1960
Born Holguin, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Havana, Cuba
EDUCATION
1982-1987
Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba
1982
Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), Havana, Cuba
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Interprete. Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2008
Historias Cruzadas. Pan American Art Projects, Miami
2006
Patio de Nin (9th Havana Biennial). Miramar Trade Centre, Havana, Cuba
2005
Lista de Espera. Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Pasta Cortada. M.A. Contemporary Gallerie, Berlin
Trabajo social. Provincial Center of Art, Matanzas
2003
Cositas sueltas. Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
Ca(sz)a.persona.beuys. Foto Graphik Galerie Käthe Kollwitz, Berlin, Germany
Ajuste de Cuentas. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2002
Todo uso es un abuso. Casa de las Ameritas, Havana, Cuba
Abajo Rene Francisco. Gallery 106, Austin, Texas
2001
Tubosutra. Goch Museum, Germany
2000
Humano demasiado, humano. Herzliya Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999
Tubosutra. Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1997
Self-Portraits. Or Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1996
Malevich’s Birthday. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1995
Flight. IFA Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1994
Corriente Alterna. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1993
Art and Confort. Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
1992
Ven y dame una mano. Galería 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba
1990
Los cuadros por encargo gratis. Santa Cruz del Valle, Spain
1989
Artista melodramático. Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba
1988
Lectura 2. Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Assume nothing. New Social Practice. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada
Plaza Almada. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
2008
Lugares comunes, la experiencia colectiva en el video latinoamericano. Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
Territories. Contemporary Latinoamerican Art. Otranto, Italy
Post it cities International. CCCM, Barcelona, Spain
2007
52th Venice Biennial. Venice, Italy
Balelatina 2007. Basilea Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
Killing Time. Exit Art, New York
2003
Sentido Comun. Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2002
With Eyes of Stone and Water. Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
2:12. San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California
Overtures uber Wasser. Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2001
Transform: 8 artists in Trieste. Italy
Cuba Contemporanea. DUPP Gallery, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Brazil
2000
Havana Nagila. Cuba-Israel: Dialogue. Tel Aviv, Israel
VII Havana Biennial. Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, Cuba
1999
Big River. Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago National Museum
48th Venice Biennial. Venice, Italy
1998
Isla de sueño. Galería Christian Lellers, Switzerland
La dirección de la mirada. Museo de la Choux Fonds, Switzerland
Ironia y supervivencia en la isla utópica. Museo de Bellas Artes, Arizona
1997
I Bienal Iberoamericana. Lima, Peru
Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba. Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery, British Columbia University, Vancouver, Canada
Desde una pragmatica pedagógica. Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba
1996
ARCO. Madrid, Spain
A-Dentro A-Fuera. Walter Phillips Gallery, Canada
1995
ARCO. Madrid, Spain
Taller de reparaciones. VI Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba
Una de cada clase. Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museologia (CENCREM), Fundacion Ludwig, Havana, Cuba
1994
Sueños, arte y mercado. V Havana Biennial, Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología(CENCREM) , Havana, Cuba
V Bienal Ludwig Forum. Aachen, Germany
1993
Los cubanos llegaron ya. Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Made in Cuba. Galería Kvins-Ernest, Cologne, Germany
1992
Von Dort Aus Kuba. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Avantgarde & Kampangne. Centro Cultural de Dusseldorf, Germany
1991
Plástica cubana actual. IV Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1988
No es solo lo que ves. Facultad de Artes y Letras, Havana University, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008
Artist in Residency, Art Center of Mataro, Barcelona, Spain
2004
Artist in Residency, Mattress Factory, Pittsburg
Artist in Residency, Cuban Artist Found
2003
Artist in Residency, Schloss Wiepersdorf, Germany
2000
UNESCO Award, VII Havana Biennial, Havana
Honorific Doctorate in Fine Arts, granted by the San Francisco Art Institute, California
1999
Artist in Residency, Hersliya, Israel
1997
Artist in Residency, Museo de Bellas Artes La-Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland
1996
Artist in Residency, Ludwig Forum International, Germany
COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aquisgram, Germany
Jurgen Harten Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Gaymu Collection, París, Francia.
Fine Arts Museum, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
