Reinaldo Cid
(Ciego de Ávila * 1987) Cuban visual artist and photographer, currently a professor in the Department of Photography at the University of the Arts (ISA), Havana, since 2024. He studied at the Raúl Corrales Academy of Fine Arts in Ciego de Ávila (2002–2006) and later at the University of the Arts (ISA), Havana (2007–2012).
His work has been presented in several solo exhibitions, including Letters for Tomorrow (Galería Galiano, Havana, 2024, two-person exhibition with Sergio Marrero), Notes in the Wind (Galería Galiano, 2023), All In (Galería La Nave, 2022), Submerged Memory (Galería Seis seis, 2017), Pheromones (Fototeca de Cuba, 2015), and Capital (Faculty of Visual Arts, ISA, 11th Havana Biennial, 2012).
He has participated extensively in group exhibitions in Cuba and abroad, including shows at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2024), the 15th and 14th Havana Biennials, Galería Habana, the Hispano-American Cultural Center, the Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic, Jenkins Johnson Gallery (San Francisco), Robert Mann Gallery (New York), as well as projects and festivals in Mexico, Italy, the United States, Argentina, and Spain.
His awards include the Estudio 21 Creation Grant from the Center for the Development of Visual Arts (2010 and 2022), Second Prize at Post-it 8 (2021), the El reino de este mundo Grant from AHS (2020), and the Raúl Corrales Photography Creation Grant from Fototeca de Cuba (2013).
He has also maintained active involvement in workshops and professional collaborations, including Photography as Process: A Necessary Distance (Fotocanímar, 2024), the Albumen Workshop at the San Gerónimo University College of Havana, and Habana Photo Camp organized by National Geographic (2016).
Curriculum
Professional Activity
2024 – Professor, Department of Photography, University of the Arts (ISA), Havana.
Education
2007–2012 – University of the Arts (ISA), Havana.
2002–2006 – Raúl Corrales Academy of Fine Arts, Ciego de Ávila.
2024 – Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography. Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
2024 – Atlas. DOMOS Project, Faculty of Visual Arts, 15th Havana Biennial.
2024 – Fotocanímar. International Photography Festival and Colloquium, Matanzas, Cuba.
2024 – HB collateral exhibition to the 15th Havana Biennial. Galería La Nave, Havana.
2023 – HB exhibition of contemporary Cuban art. Edificio Sarrá, Havana.
2023 – “Suite” Generis. Photography Project, UNEAC–Fototeca de Cuba, Havana.
2022 – Génesis XX22. Galería Habana, Havana.
2022 – Documenta M. Futurama Art and Culture Center, Mexico City.
2022 – No Time to Lose. Museo del Ron, Havana.
2022 – Territorial. Water. Hispano-American Cultural Center, Havana.
2022 – Purely Formal? Galería La Nave, Havana.
2022 – TEMPO. Galería Artis718, Havana.
2022 – Consonances. Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana.
2022 – Zona ISA Artistic Pedagogical Project, 14th Havana Biennial, University of the Arts (ISA).
2021 – Post-it 8. Galería Galiano, Havana.
2020 – Contemporary Narratives. Trasatlántica Cuba, PhotoEspaña.
2019 – 16mm Workshop Screening, Fort Mason, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), California.
2019 – This Is a Wonderful Country. FAC, collateral exhibition to the 13th Havana Biennial.
2019 – Exploring the Self. Gallery of the Faculty of Visual Arts, University of the Arts (ISA), collateral exhibition to the 13th Havana Biennial.
