Valencia, Venezuela, 1964

He lives and works in New York. A selection of his solo exhibitions includes El Rinoceronte de Dürer, Arratia, Beer Gallery, Berlin (2011); Vasco Araujo/Javier Téllez – Larger than Life, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2010); Mind the Gap, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (2009); Production-in- Residence-program, Baltic Art Centre, Visby, Sweden (2007); La Batalla de Mexico – Die Schlacht um Mexiko, Arratia, Beer Gallery, Berlin (2006); Distinguished Artist in Residence: Javier Téllez, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2006); La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Rozelle Hospital), The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto (2005). Téllez has taken part in the 11th Triennale Fellbach Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany (2010); Sydney Biennale (2008 and 2004); Manifesta 7, Trentino (2008); Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York (2008); 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2007); InSite_05, San Diego/Tijuana (2005); Prague Biennale (2005 and 2003); Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale (2003); and 2nd Valencia Biennial.