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Pepe Menéndez (1966, Cuba), Cuban graphic designer born and living in Havana, works mostly for clients from the cultural branch, i.e., publishers, art galleries and the film industry. Has been leading the in-house design office of an important cultural center in the island for over 20 years. A graduate from the Cuban university of design (ISDi), he has travelled the world lecturing, presenting poster shows and conducting workshops. His work has been widely published and exhibited in magazines and books, as well as taken part in international design competitions, mainly poster biennials. In…Read more …

Ernesto García Peña - The Poetry of Dreams By: Dolores Denaro, Art Historian and Curator - Text based on Catalog of Exhibition Ernesto García Peña (*1949, Matanzas, Cuba) belongs to the first post-revolutionary generation of Cuban artists and in Cuba is recognized as one of the best known and respected artists of his country as is reflected his the long list of his exhibitions. Upon completing his studies at the Academy in Havana, he remained as a professor and for many years influenced the generations that followed. The motifs of his paintings – as evidenced by the title of the exhibition and…Read more …

Cuban painter and engraver Eduardo Roca, alias Choco, was awarded the 2017 National Prize for Visual Arts on November 3, for his valuable contribution to the development of visual arts on the island. The artist has a degree in Art History from the University of Havana and has developed an important teaching career in art institutions in Cuba and Spain. Choco’s work is exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, such as Cuba’s Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, the United States; the Museo…Read more …

Nobody was surprised when Pedro Pablo Oliva (1949, Pinar del Río) was announced the winner of the National Prize in Visual Art in 2006. As stated by David Mateo, this was, “a prize of public consensus.” And it is, because Oliva’s work is, undoubtedly, among the greatest examples of visual arts in the Island. The far-reaching distinction was not the initial recognition already ensured many years ago by said “public consensus”, but merely a confirmation of the substantial contribution made by this creator with his work and of his preeminent place in the…Read more …