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Biography 
1959
Born in Antwerpen (BE)
After having studied Engineering and Architecture in Europe he travelled to Mexico in 1987 to work as an architect. Dividing his time between Mexico City, New York and London he has been exhibiting as an artist since 1991. His work has been extensively shown in Europe, the United States and Mexico.
Francis Al˙s is currently showing at Lisson Gallery. Go to the CurrentShow section for a press release and images of works in the show.
Francis Al˙s is a compulsive wanderer. His personal explorations of the cities in which he finds himself form the basis for an eclectic body of work. Working with documentary film and photography, video, painting and performance, he compiles a succession of notes and guides which reflect specific social and economic conditions in a highly individual style. A close observer and occasional manipulator of the quirks of everyday life, Al˙s responds to fleeting and contingent circumstances from the view-point of a passer-by, who is both involved and separate.
"...I spend a lot of time walking around the city... The initial concept for a project often emerges during a walk. As an artist, my position is akin to that of a passer-by constantly trying to situate myself in a moving environment. My work is a succession of notes and guides. The invention of a language goes together with the invention of a city. Each of my interventions is another fragment of the story that I am inventing, of the city that I am mapping." (Francis Al˙s, Mexico City 1993)
Francis Al˙s exhibited in the 1999 Venice, Istanbul and Melbourne Biennales. In 1998 he participated in the Sao Paulo Biennale and in ´Loose Threads´ at Serpentine Gallery, London as well as in several other major group shows across the world.
2004
blueOrange Award
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Public exhibitions 230
from 23.7.
Order. Desire. Light. An exhibition of contemporary drawings
Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin 
from 22.5.
Street & Studio
Tate Modern, London (England)
until 31.8.
Come, come, come into my world
Ellipse Foundation, Alcoităo
until 24.8.
Size Matters: XS – Recent Small-Scale Painting
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
until 17.8.
Uncoordinated: Mapping Cartography in Contemporary Art
CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
until 28.7.
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
until 18.6.
No. 1: Destroy, she said
Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf
until 17.6.
A stake in the mud, a hole in the reel
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
until 18.5.
Arte Vida: Actions By Artists Of The Americas, 1960-2000
El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY
Solo shows 22
2007
Francis Al˙s - Politics of Rehearsal
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Francis Al˙s - Arbeiten aus Privatbesitz
Villa Grisebach, Berlin
Francis Alys
David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
2006
Francis Alys
Portikus, Frankfurt/Main
Francis Al˙s - Black Box
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2005
Francis Al˙s - (to be continued) 1992-
Artspace, Auckland
Francis Al˙s - Seven Walks
Artangel, London (England)
Francis Al˙s - A pie desde el estudio
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
2004
Francis Al˙s - Walking Distance From The Studio
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Francis Al˙s - blueOrange - Preisträger 2004
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2003
Francis Alys
Collection Lambert, Avignon
In Light - Francis Al˙s
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Francis Al˙s – Obra pictorica 1992-2002
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
2002
Projects 76: Francis Al˙s
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Francis Al˙s - Alejandro González Ińárritu
Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Francys Al˙s - Matrix.2
Museo d´arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Francis Alys
Stellan Holm Gallery, New York City, NY
2001
Francis Al˙s
 Lisson Gallery, London (England)
2000
Francis Alys
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Francis Alys
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998
Dog Rose
Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Francis Alys - le temps du sommeil
CAG - Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Group shows 199
2008
TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
momentary momentum
Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England)
Person Of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art Of Flânerie
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2007
Solo24Ore24Stunden
MUSEION - Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano
The Office
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City, NY
ˇViva la Muerte!
Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ), Vienna
8 Bienal de Arte Panama 2006
Bienal de Arte Panama, Panama
Principio de intertidumbre
Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, NL
Small Format
Faggionato Fine Arts, London (England)
Art Protects
Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris
6Ş Bienal do Mercosul: A Terceira Margem do Rio
Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre
Elsewhere
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Doppelgänger. El doble de la realidad
MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
Global Cities
Tate Modern, London (England)
52nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Le cinque anime della scultura
Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio
Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale Paintings
HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Idilio I
DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca
Philip Akkerman, Francis Alys, Stephen Bush
Goff + Rosenthal - New York, New York City, NY
Een verhaal van het beeld / A story of the image
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
Expats / Clandestines
WIELS - Centrum voor Hedendaagse kunst, Brussels
die präsenzproduzenten
Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg
Collectors 1 - Collezione La Gaia
Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio
Held together with Water / Kunst aus der Sammlung Verbund
Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna
100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Ateliers - Lartistes et ses lieux de création
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
Secuencias - 1976-2006. Arte contemporáneo en las colecciones públicas de Extremadura
Museo Extremeńo e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz
La era de la discrepancia
Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte - MUCA, Mexico City
The Eventual
FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon
Momentary Momentum
Parasol unit, London (England)
Raum - Orte der Kunst
AdK - AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE, Berlin
Mapping the City
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Poetics Country
Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe
Le Bruissement des Images
CPIF - Centre Photographique dIle de France, Pontault Combault
Fantasmagoría - Dibujo en movimiento
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid
2006
Forms of Classification: Alternative Knowledge and Contemporary Art
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Synthetic horizon
Mains d´oeuvres, Saint Ouen
RESONANCE: The final exhibition at 59-60 Frith Street
Frith Street Gallery, London (England)
Il faut rendre ŕ Cézanne Group Show 2006
Yvon Lambert - New York, New York City, NY
Version Animee 2006
Centre pour limage contemporaine Saint-Gervais Genčve, Geneva
Bin beschäftigt
Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen
Idylle - Traum und Trugschluss
Sammlung Falckenberg - Kulturstiftung Phoenix Art, Hamburg
The Wonderful Fund - Collecting Art for the New Millenium
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex (England)
DEFINING THE CONTEMPORARY
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England)
printemps de septembre
Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
Sisyphe. Le jour se lčve.
MACs Grand Hornu - Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu
Ideal City – Invisible Cities
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, Potsdam
Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo
Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya
Centre A - Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, BC
WATCH OUT
beaumontpublic, Luxembourg
Raconte moi / Tell me
Casino Luxembourg - Forum dart contemporain, Luxembourg
Tacita Dean & Francis Al˙s
Schaulager, Münchenstein / Basel
Report (Not Announcement)
Basis voor Actuele Kunst - BAK, Utrecht
Group Show
Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Le mouvement des images
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
SNAFU - Medien, Mythen, Mind Control
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
En las fronteras
Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
Tokyo Blossoms
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Skirting the Line
Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, IN
La visíon impura - Fondos de la colección permanente
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
Traits pour traits
Artothčque de Caen, Caen
Dormir, ręver... et autres nuits
CAPC - Musée dart contemporain, Bordeaux
Satellite of Love
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Dark Places
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Modern©ité# II
Le Grand Café - Centre dart contemporain de Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Nazaire
2005
PERFORMA 05
Performa, New York City, NY
La reconstrucción del Lugar Común. Imágenes de Autor.
MADC Museo de Arte y Diseńo Contemporáneo, San José
Media Test Wall - Critters
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Crowd of the Person
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
War is over - 1945 - 2005 la libertá dellarte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan
GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
Point of view
Le Parvis - scčne nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Ibos
Ecstasy - In and About Altered States
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Roaming Memories
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
multiplo_2 - multipli, molteplici moltiplicati
N.O.Gallery, Milan
EindhovenIstanbul
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Wonderful Fund Collection
Le Musée de Marrakech, Marrakech
General Ideas - Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987–2005
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Monopolis - Antwerpen
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image
Rochester Art center, Rochester, MN
Power Plays
Para / Site Art Space, Hong Kong, SAR
Realit;-)t - 30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz in München
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon
Pilar Albarracín - Here Comes the Sun
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
chemins
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Ličge
Early Work
David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY
Irreducible - Contemporar Short Form Video
Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Ensemble!
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
police
Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz
Burlesques contemporains
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
2005 Benefit Auction
White Columns, New York City, NY
Point of View
CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
What’s New Pussycat?
Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
Between You and Me
Arthouse at the Jones Center - Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX
Celebrate 22 years
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City, NY
Col·lecció Fundació LaCaixa 20 anys amb lart contemporani
CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona
FAST FORWARD Media Art de la Colección Goetz
Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid /Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid
2004
Selections From Point Of View - An Anthology of the Moving Image
ASUART - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Dedicated to a Proposition
Extra City - Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp
Cordially invited - in Post CM
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Gelegenheit & Reue
Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
54th Carnegie International
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA
Time Zones: Recent Film and Video
Tate Modern, London (England)
Point of View - An Anthology of the Moving Image
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Moving Pictures
Artcore Gallery, Toronto, ON
Dimension Folly
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
SCAPE 2004 - from a different angle
SCAPE Biennial of Art in Public Space, Christchurch
Sólo los personajes cambian
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL
Gegen den Strich - Neue Formen der Zeichnung
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Fiction
Timothy Taylor Gallery Ltd., London (England)
A arańeira. 100 artistas da colección CGAC
CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Point of View
Chelouche Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
Group Show
The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Made in Mexico
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Biennale of Sydney 2004
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
20/20 Vision
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Ambulantes. Cultura portátil
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla
DENSITÉ ±0
Fri-Art - Centre dArt Contemporain, Fribourg
Point of View - An Anthology of the Moving Image
Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Nouvelles Collections
Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre dArt, Biel/Bienne
Point of view
Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
SOZIALE KREATUREN - Wie Körper Kunst wird
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY
Coletiva
Galeria Luisa Strina, Săo Paulo
Made in Mexico
ICA Boston, Boston, MA
Ailleurs, ici
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
2003
Walk Ways
University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Outlook
Benaki Museum, Athens
Fast Forward
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe
4. Bienal do Mercosul
Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre
“Terror Chic“
Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich
Traces of Friday - Art, Tourism, Displacement
ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
COSTA VECE
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
The Distance Between Me and You
Lisson Gallery, London (England)
puddel-wonderful
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York City, NY
Imagine - Selections from the permanent collection
Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
Fuera de Campo
Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
Divergent
Galerie Lelong - New York, New York City, NY
STRETCH
The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
Moltitudini - Solitudini
MUSEION - Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano
Le collezioni: acquisizioni per MAXXI arte
MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Somewhere Better Than This Place
CAC - Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Labyrinthine Effect
ACCA - Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
Die Erfindung der Verganfenheit
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Walk Ways
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Animations
Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. - KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
20 Million Mexicans Cant be Wrong
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England)
2002
La nuit américaine
Yvon Lambert - New York, New York City, NY
Inter.Play
The Moore Space, Miami, FL
ABCDF, portraits d´une ville
Institut du Mexique ŕ Paris, Paris
20 Million Mexicans Can
SLG South London Gallery, London (England)
The 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art - Centre of Attraction
The Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius
Les Enfants du Paradis
Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris
7 dilemas
Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico City, Mexico City
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
Treble
Sculpture Center, Long Island
Coartadas / Alibis
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Alibis / coartadas
Institut du Mexique ŕ Paris, Paris
2001
Loop
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
Siglo XX - Grandes Maestros Mexicanos - Prodigios de fin de siglo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL
Revolving Doors: Public Sphere/Private Domain
Apexart, New York City, NY
Animations
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
in aktion - performance heute
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
EGOFUGAL: from 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Irony
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona
7th International İstanbul Biennial 2001
International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Looking at You - Kunst Provokation Unterhaltung Video
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Birmingham
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England)
Squatters #1
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Group Show
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Mirrors Edge
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Black Box. Der Schwarzraum in der Kunst
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Da Adversidade Vivemos - Artistes dAmérique latine - Carte blanche ŕ Carlos Bas
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
Videoreihe 6 Künstler - 6 Positionen
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Subject Plural - Crowds in Contemporary Art
Contemporary Arts Museum • Houston, Houston, TX
Mirror’s Edge
Tramway, Glasgow (Scotland)
Demonstration Room: Ideal House: Apex Art: 2001
Apexart, New York City, NY
Contemporary Collectors XVI
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
2000
Drawings
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
Residue
WUK - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
7. Bienal de La Habana 2000
La Bienal de La Habana, Havana
Mirrors Edge - Il bordo dello specchio
Museo d´arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin
PICAF 2000
The Busan Biennale, Busan
La Biennale de Montréal 2000
Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC
Walking
Illinois State University, Normal, Il
Fuori uso 2000 The Bridges
Fuori uso, Pescara
Mixing Memory and Desire
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
Mirrors Edge
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Inaugural Exhibition Making Time - Considering Time As a Material in Contemporar
† The Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (PBICA), Lake Worth, FL
1999
Mirrors Edge
Bildmuseet, Umeĺ
Stimuli
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Self Portrait, Loans from the nvisible Museum
Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
6th International İstanbul Biennial 1999
International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Heads Up - Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
Melbourne International Biennial 1999
Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne, VIC
CONTEMPORARY COLLECTORS XIV
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Thinking Aloud
Camden Arts Centre, London (England)
Drawn by
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City, NY
Thinking Aloud
Cornerhouse, Manchester (England)
Dealer Directory 2
France
Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris
Switzerland
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
Public collections 22
Canada
National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
France
Collection Lambert, Avignon
FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon
FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
FRAC - Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lčs-Rouen
Germany
Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art - Kanazawa, Kanazawa
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Spain
Museo Extremeńo e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
Fundación Telefónica, Madrid
CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
United Kingdom
Tate Britain, London (England)
USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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