Carlos Martiel 2022-23 Mellon Fellow

Carlos Martiel (born 1989, Havana) lives and works in New York and Havana. He graduated in 2009 from the National Academy of Fine Arts, “San Alejandro,” in Havana. From 2008 to 2010, he studied in the Cátedra Arte de Conducta, directed by the artist Tania Bruguera. Martiel’s works have been included in the Biennial of the Americas; 4th Vancouver Biennale; 14th Sharjah Biennial, UAE; 14th Cuenca Biennial; 57th Venice Biennale; Casablanca Biennale; Biennial “La Otra,” Colombia; Liverpool Biennial; Pontevedra Biennial; and Havana Biennial. He has had performances at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York; Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; La Tertulia Museum, Cali; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, among others. He has received several awards, including the Franklin Furnace Fund (New York, 2016); “CIFOS Grants & Commissions Program Award” (Miami, 2014); and “Arte Laguna” (Venice, 2013). His work has been exhibited at the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP); Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee (ZAC), Palermo; Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami; Benaki Museum, Athens; and National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, among others. His works are in public and private collections such as the Guggenheim Museum; the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); and Museu de Arte do Rio.

As part of his residency, Martiel will finalize the curation of his upcoming collection in HIDVL.

Land Acknowledgement

The Hemispheric Institute at New York University acknowledges with respect the Lenape nation, whose traditional homelands NYU now occupies. We recognize the longstanding significance of these territories for Lenape nations past and present. We acknowledge that we work in a city with the largest urban Native population in the United States. Even as we work to increase the historical awareness of Indigenous exclusion and erasure, we acknowledge the effect of that legacy in educational institutions, at NYU, and across the hemisphere. We are committed to work revealing Indigenous history and life-worlds and to the inclusion of Indigenous voices and participation, in allyship with Indigenous makers and communities across the Americas.

About Us

The Hemispheric Institute gathers artists, scholars, writers, learners, and activists from across the Americas. We focus on social justice and research politically engaged culture and performance. We share this work in digital archives and amplify it through dialogues and public scholarship, residencies, publications, and gatherings. Our dynamic, multilingual network traverses disciplines and borders and is grounded in the fundamental belief that artistic practice and critical reflection can spark lasting cultural change.