Allora & Calzadilla

Jennifer Allora, born in 1974, Philadelphia, United States
Guillermo Calzadilla, born in 1971, Havana, Cuba

Allora & Calzadilla live and work in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Since the beginning of their collaborative practice in 1995, Allora & Calzadilla have developed an experimental and innovative practice that addresses the entanglements between history, ecology, and geopolitics using a multiplicity of artistic media that includes performance, sculpture, sound, video, photography, and painting.

Allora & Calzadilla have presented solo exhibitions at major international institutions including: Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin (2025); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2025); Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao (2024); Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz (2024); Archeological Park of Pompeii, Pompeii (2024); Serralves Museum, Porto (2023); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2022); Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro (2022); The Menil Collection, Houston (2020); Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2019); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (2019); Portland Art Museum, Portland (2019); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2019); Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao (2019); Tate Modern, London (2019); Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2018); Museu Tàpies, Barcelona (2018); MAXXI, Rome (2018); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2016); DIA Art Foundation, Guayanilla and Penuelas (2015); Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (2014); Kaldor Public Art Projects, Sydney (2012); Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis (2012); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010), U.S. Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale – International Art Exhibition, Venice (2011); The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo (2009); Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (2009); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2008); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2008); Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2008); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007); Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich (2007); The Renaissance Society, Chicago (2007); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2007); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006).

Their work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions such as: Akita Museum of Art, Akita (2025); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2025); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2025); Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2025); ByArtMatters, Hangzhou (2024); S.M.A.K., Ghent (2024); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2024); The Modern Fort Worth, Fort Worth (2024); Long Museum, Shanghai (2024); Marciano Collection, Los Angeles (2024); Depo, Istanbul (2024); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey (2024); The Menil Collection, Houston (2024); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2023); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati  (2023); MAXXI, Rome (2023); Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2022); Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, Paris (2022); Fosun Foundation, Shanghai (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan (2021); The Bass, Miami (2020), Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2020); Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (2020); Hayward Gallery, London (2020); Bonniers Kunsthalle, Stockholm (2020); National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2020); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2020), among others. 

Their works have joined the collections of Museum of Modern Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadephia; S.M.A.K., Ghent; Tate Modern, London; Serralves Museum, Porto; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich; Collection Lambert, Avignon; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris; The Menil Collection, Houston; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Long Museum, Shanghai; Leeum Museum, Seoul; The Bass, Miami; MAXXI, Rome; ICA Miami, Miami; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis; Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin; TBA21 Collection, Madrid; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; The National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka; National Gallery, Washington DC; Museion: Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa; National Museum of Art of Norway, Oslo; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; Pinault Collection, Paris, among others.

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Our exhibitions


Allora & Calzadilla

Sensing

November 29th, 2025 — January 15th, 2026


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Antille

April 15th — May 28th, 2022


Allora & Calzadilla

Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla

September 13th — October 16th, 2013


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Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla

September 4th — October 16th, 2010

External exhibitions


Allora & Calzadilla

Graft (Phantom Forest) -La Pista Commission

April 15th, 2025 — March 27th, 2026
Pinacoteca Agnelli | La Pista 500 - Turin — Italy


Allora & Calzadilla

Klima

June 20th, 2024 — January , 2025
Akzuna Zentroa - Bilbao — Spain


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Entelechy

May 12th — October 29th, 2023
Serralves Museum - Porto — Portugal


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Specters of Noon

September 26th, 2020 — June 20th, 2021
The Menil Collection - Houston — United States of America

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