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Carlos Garaicoa Biography
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1967 |
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Born in Havana, Cuba
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1993 |
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Artist in residence project, City of Düsseldorf and the Paul Pozzoza Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1989 - 1994 |
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Studies at the Institute of Fine Arts of Cuba
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1995 |
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Artist in residence project, City of Biel-Bienne, Pro Helvetia and the Canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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1996 |
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Artist in residence project, Art in General, New York
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1997 |
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Artist in residence project, Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy
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1998 |
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Artist in residence project, at the Mario Abreu Museum, Maracay, Venezuela
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1998 |
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Artist in residency project, Yaddo Corporation, New York, USA
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1999 |
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Artist in residency project, Parts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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2005 |
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Monaco International Contemporary Art Price, Monaco, France
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Lives and works in Havana, Cuba and Madrid, Spain
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2010
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IMMA, Museum of Modern Art Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
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2010
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Tampa Musem, Florida, USA (solo)
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2009
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Contemporary Art of Latin America, 53 Venice Biennale, Artiglerie, Italy
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2009
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Carlos Garaicoa : La enmienda que hay en mí. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
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2009
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The Observatory, Expo and presentation of the Public work for the City of Castleford, Art Council, the City of Castleford and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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2009
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Carlos Garaicoa, Colateral 10 Bienal de La Habana
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2009
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Carlos Garaicoa, Galería Luisa Strina, Sao Pablo, Brasil
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2009
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Carlos Garaicoa, La Caja Negra, Madrid
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2009
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Paço das Artes e o MIS de São Paulo, Brazil
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2009
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Videos in the Street Project , Murcia, Spain
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2009
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53 Venice Biennale, Artiglerie, Italy
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2009
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Cartografías Disidentes, Oi Futuro, Río de Janeiro
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2009
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Cartografías Disidentes, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela
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2009
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Cartografías Disidentes, Centro Cultural de España, Mexico
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2008
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The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Art Basel Miami Beach
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2008
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Cartografías Disidentes (itinerancia), Centro Cultural de São Paulo, Brazil
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2008
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Farewell to Post-Colonialism, Third Guangzhou Triennial, 2008, Guangdong Museum of art, CHINA
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2008
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Lança Cuba, Gentil Carioca, Río de Janeiro, Brasil
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2008
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La Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2008
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Revolucion o Rizoma, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China
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2007
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Latin Kings Music Vol. I-V, Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid
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2007
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Capablanca’s Real Passion, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2007
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Turbulence Auckland Triennale, New Zealand
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2006
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De repente livros, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2006
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Overlapping, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool Biennial–International Festival of C4.
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2006
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Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Nigata
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2006
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Less, Strategie alternative dell’abitare, PAC, Milano, Italy
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2006
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Ideal City-Invicible Cities, Zamonsc, Poland
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2006
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Capablanca’s real passion, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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2006
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Das Gast (retrospectiva de videos 1996-2006), Kuntshalle de Fribourg (solo)
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2006
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Overlapping, Liverpool Biennale, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK (solo)
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2006
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Capablanca’s real passion, ICA, Philadelphia, USA (solo)
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2006
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Carlos Garaicoa, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, USA (solo)
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2005
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Capablanca’s Real Passion. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA 2005, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada 2006, ICA, Philadelphia
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2005
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M City, Kunsthaus Graz, Vienna, Austria
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2005
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7th Sharjah International Biennial, Sharjah, United Arabic Emirates
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2005
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Carlos Garaicoa. Mass Moca, North Adams, MA (solo)
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2005
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Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (solo)
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2005
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Inverting the Map: Latin American Art from the Tate Collection, Tate Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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2005
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Beyond Delirious: Architecture in Selected Photographs from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Curated by Christopher Philips, Miami,FL
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2005
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Farsities: Urban Crisis and Domestic Symptoms in Recent Contemporary Art, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
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2005
