29 de noviembre
1973
La Habana
Cuba
SCULPTOR / STAGE DESIGNER / PROFESSOR OF SCULPTURE
and STAGE DESIGN
- Member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba
(UNEAC) since 2016 - Art Director at Imanta Resort, Punta de Mita, Nayarit, Mexico.
2009 - Art Director and founder of Fundación Arte San Juan, Mexico.
2008 - Professor of Sculpture at San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts,
1996-2003 - Projects and organizes as head of department the Theatrical
Design Chair, together with Jesús Ruíz, Miriam Dueñas, Carlos
Repilado, and Abelardo Estorino, among others. 2001 - Member of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz in 1999.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
2002 – Graduate in Art Design. International Film School and Higher
Institute of Art, in Film, Radio and Television. Havana, Cuba
2001 – Graduate in Stage Design. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana,
Cuba
1998 – Graduate in Teaching and Learning of Visual Arts. Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba
1996 – Graduate from San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana,
Cuba
1993 – Postgraduate Course in Human Anatomy. Higher Institute of
Medical Sciences “Salvador Allende”. Havana, Cuba
1991 – Graduate in Ceramics. National Museum of Fine Arts. Professors: Alfredo Sosabravo, Nelson Domínguez, José Rodríguez Fúster,
and Evelio Lecourt. Havana, Cuba
WORKS
2018 – Paraíso (Paradise), Monumental sculpture in Farmham Sculpture Park. Farrnham, England / Climax, Monumental sculpture (private
collection in private garden. Madrid, Spain. / Anhelos (Longings).
Monumental sculptural ensemble in Andares Boulevard, Guadalajara,
Mexico / Reminiscencia (Remembrance) Monumental statue on Matute Remus tautened bridge. Ave. Lázaro Cárdenas, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2017 – Fragmentaciones (Fragments). Monumental sculpture in Paradox Tower (architect: Arseni Varabyeu). Ave. Santa Fe, Mexico.
2016 – Ocaso (Sunset). Monumental sculpture in the Altosano urban
complex. Altosano. Mérida, Yucatán.
2016 – Alba (Dawn). Monumental sculpture in the Altosano urban
complex. Altosano. Querétaro, Mexico.
2015 – Homenaje (Tribute). Sculpture. Avenida Juan Pablo II. Morelia,
Mexico / From the series Fragmentos Inconclusos (Unfinished Fragments). Monumental sculpture in private garden. Colinas de San Javier,
Guadalajara, Mexico. / Nerea, Monumental sculpture. Nerea Building
(architect: Teodoro González de León). Country Club Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico / Primavera (Spring). Monumental sculpture. Malecón y
Galiano. Havana, Cuba / Sueños (Dreams), Desierto de los Leones, real
estate complex Península. Mexico
2013 – Otoño (Autumn). 5-piece sculptural ensemble in molded steel.
Central Park, Guadalajara. Jalisco, Mexico
2011 – Viento del Norte (North Wind). 3-piece sculptural ensemble
in ferrous cement. Torre Península, Santa Fe, Mexico City (architect:
Teodoro González), National Prize in Architecture 2011
2008 – De la serie Elementos (Elements). 12-piece sculptural ensemble
in steel and concrete. Golf course of Tapalpa Country Club, Tapalpa,
Jalisco, Mexico.
2007- Éxodo (Exodus). Driftwood and steel. San José del Cabo. Lower
California South, Mexico.
2004 – Holocausto (Holocaust). Project of monumental sculpture in
bronze. Guadalajara, Mexico (work in progress)
2002 – Bust of Major General Ignacio Agramonte. National Center
of Ancient Fighters of the Revolution “General Ignacio Agramonte”.
Havana, Cuba
2001 – Un corazón para el Cayo Mármol (A Heart for Cayo Mármol).
Ceramic piece. Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba
1999 – Homenaje a Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (Tribute to Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda). Bronze, Teatro Nacional de Cuba. Havana,
Cuba (currently being set up)
1998 – Fabio. Bronze plaque. Hotel Copacabana. Havana, Cuba
SOLO SHOWS
2019 – Retrospectiva. Vértice Gallery. Guadalajara, Mexico.
2012 – La muerte de un proyecto (Death of a Project). Installation with 99 human skeletons. Variable dimensions. Collateral exhibition in the 11th Havana Biennial. Fortress San Carlos de La Cabaña. Havana, Cuba.
2009 – Ataduras (Ties). Painting exhibition. Guadalajara Country Club, Mexico / Contención (Restraint). Sculpture show. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial. National Museum of Ceramics. Havana, Cuba.
