Information – Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova

Biography

Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova was born in 1973 in Havana, Cuba and currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. He is currently one of the directors of Dimensions Variable (DV) in Miami, FL.

Select exhibitions include Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL; The Center for Architecture and Design, Miami, FL; Factoria Habana, Havana, Cuba; Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, FL; ZONA MACO Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway; Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Locust Projects, Miami, FL; Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida; David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL; Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota, Colombia; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY; Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida.

Selected collections include Sayago & Pardon Collection, San Diego, CA; Alfredo Hertzog Da Silva, Sao Palo, Brazil; Cintas Foundation Collection, Miami, FL; The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL; Capri Palace, Capri, Italy; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) Miami, FL; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Frost Museum of Art, Miami, FL. Select coverage of Rodriguez-Casanova’s projects have been in The New York Times, ARTnews, Art in America, Art Nexus, Sculpture Magazine, The Miami Rail, Temporary Art Review, ArtSlant, Aesthetica Magazine, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, PBS News Hour and The Miami New Times.

Rodriguez-Casanova recently completed a site-specific commission for Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami, FL. in the fall of 2016.

Leadership

2009-present
Co-founder and Co-director. Dimensions Variable (DV), Miami, FL, United States.

1997-2003
Co-founder and Co-director. Box (artist-run project space), Miami, FL, United States.

Grants & Awards

2022
Knight Arts Champion: Mindy Solomon, Dimensions Variable, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, FL, United States.

2021
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.

2020
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
The Miami Foundation, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.

2019
Creator Award, Oolite Arts, The Ellies, Miami Beach, FL, United States.

2018
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
Villa Lena Foundation Residency, Palaia PI, Italy.

2017
WaveMaker Grant, Dimensions Variable, Cannonball, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Miami, FL, United States.

2016
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
Knight Arts Champion, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, FL, United States.
Lost Spaces: Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, FL, United States.

2013
Certificate of Appreciation, Miami-Dade County Office of the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, Miami, FL, United States.

2011
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists, Miami, FL, United States.
Ville de Paris-Culturesfrance Recollets Visiting Artist Fellowship, Paris, France.

2010
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Visiting Artist Fellowship, The Cuban Research Institute, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, FIU, Miami FL, United States.
Cintas Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, Miami, FL, United States.

2009
Visiting Artist Fellowship, Capri Palace, Annacapri, Capri, Italy

2007
Reed Foundation Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, United States.

2004
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists, Miami, FL, United States.

1995
Frances Wolfson Endowed Visual Arts Scholarship, Miami, FL, United States.

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

2020
A Surviving Trace, AIM Biennial, Miami, FL, curated by William Cordova (cultural practitioner, NY/Miami), Marie Vickles (Education director Perez Art Museum / Curator Little Haiti Cultural Center), Gean Moreno (Director, Knight Foundation Art + Research Center at Institute of ContemporaryArt, Miami), and Mikhaile Solomon (Curator / Director of Prizm Art Fair)

2015
Exhuming Obsolescence, Miami Center for Architecture and Design (MCAD), Miami, FL
Intimate Material Systems, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, FL

2014
Textures of Place, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway, with Frances Trombly

2013
Solo Project, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, ZONA MACO Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico

2012
The Fabric of a Space, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY, Collaboration with Frances Trombly

2011
Come Together, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, with Frances Trombly

2010
An Uneven Floor, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

2009
You might sleep but you will never dream, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
A Night Light, David Castillo Annex, Miami, FL

2008
An Inaccessible Gazebo, Open Space, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, curated by Alyson Baker

2007
Now As Then, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL

2004
Keepsake, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
Cultural Consortium Showcase, Casas Riegner Gallery, Project Space, Miami, FL

2003
Recent Work, Casas Riegner Gallery, Miami, FL
The Past And Pending, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
Structure of an Unfamiliar Family, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Project Space, Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions

2023
Subduction Zones, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.

2022
On Without Us, Untitled Art, Miami Beach, FL, United States.

2020
A Matter Of, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
Open Storage: Selections from the Collection and Works on Loan, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
Local Global, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Miami, FL, United States.

