Maria Jose Arjona

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1973, Santa Fe de Bogot�, Colombia /CO
Lives: Miami /US

Education
MFA, Superior Academy of Art of Bogota /CO, 1994 - 2000

Group Exhibitions
2011
Coca-colonized, MARTE Museum in San Salvador
Abito / Dress, performance, Bologna Art Fair / I
Tell me a story because I can�t sleep, performance, New York / USA
Vires, performance, The Foundation 3/14 and the Culture Network DSV, Bergen, Oslo / N
Verb, performance, Salon Nacional de artistas, Ministery of Culture, Cartagena, CO

2010
Post-Affirmations, documentation, featured by Galerie Anita Beckers / DE, at Volta NY / US
Retorno, documentation, Museum of Contemporary Art of Medellin, Medellin, New York / US
The Artist is Present, re-enactment, performer for the Marina Abramovic Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
Vires, performance, Contemporary Art Museum of Donna Regina (M.A.D.R.E), Napoli / I
Vires, performance, Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio, Bologna / I
2009
Four-legged Animals, video-performance, Galerie Anita Beckers | Frankfurt / DE
Affirmations (Performance), featured by Galerie Anita Beckers | Frankfurt / DE at Pulse Miami � performance program / US
Cleaning the House. Workshop with Marina Abramovic, Watermill Brooklyn Gallery, New York/ US
Constellations. Performance. Watermill Center, Ney York, US.
Untitled, In � Transit . Performance, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin/ DE
A line of thought, a line of action, a line. Performance. Artist in Residency Program. Watermill Center, New York/ US
Lineamentum. Alcuadrado Arte Actual. Bogot�/ CO

2008
The white series. Gallery Diet. Miami/ US
History. Performance. Thrid Guangzhou Triennale. China/ CN
Sin remedio. Alcuadrado Arte Actual. Bogot�/ CO

2007
Untitled. Performance. Salon Arte- Camara- Artbo. Bogot�/ CO
Particulars. Gallery Diet. Miami/ US
Time. Performance. Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lia Bermudez. Venezuela/ VE

2006
Art Bus at ARCO. Video-Performance. ARCO. Madrid/ ES
Fake. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Miami/ US
As if by magic. Art Center/ South Florida. Miami/ US

2005
Expires By�. Performance. Art Center/South Florida. Miami / US.
The lore of flight. Performance. Miami Light Project. Miami / US
Body over water. Performance. The Ballroom Marfa. Texas / US.
Time. Performance. Damien-B Contemporary Art Center Miami / US.
Vivo. Video-performance. Galleri Se. Bergen / NO
Body over water. Performance. Frost Museum (FIU). Miami/ US.
Quid pro Quo. Installation. Art center/south Florida. Miami/ US.
Sweet Basil. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Miami/ US

2004
Vivo. Video-Performance. Don�t call it performance. Museo Del Barrio. NY / US
Museo Universitario del Chopo. Juarez, Mexico City / MEX
Figures. Drawings for a performance piece. Dorsh Gallery. Miami/ US
A Thousand Beautiful Things. Performance and installation. Damien B. Miami/US

2003
Winged Ally. Drawings. BASS MUSUEM OF ART. Miami / US
Corn Mantra (Variation). Performance and Installation. Arte Americas, Coconut Grove Convention Center. Miami/ US
Vivo (�Live�). Axis Lab. Miami/ US
Entities of Power. Objects. Summer Sculpture Show. Dorsch Gallery. Miami/US
Only in present tense. Performance. The Center. Miami/ US
365 kisses. Performance. The Center . Miami/ US
Vault. Performance. Galeria Valenzuela & Klenner. Bogot�/ CO
Tour to Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida/ USA. The Ballroom Marfa, Texas/ US
Winged. Drawings. Bass Museum of Art, Miami/ US

2002
Initiation. Performance. Art in Public Spaces. Bogota / CO
Monument. Performance. Art in Public Spaces. Bogot� / CO
Crow-Condor Project. Performance Art Festival. Museum of Contemporary ArtLa
Tertutlia. Cali / CO
Messenger. Performance. The Solar Art House. Miami/ US
Mantra de salvacion (Mantra for salvation). Video-performance. Art Basel.
Dorsch Gallery. Miami/US
No show. Performance. Fred Snitzer Gallery. Miami/ US

2001
Project Pentagon: Ministry of Culture (Ministerio de Cultura). Curator: Consuelo Pabon. 
Performance cycle. Titles: 360 Degrees, 365 Days, Building Time.
Museum Of Contemporary Art (MAC), Bogot� / CO
Museum of Modern Art, Santa Marta,Colombia; Galeria Valenzuela & Klenner,Bogot� / CO
I bring the ocean. Performance. Bass Museum of Art. Globe Miami Island.Miami/ US
Exit Art. New York, New york; The House. Miami/ US
Nomad Territory. Performance and Installation. Dorsch Gallery. Miami/ US
Bogot� international airport. Art in Public Spaces / CO

2000
Inside out. Performance. Valenzuela & Klenner Gallery. Bogot� / CO
360 days. Performance. Proyecto Pentagono, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, Tour to Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Santa Marta, Galeria Valenzuela & Klenner. Bogot�/ CO
Are you beautiful. Performance. Galeria Valenzuela & Klenner. Bogot�/ CO
Flesh. Performance. Ghost University, Bogot�/ CO

1999
Flesh. Performance and Installation. Ghost University. Bogot� / CO
Tact. Performance and Installation. Artists in Residence. Bogot� / CO
Ex-Teresa, ciudad de Mexico / MEX
Fluid. Performance. Galeria Alzate Avendano. Bogot� / CO
Nutriment. Performace. Salon de Pensadores/ ASAB. Bogot�/ CO
Toured to Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia. Cali/ CO
Gravity. Performance. Casa Guillermo. Bogot�/ CO
The capacity of absorption. Performance. Higher Academy of Art. Bogot�/ CO

1998
Capacity of Absorption. Performance. ASAB. Bogot� / CO
Three cups of chocolate. Performance and Installation. Art in Public Spaces. Bogot� / CO
Ocean. Performance. Uniandes. Bogot� / CO
Anomorficas. Dance. Gilberto Alzate Avenando. Bogot�/ CO

1997
Sincretismo. Performance. Salon de Arte Joven ASAB. Bogot� / CO
Anamorficas. Performance. Gilberto Alzate Avendano Gallery. Bogot� / CO
Midnight Summer Dreams. Group. Higher Academy of Art. Bogot�/ CO
33 oranges. Pace 3300. Bogot�/ CO