Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York.
[Carlo Zanni]
''INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI''
, Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004.
Early life
Yucef Merhi was born in
Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at
Universidad Central de Venezuela
The Central University of Venezuela (Spanish: ''Universidad Central de Venezuela''; UCV) is a public university of Venezuela located in Caracas. It is widely held to be the highest ranking institution in the country, and it also ranks 18th in ...
,
New School University
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,
[ and holds a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications from ]New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
.
Art career
Merhi has produced a variety of works that engage electronic circuits, computers, video game systems,
Exhibitions
* New Museum of Contemporary Art; *Bronx Museum of the Arts
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;[Holland Cotter]
''Latino Art, and Beyond Category''
''The New York Times'', Sept 2, 2005.
*El Museo del Barrio
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;
*Eyebeam Art and Technology Center
Eyebeam is a not-for-profit art and technology center in New York City, founded by John Seward Johnson III with co-founders David S. Johnson and Roderic R. Richardson.
Originally conceived as a digital effects and coding atelier and center for ...
[Anette Gallo]
''EYEBEAM ANNUAL ONLINE FORUM The (Re) Structured Screen''
, ''Rhizome Digest'', October 31, 2002.
*Exit Art
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,
*Newark Museum
The Newark Museum of Art (formerly known as the Newark Museum), in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, is the state's largest museum. It holds major collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia, A ...
[Newark Museum]
NewarkMuseum.org. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.
*Orange County Museum of Art
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, CaliforniaLos Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum).
LACMA was founded in 19 ...
[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]
LACMA.org. Retrieved on June 16, 2012.
*De Appel
De Appel is a contemporary arts centre, located in Amsterdam. Since it was founded in 1975 by , the goal of De Appel is to function as a stage for research and presentation of visual arts. Exhibitions, publications and discursive events are the m ...
(Amsterdam); Haus der Kulturen der Welt
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*Museo Michetti, Rome
*Borusan Culture & Art Center, Istanbul; Paço das Artes
*Museo del Chopo, Mexico DF
*Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Yucatán, Yucatán
*Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas (Caracas); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
*Science World, Vancouver
*7th International Festival of New Film, Split, Croatia
*2007 Bienal de São Paulo – Valencia
*10th Istanbul Biennial and the 30th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.
Permanent collections
*Orange County Museum of Art California
*National Art Gallery, Caracas
*Library of Congress
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, Washington
*Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center MGLC, LjubljanaMednarodni Grafični Likovni Center
. Museums.si. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.
*Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
*Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas
*Museo de Arte Valencia Valencia
Awards
*New York Foundation for the Arts in Digital/Electronic Arts
[New York Foundation for the Arts]
. Nyfa.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
References
External links
*
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1977 births
Living people
People from Caracas
Venezuelan male poets
Venezuelan artists
New media artists
Venezuelan contemporary artists
Art curators
Electronic literature writers