2019
Concrete Jungle: Narrative of Presence, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, FL, United States, Curated by William Cordova.
Fragment, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL, United States, Curated by Tyler Emerson-Dorsch.

2018
Connectivity: Selections from the Collection of the Frost Art Museum, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Amy Galpin.
Deconstruction: A reordering of life, politics, and art, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, United States, Curated by Amy Galpin.

2017
Between the Real and the Imagined: Abstract Art from CINTAS Fellows, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL United States. Curated by Elizabeth Cerejido.
On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Chapter 2: Abstracting History, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Tobias Ostrander.

2016
The Rest is History, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, United States.
Todo Abierto, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France.
Lost Spaces: A Fragmented Casba, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Gina Wouters.
Multidisciplinary, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, United States.

2015
Residencial Properties, Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL, United States.
Space Collection, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill.
Signos, Arte, Industria y Vice-Versa, Factoria Habana, La Habana, Cuba.
100+ Degrees in the Shade, Miami Design District, Miami, FL, United States.
Alternative Contemporaneity: TAZ, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL, United States.

2014
Cintas Foundation Fellows Collection, Miami Dade College Museum of Art & Design, Miami, FL, United States.
On Location: Dimensions Variable, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
New Dialogues, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.

2012
Una Mirada Multiple: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana Biennial 2012, Havana, Cuba.

2011
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition 2011, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL, United States.
Sight Specific, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States.
A Longer Shinbone, Girls’ Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States.

2010
Ways of Worldmaking: Notes on a Passion for Collecting, Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College, Miami, FL, United States.
Last Minute Intervention, Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Santa Monica, CA, United States.
Facsimile, Girls’ Club. Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States. Curated by Michelle Weinberg.
New Works, David Castillo Gallery. Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Melissa Diaz.

2009
An Inaccessible Gazebo, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL, United States.
Cintas Finalist Exhibition, Frost Museum of Art, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States.
Because I say so… Selections from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Frost Art Museum, FIU, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Dennis Scholl.
Large Sculptures, Arte Americas, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL, United States. Curated by Gean Moreno.
Socrates Sculpture Park, The Armory Show, New York, NY,, United States. Curated by Alyson Baker.

2008
Art Basel Gallery Projects, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Art Basel CasaLin, Miami, FL, United States.
Tuttle, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova.
Gallery Projects, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Shadows, Disappearances and Illusions, Miami Art Museum. Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Peter Boswell.
InPractice, Sculpture Center. New York, FL, United States, Curated by Sarina Basta and Mary Ceruti.

2007
Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill.
A Gate Obstructing a Space, Scope Projects, Scope Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
60 Second Video Art Festival, Touring Exhibition, USA and Europe.
Cintas Finalist Exhibition, Frost Museum of Art, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States.

2006
Papel, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogotá, Colombia.
Destroy This City, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Alternative Photographs, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Carol Jazzar.
Something, Locust Projects. Miami, FL, United States.
Miami in Transition, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Lorie Mertes and Rene Morales.

2005
Boomerang, Miami Light Project, Miami, FL, United States.
The Yard at CasaLin, CasaLin. Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Joshua Levine.
Vol. 5 No. 1, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Compliment, collaboration with Jenny Brillhart, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Claire Breukel and Carolina Wonder.
Co-Operate, Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL, United States.
CinemaScope, Scope New York, New York, FL, United States.

2004
Miami: Visions of Now, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, United States. Curated by Carlos Betancourt.
Young Miami, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, FL, United States. Curated by Dorit Arad.
Domestic Arrivals, White Box, New York, FL, United States. Curated by Anat Ebgi and Carla Stellweg.
New Art Miami, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Lorie Mertes.
Summer Miami 2004: Works on Paper, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Assembly Required, World Arts Building, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Carlos De Villasante.

2003
Vol. 3 No. 2, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.

2002
Motel, San Juan Motel, Miami, FL, United States.
Arts to Nature, Tropical Park, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Patricia Risso.
No Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, United States. Curated by Robert Chambers.
Stay Tuned, Lab6, Miami, FL, United States.

2001
Globe-Miami-Island, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, United States. Curated by Robert Chambers.
Eight Solo Shows, Carlos Betancourt Studio, Miami, FL, United States.
Skins, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Pro, Green Door Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Robot, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.

