Born in Manzanillo, Cuba, 1974. Lives and works in Havana, Cuba.

 

EDUCATION

1992-97 Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
1988-92 National School of Fine Arts. Havana Cuba.
1985-1988 Elementary School of Fine Arts “Carlos Enríquez”. Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 ANTONIO ESPINOSA. RECENT WORK. SP ART. Internacional Fair of Arte. Biennial Pavilion , Ibirapuera Park, Sao Paulo , Brazil.

2004 CONTRALUZ: Recent works by Antonio Espinosa. Tamara Gallery. San Juan. Puerto Rico. 2003 ANTONIO ESPINOSA: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. Ana María Matthei Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2001 ANTONIO ESPINOSA : RECENT PAINTINGS . Praxis International Art, Lima, Peru. ANTONIO ESPINOSA. Francine Gallery. São Paulo, Brasil.
2000 LANDSCAPES OF ANTONIO ESPINOSA. Turquoise Gallery. Casa Turquesa Hotel. Cancun. Mexico.
1997 IDEOLOGICAL CUBAN LANDSCAPE. Superior Institute of Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 XV FESTIVAL HABANO. Conference Center Palace. Havana, Cuba. MARTI. ESE MISTERIO QUE NOS ACOMPAÑA. Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín. Havana, Cuba.

2012 PROFUNDAMENTE SUPERFICIALES. 11th. Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba. GRABADO EN LA MEMORIA. Gallery of the School of Visual Arts, University of the Arts (ISA), Havana . Cuba .

2011 50 EN EL 50. Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. SIN IRNOS POR LA RAMA. Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba. CAMINOS. Martínez Villena Hall . UNEAC. Havana, Cuba. MARINAS. Lombillo Palace Gallery. Havana, Cuba. AFRICAN HERITAGE. Residence of the Chief of the U.S. Interests Section, Havana, Cuba.

2010 LOS FRIOS. MONSTRUOS DEVORADORES DE ENERGIA. Plaza de San Francisco, Seville, Spain. TRIBUTE TO THE MASTER . SALON OF LANDSCAPE, THE 170 YEARS CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF FAMOUS PAINTER ESTEBAN CHARTRAND. White Hall of the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Havana, Cuba. PAISAJE EN LA ACACIA. DE LA ACADEMIA A LA CONTEMPORANEIDAD. Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

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The work of Antonio Espinosa moves in two main lines. One line is dedicated to monochrome landscapes with critical impact on marine issues, and deals with the sea as a real or virtual boundary of his island birthplace being surrounded by sea and isolating its borders. It is an intimate landscape dreamed and recreated by the artist himself from his visions and reconstructions of images that refer to deceptively recognizable sites. The other aspect of his work takes place within a social art critique through the analysis of history and its various aspects. He has dabbled in sculpture, installation, watercolor, and photography, in addition to a series of fences which evolved into a recognizable iconography associated with Cuban revolutionary heroes and with the word as an important interpretative element.

 

Antonio Espinosa

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