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Education
School for Visual Arts, Santa Clara, CU, 1988-1991
Professional School for Visual Arts (High School), Trinidad, CU, 1991-1995
Higher Institute of Arts, Havana, CU, 1996-2001
Residencies
RU Residency Unlimited, New York, US, 2019
DordtYart 2018, Dordrecht, NL, 2018
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2005-2006
Gasworks Studios, London, GB, 2004
Spanish Cultural Center, Havana, CU, 2002
CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT, 2001
La Llama Foundation, Caracas, VE, 2001
Fellowships/stipends
2019 Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, US
2017 ‘Stipendium for Proven Talent’, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2011 Basis Stipendium, Fonds BK VB, NL
2009 Presentation subsidy of Mondriaan Foundation for X Havana Biennial.
2008 Commissie LIVE, Fonds BK VB, NL
2006 Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn
2006 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2005 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2002 Cultural Centre of Spain, La Havana, CU
Awards
2016 Cuban Art Dialogues – Symposium at the PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami). Invited to participate in the second part of a historic interchange between Cuban and Cuban-American artists.
2010 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Art initiative (Short listed).
2010 Art Amsterdam 2010, ‘No Holds Barred’ (Selected).
2000 National Council of Visual Arts, La Havana, CU, ‘Best Curatorial Project in Cuba’, for the exhibition ‘Con un pensar abstraido’.
2000 7th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU, ‘The 2000 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts’.
Commissions
2019 Commissioned to design and build a small square at the garden of ‘De Huis van de Tijd’. Project supported by the Protestant Diaconate in Amsterdam, NL.
2018 Four sculptures for the DV&O (Dienst Vervoer & Ondersteuning) Países Bajos. Dutch Justice Ministry.
2018 Coin design to commemorate ‘100 years of Dutch aviation’. Dutch Finance Ministry. (Short-listed).
2017 Draft design for a work of art in the context of Vredenburgplein, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Cultural Affairs Department and the Advisory Committee on Visual Arts and Design of the municipality of Utrecht. (Finalist).
2011 Selected sketch for the realization of a school out door local. SKOR (Foundation for Art in Public Spaces) – Notre Dame des Anges (Ubbergen NL). Project realized on autumn 2013.
2009 Sketch for a sculpture realization at the Municipal Central Square, Amstelveen Municipality. Cultural Affairs Department, Amstelveen municipality, The Netherlands. (Short-listed).
Biennials
2019 Theater ‘El Ciervo Encantado’, Havana, CU. XIII Havana Biennial, collateral exhibition. ‘La Ciudad que Habito’.
2015 Malecón, Havana, CU. XII Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2012 Malecón, Havana, CU. XI Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2009 La Cabaña, Havana, CU. ‘X Havana Biennial’.
2000 Castillo del Morro, Havana, CU. 7th Havana Biennale. ‘One, two, three testing’ (DUPP project).
Solo exhibitions
2017 Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Cotidiana (Dagelijks)’.
2016 La Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Cotidiana’.
2015 Casado Santapau gallery, Madrid, ES. ‘Aparente’.
2013 NotreDame des Anges, Ubbergen, NL. ‘Openlucht Lokaal (waar kennis bloeit)’.
2013 Villa Manuela, Havana, CU. ‘Aparente’.
2011 38CC, Delft, NL. ‘Apparent’.
2010 Ronmandos Gallery, Amsterdam/ Rotterdam, NL. ‘Bridging Reality’.
2008 Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, IT. ‘Encounters’.
2006 Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Part of the whole’.
2006 Cultural Centre ICAIC, Havana City, CU. ‘Walk’.
2002 Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘Participation continues by itself’.
2001 Ludwig Foundation, Havana, CU. ‘Seeking for a conversation’.
2001 Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, VE. ‘TALKS’, four Saturday ‘parties’ at the artist’s apartment during an Art residency with the Llama Foundation.
1999 Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, CU. ‘Foundation of the soul’.
Group exhibitions
2020 El Espacio 23, Miami, US. ‘Time For Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2019 El Espacio 23, Miami, US. ‘Time For Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2019 Theater ‘El Ciervo Encantado’, Havana, CU. XIII Havana Biennial, collateral exhibition. ‘La Ciudad que Habito’.
2018 38CC, Delft, NL. ‘First Decade’.
2018 Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘La Noche Boca Arriba’.
2018 PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami), US. ‘On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art of the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’ (Chapter 2: Abstracting History).
2017 Municipal Art Centre, Santa Clara, CU. ‘Dentro del Juego’.
2017 PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami), US. ‘On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art of the Jorge M. Pérez Collection’.
