Manuela Ribadeneira
Born in 1966 in Quito, Ecuador
Lives and works in London, UK
Solo exhibitions
2011 – Arte Actual – Flacso. Quito Ecuador (November)
2010 – Los Incorruptibles – adhoc galería, Vigo, Spain
2009 – Change is around the corner – dpm gallery, Miami, USA
2009 – Cortes y Recortes – Galería Vértice, Lima, Peru
2008 – To be born in a stable does not make you a horse (o de la patria por nuestra voluntad) – Teorética, San José, Costa Rica
2008 – ARCO, Solo Projects – dpm gallery, Madrid, Spain, curator Virginia Pérez-Ratton
2005 – De Jardines y Líneas Imaginarias – dpm gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2005 – Traslado: la Mitad del Mundo llega a la Casa de la Cultura – Artes No Decorativas S.A., Casa de la Cultura, Quito, Ecuador
2002 – Crítica Ready-made – Artes No Decorativas S.A.,Museo Banco Central,Guayaquil, Ecuador
2001 – Sobremesa – Artes No Decorativas S.A., Casa Madeleine Hollaender, dpm gallery Cuenca, Ecuador; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Museo de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador
2000 – Organigrama – Artes No Decorativas S.A., Museo de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador
2000 – El Rollo que es hacer cualquier cosa y el hilo que se necesita para no perderse – Artes No Decorativas S.A., El Pobre Diablo, Quito, Ecuador
2000 – Artes No Decorativas S.A – Casa de la Cultura, Cuenca, Ecuador
Collective exhibitions (selection)
2013 – Collective ficcions – Palais de Tokio – Paris
2011 – Bienal de Mercosur – Porto Alegre, Brasil (September)
2011 – Paradas em Movimento – Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brasil
2010 – Pasado Imperfecto ASAB ,Bogotá – Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Centro Fundación Telefónica, Lima,Grossman galleries, Easton USA
2009-2010 – Playlist, lo mejor del arte contemporáneo ecuatoriano – Procesos Casa de la Cultura de Cuenca Bienal de Cuenca, Museo Municipal de Guayaquil, Curator Rodolfo Kronfle
2009 – At your service – David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK, curator Cylena Simonds
2008 – Somewhere, Nowhere – Cardoso, Ribadeneira, dpm Gallery, Miami, USA
2008 – Tatton Park Biennale – Cheshire, UK
2008 – Something less something more – Gallery One One One, London, UK, Curator Vincent Honoré
2007 – The (S) Files 007 – Museo del Barrio, New York, USA, curator Rodolfo Kronfle/ Elvis Fuentes
2007 – 52. Venice Biennale, Italy – Latin American Pavillion
2007 – Bienal del fin del Mundo – Ushuaia, Argentina
2006 – Piedra y palabra suelta no tienen vuelta – intervention in a public space, Architecture Biennale, Quito, Ecuador
2006 – Forest Art Path – intervention in a public space, Darmstadt, Germany
2006 – Tres nudos trescientos tajos Brito Cardoso Ribadeneira – Galería Animal, Santiago, Chile
2005 – Space Protocol – Rael Artel Project Space, Estonia, curator L. Garrett Parnu
2005 – Cloud and Vision: William Blake in Lambeth – Museum of Garden History, London, UK, curator Danielle Arnaud
2004 – Infiltrate – The Substation, Singapur, curator Louise Garrett
2004 – Thirtysecondslivequake – Galerie Jacky Strenz, Berlin, Germany, curator Cecilia Canziani
2003/04 – Definitively Provisional – Whitechapel project space, London, UK, The Appendix, Copenhaguen, Denmark, curator Canziani/ Haugaard
2003 – 8th Havana Biennale – Artes No Decorativas S.A., Cuba
2003 – Vestido de Mujer – dpm gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador, curador Lupe Álvarez
2003 – Made in UK – Arch Gallery, London, UK
2003 – Arte Ecuatoriano contemporáneo – Artes No Decorativas S.A., Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, Peru
2002 – ES2002 – Standard Biennale, Tijuana, México
2001 – Mujeres – Museo de América, Madrid, Spain, curator Lenin Oña
2000 – Diálogo Ecuador/Brasil – Memorial de America Latina, Sao Paulo, Brazil; PUCE, Quito, Ecuador
Editorial project
Manuela Ribadeneira is founder and co-editor with Vincent Honoré of the contemporary art journal Drawing Room Confessions ( launch January 2011) www.drawingroomconfessions.com
Collective
Manuela Ribadeneira is together with musician Nelson García one half of the artistic collective Artes No Decorativas S.A.(1998-)