Main resume

Abdel Hernández San Juan

Semiotic theory and linguistic anthropology of art resume

Writer, Sociologist, cultural anthropologist, art critic

My research specifically focussed on art

Stablished Living in Houston, Texas, as permanent resident since 1997

Curator positions

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

Discussed Lecturer and publications

1996- The posmodern work: Beyond the Intertextual. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Conference Lectured at the Fondren Library Lectures Auditorium as a guest of the faculty of classical and Hispanic studies in his area of research of semiotic, theory of art, anthropology, curator at the alejandro otero museum of visual art, coordinated by Surpik Angelini and Hector Urrutibeity, translated by Graciela daichman, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

1998- Cultural Bodies. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, essay on the catalogues, published catalogue, english, translated by Cristina jadick, Sicardi Sanders Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

1998- Bodies Echoes. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, essay of the catalogues, published catalogue, Sicardi sanders Gallery, english, translated by Lourdes, Houston, Texas, USA

1998- workshop in semiotic theory and installation languages. By Abdel Hernandez san Juan and Cristina jadick, meetings of one day a week during Six months, Cristina jadick and Mike jadick spaces, spanish, Houston, Texas

1998- Anglo-Saxon conceptualism. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, lecture discussed at the glassel Schóol of art, cátedra of paintings, coordinated by terrell James, english by Abdel Hernandez San Juan, The Museum of fine art of Houston, Houston, Texas

1999- Art Pizte Exhibit: A Perspective from art critique. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, conference lectured in person at the Faculty of sociology and anthropology lectures auditorium on the museographizing of the exhibit of Quetzil Eugenio anthropology, five Maya artists and Quetzil collection of Maya art, a curatorial museography by quetzil Eugenio at Duran Gallery, with the participation in conceptualizing  and spatializing the mise in scene museography by Abdel hernandez San Juan and Lisa Breglia, a travel from Houston to lake forest  discussed as part in a panel Maya art and anthropology (anounced conferences by Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Alaka Wally, Stephen Eisenman, Richard Towsend, Quetzil Eugenio and Lisa Breglia, Lake Forest College Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, included a workshop, tape recorded and film recorded Lake Forest college, coordinated by Quetzil Eugenio castañeda, 1999 Organizer and Chair. Forum on Maya Art and Anthropology. Panelists: Alaka Alí, (Anthropologist, Field Museum of Natural History),  Abdel Hernández (Artistic Director, Transart Foundation), and Maya Artists: José Kituc, Gilberto Yam Tun, Jorge Pool Cauich, Wilberth Serrano, Juan Gutiérrez. Durand Art Institute, Dec. 2, tape recorded, translated by quetzil Eugenio castañeda, assistance profesor of anthropology, faculty of sociólogy and anthropology, with college and high school students, Lake Forest, Illinois, usa, 1999

1999- Bodies Maps. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, essay of the catalogues published catalogue, english, translated by Lourdes, Sicardi sanders Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

2000- Alchemies of the Senses. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, essay of the catalogue, english, translated by Lourdes, Sicardi sanders Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

2002- The paintings of terrell James. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, essay, translated by surpik Angelini, Houston, Texas

2002- Relations and Differences between the Arts: A Matter of the History of Conscience. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, lecture discussed at the panel of Los Angeles Art Festival, The Japanize House of Culture, lectures by Abdel Hernandez San Juan, surpik angelini, villegas, and others, spanish, Dic, Los Angeles, California, USA

1998- The Museum and the People. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Series of Lectures discussed as complimentary research associate at rice university school of social sciences as a guest of The Jacobo Borges Art Museum on the issue of the museum and art Projects with Communities included Lectures Discussed by Abdel Hernandez San Juan and by George Marcus, and a dialogue between Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Jacobo Borges and Fernando calzadilla, spanish, tape recorded, coordinated by Adriana Meneses and Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela

1994-1995- Contemporary Venezuelan Art. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, series of lectures discussed as curator at Mavao, Alejandro Otero Museum of Visual Art, included a printed design program, Spanish, Caracas, 1994

1994- To Valuate Venezuelan Art. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, published as juror of the National Venezuelan Drawings Biennale at the Biennale catalogue in Spanish black 50 pages and white high quality illustrated with writings by Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Ariel Jiménez and Eliseo sierra, Fundarte and Alejandro Otero Museum of Visual Art, Spanish, Individual Attention: Vazco Zinetar, Caracas, Venezuela

