Javier Téllez

♂ *1969 / Venezuela

Works

Solo exhibitions

Film Fest Gent: Javier Téllez | Caligari und der Schlafwandler

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum, Gent (BE)
7 Oct 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
Shadow Play

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
12 Jul 2018 – 18 Nov 2018
Caligari and the Sleepwalker

Turku Art Museum, Turku (FI)
25 Nov 2016 – 29 Jan 2017
To Have Done with the Judgment of God

Koenig & Clinton, New York (US)
4 Mar 2016 – 16 Apr 2016
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Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
31 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015
Games are forbidden in the labyrinth

Redcat, Los Angeles (US)
5 Apr 2014 – 1 Jun 2014
Praise of Folly

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum, Gent (BE)
12 Oct 2013 – 26 Jan 2014
Rotations

Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (CH)
21 Jan 2012 – 25 Feb 2012
Letter on the Blind, for the Use of Those Who See

MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US)
28 Jan 2011 – 8 May 2011
O Rinoceronte de Dürer

ARRATIA BEER, Berlin (DE)
21 Jan 2011 – 26 Feb 2011
Mind The Gap

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH)
25 Apr 2009 – 28 Jun 2009
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Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig (DE)
18 Apr 2009 – 14 Jun 2009
Caligari und der Schlafwandler

Philipp von Rosen, Köln (DE)
13 Feb 2009 – 28 Mar 2009
Der Brief über die Blinden zum Gebrauch für die Sehenden

Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (CH)
12 Apr 2008 – 17 May 2008
Die Schlacht um Mexiko

ARRATIA BEER, Berlin (DE)
1 Dec 2006 – 13 Jan 2007
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Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (US)
11 Aug 2006 – 1 Oct 2006
Distinguished Artist in Residence

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (US)
24 Apr 2006 – 21 May 2006
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), 2004

Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (CH)
18 Mar 2006 – 6 May 2006
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (Rozelle Hospital)

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
9 Dec 2005 – 5 Mar 2006
S-T-E-R-E-O-V-I-E-W

an animated video photo-novela

Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (US)
3 Feb 2005 – 29 May 2005
Un artista del hambre

Mus. de Arte Carrillo Gil, México (MX)
29 Jan 2004 – 17 May 2004
MEDITATIONS UPON A BROOMSTICK

Serge Ziegler Galerie, Zurich et son programme

Galerie Éric Hussenot, Paris (FR)
28 Feb 2004 – 5 Mar 2004

Group

FROM DAWN TILL DUSK

Der Schatten in der Kunst der Gegenwart

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
3 Jul 2025 – 2 Nov 2025

with Vito Acconci, David Claerbout, Hans-Peter Feldmann, William Kentridge, Astrid Klein, Gerhard Richter, Kara Walker, Jeff Wall
30 Years Anniversary Exhibition

Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (CH)
2 Sep 2022 – 30 Oct 2022

with Francis Alys, Balthasar Burkhard, John Coplans, Willie Doherty, Zilla Leutenegger, Hanna Lidén, Teresa Margolles, Adrian Paci, Michal Rovner, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Shirana Shahbazi, Artur Zmijewski
Walking Through Walls

Durch Mauern gehen

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2019 – 12 Jan 2020

with Marina Abramovic, Sibylle Bergemann, Jose Davila, Willie Doherty, Mona Hatoum, Anri Sala, Regina Silveira, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen)
2018 - Are you satisfied?

Aktuelle Kunst und Revolution

Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel (DE)
29 Sep 2018 – 25 Nov 2018

with Yvon Chabrowski, Harun Farocki, Filip Markiewicz, Julian Roeder, Luise Schröder, Julius von Bismarck
dOCUMENTA (13)

documenta, Kassel (DE)
9 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Judith Barry, Gerard Byrne, Kudzanai Chiurai, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Attila Csoergoe, Manon de Boer …
Wunder

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
23 Sep 2011 – 5 Feb 2012

with Francis Alys, Kader Attia, Joseph Beuys, Dara Birnbaum, Olga Chernysheva, Nathan Coley, Björn Dahlem, Ceal Floyer, Ellen Gallagher, Andreas Gursky, Susan Hefuna, Susan Hiller …
The Cry

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
25 Jun 2011 – 8 Jan 2012

with Absalon, Hernan Bas, Irina Botea, Luisa Cunha, Terence Gower, Jesper Just, David Maljkovic, Christian Marclay, Teresa Margolles, Loreto Martinez Troncoso, Olivia Plender, Ugo Rondinone
11th Biennale de Lyon, A Terrible Beauty Is Born

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
15 Sep 2011 – 31 Dec 2011

with Ayreen Anastas & Rene Gabri, Zbynek Baladran, Ernesto Ballesteros, Francois Bucher, Aurelien Froment, Guillaume Leblon, Laurent Montaron, Edgar Morin, Jose Alejandro Restrepo, Tracey Rose, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
Lager than Life

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
17 Sep 2010 – 9 Jan 2011

with Vasco Araujo
Model Kits. Thinking Latin America from the MUSAC Collection

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
26 Jun 2010 – 12 Oct 2010

with Carlos Amorales, Alexander Apostol, Julieta Aranda, Inaki Bonillas, Tania Bruguera, Jose Damasceno, Carlos Garaicoa, Juan Fernando Herran, Gilda Mantilla, Teresa Margolles, Ana Mendieta, Oscar Munoz …
(Re)Acting Caligari

