Cecilia Biagini
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York since 1998
Solo exhibitions:
2022 Detour, Ruiz Healy-Art, NY NY
2021 Mente Infinita, Para vos Norma Mía, Buenos Aires AR
Azul Ultramar, The National Exemplar, Iowa IA
2020 Living Organism, Aimée Niemann and Cecilia Biagini, AC Institute, NY NY
2019 Agua Viva, Ruiz Healy-Art, SA Texas
2018 Unidad De Acción, Van Riel Gallery Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Ultimate Nature, Dolores Furtado and Cecilia Biagini, Clemente Soto Velez , NY NY
Marginal Figures, Pentimenti Gallery Philadelphia
Interestelar, Room46 artspace, Ecuador
2015 Abstract Rationale, Praxis International Art, NY, NY
2013 Structure and Freedom, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia
Undefinable and Infinite, Praxis International Art, NY, NY
Far Edge, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
2012 Continuidades y desvíos, Van Riel Gallery, Bs As, Argentina
2011 A Physical Constant, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Hybrid Visions, individual exhibitions: Andres Ferrandis, Marifer Barrero and Cecilia Biagini, Ruiz-Healy Art, TX
As Air, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Una Mecánica Infinita, Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cecilia Biagini and Elizabeth Jobim: New Paintings, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
2008 Requests for Expansion, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY.
2007 Puntos de Aparición y Desaparición, Zavaleta Lab Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 Absolute Threshold, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Oh Bamboo, nydesignroom, Brooklyn, NY.
Bruzzone / Biagini, 2 person photo show, Dabbah-Torrejon Arte
Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000 Primera Junta, Belleza y Felicidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 Paintings, Consulate of Argentina Gallery, NY, NY
Polares, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Fotos, Foto Galería C.C.R.Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1996 Lo Espejo, C.C.Recoleta, B.A, Argentina
C.Biagini-C.Caputo, photo show, Fotogalería del Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 Fotos en cajas de acrílico, C.Caputo /C.Biagini, Centro de Arte y Comunicación, (CAYC) Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992 Pinturas, Espacio Giesso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Lindísima Amapola, Biagini/ Seeber Giesso Space, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Group Exhibitions:
2021 E la Nave Va, Ruiz Healy-Art, San Antonio TX
2020 More than Words, Ruiz Healy-Art, NYC
2019 Bridges & Walls & Bridges, AC Institute, NY NY
2017 Remember When This Wasn’t Quite How I Remembered It, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA
ArteBa Fair, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires Argentina
Art paper Fair, Artemisa Gallery, NY NY
2016
Abstracto 2, Central Newbery Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Straight From San Antonio, Galeria Karen Huber with Ruiz Healy Art, Curated by Octavio Avendano Trujillo, DF México
Summer Flash, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA
ArteBa Fair, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires Argentina
Art paper Fair, Ruiz Healy Art, NY NY
2015
Around Flat, Knockdown Center, Curated by William Staples, Brooklyn NY
Why is the sky blue?, Ruiz Healy Art, Curated by Octavio Avendano Trujillo, San Antonio, TX
Dirty Geometry, Mana Contemporary, Curated by artist Osvaldo Romberg, New Jersey.(travelled)
CUT N MIX, El Museo del Barrio. Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado. NY NY
Summer Currents, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
La Fuerza Débil, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Curated by Silvia Gurfein, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ArteBA, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires
Art Miami, Praxis International, NY NY
Art14, Praxis International, London, UK
2014 Dirty Geometry, Mana Miami, Curated by artist Osvaldo Romberg.
Ink Art Fair, Ruiz-Healy Art , Miami.
Lenguajes en común y contrapuntos entre históricos y contemporáneos, Hlito,Biagini, Corujeira Pérez, Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Southampton Fair, Praxis International, NY NY
Art14, Praxis International, London, UK
2013 Latin American Experience, auction, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Geometría Argentina Contemporánea, Curated by Rodrigo Alonso and Constanza Cerullo, MACBA, Buenos Aires.
