Allora & Calzadilla Biography

Jennifer Allora (b. 1974, Philadelphia, U.S.A.).

Guillermo Calzadilla (b. 1971, La Havana, Cuba).

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have collaborated on an extensive body of work since 1995. Through a research-based approach, their work traces intersections of history, material culture, and politics through a wide variety of mediums, namely performance, sculpture, sound, video, and photography.

Their work has been exhibited and collected widely in publicinstitutions and private collections. They are the recipients of variousprizes, including: The Scientific Merit Award and the Audience Award atthe 10th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival, New York(2017); the Gwangju Biennial Prize, Gwangju (2004); Penny McCallFoundation Grant (2003); Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2002) and theCintas Fellowship (2002-2001).

Their last solo shows include: Serralves Museum, Porto (2023); The MenilCollection, Houston (2020); Tate Modern, London (2019); Garage Museumof Contemporary Art, Moscow (2019); Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (2018);Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis (2018); Fundació Antoni Tàpies,Barcelona (2018); Museo Nazionale delle aArti del XXI Secolo: MAXXI,Roma (2018); University of Chicago, Chicago (2017); Art Gallery ofAlberta, Alberta (2016); Abbaye de Royaumont, Royaumont (2016); DIA ArtFoundation Commission, Guayanilla/Peñuelas Puerto Rico (2015);Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fabric Workshop and Museum,Philadelphia (2014); Fondazione Nicola Tussardi, Palazzo Cusani, Milan(2013); US Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennial, Venice (2011); MoMA, New York(2010); The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo(2009); Haus der Kunst München, Munich (2008); Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam (2008); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007); Kunsthalle Zürich,Zürich (2007); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst SMAK, Ghent (2006);Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006).

Among numerous group exhibitions at institutions such as: CentrePompidou, Paris, Metz (2022; 2019); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NewYork (2014); Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York (2008; 2013; 2019;2020); Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo (2009); The New Museum, New York(2008); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, (2007).

Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel

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