Antonio José Guzman
The Netherlands
Born in Panama
02 August 1971
Dutch – Panamanian
Lecturer: ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem (NL)
Curator Latin America: The Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (BE) – Temporarily
Antonio Jose Guzman (Panama City, 1971) is a Dutch-Panamanian artist. He lives and works in Amsterdam, Panama City and Dakar.
Guzman is known for his installations, videos and photography inspired by scientific research, utopias and cultural analysis. His projects allow us to cross different time zones, unexplored worlds and realms; bringing us into what Guzman calls time travel perceptions.
His work has been exhibited worldwide at: The Museum of Contemporary Art MHKA, Antwerp; Gemak de Vrije Academie, The Hague; Gallery Image Arhus, Denmark; Knipsu Art Space Norway; Moretti and Moretti, Paris; and in Rush Art Galleries, New York City. He participated in the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates, The Havana Biennial, Cuba and in the Dakar Biennial, Senegal.
Guzman has been giving lectures the last years in renowned institutions such as the New School New York; the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem; the DAI Artez Master School program, Tent Rotterdam; the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Aarhus, Denmark; and in Windward School Los Angeles, California
Besides his individual art practice, Guzman is the founder and Creative Director of The State of L3 Contemporary Arts & Film Collective.
Education
2010 Master Class, Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies, Prof. Paul Gilroy
Centre for the Humanities (CFH) of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Gerrit Rietveld Academie
University of applied sciences for Fine Arts and Design
Audiovisual Department, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Essays and Examination Work: The Miracle (Film)
Gravitational Series (Installations)
Final year supervisors, Lam de Wolf, Rob Slooten, Albert Wulffers
1994 Master’s Degree in Social Communication Sciences
Isthmus University of Commerce & Business Administration Panama
Thesis: The Effect of Editorial Photography in Human Psychology
1993 Visiting Student Program Art and design
Pratt Institute, New York
1992 Exchange Student Communication Sciences
Universidad de Costa Rica
Solo exhibitions
2017 ADN Soundsistema, MAC The Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama
2016 Dukkha (Double Dip), Galerie 23, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dukkha (Double Dip), Mon Capitaine, Middelburg, The Netherlands
2013 PSY Mapping Research, VOID GUP Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PSY Mapping Research, Windward Gallery Space, Los Angeles, California
2012 Piertopolis, Gemak in De Vrije Academie. The Hague, The Netherlands
Satellite space of GEM the Municipality Museum of The Hague
2011 Piertopolis, Museum Werf’t Kromhout, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yatra, Knipsu Center for Photography and Contemporary Art , Bergen, Norway
Mapping transformations, National Institute of Culture, Panama
2003 Donde Estan. Roodkapje Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Group exhibitions
2017 ECMM, X Central American Biennial, MAC The Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama
Textile Factory Project, The Zuiderzee Museum (NL)
2016 ECMM, X Central American Biennial, Limon, Costa Rica
Intersections, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, The Netherlands
2015 El Organo Oriental, 12th Havana Biennial, Cuba
This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This is RARE! Rare Birds & Dog And Pony
125 Maiden Lane, with Jessica Segall, New York
T(H)uis, CBK Zuidoost Amsterdan, The Netherlands
Focus Latin America, Shade Gallery & Monorchid, Phoenix, Arizona
Ancestral Blues, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Common Ground, Unseen Festival, Amsterdam The Netherlands
2014 Dukkha, OMI International Arts Center New York
Kunst Rai Amsterdam
Work It Out, Melkweg Amsterdam
Ritualism, Melkweg Amsterdam
New Dawn, Melkweg Amsterdam
Art of Style, Park Hotel Amsterdam
New Dutch Photography Talent, Art’otel Amsterdam
Focus Latin America, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
Slideluck Fez, ALIF Riad, Morocco
2013 Panama Biennial – Summoning Worlds
Shared Heritage CBK Amsterdam South East
Kunstenlab Deventer, The Netherlands
2012 Regressions, Smart Project Space AIP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Piertopolis Church of Faust, Documenta Off Event, Kassel, Germany
