B. 1981, MANZANILLO, CUBA Yornel Martínez is a post-conceptual artist who subverts the function of discursive elements – books, fonts, texts, archives, etc. – in order to alter their meaning.  His interests reside in “visually transcending the limits of language.” Collaboration is an integral aspect of Martínez’s practice.  He often invites other artists to participate in the deconstruction and…

B. 1978, SANCTI SPÍRITUS, CUBA Wilfredo Prieto is one of the most internationally recognized Cuban artists today from the generation that emerged in the early 2000s. His work is highly conceptual and explores the tensions between spectator, space and objects through simple, yet psychologically charged installations. The following text from Galeria Kurimanzutto in Mexico City, who represents…

B. 1961,GUANTÁNAMO, CUBA Sandra Ceballos is a multimedia artist and cultural actor.  In 1994, she co-founded Espacio Aglutindor, Cuba’s first and longest-running independent art space, along with fellow artist Ezequiel Suarez.   Ceballos’pioneering role as director of the country’s first alterative venue has enriched Havana’s cultural scene through ambitious and unorthodox programming, which has often tested the limits of…

B. 1983, HAVANA, CUBA Reynier Leyva Novo’s artistic training includes the Jose Antonio Diaz Pelaéz Experimental Center of Arts, Havana in 1998, the San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy in 2003 and the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) from 2004-2008. Novo also participated in Tania Brugera’s acclaimed performance art program, Arte de Conducta. His artistic practice includes mining…

B. 1964, HAVANA, CUBA Lázaro Saavedra emerged in the late 1980s and continues to be one of Cuba’s most respected (and irreverent) contemporary artists.  His extensive body of work is imbued with a sense of irony and humor; an approach he consistently employs to make biting commentaries about Cuba’s social and political realities.  His iconoclastic approach…

B. 1976, SANTA CLARA, CUBA Inti Hernández’s work centers on the construction of public sites aimed at generating dialogue and communication among a broad cross-section of society.  His “environments” are highly informed by architecture and design, yet are conceptually anchored in philosophical frameworks of Greco-Roman ideals in which public space and civil society are linked. Hernández…

b. 1975, Havana The site-specific works, performances and installations of Humberto Díazrange from micro interventions to highly ambitious environments that are visually and spatially impacting. Díaz is interested in creating a tense relationship between spectator/public and object/environment. He graduated from Havana’s renowned ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte) in 2002 and has exhibited widely in Europe and…

B. 1976, HAVANA, CUBA Glenda León is an internationally recognized Cuban artist based in Havana and Madrid.  She works across different media that include drawing, video art, installation, objects, and photography.  León is interested in the interstices between the visible and the invisible, between sound and silence, between the ephemeral and the eternal. León received a…

B. 1965, HAVANA, CUBA Felipe Dulzaides explores a wide range of themes such as chance, crossovers, cultural displacement, the poetic absurdity in between spaces, and metaphorical thinking through an experimental combination of video, performance, sculpture, sound, photography, drawing, public art, and installation art.  Since 2001 he has had numerous solo shows, participated in several biennale events and international group exhibitions. Dulzaides is the…

B. 1971, HAVANA, CUBA Ernesto Leal (b. Havana, 1971) graduated from the Art Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba in 1990. During the 1980s he belonged to the group Arte Calle, which sought to disrupt the status quo of contemporary Cuban art through interventionist performances. In his personal practice, Leal has turned to the many functions…