Seasonality — Synchronicity — Form — Object — Poetry —Abstraction — Fluidity — Reality — Dreams — Multiplicity — Atmospheres
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
02/2024: It’s not the Pond but the Season I Forget, Dear Friend Books, Brooklyn
01/2020: Odalis Valdivieso: Trends, currents, and phenomena, Kristen Wigley-Fleming Gallery, Luther College, Decorah
11/2018-03/2019 Performing the self and other selves, Bass Museum of Art, Public Windows, Miami Beach
11/2017-02/2018 Nearly Contemporary, South Florida Art Center, Public Windows, Miami Beach
09/2016 Invisible, La Caja, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas
04/2015 framekini, Biquini Wax, Mexico City
04/2015 An Empire Story, a conversation between Felice Grodin and Odalis Valdivieso, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami as part of MetaGallery
02/2015 Arrhythmic Suite, MDC Museum of Art+Design, Miami
10/2013 Book of Simple Thoughts, Más, Beijing
11/2012 Paper Folding, Dimensions Variable, Miami
11/2012 Paper Folding, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami
08/2011 5.2011, Cloître Des Billettes, Paris
10/2007 Alfresco, Signature Art Gallery, Miami
02/2005 Contradictions of the Self, Art@Work, Miami
11/2004 Creative Destructions, Rocket Projects, Miami
12/2003 Aflodai’s Battle, Scope Art Fair, Miami
11/ 2002 Animal, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami
04/2002 Intersection, Locust Projects, Miami
Selected Group Exhibitions
07/2023 Analogon Skin, Millennium Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
05/2023 Residential Properties 2.0, Diana Lowenstein, Miami
06/2022 Color Forms, Project: ARTspace, NYC
04/2022 Artists Draw Their Studios, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
11/2017 In Times of Uncertainty, Edge Zones Projects, Miami
07/2017 South Florida Cultural Consortium, MOCANOMI, North Miami
05/2017 Women Painting, Girl's Club at Miami-Dade College Museum of Art and Design Kendall Campus, Miami
11/2015 100+ Degrees in The Shade, various locations, Miami
09/2015 Time and Materials, Florida International University, Miami Beach
12/2014 The Sinking Parenthesis, Central Fine, Miami Beach
02/2014 Things are what they are... A Museum, is a Museum, a Museum. Centro Cultural Español, Miami
05/2013 Object Implied, Emerson Dorsch, Miami
05/2013 Playforms, Chatham University, Pittsburgh
04/2013 Grid’s World, Locust Projects, Miami
03/2013 A Language Beyond Forms, Alejandra von Hartz, Miami
11/2012 New Work Miami 2013, Miami Art Museum, Miami
07/2012 Practices Remain, Regina Rex, New York
03/2012 Practices Remain, Norwegian Wood Building, Miami
09/2011 SET, Bridge Red Studios / Project Space, North Miami
06/2011 Enter The Nineties, Miami Dade Public Main Library, Miami
06/2011 Noise Field, Dorsch Gallery, Miami
03/2011 After Process, Miami Beach Branch Library, Miami Beac
07/2010 New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami
03/2010 Emergency Radio Battery Check, Miami Beach Botanical Garden
10/2009 Imperfect Archives, 801 Projects, Miami
10/2009 Ocupa, Far Side Gallery, Miami
09/2009 Why are we here?, 801 Projects, Miami
03/2009 Art of Uncertainty, The Salons of the Fine Arts Palace, Santo Domingo
10/2008 Intrude: Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art (Zendai MoMA), Shanghai
08/2008 Cartografías Meridionales, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario MACRO, El Rosario
10/2008 Miami: City–Metaphor, Centro Cultural Español, Miami
04/2008 Space is The Place, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami
11/2007 Miami Contemporary Artists: Creating a Scene, Freedom Tower, Miami
10/2007 Talking Heads, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale
06/2007 Sleepless Night 07, Public Performance, Miami Beach
10/2006 Subtropics06, Artcenter South Florida, Miami Beach
06/2006 Vienna Art Week 06, Museum’s Quartier, Vienna
12/2005 Talking Head Transmitters, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Publications
— Odalis Valdivieso. Collected Woodblocks. 2020, Artist Book. 6 x 9 in. Edition of 50. Luther College Printmaking Studio
— Not without ghosts. 2017, 4 p. col. 5.5 x 11 in. Edition of 250 and online publication. Text by Marcus Steinweg. South Florida Art Center
— Invisible. 2016, 4 p. 5 col. ill. 10 x 11 in. Edition of 1500. Text by Felix Suazo and Odalis Valdivieso. La Caja, Centro Cultural Chacao
— Arrhythmic Suite. 2015, 60 p. 24 col. ill. 23 x 17.5 cm. Edition 250. Text by Federica Bueti. MDC Museum of Art+Design
— Time + Materials. 2015, 45 p. 16 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in. Text by Michael Namkung. Florida International University
— An Empire Story. 2015, 27 p. 27 col. ill. 8.5 x 11 in. Online file. Original text Ape Says No by Suhail Malik. Notations by Felice Grodin & Odalis Valdivieso
— 100+ Degrees in The Shade. 2015, 224 p. col. ill. 9 x 6 in. Hardcover Book. Text by Jane Hart. Name Publications
— Grid's World. 2013, pamphlet. 2 b/w ill. 11 x 17 in. Edition 500. Text by Zachary Cahill. Locust Projects, Miami
— New Work Miami 2013. 2013, pamphlet. b/w ill. 8.5 x 11 in. Edition 3000. Texts by René Morales and Diana Nawi. Miami Art Museum
— Paper Folding. 2013, pamphlet. b/w ill. 11 x 17 in. Edition 3000. Text by Odalis Valdivieso. Miami Art Museum
— 4.2012. 2012, set of 12 postcards. 12 col. Ill. Edition 25. Text by René Morales. Girl's Club - Artists in Action
— alfresco. 2007, 8p. 8.5 x 11 in. 13 col. Ill. Edition 250. Text by Marcela Röemer. Signature Art Gallery, Miami
— Aflodai’s Battle. 2003, pamphlet. 4 col. Ill. Edition 300. Text by Odalis Valdivieso. Rocket Projects, Miami
— Intersection. 2003, pamphlet. 8.5 x 11 in. 4 b/w ill. Edition 200. Text by Gean Moreno. Locust Projects, Miami
Collections