Piertopolis, Rush Arts Gallery / Corridor Gallery New York City
Piertopolis, Moretti & Moretti Paris, France
PSY, Cite International des Arts, Paris France
Dated Project invited by Dimage Rouge, Divan du Monde, Paris, France
Dated Project invited by Dimage Rouge, Petit Ban, Paris, France
Artist Wanted project “Art Takes Time Square” New York City
2011 Piertopia, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Maroon in Park, 10th Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates
Steve Reinke film program Curated by Suzanne Cotter, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
In Search of Time, Los Del Patio Contemporary Art, Panama City
2010 Parallel Doors of Perception, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Modernity & Aesthetics of the New Black Atlantic, Smart Project Space Amsterdam, NL
Présence Africaine, Dakar Biennale, Dak’art, Senegal
Mémoires de la Négritude, Galerie 23 Amsterdam, NL
Dogon L3 Voyager, Keti Koti Festival Amsterdam, NL
Historical Antecedents of the Afro Renaissance, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, NL
Sur Vive a project with Emory Douglas, Kunstplatform de Kapsalon
Organized by MAMA, Showroom for Media and Moving Art Rotterdam
2008 Surrender Inbox, La Casona Panama City
Gravitational Experiences, Yuri’s Night Bay Area, NASA Ames Research Center
NASA’s 50th anniversary, California, United States
2007 Multimedia Installation Chain Diary – Multiple M – Kosmopolis Rotterdam
The Miracle, Amstel Filtered Experience, London & Amsterdam
Commissioned by Amstel and Advertising Agency 180
Clash Brazil, DSM’s Sittard and Heerlen offices, NL
2006 The Miracle (Film), Gravitational Series (Installations)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ik ben even weg, Tribute to Bas Jan Ader, Theater Zeebelt, Den Hague
The Miracle, Amsterdam Film Experience
Circles Installation (Homage to Rembrandt’s wife) De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2004 Architectural Videos, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Fiera di Milano, Italy
Film Festivals and Screenings
2016 “Regressions” Centro Cultural de España, Panamá City, Panama
2014 Promised Land, Transformer – New Jersey
Collaboration made for Jessica Segall
2013 “Regressions”, Musee du Quai Branly Paris
KABRA Remy Jungerman, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, NL
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2012 Premiere Regressions, National Center for the Performing Arts Mumbai, India
Regressions, Official Selection Festival Icaro Central America
Regressions, Humanity Explored Film Festival, Worldwide
The Day We Surrender New School University,
2011 Kenya International Film Festival, Africa, The Day We Surrender to the Air
ZGAC San Francisco International Arts Festival, The Day We Surrender to the Air
Cinema Zuid Antwerp, Belgium, The Day we Surrender to the Air
Legend of Billy Maclean RAW MATERIAL COMPANY Senegal
2010 Tessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, The Day we Surrender to the Air
International Signes de Nuit Festival Paris, The Day we Surrender to the Air
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France, The Day we Surrender to the Air
Noordelijk Film Festival, Leeuwarden, NL, The Day we Surrender to the Air
Africa in the Picture Film Festival, NL, The Day we Surrender to the Air
2009 Bete Noir Nuit Blanche International Art Festival Amsterdam, The Miracle
Smart Project Space Identity in Transit Films, The Miracle
The Day We Surrender to the Air official selection IDFA
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Premiere
IDFA Docs for Sale marketplace for creative documentaries
Film Experience Cine trans Europe Film Festival, The Day we Surrender to the Air
2008 Supper Club Amsterdam, Screening Learn How to Fly
2006 Museum of Modern Art of Bogota, Colombia, Screening Representando
Special Price – Water and Film Event, Mexico DF, Focus on Water
Africa in the Picture Film Festival, NL, Screening Representando
Amsterdam Film Experience, Screening The Miracle
Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht, NL, Screening The Miracle
Film Museum Amsterdam, Screening The Miracle
HKU Theater Audiovisual Show Calle Yoyo
Bitterzoet – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL, Screening Elemental Sounds
Atlanta HH Film Festival, Screening Representando
Ryhthm of the Line, Berlin Int. Film Festival, Screening Representando
InternationalTheatre Festival of Bogotá, Screening Elemental Sounds
2005 Latin American Film Festival London, Screening Representando
La Casona, Panamá City, Screening Representando
