Illustrated Curriculum Vitae

Born in Havana, Cuba, on May 23, 1970.

Graduated from the José A. Echeverría Higher Polytechnic Institute in Engineering, Havana, Cuba, 1994.

REVELANT EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

1995

• Solo Exhibitions: Bosquejos de Colores. Mariano Rodríguez Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1996

• Solo Exhibitions: Color y Ciudad, Guayasamín Foundation, Havana, Cuba.

Color Cubano, Latin American Center of Lérida, Spain. /Iris Cubano, Cosmos Room, Estela Barcelona Hotel, Sitges, Spain. / Performance at Mi Boda Fair. Sant Jordi Palace, Barcelona, Spain.

• Donated the copyrights for illustrating two works for De Agostini Publishing, Italy.

• Period of residencies and exhibitions in Spain and France.

1997

• Solo Exhibitions: Del Color a mi Fantasía. Plaza Hotel and La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: First National Salon of Plastic Arts Raúl Martínez, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. / Works donated to the Youth and Students Festival. La Casona Gallery, Havana, Cuba. /Cuban Contemporary Painting, Municipal Chamber of Borba, Portugal.

1998

• Solo Exhibitions: Habana desde siempre. Meliá Varadero Hotel Gallery, Matanzas, Cuba.

• La Havane, une autre perspective.  Hotel du Rhône Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland. 

• Group Exhibitions: Three Islands, Cobden Club, London, England. / Promotional participation at the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC), Paris, France. /Cuban Young Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2000

• Solo Exhibitions: From the City-Perspectives on Havana. ODC Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.

• Group Exhibitions: Siguiendo a Florencia, Convention Palace, Havana, Cuba. / Art Gallery 2000, Las Vegas, USA.

• Created a mural at the headquarters of Unlimited Horizons, an organization specializing in children and adolescents with behavioral disorders, San Francisco, USA.

2001

• Solo Exhibitions: Laberintos en el Tiempo, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. /Laberintos de Fin de Siglo, Meliá Varadero Hotel Gallery, Matanzas, Cuba. / Retrospective Exhibition, Renaissance Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. /Puertas a la Nada, Small Space Gallery, National Council of Fine Arts, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, California, USA. / Group installation exhibition, Sol Art Gallery, Italy. / Sculpture installation at Las Caletas, northern coast, during an international event on Ecology and Environment, Havana, Cuba. /At Laura Paul Gallery, Cincinnati, USA. /Participated in ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, represented by La Acacia Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2002

• Solo Exhibitions: La Sombra del Punto, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Los que viven arriba, Cartago University, Costa Rica. 

• Group Exhibitions: Homage to National Culture Day. National Register of Cultural Goods, Havana, Cuba.

2003

• Solo Exhibitions: The Truth. Part of the collateral program of the 8th edition of the Havana Biennial, La Acacia Gallery, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, represented by La Acacia Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 

• Participated in Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), represented by La Acacia Gallery.

2004

• Solo Exhibitions: Obras en pequeño formato, Phillipe Calon Gallery, Luxembourg.

• Group Exhibitions: Participated in Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), represented by La Acacia Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

• ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Acacia Gallery, Madrid, Spain. /Paisaje, Orígenes Gallery, Gran Teatro, La Habana, Cuba. 

2005

• Group Exhibitions: Cuban Art Showcase, BellArte Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. / Participated in: Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), represented by BellArte Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. /Manila International Fair (MANIF), represented by BellArte Gallery, Philippines. /Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), represented by La Acacia Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

2006

• Solo Exhibitions: Le Retour, Congress and Cultural Palace, Le Mans, France.

• Recent Works, Foyer European, European Parliament, Luxembourg. /Depósito General, part of the collateral program of the 9th edition of the Havana Biennial, La Acacia Gallery, Cuba. 

• Participated as an invited artist in the project Auge o Decadencia del Arte Cubano, by artist Flavio Garciandía. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

• Finalist in the XV Prize for Plastic Arts of the Zoilo Ruiz Mateos Foundation, Cádiz, Spain.

2007

• Solo Exhibitions: Un Camino hacia la Geometría, Tribeca Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

• Group Exhibitions: Once pintores abstractos, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. /Contemporary Ibero-American Painting, ArteEcovi Foundation, Madrid, Spain.

• Designed the promotional poster and menu for the cultural project of Hotel Inglaterra, Havana, Cuba.

• Created a mural for Havona Company, Wildhaus, Switzerland.

2008

• Solo Exhibitions: Geometría y Deseo. Video installation. Rubén Martínez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: Colores y Sentimientos Cubanos, Municipal Palace, Cancun, Mexico. / Mosaicos del Arte Cubano. Pérez Paula Ceramics Collection, Cuba.

2009

• Group Exhibitions: CubaFest, Chameleon Nation Gallery, Kingston, Canada.

• Participated in: Contemporary Art Fair (FIART), represented by La Rama Dorada Gallery, Panama. /Contemporary Art Fair of Shanghai, represented by BellArte Gallery, China. /ArtBo Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Genesis Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.

2010

• Solo Exhibitions: Verano en mi Jardín, Los Frailes Hostel Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: Homenaje a Darwin, Museum of Natural Sciences, Havana, Cuba. / Mosaicos, Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba. / Cuban Contemporary Art, Soho Gallery, Mérida, Mexico. / Martínez-Sordo Showroom, D.F., Mexico. / Luces de la Ciudad, for the 80th Anniversary of the Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba. / ArtHot Contemporary Art Fair, represented by La Casona Gallery, Basel, Switzerland. / Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), represented by BellArte Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

2011

• Solo Exhibitions: Summer in my Garden, Rita Castellote Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

• Group Exhibitions: 1 Minuto de Silencio. 30 Cuban artists. Guayasamín House, Havana, Cuba. / Reacciones Adversas, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Color de Cuba, Vilareal de San Antonio City Hall, Portugal. / Color-Cuba, José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba. 

