Carlos Martiel (born 1989, Havana). Lives and works in New York. He graduated in 2009 from the National Academy of Fine Arts “San Alejandro,” in Havana. Between the years 2008-2010, he studied in the Cátedra Arte de Conducta, directed by the artist Tania Bruguera. Martiel’s works have been included in the 11th Lanzarote Biennial, Spain; Biennial of the Americas, USA; 4th Vancouver Biennale, Canada; 14th Sharjah Biennial, UAE; 14th Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador; 57th Venice Biennale, Italy; Casablanca Biennale, Morocco; Biennial “La Otra”, Colombia; Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom; Pontevedra Biennial, Spain; Havana Biennial, Cuba. He has had performances at The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York; USA, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York; USA, El Museo del Barrio, New York; USA, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), Houston, USA; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia (MACZUL), Maracaibo, Venezuela; Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy. He has received several awards, including the Franklin Furnace Fund in New York, USA, 2016; “CIFOS Grants & Commissions Program Award” in Miami, USA, 2014; “Arte Laguna” in Venice, Italy, 2013. His work has been exhibited at The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil; The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, USA; Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee (ZAC), Palermo, Italy; Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA; Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece; National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba; among others. His works are in public and private collections such as The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami; Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro.
Education:
2008-2010 Cátedra Arte de Conducta directed by artist Tania Bruguera, Havana, Cuba.
2005-2009 National Academy of Fine Arts “San Alejandro”, Havana, Cuba.
Solo Shows and Performances:
2024.
South Body, Carme Contemporary Culture Centre, Valencia, Spain. (Upcoming)
Posesión, Verve Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
Calibre, LLANO, Mexico City, Mexico.
Cuerpo, Museo del Barrio, New York, United States.
Body of work, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
2023.
Posesión, Bahia Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil.
Material Fair, with Steve Turner, Mexico City, Mexico.
2022.
Arquitectura para un cuerpo, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, United States.
Peso, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
Gente de color, Instituto de Visión, Bogota, Colombia.
Alter ego, The 8th Floor, New York, United States.
Tierra de nadie, Galleria Continua, Paris, France.
2021.
Espectro, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain.
Monumento II, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States.
Cuerpx, Museum of the Arts University of Guadalajara (MUSA), Guadalajara, Mexico.
Pink Death, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, United States.
Two Insignias, OCDChinatown, New York, United States.
Monumento I, New York, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States.
2020.
The Shadow of the Color Line, Lux Art Institute, San Diego, United States.
Third person, The Armory, Daniels & Fisher Tower, History Colorado Center, RiNo, Denver, United States.
Black Bodies – White Lies, K Contemporary Gallery, Denver, United States.
Herida oscura (online exhibition), Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
2019.
South Body, 5th Biennial of the Americas, Denver, United States.
Muerte al olvido, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, United States.
Statute, Vancouver Art Gallery, 4th Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada.
Under Occupation, Hinge Park, 4th Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada.
Sabor a lágrimas, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, 14th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Intruder, Gilda Lavia Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2018.
Ascendencia Charrúa, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Gente de color, 14th Cuenca Biennial, Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Gente de color, 14th Cuenca Biennial, Plaza Cívica, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Sangre Yanga, Peana Projects, Monterrey, Mexico.
Intruder (America), AC Institute, New York, United States.
Encomienda, CCK, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
América, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA Performance Art Festival, Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, United States.
2017.
Línea de fuego, Havana Art Weekend, Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Continent, Y Gallery, New York, United States.
Fragmentos de memoria, Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Bala perdida, Cais do Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lamento Kayapó, Despina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mediterráneo, Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice, Italy.
The spilled blood, Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese, Italy.
2016.
Vivere nel tuo corpo, Rossmut Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Basamento, CIFO Art Space, Miami, United States.
Intersección, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia (MACZUL), Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Maze, The 8th Floor, New York, United States.
Mule, Denniston Hill, Fallsburg, United States.
Caribes negros: la ruta del dolor, Proyecto Poporopo, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Lineage, Y Gallery, New York, United States.
Aparecido, Historical Center, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2015.
Segregation, Samsøn Projects, Boston, United States.
Legado, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, United States.
Aislado, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, United States.
Basamento, Bruce High-Quality Foundation, New York, United States.
Ascension, MAAS | Mandragoras Art Space, New York, United States.
Ruins, CentralTrak, Dallas, United States.
2014.
Sentence, Cannonball Residence, Miami, United States.
Silent Prayer, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, United States.
2013.
Acid Rain, Axeneo7, Gatineau, Canadá.
Punto di Fuga, Nitsch Museum, Naples, Italy.
Prodigal Son, Lux Gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2012.
Simulation, Contemporary Art Center “Wifredo Lam”, Havana, Cuba.
2011.
Desilucional, Salle Zero, Alliance Francaise of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
2010.
Prodigal son, Witch House, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
2009.
Adam Black and more, National Academy of Fine Arts “San Alejandro”, Havana, Cuba.
Group Exhibitions:
2024.
Jornadas Artes Vivas, Museo de Málaga, Malaga, Spain. (Upcoming)
Ojos Caribe, El Lobi, San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Upcoming)
Ancestral, MAB FAAP – Museu de Arte Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Verve Galeria, Somerset House, London, UK.
Silencios postcoloniales, Museo Casa Natal del General Santander, Cucuta, Colombia.
Beyong Representation (PAMMTV), Pérez Art Museum, Miami, United States.
MIRA, The Maison de l’Amerique latine, Paris, France.
Kaléidoscopes – Cuba : Regards Contemporains, Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, France.
Espejito Espejito, Mayrit Biennial, Museo de América, Madrid, Spain.
Ojos Caribe, AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum, New York, United States.
InSURrecciones, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.
Connecting Art and Politics Through the Eye of the Art Collector, Museo La Neomudéjar, Madrid, Spain.
Camino de comprensión de la historia, IE Creativity Center, Segovia, Spain.
Eyes That Listen, Center for Art Research and Alliances (CARA), New York, United States.
2023.
Untitled Art Miami Beach, with Steve Turner, Miami, United States.
MAI Takeover, Southbank Centre, London, UK.
Lo que es, es lo que ha sido, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, United States.
AMIGXS Radicales, The Clemente, New York, United States.
Hado. Les pouvoirs empruntés de l’eau, Tropiques Atrium, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
2022.
Caribbean-yet-to-come: On the Coastlines of Antillean Performance, VisArts Center, Rockville, United States.
Cuba Introspettiva: Pratiche Intermediali e Videoarte, Flashback, Turin, Italy.
Term of belonging, Avlak Gallery, Los Angeles, United States.
Entre/Between, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, United States.
Como la Liebre en el Páramo, XI Bienal de Lanzarote, Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Canary Islands, Spain.
In the Mind’s Eye: Landscape of Cuba, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States.
El Pasado Mío / My Own Past: Afrodescendant Contributions to Cuban Art, Ethelbert Cooper Gallery for African & African American Art, Harvard University, Boston, United States.
Indecencia, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, United States.
Breathe into the past: Crosscurrents in the Caribbean, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado, United States.
Press release, Storage, New York, United States.
Plural Domains: Selected Works from the CIFO Collection, Museo de Arte Zapopan, Guadalajara, México.
ITUTU: Diddy ain’t invent the remix, Tone, Memphis, United States.
Il est ici, jamais ailleurs, Galleria Continua, Les Moulins, France.
Trilogie de cendres (v.2) “La prochaine fois, le feu”, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France.
Queer Zagreb, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia.
La Havane forge des suds, Dakar Biennale, IFAN Museum of African Arts, Dakar, Senegal.
Articulating Activism, The 8th Floor, New York, United States.
LA BRÈCHE, Galleria Continua, Paris, France.
Standing Wave, Caleta, Mexico City, Mexico.
2021.
The Little Thing That Counts, MARRANOSCO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
RAIZ, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK.
L’ombre du Paradis, Maëlle Galerie, Paris, France.
Plural Domains, The Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, United States.
Counterflags, Abrons Art Center, New York, United States.
Visualizing / Performing Blackness in the Afterlives of Slavery (online exhibition), The Afterlives of Slavery, Chicago, United States.
ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL, El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States.
I am: New Afro-Latinx Narratives (online exhibition), Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, United States.
2020.
Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, El Espacio 23, Miami, United States.
LIVE ACTION 15 (online exhibition), Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stage Out (online exhibition), Escenix, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
A volte penso che…, Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Lucca, Italy.
Adolescence – Between Departure and Nightmare, Kunstraum Hase29, Osnabrück, Germany.
10 de 500: La cuadratura del círculo, Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba.
2019.
Desafío al poder II, Justice Hotel, Chicago, United States.
Please leave this World, Maëlle Galerie, Paris, France.
Afro Syncretic, The King Juan Carlos Gallery, New York, United States.
Sigan bailando (Despierte al vecino), BienalSur, Casa Museo Torre del Reloj, Cúcuta, Colombia.
Concerto para pássaros, Goethe-Institut, São Salvador, Brazil.
Broken Idols, Maëlle Galerie, Paris, France.
11th Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics, San Ildefonso Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Manifestation Arts Ephémères, FLUX, Maison Blanche, Marseille, France.
Zero Gravity International Performance Art Festival, Latitude 53, Edmonton, Canada.
Nada personal, 13th Havana Biennial, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Detrás del muro, 13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Madre, en tus ojos me veo, Concrete Space, Miami, United States.
Look for Me All Around You, 14th Sharjah Biennial, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Queer is not a manifesto, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2018.
FREE, Brickell City Centre, Miami, United States.
La persistencia del cuerpo: Rastros del arte de performance en América Latina, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Resilience and Resistance in African Diaspora, Musée des Civilisations noires, Dakar, Senegal.
Loop Barcelona, with Gilda Lavia Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
Estructuras vivientes, XIV Bienal de Cuenca, Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States.
Drifting bodies actions in liquid contexts, (BOX)Videoart Project Space, Milan, Italy.
Malditos de la posguerra, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba.
Code Art Fair, with Gilda Lavia Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carretera al mar, Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
Herencia, SACO – Festival de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Minera Escondida – Sala de Arte, Antofagasta, Chile.
Utopías, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador.
New Generation Performance Artists, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany.
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, United States.
Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum: La mística del cuerpo, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia.
Monuments: Poetics of disclosure, MIAMI Prácticas contemporáneas, Bogota, Colombia.
Supermarket Art Fair, with Kunstverein Familie Montez, Stockholm, Sweden.
Habemus Korpus, Galerie knoerle & baettig contemporary, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Bio Pix, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, United States.
Live Artists Live: Simultaneity, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA Performance Art Festival, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States.
2017.
Untitled Art Fair, with Y Gallery, Miami, United States.
ON/OFF, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris, France.
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United States.
Self-Organize / Auto-Organizar, Bronx Art Space, New York, United States.
ARTBO, with Y Gallery, Corferias, Bogota, Colombia.
Histories of Sexuality, Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Ch.ACO, with Rossmut Gallery, CV Galería, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Curar la historia, Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba.
Manjar, Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Este mesmo corpo, Despina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, United States.
Immigrancy, Samsøn Projects, Boston, United States.
Wake Festival, Performance Space, Folkestone, United Kingdom.
Art x Cuba – Contemporary Perspectives since 1989, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
Deconstructing Liberty: A Destiny Manifested, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, United States.
Pensar la Praxis, Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Mostra Performatus #2, Sesc, Santos, Brazil.
Vinte e três, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum: La mística del cuerpo, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Memorie Indelebili: Arte e parole in movimento, 58° edizione del Premio Bice Bugatti, Villa Vertua Masolo, Nova Milanese, Italy.
ON/OFF, Casa Victor Hugo, Havana, Cuba.
BP.17, Performance Box – arteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tiempo de la intuición, Cuban Pavilion – 57th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Loredan, Venice, Italy.
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), Houston, United States.
Independence Pop, Museo Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Arte Fiera, with Rossmut Gallery, BolognaFiere, Bologna, Italy.
Sonique, Spanish American Culture Center, Havana, Cuba.
Our Anxious Times, Express Newark – Rutgers University, Newark, United States.
LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, United States.
2016.
Toda percepción es una interpretación: You are part of it, CIFO Art Space, Miami, United States.
Bridges, Hacienda La Trinidad, Caracas, Venezuela.
