curator resume

Abdel Hernandez San Juan

Curator resume

Curator positions

1994-Curator of contemporary Venezuelan art and the issues of The Museum and the markets, Alejandro Otero Museum of visual art, coordinated by Vazco Zinetar and tahia Rivero, Caracas

1996- guest lecturer of The Faculty of Classical and hispanic studies at rice University in his areas of semiotic theory, anthropology and theory of contemporary art, Houston, Texas

1997-Guest curator of the Transart Foundation of Houston and The Faculty of anthropology of rice university, Houston, texas

Curatorial essays

The complementary text: Alphabetic text and visual Icons in ethnographic conceptualism. By Abdel hernandez San Juan

The museum display: field research inside and outside of bounds. By Abdel hernandez San Juan

An expeditión to the threshold. By Abdel hernandez San Juan, transart foundation of Houston, 1412 west Alabama, compendium, Houston, texas

Workshops 

1996- Experimental workshop for art and anthropology: semiotic theory workshop. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, cultural productión of seven exhibits and five films Co- directed with surpik angelini and film director Fran Rodríguez, telares de Maracay, caracas

Curatorial práctices

1997- artists in trance: seven exhibits on campus at rice University, curated, presented and museographized by Abdel Hernandez San Juan and surpik angelini, english, included pyche ethnography reports (surpik angelini, rice media center art Gallery), arguing with betará desa (Juan José olavarria and Ernesto leal, farish Gallery), installed ethnography (Juan Carlos Rodríguez, rice media center), curriculum vitae: mental massage, ( lázaro saavedra, rice media center art Gallery), The text: indestructible unity and The Great theory, ( Alejandro López, Hamman hall), The market from here: mise in scené and anthropology ( Abdel Hernandez San Juan and Fernando calzadilla, back yard sewall hall sculpture court), translated by surpik angelini, rice university, Houston, Texas, 1997

Lectures

1997- A Multimedia Course: new methodologies in the work with otherness. By researches Abdel Hernandez San Juan and surpik angelini, serie of 3 months lectures one day a week, Ilustrated with sides and Films, tape recorded and film recorded by Surpik Angelini, rice media center, rice University, Houston, Texas, usa, january- March, 1997

Main references

Lecture to the film. By Thomas mcevilley, after visiting the exhibits on campus, a film documentary by Brian huberman, text transcription and edition Surpik angelini and abdel Hernández San Juan, rice media center, and transart foundatión of Houston, march, Houston, Texas, 1997

Artists in trance: various artists. By Thomas mc evilley, art in américa, new York, 1998

More lectures

7 exhibits at rice university. By abdel Hernández San Juan, conference lectured by abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini as guest of Manuel Espinoza, the contemporary art museum of Maracaibo, 1998

Films

1997- a zombi in interface: José Antonio hernandez diez. By Abdel hernandez San Juan and Fran Rodríguez, film director Fran Rodríguez, Curatorial research and interview abdel Hernández san juan, presented at the rice media center in a multimedia course of abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice media center, rice University, March, Houston, Texas, 1997

1997- homos convivalis: Juan Carlos rodriguez. By Abdel hernandez San Juan and Fran Rodríguez, film director Fran Rodríguez, Curatorial research and interview abdel Hernández san juan, presented at the rice media center in a multimedia course of abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice media center, rice University, March, Houston, Texas, 1997

1997- The doble: 17 ejercices: Juan José olavarria and Ernesto leal. By Abdel hernandez San Juan and Fran Rodríguez, film director Fran Rodríguez, Curatorial research and interview abdel Hernández san juan, presented at the rice media center in a multimedia course of abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice media center, rice University, March, Houston, Texas, 1997

1997- nothing corresponde to US: Luis gomez. By Abdel hernandez San Juan and Fran Rodríguez, film director Fran Rodríguez, Curatorial research and interview abdel Hernández san juan, presented at the rice media center in a multimedia course of abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice University, March, Houston, Texas, 1997

1996- curriculum vitae: lázaro saavedra. By Abdel hernandez San Juan and Fran Rodríguez, film director Fran Rodríguez, Curatorial research and interview abdel Hernández san juan, presented at the rice media center in a multimedia course of abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, rice media center, rice University, March, Houston, Texas, 1997

Editor resume

Edited by Abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini

Threshold: a documentary book/catalogue.edited by abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, introduced and translated by Surpik angelini, papers/essays by abdel Hernández San Juan (from modern to posmodern markets:  catalogue text of the market from here, the eclipse of evocation, an Expedition to the threshold, just a last accord), Stephen A tyler (evocation, the unwriteable/a response to abdel Hernández San Juan), Surpik angelini and abdel Hernández San Juan (the concept of Curator), abdel Hernández San Juan and quetzil Eugenio Castañeda ( between seen and scenes), transcriptions edited. By abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini (lecture to the film by Thomas mc evilley, dialogues after abdel lectures at the bag lectures nain room anthropology faculty with quetzil Eugenio Castañeda, George marcus, stanford carpentier, James foubian and others,  fiim interviews to artists transcriptions), visual design and documentation by abdel Hernández San Juan and Surpik angelini, transart foundatión of Houston, 1997

Edited by abdel Hernández San Juan, Surpik angelini, Stephen A Tyler and George marcus

Reports from the threshold of art and anthropology. Edited by abdel Hernández San Juan, Surpik angelini, Stephen a tyler, George marcus and other ethnographers, anthropology faculty at rice university, poster anounced, ongoing, 1997

Meetings

1998-Guest scholard, Anthropology and the globalization of culture, documenta X, book/Catalogue, meetings with catherine David, coordinated by writer, art critic and curator harpert montgomery, talks by Catherine David, Abdel Hernández San Juan, harpert montgomery, Mari Carmen ramirez, George judice, between others, full tape recorded, college of fine art, the university of Texas at austin, blanton museum, huntinton art galleries, Austin, texas, 1998