2000
Small Works, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.

1999
Arte Actual, Broman Fine Arts, Coral Gables, FL, United States. Curated by Manola Payares.

1998
360°, Box, Miami, FL, United States.

1997
Sediments of Occasion, Space Cadette Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.
Latin Americans, Museum of Contemporary Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States. Curated by Lissette Madrazo.
Latin American Art in Miami, Mexican Consulate Gallery, Miami, FL, United States.

Books

2022
Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia. Remains-Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction. Berlin, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2022.
Triff, Alfredo. Miami Picadillo. Recipes for Contemporary Art, 2009-2023. Miami, FL.: Exodus, 2022.

2019
Mertez, Lorie. Locust Projects: The 20th Anniversary Retrospective. Locust Projects. Miami. Miami, FL.: Tra Publishing, 2019.

2018
Ostrander, Tobias. On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection. Pérez Art Museum Miami. Miami, FL.: Prestel, 2018.

2016
Hoffman, Joel M. Lost Spaces and Stories of Vizcaya. Miami, FL.: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 2016.

2015
Hart, Jane. 100 + Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art. Miami, FL.: Name, 2015.

2007
Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia. Fortunate Objects. Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. Milan, Italy: Edizioni Charta, 2007.
Clemence, Paul. Davidow, Julie. Miami Contemporary Artists. Miami, FL.: Schiffer, 2007.

Residencies

2018
Villa Lena Foundation Residency, Palaia PI, Italy, August 1 – 31.

2011
Ville de Paris-Culturesfrance, Centre international d’accueil et d’échanges des Recollets, Paris, France, April 1 – June 30.

2009
Tonino Cacace Collection Residency, Capri Palace, Annacapri, Capri, Italy, April 15 – April 30.

2007
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, United, States, March 3 – May 1.

Curatorial

2014
On Location: Dimensions Variable. Adler Guerrier, Frances Trombly, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Allison Matherly. Oolite Arts (South Florida Artcenter), Miami Beach, FL, United States.

2004
Get Lucky. Friendswithyou. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

2003
Front and Center. Jenna Balfe, Rene Barge, R W Bucknell, Roxana Carolina Cocina, Carla De’lasio, FeCuOp, Jiae Hwang, David Rohn, TM Sisters. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

2002
Beyond Document. Mirta Funcia, Karen Hodges. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

2001
Surgical Theater. Tony E. Chirinos. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

2000
Chess Master. Luis Campos. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
The Leisure Class. Ben Carrillo, Jorge Gonzales and Emily Martinez. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Born Innocent. Kyle Trowbridge. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Bling Bling. Luis Campos, Charlie Paige, Manny Prieres, Jose Reyes, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Mauricio Rodriguez and Kyle Trowbridge. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

1999
Arizona. Charlie Paige, Jose Reyes and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Wish You Were Here. Hernan Bas, Frank Benson, William Cordova, Chris Reed and Jose Reyes. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
GPS12. Ben Carrillo, Mirta Funcia, Luis Garcia, Hassib, Emily Martinez, Charlie Paige, Jorge Perez, Sara Prieres and Ivan Santiago. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
You Finna Learn. William Cordova, John Espinosa, Luis Gispert, Gean Moreno, Manny Prieres and Jose Reyes. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Ready to Serve. Jose Reyes. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Hot Throttle Body. Miles Kaplan. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
1 year, 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. Manny Prieres. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

1998
360 Degrees. William Cordova, Naomi Fisher, Luis Garcia, Miles Kaplan, Vivian Marthell, Manny Prieres, Chis Reed, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Mauricio Rodriguez, Carlos Suares De Jesus and Sander Willig. Box, Miami, FL, United States.

1997
Migration. Manny Prieres. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Coil. Javier Cortez. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Self. Jose Reyes. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Reward Review. Chris Reed. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Dress Accordingly. Stella Rey. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Bound. Leo Collazo, William Cordova and Carlos Sandoval De Leon. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Paperfold Balerina. Rafael Galvez. Box, Miami, FL, United States.
Conditions of Gregor. Manny Prieres, Jose Reyes and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova. Box, Miami, FL, United States.