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JOSÉ PARLÁ
1973 Born in Miami, US
  Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
   
Education
  Miami Dade College, Florida
1990 Savannah College of Art & Design, Georgia
  New World School of the Arts, Miami 
   
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Bronx Museum, New York, NY
2018 Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
  José Parlá: No Space / Non Place, NEU SPACE | 42 Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, NY
2017 Mirrors, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
  Roots, SCAD Museum of Arts, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
2016 Roots, National Young Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
  Small Golden Suns, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, JP
  Instincts, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX
2015 Surface Body / Action Space, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
  Surface Bady / Action Space, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Segmented Realities, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
  In Medias Res, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Prose, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, JP
  Broken Language, Hauch of Venison,London, GB
2012 Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture, BAM Fisher - Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
2011 Character Gesture, OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Walls, Diaries and Paintings, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Reading through Seeing: New Works, Ooi Botos Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2008 Layered Days, Cristina Grajales, New York, NY
  Adaption / Translation, Elms Lester Painting Rooms, London, UK
2007 The Grand Tour, Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne, AU
  The Elsewhere Community, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney, AU
2006 Cityscapes, curated by Manon Slome, Miami Beach, FL
  The Mystic Writing Pad, Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
   
Group Exhibitions
2018 Artes de Cuba, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
2017 Victors for Art: Michigan's Alumni Collectors-Part II: Abstraction, UMMA University of Michigan Museum Of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2015 Imagining New Worlds, Wilfredo Lam, José Parlá, Fahamu Pecou, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2012 Wrinkles of the City, Havana Cuba screening, 11th Havana Bienial, Havana, CU
  Legal Tender, Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 It Ain’t Fair, OHWOW Gallery, Miami Beach, Miami, FL
  The New Grand Tour, Bryce Wolkowitz, New York, NY
2009 The Kings County Biennial, Curated by James Fuentes, Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Stages (Live Strong Foundation), OHWOW Gallery, Miami, FL
  Stages (Live Strong Foundation), Deitch Projects, New York, NY
  Stages (Live Strong Foundation), Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, FR
  The New Yorkers, curated by Todd James and Mikkel Groennebaek, V1 Gallery, Copenagen, DK
2008 The New Grand Tour - DNA Space, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing, CN
  Hi & Lo, Curated by Takashi Murakami and Hiroshi Fujiwara, Kai Kai Ki Ki Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2007 The New Grand Tour, Hong Kong, CN
  Pirate Utopias - Futura and José Parlá, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, UK
  The Rosy Blue Masters, Curated by Marc Latamie, Royal Mirage, Dubai Cultural Council, Dubai, UE
  Stussy World Tour, Los Angeles, CA
  In or Out?, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, UK
2005 June 13th, José Parlá & Dr. Romanelli, Louis Vuitton's Celux, Tokyo, JP
  Art Nites: experiencia Culinaria, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
  Serendip, Tsunami Relief-Sri Lanka, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
  José Parlà Billboard Project V10.0., Undefeated & Nike, Curated by Aaron Rose, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Hollywood to the street: from the poster to graffiti with Mimmo Rotella, Curated by Manon Slome, Chelsea  Art Museum, New York, NY
  The Barnstormers: Retrospective, SECCA: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2003 What about New York?, Agnes B. Galerie Du Jour,, Paris, FR
  Two rooms, José parlá & Moi Tran, Brooklyn studio, New York, US
  Barnstormers: Hive Mind Sound System, Lump Gallery Projects, Raleigh, NC
  Final Modification 2, Exrealm yamaha Gallery, Tokio, JP
  Bazaar, Cuchifritos Art Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Chance by choice: the point in space where all points meet, The Annex Space, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
  Extension of the spectacle, Winter Music Conference, Albion Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
  Barnstormers, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santuce, PR
  Boomerang: Lee Quinones, RoStarr, and Ease/InkHeads, Curated by Agnes B., New York, NY
  Barnstormers: No condition is permanent, Smack Mellon Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Inkheads: sporadic germination 0000, 113 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
1997 Scratching the surface, Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
   
Public and Private Collections
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, CU
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The British Museum, London, UK
The Albright-Knox, Buffalo, New York, NY
London Business School, London, UK
Caldera Arts, Portland, OR
POLA Museum of Art, Hakone, JP
UMMA University of Michigan Museum Of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
The Burger Collection, Hong Kong, HK
Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection, Dallas, TX
   
Projects and Permanent Mural Commissions 
2018 Amistad America, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2014 ONE World Trade Center, New York, NY
2013 Hunt Library by SNØHETTA, North Carolina State University, NC
2012 BAM FISHER, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
  11th Havana Bienial, Cuba: Wrinkles of the City-Havana, Cuba, CU
2012 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
2010 Concord CityPlace, City of Toronto, ON
   
Awards, Panels and Residencies
2016 Miami Dade College Alumni Hall of Fame Award Inductee, Miami, FL
2014 Istanbul74’ Arts & Culture Festival, Istanbul, TR
  Brooklyn Arts Council honoree, New York, NY
  Caldera Arts at Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2013 ICA Institure of Contemporary Arts - London, UK
  Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Wifredo Lam, Havana, CU
  Latin American Culture Center, Paris, FR
  Grand Prize, Best Documentary Short Best U.S. Premiere, Heartland Film Festival for Wrinkles of the City, Havana, CU
  Best U.S. Premiere, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN
2009 Artist talk-Painting Program, Syracuse University, New York, NY
2006 Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA
1999 Conversation on the style of writing and sub-culture in Graffiti Art, Illustration and Painting Department, School of Visual Art, New York, NY
1992 South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL