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born in Havana, Cuba
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Education
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1999 - 2001 |
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MFA Performance, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois/USA.
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1987 - 1992 |
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Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
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1983 - 1987 |
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Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana.
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1980 - 1983 |
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Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 20 de Octubre, Havana.
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Professional activities
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1992 - 1996 |
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Professor, painting department, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
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1995 |
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Teacher, Workshop and exhibition »Juego de Imágenes«, XVII Festival of New Latin American Film, Instituto de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica, Havana.
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1994 |
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Curator of the group exhibition »Una brecha entre el cielo y la tierra« (in conjunction with the V Havana Biennial), Centro de Artes Plástica y Diseño, Havana.
Teacher, interdisciplinary creativity workshop, Comunidad Las Terrazas, Pinar del Río, Cuba.
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1992 - 1993 |
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Coordinating director, project for children with behavioral difficulties, Tomas Sánchez Foundation. |
Solo Exhibitions
1999
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Vera van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Lo que me corresponde, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Colloquia, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala. (catalogue)
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1997
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El peso de la culpa, artist's home in Old Havana, Tejadillo 214.
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Anima, The Base Space, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois/USA.
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1996
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Cabeza abajo, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana. (catalogue)
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Lágrimas de tránsito, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana.
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1995
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Lo que me corresponde, artist's home in Old Havana.
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Soñando, with Fernando Rodriguez, Gasworks Studios Gallery, London/Great Britain.
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1993
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Memoria de la postguerra, Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana.
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1992
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Ana Mendieta, Sala Polivalente, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana. (catalogue)
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1986
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Marilyn is alive, Galería Leopoldo Romañach, Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana.
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Selected group exhibitions
2000
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Exotica Incognita, 3rd Kwangju Bienale, Kwangju. (catalogue)
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ARCO: Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Recinto Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid/Spain. (catalogue)
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1999
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Videodrome, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
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Utopia/Distopia, 8va. Muestra Internacional de Performance, Mexico City.
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Looking for a Place, III International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico/USA. (catalogue)
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Happening, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium.
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Cuba -Maps of desire, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. (catalogue)
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1998
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Art in Freedom, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam/The Netherlands.
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The Garden of Forking Paths, ( traveling exhibition, 1998-1999). Helsinski City Art Museum, Helsinski/Finland; Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen/Denmark; Edsuik Kunst & Kultur, Stockholm/Sweden. (catalogue)
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II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana (catalogue)
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La dirección de la mirada, Stadhaus, Zürich; Musée de Beaux Arts, La Chaux-des-Fonds, Switzerland. (catalogue)
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III Bienal Barro de América. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
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Desde el cuerpo: Alegorías de lo femenino, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas.
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1997
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Trade routes, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, The Electric Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa. (catalogue)
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Troisiéme Manifestation International video et art electronique de Champs Libres, Montreal, Quebec/Canada.
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1990's Art from Cuba, a national residency and exhibition program (traveling exhibition 1997-1999). Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago; Art in General, New York; Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York. (catalogue)
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New Art from Cuba: Utopic Territories, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver/Canada. (catalogue)
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ARCO: Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Recinto Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid.
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1996
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23rd São Paolo International Biennial, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paolo/Brazil. (catalogue)
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The visible and the invisible - representing the body in contemporary art and society, St. Pancras Church, Institute of International Visual Art, London.
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I Salón Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana/México; Museo X Teresa, Mexico City.
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1995
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1st Contemporary Art Competition, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. (catalogue)
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ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York.
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II Bienal del Barro, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Lía Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela. (catalogue)
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La Isla Posible, Centro di Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain. (catalogue)
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New Art from Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, Great Britain. (catalogue)
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1994
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V Havana Biennial, Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana. (catalogue)
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1993
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XI International Drawing Biennial, Middlesbrough Fine Arts Museum, Cleveland/Great Britain.
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La nube en pantalones, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
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1986
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Proteo, Galería Leopoldo Romañach, Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana. |
Performances
from the series »El peso de la culpa«:
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no. IV |
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Exotica Incognita, 3rd Kwangju Bienale, Kwangju, South Korea. March 29, 2000. Utopia/Distopia, 8va. Muestra Internacional de Performance, Mexico City. October 15, 1999.
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no. III |
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Hapenning, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium. May 8, 1999.
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no. II |
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Looking for a Place, III International Biennial, SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico/USA. July 10, 1999.
Vera van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. March 26 1999.
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no. I |
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Cuba -Maps of desire, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. March 19, 1999.
Desde el cuerpo: Alegorías de lo femenino. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. February 15 1998.
Tejadillo 214, La Habana, Cuba. May 4, 1997.
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from the series »El cuerpo del silencio«:
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Silencio |
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Lo que me corresponde, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Colloquia, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala. April 24, 1999.
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no. II |
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Tejadillo 214, Havana.
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no. I |
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Fragmentos a su imán, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas. June 17, 1998.
The Garden of Forking Paths. Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen. April 25, 1998.
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»Destierro«:
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Obsesiones, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana. August 13, 1998.
II Bienal Barro de América, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela. July 9, 1998.
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from the series »Dédalo o el imperio de salvación«:
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no. II |
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De discretas autorías, Cuba y Venezuela: Nuevas poéticas. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abrey, Maracay. 1998
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no. I |
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Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana. 1995
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Untitled |
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Xamaca Workshop, Cristal Spring, Jamaica. July 1995
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Art in America (the dream), (work in progress)
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Gallery 2, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. March 7-8 1997.
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Cabeza abajo
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Cabeza abajo, Espacio Aglutinador,Havana. December 20, 1996. Trabajo por cuenta propia, Arts and Letters Faculty, University of Havana, Havana. May 6, 1997. New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories, The Western Front, Vancouver.
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from the series »Lo que me corresponde«: Estudio de Taller
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23rd São Paolo Biennale, Parque de Ibirapuera, São Paolo.October 5, 1996. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana. July 18, 1996.
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»Lo que me corresponde«
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artist's home, Havana, 1995
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from the series »Memoria de la Postguerra: Miedo«
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La otra orilla, V Havana Biennial, Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana. May 8, 1994.
Alter Ego, Centro Provincial de las Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana., 1994
Proyecto de obra, Galería Espada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana.
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from the series »Homenaje a Ana Mendieta«:
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Anima |
The Visible and the Invisible: Re-presenting the Body in Contemporay Art and Society, St. Pancras Church, Institute of International Visual Art, London. September 19, 1996.
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Rastros corporales 1982-1993 (sobre performance de Ana Mendieta):
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no. II |
La nube en pantalones, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana,1993.
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no. I |
No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana,1988.
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Fellowships and residencies
1999
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Merit Scholarship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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1998
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Fellowship, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.
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Artist in Residency, Headlands Centers for the Arts, Sausalito, California, United States.
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Artist in Residency, Fundación Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela.
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1997
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Artist in Residency, »1990's Art from Cuba«, a national residency and exhibition program. Art in General, The Bronx Council for the Art, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Illinois. January - March.
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Artist in Residency, The Western Front, media department, Vancouver. March-April.
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Artist in Residency, Ephemeral Sculpture International Workshop, VI Havana Biennal, Soroa, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. May.
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1995
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Artist in Residency, The Gasworks Studios, London
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Artist in Residency, ART/OMI International Workshop, Hudson, New York. July-August
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Artits in Residency, Xamaca Workshop, Crystal Spring, Jamaica. June-July |
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