Antonio José Guzman
The Netherlands
Born in Panama
02 August 1971
Dutch – Panamanian
Antonio Jose Guzman (Panama City, 1971) is a Dutch-Panamanian artist.
He lives and works in Amsterdam, Panama City and Dakar. Guzman’s work includes films, documentaries, photography, installations and publications. Besides his individual art practice, Guzman is the founder, curator and director of the The State of L3 Contemporary Arts & Film Collective Exchange, established in 2006. The State of L3 works internationally on art, multimedia exchanges, modern tendencies and political issues. In his work, Guzman focuses on topics like DNA, migration and gravity.
Education
2010 Master Class, Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies, Prof. Paul Gilroy
Centre for the Humanities (CFH) of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Master Class Spike Lee, the Binger Filmlab. John Adams Institute, Amsterdam
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 Costa Rican Centre of Cinematographic Production
Film Direction and Film Photography, San Jose, Costa Rica
1993 Social Sciences and Latin American studies
International Exchange Program, The University of Costa Rica
selected Solo exhibitions
2013 Aoyama Cosmic Exhibition & Street Interventions, Tokyo, Japan
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
Piertopolis, Tolhuistuin Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yatra, Knipsu Center for Photography and Contemporary Art , Bergen, Norway
Mapping transformation with time lapses, National Institute of Culture, Panama
2010 Guerrilla Projections, Dakar Biennale, Dak’art, Senegal
2002 Donde Estan. Roodkapje Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Una Decada, Galeria Abracadabra, Panama City, Panama
Una Decada, Cosmopolaris, La Plata, Buenos Aires
selected Group exhibitions
2012 Piertopolis, Rush Arts Gallery / Corridor Gallery New York City
2011 Piertopia, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark, The State of L3
Maroon in Park, Video Loop at the 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, The State of L3
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
Independent Satellite Presentation of the Panama Art Biennial
Echtenstein in Momentum, Imagine IC, Amsterdam, NL
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
Fashion 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
Curated and Scenario by Albert Wulffers and Judith Schoneveld
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
2012 “The Day We Surrender” at Graduate Program in International Affairs
The New School University New York City
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
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 HipHop Film Festival, Screening Representando
Ryhthm of the Line, Berlin Int. Film Festival, Screening Representando
InternationalTheatre Festival of Bogotá, Screening Elemental Sounds
Zazaro Urban European Television Network, Screening Representando
European Clear Television Network, Screening Representando
La Paz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Screening Water Focus
Invito Invites you, Amsterdam, NL, Screening The World According
Akkord van Schokland, NL, Screening Water to the Moon
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
2012 Mondriaan Atelier Loft New York City, Grant by The Mondriaan Foundation, NL
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 and development installation Piertopolis & the Legend of Billy Maclean, India, Norway, New York City, Panama, Amsterdam, Dakar
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, Grand Canyon, San Francisco, L.A, NYC, Dakar and Panama
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 Int. Cooperation & Sustainable Development, OLAA, Water Caravan
2004 Grant by Cordaid, Novib, NCDO and Unie van Waterschappen
Focus on Water Project, OLAA
1995 American Chamber of Commerce, 1st Price of Honour Photography
Interventions & Happenings
2011 Piertopolis Interventions in World Public Spaces. Architectonic Mapping and social transformation with time lapses. India, NYC, NL, Panama City, Senegal
2010 Digital Interventions, Blogging, Tweets and Live stream direct from the Berlin Documentary Forum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2009 Grand Canyon – Hualapai Reservation (Decoding my DNA Performance)
2008 Supper Club Amsterdam, Learn How to Fly
Impromptu Tate Modern, London UK, Unofficial Performance Jumping Doris
2006 Resident VJ, Melkweg Que Pasa
2004 Impromptu at Das Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany
2003 Kulturzentrum Lichtburg, Wetter, Germany
2001 San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Impromptu
1999 Central Park NYC, Impromptu
Workshops/Lectures
2011 Artist Lecture – Master-class Crossings of the Black Atlantic, Migratory Aesthetics in Contemporary Art. ArtEz Studium Generale. Arnhem, Netherlands
Piertopolis Lecture at the The Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, New York City
Artist Talk/Lecture in Det Jyske Kunstakademi, Aarhus, Denmark
Lecture at National Institute of Culture Aguadulce, Panama
2010 The Day We Surrender, IDFA Paradocs Presentation: The Prologue. Lecture at the IDFA’s program dedicated to experimental documentaries
Lecture State of L3 Manifesto at TENT Center for Visual Arts Rotterdam
2009 Lecture, Master’s Programme, Presentation of the Moving Image, University of Amsterdam
2008 Artist Lecture, Imagining Cuba, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Architecture Department. Commissioned by Architecture bureau Friso ten Holt
2006 Gravitational Experiences, Lecture VAV Department Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Art and Design lecturer new media, photography, video and digital imaging
2011 SISA Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts
Stedelijk Instituut voor Sierkunsten en Ambachten
Workshops at Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp Belgium
2011-2003 Artists supervisor & workshops, The State of L3, Brazil, Netherlands & Senegal
2010-2009 Verwey Jonker Instituut, Het Projektenburo (Young Voices)
2009-2006 Kosmopolis Rotterdam, One Minutes Foundation (Chain Diary)
2009-2006 Imagine IC, European Cultural Foundation (Chain Diary)
2006-2003 Focus on Water Project, OLAA, 30 Schools in the Netherlands
Sponsors: Cordaid/Novib, NCDO and Unie van Waterschappen
Project Provinces: Noord-Brabant, Flevoland and Utrecht
Films Première: Cinekid Filmfestival Amsterdam
2005-2003 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch Youth Institute (Xplore)
2009-2006 Beeldende kunst en vormgeving, Match Point Culture & Education
2009-2006 Beeldende kunst en vormgeving, Augustinus College Amsterdam
2009-2006 Beeldende kunst en vormgeving, OSB School Amsterdam
Commissioned Work – Documentary Assignments
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
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
Photographer – Editorial Contributor:
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 Editorial board member of physics journals at Elsevier Science
Publishing Support at International Congress Series
1997-1995 Punto Aparte D’ Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Latin America
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
1995 Production Assistant Photographer Hannes Wallrafen
Selected Bibliography
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
2011 The State of L3 Book Galleri Image State of L3
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
Public collections
MAC Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama / Gravitational Videos Gallerie Image, Aarhus, Denmark
Installations, Photos and Videography
2011 Piertopolis Installation & 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
