Juan Carlos Alom

Juan Carlos Alom (born December 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban photographer. Alom is a photographer, documentary and experimental filmmaker. His artistic career started in the 1990s in Havana.

In 2023, Alom was the Mellon Artist in Residence at Hemisphere Institute, from the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics New York University.

Solo exhibitions
Alom's work has been exhibited in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and South Africa.
 * 2013 - 1989-2012 Fotografías de Juan Carlos Alom, BuzzArt, Miami
 * 2009 - Esperamos en el Monte Claro, Galería Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba.
 * 2003 - Ritual a la Ceiba. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
 * 2001 - Shifting Tides: Cuban photography after the Revolution. Tim B. Wride, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA.
 * 2001 - Sombras Espesas. Throckmorton Gallery, New York City.
 * 2000 - Sombras Secretas, Throckmorton Fine Art, New York City.
 * 1998 - Iturralde Gallery, West Hollywood, California.
 * 1996 - " The Dark Book/El Libro Oscuro. Juan Carlos Alom", Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York City
 * 1996 - "El voluble rostro de la realidad ", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales(CDAV), Havana
 * 1995 - "Arenas Movedizas" together with Luis Gómez this was part of a very large visual event "Una de Cada Clase" organized by Ludwig Foundation in Cuba.
 * 1990 - "Laura", Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.

Group exhibitions

 * 2020 - Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami
 * 2004 - "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana", Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
 * 2004 - "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana"; Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
 * 1999 - "Queloides", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
 * 1999 - "Latinoamérica 92", Kuntbysningen, Denmark

Screenings

 * 2009 - Experimental video and video art: Artists from Cuba. Museo D'Antioquia, Colombia.
 * 2009 - Diario. Salle Zero, Alianza Francesa, Havana, Cuba.
 * 2008 - Habana Solo. Visionarios, Audiovisual en Latinoamérica, Sao Paulo: Itaú Cultural, Brasil.
 * 2008 - Las ciudades invisibles, Videos sobre Arte, Arquitectura y Ciudad. Colegio Territorial de Arquitectos, Valencia, Spain.
 * 2007 - Ultramar, Videoartistas hispanoamericanos. Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brasil.
 * 2007 - Habana Solo. Ambulante Gira de Documentales, México
 * 2006 - Fast Forward III, 28 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba.
 * 2004 - Presentación de Habana Solo, 15 min en película de 16 mm. Video Marathon. Museo del Barrio, NY.
 * 2004 - Pabellón Cuba, 35 mm b/n 54´. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
 * 2004 - Iroko. 16 mm b/n 15´. Ciudadela La California. 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba.
 * 2003 - 17e Encontres video art plastique. Wharf Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse Normandie, France.

Collections

 * Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida
 * Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
 * Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
 * Ludwig Forum for International Art, Germany
 * Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
 * IF, Milan, Italy
 * Bronx Museum, New York City
 * FOTOFEST, Houston, Texas
 * Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida

Publications

 * Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, & Gregory Tozian; Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures; ( Atria Books/Beyond Words 1999); ISBN 978-1-56025-245-0
 * José Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4
 * José Veigas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California Intl Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1