Pierce, Mark, Morph, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States.
We The People, Biennale Internationale de Casablanca, The Mezquita Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
Art Verona, with Rossmut Gallery, Verona, Italy.
Language Product, Boston Arts Academy, Boston, United States.
CUBA. Tatuare la storia, Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee (ZAC), Palermo, Italy.
Swab Barcelona, with Galleria Rossmut, Barcelona, Spain.
Enacting Stillness, The 8th Floor, New York, United States.
La Cubana y el Cubano, The Copley Society of Art, Boston, United States.
Live-Action 11, Bältespännarsparken, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Quiebre: Festival Internacional de Performance, Paseo de Diego, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lima Photo 2016, with Y Gallery, Centro de la Imagen, Lima, Peru.
Xº Encuentro Hemisférico, DETUCH, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
CUBA. Tatuare la storia, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan, Italy.
Scope Art Show, with Kir Royal Gallery, Clarahuus, Basel, Switzerland.
New World: Violence Remains, Teatterikorkeakoulu, Helsinki, Finland.
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), with Samsøn Projects, Basketball City, New York, United States.
Low-grade euphoria, Pfizer Building, New York, United States.
(AS ONE) Durational Works From IMMATERIAL, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
An Island Apart: Cuban Artists in Exile, Miller Gallery / Frank Museum of Art / Fisher Gallery; Westerville, United States.
Barthes, mon amour, La ONG, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2015.
Time Sensitive, Pinta Miami, Mana Wynwood, Miami, United States.
Celebration Videoplay, Espaço Phosphorus, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Crossing Boundaries, Court Square Studios, New York, United States.
Festival de arte de acción Decadence Performance, Galería Espacio, Valencia, Spain.
L’isola che sognava i leoni – Artwork in Cuba, Tornielli Museum, Ameno, Italy.
A Beautiful New World, The Second Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing International Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China.
Happy Hour, Bruce High-Quality Foundation, New York, United States.
4th Performance Festival Thessaloniki, 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Studio Vix Motrix, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Encuentro Latinoamericano de Performance, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Argentino (MACA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Performeando, Glasshouse ArtLifeLab, New York, United States.
Video in Action, Valencia Art Museum (MUVA), Carabobo, Venezuela.
The Third Shore, Kir Royal Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
2014.
Encuentros, La Brise Glace, Annecy, France.
The New [New] Corpse, Sector 2337, Chicago, United States.
Desafío al poder, Lugar Común, Caracas, Venezuela.
Celebration Videoplay, (BOX)Videoart Project Space, Milan, Italy.
Fleeting Imaginaries, CIFO Art Space, Miami, United States.
Pinta London, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, United Kingdom.
III International Biennial of Contemporary Art ULA-2014, Mérida, Venezuela.
30th Anniversary Havana Biennial, Contemporary Art Center “Wifredo Lam”, Havana, Cuba.
Behind the Wall, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, United States.
Celebration Videoplay, Argentine Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rapid Pulse International, Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago, United States.
Dextrocardíaco, Factoría de Arte y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain.
Rodando se encuentran, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China.
The In -Tension, Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Besançon, Besançon, France.
Think twice, New Latin American Jewelry, Arocena Museum, Coahuila de Zaragoza, México.
International Performance Art Biennale, Art League Houston, Houston, United States.
2013.
Para quebrar los muros, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Video en Acción, Alliance Francaise in Maracay, Maracay, Venezuela.
Video Art of Central American and Caribbean “La Otra Bienal”, La Macarena, Bogota, Colombia.
The In-Tension, Beton7, Athens, Greece.
Dédale, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, Canadá.
Perpendicular Luta, SESC Palladium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Behind the Wall, The 8th floor, New York, United States.
VIVA! Art action, Bain St-Michel, Montréal, Canadá.
Think twice: New Latin American Jewelry, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico.
Incorpora, Xisto Space, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.
Beyond Fragility, Historical Center Kalamanca, Kalamanca, Greece.
Road Maps, Officine Creative Ansald, Milan, Italy.
Sovereign acts, Spazio 13, Warsaw, Poland.
Think twice, New Latin American Jewelry, Estonian Museum of Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia.
