Leticia El Halli Obeid
(Córdoba, Argentina, 1975)
Studied arts at the National University of Córdoba, School of Arts: 1995/2001. Worked at the Museum of Fine Arts Caraffa, Córdoba, 2000/2003, researching at the permanent collection. Received a Grant of Antorchas Foundation for research in the area of video, 2003-2005. Participated of the Petrobras Prize, at Arteba Fair, edition 2006 and Mercosul Biennial 2007, Portoalegre, Brazil.
Residency at Cité International des Arts, Paris, France, 2007 with a grant for video-artists, given by the City of Paris and the French Embassy in Argentina and at Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, U.S.A., with Paul Miller a.k.a. Dj Spooky, 2001.
During 2008 developed a program of audiovisual documentation at the San Martin Theater, Buenos Aires. Teaching experience: workshop/critic with Tulio de Sagastizabal; LIPAC; Untref, Carrier or Electronic Arts, etc.
Works and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Exhibitions (extract)
2009/2011
MENOS TIEMPO QUE LUGAR (LESS TIME THAN PLACE) on the Bicentennial of Latinamerican Independence, organized by Goethe Institut, traveling exhibition in different capitals of South-America and Germany. Curator: Alfons Hug.
2009
INVESTIGACIÓN / INFRAESTRUCTURA, CCEBA (Cultural Center of Spain in Argentina), Buenos Aires.
2008
VILLAGE PEOPLE, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany. Curator: Anne Kersten.
TRADUCCIÓN (TRANSLATION), Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Curator: Claudia del Río.
2007
INQUIETA IMAGEN, IBERO-AMERICAN BIENNIAL OF VIDEO AND DIGITAL ART, MADC, Costa Rica, December.
6th BIENNIAL of MERCOSUR, Porto Alegre, Brazil, in “Conversas” (Dialogues), Curator: Alejandro Cesarco. General Curator: Gabriel Pérez Barreiro, September.
VIDEO-CLUB, Florencia Loewenthal Gallery, Santiago de Chile, October.
THE ARGENTINEAN PROJECT, Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montreal, Canada, May.
SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE, video show at the Sao Paulo Art Fair 2007, Biennial Pavillion, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Curator: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti.
2006
SUCH A GIANT CURVE THAT IT SEEMS STRAIGHT, Petrobras Prize, ArteBA (Buenos Aires International Art Fair)
OPEN STUDIO 2006, Post Palace, Buenos Aires
INTERFACES, National Found of Arts, Buenos Aires
PROGRAMA 05982:01, FAC (Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo), Montevideo, Uruguay
2005
ART & NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PRIZE MAMbA-LIMBO, Telefónica Foundation, Buenos Aires.
VIDEOGRAPHIES, Telefónica Foundation, Buenos Aires. Curator: Carlos Trilnik
2004
SOLÁ, KATZ, EL HALLI OBEID, FUNCEB (Fundación Centro de Estudos Brasileiros), Buenos Aires.
15 + 6 + 3 artist`s Profile, group show and lectures at CCEBA, Buenos Aires
2003
DRAWINGS, solo show, CEPIA, School of Arts, National University of Cordoba
2002
PANORAMA I; NEW ARTISTS, Center of Contemporary Art Chateau Carreras, Córdoba
Floor 6 (video-studies), Interventions at Faculty of Architecture, National University of Cordoba.
2001
23 BLOCKS, intervention in public space and Casa 13,Córdoba, Argentina. Curator: Carina Cagnolo
1999
MUSIC, solo show, Casa 13, Córdoba, Argentina. Curator: José Pizarro
Screenings (extract)
2009
Videofest, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Chateau Carreras, Córdoba, November.
2008
B. (video, 55 min) Auditorium Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires, within the Video program of MAMba(Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires).
IMÁGENES MULTIMEDIA DE UN MUNDO COMPLEJO - Visiones desde ambos lados del Atlántico: Sala de Santa Inés, en Sevilla (España); Centro Multimedia del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Centro Cultural Indianilla, Laboratorio de Arte Alameda (México); Alliance Française y Fundación Ludwig (Cuba); Hospital Real de Granada, España.
2007
RESPLANDORES (SHININGS), VIDEO AND DIGITAL ART IN ARGENTINA, Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, July. Curators: Graciela Taquini / Rodrigo Alonso
2006
IMAGE VS SOUND, 2nd Cologne Online Film Festival (CologneOFF), organized by VideoChannel, Köln, Germany
INSTANTS VIDEOS NUMERIQUES ET POETIQUES, Programm Amerique Du Sud (1) (Argentine) - Nature / Urbanité, La Compagnie, Marseille, France
ZEMOS98, 8th Edition, Audiovisual Festival at Sevilla, España.
Latinamerican Audiovisuals, Cultural Center of Spain, Lima, Perú
1st DURBAN VIDEO FESTIVAL: 2005, Durban, South Africa
2005
CALIGRAPHIES, Unión Latina, Montevideo, Uruguay
IBEROAMERICAN AUDIOVISUAL, Cultural Center of Spain in Córdoba, Argentina,
ARGENTINE VIDEOART / RECENT WORK OF YOUNG ARTISTS, Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires