ELIZABETH CEREJIDO
Born in Cuba, 1969
Present-2004 The Patricia & Phillip Frost
Art Museum, Florida International University
Museum Curator; Specializing in Contemporary Latin American Art.
Supervise the Cintas Foundation Fellowship Collection and curate a biennial
exhibition featuring the work of Cintas Fellows.
Curated exhibitions include:
Vision Revealed: Selections from the work of Abelardo Morell (Exhibition traveled to: Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brasil; Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, D.F.; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Lespri Endepandan: Discovering Haitian Sculpture
Rubén Torres Llorca: Modelo Para Armar / Easy-to-Build
A Room of One’s Own: Teresita Fernández, María Elena González, Quisqueya Henríquez, and María Martínez-Cañas
The Cuban Research Institute (CRI), Florida International University, Miami, FL.
Guest Curator / Consultant
Research, conceptualize and develop the visual arts programming for Cultura
al Borde - a series funded by the Ford Foundation which aims to expose
the South Florida student and community-at-large audiences with the work
of Cuban artists, thus creating a public forum through which an exchange
can take place about the realities of creating and producing artwork within
the specific socio-political context of the island nation.
Projects include:
Tania Bruguera: Autobiografia, 2004. A sound installation presented with Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Fabian & El Soca: Invernadero: Proyecto #1, 2005
Performance installation by two members of the Cuban performance collective,
ENEMA, Presented at Florida International University, University Park
Campus, Miami, FL.
Juan-Sí González, Patriotic Games and the Domino Effect, 2006
Performance and visual art installation. Presented at Florida International
University, University Park Campus, Miami, FL.
2003 Independent Curator: The Parallax Effect: Contemporary Cuban and
Cuban American Photography. Exhibition featuring the work of six photographers
living and working on either side of the Florida Straits: Alom, Campos-Pons,
Fors, Gory, Luis Mallo and Alain Pino.
Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL.
2001– 1992 Freelance photographer for various agencies, periodicals and private clients
2000 – 1996 Freites-Revilla Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Gallery manager: administrative duties that included inventory control
; involved in all aspects of planning and execution of exhibitions: artist/client
relations, curatorial, installation of artwork, press / promotion relations
1996 – 1993 The Americas Collection Gallery, Coral Gables, FL.
Administrative Assistant: inventory control, artist/client relations, assisted
director in presentation of artwork to corporations and private clients
1992 – 1986 Books & Books, Inc., Coral Gables, FL.
Assistant manager & assisted in monthly photographic exhibitions
Education
2002-2001 Florida International University
Bachelor in Art History
Emphasis in Latin American photography
Awards/Fellowships
1999 Recipient of the Florida Consortium for Visual Arts and Media Fellowship
Other
2002 Participated in mercy - a multi-media / performance collaboration
between visual artist Ann Hamilton and performance/composer Meredith
Monk
Gusman Center, Miami, FL.
Preliminary Panelist for National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
/ Photography Discipline
Miami, FL.
Exhibitions (* indicates solo exhibitions)
2006 *Re-Constructing a Family Portrait – Redux, Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY [Catalogue]
An Old-Fashion Love Story, Curated by Rubén Torres Llorca. Chelsea Galleria, Miami, FL. [Brochure]
CIRCA Art Fair. Puerto Rico. Represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 Art Basel-Miami Beach, Represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL.
Palm Beach Art Fair, Represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
2004 *Re-Constructing
a Family Portrait, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.
Color
photos and video installations, Miami, FL.
Art Basel-Miami Beach, Represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Miami Beach, FL.
2003 ArtBasel Miami Beach, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL.
CANY, Cuban Art New York, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York. (Cat.)
2002 Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.
*Absence, Color photographs and video installations, Art@Work, , Miami,
FL.
2001 Breaking Barriers: The Next Chapter, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL.
Featuring Cuban and Cuban American artists worldwide.
Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art Galleries
Collection, Traveling exhibition: Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem,
PA & Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY. (Cat.)
Artists Portaits, Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Fl.
Official/Unofficial – Art-Basel Group Exhibition, Living Room Bldg.,
Design District, Miami, FL.
