1973 Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lives and works in Buenos Aires


Education

1993 Universidad de Buenos Aires; B.F.A.


Solo exhibitions

2008 PS1, MoMA, NY
Pequeños modelos de grandes proyectos, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
Changing rooms, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT
La Torre, Producciones, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo Reina Sofia, Madrid
Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires

2006 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami
Galeria Brito Cimino, Sao Paulo
MACRO, Roma

2005 El consultorio de psicoanalista, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
Albion Gallery, London
Leandro Erlich, Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France

2003 El Studio Ballet, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona

2002 El Living, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

2001 Neighbors: an installation by Leandro Erlich, El Museo del Barrio,NY
Tourism (collaboration with Judi Werthein), Kent Gallery, NY

2000 6 feet under (collaboration with Judi Werthein), White BoxGallery, NY
Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires

1999 El Living, Kent Gallery, NY
Rain, Moody Gallery Houston, TX

1997 Inner City, General Consulate of Argentina, New York, NY

1993 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
Espacio Giesso, Buenos Aires

1991 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires


Group exhibitions

2008 Prospect 1, New Orleans, USA
Galleria Continua/ Le Moulin, FR
II Singapur Biennial, Singapur
V Liverpool Biennial, England

2007 Reconstruction # 2, Sudeley Castle, UK
Desplazamientos. Entre la escultura y la instalación. Casa de la Cultura Bs.As.
Futuressystems: rare moments, Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
Cuestión generacional, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, SP

2006 Echigo Tsumari Triennial, Japón
Media City Seoul, Corea
Casa Abierta, Open House, Contemporary Argentine Art, Embajada Argentina, Londres
Artes Mundi Prize Exhibition, National Museum Cardiff
Notre histoire…, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans.

2005 The Plain of Heaven, Creative Time, New York. Curated by Peter Eleey.
Italian pavilion, 51st Venice Biennial. Curated by Maria de Corral.

2004 The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
XXVI Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo
Bâtiment, Cour de l’Observatoire, Nuit Blanche, Paris

2003 Project Argentina, Fundación Tantica, Miami
Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel
Fantastic! The Art of Comics and Illusion, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Busan Biennale, Culture meets Culture Metropolitan Museum, Korea
Shanghai Biennale
Endless Summer Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Unexpected Selections from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Art
from 1985 to the present, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami

2001 Seventh International Istanbul Biennal, Turkey
Leandro Erlich: The Swimming Pool, 49th Venice Biennale (Argentina)
Fondaco dei Tedeschi via Rialto, Venice, Italy
VOX 2001, Kent Gallery, New York, NY

2000 Tourism (collaboration with Judi Werthein), VII Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
Natural Deceits: Ten Texas Artists. Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX

1999 Core 1999, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (catalogue)
Paralelos/Paralelas, Fondo Nacional des las Artes, ARCO Madrid, Spain (catalogue)

1998 Core 1998, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (catalogue)

1997 First Mercosur Biennial Art Show, Porto Alegre, Brazil

1996 AEIUO Installations, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires

1995 Twelve Argentinian Artists, United Nations, Buenos Aires
Taller De Barracas, Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires
Spring Roll (collaboration with Judith Werthein), Peru Square, Buenos Aires


Prizes and Grants

2006 Finalist Prix Marcel Duchamp, Paris
2006 Finalist Artis Mundi Prize, Cardiff
2001 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
2001 Unesco Prize Estambul Biennial
2000 Premio Leonardo Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
1998 Eliza Prize, Core Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1997 Core Program Houston, Pan-American Cultural Exchange-Fundacion Antorchal
1995 Mention of Honor Braque Prize of Objects, French Embassy, Buenos Aires
1994 Taller de Barracas Core Fellowship, Fundacion Antorchas, Buenos Aires
1992 Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires


Selected Articles & Reviews

Oliveras, Elena. Leandro Erlich. Mirages in the Everyday, ArtNexus, No. 70 Volume 7, 2008, pp. 70-75
Sartori, Leonora. La veritá non si vede. DCASA, República, Roma, 23th February, 2008, pp. 58-60
Santiago Garcia Navarro, Leandro Erlich, 100 artistas latinoamericanos, EXIT publications, pag. 166 Alban Martínez Gueyraud, Una puerta a América, ABCD ARCO, 12 February, 2006
Dorothée, Tramoni, Leandro Erlich, le jeu des sept erreurs, ArtPress, Nº320, February, 2006
Eva Grinstein, Leandro Erlich, Contemporary, Nº74, 2005, p.54
Guillaume Désanges, Premio Ricard: Offshore, ExitExpress, Nº14, October, p.40, 2005
Filippo Romeo, Camera con Vista, Case da Abitare, September, 2005
Gustavo Marrone, La Biennale di Venezia 2005, b-guided, Nº24 summer 2005, p.28
Molina, Ángela, Compte amb què mires, El Pais, Quadern / 7, June 16th, 2005
Macri, Teresa, L’artista sul divano di Freud, Il Manifesto, June 11th, 2005
Guariglia, Constanza, Otro argentino universal, La Nacion, November 19th, 2004
Renault, Rivoire, Thual, Nuit Blanche montre le son, Libération, October 4th, 2004
París pasa una Noche en Blanco, El País, October 4th, 2004
Desde la Argentina, Noticias, October 2th, 2004
Asahi Shimbun Weekly AERA, September 20th, 2004
Batistozzi, Ana María, Tendencias de la última generación, Clarin, May 18th, 2002
Clifford, Katie, Tourism, Artnews, noviembre, 2001
Smith, Roberta, Judi Werthein and Leandro Erlich, New York Times, 6 de julio, 2001
Martínez Quijano, Ana, La nueva Bienal de Venecia se superó en cifras e ingenio, Ambito Financiero, 11 de junio, 2001
Arestizábal, Irma, El valor de lo ambiguo, La Nacion, 10 de junio, 2001
Tortosa, Alina, The 49th Venice Biennial soars to the sky, Buenos Aires Herald, 10 de junio, 2001
Martínez Quijano, Ana, Erlich: ficción tardía, Ambito Financiero, 7 de mayo, 2001
Cotter, Holland, Leandro Erlich ‘Neighbors’, New York Times, 20 de abril, 2001
Cotter, Holland, Leandro Erlich at El Museo del Barrio, New York Times, 17 de abril, 2001
Pomeraniec, Hinde, Argentinos en la Bienal de Venecia, Clarin, 5 de abril, 2001
Cantor, Judi, In the Art of the City, Miami New Times, April 1th, 2001
Grinstein, Eva, Havana Biennial, Flash Art, March-April, 2001
Levin, Kim, Leandro Erlich’s Disappearing Act: Parallel Universe, Village Voice, February, 2001
Israel, Nico, VII Bienal de La Habana, Artforum, February, 2001, p.147-148
Carcía Navarro, Santiago, Tecnología y sentimientos, La Nación, January 7th, 2001, p.4/sec.6
Herzberg, Julia, Neighbors: an installation by Leandro Erlich, El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2001
De Arteaga, Alicia, Platea de la Humanidad, La Nacion, 2001
Verlichak, Victoria, Percepciones alteradas, Revista Noticias, October 7th, 2000
Lebenglik, Fabian, Verdad, Mentira y Ficion, Pagina 12, October 3th, 2000
Battistozzi, Ana Maria, Una vasta telaraña de espejismos, Clarin, September 30th, 2000
Fernandez, Jorge Luis, Un mundo de ilusiones, La Nacion, September 26th, 2000
Stein Greben, Deirdre, Strolling Under the Swimming Pool, Artnews, june, 2000, p.128-129
Stetler, Pepper, Through the Looking Glass: the Art of Leandro Erlich, Museo, Spring, 2000
Viveros-Faune, Christian, Whitney Biennial Artists, New York Press, April 4th, 2000, p.17/sec.2
Kimmelman, Michael, A new team at the Whitney makes its Biennial Pitch, New York Times, March 24th, 2000
Whitney Biennial 2000 Bulletin, January, 2000, p.102-103
Noorthoorn, Victoria, Warning: Perception Requires Involvement, White Box Gallery, Nueva York, 2000
Vogel, Carol, Choosing a Palette of Biennial Artists, New York Times, December 8th, 1999 p.E5
Cash, Stephanie, Leandro Erlich at Kent, Art in America, December, 1999
Goings on About Town: Leandro Erlich, The New Yorker, October 11th, 1999, p.23
Johnson, Ken, Leandro Erlich: El Living, New York Times, October 8th, 1999, p.E37
MacAdam, Barbara A., Leandro Erlich, Artnews, October 1999, p.188
Levin, Kim, Voice Choices: Leandro Erlich, Village Voice, September 14th 1999, p.82
Navarro, Santiago Garcia, Pensar el espacio, La Nacion, April 16-22th, 1999
De Arteaga, Alicia, La apuesta del fondo, La Nacion, April 11th, 1999
Dewan, Shaila, Remaining Calm, Houston Press, April 8-14th, 1999, p.61
Lebenglik, Fabian, El gabinete del Dr. Benedit: Bairon, di Girolamo, El Azem y Erlich, Pagina 12, April 1999, p. 26
Talent Pool: Leandro Erlich, Houston Chronicle, March 21th, 1999
Johnson, Patricia, Exprit de Core, Houston Chronicle, March 21th, 1999, p.8-9
Argentino usa voyeurismo na arte, Correio Do Povo, Brazil, October 10th, 1997, p.20
Arenes, Carolina, En Buenos Aires habría un Nuevo obelisco, La Nacion, February 18th, 1995
Torresi, Leonardo, El obelisco mellizo, Clarin, January 15th, 1995, p.8
Maio, Hugo & Marita Hermo, Proyecto: Obelisco en la Boca, Publicacion Mensual Rumbos February, 1995
Un obelisco en La Boca, La Prensa, 1995
Sanchez, Julio, Un artista usa plastico planea construir un obelisco de hierro en La Boca, La Maga, 1995
Como el Obselisco del centro, pero en la Boca y de hierro, La Razon, December 12th, 1994, p.15

Bibliography

Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Cifo (Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation), Miami, 2007
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Mino, Yutaka, Encounters in the 21st Century: Polyphony - Emerging Resonances, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2005
Vergez, Juan, Project Argentina, Fundacion Tantica, 2004
G.Duprat, Andrés and P. Herzberg, Julia, La Biennale di Venezia 49. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte. Leandro Erlich/Graciela Sacco, Marsilio Editori, Venezia, 2001
VII Bienal de La Habana, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wilfredo Lam, Consejo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Cuba, 2000
Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, p.102-103, April, 2000
Rizzo, Patricia, Leandro Erlich, ARCO '99 Madrid: Fondo Nacional de Las Artes, p.91-99
Szatmary, Peter, Essay in Reach, Core, Houston, TX, 1999
Relyea, Lane, The Ins and Outs of this Year's Core Show, Core, Houston, TX, 1998
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