2008 – Sístole Perpetua (Perpetual Systole). Sculpture show. Centro Cultural San Pancho. Nayarit, Mexico.
2006 – Orígenes (Origins). Sculpture show. Raúl Anguiano Museum.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
2005 – Orígenes (Origins). Sculpture show. Former temple of San Antonio. Moon Festival 2005. Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico.
2004 – Holocausto (Holocaust). Exhibition of bronze model of the
monument project. Raúl Anguiano Museum of Modern Art, Guadalajara, Mexico / Holocausto (Holocaust). Inauguration of bronze model of the monument project. Venue of the Hebrew Community. Guadalajara,
Mexico.
2002 – Design and production of the Cuban Pavilion. International
Book Fair (FIL). Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico / Lucha, una eterna ideología (Struggle, An Eternal Ideology). Clay Studio. Philadelphia, United States of America / Hueco y Muscular (Hollow and Muscular).
Castillo de la Real Fuerza, National Museum of Contemporary Cuban
Ceramics. Havana, Cuba.
2001 – Reencuentros (Reunions). Fayad Jamís Gallery. Havana, Cuba
2000 – Patria (Fatherland). Higher Institute of Art. Valencia, Spain
1999 – Huellas del tiempo. (Traces of Time). Teatro Nacional de Cuba.
Havana, Cuba / Fabio , otra dimensión (Fabio, Another Dimension).
Provincial Center for Visual Arts and Design. Havana, Cuba
1996 – De puertas para adentro (Behind Closed Doors). Provincial
Center for Visual Arts and Design. Havana, Cuba.
1995 – Líneas (Lines). Press Center. Maracaibo, Venezuela / Terriblemente inocente (Terribly Innocent) (with Zaida del Río). Gran Teatro de
La Habana García Lorca. Havana, Cuba.
1993 – Inicios (Beginnings). René Portocarrero Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2018 – De la idea a la forma (From Idea to Form. Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso. Havana, Cuba. / Arte Soy Gallery, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
2011 – 2017 – Participation in different group exhibitions in museums like Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Museum of Contemporary Art) (MARCO) and Museo de la Cerámica Contemporánea Cubana
(Museum of Contemporary Cuban Ceramics), among others; auctions and donations to altruistic institutions such as Instituto Nuevo Amanecer in Monterrey, Mexico.
2010 – Opción múltiple (Many-sided Option). Venue of Fundación Arte San Juan, Plaza del Arte. Guadalajara, Mexico / Negro es un color (The Black Color). Punto Cero. Mexico
2009 – Relación irracional (Irrational Relation). First Symposium of Installations. San Pancho Cultural Center, Mexico / Negro es un color. Venue of the Fundación Arte San Juan, Plaza del Arte. Guadalajara, Mexico / ¿Evolución? (Evolution?) in Ars Latina. Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba / Showcase of the Permanent Collection. Lezama Lima Museum, Havana, Cuba /First Symposium on Monumental Sculpture. Centro Cultural San Pancho.
Nayarit, Mexico / CODEMA en la Bienal (CODEMA at the Biennial).
Collateral exhibition in the 10th Havana Biennial. San Alejandro
Academy of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2008 – Art Fest 2008. Guadalajara, Mexico / Grand reopening
exhibition. Galería Ida Victoria, San José BCS. Mexico /
Galería 8. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico / Galería Sol y Luna. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
2007 – Cavidades sin fin (Cavities without End) Art Latina, State Center for the Arts, Mexicali, B.C.N. Mexico.
2006 – De la boca al corazón # 1 y De la boca al corazón # 3 (From
Mouth to Heart # 1 and From Mouth to Heart # 3)
Intervention on two cows. Cow Parade Guadalajara. Mexico / Escenas de Mesa (Table Scenes). Guadalajara, México.
2005 – Rumbo al Guggenheim (Destination: Guggenheim). Raúl
Anguiano Museum of Modern Art, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2004 – Incisión (Incision). Fundación Arte San Juan. Guadalajara, Mexico / Anna Frank. Museum of Art of Zapopan MAZ. Mexico / Group Exhibition in Casa Gallo, Alejandro Gallo Cultural Foundation.
Mexico.
2001 – 6th International Biennial of Ceramics. Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Museo of Ceramics. Havana, Cuba / Permanent exhibition in the gallery of Bates College University, Maine, United States of America / 7th Havana Biennial. Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Museum of Ceramics.
Havana, Cuba / International Biennial of Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
2000 – Arte Cubano. Blue Circle Gallery. Chicago, United States of
America / First Winter Salon. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba / CODEMA 2000, Group Exhibition of Small Formats. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba / 10th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Cuban Ceramics.
