CV
Education
1995 - 1990 University of Fine Arts Sant Jordi, Barcelona
1990 - 1993 École de Beaux-Arts, Paris
1993 MFA Institut Hautes Etudes, Paris
1995 - 1997 MFA Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2018
Forbidden Collections, Upstream Gallery Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Invisible Languages, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
2017
Cartas al Cielo (Letters to the sky), Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan
Alicia Framis. Fearless., Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
Statements, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Land Project, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2016
Everyday Sunshine, Horrach Moya Gallery, Mallorca
2015
I’m in the wrong place to be real, 3bisf, Aix-en Provence, France
2014
Framis in Progress, MUSAC, Léon, Spain
Forbidden Rooms, Annet Gelink Gallery,Amsterdam, Netherlands
Framis in Progress, CC Brugge, Belgium
Chambre des livres Interdites, Picasso Museum, Nice, France
2013
Forbidden Rooms, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Framis in Progress, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria
Framis in Progress, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands
2012
Cinema Solo, La Frac Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
Daily Future, Kunstzone Rabobank Utrecht, Netherlands
Solo show, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
2011
Apuntes sobre el cielo, Sala de Exposiciones de la Diputación de Huesca, Spain
2009
Solo show in Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
GMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia
New Buildings for China, Instituto Cervantes, Beijing, China
2008
Guantánamo Museum, Centre d’Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
Not for Sale (performance), Madrid Abierto, Madrid, Spain
2007
China with Love, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006
Alicia Framis, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Acciones secretas, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Secret Strike: Archivo momentos, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo CGAC, Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Partages, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux CACP, Bordeaux, France
Secret Strike, Mireille Mosler Gallery, New York, USA
2004
anti_dog, Center of Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain
2003
Muebles de tiempo, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Anti_dog, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
Anti_dog, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Anti_dog, performance, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Anti_dog, performance, Metronom, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Anti_dog, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Anti_dog, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2001
Minibar, Arco, Madrid, Spain
2000
Remix Buildings, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Remix Buildings, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2019
Your Voice Matters, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
2018
From Havana has come a…, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
2017
Thessaloniki Biennále of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Artefact Festival, STUK Onthaal, Leuven, Belgium
Magic Carpets and Drones, Marta Herford, Germany
2015
Heaven or Hell, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
Global Control and Censorship, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Drifting in Daylight, Creative Time, Central Park, New York, USA
When I Give, I Give Myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Room for Forbidden Books, selected for Art Basel, Parcours, Switzerland
2014
Real imaginary futures, Bureau Europa, Maastricht, Netherlands
CITIES, Natlab, Eindhoven, Netherlands
A screaming comes across the sky, Centro LABoral, Gijon, Spain
NonMonument, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
2013
Dread, De Hallen Haarlem, Netherlands
Tolerance, Chambre d’Amies, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Habitat, Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Collection on display, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
Shift, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Full Printed Printing Objects, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
2012
Somnio Film Festival, Alkmaar, Netherlands
Anti_dog Es Baluard, Palma, Mallorca
L’amour à mort, FRAC Corse, Corte, France
Cartas al Cielo, Amstelpark Amsterdam, Netherlands
Through an open window, Institute Néerlandais, Paris, France
Genealogías feministas en el arte español: 1960-2010, MUSAC, Léon, Spain
The Ideal Place, NEST Den Haag, Netherlands
Screening of Lost, Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
Screening of Lost Astronaut, Instytut Sztuki Wyspa, Gdansk, Poland
Screening of Lost Astronaut, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2011
Imagine Being There, Kunstzone Rabobank Utrecht
Moonlife Concept Store, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medianoche en la ciudad, ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2010
Aware: Art Fashion Identity Exhibition, Royal Academy of the Arts, GSK Contemporary, London, England
Drafts Establishing Future, Flux/S Eindhoven, Netherlands
De Nederlandse identiteit? Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, Netherlands
C.O.N.T.R.A.V.I.O.L.E.N.C.I.A.S. Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Secret Strikes, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Double infinity, Dutch Cultural Center, Shanghai, China
