Havana Curators
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B. 1980, SANTIAGO DE CUBA Nahela Hechavarría Pouymiró is Curator of Visual Art at Casa de las Americas, where she is also the Chief Editor of the online magazine, Arteamérica. She holds Masters Degrees in Art History from the University of Havana and in Museum Studies from Valladolid University in Spain, and specializes in Latin American and Cuban…
B. 19XX, HAVANA Ibis Hernández Abascal is a Havana based curator, researcher, and art critic who earned her M.A. degree in Art History from the University of Havana, Cuba. She is one of the founding members of the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam, created in 1985, and has been a member of its research team,…
B. 19XX, HAVANA Aylet Ojeda Jequín holds a masters degree in Art History from the University of Miami. She is associate curator of contemporary Cuban art at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana. She has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions at the museum including Wilfredo Prieto’s recent show, Ping pong, cuadrícula during the 2015 Havana Biennial.…
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…
Havana Artists
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B. 1980, MIAMI Ruben Millares (b. 1980, Miami, FL.) is a visual artist considers himself a medium agnostic who attempts to define balance as a concept in everyday life. Through the use of sculpture, Sumi ink drawing, performance, installation, print making, music and video he is able to capture the essence of an idea without the…
B. 1981, MIAMI Marcos Valella (b 1981, Miami) received a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Florida International University, Miami, FL. He is the recipient of Here and There Grant, Bass Museum of Art and Mildred…
B. 1972, MADRID Manny Prieres (b. 1972, Madrid) addresses the influence of mass communication mostly in the print and digital medium. The work is informed by graphic language and how different social groups have used it to convey or contain ideas. He is interested in how graphic design and the written word are used in art, and…
B. 1973, HAVANA Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (b. 1973 Havana, Cuba) currently lives and works in Miami, FL. He attended the Ringling School of Art and Design and New World School of the Arts where he was awarded the Frances Wolfson Endowed Visual Arts Scholarship, and has completed residencies at the Capri Palace, Capri, Italy; Vermont Studio Center,…