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Ernesto Klar, Invisible Disparities, 2015

Ernesto Klar (Venezuela/U.S.A.) earned an MFA from Parsons School of Design at The New School (2006), a BMD from Berklee College of Music (1999). He has exhibited his work internationally, including solo shows at Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY (2015), and group exhibitions at Salón Banesco, Caracas, Venezuela (2014); Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela (2013); Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany (2012); Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales, Santiago, Chile (2012); Microwave Festival, Hong Kong, SAR, China (2012); and La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France (2011). He has been a recipient of awards including the Individual Artist Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, NY (2010); FILE Prix Lux, São Paulo, Brazil (2010); and Artist Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, NY (2007). Klar has been an artist-in-residence in programs including A.I.R., Ubud, Indonesia (2016), What About Art?, Mumbai, India (2014), Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil (2013), Maumau (2013), Hong Kong Arts Center (2013). He has given talks at institutions including Campus in Camps, Dheisheh Camp, Palestinian Territories (2013), Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan (2013), F.A.A.P. University, São Paulo, Brazil (2013), Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile (2012). Klar is a faculty member at Parsons School of Design at The New School and The School of Media Studies at the New School University, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Selected Exhibitions

Queens International 2018: Volumes, Queens Museum, New York City, NY, US, 2018-2019
Invisible Disparities, Postmasters Gallery, New York City, NY, US, 2015 (solo show)
Construcciones identitarias: cuerpo, memoria y lugar, XVII Edición Salón Banesco Jóvenes con Fia, Caracas, Venezuela, 2014
XII Edición Premio Eugenio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela, 2013
Licht Linien – (un)wirklich, Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany, 2012-2013
Microwave Festival, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, HK, 2012
Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile, 2012
Play Station, Postmasters Gallery, New York City, NY, US, 2011
Afecciones Colaterales, Transitio_MX Festival, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, 2011
Video_Dumbo, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2011
The Creators Project, La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France, 2011
Exposition d’art numérique, Artrock Festival, Musée de Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Brieuc, France, 2011
FILE POA, FILE Festival, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2011
Ernesto Klar: Luzes relacionais, 3LD Art and Technology Center, New York City, NY, US, 2010 (solo show)
Smart Mistakes, Share Festival, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Turin, Italy, 2010
FILE Prix Lux, FILE Festival, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2010
Autonomías del desacuerdo, Transitio_MX Festival, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009
Market Forces, Share Festival, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Turin, Italy, 2009
Re:Act, Centrum  Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008-2009
From Point to Departure, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2008
Se Liga, FILE Festival, OI Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008
Se Liga, FILE Festival, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2008
Geomatrix, FILE Festival, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007
Parsons Faculty Exhibition, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY, US, 2007
Random Access Poetics, Vertexlist Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2007
BAP Lab, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2006
Circuit #2, Eyebeam, New York City, NY, US, 2006
IESNY Light Art Competiton, Center For Architecture, New York City, NY, US, 2006
Zeppelin 2004 / Del acuerdo y el conflicto, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain, 2004

Selected Performances

The Stone (with Leesa & Nicole Abahuni), New York City, NY, US, 2009
Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY, US, 2008
Roulette (with Greg Kelley & Janine Higgins), New York City, NY, US, 2003
Institute of Contemporary Art (with Mariángela López), Boston, MA, US, 2002

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