OSAIRA MUYALE
contemporary conceptual visual artist
lives and work in Aruba
born 7 -1-1964
Projects in collaboration
2007 Jan Ateliers’89 , director Elviz lopez
2006/june-2007 SINFA, San Nicolas Foundation
for the Arts,director Glenda Heyliger
1996-2007 director of Fundacion Eterno
2002-2007 director of osaira muyale art studio/gallery
1993-2002 director of Eterno Studio Gallery Aruba
Prize
1999 Grand Price, 500 Curacao Arte 99, Curacao, Maduro & Curiel Bank.
Film and installation “illution”
National & International projects - workshops invitations
2007- giving workshop ‘ruimtelijk vormgeving at Ateliers’89
2007- workshop Ateliers ’89, Aruba. ‘One minute’film with Dick Tuinder
2003-International workshop Yunnan China,
Robert Loder Gaswork London,Ye Yong Quig Upriver loft international residency China, Triangle Arts Trust London Sir Anthony Caro,Caribbean Contemporary Arts CCA Trinidad Charlotte Elias
2000-International workshop Watamula Curacao, in collaboration
Robert Loder Gaswork London, Johny Teejehut Plantage Knip,Triangle Trust London sir Anthony Caro,Caribbean Contemporary Arts CCA Charlotte Elias,Glenda Hyliger.
www.cca7.org/textframe/artistsworkshops.html
1997-International Workshop Soroa Cuba,
Robert Loder Gaswork London, Hotel Soroa,Triangle Trust Sir Anthony Caro,Caribbean Contemporary Arts CCA Charlotte Elias
www.trianglearts.org/america/cuba/index.htm
1990 Gerrit Rietveld Kunst Akademie, Amsterdam
1989 International workshop “Atelier 89”organized by Ministery Department of Culture Aruba,Director of Institute Evelino Fingal ,Director of Contemporary Cultural Affairs Mr.Elvis Lopez, Pr.Jos Houweling Rietveld Kunst Academie .
1980 Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida
film production: ‘paraguana’venezuela 2005 –‘butterfly dance ‘China 2003 - ‘dograce’ ,when I wake up you were gone’ Aruba 2002 – ‘ I never promised you a rose garden’ Aruba 2001-‘ natalie the street queen’Aruba 2001- ‘indigo blue’ Curacao 2000 – ‘illution’ Curacao 1999- ‘listen with your eyes ‘Aruba 1998 - ‘minotauro’ Cuba 1997- ‘ laberinto’Aruba 1994
2007 Project in process ;
-project film ‘SERHEL” lebanese diaspora.
Presentation :workshop ‘one minute’
-Sinfa ,San Nicolas Foundation for the Arts
Project ”lisn” Community Project,
light in San Nicolas,with Glenda heyliger
-MOSAIC, Fernando Mansur, collaboration with
Project , welkomme to fruchtenland” Retrospective OM book & gallery,
Webside and solo expo 1987-2007
and art book osaira muyale
-Public Art for Financial Building
Project 2003-2007 ;”surrounded by circles ©
A compilation of symbols, featuring a work
who confront ideas about the body from
conceptual and abstract perspectives.
It implies an idea of movement , light, continuity
and symbolizes the cycle of time, the
perpetual motion of everything that moves.
It represents the notion of totality ,wholeness,
original perfection, the self, the infinite, eternity,
timelessness, all cycle movement.
Project ‘surrounded by circles”a collection 2003-2007
consists of mixed media creations , multi media
installations,video work, neon work,
paintings,objet trouve,text.
International Invitations
2007 Impact film festival 2007
29th march to 1st April in various loctions in Utrecht.
The center of the museum will be Central Museum
2006
-Impact film festival 2007
29th march to 1st April in various loctions in Utrecht.
The center of the museum will be Central Museum
-SINFA,group expo “Rembrandt in San Nicolas”
-CCA7 Trinidad,project’Galvanize’
film presentation.
http://projectgalvanize.blogspot.com
-“Project Non ego red dress”,
1 September 2006 -7 January 2007
Exhibition
“DRESS CODE” in das Historisches und
Volkerkunde
Museum,
St. Gallen, Swiss.