Drop Breaks and Beats Festival, Amsterdam, Screening Representando
Black Soil International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Representando
Cine Kid Film Festival, Amsterdam, Screening Focus on Water Films
Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá Colombia, Screening Representando
Shoot Me Festival, Den Hague, NL, Screening Representando
Latin American Film Festival Utrecht, Screening Representando
Grants/Residences/Prices
2016 Proven Talent grant by the Mondrian Fund
International presentations grant by the Mondriaan Fund, X Central American Biennial
2015 International presentations grant by the Mondriaan Fund, Havana Biennial
Project grant by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2014 Residency at Art Omi, New York
2013 Residency at Windward School Project, Los Angeles, California
Made possible by a grant from The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Top 10 finalist Helved creative photography competition
2012 Mondriaan Atelier Loft New York City, Grant by Mondriaan Founds, NL
Residency at Cité internationale des arts Paris, France
Top finalist See Me New York EXPOSURE photography competition
2011 Mondriaan Atelier Loft New York City, Grant by The Mondriaan Foundation, NL
Residency at the Flaggfabrikken’s international art residency Bergen, Norway
Prosjektstøtte – Project Grant Support, Council for the Arts Bergen, Norway
Production Grant by the Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts
Research Grant by the NL Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture for film production “Regressions” and development installation “Piertopolis”
Grant by Danish Arts Council, Grosserer L.F. Foght Fond, Konsul George Jorck & Hustru Emma Jorck´s Fond, Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond
2010 AIR Antwerp, Artist in residence, M HKA L3
Production Period Grant by The Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, State of L3
2009 Grant by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture for film production “The Day We Surrender to the Air”
Grant by The VSB Fonds of the Netherlands Production Exchange Coordination for the Installation State of L3
2008 Grant by The Mondriaan Foundation of the Netherlands, State of L3
2007 Grant by the European Cultural Foundation for Chain Diary
2006 Special Price – Water and Film Event, Mexico DF, Focus on Water
2005 Grant by the Committee for International Cooperation & Sustainable Development “Water Caravan Project”
2004 Grant by Cordaid, Novib, NCDO and Unie van Waterschappen
Focus on Water Project, OLAA
1992 American chamber of commerce photography award
Visiting Lecturer
– Present
Kunstpit Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Breda
Kunstpit The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Kunstpit The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Kunstpit Casco Projects, Utrecht
The New School University New York City
Artez Master of Fine arts Dutch Art Institute (DAI)
MMKA Museum of Modern Art Arnhem
ArtEz Studium Generale. Arnhem, NL
Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal
Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Aarhus, Denmark
National Institute of Culture, Panama
IDFA Paradocs – The Prologue.
TENT Center for Visual Arts Rotterdam
Master’s Programme, Presentation of the Moving Image, University Amsterdam
Hogeschool Amsterdam, Architecture Department
Art Educator
– Present
Camp Omi, Omi International Arts Centre, New York
Windward School Los Angeles, California
SISA Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts
Antwerp Belgium
Augustinus College, Amsterdam
OSB Open Schoolgemeenschap, Amsterdam
Matchpoint Kunst en Cultuur Educatie
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Dutch Youth Institute (Xplore)
One Minutes Jr. Foundation
Imagine IC
Focus on Water Project, OLAA, 30 Schools in the Netherlands
Project Provinces: Noord-Brabant, Flevoland and Utrecht
Commissioned Work
2013 Documentary, KABRA Remy Jungerman, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, NL
2012 Pop Up store installation for Ksubi, Australian label specializing in denim at SPRMRKT fashion concept store Amsterdam. Client: Indigofera Distribution Ltd – United Kingdom
Web Store design, branding identity, photos and documentary for Lululemon Athletica Inc. Self-described yoga-inspired athletic apparel company, which produces a clothing line and runs international clothing stores from its company base in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Webpage production, artist identity presence, marketing and curatorial work for artist Ton van Beers.
