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alberto roblest is a poet and videoartist, whose visual poetry , experimental documentaries and art pieces frequently explore worldwide environmental and social themes. He has shown video installations and single channel work in museums and galleries in his native Mexico, the United States, Canada and in several European countries. The Mexican Fund for Culture and the Arts awarded him a fellowship in 1992 1993. He received a degree in Communications Science at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and later worked as a professor at the university. He has produced more than four dozen videos and published six volumes of poetry. His poems often play a central part in his visual art. The books are "De la Ciudad y Otras Pequeñeces 1989)"; "El Futuro y Los Anillos (1990)"; "Chicaneando (1992)"; "Del Silencio en las Ciudades (1998)",  "Las Andanzas del Huy Huy y el Chichicaxtle con su Ñero (2000)"; and "Ortografía para piromaniacos " (2002).  He is a member of VideoSpace, a group of Boston-area video artists and curators. Currently resides in Washington DC. These are a few of Mr. Roblest's exhibitions:

                   Single-channel Exhibitions

* D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Walk Project: “Emerge”, selected artist, (collective large-scale outdoor exhibition at Downtown), Washington , D.C. , Spring 2008

*Reel Rasquache Film Festival, California State University , Los Angeles , May 30-31, 2008

*VideoFest 2007, The Mission Cultural Center of Latino Arts, San Francisco California, October 26th -29th, 2007

* Sadho Poetry Film Festival, International Video Archives, New Delhi , India , October 13-19, 2007

* HallWalls Contemporary Arts Center , “Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body”, Buffalo New York , September 20, 2008

* Pittsburgh Filmmakers, “Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body”, Pittsburgh , September 6-8, 2008

* Muestra Puebla 07, “Retrospective,” Puebla, Mexico, September 10-15, 2007

* Zona 9 Festival International, screened in a dozen cities in Chile , August - September 2007

* Planet in Focus, International Environmental Film & Video Festival, Toronto , Canada , July 8-12, 2007

* Funcion Video Festival de Minimetrajes, FINALIST, narrative fiction category, Barcelona, Spain, June 28-30, 2007

* Caudal del Sur, Estación Indianilla Centro Cultural, Mexico City, June 29- August 8, 2007

* MTV Spain, “Experimental Mini-meters from around the world.” Spain , July 2, 2007  

* BusBoys and Poets Cultural Center, "Films & Videos on Poetry, " Alberto Roblest Collection: "Burn the Books,” Washington DC , April 2007

*Mexico City International Film Festival, “Marathon of  Art on video”, Cinemex Insurgentes, February 25,  Mexico City 2007

*VideoFest 2K6, Biennal   of Video and Contemporary Film, Instituto Cultural  Baja California , November 15-27, Mexicali , Tijuana , Ensenada ,   Mexico   2006

*Festival of   Video Art at Gijón, Muestra de video poesía latinoamericana, November 20-25, Asturias , Spain 2006

*Video Festival at Instants, November 18-22, Aix en Provence , France 2006

*2006 Optica Festival, 10 al 17de November, Spain 2006

*II International Festival of video Poetry, October 20-25, Buenos Aires , Argentina , 2006

*Zebra Poetry Film-Video Festival, October 11-14, Berlin . Germany 2006

*VideoBardo at Caixa Forum, International Poetry Festival, August 10-14 Barcelona Spain 2006

*Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca MACO, “Caudal del Sur”, muestra de video latinoamericano, Agosto 18 a Octubre 15, Oaxaca México 2006

* First Multidisplinary Congreso on US-Mexico Immigration, Filmoteca de la UNAM, Centro Histórico, Mexico City, February 26-28, 2006,

*QuickFlick World  video Festival with "Secreto a voces" on the showcase of February-March., 2006. Barcelona , Berlin , Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires y Nueva York

*Transitio_MX: “Festival Internacional de artes electrónicas y video”, Mexico City, December  4 -12,  2005

*Video Bardo: video archivos de poesía,, Museo Hotel de los Inmigrantes, Buenos Aires Argentina, 25 de noviembre de 2005

*1er Festival de Cine en las calles, Aproximadamente cuarenta sedes en la Ciudad de México, del 1 de octubre al  10 de diciembre de 2005

*FotograFest: tiempo e instante conectados, Cuernavaca Morelos, del 23 de septiembre al 2 de octubre de 2005

*7mo Festival Regional Geografías Suaves, (Premio Bichito de Oro por mejor banda sonora, con el video: Secreto a voces), Mérida Yucatán, del 5 al 11 de septiembre, 2005

* 6DOF 1st Festival of Experimental and Alternative video, Puebla México, August 8-12,  2005

*Sin Fronteras Film Festival:  “Festival de las Ameritas”, Alburquerque New Mexico, April 14-18, 2005

* "The Fly Zone" at Logan International Airport , a Colective Show on display between terminals B y C, Boston MA, January-April 2005

*BAC 04 Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo en Barcelona, Museo Contemporáneo de  Barcelona, Nov 30 - Dic 12, 2004   

