Born: 1970, Manila, Philippines
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussens praxis is based on performance art, also transformed to different materials and medias as video, photography, sculpture and installations.
Cuencas productions involve the body, scripted texts, songs; composed music as well as intricate visual elements as costumes used as set design. She gathers, adapts, and universalizes her narratives in both a critical and humorous approach in regards to issues such as identity, culture, religion, gender and social relations.
Education:
1996-2002: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2004-2005: Guest tutor at the Academy of Fünen, Denmark
2005-2007: Guest tutor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2014-2017: Boardmember in the Comitee of Arts Production and International Affairs Agency for Culture and Palaces, Denmark
2016-2019: Associate Professor at KMD
2019- Professor, Time-based and Performance Art, The Art Academy, Department of Contemporary Art, Faculty of Art, Music and Design, (KMD) University of Bergen
In Public Collections:
Aros, Århus, Denmark
Rønnebæksholm, Næstved
Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, Denmark (2014)
Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde, Denmark (2011)
HeART; Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark (2011)
Danish Arts Foundation, (2007 & 2003)
National Gallery of Denmark/ Statens Museum for Kunst (2006)
Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden (2002, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2021)
KIASMA, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland (2003)
Odense Bys Kunstfond, Odense, Denmark (2002)
Grants:
2021: Niels Wessel Bagges Artfund
2012: Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl Nielsens
2009: Arken Prize, Travel Grant. Donated by Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs´ Philanthropic Foundation
2008. Eckersberg Medal of Honor
2007: Aage & Yelva Nimbs Fond, Grant of Honor
2007: Ole Haslunds Fond, Grant of Hono
2006: Danish Art Price, Aschehoug, travelgrant
2009: ISCP, Artist in residency programme, New York City 2005: Three Year Work grant, The Committee for Visual Arts
Selected texts about Lilibeth:
art2030: art2030 New York, Tow with the Flow
Louisiana Channel: A living sculpture that talks, Performing seven songs
Brooklyn Museum: Global Feminisms: Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
Horsens Museum: Herfra hvor vi står, Afghan hound, Instrumental man, Inbetweenes
Bibliography
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2021: Gennembrud; Kvinder i dansk kunst fra 1600-tallet til i dag, Strandberg Publishing, Copenhagen, Eva Pohl
2021: Brydningstid; skulptur Odense21
2020: Berørt, Strandberg Publishing, Copenhagen, Maria Kjær Themsen
2019: Herfra Hvor vi Står / From here we stand, Horsens Art Museum 2019*
2019: Between The Sky and the Deep Blue Sea, Lofoten PAB
2019: ECC, Palazzo Mora, Venice
2018: Clay, Asger Jorn Museum*
2017: Vitamin C -Clay and Ceramic, Thames and Hudson
2017: BilledStorm Fra Reformation til i dag
2017: Culture War Intellect Books
2016: Det enkle er det sværeste, DKI årsberetning: Text by Anders Hentze
2016: En Verden af Forskelle, Forlaget Spring: Text by Anne Birgitte Richard*
2016: Crossing The Line Contemporary Art From Denmark Critical Distance Center for Curations
2014: Inbetweeness, Horsens Art Museum, Horsens. By Julie Møller & Claus Hagedorn*
2013: Out of Fashion, Textiles in Contemporary Art, Gl. Holtegaard & Kunsten Aalborg
2013: Gender Heart, Havremagasinet, Boden
2013: Lips painted Red, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2013: Malmø Nordic
2013: Conversations with Artist, Outer Views, Museum of Transitory Art: Text by Tengal
2013: You have every right, 2013 Ateneo Art Gallery, Manila. Interview by Lian Ladia
Text A, text C, text E
2013: Grundlag, Materialitet # 2 Jord, Sorø Kunstmuseum
2012: Connected by Art, Staatliches Museum Schwerin: Text by Stine Høholt (Eng. +German)
2012: Ego & Psyke, Århuskunstbygning
