Born in Valencia, Venezuela in 1978, lives and works in Lyon, France
Solo Exhibitions :
- A Sleep of Bronze, curated by Armando Andrade Tudela, Takini Foundation, Lyon, 2018
- On the Plan, Every Structure is Erased, curated by Vincent Verlé, openspace, My Monkey, Nancy, 2016
- Eva Barto / Jesús Alberto Benítez, annex 14 Gallery, Zürich, 2014-2015
- Convergence, curated by Aurélien Mole, Dohyang Lee Gallery, Paris, 2014
- Dérivative, Rectangle, Brussels, 2013
- Pulsar, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon, 2013
- Time is the Tiger, Le Centre d’Arts Plastiques, Saint-Fons, 2013
- The Center is not a Dot, frank elbaz gallery, Paris, 2012
- Paper on the Desk, Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon, 2007
Selected Group Exhibitions :
- Fabriquer l'art ? Le Laboratoire d'expériences, oeuvres du FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine Meca, du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Libourne et du MADD-Bordeaux, Chapelle du Carmel, Libourne, 2024
- L'art dans les Chapelles, Pontivy, 2021
- A ciel ouvert, curated by Studio Ganek, Lyon, 2021
- Gold, Incense and Myrrh, Dohyang Lee Gallery, Paris, 2020-2021
- Dust : The Plates of the Present, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2020-2021
- Photography to the Test of Abstraction, Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France, Pontault-Combault, 2020-2021
- DDA-RA 10 Years, Maison du Livre, de l'image et du son, Villeurbanne, 2020
- The City of Images, Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon, 2018
- The plates of the present, so far, curated by Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang, Praz-Delavallade Gallery, Paris, 2017
- Dust: The plates of the present, curated by Sonel Breslav, Baxter Street, The Camera Club, New York, 2015
- Art Brussels, annex 14 Gallery -Zürich, 2015
- Un battement se déplace en spirale, curated by Mathilde du Sordet, Nicolas Silin Gallery, Paris, 2014
- La Forêt usagère, curated by Aurélien Mole, Dohyang Lee Gallery, Paris, 2014
- Brussels-Cologne Contemporaries, Rectangle, Cologne, 2014
- Towards a hypothesis, Lyon Biennial - Resonance, curated by Andrea Rodríguez Novoa, Contemporary Art Center Fort du Bruissin, Francheville, 2013
- Echos, Lyon Biennial - Focus, Saint-Etienne Modern Art Museum, Le Corbusier site, Firminy, 2013
- Quel travail, Manières de faire, manières de voir, Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France, Pontault-Combault, 2013
- Group show, frank elbaz gallery, Paris, 2013
- MiArt Milan, frank elbaz gallery - Paris, 2013
- ARCO Madrid, Caroline Pagès Gallery - Lisbon, 2013
- Most of the Time, curated by Martial Deflacieux, La Tôlerie, Clermont-Ferrand, 2013
- Sir Thomas Trope, curated by Aurélien Mole, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, 2012
- Never the same twice, curated by Marie Bechetoille and Corinne Digard, Le 6B, Saint-Denis, 2012
- The Prairies, curated by Anne Bonnin, Rennes Biennial, 2012
- Codex, curated by Pierre Leguillon, LiveInYourHead, Geneva, 2011
- Jeune création, Le 104, Paris, 2011
- 2000-2010, Atelier Grognard, Rueil-Malmaison, 2011
- Years of Dust Covering Years of Yellow, curated by Gyan Panchal, frank elbaz gallery, Paris, 2011
- The Documentary Evocation, European month of photography, Bratislava, 2009
- Panorama de la jeune création, Bourges Biennial, 2008
- Identities, Photography’s September, Lyon, 2008
- Anonyme Zeichner - Selection, Glue et Berliner Kunstsalon, Berlin, 2007
- City Grammar, Goethe Institut, Lyon, 2006
- International Photography Biennial, Alejandro Otero Museum, Caracas, 2006
