Duvier del Dago Fernández – CV
Duvier del Dago Fernández (Zulueta, *1976) graduated from the Professional School of Visual Arts (Middle Level) in 1995 , in Trinidad, Cuba. He continued his studies at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), where he did a Degree Course in Visual Arts from 1996 to 2001. He lives and works in Havana, and has developed his work in the fields of installation and drawing. His pieces have been exhibited in important biennials of visual arts such as the Havana Biennial and the Venice Biennial. He was a professor at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) during a decade (2001-2011) and is a member of the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba (UNEAC).
He has obtained scholarships and art residences such as Atelier Calder, Cité International des Arts and Le Pavillon, in France; Fountainhead and Vermont Studio Center, in the USA; Museum of Contemporary Art of Castille and Leon, MUSAC, in Spain, and Batiscafo, London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS – selection –
| 2017 | Standby. ArteMorfosis-Galería de Arte Cubano, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2016 | La Historia es de quien la cuenta II (History Belongs to the One Who Tells It II) Artis 718 Gallery, Havana, Cuba |
| 2014 | Making of. Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba Quantum State. TUB Gallery, Miami, USA Open Studio. Atelier Calder Residence, Saché, France La Historia es de quien la cuenta (History Belongs to the One Who Tells It). Afro-Asian Institute, Graz, Austria |
| 2011 | Intelligence, Defense and Security. Odile Ouizeman Gallery, Paris, France |
| 2010 | Holiday. La Casona Gallery, Havana, Cuba |
| 2009 | Caja negra (Black Box). 26 de Julio Firing Range, Havana, Cuba |
| 2008 | Memory Stick. 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba El salto (The Jump). NM Projects, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2007 | Plastic Girl. Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 2006 | Espectador (Spectator). Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba |
| 2004 | Flashback. Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba |
| 2001 | Mi mejor estrella no es un actor, sino un reproductor (My Best Star Is Not an Actor but a Reproducer). 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba |
| 1998 | Yunieski y Yolexi en escena (Yunieski and Yolexi on the Stage). Galería DUPP, Development Center for the Visual Arts, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba |
| 1997 | Luna de miel en Zulueta (Honeymoon in Zulueta) (Intervention). Parrandas de Zulueta (Zulueta carnival), Villa Clara, Cuba La boda de Yunieski y Yolexi (The Wedding of Yunieski and Yolexi) (Intervention). El Ciervo Encantado Café-Theater, Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS – selection –
| 2017 | Kalei2copio Havana (Kaleidoscope Havana). Mário Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal |
| 2016 | Tradiciones (des)dibujadas. Vitamina D para el contexto cubano (Blurred Traditions. Vitamin D for the Cuban Context). Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba Fuerza y sangre. Imaginarios de la bandera en el arte cubano (Strength and Blood. Imageries of the Flag in Cuban Art). Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba |
| 2015 | Detrás del muro 2: en el medio de la nada (Behind the Wall 2: in the Midst of Nothing). Collateral 12 Havana Biennial, Malecón (sea drive) of Havana, Cuba Aloud. 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2014 | Y se hizo la luz (Et facta est lux) (And There Was Light). Museum of Contemporary Art Gas Natural Fenosa (MAC), La Coruña, Spain Las otras narraciones: una década de animación en Cuba (The Other Narrations: a Decade of Animation in Cuba). Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba |
| 2013 | Derrumbando muros (Knocking Down Walls). National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba Open Studio. Vermont Studio Center Residence, Vermont, USA Behind the Wall. The 8th Floor Rubin Foundation, New York, USA |
| 2012 | Detrás del muro (Behind the Wall). Collateral 11 Havana Biennial, Malecón of Havana, Cuba Entre Trópicos (Between Tropics). La CAIXA Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2011 | Adjoining Islands. The Cuban Pavilion in Manhattan. Magnan Projects, The 8th Floor, New York, USA Aleph II. 54 Venice Biennial, Cuban Pavilion, Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy |
| 2010 | Ámbito Heterotópico (Heterotopic Space). Factoría Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba Océano digital (Digital Ocean). Puerta Cerrada Gallery, Botín Foundation, Córdoba, Spain XI Festival de Artes Visuales de Campeche (11 Visual Arts Festival of Campeche). Campeche, Mexico Text to Speech, l’altro linguaggio. Bonelli Lab, Canetto, Italy Trópico estoico (Stoical Tropic). MUCA Roma, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2009 | Latitudes (Latitudes). Hotel de Ville. Paris, France Crossing Fashion. Reininghaus, Graz, Austria Género, (trans)género y (des)generados (Gender, (Trans)gender and (De)generate). Raúl Oliva Gallery, Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba |
| 2008 | V Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo (Fifth Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art). Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba Cubanos convertibles (Cuban Convertibles). Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba |
| 2007 | Versus. Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France Quels sens? Odile Ouizeman Gallery, Paris, France Workshop Le Pavillon. Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; New Delhi / Chandigarh / Agra / Benares, India |
| 2006 | Latido (Beat). Traveling exhibition to museums of contemporary art in Norway Drawn and Quartered. Center for the Arts. Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2005 | IV Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo (Fourth Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art). Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba |
| 2004 | Zonas eventuales (Eventual Zones). Result of Batiscafo Residence, Gasworks / Triangle Art Trust. London-Havana |
| 2003 | Sentido común (Common Sense). Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba |
| 2000 | 1, 2, 3… probando (1, 2, 3… Testing) Galería DUPP at 7 Havana Biennial, Morro-Cabaña Historical Military Park, Havana, Cuba Con un pensar abstraído (With a Detached Thought). Galería DUPP in Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba |
| 1999 | Con un mirar abstraído (With a Detached Glance). Galería DUPP in La Rampa, Havana La Época (The Age). Galería DUPP in La Época Shopping Center, Havana, Cuba |
| 1998 | First Ana Mendieta Performance Festival, Galería DUPP, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba |
| 1997 | Antes de la lluvia (Before the Rain). Collateral 6 Havana Biennial, Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba |
COLLECTIONS – selection –
- Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Kunstlaboratorium. Vestfossen, Oslo, Norway
- Collection National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido. Aragon, Spain
- Collection Jumex. Mexico City, Mexico
- Collection Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City, Mexico
- Collection Farber. New York, USA
- Collection Solita Cohen de Mishaan. Colombia / USA
- Private collection Darius Anderson. California, USA
- Private collection Pizzuti Collection. USA
- Collection Ana María Olabuenaga Chemestri. Mexico City, Mexico
- Private collection Alfredo Chedraui. Mexico City, Mexico
- Collection Gilbert Brownstone. France / Cuba
- Private collection Zoe and Nabil Debs. Beirut, Lebanon
- Collection Claudio Marinelli. Italy-Cuba
