Juan Andrés Milanes Benito
Born 1978 Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Represented by Galleri Riis
www.galleririis.com
www.JuanMilanes.com
Tel: +47 486 25 130
Artist address: Hoffsveien 49A, 0337, Oslo

Education:
2009: Master of Fine Arts, Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo, Norway
2007: Trondheim Academy of fine Art, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
1996: Bachelor of Fine Art, Escuela Wifredo Lam, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
1991: Elementary School of Art, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Upcoming projects:
2021: Solo show at Sandefjord Kunstforening.
2021: Solo show at Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway.
2021: Group show at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall , Arendal, Norway.
2021: Barcù Art fair, Bogota, Colombia
2022: Site specific sculpture in the public space in Havana, Cuba

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2020: Potemkin Village. Temporary public commission at the The National Museum –Architecture.Oslo. Norway.
2020: Foreveriando. Tenthaus Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2019: Walking my pet. KGG. Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2018: Extraction of the stone of Madness, CODE Art Fair, August 30 to September 2 Copenhagen, Denmark
2017: Microwave for one .Gallery Riis, Oslo, Norway
2016: If the stone could talk. Neues Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany
2015: It ́s what you see, Bærum Kunsthall, Bærum, Norway
2015: Extraction of the stone of madness, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2013: Mind the Gap, Hå Gamle Prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
2012: Collective experience, Gallery Se, Sweden
2012: Analyzing Sanity, Orebro Konsthall, Orebro, Sweden
2011: Speed is directly proportional to forgetfulness, Galery Riis, Oslo, Norway
2011: La velocidad es directamente proporcional al olvido, One Night Only, Gallery UKS, Oslo, Norway
2010: Reserved Space, Collaboration with the Atelir Vanntårnet (Intervention in the public space), Kongsvinger, Norway
2010: Party at the funeral, Gallery 69, Oslo, Norway
2010: Speed is directly proportional to forgetfulness, Nord-Trøndelad Fylkesgalleri, Namsos, Norway
2009: American Dream, Hå Gamle Prestegard, Stavanger, Norway
2005: In a straight line from my face to my back, Senter for Afrikansk Kulturformidling, Oslo, Norway
2005: Fractured Spece, Galeria Marta Machado, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
2002: Abstractions in November, Open Space, Gallery:A.H.S, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
1998: Pa ́cuando yo este en el ”yelo”, Galeria Marta Machado. Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
1997: La direccion de la sombra, Gallery Luz y Oficios, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
1995: Silencio, Galeria Marta Machado, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Group Exhibitions:
2019: Behind the wall, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
2019: METAFYSICA. Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg , Norway
2019: Cuban Group show. Museum of Black Civilizations. Dakar, Senegal.

2018: Dakar Biennial, Dakar, Senegal.
2017: Art Fair Chart, September, Copehangen, Denmark
2016: Kamina Artist in Residency, Lume, Togo (November)
2016: Chanting, all clamoring, chirping (Chiroptera), blaring elevato, Dings, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2015: Sparebankstiftelsenn DNBs stipendutstilling, Oslo Kunstforening, Norway
2015: Behind the wall, Project collateral to Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2015: Open Video, Atelier Nord, ANX, Oslo, Norway
2015: Update, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2014: 1814 Revisited – The Past is Still Present, AKERSHUS KUNSTSENTER, Lillestrøm, Norway
2013: Super Market. Stockholm, Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2012: LÄNGTANS BLOMMA ÄR STÖRST PÅ HÅLL, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2011: The Water Tower Art Fest, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011: Open Art, Orebro Konsthall, Orebro, Sweden
2009: The windmills of minds, Orebro Konsthall, Open Art, Orebro, Sweden
2009: Kunstakademiet 100-Årsjubileun, Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway
2009: Kunstakademiet Avganststillinggen, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway
2009: One Hundre years. Gallerie for Samtidkuns, Oslo, Norway
2009: Internasjonale Krysninger, Regjerrings Galleriet/ Kultur og kirkedepartementet, Oslo, Norway
2008: Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2008: Internasjonale Krysninger, Lørenskog Kunstforrening, Oslo, Norway
2007: Open Academy, Gallery Kit, Trondheim, Norway
2007: Bar candela, (collaboration Show) Gallery Kit, Trondheim, Norway
2005: Hot Water-Cold Water, Gallery Maikael Andersen, Copenhaguen, Denmark
2003: With my tooth, Museum Casa Gongora, Panama City, Panama
2003: Pablo Porras Gener, Museo Municipal, Cuba
2003: Ciudad Multiple/ Urban Art in Panama, Panama City, Panama

2002: Pablo Porras Gener, Museo Municipal, Cuba
2002: Environment, Centro de Desarrollo para las Artes Visuales, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
2001: Havana Prize Exhibition, Centro de Desarrollo para las Artes Visuales, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
1999: Bienal de Escultura en la Montana, Cienfuegos, Cuba
1999: Shipwreck, Galeria Tina Modotti, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
1998: Regino Boti, Centro Cultural, Guantanamo, Cuba
1998: Salon de Arte Comtemporaneo, Centro de Desarrollo para las Artes Visuales, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
1997: Save and Recycle the World, Ohio University, USA

Publications/Press:
2010: Namdalsavisa, 16/6/2010, NewPaper, Namsos, Norway
2010: Namdalsavisa, 18/6/2010, NewPaper, Namsos, Norway
2010: Smutthulet, NewPaper, 23/5/009, Oslo, Norway
2009: Master 2009, Catalogue, Oslo National Academy of Arts
2009: Open Art 2009, Catalogue, Orebro, Sweden
2009: Aften, NewPaper, 23/1/009, Oslo, Norway
2009: Dagsavisen, NewPaper, 23/5/009, Oslo, Norway
2008: Dagsavisen, NewPaper, 05/8/008, Oslo, Norway
2008: Dagbladet, NewPaper, 06/8/008, Oslo, Norway
2008: Dagbladet, NewPaper, 03/9/008, Oslo, Norway
2008: Critica, NewPaper, 18/3/003, Panama, Panama City
2008: Revista, NewPaper, 20/3/003, Panama, Panama City
2003: Ciudad Multiple City, Catalogue, Panama City, Curator: Gerardo Mosquera/ Adrienne Samos
2003: Art Nexus, No. 82, Magazine
2003: Metropolis, Magazine, New York, USA
2003: Zinmagazine, No. 19, Magazine, New York, USA