Alberto Checa
Born 1998, Havana, Cuba
Alberto Checa seeks to recontextualize the labor of the Latino working class within the American landscape through empathy, obsession, and process
Alberto Checa
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Introduction
Alberto Checa is a multidisciplinary artist who immigrated to Miami, FL, from Cuba in 2008. Checa’s work seeks to recontextualize the labor of the Latino working class within the American landscape through empathy, obsession, and process. He employs abstract world-building and DIY systems to reveal the exploitative and futile nature of the Brown body.
Drawing directly from the Cuban legacies of object improvisation and influenced by the writing in “Con Nuestros Propios Esfuerzos,” Checa engages with utilitarian materials such as PVC pipes, water vacuums, and plaster. These materials form the foundation of his practice, leading to the creation of structural and instrumental sculptures. When combined with designated garments and curated sounds, these sculptures are activated as performances.
Through these processes, Checa complicates the creation of a “final product” while fulfilling a “function,” often highlighting arduous tasks. His work brings to light the hidden labor and futile loops inherent in the processes of Capitalist modes of production.
Biography
Alberto Checa received a BFA from Tufts University and a BA from the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Checa has exhibited and performed both locally and internationally, including at Oolite Arts’ 924 Gallery (Miami, FL), Central Saint Martins (London, UK), and Anderson Gallery (Boston, MA). Additionally, Checa was awarded Oolite Arts’ “Ellies” Creator Award and the Dean’s Research Award from Tufts University.
Select solo and two-person exhibitions include “ConchaFlush” (2024), Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL; “Amidst Twin Suns” (2024), Oolite Arts, Miami, FL; “Number 2” (2023), Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL.
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b. 1998. Havana, Cuba
Lives and works in Miami, FL
EDUCATION
2017-2021 School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, BFA
2019-2020 Central Saint Martins University of Arts London, BA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
ConchaFlush, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Amidst Twin Suns, 954 Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Number 2, curated by Jean Chung, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
Landscape of Realities, curated by Jennifer Inacio, 954 Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2022
Deconstructing the Sameness, curated by Ronald Sanchez, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2021
Proximity, Anderson Gallery, Boston, MA
2019
La Campaña, YALÉ Club Social, Miami, FL
2018
Immaterial, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Performance is Alive, curated by Quinn Dukes, Miami, FL
2017
Imagination Land, curated by Derrick Adams, Miami, FL
YoungArts Regional Exhibition, curated by Liz Shannon, Miami, FL
YoungArts Finalist Exhibition, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Miami, FL
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2024
Oolite Arts Studio Residency
2023
Oolite Arts Studio Residency
2022
Bakehouse “Summer Open” Resident
Atlantic Center for the Arts Resident
2021
Oolite Arts “Ellies” Creator Award
Tufts University Dean’s Research Award
2020
Schwartz/Paddock Family Fellowship
Tufts University Summer Scholars Research Award
Joyce McDaniel Prize for Excellence in Sculpture
2018
Springborn Fellowship at Tufts University
2017
National YoungArts Foundation Finalist in Visual Arts
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