*Segundo Congreso de Contracultura, Universidad de Guadalajara-Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco México, Nov 12-19, 2004

 *VideoFest 2K4 - Bienal de video y Cine Contemporáneo, Instituto Cultural  Baja California, Mexicali Nov 15-27, 2004  

* 11th Annual CineSol Latino Film Festival, McAllen Texas , Sep 23- Oct 9, 2004 (Festival with more than 15 screens in diferent towns an cities at the USA-Mexican border) 

* Cine sin Fin: 10th Annual East LA Chicano Film Festival, Casa del Mexicano, East Los Angeles, Sept 3-5, 2004  

* Boston Latino International Film Festival, Boston Mass. Oct 29- Nov 7, 2004

* CineFestival at the Guadalupe ArtsCenter, San Antonio Texas , Marzo 2-6, 2004  

*Festival BAC-2003 (Barcelona Contemporary Art Center) Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona, La Santa Proyectos Culturales, Nov 25-Dec17. Spain 2003

* Cambridge Latino Film and Video Festival, October 24, Cambridge MA , 2003   

* XXI Festival Internacional Uruguay de cine y video, Cinemateca Uruguaya, April 10-15, 2003

* VideoStore at Foxy Productions gallery, Brooklyn NY , January 10- February 16, 2003

* Primera Bienal de Artes Visuales Yucatán, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Yucatán, (First National  Price-Video), December 13 - 2002- February 17- 2003      

*VideoFest 02, Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, Tijuana-Ensenada 25-30, Nov. 2002

* VID@RTE: Festival de Video y Artes Electrónicas, Ciudad de México 22-27, septiembre, 2002

* Los Angeles International Film Festival, Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles LA, July 19-29, 2002  

*IV Salón y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,   La Habana Cuba, June 17-21, 2002

* Cambridge Latino Film and Video Festival, Cambridge Massachusetts , June 19, 2002

*V Festival de Literatura Experimental TEXT-FEST, Video-Room, Centro Cultural Tijuana, March 1-3, Mexicali y Tijuana 4-6, 2002

* Art in General, 4th Annual Video Marathon , New York City, January 12, 2002   

* The Bronx Film and Video Festival, New York , October 24, 2001  

*.ORG, muestra en el Ex-Convento de San Agostino, Bergamo, Italy, June 28, 2001

*Scott Pfaffman Gallery , “In mid Sentence: videos by Alberto Roblest”,   New York City , June 9   2001  

*3rd Annual Xicanindie Filmakers Festival, Tivoli Theaters, Denver Colorado , April 6-9, 2001

* San Antonio CineFestival at the Guadalupe ArtsCenter, San Antonio Texas, March 2-4, 2001

*“Música de Cuerdas Locas”, Universidad Popular de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 23 to March 9, 2001

* “Interferences” 2nd Festival International d’Arts Multimedia Urbains, Belfort France , December 14-20, 2000

* Coolidge Corner Cinema (video room) "Experimental film series" Balagan Video Series, Boston Massachusetts , December 21, 2000   

* Cineteca-Fototeca Nuevo León, “Video Contemporáneo Mexicano”, Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico, May-July, 2000

* II Festival Regional "Cine-video-Sociedad" Mérida Yucatán, Mexico, April 8-15, 2000

* The Brush Art Gallery , "The Latin-American Perspective" Lowell Massachusetts , January 20- April 2, 2000

* Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston MA ,  February 25-27, 2000

*Festival Chroma: el universo del arte audiovisual, Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 15-19, 1999

* Northeast Video Festival, (second place innovative category) Manchester NH, USA Sept-1999

* VID@RTE: Festival de Video y Artes Electrónicas, CENART, Mexico City 22-27 Sept 1999

* Museum of Sound and Image, "Siglo XXIX exposition" Sao Paulo Brazil   1-5 Sept, 1999

* Casa de América: 4 From Boston : Latin-American poetry of the new millennium, Spain , May 20- 21, l999

* "Festival der Nationen", Gaumbergstr Austria , June 15-21, 1999

* "Not Still Art Festival" ONI-Gallery & Boston CyberArts Fest, Boston MA , May 8- 9, l999

* The National Arts Club, "A Tribute to Octavio Paz", premiere of Continente de la nada, April 5, New York City 1999

* Mobius Gallery, "Truth and consequences" screening, January 19, Boston MA , 1999

* The Artists Foundation, September 12th-October 17, Boston MA , 1998

*Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, I Ciclo de Video Creación Latinoamericano, Badajoz, Spain, March 18 to April 10, l998

* San Diego-Tijuana Latino Film Festival, Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA. March 3-7 1998 

* Caxa Dos Gallery, "Visual Pornographers" screenings, Mexico City ,  January 20-24, 1998

* Mobius Gallery,  "Res Extensions" screening, December 16, Boston MA , 1997

* Cambridge Community Television CCTV- Channel 10, "Special Night" Boston MA , December 3 -1997

