El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, and Trinidad Fombella, El Museo del Barrio; and guest curator Juanita Bermúdez, Biennial of the Central American Isthmus

1230 FIFTH AVENUE (AT 104TH STREET) 
NEW YORK NY 10029

Begins:      Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Ends:         Sunday, January 8, 2012

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011 is El Museo del Barrio's sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year's edition spreads all over the city, showcasing a record 75 emerging artists in six different venues.

Aiming to expand the definition of contemporary Latino and Latin American art, The (S) Files 2011 takes on a broad exploration of the visual energy, events, and aesthetics of the street. While considering the more conventional understandings of street art such as graffiti and mural painting, The (S) Files 2011 extends the definition of street art by also considering non-traditional art objects as well as works from other disciplines, including music and fashion.

The (S) Files 2011 explores how the boundaries between public/private and personal/universal are blurred by urban culture, and examines the street as catalyst for change in mainstream culture. The exhibition looks at how these social borders mix and dissolve in urban environments, and how artists use these social alterations as points of creative departure.

Among the themes developed in The (S) Files 2011 are the influence of early New York street art movements, text and urban styles, and the creation of art works from urban debris. The variety of issues addressed by the artists range from daily life situations, to social behaviors, to economic distress.

In addition to its overall focus on New York-based artists, The (S) Files 2011 celebrates the Biennial of the Central American Isthmus (Bienal del Istmo Centroamericano) by showcasing the work of a group of artists featured in its most recent edition.

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For information on the Biennial of the Central American Isthmus click here

Featured Artists

The artists featured in The (S) Files 2011, whose backgrounds span almost every Latin American country, hail from multiple neighborhoods across New York City including Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx:

1. Marcos Agudelo (b. 1978, Bogotá, Colombia)
2. Sol Aramendi (b. 1968, Venado Tuerto, Argentina)
3. Firelei Báez (b. 1980, Santiago, Dominican Republic)
4. Base Collective (active since 2001)
5. Daniel Bejar (b. 1976, Bronx, New York)
6. Patricia Belli (b. 1964, Managua, Nicaragua)
7. Francisca Benítez (b. 1974, Santiago, Chile)
8. Juan Betancurth (b. 1972, Manizales, Colombia)
9. Alberto Borea (b. 1979, Lima, Peru)
10. Javier Bosques (b. 1985, San Juan, Puerto Rico)

11. Priscila de Carvalho (b. 1975, Curitiba, Brazil)
12. José Castrellón (b. 1980, Panama City, Panama)
13. COCO144 / Roberto Gualtieri (b. 1956, New York, New York)
14. Donna Conlon (b. 1966, Atlanta, Georgia)
15. COPE2 / Fernando Carlo Jr. (b. 1968, New York, New York)
16. Christian Curiel (b. 1977, Ponce, Puerto Rico)
17. Abigail DeVille (b. 1981, New York, New York)
18. Dister / Dister Rondon (b. 1979, New York, New York)
19. Flo Drake del Castillo (b. 1976, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
20. Alexis Duque (b. 1971, Medellín, Colombia)

21. Gerard Ellis (b. 1976, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
22. Feegz, Firo173 and Figaro / Carlos Jesús Martinez Dominguez (b. 1976, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina)
23. Felipe Galindo (b. 1957, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
24. Daniel González (b. 1963, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
25. Edwin González Ojeda (b. 1973, Brooklyn, New York)
26. Julio Granados (b. 1969, Lima, Peru)
27. Alicia Grullón (b. 1977, Bronx, New York)
28. Yasmín Hage (b. 1977, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
29. Jonathan Harker (b. 1975, Quito, Ecuador)

30. Las Hermanas Iglesias (active since 2008)
31. Juan Hinojosa (b. 1980, New York)
32. Janelle Iglesias (b. 1979, Queens, New York)
33. Lisa Iglesias (b. 1980, Queens, New York)
34. INDIE184 / Soraya Marquez (b. 1980, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)
35. Gisela Insuaste (b. 1975, New York, New York)
36. Jessica Kairé (b. 1980, Guatemala City, Guatemala)
37. Jayson Keeling (b. 1966, Brooklyn, New York)
38. Lady Pink / Sandra Fabara (b. 1964, Ambato, Ecuador)
39. Thessia Machado (b. 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

40. Sandra Mack Valencia (b. 1972 Medellín, Colombia)
41. Sofía Maldonado (b. 1984, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
42. J. Manuel Mansylla (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala)
43. Mare139 / Carlos Rodriguez (b.1965, New York, New York)
44. Armando Mariño (b. 1968, Santiago, Cuba)
45. Jessica Mein (b. 1975, São Paulo, Brazil)
46. Leonor Mendoza (b. 1965, Caracas, Venezuela)
47. Carlos N. Molina (b. 1959, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)
48. Irvin Morazán (b. 1976, San Salvador, El Salvador)
49. Felix Morelo (b. 1971, New York, New York)

50. Mösco / Alvaro Alcocer (b. 1977, Mexico City, Mexico)
51. Rachelle Mozman (b. 1972, New York, New York)
52. Felipe Mujica (b. 1974, Santiago, Chile)
53. nikoykatiushka (collaborating since 2003; b. 1978, Santiago, Chile; b. 1977, Suffern, New York)
54. Angel Otero (b. 1981, Santurce, Puerto Rico)
55. Geandy Pavón (b. 1974, Las Tunas, Cuba)
56. Antonia A. Perez (b. 1951, New York, New York)
57. Lina Puerta (b. 1969, Englewood, New Jersey)
58. Ronny Quevedo (b. 1981, Guayaquil, Ecuador)
59. Lee Quiñones (b. 1960, Ponce, Puerto Rico)

60. Hatuey Ramos-Fermín (b. 1978, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
61. Ishmael Randall-Weeks (b. 1976, Cuzco, Peru)
62. Justine Reyes (b. 1977, San Bernardino, California)
63. Ryan Roa (b. 1974, Tenafly, New Jersey)
64. Joaquín Rodríguez del Paso (b. 1961, Puebla, Mexico)
65. Rafael Sánchez (b. 1960, Havana, Cuba) and Kathleen White (b. 1960, Fall River, Massachusetts)
66. Rafael Sánchez (b. 1978, Newark, New Jersey)
67. Carlos Sandoval de León (b. 1975, Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico)
68. TOOFLY / Maria Castillo (b. 1977, Ibarra, Ecuador)
69. Johanna Unzueta (b. 1974, Santiago, Chile)

70. Rider Ureña (b. 1972 , Santiago, Dominican Republic)
71. VJ Demencia / René Juan de la Cruz (b. 1967, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
72. Adán Vallecillo (b. 1977, Danlí, El Paraíso, Honduras)
73. Simón Vega (b. 1972 San Salvador, El Salvador)
74. Elena Wen (b. 1980, Taipei, Taiwan)
75. Marela Zacarías (b. 1978, Mexico City, Mexico)