2000 ArtMiami 2000, Miami Beach Convention Center, Felipe Grimberg Fine
Art, FL.
Recipients of the Consortium Fellowship, Florida Atlantic University Gallery,
Boca Raton, FL.
The Persistent Image, mia Gallery, Miami International Airport, Miami,
FL. (Cat.)
2000 *Escucho, Miami-Dade Community College/ Kendall-Campus
Gallery,Miami, FL. Exhibition included (30) images of nudes - large and
small format-exploring the theatricality of the body. (Cat.)
*Escucho, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1998 *Escucho, Centro de Artes Visuales - Galeria Pancho Fierro, Municipalidad
Metropolitana de Lima. Exhibition included (30) images of nudes - large
and small format- exploring the theatricality of the body. Lima, Peru (Cat.)
Bologne Art Fair, Represented by :Galeria Artra, Milan, Italy. (Selection
of work by gallery artists).
Grammercy Art Fair, Represented by:Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL. (Display
of artwork by gallery artists).
1997 Intentions & Techniques: Women Photographers from the Lehigh
University Photography Collection, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem,
PA. Cat.)
Throckmorton Fine Art, The Male Nude, New York, NY.
The Appleton Museum of Art, The Female Figure, Ocala, FL. (Cat.)
East Tennessee State University Gallery, Latin American Artists,
Johnson City, TN. (Traveling exhibition featuring the work of many Latin
American artists - Cat.)
1996 *Nude Series, Gutierrez Gallery/ Jorge Sori Fine Art, Miami, FL.
*Schneider Gallery, Nude Series, Elizabeth Cerejido & M. Magdalena
Campos- Pons, Exhibition included nudes by both artists exploring different
approaches of the theme. Chicago, IL.
*Nude Series, Eastern Washington University/Photography Gallery,
Cheney, WA. (Exhibition included (20) small format images of nudes).
*Portraits, Books & Books, Inc., Coral Gables, FL.
ArtMiami 96, Represented by Gutierrez Fine Art, Miami Beach, FL. (Display
of artwork by gallery artists).
The Photography Show’96, Represented by Throckmorton Fine Art, NYC
Works on Paper - The Armory, Represented by Throckmorton Fine Art,
New York, NY.
1995 Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts,
Tallahassee, FL. (Cat.)
National Works on Paper, St. Johns University Art Gallery, NY.
ArtChicago ‘95, Represented by Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Photography Show ‘95, Represented by Throckmorton Fine Art,
New York, NY.
Works on Paper - The Armory, Represented by Throckmorton Fine Art,
New York, NY.
Sheldon Lurie Art Against Aids Auction V, Miami, FL.
Selected Private/Public Collections
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL.
Miami University, Oxford, OH.
Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia
Cuban Museum of Arts & Culture, Miami, FL.
Florida Building Services, Miami, FL.
Centro de Artes Visuales/Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima, Lima, Peru
Selected Bibliography/Publications
Bilbao, Itziar. Elizabeth Cerejido, Exito, p. 24, Miami, FL: Feb. 23, 1997.
Flores, Pilar D. Elizabeth Cerejido y los cuerpos que escuchan en su novedosa
muestra
El Comercio, p.C8, Lima, Peru: September 12, 1998.
Mesa, Adriana. Fibras al Desnudo, Gestion, p.B2., Lima, Peru: Septembre 12, 1998.
Perez, Erwin. Sentimiento al Desnudo, El Nuevo Herald, p. E-1, Miami,
FL.:
Jan 3, 1998.
Quijandria, Rodrigo. Desnudos en Invierno, El Sol, p.9B, Lima, Peru: September 8, 1998.
Riera, Alejandro. Dos Visiones del cuerpo, Exito. p. 44, Chicago, IL.: June 13, 1996.
Triff, Alfredo Art on the Mind, The New Times, p. 57, Miami, FL. July 28, 2002.
Turner, Elisa “Photographers in Miami”, The Miami Herald,
Weekend-section, Miami, FL.: Feb. 4, 1999
“Mirror, Mirror, The Miami Herald, Sunday, July 13, 2002
Viera, Ricardo Nueva Luz: Photographic Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3 2003