EDUCATION
1996-2001
- Higher Institute of Arts, Havana, CU
1991-1995
- Professional School for Visual Arts (High School), Trinidad, CU
1988-1991
- School for Visual Arts, Santa Clara, CU
RESIDENCIES
2005-2006
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education,Culture and Science, NL
2004
- Gasworks Studios, London, GB
2002
- Cultural Centre of Spain, LA Havana, CU
2001
- CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT
- La Llama Foundation, Caracas, VE
STIPENDS
2008
- Commissie LIVE, Fonds BKVB, NL
2006
- Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn
- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2005
- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
2002
- Cultural Centre of Spain, La Havana, CU
PRIZES
2000
- National Council of Visual Arts, La Havana, CU, ‘Best Curatorial Project in Cuba’, for the exhibition ‘Con un pensar abstraido’
- 7th Havana Biennial, Havana, CU, ‘The 2000 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts’
SOLO EXPOSITIONS
2008
- Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova, IT, ‘Encounters’
2006
- Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, ‘Part of the whole’
- Cultural Centre ICAIC, Havana City, CU, ‘Walk’
2002
- Centre for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU, ‘Participation continues by itself’
2001
- Ludwig Foundation, Havana, CU ‘Seeking for a conversation’
- Los Chaguaramos, Caracas, VE, ‘TALKS’, four Saturday ‘parties’ at the artists’ apartment during an Art residency with the Llama Foundation
1999
- Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, CU, ‘Foundation of the soul’
GROUP EXPOSITIONS
2009
- Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL ‘Rites of Passage’
- Deiska Studio, Amsterdam, NL ‘…Expectations’
- La Cabana, Havana City, CU ‘X Havana Biennial’
2008
- Rafael Tavares Gallery, Tunja, COL ‘Glocalizados’
- Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL ‘Summer Show’
- Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, ‘(DE)Construct’
2006
- AYN Centro de Arte, Madrid, ES ‘Vigilancia’
- Parts, Xiamen City, CN ‘Rijksakademie at Parts’
2005
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL ‘Open Ateliers’
2004
- Gasworks Studios, London, GB ‘Una Sola Casa’
- Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL, ‘Q-ba Musica 2004’ (‘Walk’ video installation inside concert with Keyla Orozco and Ramon Valle)
2003
- Galeria Habana, Havana, CU, ‘Common Sense’
- Sala Amadis, Madrid, ES ‘Doble Seduccion’
- CCA7 (Caribbean Contemporary Art 7), Port Spain, TT, ‘Resident. Works on paper’
2002
- Fundacâo Memorial da America Latino, Sâo Paulo, BR, ‘Arte contemporanea de Cuba’, collateral exhibition with Biennale de Sâo Paulo
- Cultural Centre of Spain, Havana, CU, ‘Tres + Dos, Artistas en residencia’
- Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CU, ‘La Huella Multiple’, (3rd edition)
- Cultural Centre of Spain, Havana, CU, ‘Copyright’
2001
- Centre for Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cu, ‘III SALON OF CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART’
- The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, US, ‘Hello Cuba / Breaking barriers’
- Centre for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, CU, ‘3rd Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art’
- Santos Suarez, Havana, CU, ‘La Visita’, meeting in Gerardo Mosquera House
- Museum de Arte Contemporanea, Goias, BR, ‘Cuba Contemporanea’
- Gran Riviere, TT, ‘Big River II’ (workshop)
2000
- Centre for the Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, CU, ‘CD-room’
- 7th Havana Biennale, Havana, Castillo del Morro, Havana, ‘One, two, three testing’ (DUPP project)
- Andres Bello, Bogotá, CO, ‘SOON’
- Casa de America, Madrid, ES, ‘Maraton Americana’
- Galeria Habana, Havana, CU, ‘Con un pensar abstraido’
1999
- Galeria Habana/Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, Emirates AU, ‘Cuban Art Exhibition’
- La Rampa, La Havana, CU, ‘Con un mirar abstraido’
- La Epoca Malls, Havana, CU, ‘La Epoca’
- Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, AE, ‘Cuban Art Exhibition’, with Galeria Habana
- Pabellon Cuba, Havana, CU, ‘2nd Performance festival Ana Mendieta’
1998
- UNEAC, Havana, Cu, ‘II Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art’
- Centre for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, CU, ‘Pizza pizza posimposibilidad’
1997
- Higher Institute for the Arts, Havana, CU, ‘Antes de la Lluvia’
ART FAIRS
2009
- Art Amsterdam, NL
- Art Brussels, BE
- Art Rotterdam, NL
2008
- Art Amsterdam, NL
- MiArt, Milan, IT
2001
- FIAV (International Art Fair) Valencia, VE
COLLECTIONS
- Beth Rudin Dewoody, US
- Nederlandse Bank, NL
- Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL
- Meneer & Mevrouw de Bruin-Heijn, NL
- Caldic Collection, NL
