Yali Romagoza is a Cuban-born multidisciplinary artist currently based in Queens, NY. She graduated with a Master's degree in Fashion, Body, and Garment from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Art History from the University of Havana, Cuba. Her works have been included in Links Hall Theater, White Box, Teatro LATEA, Art in Odd Places, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Grace Exhibition Space, Satellite Art Show, Abrons Art Center. She has been granted awards and residencies, including Cátedra Arte de Conducta by Tania Bruguera, Franklin Furnace, SVA Art Residency EMERGENYC Queens Art Fund, SirenArts and EFA Studio Program.
EDUCATION
Master of Fashion, The School of the Art Institute (SAIC), Chicago, IL, September 2013-May 2015
Bachelor in Art History, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, September 2001- June 2006
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2023 Meditating ways to escape body trauma. (The healing Dance), Siren Arts, NJ
2022 Pain of Cuba Body I am, Greene+Block, ME
2022 Sirreras Fem III Trinity, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY
2021 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Action #7, Miami
2021 A woman's body is her nation (Feminist Hero), Grace Exhibition Space, NY
2021 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Action #6, NY
2020 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Action #2, #3, #4, #5, NY
2018 Monument to the Great Living Artist, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), NC
2018 Self-Experience of Freedom and Unfreedom, Pique, KY
2018 Monument to the Great Living Artist, Teatro LATEA, NY
2017 All the things she says, Galeria de la Biblioteca Publica Ruben Martinez Villena, La Habana
2012 Normal Is Good: Golden Dreams in Black and White, White Box, NY
2010 Normal Is Good: Dressing boys for Andy Warhol, Galeria Origenes, La Habana
2009 Fuck the Handbag! Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 EMERGENYC, Abrons Art Center, NY
2021 SATELLITE ART SHOW, Miami
2021 Eyeshadow, Essexflowers, NY
2020 The Immigrant Artist Biennial, NY
2019 Building a Feminist Archive: Cuban Women Photographers in the US, Bailey Contemporary Arts, FL
2019 NY Latin American Art Triennial, NY
2019 Art and Social Activism Festival, NY
2019 The Syncope, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2019 Dear Democracy, Chashama, NY
2019 Mother, I see myself in your eyes. The search for the essence of the feminine being, Concrete Space, Miami
2018 SYNTHETIC ZERO: Looking at What You Don’t Want to Look at, BronxArtSpace, NY
2018 Cubans: Post Truth, Pleasure and Pain, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), North Carolina
2018 Out of Control, The Border, NY
2018 Identity. Of what?, Teatro LATEA, NY
2016 Yo he visto en la noche oscura (Una pelea cubana)/ I have seen through dead of night (A cuban fight), Carlos Garaicoa Open Studio 11.0, Madrid
2014 Threshold One, Garcia Squared Contemporary, Kansas
2012 Art is not Easy: Temporary Lapses and Artistic Translation, Links Hall Theater, Chicago
2010 Profane Expressions, David Castillo Gallery, Miami
2009 Estado de Excepción, 10th Havana Biennial, Galería Habana, La Habana
2009 Perdiem, Bétonsalon, Paris
2009 Comikase, Casa de las Américas, La Habana
2007 Masa Crítica, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana
VIDEO SCREANINGS
2018 Light Year 40: Sine Gallery, Sine Gallery and Light Year, public video projection on Manhattan Bridge, NY
2016 Sights & Sounds && Version 3.0, Dance Hall, Fire Hall, Calgary
2016 Sometimes Art Space, La Habana
2016 Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana
2016 #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, White Box, NY
2015 Hyde Park Free Theater, Chicago
2015 FVNMAS Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago
RESIDENCES AND AWARDS
2023 Siren Arts, NJ
2023 EFA Programa de Estudio
2022 Queens Art Fund, NY
2022 EMERGENYC Flagship 2022, NY
2022 SVA Artist Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, NY
2021 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants COVID-19 Bridge Fund, NY
2020 Franklin Furnace, NY
2019 Creative Capital NYC Taller program, NY
2017 NYFA Immigrant Artist Program, NY
2009 Cátedra Arte de Conducta, La Habana
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2022 Artist Talk, Colby University, ME
2022 Performative Artist Talk, University of Connecticut (UCONN), CT
2021 Performative Artist Talk, ATOA Artist Talk On Art, Virtual Open Studios
2019 Supporting Immigrant Artists and Communities, Panel in collaboration with NYFA, No Longer Empty and Katya Grokhovsky, CAA Advancing Art & Design conference, New York.
2018 Artist Talk, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
2018 Artist Talk, Pique, KY
2017 Cuban Millenials: Making and Consuming Culture in Twenty-First Century Cuba, New York University, NY
2016 How can fashion be poetic and political?, Artista x Artista, La Habana
2016 Artist Talk, Hyde Park Free Theater, Chicago
2012 Artist Talk, Museo del Barrio, NY
2011 Artist Talk, Chicago Contemporary Art Fair Chicago, Chicago
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Yali Romagoza es una artista multidisciplinaria nacida en Cuba que actualmente reside y trabaja en NY. Se graduó con una Maestría en Moda del Instituto de Arte de Chicago y una Licenciatura en Historia del Arte de la Universidad de La Habana, Cuba. Sus obras han sido incluidas en Links Hall Theatre, White Box, Teatro LATEA, Art in Odd Places, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Grace Exhibition Space, Satellite Art Show, Abrons Art Center. Ha recibido premios y residencias, incluyendo Cátedra Arte de Conducta de Tania Bruguera, Franklin Furnace, SVA Art Residency, EMERGENYC Queens Art Fund, SirenArts y EFA Studio Program.