* Cin(E)-Poetry Festival, Channel 52, San Francisco CA , November 3-17 and 24, 1997

* Fifth Annual Cine Latino Festival, San Francisco CA , September 18-28, 1997

* Border Film and Video Festival, Mesilla , New Mexico , July 1997

* Festival Der Nationen, Gaumbergstr Austria, June 14-20, 1997

* Segunda Jornada de Cortometraje Mexicano (Second Annual Short Film and Video Festival), Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City, November 1-7 1996

* IV Bienal de Video, Theater of the Arts, Mexico City , August 26-31, 1996

* XXIII Jornada International de Cinema de Bahia, (Bahia International Cinema Festival) Bahia, Brazil, August 20-26, 1996

* VideoSpace, "Múltiple Visión/Videos from Mexico" Mobius Gallery May 21, Boston MA, 1996

* Festival Mundial Do Minuto, Sao Pablo Brazil, Oct-Nov 1995

* Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LACE at Windows, "Pressure for Oppression", Los Angeles California , February – March 22, 1995

* Deuxieme Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electroniques, participated with "Deaf Eyes, Blind Ears", Montreal Canada , Sept. 19-25, 1995

* Oboro Gallery, "Mexican Videoart", collective show of single channel video art from Mexico , Montreal Canada , May 3-14, 1995

* Theater Foro Sor Juana Inez de la Crúz, Centro Cultural Universitario, designed-produced video for "Alice behind the TV Screen," multi-media play by  Mario Moncada, Mexico City, March April 1995

* Downtown Community Television Center DCTV, "Act of Video", participated with "La Gallina del Monitor.", New York City, June 1994

* Museo de Arte Moderno, "Encuentros de primavera: alucines interdiciplinarios" collective show of Mexican Art, Mexico City, March 1993

* Universidad Hispanoamericana Santa María de la Rabida, "Del Arte y Otros Desamores" traveling show of independent video work, exhibited in Madrid, Seville, Valencia, Moguer, Pamplona and Calahorra. Spain , Aug.-Sept. 1992

* A Bao A Qou gallery, "Poesie Visuel du Est a del ' Est" collective show of video and other electronic arts.  Paris France , March 1992

* Ecrans du Mexique: Journee de la Television et La Video Mexicaine," Paris France : Maison d'la Amerique  Latine, La Maison du Mexique and other places February 1992, collective shown later in Spain ,  Germany , Switerland , Belgium & Italy .

* Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, "The Second Annual Journey into Video and Performance" collective show. Mexico City, November 1990

* Casa de la Cultura de Tlálpan, "Espectáculo Multimedia Post-Post", Mexico City, August l989

*Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico-UNAM, FCPyS, “New Directions”, Mexico City, March 6-9, l988

*The Blue Gallery, “Collective show of youth artist”, Toluca , Mexico , June, 19-25, l988    

                                               

                                                                         VIDEOINSTALLATION

*Atlantic Works Gallery, “A rtist from East Boston ”, Boston , Massachusetts , February 2003, “Eastie through mirror fragments”, part of collective art show. (Tree channel video installation)

* Zeitgeist Gallery @ the Boston Cyberarts Festival 2001, "Media Midway". With "The Vertigo of Duplication" ( 6 single channel video installation). 

* The Evos Arts Institute & 911 Gallery; "Arts of the Next Millennium" Lowell Massachusetts ,   Oct. 30th- Jan 15th, 2000 . "La Merde du'l Art" , part of collective technology art show.

* Boston Cyberarts Festival, Attleboro Museum , Attleboro Massachusetts , May l999, "Mirror Fragments" , (virtual and not virtual web video installation) part of collective technology art show: "e-flections".   

* Contemporary Artists Center , North Adams , Massachusetts , June 1998, "From Duchamp to Warhol: Looking for lost time" part of collective art show.

* Museo Rufino Tamayo (esplanade), Mexico City , October 1993, "Mass Murder or How to Kill the Television" individual video installation exhibition by Video 2-MIV (20 single channel video installation and 2 video cameras)

* Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil , Mexico City, March 1993, "La Gallina del Monitor" , part of collective interactive-installation show "Otras Gráficas".

* Xteresa Arte Contemporaneo "El Desierto Arde de Noche" (multimedia show: video, poetry, dance, live music, rappel, performance). Second Season of Performance, October 7, 1993 .

* Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, October 1993, "Rinconcito donde Hacen su Nido las Olas del Mar" , part of a collective show "Becarios del Fonca".

* Casa del Poeta, "Viva laTeVe" , Mexico City, August 16-24 1991.

* Salon de la Plástica Mexicana , Mexico City, October 1990, "Space and Alternative Objects" collective show with the installation: "TLC: accidente comercial" .

* Centro Historico de la Ciudad de México, Edificio Rul, August 1990, "El Azteca Mass Media" one piece of an giant installation by 25 Mexican artists that transformed a 18th-Century landmark building damaged in the 1986 Mexico City earthquake.

 

 

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