2012

• Solo Exhibitions: Summer in my Garden, collateral program of the 11th edition of the Havana Biennial, Palacio de Lombillo, Cuba.

• Museum of the Inquisition, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. / Coro Hall, Santa Clara Hotel, Cartagena, Colombia.

• Group Exhibitions: La Utilidad de la Virtud. Festival of Poor Cinema, Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba. /Bola Viva. Contemporary Cuban art touring museums and institutions in Colombia: La Aduana Gallery in Barranquilla, Museum of Modern Art in Cartagena, Zenu Museum in Montería, Bolivarian Museum in Santa Marta, and the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center in Bogotá, Colombia.

2013

• Group Exhibitions: At AntiGallery of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy. / 7 Cuban Artists. Organized by the National Council of Fine Arts, Royal York Hotel Gallery, Toronto, Canada. /PULSE, Contemporary Art Fair, represented by La Acacia Gallery, Miami, USA.

2014

• Solo Exhibitions: Summer in my Garden, Different Gallery, London, UK.

• Designed the decoration of the Royal Floor of the Meliá Cohiba Hotel, Havana, Cuba.

2015

• Solo Exhibitions: Summer in my Garden, David Bardía Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

• Group Exhibitions: Alongside Spanish artist Borja Barrajón, Hesperia Hotel Exhibition Hall, Madrid, Spain.

2017

• Solo Exhibitions: Mural Tu Bishvat, sponsored by the House of the Hebrew Community of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

2018

• Solo Exhibitions: Meeting Point, National Theater, Havana, Cuba.

2019

• Solo Exhibitions: Ciudad frente al Mar. El Terral Hotel. Part of the collateral program of the 13th edition of the Havana Biennial, Cuba.

• Group Exhibitions: Ars longa, vita brevis. Obispo Art Gallery, Tenerife, Spain.

•Thematic exhibition La Habana: imágenes de cinco siglos. National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba. December 2019 - June 2020. (Section dedicated to contemporary art).

2020

• Group Exhibitions: ... para alzar el vuelo, Adeje Cultural Center, Tenerife, Spain.

• Two-month residency and solo exhibition at Amanpuri-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany.

2021

• Solo Exhibition and Residency: Amanpuri-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany.

• Group Exhibitions: Reparando Sueños, Obispo Art Gallery, Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain.

2022

• Group Exhibitions: Paisajes Internos, Obispo Art Gallery, Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain.

2024

• Solo Exhibitions: Last Garden, Same Summer. Collateral program of the 15th edition of the Havana Biennial, Centro Cultural Padre Félix Varela, Cuba.

2025

• Personal Exhibitions: Travesía, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Adeje, Tenerife, Spain.

• Segunda Isla, Bipersonal Exhibition with the sculptor Medín Martín, Túnel del Arte Gallery, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España.

Books Published

1999

• Desde la Ciudad, Pontón Caribe S.A. Editions, Havana, 1999.

(A synthesis of his work between 1995-1999).

2001

• Laberintos en el Tiempo (translated into English by Abel Contreras de la Guardia), Pontón Caribe S.A. Editions, Havana, 2001.

(A synthesis of his work between 1999-2001).

2003

• Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) (translated into English by Olimpia Sigarroa Santamarina and Daniel Díaz Mantilla), Pontón Caribe S.A. Editions, Havana, 2003.

(Jointly with artist Agustín Bejarano).

2008

• Un Camino hacia la Geometría (translated into English by Olimpia Sigarroa Santamarina and Abel Contreras de la Guardia; translated into French by Rafael Zaldívar), Arte Cubano Editions, ARG Impresiones, Madrid, 2007. (A compilation of ten years of work).

2012

• Summer in my Garden (translated into English by Gloria Riva and Megan McDonald), Arte Cubano Editions, ARG Impresiones, Madrid, 2012. (Presented in the context of the 11th Havana Biennial, Cuba).

2024

• Last Garden, Same Summer, (translated into English by Ernesto Villanueva Valdovino), (translated into German by Mona M. Kaluza y Yoel Ávila Font), Arte Cubano Ediciones, A3+ Impresiones, Havana, 2024.

2025

• Ruches de Grecia, (translated into English by Ernesto Villanueva Valdovino),  (translated into German by Mona M. Kaluza y Yoel Ávila Font), Obispo Art Gallery Ediciones, A3+ Impresiones, Havana, 2025.

AUCTIONS

• Winter auction. Imago Gallery, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Cuba. 1997.

• Spring exhibition and auction. Imago Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1998.

• Charity auction in support of the Oncology Hospital of Havana, organized by the Terry Fox Foundation and the Canadian Embassy in Cuba. 2002.

• Habana Auction. Cuba. 2003.

• First Latin American Art Auction, Fernando Durán. Madrid, Spain. 2006.

• Charity auction in support of the Oncology Hospital of Havana, organized by the Terry Fox Foundation and the Canadian Embassy in Cuba. 2010.

• Auction and sale of untitled artwork from the Broken Cities series, in Latin American Painting, Sotheby's, New York, USA. 2010.

• Auction and sale of the artwors Radiografía Urbana and Summer in my Garden, in Latin American Painting, Sotheby's, New York, USA. 2012.

• Auction and sale of the artwork Los Caminos de la Vida, in Latin American Painting, Sotheby's, New York, USA. 2013.