Adriana Arroyo
*1981 in San José, Costa Rica
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Education:
2011-2013
Two-year studio programme, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004-2007
- BA (1st Class Hons) Contemporary Media Arts Practice,
- Brighton University, Sussex, United Kingdom
2001
Diploma in Audiovisual Production Centro de Imagen, San José, Costa Rica
Awards and Grants:
2021
Artist in residence, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Mülheim, Germany
2020
2020 Grant for Visual Artists, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2018
Research Grant for Visual Artists, Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
Triangle Fellowship Program, URRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017
2017 Shortlist VBKI-Prize Berlin Galleries (Polytropos: Turning Many Ways)
2015
Emerging Artist Award, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica
2011
- Two-year Dutch Ministry of Science, Culture and Education Grant (2011-2013)
- Shortlisted for Frieze Emdash Award
2010
Berlin Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs - Film/Video Female Artist Programme Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Polytropos: Turning many ways, KM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2016
¿Cuánta Tierra Necesita un Hombre?, Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
2015
- Geotropism, KM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Unstable Strata, Emergency: Volcanic Contexts, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica
2014
- Unstable Strata, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- The Vertigo of Shallow Depths, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2021
The Situation is Fluid, Amsterdam Art Gallery, The Netherlands (Curated by Aude Mgba)
2020
- In Sediment and Shadow, Kurant,Tromsø, Norway (screening)
- ¿Qué Hay Después del Arte Contemporáneo?, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
2019
- Two or Three Things I Know About Latin America, Arsenal, Berlin, Germany
- Found Cuban Mounts, Neues Kino, Basel, Switzerland (screening)
2018
Traslación (passage), URRA, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
- Ideal Types, HE.RO (Hertzberger / Rolt) Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (cur. Alfredo Cramerotti and Elsa Barbieri)
2017
- Fleeting Territories, Kunst Raum Niederroestereich, Vienna, Austria
- Five Years: Changing and Growing, KM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2016
- Theatre de l’Absurde (Final Episode), Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Money, Good and Evil, A Visual History of the Economy, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
2015
Found Cuban Mounts, Bergman Centre, Farö Island, Sweden (Screening - cur. Ulrich Ziemons)
2014
- Structures form layers, forms layer structures, layers structure forms, KM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- On White II, Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
- A Paradise Built in Hell, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany (cur. Bettina Steinbrügge and Stefanie Schulte Strathaus)
- On White, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
- Art Rotterdam Projections (with Gabriel Rolt Gallery), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013
- I Appear Missing, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Ground to Ground, Offspring 2013, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cur. Francesco Stocchi)
2012
- Limbodrome, Capital A, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Found Cuban Mounts, Arte Creative web channel broadcast Sept. 2012- Sept-2013
- Intentional Stance, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cur. Bojan Sarcevic)
- Found Cuban Mounts,Media City Film Festival, Ontario, Canada (screening)
2011
- HotAvatgardeHotHot, Oslo10, Basel, Switzerland (cur. Simone Neuenschwander and Christiane Rekade)
- Found Cuban Mounts (screening), Wavelengths Programme, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
- Found Cuban Mounts (screening), Berliner Senat Künstlerinnenprogramm, Arsenal Cinema, Berlin, Germany
- Found Cuban Mounts (screening), Oberhausen Short FIlm Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
- Found Cuban Mounts, Geographies of the Other Power (screening), Forum Expanded, Berlinale Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
2010
- Session_12_Words + Untitled, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, Denmark
- Through Apparatus, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
- Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London, United Kingdom
- Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London, United Kingdom
2008
Outside Context Problem, Skalitzer Str. 133, Berlin, Germany
2007
Nothing is Dead, Fringe Basement, Brighton, United Kingdom
2006
On site- En Suite-In Situ, Old Ship Hotel Basement, Brighton, United Kingdom