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Ana de Portela

Education:

• Sculpture, Design, Drawing with Mark Pritchett @ San Antonio College
• University of The Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
• University of Vienna, Austria,
• National Autonomous University of Mexico, San Antonio
• Trinity University Journalism Institute, San Antonio.
• B.F.A. Sculpture 1989 Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD

Click Here for a downloadable version of Ana's Resume (MS Word 2000 format)

One Person Exhibitions

2006

          Trophy Wives and Goddesses. Bronx Haven Arts. New York

2005

International Womens Foundation Die Hogue

Kunstlerhinnenhoff Die Hogue, Residency Awarded in 3 categories Visual Art, Performance and New Genre Literature, Selected with Laura Cottingham and Guerrilla Girls. Hogenhausen Germany, Nominated by Stella Rollig

The Work of Ana de Portela” A Video Tryptich of Social Interventions: Latino Alamode, I Like Europe Europe Likes Me” Shaving For The City, featuring Chica RAmadaZA, Produced by George Ozuna, Channel 54, Mannhattan Cable Feb 14 7:30 pm, Feb 21 ,8 pm

Vienna Coffee Table, Curated by Herbert Hinterrger Galerie Bernard Knauss, Mannheim Germany

Violencia Sin Cuerpos,Video exhibition curated by Berta Sichel , Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid Spain, Ana de Portela, Lourdes Portillo, Sadie Bening, Paul McCarthy, Guerrilla Girls

Una Torta Sin Sabor, performed and written byAna de Portela , produced by George Ozuna

Black Maria Film Festival, Experimental Category, Shaving For The City, Ana de Portela produced by George Ozuna

ArteCaliente! The Joe Diaz Collection “ Christina's World 16x 20, color photograph byAna de Portela, travels to South Texas Institute for Art, Corpus Christi, TX, San Jose Museum of Art, Calif, Hispanic Cutural Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Indiana museum of Art

 

2003

·         I Like L.A and L.A Likes me . LAX , January 16,2003, 11:30 A.M.

·         La Gloria, 220 ft Mural , memorial to Westside barrio dance hall "La Gloria" , San Antonio, Texas viewed from Potosi street, private commission

2002

·      Cow Parade “The Ad-Moo-ral” (Spurs, WNBA, THE Rampage - a homage to David Robinson # 50 (aka The Admiral)) - Permanent Display , SBC Center, SBC Parkway, San Antonio, TX

2000

·         The VISITATION, 227 Wickes St.,  San Antonio, TX 78205 - on the occasion of an intervention in the home of Edmund Schenecker , July 16, 2002 7-10pm

1995

·         Art in Residence curated by Christine Meierhofer, Clocktower, PS.1 Museum, New York, NY

·         Manifest Destiny, Depot, Museumquartier, Vienna, Austria. Catalogue by Ana de Portela

·         Green Eggs and Ham, by Ana de Portela hosted by Stella Rollig. Vienna, Austria

1994

·         Chemistry is Beauty. Eigen+Art, Berlin, Germany

1992

·         12 Weeks, 12 Artists, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Dooley le Cappellaine, New York, NY

1991

·         The Real Thing, curated by Erik Oppenheim, 20 N. Moore, New York, NY

1990

·         Octopussy, Dooley le Cappellaine, New York, NY

Two Person Exhibitions

1992

·         Paradise Europe, Ana de Portela and Erik Oppenheim, curated by BIZ ART, and Nordanstad Skarstedt, Citywide Billboard Exhibition. Copenhagen, Denmark Symposium, Catalogue

·         Sweeping it Under the Rug with Warren Neidich, The Kitchen, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2002

·         Wall Power, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Curated by Joan Davidow. April, 2002

2001

• Watchale, outdoor movie night, empty lot at corner of Washington St. and Beauregard (Supported by The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation and NESA).
• Tower of Power, Tower of the Americas, Sky Lounge Hemisfair Plaza, with Pelon, Jack Stamps, John Navarro, Chuck Fischer. – Concept by Ana de Portela, catalogue, John Navarro

2000

• Watchale, outdoor movie night, empty lot at corner of Montezuma and Trinity Streets in San Antonio, Texas 78705
• Wachtale, outdoor movie Night, Eric Lee's Bake Shop Parking Lot

1999

·         Embracing Grandeur IV “Collective Resurrection”

·         Embracing Grandeur III "Opotami" – June 19, Seven Oaks Motel, 1400 Austin Hwy. San Antonio, TX. – Concept and text by Ana de Portela.

·         Embracing Grandeur II "Psalms for Suburbia" – May 15, Seven Oaks Motel, 1400 Austin Hwy. San Antonio, TX. – Concept and text by Ana de Portela.