2011 Urban Earth Leaders Cape Town, South Africa for Baobab Connections & Both Ends
2009-2008 Chain Diary for Imagine IC, Kosmopolis, European Cultural Foundation, London, Berlin, NL
2010 Young Voices 2 B Heard, for Stichting Volksbond, Projektenburo en Verwey Jonker Instituut
2009 Nollywood Film, Senegal Television Broadcast
2009 Cardea in Kenia, Africa, a documentary for Stichting Cardea Jeugdzorg
2009 A day with Cardea Leiden, a documentary for Stichting Cardea Jeugdzorg
2008 Fair Fit for Rambler & Move your World
2008 Van Huis Uit, Documentary for U.K based Curator Michael Mcmillan
2008 Video for Jimmy Rage Track *Daryl van Wouw. Amsterdam Fashion Week
2007 Re-clipped for Imagine IC, Cinemix Film Festival
2007 Elemental Sounds, Attention Project for Xplore
2006 Fashion Clash Brazil, Documentary for Xplore & Stro Organisation
2005 Attention, Documentaries for Het Projektenburo, Bogota, Amsterdam
2005 India Exchange a film for Stichting Kinderpostzegels
2008 Water Naar de Maan, for Aqua for All & Focus on Water
2008-2003 Focus on Water Series Netherlands – Bolivia for OLAA
Special Price at the International Water and Film Event, Mexico D.F
2003-1999 Inter Art Lab Foundation, Basic Groove, ID&T, Touch, Live XS
2001-1995 Founder Editor of the Digital International Vernacular Journal of Photography
2001-1997 International Congress Series & Physics journals at Elsevier Science
1997-1995 Punto Aparte D’ Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Latin America
1997-1995 Production Assistant Photographer Hannes Wallrafen & Koos Breukel
1995-1996 Assistance photographs for Elle Magazine, Dries van Noten Antwerp
1995-1992 Foote, Cone & Belding Latin America, P4 Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
1995-1990 Greenpeace Latin America, Campaign Hazardous Waste
1995-1990 Freelance Photographer Agence France Press Panama
1991-1992 Assistant Photographer Mario Sorrenti CK campaign Obsession
Selected Bibliography
New Dawn, June Issue, 2014
Element Magazine, Panama – September 2014
La Prensa – Panama Biennial, 2013
La Prensa, Panama January 14, 2011
Contrast Magazine, The State of L3, August 2011
Kunst Beeld Summer Issue 2010
De Volkskrant July 2010
NRC Next August 2010
IDFA & Docs for Sale Catalogues 2009
La Prensa Panama, Identidad Audiovisual Oct. 2008
Multiple M – Chain Diary, Het Parool, Sep. 2007
Chain Diary, Amsterdam Weekly / Maghreb Magazine, Sep. 2007
Cinema, NL, July 2006
Nederlands Film Festival Magazine Sept. 2006
Africa in The Picture Mag. Sept. 2006
NL 20 AFX Sept. 2006
Die Welt, ROTL, Germany, Feb. 2006
Onze Wereld, NL June 2005
NL 20, Black Soil Nov. 2005
Noticias, NL April 2005
Diario El Dia, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 2001
El Universal, Panama City, Panama, Dec. 2001
Books & Catalogues
2014 New Photography Talent
I’m not doing anything until I feel the need
2013 La Prensa Panama Biennial
2012 Gemak De Vrije Academie Magazine
2011 The State of L3 Book Galleri Image State of L3
See Me Finalists Catalogue presented at Art Basel Miami
2010 Smart Project Space Papers
MHKA State of L3 Papers MHKA Calendar State of L3
Tessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece, Catalogue
International Signes de Nuit Festival Paris, Catalogue
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France
Catalogue Noordelijk Film Festival, Leeuwarden, NL, Catalogue
Africa in the Picture Film Festival, NL, Catalogue
2009 The Day We Surrender to the Air Book with DVD
IDFA Catalogue – Docs for Sale Catalogue
2006 Attention, the Pictures by A.J. Guzman. Photo CD Book
Africa in the Picture Catalogue
Amsterdam Film Experience Catalogue
Water and Film Event Mexico. Film Stills, Focus on Water
2005 ROTL Festival Book, published by Addidas, Berlin
