Education

1998-2003
Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba. Masters of Arts Degree.

1991-1995
National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba. Bachelor of Arts Degree.

1988-1991
Vocational Art School “20 de Octubre”, Havana, Cuba.

Grants and Awards

2006
Reed Foundation Fellowship Award. Vermont Studio Center Residence, Johnson, VT.

2005
In-Cógnita Project, residency granted by The Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL.

2003
Raul Martinez Award, Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
Gasworks Residency/Triangle Arts Trust, The British Council and The University of Brighton, Havana, Cuba.

Solo Exhibitions

2006
Crush: Nothing more beautiful than to fly and fall. Magnan-Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY.
Obsessive Compulsive… Biodrawings. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.

2005
In-Cógnita (Invernadero#3). performance at Florida International University, Miami, FL.

2004
Biodrawings. Image Factory Art Foundation, Belize City, Belize.

2003
Dícese de… (in collaboration with Carlos Ranc as part of the Batiscafo Project). Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.
El Lenguaje Perfecto. Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

Group Exhibitions

2012
The Nightclub: First: RESTAGE. Design District, Miami, FL.

2008
Cuba! Artist Experience Their Country. Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ.

2007
In Your Face. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL.
Killing Time: An exhibition of Cuban artists from the 1980s to the present. Exit Art, New York, NY.
SCOPE Contemporary Art Fair. Miami, East Hamptons, Basel, London, New York.

2006
Waiting List (Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art), Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
VIII Convocatoria Internacional de Jóvenes Artistas. Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain.
Hot Latin Artists. Magnan-Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY.
SCOPE Contemporary Art Fair. Miami, East Hamptons, Basel, London, New York.
Palm Beach 3: Contemporary. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.

2005
Sweet Basil. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Basel Miami Beach. Galería Nina Menocal, Miami Beach, FL.
10th Anniversary of the I.A.A.F. Image Factory Art Foundation, Belize City, Belize.
MACO México Arte Contemporáneo. Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico.
Arte Américas. 15 años después: Los Artistas. Galería Nina Menocal, Miami, FL.
Wunderkammer I. Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico.
Palm beach 3: Contemporary. Galería Nina Menocal, Palm Beach, FL.

2004
Art Basel Miami Beach. Galería Nina Menocal, Miami Beach, FL.
AAF Contemporary Art Fair. Galería Myto, pier 92, New York, NY.
Landings 1st. Ex-Convento de Conkal, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
The Armory Show. Galería Nina Menocal, New York, NY.

2003
Virus. Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba.
VIII Havana Biennial (with Colectivo Enema) Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
Art Basel Miami Beach. Galleria Nina Menocal. Miami Beach, FL.
Maneras de inventarse una sonrisa (proyecto especial de la Octava Bienal de La Habana). Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Escrituras. Galería Myto, Mexico City, Mexico.
Naturarte. Camping site “Dos Hermanas”/ Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
From a black hole. Cultural Center of Spain, Havana, Cuba.
Cada forma del tiempo. Community Center for Mental Health, Havana, Cuba.
Inmersos en el tiempo. Cultural Center of Spain, Havana, Cuba.

2002
Otra Mirada. Center for the Development of the Visual arts, Havana, Cuba.
Diarias Impermanencias. Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
From a Black Hole. Son Space, Girona, Spain; De Miguel Gallery, Munich, Germany; Galeri Christian Dam, Copenhagen, Denmark.
El Prestamista y el Deudor. Multimedia Event, Auditorium of the Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
Recursos Humanos. Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Arte Contemporanea de Cuba 20 Artistas de III Salon de Arte Cubano. Galeria Marta Traba, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

2001
Sensación-Idea. III Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
CD-ROOM. Center for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2000
Havana ISA Club. Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
Primera Jornada de Performance. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Ni a la Izquierda ni a la Derecha. Casa del Joven Creador, Santa Clara, Cuba.

1999
El Pabellón del Vacío. The Cuba Pavilion, Havana, Cuba.
El Tiempo como Espacio. Intervention in spaces of the Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.

1998
Esto no tiene Nombre. Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.

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