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New Photography Series XV, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2005
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51st Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
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2005
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Fantasmapolis, La Ville Contemporaine Et Ses Imaginaires, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, France
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2005
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Dialectics of Hope, Moscow Biennale
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2005
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La medida de todas las cosas, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Future Cities. Art Gallery of Hamilton
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2004
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We come in peace… Histories of the Americas, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada
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2004
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Image Smugglers, XXVI Sao Paulo Biennale, Parque Ibirapuera
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2004
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Gallery Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
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2004
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The measure of almost everything. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy (solo)
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2003
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Self-flagellation, survival, insubordination. La Caixa Foundation, Sala Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
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2003
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Documenta11, Platform 5, Kassel, Germany
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2003
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Salon des Refuses, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
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2003
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Artists Imagine Architecture, I.C.A., Boston, USA
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2003
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De ponta cabeca, I Biena de Fortaleza, Brazil
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2003
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La Habitacion de mi Negatividad, Galeria La Casona, Havana, Cuba (solo)
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2003
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Lecciones de Historia. Casa de America, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2002
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Ni Christ, ni Marx, ni Bakounine, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Carlos Garaicoa: La ruina; La Utopía (obras 1990-2000), Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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2002
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Paisaje, Ars TeorÉTICA, San Jose (solo)
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2002
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Principio y fin de las fascinación, Centro Wilfredo Lam. Havana, Cuba (solo)
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2002
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El voluble rostro de la realidad. Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (solo)
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2002
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Cuando el deseo se parece a nada. Art in General, New York, USA (solo)
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2002
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El espacio decapitado, Centre PasquArt, Biel-Bienne (solo)
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2002
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Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
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2001
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Shifting Tides, L.A. County Museum, California/Grey Art Gallery, New York/ Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
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2001
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Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, Netherlands
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2001
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VI Bienal de La Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
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2001
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Mega Wave, First Yokohama Trienale, Japan
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2001
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Carlos Garaicoa: The Ruin; The Utopia, (Works 1990-2000). Alejandro Otero Museum, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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2001
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Because Every City Has the Right To Be Called Utopia. Lombard- Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
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2000
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Project: Window onto Venus, VII Biennale of Havana, Havana, Cuba
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2000
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Cream 2, 10 curators, 100 artists. Exhibition Catalog, Phaidon Press, London, UK
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2000
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Los mapas del deseo, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria/Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
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2000
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Mirror Edge, Bildmusee Umea, Sweden
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2000
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The last 10 days of the market, Festival de Aarhus, Image Gallery, Denmark (solo)
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2000
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Mirror's Edge, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Castello Di Rivoli, Turin; Tranway, Glasgow, UK
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2000
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Más allá del Documento, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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1999
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Survia, Gallery Center for Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba (solo)
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1998
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The beginning and end of the fascination, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba (solo)
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1998
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Comme peut on être cubain? Maison de L’Amerique, Paris, France
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1997
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El individuo y su memoria, VI Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
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1997
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97 Kwangjú Biennale (Space/Fire). Kwangjú, South Korea
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1995
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Africus’95, 1st International Biennial of Johannesburg, South
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1995
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Cuba: la isla posible, Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona, Spain
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1994
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The new generation, The Menill Colection, Fotofest Houston, TX, USA
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2005
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Pagel, David. “When multi-this and multi-that lacks newness.” Los Angeles Times 14 Mar 2005
“Turning artwork into border issue.” Los Angeles Times 14 Sept 2005
Spiegler, Marc. “City Lights.” ARTnews Mar 2005: 96-99.
Wallach, Amei, “Below the Surface: Daydreams of Havana, and Other Cities, Too.” New York Times 19 May 2005.
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2003
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Rosen, Miriam. Review of “Maison Europeenne de la Photographie.” Artforum Summer 2003
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2002
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Cembalest, Robin. “The Cuban Revolution.” ARTnews Mar 2002.
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2001
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Cotter, Holland. “Photographic Stylists of the Epic and the Surreal.” The New York Times 7 Sept 2001
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1994
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Cameron, Dan. “Cuba: Still not Free.” Art and Auction Mar 1994: 86-91
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