EDUCACIÓN
Maestría en Moda, The School of the Art Institute (SAIC), Chicago, IL, Septiembre de 2013-Mayo de 2015
Licenciatura en Historia del Arte, Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba, Septiembre 2001- Junio 2006
SELECCIÓN DE EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES Y PERFORMANCES
2023 Meditando formas de escapar del trauma corporal. (La danza Sanadora), Siren Arts, NJ
2022 Dolor de Cuba. Cuerpo Soy, Greene+Block, ME
2022 Sirreras Fem III Trinidad, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY
2021 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Acción #7, Miami
2021 El cuerpo de una mujer es su nación (Héroe feminista), Grace Exhibition Space, NY
2021 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Acción #6, NY
2020 No me pongan en lo Oscuro (Do not bury me in Darkness) Acción #2, #3, #4, #5, NY
2018 Monumento a la Gran Artista Viva, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), NC
2018 Autoexperiencia de libertad y falta de libertad, Galería Pique, KY
2018 Monument to the Great Living Artist, Teatro LATEA, NY
2017 Todas las cosas que ella dice, Galeria de la Biblioteca Publica Ruben Martinez Villena, La Habana
2012 Normal es Bueno: Sueños dorados en blanco y negro, White Box, NY
2010 Normal es Bueno: Vistiendo chicos para Andy Warhol, Galeria Origenes, La Habana
2009 Fuck the Handbag! Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana
SELECCIÓN DE EXPOSICIONES EN GRUPO
2022 EMERGENYC, Abrons Art Center, NY
2021 SATELLITE ART SHOW, Miami
2021 Sombra de Ojo, Essexflowers, NY
2020 La Bienal de Artistas Inmigrantes, NY
2019 Construyendo un archivo feminista: Fotógrafas cubanas en EE.UU, Bailey Contemporary Arts, FL
2019 Trienal de Arte Latinoamericano de Nueva York, NY
2019 Festival de Arte y Activismo Social NY
2019 El Síncope, Bronx River Art Center, NY
2019 Querida Democracia, Chashama, NY
2019 Madre, me veo en tus ojos. La búsqueda de la esencia del ser femenino, Concrete Space, Miami
2018 CERO SINTÉTICO: Mirar lo que no quieres mirar, BronxArtSpace, NY
2018 Cubanos: Posverdad, Placer y Dolor, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), North Carolina
2018 Fuera de Control, The Border, NY
2018 Identity. O qué?, Teatro LATEA, New York
2016 Yo he visto en la noche oscura (Una pelea cubana, Carlos Garaicoa Open Studio 11.0, Madrid
2014 Umbral uno, Garcia Squared Contemporary, KS
2012 El arte no es fácil: lapsus temporales y traducción artística, Links Hall Theater, Chicago
2010 Expresiones Profanas, David Castillo Gallery, Miami
2009 Estado de Excepción, Galería Habana, La Habana
2009 Perdiem, Bétonsalon, Paris
2009 Comikase, Casa de las Américas, La Habana
2007 Masa Crítica, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana
RESIDENCIAS & PREMIOS
2023 Siren Arts, NJ
2023 EFA Residency Studio Program, NY
2022 Queens Art Fund, NY
2022 EMERGENYC, NY
2022 SVA Artist Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, NY
2021 Subvenciones de emergencia de la Fundación para las Artes Contemporáneas COVID-19 Bridge Fund, NY
2020 Franklin Furnace, NY
2019 Programa de talleres Creative Capital NYC, NY
2017 Programa de artistas inmigrantes de la NYFA, NY
2007 Cátedra Arte de Conducta por Tania Bruguera, Havana
CONFERENCIAS Y TALLERES
2022 Charla de artista, Universidad de Colby, ME
2022 Charla de artista performativo, Universidad de Connecticut (UCONN), CT
2021 Charla de artista performativa, Charla de artistas de ATOA sobre arte, Estudios abiertos virtuales
2021 Programa de tutoría de artistas inmigrantes de la Fundación para las Artes de Nueva York 2020: una conversación entre artistas sobre cómo trabajar en la era COVID19 en asociación con la Biblioteca Pública de Brooklyn, NY
2019 Apoyando a artistas y comunidades inmigrantes, CAA Advancing Art & Design, NY
2018 Charla de artista, Wake Forest University, NC
2018 Charla de artista, Galería Pique, KY
2017 Millenials cubanos: Hacer y consumir cultura en la Cuba del siglo XXI, Nueva York Universidad, NY
2016 ¿Cómo la moda puede ser poética y política?, Artista x Artista, La Habana
2012 Charla de artista, Museo del Barrio, NY
2011 Charla del artista | Panel, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo de Chicago Chicago, Chicago