Exhibition of Artists Award 2012, Haus der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2012.
International Multimedia Art Festival, Institut français de Birmanie, Yangon, Myanmar.
Deformes Biennial IV, University of Chile “School of Theatre”, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
On sincerity, Boston University, Boston, United States.
N.N. International Performance, Espacio Quina, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Cuerpo a Cuerpo II, La Multinacional, Quito, Ecuador.
FLYERS, Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, Morro – Cabaña, Havana, Cuba.
A History Vintage, 273 Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
New Video-political realities, Museum of Modern Art of Medellin, Medellin, Colombia; Museum of Modern Art (MAMba), San Juan, Argentina; Contemporary Art Center of Quito (CAC), Quito, Ecuador; Spain Cordoba Cultural Center, Cordoba, Argentina; Cooperativa Tramallol, Sevilla, Spain; Cultural Center Founders, Manizales, Colombia; La Mandorla, San Juan, Argentina; Foundation Art Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain; Perifèries (La Nau), Valencia, Spain; Antic Teatre, Barcelona, Spain.
Art is not easy: Temporary Lapses and Artistic Translation, Links Hall, Chicago, United States.
Estelas, Espacio Intermitente, Cartagena, Colombia.
2011.
Quinquenio, Salle Zero, Alliance Francaise of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Ruido rosa, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
Friendly takeover, zu Gast bei E105 Artlab21 studio, Bonn, Germany.
Think twice, New Latin American Jewelry, Bellevue Museum of Arts, Seattle, United States.
Spray, Das Hochhaus Kokerei Hansa Museum, Dortmund, Germany.
2010.
Images, Imageres, Imaginaires, World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures, Biscuiterie of Medina, Dakar, Senegal.
The Atmosphere: Section poetic, + Art Festival, Contemporary Art Center “Wifredo Lam”, Havana, Cuba.
Touched, Visitor Centre, 6th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
El extremo de la bala, una década de arte cubano, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Sujeto omitido, Cátedra Humboldt, Havana, Cuba.
Think Twice: New Latin American Jewelry, Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York, United States.
American Night, Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Utropicos, University of Fine Arts in Pontevedra, Pontevedra Biennial XXXI, Galicia, Spain.
2009.
Strong is the Morro WHO I AM, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba.
Only short, Transfusion Cuban Cultural Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
State of Exception, X Havana Biennial, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Awards and Residencies:
2024.
Artadia Award, New York, United States.
Artist-in-Residence, BOFFO, New York, United States.
2023.
The Maestro Dobel Latinx Art Prize, New York, United States.
2022.
Grants to Artists, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, United States.
2021.
Artist-in-Residence, AFRICA MOMENT’21, Graner, Barcelona, Spain.
Latinx Artist Fellowship, US Latinx Art Forum, United States.
2020.
FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, United States.
Artist-in-Residence, Lux Art Institute, San Diego, United States.
2019.
Vancouver Biennale International Artist Residency, Vancouver, Canada.
2018.
Visiting Artist Lecture-Project Residency, University of Maryland, College Park, United States.
Persona | Residency Exchange Program, Peana Projects, Monterrey, Mexico.
Montez Performance Residency, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany.
2017.
Residência Despina (Arte e Ativismo na América Latina), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2016.
Franklin Furnace Fund, New York, United States.
Artist-in-Residence, Denniston Hill, Fallsburg, United States.
2015.
Artist-in-Residence, Bruce High-Quality Foundation, New York, United States.
2014.
Artist-in-Residence, Immigrant Movement International, New York, United States.
Artist-in-Residence, Cannonball Residence, Miami, United States.
CIFOS Grants & Commissions Program Award, Cisneros Fontanals Foundation (CIFO), Miami, United States.
2013.
Prize “Arte Laguna”, Venice, Italy.
2012.
Award “Close Up Vallarta”, Jalisco, Mexico.
Public Collection:
Museo del Barrio, New York, United States.
The Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), Birmingham, United States.
ASU Art Museum, Tempe, United States.
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, United States.
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France.
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States.
Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, United States.
Schoepflin Collection, Lörrach, Germany.
Adrastus Collection, Arévalo, Spain.
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, United States.
Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy.