Kcho

The artist lives and works in Havana, Cuba.

1970    Born in Nuena Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

1983 - 1986Elementary Art School of Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

1986 - 1990National Art School, Havana, Cuba

2008After Hurricanes Gustav and Ike hit Isla de La Juventud, the artist founded the government supported Martha Machado Brigade, which carries his mother’s name; the Brigade continues its relief work and cultural enrichment programs

 

Awards

2007       Honor Prize, Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana , Cuba

2001Premio al Envío Cubano, IV Bienal del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1999Residence, Atelier Calder, Saché, France

1995Grand Prize , Kwang Ju Biennial, Kwang Ju, Korea

1995UNESCO Prize for Arts Promotion, UNESCO, Paris, France

1994Ludwig Foundation scholarship, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

1992Miembro del Jurado del Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

1991Salón Nacional de Profesores de Esculas se Arte, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas de Artes y Diseño, Havana, Cuba

1990Asociación de Hermanos Saíz Prize, Municipal Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011Anclado por un sueño (Anchored by a dream), Moncada Barracks, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

2008Kcho: Cadena de reunificación familiar, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

2007El cuaderno del hombre de los pies de barro, Galería Juan Ruiz, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2007El viaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá, Panamá City, Panama.

2007Retrasando lo inevitable, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.

2006La nave de Kcho, Saint Barbara Castle, Municipal Patronage of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.

2006Llegó el cubano, Galería Alonso Garces, Bogota, Colombia.

2006Paso de los Vientos, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain.

2005Kcho - Casa 5 - Las Playas Infinitas, Kunsthalle Attersee, Salzburg, Austria.

2005Kcho, un hombre de isla, New World Museum, Houston, Texas, United States.

2005Kcho, viajero inmóvil , Louis Carré et. Cie., Paris, France.

2005Los animales, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.

2005Nueve pintores contemporáneos cubanos, Muelle Antonio I Exhibition Hall, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

2005Otras palabras, Fundacíon Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spain.

2004Capacidad de asombro, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.

2004Estudio Abierto, Galería Juan Ruiz, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2004Ideas rojas, ideas negras, Galería Spativm, Caracas, Venezuela.

2004Núcleos del tiempo, Galería Villa Manuela, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, Havana , Cuba.

2004Pocas palabras, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Zulia (Maczul), Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2003A pocos metros del mar, Hotel Club Amigo Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.

2003Archipiélago, Galería Juan Ruiz, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2003Archipiélago, House 5, Havana, Cuba.

2003Drawings, Galería Ambos Mundos Hotel, Havana, Cuba.

2003Para Olvidar, National Theater, Havana , Cuba. Scenography for Santiago Feliú's concert

2002El Huracán, Museo de la Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil.

2002Kcho, el hijo de Martha, José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba.

2002La Jungla, Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy.

2002Los peligros del olvido, Galería Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile.

2002Una piedra en mi camino, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico.

200125 Piedras: Exhibition of Lithography and Engraving - 2001, Taller Experimental de Gráfica de la Havana, Havana, Cuba.

2001El dibujo es el soporte de la idea, Galería Pequeño Espacio, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, Havana , Cuba.

2001En el mar no hay nada escrito, Galería Fundación Havana Club, Havana, Cuba.

2001En el mar no hay nada escrito, Galería Martha Machado, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

2001Kcho, Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2001Kcho: Drawings, 106 Gallery, Austin, Texas, United States.

2001La jungla, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

2001Para Olvidar, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

2000Installations, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2000Kcho, André Viana Gallery, Oporto, Portugal.

2000Kcho: Drawings, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

2000Klendario, Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2000La columna infinita, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

2000No me agradezcan el silencio, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.

2000Song of the Earth - Biennials in Dialogue, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.

1999Kalder, CCC, Tours, France.

1998Archipiélago de mi pensamiento: American Series - I Kcho, Galerie National du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France.

1998Largo Viaje, GAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

1997Kcho: Recent Projects, Regent Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States.

1997Speaking of the obvious was never a pleasure for us, Billy Rose Pavilion, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.

1997Todo Cambia, Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States.

1996Kcho, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

1996Kcho, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy.

1996Para olvidar, International Contemporary Art Center of Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

1995El camino de la nostalgia, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

1995Kcho, Fundación Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

1995No juego, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

1995Tabla de salvación, Galería Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba.

1994Buscando el parecido, Galería Havana, Havana, Cuba.

1993Dentro de la patria, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico.

1993Kcho: Drawings and Sculptures, Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana , Cuba.

1992Artista del mes, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

1990Paisaje popular cubano, Galería de la Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba.

1986Kcho exhibits Fabelas, Centro de Artes Plásticas de la Isla de la Juventud, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

 

Group Exhibitions

2011Living in Havana, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

2011Summer Group Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

200910th Havana Biennal: Integration and Resistance in the Global Age, Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.

2009Aquí Estamos, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

2009Colección Julian Viñas, La Casa de la Cultura “Jose Saramago” de Albacete, Albacete, Spain.