BrotfabrikGalerie, Berlin (DE)
10 Sep 2010 – 10 Oct 2010

with Bas Jan Ader, Matthias Biermann, Georgina Starr
Adaptation: Between Species

The Power Plant, Toronto (CA)
19 Jun 2010 – 12 Sep 2010

with Francis Alys, Cory Arcangel, Andreas Bock, Olaf Breuning, Marcus Coates, Robert Cumming, Shaun Gladwell, Cao Guimaraes, Lucy Gunning, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Nina Katchadourian, Louise Lawler …
For the use of those who see

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
22 Nov 2009 – 24 Jan 2010

with John Baldessari, Harun Farocki, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfredo Jaar, Sean Snyder, Nedko Solakov, Luc Tuymans, David Zink Yi
Acting out

Social Experiments in Video

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
18 Mar 2009 – 18 Oct 2009

with Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, Phil Collins, Artur Zmijewski
Périfériks

Centre d'Art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel (CH)
5 Sep 2009 – 11 Oct 2009

with Sammy Baloji, Jean-Michel Pancin, Minette Vári
Islands + Ghettos

Über territoriale Segregation in Städten des 21. Jahrhunderts

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
14 Mar 2009 – 26 Apr 2009

with Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Alexander Apostol, Anette Baldauf, Peter Coffin, Harun Farocki, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Armin Linke, Dorit Margreiter, Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg, Luis Molina-Pantin, Multiplicity, Marjetica Potrc …
16th Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms That Turn

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
18 Jun 2008 – 7 Sep 2008

with Ahmet Oeguet, Francis Alys, Qiu Anxiong, Qiu Anxiong, Ibon Aranberri, Pedro Barateiro, Hans Bellmer, Tamy Ben-Tor, Chris Burden, Destiny Deacon , Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant …
Whitney Biennial 2008

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
6 Mar 2008 – 1 Jun 2008

with Rita Ackermann, John Baldessari, Walead Beshty, Olaf Breuning, Markus Ebner, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Roe Ethridge, Omer Fast, Louise Lawler, Mika Rottenberg, Henry Bradford Washburn
Mimétisme

Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
25 Jan 2008 – 30 Mar 2008

with Pawel Althamer, Claude Cahun, Harun Farocki, Sofia Hulten, Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg, Neil Cummings & Marysia Lewandowska, Barbara Visser, Artur Zmijewski
KunstFilmBiennale 2007

Cinema and art from Abramovic to Warhol

KunstFilmBiennale, Köln (DE)
18 Oct 2007 – 24 Oct 2007

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Andreas Bock, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir, Christoph Girardet, Anthony Goicolea, Jesper Just, Annie Leibovitz, Babette Mangolte, Sarah Morris, Shirin Neshat, Ulrike Ottinger …
Dark Places

Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (US)
21 Jan 2006 – 22 Apr 2006

with Vito Acconci, Francis Alys, Matthew Barney, Candice Breitz, Sophie Calle, Jonas Dahlberg, Anne Deleporte, Sam Durant, Anna Gaskell, Douglas Gordon, Emily Jacir, Christian Jankowski …
T1 Torino Triennale Tremusei

Torino Triennale Tremusei, Torino (IT)
11 Nov 2005 – 19 Mar 2006

with Carlos Amorales, Miguel Angel Rios, Fikret Atay, Tamy Ben-Tor, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Paolo Chiasera, Oskar Dawicki, Rae di Martino, Ryan Gander, Marine Hugonnier, Christian Jankowski, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla …
Jump Cuts

Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Colección Mercantil

Americas Society, New York (US)
24 Feb 2005 – 21 May 2005

with Alexander Apostol, Emilia Azcárate, Aziz + Cucher, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Diez, Luis Molina-Pantin, Sandra Vivas
Produciendo Realidad

PROMETEO Chiesa di San Matteo, Lucca (IT)
26 Jun 2004 – 30 Aug 2004

with Brooke Alfaro, Tania Bruguera, Jota Castro, Patrick Hamilton, Teresa Margolles, Carlos Motta, Chemi Rosado Seijo, Santiago Sierra
Living in a Cloud

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (IE)
19 Nov 2003 – 4 Jan 2004

with Nina Katchadourian
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …

Events

Busan Biennale 2018

Divided We Stand - 125 artworks of 66 artists (team) from 34 countries

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
8 Sep 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Ferhat Oezguer, Bani Abidi, Chantal Akerman, Khaled Barakeh, Yael Bartana, Sunah Choi, LIU Ding, Smadar Dreyfus, Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh, CHIA-WEI HSU, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige …
49th International Art Exhibition

Plateau of Humankind

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
10 Jun 2001 – 4 Nov 2001

with Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Vanessa Beecroft, HAI Bo, Botto & Bruno, Tania Bruguera, Chris Burden, Loris Cecchini, Chris Cunningham, Josef Dabernig, Lucinda Devlin, Rineke Dijkstra …