Belaxis Buil
category: Photography
technique: Daguerreotype
Style: Minimal / Concept-Art
Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I am the subject that becomes objectified, hence becoming a reflection of society. I analyze and regurgitate human behavior. I become the poison that we have created.
My work is rhetorical.
I transcend ideas of consciousness, confrontation, communication, conditioning and identity by using my body as the vessel of art. The concepts of erasing lines, boundaries, perimeters, discipline, control and impediments are created in territories that are established as my own and are open for the viewer to become a part of the work, through interaction.
The process and endurance of my own public humiliation or defamation becomes the equation of mastering independence through displaced separation.
My life is a performance of isolation.
The work is exhibited through Live Performance, Video, Photography, Sculpture, Sound Compositions, Installations, Dance and Choreography.
My influence is embedded in philosophy, experiments through mental & physical alterations, observations and analysis of Human behavior in controlled environments. The writings of Aldous Huxley and Sigmund Freud also prove to be of significant inspiration.
Belaxis Buil
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
Cv:
2009 Forthcoming Miami Dade College Center Gallery/ American-Cuban-Cuban-American/ Solo Exhibit
2009 Forthcoming Art Basel/ Mid Town Miami/Site Specific Installation-Sculpture-Performance/ Millagro Bello
2009 Forthcoming St. Thomas University/ Collection-Exhibit/ Garden Sculpture-Performance
2009 The Art Tacheles/ Berlin, Mitte/ “ Personally Political” A Contemporary Sensation /May 29th, 2009-June 19th, 2009
2009 MOCA Museum/ “Conventions” Exhibits/ Xavier Cha/ Choreography/Dance/ Summer Residency
2009 Private Exhibit-Performance " Sexually Political Dicktatorship" Multi-Media-Conceptual / AeroBar/ BROOKE HOGAN"S BIRTHDY PARTY
2009 Arte Americas/ Millagro Bello Curator/ Live perfromance & Exhibit
2009 New World School of the Arts/ Womens month in Art & History / Collaborative Site Specific
2009 Miami BeachCinematheque/ " Sexually Political Dicktatorship" Multi-Media-Conceptual Live Performance/ Cine-KInk/ Richard Kern
2008 Art Basel Miami Beach Cinematheque/Multimedia-Live Performance
2008 Art Basel / Daniel Azolouy Gallery / Midtown 4, Wynwood /Curator Natascha Nesic
2008 Art Basel/ Nobu 67/ Deauville/ Curator Millagro Bello
2008 Belaxis Buil & Octavio Campos/ Conceptual- Performance/ Soho Studios/ Miami New Times " Unzipped"
2008 Belaxis Von FemeNazis/ Dance Performance Art Troupe/ Dream
2008 Miami New Times "UNZIPPED"/ Live Durational Performance Piece/ Collaboration with Octavio Campos
2008 Art Rouge/ Design District/ Curator Milcho/Video-Photography
2008 Miami's Unofficial 112 Bday/ Camposition/ Ralph De La Portilla/Live Performance-Video Installation
2008 Miami's Unofficial B-day/ Collaboration Performance/ Clarence Reid-Blowfly
2008 On Going Residency Dream/Miami Beach/Live Performance/Installation
2008 FemeNazi/ Black Mangrove & La Cueva/ live Performance Art
2008 " Stripped ' Circ X Collaboration/MLP/ Video, Photography, Performance Art, Choreography
2007 Art Miami/Art Basel/ Quint Gallery Collaboration/ Durational Performance
2007 Art Basel/ La Casita Gallery/ Live Performance/ Curator Douglas Voisin
2007-08 Art Basel /Colony Theatre /Dance/Performance/Video /The 4th Door
2007-08 Art Basel / Gallery/ Exhiibit / the 4th Door
2007 “ Fate and Fotune” Soho Studios/Wynwood/Gallery walk
Curated by Alisa Pitchenik Live Dance/Perfromance/installation/ Photo Series “Arise out of a night of pure ecstasy” Gorilla performance/Hollywood Police Dept.