2009El Papel en el Arte, La Casa Molino de Angel Gavinet, Granada, Spain.

2009I Have a Dream: An International Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts, New York, New York, United States.

2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

2009Text/Messages: Books by Artist, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (started in 2008)

2008Latin American Art, Marlborough Gallery, New York , New York, United States.

2008NeeHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, United States.

2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

2008Surrounded by Water: Expressions of Freedom and Isolation in Contemporary Cuban Art, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachussetts, United States. February – April 6, 2008 (catalogue)

2008Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

2007Confluencias Inside, Galería Jesus Gallardo, Instituto Cultural de León, Guanajuato, Mexico.

2007Contemporary Cuban Graphics, Lobby Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

2007Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, United States.

2007Espacios multiplicados, Centro de desarrollo de artes visuales, Havana, Cuba.

2007Homing Devices, Contemoprary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States.

2007Los unos y los otros, Palacio de Convenciones, Havana, Cuba.

2007Ojos de Mar, Institut Valenciá d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain.

2007Situart 07, Galería Joan Guaita Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2007Summer Exhibition, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.

2007Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

2006 Visión inesperada de Cuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. traveling exhibition from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

20065 x 5 = 25: Homage to the V Anniversary of the Jiribilla, Jose Marti Memorial, Havana, Cuba.

2006Arteamericas 2006, Galería Juan Ruiz, Maracaibo , Venezuela.

2006Confluencias Inside: Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Palacio Clavijero, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. traveled to José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City, Mexico; The Contemporary Art Museum, Toluca, Mexico; The Culture Institute, León, Guanajuato, Mexico; The Juárez Institute, Tabasco, Mexico; The Art Museum, Zapopan, Mexico; Arts Center in Mexicali, Baja, California, Mexico; Arts Center in Ensenada, Baja, California, Mexico (through 2009)

2006Exposición solidarias: OIKOS ONG, Centro de Negocios de Miramar, Beijing Building, Havana, Cuba.

2006Isla interior, Galería Fundación Havana Club, Habana, Cuba.

2006Obra gráfica contemporánea, Taller La Siempre Habana, Mexico City, Mexico.

2006¿Quieres más?, Centro de Arte La Copa, Havana, Cuba.

2005Pictores Pictoresque V, Joan Guaita Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2004Cita con ángeles, Memorial "Jose Martí", Havana, Cuba.

2004Cuatro artistas cubanos, Centro Cultural de España, San José , Costa Rica.

2004Del lobo un pelo, Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba.

2004La Jungla, Openasia '2004, Lido, Venice, Italy.

2004MoMA in the Museo del Barrio: Latin-American Art and the Caribbean, Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, United States.

20031st Annual Collective of Latin American Art "Between Magic and Reality", Galería Spativm, Caracas, Venezuela.

200331 artistas cubanos contemporáneos en Chile, Galería Borde Río, Santiago, Chile.

2003Blanco y Negro, Panamerican Gallery, Dallas , Texas, United States.

2003Contemporary Art Show, Playa Pesquero Hotel, Holguín, Cuba.

2003Cuban contemporary graphic art, Latin American House Foundation, Budapest, Hungary.

2003Cuban contemporary plastic art, Taller de Gráfica La Siempre Habana, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.

2003Cuban prints exhibition, ABN AMRO House Gallery, Penang, Malaysia.

2003Islas imaginarias, Museo de Arte Contemporóneo de Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2003Lo que hay no es todo lo que ves, Galería Habana, Mexico City, Mexico.

2003Pintura Cubana de Hoy, Fundación Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador.

2003Sentido común, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2003Ultimas tendencias del arte contemporáneo cubano, III Congreso Internacional de Cultura y Desarrollo, Palacio de Convenciones, Havana, Cuba.

2002Islas imaginarias, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2002Kcho invita a..., Medical Sciences Institute "Victoria de Girón", Havana, Cuba.

2002Qué joven es mi quipo de pelota!, Latin American Stadium, Havana, Cuba.

2002Suite Europe 2002, Foreign Relations Ministry, Madrid, Spain. Traveling exhibition organized by la Dirección General de la Secretaría de Estadio para la Cooperación Internacional y para Iberoamérica

2001Caleidoscopio, National Theater, Havana, Cuba.

2001EICTV: Toma 15. Pintores cubanos, acción!, National Hotel, Havana, Cuba.

2001Esculturas similares a los ojos de la historia, Tent Centrum Belldende Kunst, Rotterdam, Holland.

2001Exhibition of 10 Cuban Engravers, Fundacíon Provincial de Artes Plásticas Rafael Botí, Diputación de Córdova, Spain.

2001Odissee dell'Art, Revoltella Museum, Trieste, Italy.

2001Suceden los espejos, Memorial José Martí, Havana, Cuba.

2001Visiones de la caridad, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2000Modern Contemporary Art at MoMA since 1980, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States.

2000Noves Edicions d'Escultura, Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2000Over the Edges, Smack, Ghent , Belgium.

