"Contact Points/ 8 hours on the route" |
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December 17 |
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2002 |
Santo Domingo Plaza, Quito, Ecuador |
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Conmemorative installation |
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"About liberty" |
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May 17-24 |
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2002 |
House of Cultural Patrimony, Quito, Ecuador |
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"In my house there is a pool" |
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April 25 |
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Work forConsultation:
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2006 |
Interferencia 2006, Barcelona, Spain |
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"Order Words II (survey) |
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July 10- 16 |
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Publications:
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2009 |
Vanguardia, weekly newsletter from Ecuador, January 13 - 19, 2009 |
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2009 |
El Telégrafo, daily newspaper, Guayaquil - Ecuador, January 16, 2009 |
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2009 |
Hoy, daily newspaper, Quito - Ecuador, January 7, 2009 |
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2008 |
LatinArt.com, online source of Latin Art, November 11, 2008 |
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2008 |
Columbus Alive, newsletter, September 1, 2008 |
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2008 |
"Tourist Series", postcardbook by Micaela de Vivero |
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with introduction by X. Andarde |
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2007 |
Kulturnewsletter, cultural newsletter, Steiermark, Austria, December, 2007 |
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2004 |
Exhibition Catalogue, Salón Nacional El Comercio |
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