1967
Born Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida
EDUCATION
1991
Havana Superior Design Institute, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
D.B.A. Joe, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
2007
D.B.A nobody. Kunsthaus Miami, Miami.
D.B.A Francis Acea. Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York
2006
Safety Box. PM Gallery. Miami, Florida
2003
Reality. Karpio+Facchini Gallery. Miami, Florida
2002
Sweet Home. Espacio Aglutinador. Havana, Cuba
2001
Mousepads and Screensavers. ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
Summer Days. Frehrking Wiesehöfer Gallery, Köln, Germany
2000
A day like any other day. 7th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
Living la vida. Sinpalabras’ studio. Havana, Cuba
1999
This is a Provisional Fence. Keep Out. Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1998
Antennas: Network transmission / Taxi Limosina, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen / Kunsthaus Berlin, Germany
1997
Hiking Raffle, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Reinforced Concrete, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1996
Sugar-water and the Provisional Show, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba; and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo y Diseno (MACD), San Jose, Costa Rica
1995
Besame Habana, Center of Art and Design. Havana. Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Collective exhibition. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
2009
Primary Colors. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
Gods and Rituals. Holster Project. London, UK
2008
SCOPE, Basel, Switzerland
2007
Killing Time: An exhibition of Cuban artists from the 1980s to the present, Exit Art, Exit Art Underground, New York
2006
PULSE ART, Featured Artist Installation. Miami, Florida
Moving Image, Alonso Art. Miami, FL, US.
2004
Subject, Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool. Great Britain
With eyes of stone and Water, Exhibition on tour, Gallery 3,14 , Norway
2003
Ciurlionis National Art Museum, Lithuania
2002
Helsinki City Art Museum (Tennis Palace), Helsinki, Finland
Stretch, Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, Canada
La Huella Multiple, International Engravers exhibition, Havana, Cuba
FITAC, VIII Foro Internacional de Teoría de Arte Contemporáneo
Prophets of Boom, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Suspended Animation, Karpio+Facchini Gallery, Miami, Florida
Atravesados, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
2001
I'm Cuba / Double Play, Tirana Biennale. Tirana, Albany
Short Stories, Fabbrica del Vappore Art Center, Milan, Italy
2000
La conjuncion de la nada, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1999
Cuba presente!, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
Thinking Aloud, Hayward Gallery. Exhibition on tour.
Candem Art Centre, London, United Kingdom
1998
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cornerhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom
Entropy at home, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Germany
The campaign against living miserably, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
1997
The Russian Mountain, Troisieme Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique. Champ Libre, Montreal, Canada
1995
Una de cada clase. Next Generation Show, Art and Design Centre, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Irina Leyva. Art Nexus. "Francis Acea". p. 168. N0. 67. Vol 6. Miami FL. 2007.
Arte al Dia Internacional. p.105. No 121. Miami, US. 2007.
Arte al Dia Internacional. p.117. No 119. Miami, US. 2007.
2006
Olivier Cayron. Art Scenes Magazine. p. 64-65. No 18. Paris, France. 2006.
Marisol Martell. Art Nexus. "Merrill Lynch Arteamericas". p. 114. N0. 61. Vol 5. Miami FL. 2006.
2004
Carlos M. Luis. El Nuevo Herald. "Francis Acea y la realidad cotidiana". January 25. Miami, FL. 2004
Lilian Fontana. " The New Wynwood Art District Circuit". Arte al Dia News. p. 9. Miami, FL. 2004
2003
Linda Pace, Jan Jarboe, Eleanor Heartney. Dreaming Red, Creating ArtPace.
Atravesados, Deslizamientos de identidad y genero. Fundacion Telefonica, May
2002
Miguel Muniz. Milenio. Diario de Monterrey. "Gabinete Ordo Amoris". Interview. p.46. Monterrey. MX. April 6th
Prophets of Boom. Staaliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden. Baden Baden, Germany
2001
Dan R. Goddard. "No sit, Mr Castro, It is not Art". San Antonio Express-News. Texas
Cuauhtemoc Medina. "El Ojo Breve. Una isla cada vez mas isla." Reforma Newspaper, 3 de Enero. p. 4c. Mx. DF.
Art Cuba. The New Generation. April 2001. Harry 'n' Abrams, NY, US
2000
Walter Robinson. "Havana, Art Capital". Artnet Magazine.
Hilda Rodriguez. "Espacios para una comunicacion deseada". Revista Arte Cubano, No.3, pag 13. isbn 1024 8439. La Habana. Cuba.
Ibem. Frencis Fernandez. pag 67.
1999
Antonio Eligio (Tonel). Por la Habana en Limosina. Revista La Gaceta de Cuba, No.6, pag 22. isbn 0864 1706. La Habana. Cuba.
1998
Ian Hunt. Review. Thinking Aloud. Art Monthly Magazine. No.2. UK. 1999
Naomi Blum. Naomi Blum visited Thinking Aloud with Art Monthly critic Patricia Bickers. Art Monthly Magazine. UK
1996
Nelson Moya and Luis F. Quiroz. Interview. Revista Fanal (MADC), No.14, pag. 24. issn 1408 1321. San Jose, Costa Rica
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2001
01.3 ArtPace International Artist in Residency. San Antonio, Texas
1998
Ludwig Stiftung für Kunst und Internationale Verständigung, Aachen, Germany
1997
Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