2011: Transformations, Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig
2011: Performa09, New York City: Text by Peres Singh
2011: Speech Matters, The Danish Pavilion Venice Biennale, Mousse Publishing: Text by Katerina Gregos
Text A, text B
2011: Out of Left Field, Quadrilateral Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka: Text by Jovana Stokic
2010: Monograph, Heidelberger Kunstverein & Revolver Publishing. (Eng./ +German)*
Texts by Johan Holten, Andre Lepecki, Bettina Knaup, Lars Bang Larsen and Toke Lykkeberg
2010: Beatrice i Paradiset (A journey in Dantes works) by Hanne Roer, Aarhus Universitets Forlag
2010: Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö
2009: For Øjeblikket, L&R Uddannelse, Ringhardt & Ringhof, Copenhagen
2009: Act as an Image re performing Documentation, Lessons in the Art of Falling, Preus Museum: Text by Camilla Jalving
2009: Northwave, Silvana Editoriale, Milan (Eng. + Italian) by Lorella Scacco
2009: Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Text A, text B, text C
2008: U–Turn, Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen: Text by Camilla Jalving
Text A, text B
2008: Food for Thought, Satelitte project by U-turn and Thorbjørn Christiansen, Stege Sukkerfabrik, Stege
2008: Soclé du Monde, Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning
2008: Flest Fiktion, Museet for Religiøs Kunst, Lemvig
2008: Danskjävlar – en svensk kærlighedserklæring, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen,
2008: Lens Politica, Film and Media Art Festival, Helsinki
2007: Another Kind of Adventures, Galleri Image and The Danish Cultural Institute, Beijing
2007: Machine-RAUM, BIZ-ArT in collaboration with Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle
2007: Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum
2007: Kærlighed, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg
2007 and 2006: Kopenhagen, Kopenhagen Publishing
2006: A Tale of Two Cities, Busan Biennale, Busan
2006: Nybrud i Dansk Kunst, by Camilla Jalving and Rune Gade, Aschehoug, Copenhagen
2006: Manual til dansk samtidskunst, Gyldendal. Text by Mette Sandbye & Lisbeth Bonde.
2006: Dansk Kunst06, Torben Weirup, Aschehoug, Copenhagen
2006: Ego Show, X-rummet, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Text by Vibeke Vibholt Knudsen
2006: Regarding Denmark, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
2005: Dobbeltop, Køge skitsesamling
2004: View–Feminist Strategies in Danish Art, Informationens forlag, Copenhagen
2004: Human Fucking Human, LIAF, Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten
2004: Fundamentalisms of the New Order, Lukas & Sternberg, Nifca & Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2004: Anders Zorn and Contemporary Nordic Art, Arken, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj
2004: www.women.2003, Billboard project. Informationens Forlag, Copenhagen
2003: Rock The Boat, Localized Ethics, the Situated Self, and Particularism in Contemporary Art by Tere Vadén & Mika Hannula, Salon Verlag, Köln
2003: Rohto, Straight on medicine art, NIFCA
2003: Home Sweet Home, Århus Kunstmuseum, Århus
2003: Familiebilleder, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg
2002: Clockwise, NIFCA, Nordic Institute of Contemporay Art
2002: Babel 2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
2001: Skulptur i Eventyrhaven & i Vollsmose, Odense Bys Kunstfond
2001: Beyond Paradise, Nordic Artists Travel East
2001: Ars 01, Unfolding Perspectives, KIASMA, Helsinki
2001: Reol, OTTO, Copenhagen, Borgens Forlag
2001: Ambassadører, Kørners Kontor, Informationens forlag
2000: North, Contemporary Art from Northern Europe, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2000: Big Torino, Biennale of emerging artists, Turin
2000: SHOOT – Moving Pictures by Artists, Malmö Konsthall and Cinema Spegeln, Malmö
2000: Sony Europe, art awards, Berlin
1999: Proms 4, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
1998: Wrapped, Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø
1998: Bommerang, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center