Other
participants of the exhibition are: Yoko Ono, John Galliano, Hussein
Ghalayan, Alicia Frames, Helmut Newton, Yinka Shonibare, Jaqueline Hassink
-Community Project, Imagine C,Institute voor Cultuur,Amsterdam
Zuid Oost,Bijlmermeer ,Holland. Project ‘Non Ego Red dress’
2005
-Centraal Museum Global fashion/local tradition
17/09/05-15/01/06.project “non ego red dress”
Utrecht Netherland
-Torch gallery Amsterdam title‘non ego red dress’ “to much on the same”
15-19oktober 2005
- presentation “translator” 30min film/doc on ATV public television
production osaira muyale,additing norman thijsen –skytv,
webdesigner ryan oduber
www.archive.org/details/translator
2004
Exhibition/project:surrounded by circles
Concept:
global transformation
-VIIIBienal
de Cuenca
,Ecuador
Installation, "Yo siempre pense que cada uno es igual"
neon sign at Banco de Fomento,Ecuador
-Te[oretica San Juan-Costa Rica,
Curator,Virginia Perez-Ratton and Tamara Diaz Bringas
Curator Jennifer Smith,Curacao
www.smallaxe.net/sxspace/works_osaira.html
www.teoretica.org (search exposiciones
iconofagia, no 32).
2003
exhibition/project:God-doG
concept:society and language
- VCaribbean Biennial,Museum of Modern Art, St.Domingo
curator
M E.Tolentino,Sara Hermann Morera.
-Performance,Mu Palace ,Leijiang
China.
curator; Monica Dematte, Charlotte Elias CCA7,
Triangle
Trust England
-Associacao Video Brasil” Brasil ,Sao
Paulo,
curator Chriz Cozier, Charlotte Elias CCA7
-International workshop Yunnan China,
project;” surrounded by circles”
Curator Robert Loder Gaswork London, www.trianglearts.org
Charlotte Elias CCA7 ,Sir Anthony Caro Triangle www.CCA7.org
Arts Trust London Sir Anthony Caro,Ye Yomg Quig Upriver
loft recedency
China.
2002
-Bank of The Netherlands Antilles Curacao,visit of Z.K.H. de prins van oranje en H.K.H.Prinses maxima,curated by Jennifer smith ,adi martis.
2001
-TenT Gallery, witte de withstraat Rotterdam, Holland.curator,adi martis,Jennifer smith,Thomas mejier zu schlochteren.
- 4th Carribbean Biennial museo de Arte moderno Sto Domingo,curator Marianne de tolentino
collaboration Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
-Arco Fair Madrid, Parque Juan Carlos I, collaboration foundacion eterno-eterno studio gallery
2000
-Galleria Hoffi di Flor , Shon May Henriquez,,Curacao,curator Jennifer smith.
-366/2000 project Muka,curator magda van ggils, Zwitserland,
1999
Centro de bellas Artes”,Maracaibo,Venezuela,curator elvis lopez
Museum Lia Bermudez Maracaibo Venezuela,curator jimmy yanez,victor fuenmayor
The Urban Life Sto Domingo,Marianne de tolentino
500 Curacao Arte 99, Curacao ,Jennifer Smith,Nicole Henriquez
Classic Caribean art gallery,Curacao www.arte99.com
1998
Spiral gallery Barbados,curated by anne lee davis,Jocelyn gardner
Art foundry Trinidad,curated by Jocelyn gardner anne lee davis, Irene shaw
-MIEAC,Museo extremo e iberoamericano dde arte contemporaneo, Badajoz Espana,
Casa de las America Madrid y Comisariada curator, Ma.Luisa Borras y Antonio Zaya.
www.meiac.org/exposiciones/arquivo/arquivo
1997
6th Biennial de la Habana Cuba,curator jose manuel noceda Fernandez
www.universes-in-universe.de/car/havana/cabana/d_muyale.htm
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National Invitation
2007
Atelier’ 89 ‘solo expo “welcome home”
- studio Osaira Muyale
-solo expo at Ateliers ‘ 89
-Oranjestad kunsthuis
-group expo SINFA
2006
-Oranjestad Kunsthuis,,Oranjestad
-expo ,”Rembrandt in san Nicolas”400 years of Rembrandt ,
Project Sinfa,Sint Nicolas Foundation for the Arts
-Acuril XXXVI,Aruba,Association of Caribbean
University and research and institutional libraries.
on ethical aspects on social,cultural society.