Continuous Changes, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
ArteBa fair, galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2012 Geométricos en expansión, MACBA collection, (on tour exhibition, Argentina)
Pulse Art Fair, Pentimenti Gallery, NY NY
Latin-American contemporary, GGrippo art+design, Brooklyn, NY
ArteBA Fair, Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Pinta Art, Ruiz-Healy Art, NY, NY, US
Art Pair: A Joint Exhibit, Ruiz-Healy Art, Texas, US
Pulp, Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Obsessive Reductive, College of the Canyons Art Gallery, LA
ArteBA Fair, Van Riel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Naples Fair, Naples Florida
Its all good, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2010
Outsight In, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ *
More of the best is yet to come, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Etnia 2010, Wallonie Space, Brussels, Belgium
Superimpose, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Dallas Art fair, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AL
It’s a Wonderful 10, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Show off fair, The Hogar collection, Paris, France
Etnia 2009, Wallonie Space, Brussels, Belgium
Photo-September, San Antonio International Center, TX Photo-September, Ruiz- Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
VOLTA Art Fair with Ruiz-Healy Art, NY
Expotrastiendas Fair, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Foto Buenos Aires Fair, Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 Aqua Art Fair, Miami Florida with The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Williamsburg Window, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
Artists from Argentina, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
Material Color, The Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Obsessive Reductive, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Color, Line, Form, Ruiz Healy Art, San Antonio, TX
Arte Americas Art Fair with Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, Miami Beach, FL
The Dreamy Dreamer, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY *
2007 Bridge Art Fair @ the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club with Hogar Collection
Miami, FL
This is That, Pace University, NY *
A Good Time is Right Now, Knew Gallery, Washington, DC
Abstract Action, Gallery W. 52, NY, curated by Rachel Howe (Dinaburg Fine Arts) *
Red Dot Art Fair @ the Park South Hotel with The Hogar Collection, NY, NY
2006 Bridge Art Fair @ the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Miami, FL
Seguardi dall'america Latina 05, Istituto Cervantes, Rome, Italy
The whole is the sum of its parts, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY *
New York Experimental: Animations, The Tank, NY *
Single Channel, Echotrope Video Reel Screenings, Bemis Center for
Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE *
Single Channel, Echotrope Video Reel Screenings, South Bend Regional, Museum of Art, IN *
VideoBox, Weiss Pollack Gallery, Chelsea, NY *
Summer Series 2006, Hell on Reels, Astoria Moving Picture Festival, NY *
Cinema-scope: [PAM] Perpetual Art Machine”, Scope Art Fair, New York, NY *
Athens video art festival, Athens, Greece *
2005 Cinema-scope: The Momentarily Seduction Of Now, Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL *
Iberamericana 2005, Bologna, Italy
258 muestras, 20 años, Fotogaleria del Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Transporte y reflejos, Pavillon des ateliers, Paris, France
Crossed Circuits, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Extraordinary Matters, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY *
2004 Z-lab, curator Victoria Noorthoorn, Zavaleta Lab Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography from A-Z, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Infinity, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Hoy o Mañana, Dabbah-Torrejón Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 21st Sufragettes, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Autorretratos, C.C.Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2000 Abstracción, Dabbah-Torrejón Arte Contemporáneo, B.A, Argentina
Snapshot, Contemporary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (travelled)
1999 Impure Photography, Taranto Gallery, NY, NY
Williamsburg Open Studios, Brooklyn,NY
Fashion Lab 1999, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
1998 Mujeres y Raquel Forner, C.C.Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Vértigo, Neo Abstracción, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Braque Prize, Fundación Banco Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Premio Günther, Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 Premio del Concejo Deliberante, C.C.Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993 3x2, Fundación Banco Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992 El retrato de Gertrude Stein, Biagini-Suarez, Galería Bond Street, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fotografía Joven, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1990 Premio Fundación Nuevo Mundo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989 Premio de los Críticos a la fotografia, photo show, Centro de Arte y
Comunicación (CAYC), Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Denotes exhibitions as Sharpy a collaboration between Cecilia Biagini and Dahlia Fischbein.