2007 “ Earth” Dance’Performance /NWSA /Commissioned / Susan Banks/ Installation
2007 “Rising Stars” NWSA /New World Gallery /Curated by Bonnie Clearwater
2007 “ Fear.Fate.Fame” Freedom Tower B.F.A. Exhibition/ Live-Performance/ Sculpture Installation/Curated by Maggy Cuesta and Fredric Snitzer
2007 “ Tourist Trap” Street Performance/New York/
2007 “Perra” Music Video/ Performance/ MTV/ Directed by Veronica Milchorena
2006 Art Basel “ I. God” Sculpture/Fashion Moore Space/Store / “ Twilight Town” Sean Dack opening
2006 Art Basel “ Dream Museum” Live-Performance/ Installation/ Twilo / Bob Risse/ Octavio Campos/ Camposition
2006 Art Basel “ King of Hearts” / Colony Theatre Dance/Performance/Video Installation/ Orazio Giurdanella/ Carolina Sardi
2006 Art Basel “ Passages” New World Gallery Curated by Maggie Cuesta Juried Exhibition
2006 Art Basel “ Photo Miami”/ New World Gallery / Curator Alisa Pitchenik
2006 “The Grass is Always Greener…” Miami Contemporary Dance Company/ Garage Door Series/ Ray Sullivan
Miami Cotemporary Company Studios, Miami Beach
Directed by Collen Farnum and Fara Greenbaum
Choreography by Belaxis Buil, Fara Greenbaum, Colleen Farnum and Ana Mendez
2006 “ Ten Days” Hardcore Art Contemporary Gallery/Design District
Installation/ Veronica “Milcho” Rena/ collaboration
2006 “ 2012” Dot 51 Gallery, Design District
Performance/Video Installation “Hare” Directed/ Choreographed/Performed
Curator: Stephanie Garcia / ArtMob
2006 “Rising Stars” New World Gallery, Downtown Miami
Choreographed Performances/Photography “ Peek-a-boo” & “ Monkey Business” Painting” Remnants of his Seed”
2005 “ Visages” Art Basel Laurie Design Gallery, Design District
Dance/Performance Video “ A Trip to the Light Fantastic” Directed by Alisa Pitchenik And Sculpture Installation “ Jesus y la Multitude” by Belaxis
Curator Maggie Cuesta
2005 “ Voices” Art Basel New World Gallery, Downtown Miami
“Jesús y la Multitud” Series
Curator Maggie Cuesta
2005 “ Running from the Sun” Live Street Dance/Performances
Lincoln Road/ Convention Center, Miami Beach
Directed/ Choreographed /Fashion- Belaxis and Performed by the “Hellelektrik Dance Co.”
2004 Art Basel “Finesse and Runway” Live Performance Miami
Original Music by Dino Fellipe and Melba “Toast” Crackers and
Choreography/ Dance Performance Fashion by Belaxis
2004 Art Basel Official Street Party Live Performance “Finesse and
Runway” Original Music by Dino Fellipe and Melba “Toast” Crakers
Choreography/ Performance/Fashion by Belaxis
2004 “Obituary” The House Art Gallery Design District “This was not a
Happy Home” Photo/Drawing Installation Curators Bhakti Baxter and Tao
Rey
2003 Art Basel “Mona Lisa Live” The Rubell Collection Wynwood
Artist Jean-Pierre Khazeem, Curator Claire Bruekel and Live
Performance by Belaxis
2003 “In Life” Vulcan’s Gallery Wynwood “The Devil Made Me Do It”
Choreographed/Directed /Fashion/ Sculpture-Installation Work by
Live Performances by Jenna Balfe, Belaxis Buil, JV, Vanessa Paie and
Yarlen Von Shirach
2003 “Coexistence” International Art Exhibit Initiated by Museum on the
Seam, Jerusalem Presented By Dade Community Foundation Miami
Fellow Initiative and Miami Dade College Performed by Wolfson Dancers
Directed by Diane Brownholtz
2003 Art Basel “Manifest Destiny “Madonna Gallery Design District
