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Félix González-Torres (Güaimaro, Cuba, 1957 – Miami, Estados Unidos, 1996) viaja con sus padres a los 13 años de su Félix González-Torres (Guáimaro, Cuba, 1957 -- Miami, Florida, United States, 1996) left his native Cuba for Spain at
Cuba natal a España; luego se traslada a Puerto Rico, a mediados de los años 70, donde se queda a vivir con sus tíos the age of thirteen with his parents, later moving to Puerto Rico in the 1970s, where he lived with an aunt and uncle
y estudia Arte en la Universidad de Puerto Rico. and studied art at the University of Puerto Rico.
Entre 1978 y 1985 –años formativos que marcan la primera etapa de su trayectoria artística– González-Torres realiza The period between 1978 and 1985 was a formative one that marked the first stage of his artistic trajectory. During
videos experimentales, fotos, rompecabezas con imágenes, trabajos con recortes de periódicos, así como poemas y this time González-Torres made experimental videos, photographs, photographic jigsaw puzzles, and pieces made
textos conceptuales que publica en periódicos y revistas. from newspaper clippings, as well as poems and conceptual texts that he published in newspapers and magazines.
En 1979 se instala en Nueva York con una beca de la Universidad de Puerto Rico para estudiar en el BFA Pratt Institute With a scholarship from the University of Puerto Rico in hand, he moved to New York City to study for a BFA at the Pratt
de Brooklyn (1983). Ese mismo año realiza el Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, y en 1987 recibe una Institute in Brooklyn, which he received in 1983. That same year he participated in the Whitney Museum Independent
especialidad en Bellas Artes del International Center for Photography, de Nueva York. También allí comienza su Study Program, and in 1987 he earned an MFA from the International Center of Photography in the same city. While
tarea docente en la New York University. Luego de obtener diferentes becas de estudio e investigación, en 1990 in New York he began to teach at New York University. After receiving various study and research grants, he had his
realiza su primera exposición en la Andrea Rosen Gallery, de Nueva York, en donde continuará exhibiendo su obra y first show in 1990 at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York, where he would continue to exhibit his work and which still
quién lo representa hasta la fecha. Posteriormente, se muda a California para dictar clases en el California Institute represents him. Later, he moved to California to give classes at the California Institute of the Arts.
of the Arts (CalArts).
In 1991 he participated in the Whitney Museum Biennial in New York, as an individual artist and as a member of the Material
En 1991 participa de la Bienal en el Museo Withney de Nueva York como artista individual y como participante del Material Group. In addition, he received a prize from the Matta-Clark Foundation. Throughout his life he exhibited widely in galleries
Group. También recibe un premio de la Fundación Matta-Clark. Durante su vida expuso prolíficamente en galerías, museos and museums and at biennials all over the world. González-Torres died of AIDS in Miami on January 9, 1996.
y bienales alrededor del mundo. González-Torres muere de sida en la ciudad de Miami el 9 de enero de 1996.
In 2007 he was selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennial, the first time a foreign artist had
En 2007 fue seleccionado para representar a los Estados Unidos en la Bienal de Venecia –un hecho histórico para un artista been so honored posthumously. His work continues to be exhibited year after year in the principal art museums and
extranjero y fallecido–, su obra continúa exhibiéndose año tras año en los principales museos y galerías del mundo. galleries of the world.