Flat files: Drawings at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, 2000-2005
Awards and Scholarships:
1994-1995 Scholarship for young artists, workshop by Guillermo Kuitca , Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997-1998 Scholarship for young artists workshop by Guillermo Kuitca, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989 Premio de los Críticos a la Fotografía, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAYC), Buenos Aires, Argentina (honorable mention)
Selected Reviews:
Revista Jennifer, Hay un cuarto en el bolsillo, Ayelen Aguero, August 2021
Hyperallergic, must-see fun, insightful, and very New York art exhibitions and events happening throughout the spring. February 2020
San Antonio Current, The Otherworldly Abstraction of Argentinian Artist Cecilia Biagini Comes to Light at Ruiz-Healy Art, Bryan Rindfuss, January 2019
IECE, revista digital, Nicolas Fabiani, entrevista digital, December 2018
THE INQUIRER, Latin American modernism, emphasis on the mod, Edith Newhall, May 21, 2017
Crónica, Biculturalidad y democracia, Eduardo Egea, June 11, 2016
Artsy.net, Cecilia Biagini’s Poetic Abstractions Resonate from Buenos Aires to Brooklyn, Bridget Gleeson, March 3, 2015
Ámbito Financiero Abstracciones de Biagini y DeSagastizabal en NY, Ana Martínez Quijano, November 26, 2013
My San Antonio, Artist creates abstract world in paintings, sculpture, photos, Elda Silva, March 3, 2013
Clarín, Los geométricos de hoy en la Argentina, Eduardo Villar, June 6, 2012
The Inquirer, Two mount solo shows at Pentimenti, Edith Newhall, May 15, 2011
ArtNexus, Graciela Kartofel, “Cecilia Biagini and Elizabeth Jobim: New Paintings”, New York, May 2009.
WG News and Arts, Top 5 gallery shows, top pick, Trent Morse, Brooklyn, NY November, 2008
Ámbito Financiero, Aires de familia, Ana Martínez Quijano, Buenos Aires, July 2007
Artforum, “Lost in Translation”, Christoph Cox, October, 2005
NY Mosaico.com, 7 Argentinean photographers find an “Hogar” in Williamsburg, 2004
Block Magazine, Evan Tobias, “Bringing Art Home”, Brooklyn, NY. 2004
Página 12, newspaper, Rosario Blefari “Entre dos ciudades”, 2002
Washington Post, Michael O'Sullivan, “1300 Snapshots, 1 Surreal show”, November 17, 2000
Tres Puntos Magazine, Mariana Canavese, “los artistas de la beca Kuitca” September 16, 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elle magazine, Ines Katzenstein, “un puente”, October, 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Cronista, newspaper, Eva Grinstein, “Pliegues y matices del arte abstracto en un viaje marcado por la historia”, 1997, Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Cronista, newspaper, Ines Katzenstein, C.Biagini,una versión del arte concreto en los ’90” June 19,1996, Buenos Aires, Argentina
La Nación, newspaper, Jorge López Anaya,” Exhibición de verano” February 17, 1996, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Página 12, newspaper, “Caputto-Biagini” , June 18,1995, Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Cronista, newspaper, Judith Robles Urquiza, “Homenaje”, July 1995, Buenos Aires
Página 12, newspaper, Nilda Durante,”Dos fotos que son una” May 24,1994, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Página 12, newspaper, Fabian Lébenlik, “Biagini-Seeber”, September 3, 1991, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clarín, newspaper, Carlos Espartaco, “Lugares Nuevos”, July 14,1990, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bibliography:
Unidad de Acción, essay written by Ayelen Pagnanelli, 2018
Abstract Rationale, catalog, essay written by Kaia Grimson, 2015
Far Edge, catalog, essay written by Adrian Saldaña, 2013
Continuidades y desvios, catalog,essay written by Kaia Grimson, 2012
Geométricos en expansión,MACBA collection, essay by curator Renata Cervetto, 2012
Hybrid Visions, catalog, Ruiz Healy Art, 2010
Una mecánica infinita, catalog, essay written by Malena Babino, 2009
Requests for Expansion, catalog, essay written by Leslie Lund, 2008
Puntos de aparición y desaparición, catalog, Daniel Joglar, 2007
Z-Lab, catalog, written by Victoria Noorthoorn, Zavaleta Lab Arte Contemporáneo, 2004/5
Hoy o Mañana, catalog, written by Valeria Gonzales, Dabbah Torrejón Arte Contemporáneo, 2001, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Autorretratos, catalog, Dirección general de Museos y el Banco Ciudad, written by curator Valeria Gonzales, 2001. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Without Title, Braque Prize, catalog edited by French embassy and Fundación Banco Patricios, written by the critics and curators Fernando Farina, Ines Katzenstein, Fabian Lebenglik and Marcelo Pacheco, 1997. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Her works are included in notable private, public and corporate collections internationally including Toyota Research Institute in Cambridge MA, The University of Texas at San Antonio, The New York Public Library, South Texas Money Management, Alliance Bernstein in New York, The Ministry of Education of Argentina and The Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C., The Museum of Contemporary Art, MACBA in Buenos Aires Argentina, among others.