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Juan Uslé: b. 1954

Juan Uslé b. 1954

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  • Biography
    Juan Uslé

    Uslé’s abstractions are evocative of the colors, light and space of his Northern Spanish homeland and the density, energy and unpredictability of New York City. Born in Santander, Spain, in 1954, Uslé studied art in Valencia and moved to New York in the late 1980s; he had his first solo show in 1988. He now spends time between the city and Cantabria, Spain, near his boyhood home. Both places provide Uslé with a feeling of “displacement” - an important theme for his work. As he says: “I’ve always felt something strange, ‘displaced,’ in the various places I’ve lived. When we would go to my grandparents’ town, I would watch the other children of my age and wonder: why do we – my family and me – not live there too?” Later, in New York, Uslé felt a similar sensation, which was perpetuated as he “stumbled from place to place.” Despite many moves, and having studios in several locations, the feeling followed: “We are not of a specific place; rather we are/belong to them all.”

    Juan Uslé has been the subject of major retrospectives at the Es Baluard, Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca (2010); the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga (2007); S.M.A.K., Ghent, Fundación Botín, Cantabria, Spain, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2004); the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2003); the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (2002); and the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern and MACBA Museum, Barcelona (1996). He was also included in the 2005 Venice Biennale, Documenta IX (1992), the 1992 Istanbul Biennial, and the 1985 Bienal de São Paulo. In 2014, a major exhibition of Uslé’s Soñe que revelabas series was presented at the Kunstmuseum Bonn. The exhibition, titled Dark Light, traveled to the CGAC Museum, Santiago de Compostela.

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    Juan Uslé

    Juan Uslé b. 1954

    MITAN 2006
    Vinyl, dispersion and dry pigment on canvas
    16 x 22 inches
    40.6 x 55.9 centimeters
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  • Exhibitions
    • Art Basel

      Art Basel

      13 - 16 Jun 2019
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2019 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Hans Hartung, Jonathan Lasker,...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      6 - 9 Dec 2018
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2018 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Ron Gorchov, Al Held,...
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    • Art Basel

      Art Basel

      14 - 17 Jun 2018
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2018 edition of Art Basel with a presentation of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Lynda Benglis, Louise Fishman, Jenny Holzer,...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      7 - 10 Dec 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2017 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Adam Fuss,...
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    • The Horizontal

      The Horizontal

      6 Jul - 31 Aug 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce The Horizontal, a group exhibition exploring the poetics of the horizon in abstract art. The show will feature an intergenerational selection of 21...
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    • Art Basel

      Art Basel

      15 - 18 Jun 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2017 edition of Art Basel with a presenation of works by Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Ron Gorchov, Al Held,...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      5 - 7 May 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to particpate in the 2017 edition of Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      1 - 4 Dec 2016
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2016 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois,...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Membrana Porosa 5 May - 18 Jun 2016
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce Membrana Porosa , an exhibition of recent paintings by Spanish artist Juan Uslé. Uslé has been showing with Cheim & Read since 1997;...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      5 - 8 May 2016
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Ron...
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    • Serge Poliakoff

      Serge Poliakoff

      Curated by Joe Fyfe 31 Mar - 30 Apr 2016
      Cheim & Read gallery is pleased to present a survey of paintings by one of the foremost post-war European abstractionists, the Russian-born Serge Poliakoff (1900–1969). At a moment when the...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      3 - 6 Dec 2015
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston,...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      14 - 17 May 2015
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      4 - 7 Dec 2014
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2014 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman,...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      9 - 12 May 2014
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Al...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Desplazado (Displaced) 31 Mar - 7 May 2011
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce “Desplazado” - an exhibition of recent paintings by Spanish artist Juan Uslé. Uslé has been showing with Cheim & Read since 1997; his...
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    • Le Tableau

      Le Tableau

      French Abstraction and its Affinities curated by Joe Fyfe 24 Jun - 3 Sep 2010
      LE TABLEAU In Achim Hochdörfer's article in the February 2009 Artforum entitled 'A Hidden Reserve: painting from 1958 to 1965,' the author names a number of painters included in this...
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    • Abstractions by Gallery Artists

