(Venezuela, 1969). Lives and works in New York. The work of Javier Téllez has, over the years, dealt with institutional dynamics, mental illness as a marginal condition, and borderline collective and individual behavior. Recent solo shows: in 2006, Distinguished Artist in Residence: Javier Téllez, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA, (curators: Francis Dittmer and Pamela Sanders) and La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich. In 2005, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, and S-t-e-r-e-o-v-i-e-w, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA. In 2004, Un artista del hambre, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City. In 2002, Alpha 60 (The Mind-Body Problem), White Box, New York, and Un artista del hambre, Sala  Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela. In 2001, Bedlam. Sala 7, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City and Aire de México, La Panadería, Mexico City. His most recent Group Shows are: ln 2006, Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, curated by Joshua Decter and When Artists say We, Artists Space, New York. ln 2005, T1 Pantagruel Síndrome, Castillo di Rivoli, Museo D'Arte Contemporánea, Torino, Italy; ln-Site 05, San Diego/ Tijuana, (curators: Carmen Cuenca and Michael Krichmann); Prague Biennale 2^nd, (curated by Marco Scotini); Jump Cuts. Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Americas Society, New York and Here and Now, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA. ln 2004, On Reason and Emotion, Biennale of Sydney; Emotion Aimes, Frankfurt Kunstwerein, (curated by Nikolaus Schaffhausen) and Settlements, Museé D'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, St Etienne, France. ln 2003, Utopia Station, 50^th Venice Biennale, (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist); Living in a Cloud, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; 2nd. Valencia Biennale, Spain, Pheripheries become the Center, Prague Biennale 1^st; Dreamspaces/ Entresueños, Lobby Gallery of Deutsche Bank, New York; Forbidden, Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea; Etnografía: Instrucciones de uso, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela and Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, New York.