Cristóbal Lehyt
Born in 1973 in Santiago, Chile; Lives and works in New York

Education
Whitney Independent Study Program                                        1999 - 2000
Hunter College                                                                        1995 - 1996
Universidad Católica de Chile                                                   1992 - 1994

Grants
Art Forum Fellowship, DRCLAS, Harvard University, 2008-2009
DIRAC, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Chile, 2007
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2005
Fondart Chile, 200

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany-upcoming
2007
Reduced to Insults , Room Gallery, University of California Irvine, USA
2006
El Mar de Bolivia , Die Ecke, Santiago, Chile
2003
El Norte , Galería Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
2002
Arresto , Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá, Colombia
2001
Untitled , (joint project with Joe Villablanca and Juan Cespedes), Museo de Arte
Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
2000
Marraqueta (with Juan Cespedes), La Panaderia, Mexico City
1999
Malvinas , LAC, Caracas, Venezuela
Malvinas , Alianza Francesa, Mérida, Venezuela
1997
Supermercado , Galería Chilena, Santiago, Chile

Group Exhibitions
2007
Algunas Bestias, Perros Negros, Mexico City
Kristin Lucas: Before and After, Postmasters, New York, USA
Arte Argentino Contemporaneo , VK Projectos, Bogota, Colombia
Fm Ferry Experiment , Public Project Staten Island Ferry, New York, USA
Estamos Unidos , Museo MAPI-Harto espacio, Montevideo, Uruguay
Linea de Hormigas , A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
S-Files , El Museo del Barrio, NY, USA
Daniel Lopez Show , Whitebox and Roebling Hall, NY, USA
Beauty is in the Street , Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, USA
Pais de Poetas , Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Three Artists-Three Curators , Praxis Gallery, NY, USA
2006
New Ghost Entertainment Entitled , Kunsthaus, Dresden, Germany
New Ghost Entertainment Entitled , Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Contra-Golpe: reenacting a failed operation , Karl Marx Allee 87, Berlin, Germany
Metaphysics of Youth: Fuori Uso , Pescara, Italy
When Artists Say We , Artists Space, NY, USA
Fantasmatic , Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
2005
Considering Forgiveness , The Vera List Center for Art and Politics, NY, USA
Enemy Image , Momenta Art, NY, USA
Atomica , Lombard-Fried Gallery and Esso Gallery, NY, USA
Freewaves Latin America:load(and unload) , Casa de las Americas, Madrid, Spain
Fantasmatic , Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004               
Shanghai Biennale , Shanghai, China
The Freedom Salon , Deitch Projects, NY, USA
Condoros, Galería Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
The Mythological Machine , Mead Gallery, Warwick, England
External affairs , P.S. 122, NY, USA
Fantasmatic , Millennium Museum, Beijing, China
2003               
The American Effect , Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, USA
Usted esta aqui , Espacio La Rebeca, Bogotá, Colombia
To be political it has to look nice ,(with GALCHI), apexart, NY, USA
L Factor , Exit Art, NY, USA
Fantasmatic , Jendela Visual Arts Space, Singapore
Go! , Liquidación Total, Madrid, Spain
2002            
Freewaves Latin America: load(and unload) , MOCA, Los Angeles, USA
Social Sectors , Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
637 Running Feet: Black-and-White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists  , Queens Museum, NY, USA
Fantasmatic , Kuala Lumpur National Gallery, Malaysia
Off-Screen (one day event), apexart, NY, USA
Todo sobre George , La Rebeca, Bogotá, Colombia
2001            
Hopscotch , James Howe Fine Gallery, Kean University, Union City, NJ, USA
Sudamericanrockers , Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2000
Marraqueta (with Juan Cespedes), La Panaderia, Mexico City
1999            
Doméstico , Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Valdivia, Chile
1998            
Drawings , Archill Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Artist Books
NYPL, 2006
Tarea, 2003

Bibliography
2007
Carson, Juli. "Cristóbal Lehyt's Reduced to Insults", exhibition brochure Reduced to Insults , UC Irvine,   USA
Velasco, Suzana. "O Rio como ateliê para os estrangeiros", O Globo , July 29, Brazil
Rangel, Gabriel. "Cristóbal Lehyt", exhibition catalogue, Three Artists-Three Curators , Praxis       Gallery, NY
Fonseca, Mario. "Síntesis Mezquina", Revista: El Sabado: El Mercurio , Jan. 13
2006
Mosquera, Gerardo. Copiar el Edén: Copying Eden , Ediciones Puro Chile, Santiago
Saavedra, Julio. "Artista chileno entrega mar a Bolivia", La Nacion , Dec. 26
Elisa Cárdenas, " Desde Nueva York artista chileno trae mar a Bolivia", El Mercurio , Dec. 19
Zucca Allessandrelli, Irina and   Fassi, Luigi. Metaphysics of Youth , exhibition catalogue, Italy
Fonseca, Mario. "Corolario", El Mercurio , March 4
2005
Zucca Allessandrelli, Irina. "Il nemico é tra noi", Flash art Italia , Oct-Nov
Cotter, Holland. "Enemy Image", The New York Times , Oct 7
2004    
Alarcon, Luis + Saavedra Ana Maria. " El Norte", Galeria Metropolitana: 1998-2004 , Ocho libros      editores, Santiago, Chile
Rosenberg, Karen. "Blackmail", Art Monthly , Feb.
Smith, Roberta. "Caution: Angry Artists at Work", The New York Times , Aug. 27
Beltran, Erick, "The Mythological Machine", exhibition catalogue, Warwick Arts Center, England
2003            
Rinder, Lawrence. The Amercian Effect , exhibition catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Schjedahl, Peter. "Target America", The New Yorker , Aug. 3
Rosenberg, Karen. "The American Effect", Art Monthly , Oct.
Lehyt, Cristobal. "9/11 1973/2001", Art Monthly , Dec-Jan.
Castillo, Rodrigo. "Joven artista se pierde en el norte de Chile por puro gusto", Las Ultimas Noticias , Dec. 18.
Staap, Katherine. "Estados Unidos visto desde afuera", Granma Internacional , Aug. 28
2002            
Cardenas, Elisa, "Instalan galeria con materiales de bodega",   El Mercurio , Actvidad Cultural, Enero 2.
El Tiempo, "Los Iconos del 11 de Septiembre", August 6.
Williamson, Luz Maria. "Fantasmatic", exhibition catalogue, Chile
2001
Godoy, Javier. "Trio dinamico se apodera del MAC", Las Ultimas Noticias , Tiempo Libre, Dic.31.
2000            
Hernadez, Carmen. "Desplazamientos en Superficie y Profundidad", once_11 no.2 primavera .
Lopez, María Luisa. "Arte chileno emergente: Más allá de la resistencia," Milenio , Cultura, Julio 26
1999            
Lebon, Manuel. "Horror Bélico grabado en Plexiglas", El Universal , Cultura y Espectaculos,
March 4.
Navarro, Mario. "lo necesario" exhibtion catalogue, Valdivia, Chile
Alfonzo-Sierra, Edgar. "Las Malvinas en Plexiglas" El Nacional , Cultura, Feb. 20, pag.10.