LAFF, London Festival Catalogue
LAFF Daily Magazine and Newspaper Utrecht
Shoot Me, Festival Book, Den Hague
Black Soil Magazine, Amsterdam – Rotterdam
Words of the Nation, Hip Hop in Cuba. Limited Edition Magazine
2004 Inter Art Lab Book, Photos of A.J. Guzman
Collections (public and private)
Gallerie Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Greenbox Museum of Contemporary Art
The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Galerie Sanaa, The Netherlands
Omi International Arts Center New York
Time Equities Inc. Collection, New York
Cultuur in de Kas, The Netherlands
Helved Agency, The Netherlands
Private Collection Panama
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Panama
Installations, Photos and Videography
2015 ELOO El Organo Oriental
2014 Dukkha Installation – Hogon Series – Nkosi Masquerades
2013 Mapping Project Los Angeles, Vienna, Amsterdam, Panama
2012 Piertopolis at Gemak
PSY Project Paris – Amsterdam
Drop City Mask
Encounters
Labyrinth of Medina
Yatra
2011 Piertopolis Installation & Regressions *The Legend of Billy Maclean Documentary
Mikado and TRC Installation, Tolhuistuin & Museum Werf’t Kromhout
Hamacas Volantes Asterisco, Los del Patio Centro de las Artes Panama
Piertopia, Galerie Image Arhus, Denmark
Yatra – Knipsu Center for photography and contemporary art
Maroon Talking in Park, 10th Sharjah biennial
2010 The State of L3 Worldwide Installations and Interventions
Présence Africaine
Mémoires de la Négritude
Modernity & Aesthetics of the New Black Atlantic
Historical Antecedents of the Afro Renaissance
Parallel Doors of Perception
Documentary The Day We Surrender to the Air Episode Two
2009 Prototype 10 Multiple Installations “The State of L3”
Documentary The Day We Surrender to the Air Episode one Origin of Time
The Day We Surrender to the Air Installation Video loop
The Day We Surrender to the Air Book and DVD
The Day We Surrender to the Air Web Site
Prototype, 3D Sketches and Scale Models for State of L3 Dakar Biennale
Gallery 23 and MHKA Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp, Belgium
Prototype and Scale Model Day We Surrender to the Air Dakar Biennale
Senegal Photo Series (When Days Went By) for State of L3 Installation
Surrender Kill your Darlings Video for the IDFA
Flying Balloons and Suitcases Boat Production for State of L3
2008 Prototype Installation “The Day We Surrender to the Air”
Portable Levitation, Single Projection UK
I’m no longer of your Eyes, Performance, Single Projection
Chain Final Days London, Video
Jumping Doris, Tate Modern Photo Series
Dreamings, Video Documentary
Learn How to Fly (Senegal – Brazil) Photo Series
2007 Tussen Empires, Video & Photo Series
Astro Physics Voyager, Sculpture & Installation
Water Naar de Maan, Film
Chain Diary, Projections, 8 Prints, 4 Channels & Online Channel
Tower of Hour / Universalitation of the Stranger, Mixed Media Installations
2007 Daryl van Wouw Show, Video at Amsterdam Fashion Week
2006 Miami Fall / Gravitational Experiences, 2 channels, Projections
The Miracle, Video Documentary and Photo Series Departure & Arrival
Elemental Sounds, Documentary
Palmas Fashion Documentary, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2006 Circles, Atom Transportation, 4 Monitors, 4 Channels
Circles Kerk, Atom Transportation, 2 Monitors, 2 Channels
Electric Elements, 3 Monitors, 3 Channels
2005 Dog Techniques / Circles, Atom transportation, Video
Representando, Documentary
2004 History of Science, 3 Channels, Projections, Break Dance
Milan Files, Ruhr Impromptus, Performances
2001 Fundamental Familiarity, Photo Performances
1997-2001 Rave Nu, Photographic series of the electronic music scene worldwide
1990-1997 Kuna Yala, San Blas Islands photo series, slides and prints
