Michael Linares
Bayamón, PR, 1979
Biography Details
Conceptual artist. In 2005, he received a BFA from Escuela de Artes Plásticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where currently, he teaches. Afterwards, in 2010 he finished independent studies at Beta-Local, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is founder and editor of www.lasonora.org. He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Puerto Rico, United States, Latin America and Europe. He’s also been included in the publication The Generational: Younger Than Jesus / Artists Directory that complemented the Triennial by the same name at the New Museum in New York City (2006). Making use of concpetual art as his medium, Linares invites people to try to see things with different eyes. Through his sculptures, pictures, installations, videos, he has created a new way of viewing art.
Artist Statement
"Most of my works have as their origins history of art. They are an appropriation of other works, which help me reflect on them and examine how they work."
Source: González, Leyra E. “Destacado en el mundo”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 16 de junio de 2009, p. 57.
"Through a wide-ranging use of styles and mediums, my work reflects a continuing determination to review and challenge the possibilities of new relationships between things and their meanings"
Source: "Unpainting": arte por Michael Linares, www.diálogodigital.com, abril, 2003
Formation
Education
2011
- Independent Studies. Beta-Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Bachelors Degree of Arts. Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2013
- Was it a rat I saw?, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Unpainting, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
- Mural Comission, Bass Museum, Miami, Florida, United States
2011
- Michael Linares, Chemi's Room, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010
- Useless, Pinta Art Fair, London, England
- Solo Projects 2010, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
- Michael D. Linares, Galería Altamira, Asturias, Spain
2009
- Found & Lost, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007
- Eight, ocho, bizcocho, cake, Galería Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Lawrimore Loves Painting, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, Washington, United States
2006
- Tu y Yo en una Isla para Dos Sentados Mirando el Sol, Galería Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Un, Galería Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2013
- Galería Agustina Ferreyra, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
- Gala, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, América Latina y el Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Way In, Popular Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Post-Panamax, Diablo Rosso, Panama City, Panama
- Exhibition, De la Cruz Collection, Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida, United States
2011
- Painting Expanded, Espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- PARAÍSO, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
- San Gerónimo 31, San Gerónimo 31, Colonia Centro, Mexico
- Exhibición Re-Inauguración, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
2010
- De la Cruz Collection, Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida, United States
- 7x7, Galería S. XXI, Bogotá, Colombia
- Ultrapuñeta, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala
- Mobile Spaces, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
2009
- Puerto Rico Geografía Humana: Imágenes del Siglo XXI, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
- En sus marcas..., Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Circa 08, Walter Otero Gallery, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007
- Art Basel Miami Beach, Galería Comercial, Miami, Florida, United States
- BioKunst, Antwerp, Belgium
- COMERCIAL, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, United States
- Crimes of Omission, University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- ArtLA, Galería Comercial, Los Angeles, Califormia, United States
2006
- Public Sculpture Art Project (with Galería Comercial), Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, United States
- Lisa Kirks Greatest Hits, The Wayward Cannon, London, England
- MACO, Galería Comercial, Mexico City, Mexico
- The Galleries Show, Galería Comercial, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
- The S-Files II, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Lovers, Canada Gallery, New York, United States
- The Peace Tower, participation as part on Mark di Suvero & Rikrit Tiravanija’s project, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York, United States
2005
- Ninjas killed my family, need money for Kung-Fu lessons, Galería Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- NADA, Galería Comercial, Miami, Florida, United States
- The S-Files, Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Tropical Table Party, Centro d’ Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
2004
- Stray Show, Galería Comercial, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Group Show, Galería Sin Título, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Javier Cambre, José Campeche, Michael Linares & Francisco Torres, Galería Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
- Muestra Ecléctica, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2002
- Exhibición Pequeño Formato, Galería Punto Gris, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
- Entre Hoy y Mañana,Galería Punto Gris, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Books
Contemporary Avant-Gardes. Londres: Phaidon, 2013
Weinstein, Joel. “More Sexy Beast ”, Rotund World, 4th Edition.
Newspapers
Mizota, Sharon. “Paraíso at ltd los angeles”. Art Review, Los Angeles Times (California, EEUU), 2011.
Feas Costillas, Luis. Apuntes de Un ARCO Polémico, La Voz de Asturias (España), 2010.
Álvarez Lezama, Manuel. Installations move front and center in local museums, The San Juan Star (San Juan, PR), 2 de septiembre de 2007.
Baker, R.C. “Michael D. Linares”, The Village Voice (New York, EEUU), 17 de Julio de 2007.
Cotter, Holland. “Comercial”. Art in Review, The New York Times (Nueva York, EEUU) Jul 6, 2007.
Álvarez Lezama, Manuel. “Linares exhibit full of interesting surprises, as usual”. The San Juan Star (San Juan, PR), 26 de marzo de 2007.
Clavijo, Raisa. “Art Basel Miami Beach 06”. Primera Hora (San Juan, PR), 14 de diciembre de 2006.
Chang, Daniel. “New Programs scratch beneath Basel’s surface”. Miami Herald (Florida, EEUU), 6 de diciembre de 2006.
Herrera Adriana. “Art Basel Miami Beach: tres días de paroxismo”. El Nuevo Herald (Florada, EEUU), 6 de diciembre de 2006.
Delgado, Elaine. “Puerto Rico 2005”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 3 de enero de 2006.
Vázquez Zapata, Larissa. “S-Files”. El Nuevo Día, (San Juan, PR), octubre de 2005.
Fuentes, Elvis. “El amor es una carga pesada”. El Nuevo Día, (San Juan, PR), 23 de febrero de 2005.
Magazines
Herrera Téllez, Adriana. Panorama of Emerging Latin American Art, Arte al Día (San Juan, PR), 2010.
Free Beer at ARCO, Marion Maneker, Art Market Monitor, 2010.
The L Picks, The L Magazine, 11 a; 17 de julio de 2007.
Álvarez Lezama Manuel. “Michael Linares: Representante de una nueva generación de artistas puertorriqueños”. Art Premium (San Juan, PR), vol. 4, núm. 19, 2007.
Weekend Update, Walter Robinson, Artnet, 9 de Julio de 2007.
Out of Many, One, New York Magazine (Nueva York, EEUU), 18 de junio de 2007.
Ribas, Joao. “10 Artists to watch”, Art & Auction, Mayo 2005.
Web
Puerto Rico Art Scene: Not Only Reggeaton Gets Your Heartbeat Racing!, Ursula Dávila, http://www.fluentcollab.org 2011.
Robinson, Walter. “Miami Heat”, http://www.artnet.com , 4 de diciembre de 2005.
“El Museo Mounts 4th Biennial”, http://www.artnet.com , 20 de septiembre de 2005.
"Unpainting": arte por Michael Linares, http://www.dialogodigital.com , abril, 2003.
TV
Michael D. Linares: Oasis, Vernissage TV, 2010.