Nayda Collazo-Lloréns

Born in San Juan Puerto Rico 1968. Lives and works in New York City.

EDUCATION

MFA 2002 New York University
BFA 1990 Massachusetts College of Art

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2007 Route/Journal LMAK Projects, New York

2006 Mindscapes, Space Other, Boston, MA

Roaming, CSV Cultural Center, New York, NY

2005 Configuraciones, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR

2003 Simultáneo, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR
10 abril 03, public intervention, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR

2001 Memoria, Juegos y Códigos, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2005 Link, Philosophy Box, New York, NY
Nayda Collazo-Llorens and Santeri Tuori, Location One, New York, NY

2004 RT:PR [Road Trip: Puerto Rico] Selected Works, Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, NJ (in collaboration with Leticia Stella-Serra)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO ‘07, Wroclaw, Poland

IX Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Artists’ Books: Transgression / Excess, Space Other, Boston

Contexto puertorriqueno: del rococo colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

2006 Re/Tratos, F(R)icciones, Video-arte Puertorriqueño Vol. 2 & 3, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina, San Juan, PR

2005 Loop Video Art Festival 05, Barcelona, Spain
Rewind Rewind Video-arte Puertorriqueño Vol. 1, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina, San Juan, PR
Art Noise, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
Video:series, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY
None of the Above: Contemporary Works by Puerto Rican Artists, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
I Love Art Video, screening, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg, France
VI Certamen Nacional, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, PR

2004 Peekskill Project, site-specific event, Peekskill, NY
¡Impresionante! Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists, International Print Center New York, NY
La Marginal, Centro Cultural de España, Lima, Peru
None of the Above: Contemporary Works by Puerto Rican Artists, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2003 Libertad y Riesgo, Permanent Collection Part 1, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, PR
Video Crossings, About Cafe Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
On Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2002 Painting as Paradox, Artists Space, New York, NY
First Time Out: All Over Again, Center for Visual Art + Culture, Stamford, CT
Metropolis, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Digital Sample, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
V Certamen Nacional, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, PR
MFA Thesis Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NY
Here & There: Six Artists from San Juan, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX

2001 Here & There: Six Artists from San Juan, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Salón de Instalación Gráfica, Bienal de San Juan, Museo de Las Américas, San Juan, PR
El Arte Puertorriqueño a Través del Tiempo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Bienal de Arte Joven, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR
Entre Líneas, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, RD and other venues in the Caribbean
Donut Shop 3: Domesticity, Intervention-alternative venue, Portland, Oregon
San Juan de Grabado Latinoamericano y el Caribe, San Juan, PR

GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2006 Grant, the Urban Artist Initiative, New York, NY

2005 Artist in Residence, Location One, New York, NY

2004 Award, Best Show of Year 2003 in a Commercial Gallery, Association of Art Critics, PR Chapter, San Juan, PR

2002 Award, V Certamen Nacional, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, PR
Award, Best Show of Year 2001 in a Commercial Gallery, Association of Art Critics, PR Chapter, San Juan, PR
Award, Jack Goodman Award for Art and Technology, New York University, NY

2001 Award, Bienal Arte Joven, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fuentes, Elvis. “Nayda Collazo-Llorens, Configuraciones”. Art Nexus. No 60. Mar-May 2006. p 149-150.
Cotter, Holland. “None of the Above: Contemporary Work by Puerto Rican Artists”. The New York Times. 4 June 2004. p E31.
Ottmann, Klaus. “None of the Above”. Art US. 4 September 2004.
Rosoff, Patricia. “Home Improvement: Nineteen Puerto Rican artists show us some irreverence”. Hartford Advocate. 27 May 2004.
Velez, Pedro. “Puerto Rican Sun”. ArtNet. 2003. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/velez/velez12-15-03.asp
Venegas, Haydée. “Viaje por un mundo alucinado”. El Nuevo Día. [San Juan] 20 agosto 2003. Arte y Cultura p 28.
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Collazo en canales simultaneous”. El Nuevo Día. [San Juan] 4 agosto 2003. Arte y Cultura p 17.
Rodríguez, Jorge. “Simultaneidad de medios y arte total”. El Vocero. [San Juan] 4 agosto 2003. p E18