Performance Video, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2009
Ball Park, Galería Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Looking from the Outside, ArtAids, Barcelona, Spain
Minimal Histories, Galleri Box and Instituto Cervantes, Göteborg, Sweden
Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
Drafts establishing future, ABC Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Is this Spain? Saint Pancras Crypt Gallery, London, England
Utopía? – Art and Human Rights, Addaya Centre d’Art Contemporani, Mallorca, Spain
Auto, Sueño y Materia, Laboral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain
Estuary biennale, Nantes, France
Contraseñas, Montehermoso Cultural Centre of Vitoria-Gasteiz
The Show must go on, GMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell. Life experiences in art from Musac Collection, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Una fábrica, una máquina, un cuerpo Arqueología espacios industriales, La Panera, Lleida, Spain
Urbanea, Fundació Es Convent, Mallorca, Spain
200 years Prix de Rome, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
Performa 09, New York City, USA
Auto. Sueño y materia, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, Spain
25 obras, 17 artistas, 4 relatos, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida, Spain
Holland Experience!, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, South Korea
Inventari, Galería Estrany, De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Nuevas Historias. A New View of Spanish Photography, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
2008
Zonas de Riesgo, Caixa Forum Barcelona
Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
“Wouldn’t it be nice… wishful thinking in art and design”, Somerset House, London, England
Risque d’attente, Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia
Extraordinary rendition, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Imágenes a pie de calle, Festival Loop, curator Neus Miró, Barcelona, Spain
“Wouldn’t it be nice…wishful thinking in art and design”, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Locked-In, Images of Humanity in the Age of Intrusion, Casino de Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain, Luxemburg
Everywhere is War (and rumours of War), Bodhi Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
Mondo e Terra, La collezione del Frac Corsica, Museo d’Arte di Nuoro, Italy
2007
Pensa-Piensa-Think, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
Artist Pention Trust, Today Art Museum, curator Dan Cameron, Beijing, China
After the News, BankART1929, Yokohama, Japan
MOCA Museum, Shanghai, China
Entreprise du lieu, POMMERY, curator Daniel Buren, Reims, France
Would be so nice, Centre of Art Contemporain, Genève
Rightfully Yours, Justina M Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Existencias, Musac – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
Background IV, Galería Horrach Moyà, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
2006
Big City Lab, Art Forum Berlin, curator Friederike Nymphius, Berlin, Germany
On Mobility, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
59, Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno, Switzerland
Dresscode, Historisches und Voelkerkundemuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Femmes d’Europe, Saint-Tropez, France
Alicia Framis. 8 de junio, las modelos libran. A Life in a Bag, Loewe 160 Years Anniversary, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Fusión, MUSAC, León, Spain
FASHION VICTIM, CRAC, Alsace, France
FASHIONS, Center of Contemporary Art in Leipzig, Germany
Secret Strike Tate Modern, Art Unlimited, Art 38 Basel, Switzerland
Architecture au Corps, Galerie Anton Weller, Paris, France
Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Art Museum at U.C. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, USA
Dormir, rêver… et autres nuits, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2005
Actions Tour, San Vicente, Pollença, Palma de Mallorca
Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Contemporary Visions, Photographs and videos from the Collection Helga de Alvear Oulu City Art Museum, Oulu, Finland
Carrera de Fondo, Santa Inés Exposition Gallery Sevilla, Spain
Bodytalk, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, Netherlands
Dreaming Bodies, Asahi Art Square, Tokyo, Japan
Express yourself, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Super, Biennial of Belgium, Hasselt, Belgium
On Mobility, De Appel Art Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fascination, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Express yourself, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
Pattern Language, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Pattern Language, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA, USA
Super, Biennale of Belgium, Hasselt, Belgium
Fascination, Museum Düsseldorf, Germany
Fascination, Museum in Bradford, Germany
2004
No lo llames performance, Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
Hors d’oeuvre: ordres et désordres de la noriture, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Hit and Run, Istanbul, Turkey
Dream Island, Riga, Lettonia, Latvia
Fashination, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Bodytalk, Beelden aan Zee, curator Anne Berk, The Hague, Netherlands
Brave New World, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece
‘Fuckin’ Trendy, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, curator Ellen Seiffermann, Nürnberg, Germany
The violence of the tone, W139, curator Anders Kreuger, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Women video artists, UNESCO, Paris, France
We are the world, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Utopia Station, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Napels, Italy
Utopia Station, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Munich, Germany
2003
We are the world, Venice Biennale Dutch Pavilion, curator Rein Wolf, Venice, Italy
Fantastic, MASS MoCA, curator Nato Thompson, Massachusetts, USA
Pequenas politicas, EACC, Castelló, Spain
Utopia Station, Venice Biennale, curators Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Molly Nesbitt, Italy
Kidea, Tuscia Electra, Florence, Italy
Armour, curator Lidewij Edelkoort, Fort Asperen, Netherlands
No lo llames performances, Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2002
Projects, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
Museum Dhondt – Dhaenens, curator Edith Doove, Deurle
2001
2nd Berlin Biennale, curator Saskia Bos, Berlin
Sonsbeek 9: Locus/Focus, curator Jan Hoet, Arnhem, Netherlands
Squatters, Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
Triennale Yokohama, curator Nabuo Nakamura, Japan
Artline 5: Interaktionen Natur & Architektur, curator Jan Hoet, Borken, Germany
Silhouettes and Shadow, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
Vostestaqui, Palau de la Virreina, curator Chus Martinez, Barcelona, Spain
Parasites, Stork area, SKOR/AFK Amsterdam, Netherlands
2000
Einsamkeit in der Stadt - Inventions against Loneliness, Zurich, Switzerland
Yksinnäisyys Kaupungissa-World record of Contact, Helsinki, Finland
Soledad en la ciudad- Remix, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Over the Edges, SMAK, curator Jan Hoet, Ghent, Belgium
I made a list of things I’m going to do: Plan B, De Appel Art Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Etats des lieux # 1, Nicolas Bourriaud, Fribourg, Switzerland
Zona F, EACC, Castellon, Spain
Madas indiscretas, Foundation la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Living Apart Together, Foundation la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Ideas for living, ACHK-de Paviljoens, Almere, Netherlands
Highlights
2009
Performa 09 New York
2003
Framis represented the Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale
2001
2nd Berlin Biennale
1998
Manifesta 2 Luxemburg
Framis has permanent work in New York (Sculptural work), Atomium Brussles (Architectural work), and Shanghai (Art and Architectural work).
Her work has been included in numerous permanent collections, including those of Collection FRAC Lorraine (France), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Switzerland), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Netherlands), MUSAC de Castilla y Léon (Spain), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Netherlands), among others.
International teaching experience
2015 - 2017
Columbia University School of the Arts, guest teacher for Rirkrit Tiravanija’s class, New York, USA
2012 - 2017
ArtEZ, Bachelor of Experimental Fine Art, Tutor of department interdisciplinary Performance, Arnhem, Netherlands
2015 - 2016
Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, guest teacher, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Sandberg Instituut, teacher Fine Art department, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002
CCA fellowship programme, guest teacher, Kitakyushu, Japan
Lectures
2017 - 2002
Goldsmiths University of London
Museo Contemporáneo de Santiago
MUKHA, Museum Arnhem
MUSAC, Léon
De Appel Art Centre, Amsterdam
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
HKU, University of the Arts, Utrecht
Abteiberg Museum, Mönchendgladbach
Philadelphia Museum of Art,Philadelphia
Vigeland Museum, Oslo
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Faculty of Fine Art, Chiang Mai University
De Hallen Haarlem
MOCA, Shanghai
Art Center Nabi, Seoul
European University of Architecture, Madrid
Workshops
2007
Artificial Nature, MoCA, Shanghai
1996 - 1998
Academie van Bouwkunst workshops about architecture and art, Amsterdam
2003
Cities on the move, Delft University of Technology, Delft
Performance, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2000
Loneliness in the city, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
Loneliness in the city, MACBA, Barcelona
Loneliness in the city, Kiasma, Helsinki
Loneliness in the city, Dunkers Kulturhus Helsingborg
Interviews with the artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlx6YiXOdh4
https://vimeo.com/85515181
https://vimeo.com/202742812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5FG6RdTJI
Artists books
WAX & JARDINS, authors: Anders Kreuger, Xander Karskens , Bartomeu Mari, MVRDV, among others. Publisher: Artimo, 2001.
FRAMIS ALICIA FRAMIS, works from 1995-2003. With contributions by Ole Bouman, Rein Wolfs, among others.Publisher: Artimo.1998
HIJAS SIN HIJAS, a testament of 100 women without children. Publisher Gemeente Dordrecht.1996
ANTI-DOG, dresses bullet, fire and dog proof. Publisher Artimo
SECRET STRIKES, publisher Museo de arte contemporáneo Santiago de Compostela.2006
FRAMIS IN PROGRESS, works from 1995 – 2010. With contributions by Ole Bouman, Rein Wolfs, lilet Breddels among others. 2009
APUNTES SOBRE EL CIELO, publisher: Ayuntamiento de Huesca.2007
Artworks in video online
https://vimeo.com/103227705
https://vimeo.com/106150233
https://vimeo.com/103631347
https://vimeo.com/103331198
Website
www.aliciaframis.com