Project Description
Yucef Merhi.
http://www.cibernetic.com/indexartcv.html
(1976) Caracas.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Yucef Merhi: Binarios,” La Caja – Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela.
“Yucef Merhi: Words,” KaBe Contemporary, Miami.
“Yucef Merhi: En Tiempo Real,” Galería La Otra Banda, Mérida, Venezuela.
2009
“Yucef Merhi: An Installation,” Studio Soto – Boston Cyberarts Festival, Boston.
2008
“Yucef Merhi: Más allá de la Poesía,” Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
“Yucef Merhi: Selección Natural,” Galería Odalys, Caracas, Venezuela.
2005
“Poetic Engineering,” Orange County Museum of Art, California.
2004
“The first principle of all things,” GALOU, New York.
2002 “Mission Taliban,” ARC, New York.
2001 “WizArT,” Seven Degrees, California.
Awards
2009
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Digital/Electronic Arts.
2005 First Prize, “III Salón Hebráica,” Caracas, Venezuela
2004
AIM – Artists in the Market Place, Bronx Museum of the Arts
2003 Nominated for Rockefeller New Media Fellowship.
2001 Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award.
2000 Premio Eladio Alemán Sucre, “58 Salón Arturo Michelena,” Ateneo de Valencia,Valencia, Venezuela.
Honor Mention, “III Salón Jóvenes con FIA,” Galería Espacios Cálidos, Caracas, Venezuela.
1997 Honor Mention, “III Salón Pirelli,” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela.
Selected Commissions and Residencies
2012 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Artists Respond Commission, California.
2005 Orange County Museum Artist’s Residency – Supported by Nimoy Foundation, California.
2003 Seattle’s Central Library Commission (Finalist.)
2002 Eyebeam New Media Commission, New York.
2001 Turbulence.org New Media Comission – with funds from Jerome Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts, New York.
Seven Degrees Artist’s Residency, California.
