Carlos Quintana (Havana, 1966) is one of the most representative names of Cuban visual arts, inside and outside the boundaries of the Island. Quintana graduated from the Institute of Design, but he has succeeded in getting a place among many greatly esteemed figures emerged from the Academy. His poetry goes to human issues in a front way, without taboos or whims, formulating the interest in placing certain themes on the artistic scene, such as the religious universe that surrounds us and cooks this melting pot that summons us. His work has been presented in all and each one of the important events of the artistic scene of the country, and it has deserved numerous applauses coming from different generations. Thus the facts and the literature accompanying them, this artist (as few) has set undisputed guidelines in our cultural landscape.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Quintana abstracto, Orígenes Gallery, Grand Theater of Havana, Havana
2017
- RQR (With Maurice Renoma and Enrique Rottenberg), Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC), Havana
2016
- 50 Veces, Galería Habana, Havana
- Save Mucho, Artis 718 Gallery, Havana
2015
- Lágrimas negras, Collateral to the 12th Havana Biennial, Lloyd’s Register, Havana
2014
- Apócrifos, Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SCHP), Mexico D. F.
- Mundo de cristal, Museo del Ron, Havana
- Liburu irekia…, Kur Gallery, San Sebastián, Guipuzkoa, Basque Country
2013
- One, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
- Apócrifos, Galería Habana, Havana
2012
- Obsessions, Bötzow Berlin, Berlin
- 18 papeles panameños, Habitante Gallery, Panama City
- La rosa del centro, Contemporary Art Museum of Panama, Panama City
- El reparto flores volumen II, Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, Fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana
- El reparto flores volumen I, Lloyd’s Register, Havana
2011
- Nada, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
- Sur, Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru
2010
- Exposición personal, Habitante Gallery, Panama City
- Q, La Casona Gallery, Havana
2009
- 8cho, Galería Habana, Havana
2008
- Carlos Quintana, Arario Gallery, Beijing
- One Man Show, Artificial Gallery, Milan
- Norte, Orange Gallery, Quebec
2007
- Continuo, Artificial Gallery, Madrid
- Sin tentación, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami
- Las montañas de la mente, Kur Gallery, Switzerland
- Norte, Lacerte Gallery, Montreal
2006
- Lateralidad cruzada, Galería Habana, Havana
- Cuerda floja, America Institute, Damián Bayón Center, Granada, Spain
2005
- El futuro en cualquier momento va a ser el pasado, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Obras recientes, Arcaute Gallery, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
2004
- Norte 2, Monterrey Metropolitan Museum, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Obra reciente, Entrestudio Gallery, Puebla, Mexico
2003
- Eventos mentales, Arcaute Gallery, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- ARCO’03, IFEMA, Madrid
2002
- Descabezado… otra vez, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Descabezado, Andalusia Library, Granada, Spain
2001
- Con la sal en la lengua II, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
- Natural, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
2000
- Obra reciente, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
1999
- Museo de arte el placer puro, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
1998
- Dibujos y pinturas, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
- Con la sal en la lengua, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
1997
- Obra reciente, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- Obra reciente, Limpworth Hartman International Arts Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1996
- Obra reciente, Jacobo Borges Museum, Caracas
1995
- El príncipe de palo, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- El príncipe de palo, Sa Pleta Freda Gallery, Son Servera, Majorca
1993
- El nuevo clásico de nuevo, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
1992
- Diálogos con el tigre (With Félix Ronda), Guerrero Gallery, Acapulco Cultural Center, Havana
1991
- El nuevo clásico, Galería Habana, Havana
1990
- El espíritu yogurt, René Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana
1988
- Rumble Fish, Batabanó Gallery, Batabanó, Havana
GRUOP EXHIBITIONS
2019
- Líneas discontinuas, Galería Habana, Havana
2014
- Rodando se encuentran [National Council of Plastic Arts (CNAP) Collection], Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai
2013
- ART PULSE, New York
2012
- HB, Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Havana
2011
- PINTA, New York
- ARTMIAMI, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
2010
- Confluences: Inside Cuban Contemporary Art, La Acacia Gallery, Havana
- PINTA, Galería Habana, New York
- ARTBRUSSELS, Galería Habana, Brussels
2009
- HB. Muestra de arte cubano contemporáneo, Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Havana
- ARTEAMERICAS, Galería Habana, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
2008
- Dominican Power & Solid Friends, Art Basel Miami Beach, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami
- Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (Latin American Masters and Contemporary Artists), Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
- Continuing Starting Over, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami
- ARTBEIJING, Arcaute Gallery, Beijing
- Starting Over, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami
2007
- Detritus I, MIART’07, Arcaute Gallery, Milan
- ARTEAMERICAS, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
- El triunfo de la locura (12th anniversary), Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2006
- PALMBEACH, Florida
- Distopia(s) (Itinerant exhibition), Spain
- ARTMIAMI, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
- Merrill Lynch ARTEAMERICA, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
2005
- Contemporary Paintings in Latin American, Northern Michigan University, Michigan
- Modern and Contemporary Masters (Gary Nader Collection), Wynwood Art District, Miami
- Obras inéditas: pinturas, fotografías y videos, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- ARTCHICAGO, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Chicago
- FIAC, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Spativm Gallery, Caracas
- Catarsis (Arte iberoamericano actual), Paupa Gallery, San Sebastián, Spain
- ARCO’05, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- Merrill Lynch ARTEAMERICAS, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
- ARTMIAMI, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami
2004
- arteBA, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Buenos Aires
- Maestros latinoamericanos, Arcaute Gallery, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- ARTMIAMI, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Spativm Gallery, Miami
- Armory Show, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, New York
- Monstruos, monstricos y… aspirantes, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Todavía post-modernos, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- Merrill Lynch ARTEAMERICAS, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami
2003
- Art Basel, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami
- Onda expansiva, Collateral to the 6th Caribbean Biennial, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Tres artistas cubanos, Monterrey Metropolitan Museum, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- FIAC, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Caracas
- Granizos, señales de una tormenta, Arcaute Gallery, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Masters and Contemporary Art, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
- ARTMIAMI, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami Beach
- San Francisco International Art Exposition, Juan Ruiz Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002
- ARTORONTO, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Toronto
- Arte de América Latina, Lucía de la Puente Gallery, Lima, Peru
- Iberoamérica ahora, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid
- Eraser’s Border’s Contemporanea Art Fair, Project Rooms, Coconut Grove, Miami
- Gora a gora, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Art Basel, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Miami
- Animación suspendida, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami
- En centímetros, arte latinoamericano de pequeño formato, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid
- Foro Sur, Ángel Romero Gallery, Caceres, Spain
- Atravesados. Deslizamientos de identidad y género, Telefónica Foundation, Madrid
- Sin fronteras, Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid
2001
- arteBA, Gary Nader Gallery, Buenos Aires
- Entremundos III, Foro Iberoamericano de La Rábida, Huelva, Spain
- ARTMIAMI, Ángel Romero Gallery, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
- ARCO’01, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- Foro Sur, Ángel Romero Gallery, Caceres, Spain
2000
- ARTMIAMI, Ángel Romero Gallery, Miami
- ARCO’00, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- The Young’s Ones, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
1999
- ARTMIAMI, Ángel Romero Gallery, Miami
- ARCO’99, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- ARTFIA, Ángel Romero Gallery, Caracas
- FIAC, El Museo Gallery, Paris
1998
- ARCO’98, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- New Acquisitions, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
1997
- ARCO’97, Ángel Romero Gallery, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Madrid
- ARTCHICAGO, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Chicago
- ARTFIA, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Caracas
- Expoarte Guadalajara, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
1996
- ARCO’96, Ángel Romero Gallery, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Madrid
- Saga, Gallery EEGEE-3, Paris
- ARTCHICAGO, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Chicago
- ARTFIA, Jacob Karpio Atma Gallery, Caracas
1995
- ARCO’95, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- ARTCOLOGNE, Ángel Romero Gallery, Cologne
1994
- Michelena Salón, Los Espacios Cálidos Hall, Caracas
- ARCO’94, Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid
- Más allá de las apariencias, Berini Gallery, Barcelona
1993
- Misa por una mueca, Center for Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana
1992
- The Unknown Face of Cuban Art, Northern Center for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
- Salón Arte 7, Juan David Gallery, Havana
- Humos joven, San Antonio de los Baños, Havana
- Salón de la ciudad, Center for Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana
- Nacido en Cuba (Show that travels to different Museums in USA and Mexico)
1991
- Ciertas historias de humor, Center for Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana
- Salón de la ciudad, Center for Development of Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana
1990
- Fuera de bromas, Guerrero Gallery, Acapulco Cultural Center, Havana
1989
- 3rd Havana Biennial, Caimán Barbudo Gallery, Havana
1987
- Veintitantos abriles, Galería Habana, Havana
- Estrictamente personal, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
- No es solo lo que ves, Arts and Letters School of Havana University, Havana
- Arte abstracto, Elso Padilla Gallery, Havana
COLLECTIONS
- Rubin Museum of Art, New York
- Farber Collection, New York
- Bötzow Berlin Collection, Berlin
- Avistamientos Collection, Havana
- National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
- National Museum of Fine Arts, Panama City
- Willem Peppler Collection, Switzerland
- Alin and Diego von Buck Collection, London
- Gilbert Brownstone Collection, Paris
- Armando Amorim Soares Collection, Portugal
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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