      Abstractions by Gallery Artists

      24 Sep - 3 Oct 2009
      Works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Jenny Holzer, Bill Jensen, Jonathan Lasker, Joan Mitchell, Jack Pierson, Milton Resnick, Pat Steir, and Juan Usle will...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Brezales 7 Feb - 15 Mar 2008
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by the Spanish artist Juan Uslé. The show is accompanied by a full color, limited edition catalogue with...
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    • Simple Marks

      Simple Marks

      23 Jul - 2 Sep 2003
      Cheim and Read is pleased to announce a summer group exhibition 'Simple Marks' including work by Richmond Burton, Louise Bourgeois, Lynda Benglis, Louise Fishman, Joe Fyfe, Joan Mitchell, Jack Pierson,...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      30 Apr - 15 Jun 2002
      Born in Santander, Spain in 1954, he first exhibited in New York in 1989 at the Farideh Cadot Gallery. This will be his third presentation at Cheim & Read. He...
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    • Liquid Properties

      Liquid Properties

      Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, Adam Fuss, Mary Heilmann, David Hines, Gary Hume, Dona Nelson, Jack Pierson, Pat Steir, Juan Usle 6 Jul - 3 Aug 2001
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce the group exhibition Liquid Properties The exhibition examines the formal and metaphorical qualities of liquid as it: becomes hard in the work of...
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    • Opulent

      Opulent

      Lynda Benglis, Richmond Burton, Saint Clair Cemin, Beatriz Milhazes, Chris Ofili, Jeff Perrone, Philip Taaffe, and Juan Uslé 14 Jun - 1 Sep 2000
      In contrast to the current fascination with media-based social realism, irony, and illustration, in all their various guises, Cheim & Read is pleased to propose an alternative, the group exhibition,...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Blind Entrance 4 May - 5 Jun 1999
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Juan Uslé. Born in Santander, Spain in 1954, Uslé has lived and worked in New York City...
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    • Small Paintings

      Small Paintings

      1 - 31 Jul 1998
      SMALL PAINTINGS: HAND PAINTED PICTURES by Ingo Meller Louise Fishman Juan Uslé Richmond Burton Joan Mitchell Mary Heilmann Bill Jensen Jack Pierson Dona Nelson Eva Hesse Philippe Richard Lynda Benglis...
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    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Luz Aislada 11 Apr - 31 May 1997
      Spanish born painter Juan Uslé, 42, will have the first exhibition that presents an overview of his photographs from 1977 to 1997, opening at Cheim & Read on the 11th...
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  • Publications
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      The Blind Entrance 2016 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Membrana Porosa 2016 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Desplazado 2011 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Brezales 2007 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      1999 Read more
  • News
    • The Horizontal

      The Horizontal

      Cheim & Read July 21, 2017 Read more
    • Juan Uslé Paints to His Own Heartbeat for New Work at Cheim & Read

      Juan Uslé Paints to His Own Heartbeat for New Work at Cheim & Read

      June 14, 2016 Read more
    • Heartbeats: The Spanish Rhythms of Juan Uslé

      Heartbeats: The Spanish Rhythms of Juan Uslé

      June 6, 2016 Read more
    • Juan Uslé's Brushstrokes

      Juan Uslé's Brushstrokes

      May 31, 2016 Read more
    • Juan Uslé with John Yau

      Juan Uslé with John Yau

      April 1, 2011 Read more
    • Juan Uslé's miniatures make a big impression

      Juan Uslé's miniatures make a big impression

      June 6, 2008 Read more
    • Juan Uslé: Brezales

      Juan Uslé: Brezales

      Cheim & Read March 10, 2008 Read more
    • Abstraction From Overseas

      Abstraction From Overseas

      February 21, 2008 Read more
    • Juan Uslé: Brezales

      Juan Uslé: Brezales

      Cheim & Read January 1, 2008 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Frith Street Gallery, London March 29, 2006 Read more
    • Lighten Our Darkness

      Lighten Our Darkness

      September 19, 2004 Read more
    • A Convent Education

      A Convent Education

      September 12, 2004 Read more
    • Juan Uslé

      Juan Uslé

      Cheim & Read May 31, 2002 Read more
    • Opulent

      Opulent

      Cheim & Read July 28, 2000 Read more

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