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Juan Batalla
www.juanbatalla.blogspot.com
www.juanbatalla.com.ar
(Argentina, 1967)

Solo Exhibitions

2012 "Body of Work", Caraffa Museum, Córdoba
2011 "Three hours for a cloud", Casa de Yrurtia Museum, Buenos Aires
"Paranatellon", Rosa Galisteo Museum, Santa Fe City, Argentina
2010 "The other", Elsi del Río Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires
"Rhino", Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
2008 "Blessyoumadly", Cultural Centre of Spain, CCEBA, Buenos Aires
2005 "Igbalé", Loreto Arenas Gallery, Buenos Aires
2004 "The three persons"", El Mariscal Cultural Association, Corrientes
"The three persons", Nordeste Cultural Centre, Resistencia, Chaco
2003 "Lifesavers", Elía Foundation - Robirosa, Buenos Aires
Herrería del Machango, San Carlos, Uruguay
2002 Aurea Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2013 Wynwood Art Fair, Aldo de Sousa Gallery. Miami, USA
2012 "Verâo", Galeria da Gavea, Río de Janeiro, Brasil
Colonial Hotel Art Prize, Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Salta
National Prize, Textile Art. Buenos Aires
BAPhoto art fair, Gonzalo Vidal Gallery. Buenos Aires
Till Fashion tear us apart. Cultural Centre of Spain, Buenos Aires
2011 "Argentine Contemporary Art", Grand Valley State University; Michigan, USA
Porsche Museum,; Stuttgart, Germany
National Prize 2011; Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires
ArteBA 2011 Art Fair,; Towpyha Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires
2010 "Phase 2", Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
"Transmutaçao", Meninos de luz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Eros and Thanatos", Ecunhi, Buenos Aires
Manuel Belgrano Salon, Buenos Aires

2009 "Call house", Antioquía Museum, Medellín, Colombia
"Celebration - Day of the deads", Barraca Vorticista, Buenos Aires
"Sculptures in the garden", Larreta Museum, Buenos Aires
"Discontinuous", Recoleta Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires and C.C. Virla, Tucumán
ArteBA 2009, Contemporary Art Fair, 1/1 Caja de Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires
"Art from the orixás", Center of Brazilian Studies Foundation, Buenos Aires

2008 "Eroticamística", Masotta-Torres Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires
"Me río de la plata", MarteUpMarket Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
"Visual Dialogue", Centro Cultural Coreano, Buenos Aires
ArteBA 2008. Contemporary Art Fair ,Gallery, 1/1 Caja de Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires
ArtBo.1/1 Caja de Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia

2007 "Geometries", Zavaleta Lab Gallery, Buenos Aires
ArteBA 2007, Contemporary Art Fair, Loreto Arenas Gallery, Buenos Aires
"Sacred Territories", Contemporary Art Museum (M.A.C.), Salta
"Sculptures in the Garden", Larreta Museum, Buenos Aires
"I believe",1/1 Caja de Arte Gallery; Bs.As.

2006 ArteBA 2006, Contemporary Art Fair - Loreto Arenas Gallery, Buenos Aires
Third afro Latin encounter. House of Culture, Buenos Aires
Sívori Museum, Buenos Aires

2005 ArteBA 2005. Contemporary Art Fair - Loreto Arenas Gallery
Manuel Belgrano Salon, Buenos Aires
Centre of Brazilian Studies Foundation, Buenos Aires

2004 National Salon of Santa Fe
Sacred Art Salon, University of Moron, Buenos Aires
Loreto Arenas Gallery, Buenos Aires

2003 Elía Foundation- Robirosa, Buenos Aires

2002 National Library, Buenos Aires

2001 O.S.S.E.A Cultural Centre., Buenos Aires

Others

2012 Curator Museu da Arte Postal, nomadic project
Curator ALVA, Latin America Videoart, Kiosko Gallery, Sta Cruz, Bolivia
Essay for "Aníbal Buede", book from "Contemporary artists from Cordoba" collection
2011 Curator: "Heaven´s Mud", Osde Foundation, Buenos Aires
Artistic and editorial direction for the book "Vampire, saint and miraculous women"
2010/11 Co-director and writer of monthly Sauna art magazine
2008/9 Curator: "Dueños de la encrucijada" Blanes Museum, Montevideo, Uruguay
and Rojas Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
Mail Art, Barraca Vorticista, Buenos Aires
Participation in “Healing Men”, project by the curator Anabel Vanoni
2007 Artistic Direction and Editorial of the book "Owners of the Crossroad"
2005/11 Colaborations and articles for national and international cultural magazines
2004 Artistic Direction, Editorial and Performance of the book "San La Muerte, a strange voice"
2003 Performance – Interventions in the costs of Uruguay
2001 Artistic Direction of the afro-Brazilian dance company I. Soares, Buenos Aires

Awards

2012 Two 1st Prize in Master Category, Bodybuilding. Mr Buenos Aires and F.Machine. BsAires
2011 1st Prize, Forner - Bigatti Foundation (Sculpture)
2nd Prize, Master Category, Argentine Championships,(Bodybuilding), Córdoba
3rd Prize, National Prize 2011, Sculpture Category
2002 "Atabaque" Award, I.F.A., Uruguay.

Publications - Editions

2003 "Lifesavers", from the “Arte Brujo” Collection