1995- An Erotic of the Tired. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, published at the 15 pages high quality colour illustrated catalogue of Sello Serial exhibit of Jason Galarraga, writings of Abdel Hernandez San Juan and Rafael Arraiz Lucas, Individual Attention: Jason Galarraga and Elaiza Irrizarry, spanish, Centro Romulo Gallegos, Caracas, Venezuela

1994- Venezuelan Art in Computer. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, published in Spanish and English at the 100 pages high quality colour illustrated catalogue of the exhibit Water, Viasa, Individual Attention: Maria Clara Fernandez, Spanish, Caracas, Venezuela

1994- vanishing Memory. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, published in Spanish at the catalogue of the exhibit Three Visions and One Reality of Mexican artist Luis Kertsh, six pages high quality colour illustrated, Individual attention Luis Kertsh, spanish, La Florida Art Gallery, Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela

1994-to Make, to know, to apreciate: XX century posmodernism, conceptualism and abstractionism, series of lectures of one year one lecture a week by Abdel Hernández San Juan, printed designed program, ateneístas foundation, coordinated by pilar Pérez, ateneo of caracas

1994-1995- Curatorial Practices and the Museum Collection. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Six month Series of Lectures discussing axiology’s issues in art critique and postmodern anthropology, (stephen A Tyler, James clifford), Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Peran Hermini and Fina Weitz (Museum director), spanish, The Petare Museum of Art, Caracas, Venezuela

92-94-The eye Paint, News paper page directed and written weklee by Abdel Hernández San Juan, ecónomy today news paper, italean news paper, coordinated by maria dimase, Caracas, venezuela

Examples

1993- On How to be Ecologicals in art. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Published in Spanish on the exhibit water at the Economy Today newspaper, black and while high quality illustrated, individual attention: Maria di Mase, Caracas, Venezuela

1993- Contemporary Virgins. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Published on the Astrid Paredes Art Gallery exhibit of Venezuelan artists on the issue of the image of the Maria virgin at Economia Today newspaper, Individual Attention: Maria Di Mase, Caracas, Venezuela, 1993

1993- New Ways to the National Art. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Published in Spanish on the Dimple 15 Years Whisky Biennale of Carece lamberg de Alcantara Foundation in the Ateneo of Valencia Nella Ochoa black and white high quality illustrated at Economy Today News Paper, Individual Attention: Maria di Mase, Caracas, Venezuela, 1993

1993- The femenine in art. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, Economy Today News Paper, Individual Attention: Maria di Mase, Caracas, Venezuela, 1993

1993- exhibits as freeways. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, Economy Today News Paper, Individual Attention: Maria di Mase, Caracas, Venezuela, 1993

More lectures and publications

1992- Aesthetics theory in the XX Century. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Serie of three months’ lectures in aesthetic theory discussed at the Federico Brand Art Institute, Spanish, Individual Attention: Sol Bendayan, San Bernardino, Caracas, Venezuela, 1992

1992- The Self-Conscience of Art. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Serie of three months’ lectures discussed in Spanish at the Federico Brand Art Institute, Individual Attention Sol Bendayan, San Bernardino, Caracas, Venezuela, 1992

1992- Philosophizing Creativity. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Serie of discussed lectures in Spanish in philosophizing creativity, The University of Valencia, spanish, Individual Attention: Miriam Dibora, Fundacreatividad, Rectorado, Valencia, Venezuela, 1992

1992- Angel Sanchez. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Published in Spanish at the catalogue of the exhibit Sudaries of Angel Sanchez at Okyo Art Gallery, spanish, Individual Attention: Angel Sanchez, Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela, 1992

1992- The clue as pentagramal architecture of cosmos. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, text catalogue of the exhibit landscapes of the soul, OKYO gallery, Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela

Panels

1991-Art and architecture: A Posible dialogue, lectures by Abdel Hernández San Juan, Fruto Vivas, Juan Pedro Posani, Fran fannon and others, Fundación Consolidado, Caracas, Venezuela, 1991

1991-Theory and practice of artístic creation, panel, lectures by Abdel Hernández san juan, Plinio negrete, miguel posani, Manuel espinosa, between others, the superior university of plástic art institute Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela

1991-Arte, knowledge and intuition, panel, lectures by Abdel Hernández san juan, Plinio negrete, miguel posani, Manuel espinosa, between others, the superior university of plástic art institute Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela

1994-The Curator as Creator. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, lecture discussed at the first encounters of curators, lectures by Abdel Hernández San Juan, María luz Cárdenas, Rina Carvajal, between others, coordinated by Vicky, (victoria Galarraga), the sectorial direction of museums, conac, puerto la cruz, venezuela

1995- Multiculturalism in venezuelan culture i'm the process of globalization, lectures by abdel Hernández San Juan, Peran Hermini, fina Weits and others, Fundaayacucho, Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela

1995-The production of venezuelan art in the city: a represed or disatended, Fundaayacucho, lectures by Abdel Hernández San Juan, Peran Hermini, finaweitz and others, Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela

Museum theory

1994-1995- Curatorial Practices and The Museum Collection. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Six month Series of Lectures discussing axiology’s and issues in art critique and postmodern anthropology, Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Peran Hermini and Fina Weitz Museum director, spanish, The Petare Museum of Art, Caracas, Venezuela

1993- The Art of the Intermediaries. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, a three months course of one lecture a week discussed at the Mario Abreu museum of contemporary art, references at the Century news paper, Maracay, Venezuela

1993- New Ways to Art genealogies. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, a three months course of one lecture a week discussed at the Mario Abreu museum of contemporary art, references at the Century news paper, Maracay, Venezuela

1998- The Museum and the People. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Series of Lectures discussed as complimentary research associate at rice university school of social sciences as a guest of The Jacobo Borges Art Museum on the issue of the museum and art Projects with Communities included Lectures Discussed by Abdel Hernandez San Juan and by George Marcus, and a dialogue between Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Jacobo Borges and Fernando calzadilla, spanish, tape recorded, Attention: Adriana Meneses and Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela

1994-project design bibliography and panel, abdel Hernández San Juan, James clifford, museum/mercado project, Curator and research Alejandro otero museum of visual art, caracas

Another essays and lectures

1995-Semiotic of scenography. By Abdel Hernández San Juan, essay of semiotic theory discussing fernando calzadilla scenographies, fundación sello, quinta fuente ovejuna, coordinated by elaisa Irizarry, caracas

1992- theorizing the formatión of values, an analysis of art in the sociológical perspective. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, series of 3 Lectures Discussed at The dirección of culture, coordinated by Gladys pirela, director, Maraca

1992-1994- Workshops of semiotic theory Discussed at The Arturo michelena art Institute, The iuesapar, The Hilton hotel with ecónomy today News paper, and ecónomy today News paper, Caracas and valencia

1993- Lecture on experimental didacsis. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, Discussed at the Federico brand Institute as part of artquimia foundation program for art,schools, sol Bendayan, caracas

1992- clifford geertz, Stephen A Tyler, James cliffors, James clifford, gregory bateson, lectures discussed in Hacer, Havana

More lectures and publications

Thinking throught. By abdel Hernández San Juan, three months theoretical seminar discussed at ISA as optional, university of the arts

Philosophical and art critic writings. By Abdel Hernandez San Juan, series of tree months readings of essays as guest of reina maria, torre de letras

Recent papers/dossier critiques

The gaze resilience: a duple archaeology. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
An scriptural reading. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Invisible transparencies: screen and imagery in earlier hernandez diez. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Translating culture. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Non siting the Site. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
The degreé zero of the screen. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Cinema and gestures. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
A medlee way betwen narrative/non narrative. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Join contemplatión. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Simbolic barters. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
The tropes of spaces. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Cultural dimensions. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
The sinegdotical impulse: The sitef discourses. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Material biography. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Another Foulds of the soul. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
The Museum upside down. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Weaves. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
Indexing subjectivity. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
A triadic reading. By Abdel Hernandez San juan
A secound memory: reinscribing inscriptión. By Abdel Hernandez San juan

A new balance: The aperceptual objectivity of architectural photography. By Abdel Hernandez San juan

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/catalogues.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:  catalogues 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 ( 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 Main room anthropology faculty with quetzil Eugenio Castañeda, George marcus, staford carpentier, James founian and others,  fiimterviews transcriptions), visual design and documentactión 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