2000Resistances, Koldo Mitxelena, Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain.

2000Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.

2000The Gift of Hope, Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

1999Cuba, the Maps of Desire, Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

1999Encounters: Kcho and Newman, Chicago Contemporary Art Museum, Chicago, Illinios, United States.

1999Kunstwelten im Dialog, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.

1999Pictores Pictoreque II, Galería Joan Guaita, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

1999The Direction of the Look, Stadthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerlanf.

1999The Direction of the Look, Stadthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

1999The Fields of Sculpture, Champs-Élysées, Paris, France.

1998+Zone, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Guarene d'Alba, Italy.

1998Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival in the Island of Utopia, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States. traveled to Art Center at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Austin Art Museum, Austin, Texas; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Museum of Latin American Art of Long Beach, Long Beach, California; California University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California; Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University, Laurence, Kansas (through 2001)

1998Crossings, Canada National Gallery, Ottowa, Canada.

1998Dak Art '98, Biennial of African Contemporary Art, Dakar, Senegal.

1998Escultures al Castell, Capdeperras Castle, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

1998Globar Vision of the 90's New Art, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece.

1998Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.

1998The Direction of the Look, Stadthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

1997Así está la cosa (That's the way it is): installation and art object in Latin America, Contemporary Art Cultural Center, Mexico City, Mexico.

1997Ningún lugar (como en casa), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

1997Trash, Modern and Contenmporary Art Museum of Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy.

1997TRUCE: Ecos del arte en la edad de las concluciones infinitas (TRUCE: Echoes of art in the age of countless conclusions), SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.

1997Utopian Territories: New Art from Cuba, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

1996Arte a través de los océanos, Container 96, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1996Cuba Siglo XX Modernidad y sincretismo, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Traveled to “La Caixa”, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Center d'Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

1996De Rode Poort, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium.

1996Incluson-exclusion, Reininghaus und Künstlerhaus, Graz, Austria.

1996Interzones, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1995Diálogos de paz, United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.

1995Havana-Sao Paulo, World's Culture Houses, Berlin, Germany.

1995New Art of Cuba, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England.

1995Nuestro siglo, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany.

1994Campo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Turin, Italy. Travelled to Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Venice, Italy

1994Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

1994Kunst und Breminig, Stadt Stolberg, Kreis Aachen, Germany.

1993Cómprame y cuélgame, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.

1993International Studio Art , OMI, New York, New York, United States.

1992La década prodigiosa, Plástica cubana de los ochenta, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico.

1992La Ronda Cubana, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoom, Holland.

1992Muestra de grabados curitibas, Graphics Museum, Curitibas, Brazil.

1992Recent Cuban Art, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Cultural Televisa, Mexico City, Mexico.

1992Un marco por la tierra, Visual Arts Development Center, Havana, Cuba.

1992Von dort aus: Kuba, Forum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany.

1991Los hijos de Guillermo Tell, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela. Traveled to Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia

1991Proyectos recienres, Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.

1991Salón Nacional de Profesores de Escuelas de Arte, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana , Cuba.

1990II Salón de Paisaje '90, Centro de Arte, Guantánamo, Cuba.

1990VI Municipal Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

1989II Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato, Galería de Arte Universal, Camagüey, Cuba.

1989Salón Juan Fransisco Elso Padilla, Galería la Madriguera, Havana, Cuba.

1989V Municipal Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galeria de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

1988Expo Adoquín, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.

1988IV Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

1987Exposición de estudiantes de la ENAP, Galería de la Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba.

1987Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

1987Salón Playa '87, Galería Servando Cabrera Moreno, Havana, Cuba.

1986II Municipal Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

1985I Salón de Artes Plásticas, Galería de Arte Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba.

 

Public Collections

ARCO Fund, Madrid, Spain

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States

Galerie Nationale du Jeu De Paume, Paris, France

Guenzani Studio, Milan, Italy

Informatics Sciences University, Havana, Cuba

International Center of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Kwang-Ju Museum, Kwang-Ju , Korea

Ludwig Foundation, Aachen, Germany

Ludwig Foundation, Cologne, Germany

Modern and Contemporary Civic Gallery of Art, Turin, Italy

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, United States

Museum Van Reekum, Apendoorn, Netherlands

National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte, Turin, Italy

Televisa Cultural Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

William Larouche Foundation, Quebec, Canada

Catalogues and Monographs

2008Damian, Carol and Jorge Santis. Sin Rupturas/Unbroken Ties: Dialogies in Cuban Art. Fort Lauderdale: Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. (Catalogue first published in Long Beach: Museum of Latin American Art, 2007)

2007Mena, Abelardo, Magda Gonzalez Mora, and Kerry Oliver-Smith. Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection. Gainsville: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida.

 

Television

2008Alfonso Marcus, "Misión del alma: a new documentary by the Cuban film director Roberto Chile," November 13, Cuba Headlines Digital Edition, Havana, Cuba

2008Chile, Roberto, "Misíon del Alma," CanalDocumental TV, Cuba, Havana, Cuba

 

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