Claudia Padrón Gómez

Claudia Padrón Gómez

Matanzas, Cuba (*1991)
About Artist

Claudia Padrón Gómez, (Cuba, 1991). She currently live and work in Cuba as an independent visual artist, and she is a member of the FCBC. Studied at the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana and later received workshops and postgraduate courses related to the visual arts at the Higher Institute of Art.
She presented her first personal project "Retiros de la Desidia" XIII Havana Biennial in Matanzas.
She was part of the personal exhibitions of the virtual project "New Viewings #35: Interiors An Intimate Immensity" , Galerie Barbara Thumm (Berlin); and presented a personal exhibition "Jazz Tones Vol II" at the José White Concert Hall in Matanzas as part of the V Matanzas Jazz Festival.
She has participated in several collective exhibitions (physical and virtual) in different national and international galleries. She was part of the "7th Salon of Visual Arts Post It", Galiano Gallery (Havana); IX Biennial of Photography Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam (Pinar del Río); "10th Anniversary of the "Salón Luz a tu propia química", Pared Negra, Fábrica de Arte Cubano (Havana).
Participated in the exhibition "Non-Fungible Photography Renaissance Protocol" (Theather Lab Gallery, New York); "Intervals Festivals", Mapping projection (Novgorod, Russia); "Digital Art Exhibition of the Ars Electronica Festival 2021" (Linz, Austria); "NFT Liverpool 2022", Adelia Art Gallery (United Kingdom); "NEARCON Festival 2022" (Lisbon, Portugal); "Meta Masquerade Collection" at Zaratopia Event (Art Basel Miami), "NFT ART CON Festival" at the Center for Art and Culture during Design Week (Chiang Mai, Thailand); "The Triennial Room/ RE-PAIR/" at Zeitgeist Gallery (Tennessee Triennial); Bi-personal exhibition "Reflejos Humanos" at Boutique Solidaire, Lorenzo Padilla Foundation (Courtenay, France); Digital art exhibition at the Pixel Star Advertising Screen in Time Square, New York, New York.
at Time Square, New York. Digital art group show, Unfold Gallery, Art Basel (Miami, USA).
Was part of the 5th Edition of the VerticalCryptoArt Online Art Residency Program, dedicated to democratize access to blockchain knowledge, cryptoart, WEB3 and the metaverse.
She won the Grand Prize of Plastic Arts "XXIV Biennial Salon Roberto Diago Querol", Pedro Esquerré Gallery (Matanzas) 2018; Grand Prize "Salón Massaguer Galería Conrado Walter Massaguer (Cárdenas, Matanzas) 2019, among others.

Curriculum

Studies: Degree in Information Sciences, Faculty of Communication, University of Havana. / Postgraduate studies, courses and workshops at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), the Matanzas University, UNEAC (Havana) and the Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology Studies.

Solo Exhibitions
2019 Retreats of Lackiness". Courthouse. Intermittent Rivers Project. XIII Biennial of Havana in Matanzas, Cuba 2020 Visual Jazz: graphic memory of a festival. IV Matanzas Jazz Festival, José White Concert Hall, Matanzas, Cuba.
Group Exhibitions
2016. Guest artist, Omens. Olga Vallejo Gallery, ACAA Headquarters, Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba I Provincial Salon of photography "Cuba al Natural", Headquarters of the ACAA of Cárdenas and the Center for Environmental Services of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba XYzoom, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba / Guest Artist, Anthology. Conrado W. Massaguer Gallery, Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba 2017. II Provincial Salon of the Scoop at the ACAA, Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam Photography Biennial, Pinar del Río, Cuba 9th Edition, Light to your own chemistry, Ludwig de Cuba Foundation, Havana, Cuba Photo in the Lens Room, Olga Vallejo Gallery, ACAA, Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba.
Prizes and Mentions
2017. Olga Vallejo Gallery, ACAA, Cárdenas. 1st Prize, II Provincial Salon of La Primicia Mention, Salon Photo on the Lens 2018. Visual Arts Grand Prize, XXIV Roberto Diago Querol Biennial Salon, Pedro Esquerré Gallery, Matanzas, Cuba 2019. Grand Prize, Massaguer Room, Conrado Walter Massaguer Gallery, Cárdenas, Cuba 1st Prize Photography Category, Conrado Walter Massaguer Gallery, Cárdenas, Cuba Collateral Award of the Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Conrado Walter Massaguer Gallery, Cárdenas 1st Prize, Salon Parodiando a los clásicos, Olga Vallejo Gallery, AC