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-)