Sculptures “Eek” and “Err” Curator Anant Egbi
2003 “Frenzy” That Place Gallery Wynwood Photo/Paintings
Curators Alisa Pitchenik and Jordan Massengate
Other Exhibitions and Dance Performances:
2003 “ Operations 2 “ Vulcan’s Gallery Curators Clutch and Sol, 2002 “ Self-Portrait” Brickell Village Gallery Group Show, Art Expo Miami 2002Curator Aramis O’Reilly, 2002 Miami Light Project Presents “ Plastered Techno Ballerina Choreography and Fashion By Karelle Levy of Krelwear, 2002 Women’s History Month Invited for a Live Presentation and Demo, 2001 “ Art Loves Miami” Collage/Photography Presented by Green Door Gallery, New World Gallery, Wallflower Gallery and the Miami Art Museum, 2001 “ Fiddy Bean” Objex Art Space Curator Dustin Orlando, 2001 “ Playtime” Live Performances /Beyssa Buil, 2001 “ Beatles Tribute” By Translucent Productions and the TM Sisters, 1998 “ Private Show” Julio Blanco Gallery
Bibliography:
El Nuevo Herald “ Curators Voice & Trends” Adrianna Herrera-Writer/ Featured Belaxis Buil/ Curator Milagro Bello 3/29/2009
Miami Art Guide/ " Trends" Arte America/ Milagro Bello Curator-Writer 3/23/2009
ICTV Art section/ Featured Work/Choreography-Performance/ “ Unzipped” Soho Studios/ New Times/ Collaboration Octavio Campos
Express News Miami/ Arte Americas/ “ Miami dice presente en “ Arte Americas” la feria de Arte latinoAmericano mas grande del pais”/ Omir Barril-writer/ 3/24-30/2009
Sun Post Art Basel Feature " Outside the Lines" Belaxis Buil / 12/04/2008/ WriterLee Molloy
Miami Herald/ Viernes (Spanish) Art Section/ 9/19/2008"Fanatasia, Cabaret Y Reventon "
Miami Herald/ Viernes (Spanish) Art Section / 7/25/2008 " Vagabond" Feature
Miami Herald/ Tropical Life Art/dance Section/ 3/19/2008 " A revealing peek into underground art"
Miami-Dade College Art Guide 2007-2008
BBC Art Section/ Night Life/ Dream
Unvision Morning Show/ Interview
The Freeport News/ Bahamas " Living in Freedom of Nature'
Mtv News "Finese & Runway" Biography/ English & German editions
Miami New Times " Hott Peolple, Finese and Runway"
WLN Art Section/ Dance- Documentary/ Miami Contemporary Dance/ Interview
Blue Print Directory Magazine/ Art Basel/ NWSA/ “ Creeping Lightly” Exhibit/ Fairchild Gardens/ Wendy Wischer
W Magazine/ Modern Family, Rubell Family Collection/ Mona Lisa-Jean-Pierre Khazeem/ Performance Belaxis Buil/Art Basel
Commissioned Works:
2006 Body Cast-Resin sculpture for Installation at “Hardcore Art space’ Commissioned by Artist Veronica Milchorena
2003 Mural Painting Kama Sutra Night Club Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
2004 Mural Painting g-Spot Night Club Miami Beach, Fla.
2005-2007 Miami Dade College Dance Dept./ Wolfson Dancers/ Costumes & Wardrobe
Awards:
Florida Pell Grant Award, NWSA Scholarship, MDC Fine Arts Award Dance, MDC Fine Arts Award Photography, Douglas Turner Award, U.F. Grant
Miami Dade College Choreographers Grant Recipient 2009
Coral Reef Art Magnet High School Chorographers Grant Recipient 2009
NWSA Artist Grant Recipient/ Womens’ History Month/ Site Specific Choreography-Performance/ Colloboration Artist Susan Banks
Activities:
Writer
MOCA MUSEUM " Women on the Rise"! Outreach Project
Actress/ TV-Film-Theatre-Commercials
Model Fashion-Lifestyle
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