“The butterfly dance”, proect surrounded by circles
45mindvd,performance.
project organized by Art collector Alice van Romondt
and SINFA Glenda Heyliger and
www.southendartgallery.org/news.php
2005
- presentation “translator” 30min film/doc on public television
-Community work ‘candidate ‘for political party PDR
,title:"arubanational art museum"
-installation Lg.smith blvd152,
>"i count my blessings" neon white sign
-group expo Chambers of commerce,
light box wish bone back bone
- group expo South endgallery San Nicolas
Aruba,neon sign "i count my blessing"neon red sign
- group expo Sinfa San Nicolas Aruba,installation
infra red light mantra, presentation for curator
Jose manuel Noceda Fernandez
2004
-Solo
expo, studio /gallery osaira muyale,Aruba
Marriot Hotel, group expo in honor of Prince
Albert of Monaco & Laureus Foundation
South end Gallery, San Nicolas
Sinfa, sannicolas foundation for the arts.group expo in honor to visit Jose manuel noceda Fernandez.
2002
Installation Lg.Smith Blvd 30 “I always thought that every one is the same”
www.smallaxe.net/sxspace/works.html
SINFA, sanicolas foundation for the arts,curator Glenda heyliger
cas di Cultura department minister for social affairs Marisol Tromp, secr a.verstand bogard curator elvis lopez
2001
wyndham hotel collaboration glass artist miriam monasterio
production designer Fernando mansur.
ministery department of Culture and LTS building
Couture Cocktail by fashion designer percy irausqiun,collaboration fernando mansur
Ultimate Automobiles bmw goes Art,curated by galleria insight
Water toren Mijlpaal en Uitdaging gevolg voor ontvangst van Z.K.H.de Prins
van Oranje Aruba
Unesco, human rights Department , Instuitute of Culture
Silent Auction Quota International Club Fundraising, Allegro Beach Resort,Aruba
2000
eterno studio gallery, watamula
Galleria Harmonia, innerlijke landschap San Nicolas
Seaport,conference center madre patria honor Queen Beatrix,curated by renwick heronimo
Cas di Cultura invasion,curated
by eterno studio gallery
1998
Unesco 50 years human rights, ministery department of culture and institute of culture
1997
Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort curated eterno studio gallery, invasion
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Club Bonaire ministery of culture san Nicolas,curated elvis lopez
1996
instituto di cultura,eveolution,curated alida martinez ,osaira muyale
eterno studio gallery, evolution
galeria harmonia san nicolas
seaport market place, hende muhe den evolution
1995
eterno studio gallery, solo , mystery of the soul,curated gijs stork and artimo foundation
Office of the ministery of economics & tourism affairs,Aruba
Group Expo., Fort Zoutman - Willem III Toren, Oranjestad, Aruba
Street Art Gallery, Government sponsored seasonal project, Oranjestad, Aruba
1994 Playa Linda Beach Resort project/betty werleman ,eterno studio gallery
1993 ministery institute of culture affairs, theatre project and set design nos arte gallery ,curated by july oduber
1992 Atrium Mall mira arte,curated by Elvis Lopez
1990 ministery institute of cultural affairs ,theatre project , collaboration set design ,the architect and his guests directed nicoline nagtzaam.amy lasten
1987
ministery institute of cultural affairs,theatre
project,collaboration set design ,los naufragos
screenplay by Luis Bunuel ,directed by nicoline nagtzaam ,amy lasten
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International magazines,art & Leisure Kunstbeeld, edition june 98 . Inflight Air Aruba creative souls by Jenny Bronson . small Axe issue 6 . the art news sto Domingo . ocean Drive Miami 2001,Art history book exclucion, fracmentacion y paraiso Caribe insular Adi Martis prof.universidad Utrecht,El arte del Caribe y la
alegoria del Eleggua by Jose Manuel Noceda Fernandez, Aruba y su Status Apartus Mijlpaal en Uitdaging 1986-2001 Status pa Arte . hededaagse kunst aruba en netderlandse antillen by adi martis en jennifer smith .
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www.hmsg.ch/sonderausstellungen.html
www.bookstorming.com fore sale: cataloque /mystery of the soul
www.nyu.edu/calabash/by art curator Elvine Topac,new york