C.V.

 2013-2014 -       

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Graphic Design Certificate, BC, Canada.

1994-2000 -         

Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design, Instituto Superior de Diseño (ISDI), Havana, Cuba.

 

Solo Shows

 

2024 -

"Inner Realms", Featured Artist Wall at Tides Art Gallery, Kentville, NS, Canada

2016 -                 

"Visions from Nowhere", Canadian Pacific Gallery, Port Moody Art Centre, BC, Canada.

2011 -                 

"Cuban Mystique", Clayzone Ceramics Gallery, Burnaby. BC, Canada.

2005 -                

"De Agua y de Luz", Santa Isabel 36 Studio-Gallery, amidst the International Art Fair ARCO, Madrid, Spain.

2004 -          

"Guardianes", Palacio de Lombillo Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2003 -                

"La Seda del Agua", UNEAC (Cuban National Writers and Artists Association), Ruben Martinez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

"José Ramón Urbay, Pinturas y Dibujos", Raúl Martínez Gallery at the Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana, Cuba.

2001 -                 

"La Luz Negra", Casa de la Poesía, Havana, Cuba.

"19 Gotas", Hotel Inglaterra, Havana, Cuba.

2000 -                 

"Deshielos", La Isla Infinita Gallery, Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana, Cuba.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2024 -

2024 Nocturne Exhibit, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

"A Matter of Blue", The Fraser Gallery, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada

2022 - Present -

Active artist member at Tides Art Gallery with new work exhibited every month. Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

2017 -                  

"CRIMSON: Modern Culture through Artists’ Eyes", Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Chinatown, Vancouver, BC, Canada

International Day Of the Dead Exhibit. Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada.

2016 -                  

International Day of the Dead Exhibition 2016 Edition, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Golden Brush Art Competition winners group show, Roam Gallery,
Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2015 -                 

International Day of the Dead Tour & Exhibit, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC.

“Art 4 Life” Port Moody Art Centre, BC, Canada.

Golden Brush Live Painting Competition, Episode 1 Season 5. Vancouver Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

“Just Doors”, Newton Cultural Centre, Arts Council of Surrey, BC, Canada.

“Piece of Mind” MOAT Gallery, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada.

“Greenest City”, Live painting show hosted by the City of Vancouver,
Yaletown Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2011 -                

“Cuban Mystic”, Clayzone Ceramics Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

“A Starry Moment”, Contemporary Art Exhibition; International Village Mall, Chinatown Vancouver, Canada.

2009 -                

“En el Cosmos, una Isla”, Lezama Lima Museum, Havana, Cuba. 

2008 -                

“Ascenso de Palmas Góticas”, Instituto Internacional de Periodismo, Havana, Cuba. 

2007 -                 

“Lunas de Invierno”, Proyecto Estaciones, Casa de la Poesía, Havana, Cuba.

2006 -                

“Encrucijada”, Real Academia de la Lengua Española, Havana, Cuba. 

2005 -                 

International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Jeanne de Merode Castle, 
Brussels, Belgium. 

International exhibition sponsored by Cariforum, Brussels, Belgium. 

Cuban Art Exhibition amidst the celebration of ESCALES CUBAINES, 
Brussels, Belgium. 

Exhibition of ink drawings on traditional paper, Professor Chizuko Owaki, Donguri Workshop, Tokyo, Japan. 

2003 -                 

4th Illustration Biennial Los Puentes, Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2002 -                 

Salón de la Ciudad, Hotel Internacional, Varadero, Cuba.

2001 -                 

"La Isla Infinita", Sauto Theater and Melia Varadero Hotel, Matanzas, Cuba.

Illustration Biennial Los Puentes, Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 

2000 -                

Raúl Martínez Gallery, Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana, Cuba.

1997 -               

International Poster Exhibition "La Imagen Constante", Havana, Cuba.

1996 -                 

National Poster Contest “Where we live now”, University of Havana, Cuba. 

International Poster Exhibition "Where we live now", United Nations Offices, New York, USA.  

 

Awards and Achievements

 

 2024 - 

Became a juried member of Craft Nova Scotia under the Visual Arts category.

2016 -   

Final Selection for “Oh West Canada, Contemporary Artists from Western Canada”, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy.

2015 -                 

Final selection for the juried exhibition “Just Doors”, Newton Cultural Centre, Arts Council of Surrey, BC, Canada.  

Final selection for the juried exhibition”Piece of Mind”, MOAT Gallery Vancouver, Canada.

Champion in the Golden Brush Arts Live Painting Competition, Episode 1 Season 5, Vancouver Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2003 -                

Honorable Mention at the Illustration Biennial “Los Puentes”, Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2001 -                 

Final selection for the Illustration Biennial “ Los Puentes”, Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 

1997 -                 

Final Selection for the International Poster Contest “La Imagen Constante", Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

1996 -                 

Final Selection of the International Poster Contest “Where We Live Now”, sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund, New York, USA.

First Place on the National Poster Contest "Where We Live Now”, 
United Nations Population Fund. Havana, Cuba.

Private Collections

 

Oh West Canada!, Contemporary Artists from Western Canada, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy

Flores-Carbonell Collection, Miami, Florida, USA 

Kjeldsen Art Collection, Fredrikstad, Norway