Teatro Nacional de Cuba. Havana, Cuba / Tribute to Florencio Gelabert. Teodoro Ramos Gallery. Havana, Cuba / Salon of Erotic Art. Mariano Rodríguez Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1999 – Cultura y Desarrollo. Palacio de las Convenciones. Havana, Cuba / Obras para un homenaje (Works for a Tribute). Casa de la Cultura de Plaza. Havana, Cuba / Havana – San Francisco. Traveling exhibition in
Cuba and the United States / Group Exhibition of Sculpture. Teodoro Ramos Blanco Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1998 – Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art. Group Exhibition of Small Format II. Havana, Cuba / Miradas de Fin de Siglo (Turn of the Century Glances). Convent of Santa Clara. Havana, Cuba / Exhibition of professors of San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts at the international event “Académica”. Palacio del Segundo Cabo. Havana, Cuba / First
Meeting of Graduate Students. San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts and Díaz Peláez Gallery. Havana, Cuba / Ceramistas (Ceramists). Ceramics
Workshop in Parque Lenin. Havana, Cuba.
1997 – Exhibition and donation, Lezama Lima Foundation. Havana,
Cuba / 6th Havana Biennial / 2nd International Meeting of Ceramics.
Castillo de la Fuerza in Cuba and Ludwig Foundation in Germany
1996 – Sculpture in the permanent gallery of the Ludwig Foundation of
Cuba. Havana, Cuba / Reflexionemos SIDA (Let Us Meditate on AIDS).
House of Benito Juárez. Havana, Cuba.
1992 – Group exhibition. René Portocarrero Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1991 – Group exhibition. René Portocarrero Gallery. Havana, Cuba
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS
2002 – Imparte Conferencia en el Ciclo Utopía y Cambio.
Educare – Omnilife. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México / Imparte Taller de Diseño Escénico. Foro de Arte y Cultura. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
2001 – Taller Internacional Mármol Sol en Cayo Largo del Sur.
Organizado por el Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas. Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba.
2000 – Taller Internacional Talla en Mármol La Puerta de la Amistad.
Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro. La Habana, Cuba.
Premios (selección)
2002 – Premio al conjunto Lucha Eterna Ideología. Festival Cubano.
Clay Studio. Filadelfia, Estados Unidos.
2001 – Primer premio de la obra Un Enano en la Botella. Primer Festival del Monólogo. Miami, Estados Unidos / Reconocimiento por la Instalación Escultórica La Rueda y el Aro. por la Universidad Bates College.
Maine, Estados Unidos.
2000 – Premio único en el I Salón de Invierno del II Encuentro de Graduados de la Academia San Alejandro. La Habana, Cuba.
1995 – Premio por la obra presentada en la exposición Líneas. Centro de Prensa Maracaibo. Venezuela.
STAGE DESIGN
2001 – Design and production of the play Seis personajes en busca de un autor (Six Characters in Search of an Author). Teatro de la Luna. Cuba.
2000 – Design and gear for the play Electra Garrigó. Directed by Raúl Martín. Grupo Teatro de la Luna. Cuba.
1999 – Stage design for the play Los Profanadores (The Desecrators).
Directed by Tony Díaz. Grupo Rita Montaner / Stage design for the play María Antonia. Conjunto Folklórico Nacional. Cuba.
1998 – Stage design and wardrobe for the play Lola. Grupo Rita
Montaner / Stage design for the ballet Fabio. Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.
1996 – Stage design and wardrobe for the ballet La Tempestad (The
Tempest). Directed by Lídice Núñez. Danza Contemporánea de Cuba.
1994 -1995 – Stage design and production of Terriblemente Inocente (Terribly Innocent) (written by: Lídice Núñez); Elegüa y las Tres Reinas (Elegüa and the Three Queens) (written by: Maité Vera); Meñique (Grupo La Colmena) and Un muro en La Habana (A Wall in Havana)
(written by Nelson Dorr). Cuba.
COLECTIONS
Farmham Sculpture Park, England.
Andares Guadalajara / Hyatt Regency
Grupo Península. Guadalajara, Mexico.
Grupo Altosano. Morelia, Mexico.
Jesús Álvarez del Castillo Foundation. Guadalajara, Mexico.
From the exhibition Orígenes
National Museum of Fine Arts. Colección Crece. National Museum of Contemporary Cuban Ceramics. Havana, Cuba.
Sentimientos ocultos (Hidden Feelings)
Lezama Lima Museum-Foundation. Havana. San Juan de Pasmos.
Numerous works in private collections in Europe, the United States of America, Latin America, and Israel.