Jorge Perez Art Museum, Miami / Contemporary Art Museum, North Miami / Frances Bishop Family Collection / Girl’s Club, Ft. Lauderdale / Liza and Dr. Arturo Mosquera Collection / Luther College, Decorah Iowa / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Caracas / Tanya Capriles Brillembourg Collection / Cota Cohen Collection
Awards
2021 UnitedStatesArtists / NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship: Painting / 2020 Tri-State Relief Fund to Visual Artists / 2016 Wavemaker Grant / 2014 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant / 2013 Community Grant, Miami / 2012 Community Grant, Miami / 2008 Access Grant, Miami / 2007 Community Grant, Miami / 2006 Community Grant, Miami / 2005 Community Grant, Miami / 2004 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant
Residencies — Teaching Artist — Lectures
The City College of New York, USA; Hunter College, New York, USA; Columbia University, New York, USA; Pratt Institute, New York, USA; University of Lincoln Nebraska; Projecto Libertad, Mérida, Venezuela; Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, USA; Miami Art Museum, Florida, USA; SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico; Cisneros Fountanals Collection, Miami, Florida, USA; Dimensions Variable, Miami, Florida; Locust Projects, Miami, Florida, USA; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, USA; Girl’s Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; Books and Books, Coral Gables, Florida, USA; Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, USA; Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA; University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA; Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela; Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela; Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela; Jardín Botánico, Caracas, Venezuela; Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
Collaborations / Curatorial Projects
Analogon Skin (June 2023 Millennium Film, Brooklyn)
This show brings together trans-disciplinary works that grapple with complex notions around existence and its varying interpretations. The work presented primarily utilizes present-day technology to create videos, texts, and audio. From interactive, online participation to a dynamic wall of 16 black and white monitors that pays tribute to artist Peter Weibel’s early work, this exhibit returns the focus to the reconsideration of the real. The works presented offer the viewer a visual illusion that is at once a clear and challenging prompt to consider a profound question: How do we know what’s real?
Fall Semester (2014 — ongoing)
Fall Semester is the project of artists Odalis Valdivieso and Lidija Slajkovic. Among other artists, they have collectively developed an organizational strategy to unite the contributors’ discussions into a cohesive program providing a platform for both speakers and attendees. The project arose from their concerns with global issues that have influenced their individual practice and research. Testing what can be achieved in a sped-up production of discourse, Fall Semester invites noted artists, theoreticians, critics, curators, and cultural practitioners to discuss ideas, then, in turn, calls on the participants to, in the format of a dialogue, develop a conversation from their respective positions.
The Nightclub (2012 — ongoing)
Founded by artists Angela Valella and Odalis Valdivieso, The Nightclub is a nomadic platform that since April 2012 has created a dialogue among diverse artistic practices and practitioners through curated exhibitions presented in various venues for one night only. The project has been shaped by exhibitions, talks, and happenings organized by Miami’s close-knit network of artists and cultural producers. The Nightclub proposes a model of operation through connectivity.
Practices Remain (03-07/2012 Norwegian Wood Building, Miami; Regina Rex, New York)
Curated by Odalis Valdivieso and Marcos Valella, this exhibition explored various distinct artistic systems engaged in studio undertaking. It was conceived as a dynamic situation where research, production, and display have the same level of importance. The exhibition presented a range of works that refuse the certainty of the idea behind the construct, and engage doubt as an active space. The never-ending arrival at the concrete idea is the trigger for a tendency towards abstraction. Therefore, becoming the depository of meaning and not of its function. Ultimately, the show looked for the dichotomy between practice and intellect, sometimes even compromising the importance of the resulting works.
I am sick of Symmetry (01/27/2017 Paxy.org, Miami)
In the fashion of design, a group of artworks were arranged as bodies of a total entity; Each one pointing out shapes, gestures, and collages, fragmenting the world of representation. Separate realities merge into one as the stage is an object as much as the theatre itself, the audience, the lights, the video, the painting, the collage, and the photograph, The group of artists selected, presented works that seem open, transitional; somehow reflecting their studio practice, privileging experimentation and depth within their tasks.
An Empire Story —Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (04/2015)
Felice Grodin in conversation with Odalis Valdivieso unfolded a visual archive of a conversation over Suhail Malik's text 'An Ape Says No'.
Other Curatorial Projects
The Surplus Bulletin (2013 Dimensions Variable, Miami)
Ocupa (2009 Farside Gallery, Miami)
Tales from the Far Side (2008 Farside Gallery, Miami)
Talking Head Transmitters (2005-10 Various Locations, Miami)
Blanco (2005 Galería Artepuy, Caracas)
Blanc (2003 Instituto de Mexico, Washington DC / DACRA, Miami)
In Situ 2 (1999 Blasini Gallery, Caracas)
In Situ 1 (1998 Blasini Gallery, Caracas)