·         Embracing Grandeur I,( EG1) The Fifties Landscape, Seven Oaks Hotel,  Room 602, 1400 Austin Highway, San Antonio, Texas 78209 - text and concept by Ana de Portela

1998

·         Andy’s Room – San Antonio, Texas

·         Contemporary Art Month, July 1998

·         Texas Dialogues, Curated by Diana Block and Franco Mondini, Bluestar, San Antonio, Texas

1996

• Synthesis and Subversion, concept and catalogue by Francis Colpitt, UTSA Northwest and Satellite Galleries - San Antonio, Texas

1995

·         Club Berlin, Aperto Venice Biennale xxv, Teatro Malibran, Venice Italy, organized by Klaus Biesenbach after a concept by Mary MacDonald

·         Fundraising Benefit, American Fine Art, New York, NY

·         Sterischer Herbst, "One Hundred Changing Cabins" curated by Paolo Bianchi, Graz, Austria, Catalogue

·         Exquisite Corpse, The Drawing Center, travelling exhibition, New York, NY Catalogue

·         Information, curated by Sandra Hafensteufel and Uta Meta Bauer, Goethe Institute, Symposium, New York, NY

1994

·         Word of Mouth video exhibition curated by Ana de Portela, Opening Screening, The Performing Garage, New York City, travels to Friesenwall 120, Cologne, Germany, Bruno Brunett, Berlin, Germany, Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels Belgium

·         Confessional, curated by Andrea Scott, Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, NY

·         Waterbar V1, curated by Erik Oppenheim. Marlboro Multiples, performed and curated by Ana de Portela. Daniel Newberg Gallery and David Zwirner, New York, NY catalogue.

·         TranSex; A State of Mystical Absorption curated by Les Ayre and Erika Knerr, AMO Gallery, Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. Catalogue 1993

·         Under Thirty, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria, Catalogue

·         7 Rooms, 7 Shows, curated by Lois Nesbitt. PS 1 Museum, Long Island City, New York

·         Writing on the Wall, 303 Gallery New York, New York

·         Free Lunch, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Musee Contemporain, Martigne, Switzerland

·         Waterbar V, curated by Erik Oppenheim,

·         Vox Vendor Artist Multiples curated, performed and conceptualized by Ana de Portela and Warren Neidich, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY

·         One Leading To Another "hit and run" curated by Lisa Spellman, based on a concept after Peter Nadin, 303 Gallery, New York NY.

·         Waterbar IV, curated by Erik Oppenheim, BlumHelman Gallery, New York, NY

·         240 Minutes curated by Lothar Hernpel, Esther Schipper Gallery, Cologne, Germany 1992

·         Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, Curated by Karin Bravin, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY

·         Sculpture Center Benefit, Curated by Muranushi Lederman, The Sculpture Center, New York, NYNY

·         Those Silly Republicans, curated by Kenny Schacter, Flamingo East, New York, NY

·         Kitsch, Kitchen, curated by Kenny Schacter, Flamingo East New York, NY

1991

·         Home for June, curated by Erik Oppenheim, Home for Contemporary Theater and Art, New York, NY

·         The True Story Behind Every Object, Performance / Installation, Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery

1989

·         Selections 48, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

1987

·         Texas Sculpture Symposium

Visiting Artist / Awards / Grants

• City of San Antonio Planning Dept. - Neighborhood and Urban Design Commission for Cattleman's Square 2002

• BMWFK (Bundesministerium Fur Wissenschaft Forschung Kultur und Kunst), Sculpture, Austria

• AMERIKAHAUS Video, Leipzig, Germany

• Change Inc. Sculpture

• The Drawing Center, drawing

• BMWFK selectee for Aperto, Venice Biennate, Venice, Italy

• Nicaragua Arts & Letters for film. Surfing Puerto Escondido

• Trinity University Journalism Institute for Creative Writing Award

• Kunstwerke, Video

• Depot Museum Quarter lecture by Ana de Portela

• Noel His Sculpture figurative clay

• Maryland Institute College of Art Sculpture, Mildred Perle Caplan Award, Sculpture

• 1997-1998 – Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis Publishing

• Article: San Antonio Express-News, November 1998

• Article: San Antonio Current, November 1998

Publications

·         Weinerwald Premier Issue August 1995 Fiction, "SunnyBoy Sidewalk" by Ana de Portela pps. 22-23, published by BMWFK, Vienna, Austria

·         Manifest Destiny, Ana de Portela, archive, Depot, Muscumquartier - Vienna, Austria, Vienna Video and text.

·         Kreuzer, July issue 1994 – Interview with Thomas Irmer

·         New Observations #103 VIDEO November – December 1994 Guest Editor Ana de Portela, Published by Diane Karp, New York, NY.

·         Pig Magazine, Volume 1 Published by John Le Kay on the occasion of the exhibition Waterbar 1, 303 Gallery, Contributing Editor, Ana de Portela "Introducing "Guy Forget" and "United Man"" Museum of Modern Art Book Purchase, Franklin Furnace Archive.

Videos

·         1989 – Surfing Puerto Escondido, 3 minutes

·         1991 – Make Pretend, 22 minutes

·         1993 – The Secret Curl – 37 minutes, Friesenwall 120, Cologne, Germany

·         1994 - 240 Minutes, Sharing - 3 Min, Schipper Kroner, Cologne, Germany

·         1995 – Pig Stand, 3 minutes

·         1995 – Diva, 3 minutes, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany (Not Available)

·         1995 - I like Europe and Europe Likes Me, 54 minutes (Edition of 10)

·         1995 - Fraulein Guide to Etiquette, 7 minutes

·         1995 - Letter to J. Paul Getty, 3 minutes

·         1995 – Manifest Destiny, 45 minutes

·         1996 – Composition for Hand and Organ, 6 minutes

·         1996 – Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall, Process Video

·         2001 - Shaving for the City , on the occasion of the exhibition, Tower of Power, 5 minutes, Ana de Portela

Bibliography

·         Flash Art International, May 2000,Five San Antonio, Artists, by Berta Sichel

·         Express News, Dan Goddard

·         San Antonio Current, July4, 2000, Jenny Browne

·         San Antonio Current John Ewing, July 2001

·         San Antonio Current July 2001, John Navarro