2016 CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Unland’.
2016 Villa Manuela gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Tradiciones Desdibujadas’.
2016 CAB, Brussels, BE. ‘Transhumance’
2016 Moti, Breda, NL. ‘Van Gogh Mini’s’.
2016 Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, CU. ‘La madre de todas las artes’.
2016 Centro de la Danza y el Teatro, Santa Clara, CU. ‘Dentro del Juego’.
2016 Acacia gallery, Havana, CU. ‘Line up’.
2015 Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Een dwaze zomer op Frankendael’.
2015 Manifesta, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Swim with the Current, Stand like a Rock’.
2015 Malecón, Havana, CU. XII Havana Biennial. ‘Detrás del Muro (Behind the wall)’.
2015 Casado Santapau gallery, Madrid, ES. ‘Perpetuum Mobile’.
2014 Rainhart gallery, Brussels, BE. ‘Juegos & Desafíos’.
2014 Anningahof, Zwolle, NL. ‘Ontmoetingen’.
2014 Plaza Vieja, Havana, CU. ‘30th years of Havana Biennials’.
2014 Kunstencentrum Kadmiun, Delft, NL. ‘N_iets’.
2014 The MFA, Boston, US. ‘Permission To Be Global: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection’.
2013 CIFO Art Space, Miami, US. ‘Permission To Be Global: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection’.
2013 Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘5 X Rijksakademie Alumni’.
2013 The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, US. ‘Detrás del Muro’.
2013 Hispano American Centre, Havana, CU. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2013 Kunstfort bij Viefhuizen, Viefhuizen, NL. ‘Open City’.
2013 De Apple, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Artificial Amsterdam’.
2013 Cultural Center de Werft, Geel, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2013 37PK, Haarlem, NL. ‘My love, which is a building #2’.
2012 Boudewijn building, Brussels, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2012 De Luchtballon, Heusden-Zolder, BE. ‘Utopiart 27’.
2012 Malecon, Havana, CU. XI Havana Biennial. ‘Behind the Wall’.
2012 Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL. ‘Hermetic City’.
2011 Ron Mandos gallery, Ámsterdam, NL. ‘Rijksakademie Alumni’.
2011 Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, CU. ‘Ya se leer’.
2011 Castrum Peregrini Foundation, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Matter of Monument’.
2010 DeisKa/ Hirsch building, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Mate(r)eality’.
2010 Frankendael Huis, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Oh crisis!’
2010 Kunstfort, Vijfhuizen, NL. ‘Dreams are my reality’.
2010 Delegation of Asturias Principado, Madrid, ES. ‘Pieza Única’.
2009 Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL. ‘Rites of Passage’.
2009 Deiska Studio, Amsterdam, NL. ‘…Expectations’.
2009 La Cabana, Havana, CU. ‘X Havana Biennial’.
2008 Rafael Tavares Gallery, Tunja, COL. ‘Glocalizados’.
2008 Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Summer Show’.
2008 Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. ‘(DE)Construct’.
2006 AYN Art Center, Madrid, ES. ‘Vigilancia’.
2006 Parts, Xiamen City, CN. ‘Rijksakademie at Parts’.
2005 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Open Ateliers’.
2004 Gasworks Studios, London, GB. ‘Una Sola Casa’.
2004 Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL. ‘Q-ba Musica 2004’ (‘Walk’ video installation inside concert with Keyla Orozco and Ramon Valle).
2003 Galeria Habana, Havana, CU. ‘Common Sense’.
2003 Sala Amadis, Madrid, ES. ‘Doble Seduccion’.
2003 CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT. ‘Resident. Works on paper’.
2002 Fundacâo Memorial da America Latino, Sâo Paulo, BR. ‘Arte contemporanea de Cuba’. Collateral exhibition, Biennale de Sâo Paulo.
2002 Spanish Cultural Centre, Havana, CU. ‘Tres + Dos, Artistas en residencia’.
2002 Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CU. ‘La Huella Multiple’ (3rd edition).
2002 Cultural Centre of Spain, Havana, CU. ‘Copyright’.
2001 Center for Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cu. ‘III SALON OF CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART’.
2001 The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, US. ‘Hello Cuba / Breaking barriers’.
2001 Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘3rd Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art’.
2001 Santos Suarez, Havana, CU. ‘La Visita’. Meeting in Gerardo Mosquera House.
2001 Museum de Arte Contemporanea, Goias, BR. ‘Cuba Contemporanea’.
2001 Gran Riviere, TT. ‘Big River II’ (workshop).
2000 Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU. ‘CD-room’.
2000 Andres Bello, Bogotá, CO. ‘SOON’.
2000 Casa de America, Madrid, ES. ‘Maraton Americana’.
2000 Galeria Habana, Havana, CU. ‘Con un pensar abstraido’.
1999 Galeria Habana/Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, Emirates AU. ‘Cuban Art Exhibition’.
1999 La Rampa, La Havana, CU. ‘Con un mirar abstraido’.
1999 La Epoca Malls, Havana, CU. ‘La Epoca’.
1999 Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, AE. ‘Cuban Art Exhibition, Habana gallery’.
1999 Pabellon Cuba, Havana, CU. ‘2nd Performance festival Ana Mendieta’.
1998 UNEAC, Havana, Cu. ‘II Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art’.
1998 Center for the Development of Visual Art, Havana, CU. ‘Pizza pizza posimposibilidad’.
1997 Higher Institute for the Arts, Havana, CU. ‘Antes de la Lluvia’.
Art fairs
2020 Arco, Madrid, ES
2018 Untitled, Miami, US
2016 Untitled, Miami, US
2016 Arco, Madrid, ES
2015 Untitled, Miami, US
Amsterdam Art Fair, NL
Arco, Madrid, ES
2014 Pinta London, UK
PARC, Lima, PE
2013 Art Bogota, CO
Art Rotterdam, NL
2012 Pinta, NY, USA
Art Brussels, BE
2011 Art Amsterdam, NL
2010 Art Amsterdam, NL
Arco, Madrid, ES
2009 Art Amsterdam, NL
Art Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam, NL
2008 Art Amsterdam, NL
MiArt, Milan, IT
2001 FIAV (International Art Fair) Valencia, VE
Collections
Voorlinden Museum, Wassenaar, NL
PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, CU
Fab. Beth Rudin DeWoody, US
Ella Fontanals – Cisneros Collection, US
Jorge M. Pérez Collection, US
Susana de la Puente, PE
Pedro Brescia, PE
Meneer Defares, NL
COBRA to Contemporary (Hugo & Carla Brown collection), NL
Pieter & Marieke Sanders, NL
Nederlandse Bank, NL
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL
Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn, NL
Caldic Collection, NL
Burger Collection,
Monica Hoyos, CO
Juanita Santos, CO
Javier Mora, CO
Patricia & Juan Carlos Paris, CO
Sadie Cohen, VE
Déiska & de Verzameling, NL
Publications/ Reviews
Catalogues
2013 Catalog Permission to be Global/ Practicas Globales: Latin American Art from Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, US
2013 Catalog Detrás del Muro (Behind de Wall), US
2012 Catalog XI Havana Biennial, CU
2010 Catalog Ya se leer, CU
2009 Catalog X Havana Biennial, CU
2000 Catalog VII Havana Biennial, CU
Book Publications
2017 De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2018 – Artists directory, NL
2017 Pasos Peligroso: Performance y Política en Cuba, Author: Coco Fusco, Editorial: Turner, ES, page: 47. ISBN 978-84-16714-42-1
2016 Cotidiana. Book accompanying the solo exhibition presented in Acacia gallery, 2016.
2015 Dangerous Moves: Performance and Politics in Cuba, Author: Coco Fusco, Editorial: TATE Publishing, London UK, page: 47. ISBN 978-184976-326-4
2014 De Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender 2014 – Artists directory, NL
2009 Younger than Jesus- Artists directory, US
2001 Cuban Art (the new generation) Holly Block, US
Magazine Publications
2016 ArtNexus, No.103 Dic. 2016 – Feb. 2017, pages: 109-110 – Elvia Rosa Castro, CO
2014 Elephant Magazine, Issue 19 – Summer 2014, pages: 176 & 177 – Grace Banks, UK
2013 Arte Cubano, No. 2-3/ 2013, page: 88 – Virginia Alberdi Benítez, CU
2013 Arte Cubano, No. 1/ 2013, page: 70 – Juan Carlos Betancourt, CU
2013 Miami Herald – Dennys Matos, US
2012 ArtNexus No. 86 Volumen 11, 2012, Rachel Weiss, CO
2012 Kunstbeeld No. 5 – Sandra Spijkerman, NL
2011 Art in America – David Ultrichs – review 4/8/11, US
2009 Frame- Issue 69 summer – D. Lang, NL
2008 Financiele Dagblad- E. Dijksterhuis review, NL
2008 La Voce di Mantova – P.Artoni review, IT