- La Poésie Nuit, Ground Zero, Lyon, 2006
- Bredi-breda, Le Plateau, epxerimental space, Paris, 2005
Collections :
- Centre Pompidou
- Centre National d'Arts Plastiques
- Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MECA
- Art Norac
- Private collections in Paris, New York, Singapour and Aman
Residencies, Grants, Projects :
- Ateliers du Grand Large, ADERA, Décines, 2015-2018
- La Petite Escalère, Residency, France, 2017
- DUST: The plates of present, a project co-founded by Thomas Fougeirol and Jo-ey Tang, permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Aide à la création, DRAC Rhône-Alpes, 2013
- Incomplete Objects, a project in collaboration with Aurélien Mole, 2012
- Permanent, Orange Rouge Project, co-curated by Joana Neves, Marie Bechetoille and Corinne Digard, Paris, 2012
- Artists in Residency, Clermont-Ferrand, 2011-2012
- Postproduction Studio, Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France, Pontault-Combault, 2010
Curating :
- The Divisions of Volume, La Permanence, Clermont-Ferrand, 2012
- Lenghtily Accumulated Variation, La Permanence, Clermont-Ferrand, 2011
Publications :
- L'art dans les Chapelles - 30th edition, catalog, Pontivy, 2021
- Dust : The Plates of the Present, Centre Pompidou Editions, catalog, Paris, 2020
- Photography to the Test of Abstraction, Hatje Cantz Editions, catalog, Paris, 2020
- Rectangle 2012-2018, Sam Steverlynck & Tom Viaene, catalog, Brussels, 2020
- Putting Images to the Test, article by Etienne Hatt, Artpress Magazine - 473, Paris, 2020
- Voir l'exposition, Remi Parcollet, Réseau Documents d'artistes, 2015
- Dust: The Plates of the Present, Secretary Press / Blonde Art Books, catalog, New York, 2015
- Impulse of Reversibility, monograph, essais by Anne Bonnin and Joana Neves, ed. Adera, Lyon, 2015
- L’expérience des marges, Un coup de dés, Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France, interview with Joana Neves, 2013
- Configuration, La Belle Revue, Clermont-Ferrand, 2013
- Pulsar, Wall Street International Magazine, Lisbonne, 2013
- The Prairies, catalogue, Rennes, 2013
- Des prairies peu ordinaires, Zéro Deux magazine, n°64, Paris, 2012
- Démésure, Oscillations magazine, n°1, Paris, 2012
- The New Collectors Book, catalogue, New York, 2012
- Codex at LiveInYourHead, Kaleidoscope Blog, by Estelle Nabeyrat, Milan, 2011Jeune creation, catalogue, Paris, 2011
- 2000-2010, catalog, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts de Rueil-Malmaison, 2011
- Month of Photography, catalog, Bratislava, 2009
- Identités, catalog, Septembre de la Photographie, Lyon, 2008
- Le & Ly, HGB Leipzig & ENSBA Lyon, 2007
- Kings, poster edition, ENSBA Lyon, 2006
Selected Web Publications :
Teaching and Conferencies :
- Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design TALM, teacher, Tours, since 2016
- Haute Ecole d'Art et Design, BFA and Second Year Jury, Genève, 2018
- Ecole Supérieure d'Art de Clermont-Métropole, workshop, Clermont-Ferrand, 2017
- Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Design, BFA Jury, Reims, 2015
- Ecole Supérieure d'Art et Médias, seminary and conférence with Gyan Panchal, Caen, 2013
- Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France, round table, Pontaul-Combault, 2013
- Ecole Supérieure d'Art de Clermont-Métropole, conférence, Clermont-Ferrand, 2011
Education :
- DNSEP, avec félicitations, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 2007
- DNAP, Ecole Supérieure d’Arts de Rueil-Malmaison, 2005
- Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela, 2000
- Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, 1998