CV (Selection)
Celia Irina González Álvarez, Havana, 1985 Yunior Aguiar Perdomo, Havana,1984
Studies
2009 Graduated from Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
2006 Graduated from “Cátedra Arte de Conducta” a project by Tania Bruguera, Havana, Cuba.
2004 Graduated from “San Alejandro” Fine Arts Academy, Havana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions
2016. Cultura Autoctona, Renier Quer Studio, Havana.
2015. Six eyes and three tongues, looking out of the corner of the eye, Arte Actual, Ecuador
2014. “Discontinuous Room”, Center of Visual Art Development, Havana
2012. “I Think I Know…” Center of Visual Art Development, Havana
2011. Surf on concrete, Salle Zero, Alianza Francesa, Havana
2007. Inventory, First edition, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana
Group Exhibitions
2018
El Fin del Gran Relato, Oficina de Proyectos Culturales, Vallarta, Mexico
Climate Change Cuba / USA, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Florida, USA
2017
Delikado Peligroso, Centro de Residencias Internacional Matadero Madrid, Spain
Cuba mi Amor / Cuba my Love, Galería Continua, Le Moulins, Paris, France
No black / No white (no and), Cisneros Fontanals Art Space, Miami, USA
“Kunst x Kuba, Contemporary Perspectives since 1989”; Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany.
El Fin del Gran Relato, Galería Taller Gorría, Havana Cuba
Archive Collection, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
ON / OFF, Video Show, Victor Hugo Cultural Centre, Havana, Cuba
Oye como vá. Cuban contemporary art, Whitley Gallery, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Florida, U.S
2016
Connecting Cuba. Whats next?, De Balie, Amsterdam, Holland
Tree without a nest, National College of Architecture, Havana, Cuba
Cuba, since the 80’s, Casa de Mexico, Havana, Cuba
International Day, new talents Biennale, Cologne, Germany
Quemar las Naves, Addaya Centre D’ Art, Mallorca, Spain
BITE THE BORDER, Riad Denise Masson, Institute Facais, Marrakech, Morocco
Architecture, the mother of all Arts, Wifredo Lam Art Centre, Havana
2015
Mouse Head, Vives- Figueroa Studio, Havana, Cuba
Rendez-vous 15, Lyon Biennal, Institut D’ Art Contemporain, Villeurbane/ Rhone- Alpes, Lyon, France
The artist between the individuality and the context, 56 Venice Biennale, Cuban Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Unos para uno y uno para uno, Collateral Event 12 Havana Biennial, Miramar Trade Centre, Havana
Ram, Rom, Run, Collateral Event 12 Havana Biennial, Loft Havana
2014
Werkpräsentation der Artists in Residence, Kultur Kontakt, Austria
Fronteras en cuestión, Artepari, Graz, Austria
La utilidad de la Historia, Factoria Habana, Havana
Bread and Circus, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana
Bite, Factoria Habana, Havana
Lo que sucede conviene, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana
The Spaces In Between, Belkin Gallery, British Columbia University, Vancouver, Canada
Breaking the walls, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
2013
STING, ESMoA, Los Angeles, USA
Cuban Virtuality, TUFFT University, Boston, USA
Curadores Come Home, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana
Faceloop, Deveron Arts, Huntly, Scotland
El Ardid de los Inocentes, Factoría Habana Gallery, Havana
2012
Gulliver, Freies Museum, Berlin
Festival of videoarte, National Library, Buenos Aires
Unterm Schweibfell, E105 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Loop Festival, Barcelona, Spain
11 Havana Biennale, Great Theatre of Havana, Cuba
A Smell that comes through my Window, Rum Museum, Havana Biennale,
2011
Situating No-land: Video art from Latin America, Slought Foundation, Filadefia, EUA
Ya sé leer, Texto e imagen en el arte Latinoamericano, Wifredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art, Havana
III Week of Latin American video, Andalucía, Spain
2010.
Cuban Video, 8th Floor Space 17 West 17th street, New York City
Off The Record, Miami, Edge Zone Art Center, E. U. A
Audiovisual Screening Ephemerides: 2008, Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
II Iberoamerican Video Week, La Nave Espacial, Sevilla, España
Stoic Tropic, University Museum of Science and Art, México
2009
International Festival of Electronic Art and Video. Tránsito_MX 03, Autonomías del desacuerdo, Mexico
Experimenta Colombia, Latin-American film festival of media art, Bogotá, Colombia
2008
Logic Bomb, Arte Conducta, 7 Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.
Cubans convertible, Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Residencies
2017
El Ranchito Programas de Residencias Matadero Madrid, with the support of Artista x Artista, AECID and the Centro de Residencias Artísticas Matadero, Madrid, Spain
2016
6th Marrakech Biennale- new talents 2016- Havana Biennale / International Residency, Marrakech-Havana-Cologne
2014
Kultur Kontakt Artist in Residency Program, Vienna, Austria
2013
ESMOA Residency, El Segundo, Los Angeles, USA
2013
Deveron Arts Residency, Huntly, Scotland, UK
2010/11
Habana Cultura Residency, supported by Habana Club, Havana
2010
Batiscafo Residency, Havana, Cuba
2006/07
Caribbean Contemporary Arts Residency (CCA7), Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (with the supported by The Triangle Arts Trust, Hivos and Cátedra Arte de Conducta.)
Awards
2017
25th Edition International Grants for the Visual Arts, Botín Foundation, Spain
CIFO’s Grants & Commissions Program for Emerging Artists, Florida, U.S.A
2015
International Cuban Art Award in the category of Young Cuban Artists of the year, The Howard and Patricia Farber Foundation, Havana,
2012
Studio 21, Scholarship for Creation, Development Center of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
2011
Premio Ceiba IV International Festival of videoarte, Camagüey, Cuba
2010
Mention FESTARTE. III Video Art Festival. “Violencia invisible. Privacidad-Pública-social” Roma, Italy
2009
“Vitral” Award to experimental video, 22th Meeting of the National Movement of video, Havana, Cuba
2005
Bueno, Bonito y Barato (Good, Pretty and Cheap), Curatorship Award, (Spanish Agency of International Cooperation) AECI.
2004
Second Award. Salón de la Ciudad (City Hall)
Publications References
Price, Rachel; Planet/Cuba Art, Culture, and the Future of the Island; Ed. Versos; 2015 pp. 15, 22, 24, 59, 60, 66, 119, 131, 152, 157, 158, 176, 177
Bishop, Claire; Artificial Hells Participatory Art and Politics spectatorship; Ed. Versos; 2012 pp. 247
Beaux Art Magazine; L’été des Biennales de Cuba á Cassel; Lequeux, Emmanuelle; Juillet 2012.
Revista Arte contexto 34-35; Escaramuzas para gestionar la realidad: estrategias colaborativas en el arte cubano contemporáneo; Sánchez, Suset; Madrid, 2012.
Cassone - The International Online Magazine of Art and Art Books; Art in Cuba now: Part II Poetic pragmatism in 21st-century Cuba; Platt, Susan N; marzo 2012
Weiss, Rachel. “The Organizing Past,” To and From Utopia in the New Cuban Art, Ed. University of Minnesota Press, 2011, (illust.) pp. 229 – 239.
Revista Arte Cubano 2; Bifocales para un tuerto; Gárciga, Luis; 2009