MANUEL PINA

Lives and works in Havana, CUBA.

Education:

1978-83 Mechanical Engineering, Vladimir Polytechnical Institute, USSR.

Solo Exhibitions:

2004
"Deconstructing Utopias", Marvelli Gallery, New York, USA
"Water", Fotofest 2004, Houston, USA

2002
"Displacement and Encounter", National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CANADA
"Manuel Pina", Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City

2001
"Spaces, Temptations", Marvelli Gallery, New York

2000
"De Construcciones y Utopias". Escpacio Aglutinador, Havana, CUBA.

1998
"Of Constructions and Utopias". Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, CANADA.

1997
"Una Sala de Historia (Belica) en el Museo de la Musica". Museo de la Musica, Havana, CUBA.
"Deconstructing Utopias". Artspeak gallery, Vancouver, CANADA.
"Tourism". Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, El Museu, Buffalo, New York, USA (public art project and exhibition).
"Otra Vida" [Manuel Pina/Martin Weber]. Open Space, Milan, ITALY.

1996
"De Construcciones y utopias" [instalacion]. Siete Fotografos Cubanos. El voluble rostro de la realidad. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, CUBA.

1995
"Manipulaciones, verdades y otras ilusiones". Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA.

1993
"Limbos del Caribe. Fotografias" [Rogelio Alvarez, Rene Pena, Manuel Pina]. Galeria de Arte Domingo Ravenet, Havana, CUBA.

1991
"Cronicas de la Ciudad" [Manuel Pina/Rene Pena]. Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CUBA.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2004
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, CANADA

2003
"Cuba on the Verge, an Island in Transition", International Center of Photography, New York, USA
"Utopia/Post-Utopia, Conceptual Photography and Video from Cuba", Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY, USA

2002
"La Mirada - Looking at Photography in Latin America Today", Daros Latin America Collection, Zurich, SWITZERLAND

2001
"Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution", Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, USA

1999
"Cuba: Landkarten Der Sehnsucht (Cuba: The Maps of Desire)".
"Kunsthalle Wien", Vienna, AUSTRIA.
"Lo real infatigable". Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, CUBA.
"Artistes Latinoamericains". Galerie JGM, Paris, FRANCE.
"Lost Homelands". Confederation Center, Charlottetown, CANADA.
"Metaphors/Commentaries. San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.

1998
"Cuba On. 11 Conceptual Photographers". Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, USA.
"Comment peut-on etre cubain?" Maison de L'Amerique Latine, Paris, FRANCE.
"Fotografien aus Kuba. Provisorische Utopien. Ludwig Forum fur International Kunst, Aachen, GERMANY.
"Cuba: 100 anos de fotografia". Casa de America, Madrid, SPAIN.
"1990: Art From Cuba". Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
"Il Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporaneo". Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales/Centro Wifredo Lam/Fototeca de Cuba/CENCREN, Havana, CUBA.

1997
"1990's Art From Cuba: An Exhibition of New Works by Cuban Artists". Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.
" El arte que no cesa". Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA. 5th International Istanbul Biennial Antrepo I, Istanbul, TURKEY.

1996
"Mundo Sonado". Joven Plastica Cubana. Casa de America, Madrid, SPAIN.
"Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo". Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria/Fundacio La Caixa, Palma de Mayorca/Cenrte d'Art Santa Monica, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, SPAIN.

1995
"Ahora mismo: Contemporary Art From Cuba". Gainesville University Art Gallery, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
"Cuban Photography in the Nineties. Fortnight of Cuban Culture in Portugal". Cultural Center of Belem, PORTUGAL.

1994
"The New Generation. Contemporary Photography from Cuba". FotoFest '94. The Fifth International Festival of Photography. Richmond Hall, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA.
"La nueva generacion. Fotografia contemporanea de Cuba" (collateral to the Quinta Bienal de La Habana). Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CUBA.
"Tocar la otra orilla. Quinta Bienal de La Habana 1994". Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, Havana, CUBA.
" Abanico Hispano-Cubano". Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Diseno, Havana, CUBA.

1993
"Limbos del Caribe". Galeria Domingo Ravenet, Havana, CUBA.

1992
"Nueve Fotografos de la Nueva Generacion". Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, CUBA.
"150 Anos de Fotografia Cubana". Galeria Jorge Martinez. Escuela de Artes Plasticas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEXICO .
"America & Americhe 110 immagini di fotografi 'americani' ". Centro Culturale La Cascina Grande, Comune di Rozzano, Calabro, ITALY.
"Kubanische Fotografie 1959-1992". Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin, GERMANY.
"Per Cuba". Associazione d'Arte e Cultura Matera "Arteria" Sasso Barisano, Matera, ITALY.
"Fotografia Contemporanea Cubana". Societa Operaia Sez, Fotografica Cascina, Cascina/II Flessibile, Florencia/Fotoclub Lucchese, Lucca/Grupo Fotomatori Pistoiesi, Pistoia, ITALY.

1991
"Concurso 13 de Marzo". Galeria L, Havana, CUBA.
"Fotografia Cubana Contemporanea en 150 Imagenes". Taller Internacional de la Imagen Fotografica (collateral to the Cuarta Bienal de La Habaa). Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana, CUBA.
"Afluentes. Nueva fotografia cubana". Fototeca de Cuba, Havana/Galeria de Arte, Matanzas, CUBA.

1990
"Copias positivas". Galeria La Madriguera, Havana, CUBA.

Fellowships:

1999
Artist in Residence. Guest Lecturer, Fine Arts Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA.

1997
Artist in Residence. Vinalhaven Arts Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine, USA.
1990¹s Art From Cuba: A National Residency and Exhibition Program. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.

1996
Andrew Fellowship. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA.

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