Juan C. Recaman email: namacer2@yahoo.com         

Born 1973. Bogota, Colombia

Lives and work in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

 

SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Skowhegan, Maine.

June-August 2003

 

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York City

M.F.A. – Photography and Related Media

2002

 

LONDON INSTITUTE, London, UK

Certificate in Professional Photographic Practice

1998

 

UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANDES, Bogota, Colombia

B.S. - Electrical Engineering

1997

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

Studio 27, San Francisco CA

Danger Zone, Film program curated by Tomonari Nikishawa-

Santafe de Bogota, Dia de la Independencia.

2007

 

Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Gravity, Ground to Earth (photographs)

2007

 

Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Free Trade, Film and Video Program

The Reading Room 2005

Nov 2005

 

Articule Gallery, Montreal, Canada.

Bambi Program 3 Shorts 2005.

April 2005

 

MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

Parameters of Fear. Untitled interviews 2004.

October 2004

Lazy J, Los Angeles, CA

Backyard Invitational. 11 Curators- 12 Artists.

Untitled Interviews 2004

July 2004

 

JODY MONROE GALLERY, Milwaukee, WI.

Brigitte, single channel video.

Mindfactory curated by Soon-Hwa Oh

Dec 2003

 

 

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, VIDEO LOUNGE PROJECT, Philadelphia, PA.

Untitled Interviews and Hidden Lakes Golf Course

Sept 2003

 

EQUAL SEVEN, BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, New York City

Brigitte, 15 min video.

MFA Thesis Screnning show.

October 2002

 

48th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN, Oberhausen, Germany

Santa Fe de Bogota, Independence Day, 6 min video.

May 2002

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF WEIMAR, Weimar, Germay

Santa Fe de Bogota, Independence Day, video. Video program curated by

Florian Wust. Symposium, Semiotics of fear; Organized by the Master in Fine Arts at University of

Weimar.

Jun 21 –23 2002

 

REMOTE LOUNGE, New York

Quiet Please, Interactive DVD.

July 2002

 

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, New York City

10 Years of Video from MFA Photography and Related Media

Quiet Please 7 min video.

October 2000

 

DISTRICT GALLERY, Bogota, Colombia

National Salon of Young Art

Group Show: Photography as an object.                            

August 1999

 

GRANTS

 

The Wheeler Foundation grant. New York.

2004

Change Inc. Emergency grant.

2004

 

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

 

ROTUNDA GALLERY and BCAT, Artist in Residency, Brooklyn, NY.

2004

 

ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Gillian Wearing Associate Artist, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

May 2003

 

PAULA RHODES AWARD, School of Visual Arts , New York City.

May 2002

 

AARON SISKIND SCHOLARSHIP, New York City.

September, 2000