Cirenaica Moreira (Havana, September 27, 1969) is one of the representative figures of Cuban art photography. Her work envisions the aesthetic change that the art of the lens experiences from the 1990s. The creation of this artist is a look at the most hidden of the female experience in its social projection. Hence, it records other areas of life of the subjects hitherto little discussed from the photographic view. Graduated in 1992 from the Superior Institute of Art (ISA) in the specialty of Performance, Cirenaica Moreira has developed an artistic work where photography reaches maximum expressiveness thanks to the theatricality of the scenes captured. Her work, structured mainly in series, continues to stand out for the rigorous scenographic design and the mastery with which Moreira rearticulates the diverse resources of the photographic language.
EDUCATION
1992 Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015-2016
- Estas flores malsanas, Servando Gallery, Havana
2015
- Cuba-Alemania (With Sigfried Kaden), Nordheimer Scheune Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2014
- Ensayo de cuerpo para un baile solitario (With Maíra Ortins), Cultural Space Correos de Brasil, Fortaleza, Brazil
2013
- Cirenaica Moreira, más allá de la imagen fotográfica, Kitzbühel Country Club, Innsbruck, Austria
- Ambivalencia del cuerpo imaginario (With Maíra Ortins), El reino de este mundo Gallery, José Martí National Library, Havana
2012
- Sin torres ni abedules, Collateral to 11th Havana Biennial, Fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana
2011
- Black and White in Color (With René Peña), Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles
- Body Memories (With Adonis Flores), Chashama Gallery, New York
2010
- Imágenes, L’escalier de L’Art, French Alliance of Cuba, Havana
- Piel de vaca, Servando Gallery, Havana
- Piel de vaca, Excellences Virtual Gallery, Excellences Cultural Space, Madrid
- Sand immund, Gedok Gallery, Munich
2009
- Cirenaica Moreira: fotografías 1994-2006, Open Space Gallery, Revolución y Cultura, Havana
2006
- Con el empeine al revés, 9th Havana Biennial, Havana Building, Miramar Business Center, Havana
2005
- Sueños húmedos: documentación y memoria, IV Salón de Arte Contemporáneo, La Casona Gallery, Havana
2004
- Cartas desde el inxilio, Romerías de Mayo, Latin America House, Holguin, Cuba
2003
- Three Cuban Woman Photographers: Photography by Elsa Mora, Cirenaica Moreira and Marta María Pérez, Fraser Gallery, Washington
2002
- Cartas desde el inxilio, La Casona Gallery, Havana
- Oro parece, International Colloquy of Eroticism and Representation of Woman in the Latin American and Caribbean Culture, Havana
- Refrigerate After Opening, 106 Gallery, Austin, Texas
1999
- Metálica, Galería Habana, Havana
1997
- Fotografía conceptual cubana, Caribbean Center of Photographic Creativity, Cancun
- Lobotomía, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
1995
- Ojos que te vieron ir…, Open Space Gallery, Revolución y Cultura, Havana
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
- La imagen sin límites, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
2016
- Unconscious Thoughts Animate the World, Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Art Lowe Museum, Miami University, Miami
- ¡Cuba! Art Fisher Museum, Los Angeles
- La banalidad del mar: fotografía cubana contemporánea, Modern Art Museum, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Re-action, genealogía y contracanon, Planta Noble del Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca
- Señales de Cuba. Propuestas femeninas, European Parliament, Bozar Museum, Brussel; UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
- La piel del otro, Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana
- Fuerza y sangre. Imaginarios de la bandera en el arte cubano, Cuba Pavilion, Havana
- Signos. Arte, industria y viceversa, Factoría Habana, Havana
- Reflejo, JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015
- Cuba, Cuba! 65 Years of Photography, Southampton Art Center, New York
- Estrictamente personal, Collateral to 12th Havana Biennial, Spain Embassy, Havana
- HB, Collateral to 12th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Havana
- Colimadores. Una mirada a Cuba. Exposición de fotografía moderna y contemporánea, Michael Horbach Foundation, Colonia
- Voces y poéticas femeninas 1990-2013 (Travelling Exposition), Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, California
- Idol, Rat house Gallery, Munich
2014
- Idol, Gedok Gallery, Munich
- Lima Photo, Co Gallery, Centro Imagen, Lima
2013
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2013, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles
- ARTHOUSTON, Collage Habana Gallery, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
- Lima Photo, Villa Manuela Gallery, Centro Imagen, Lima
2012
- Summer of Content, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles
- HB, Collateral to 11th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Havana
- ARTMOSCOW, Collage Habana Gallery, Moscow
- Aqua Art Fair, Alida Anderson Project Gallery, Miami
- Reflejo, United Nations Gallery, Geneva
2011
- ARTHOUSTON, Servando Gallery, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston
- ARTMOSCOW, Collage Habana Gallery, Artist House of Moscow, Moscow
- Cuban Visions, arte cubano contemporáneo, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
- Cuba on My Mind, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida
- Review. Arte por excelencias, Orígenes Gallery, Havana
- El reflejo, Sri Lanka Embassy, Havana
2010
- Art Fair, Servando Gallery, Claramatte Parkhouse, Basel
- Cuba Avant-garde, Thirty Years of Cuban Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Space, Beijing
- Monomanía, Galería Habana, Havana
- Cuban Women Artists, Cuban Studies Center, New York
- Stressísimo, Galería Habana, Havana
- Contemporary Cuban Photography 20 years: 1989-2009, An Unknown Generation, Lake Forest College, Illinois
- Lo uno y lo múltiple: Arte cubano de vanguardia y contemporáneo, Excellences Cultural Space, Madrid
- ARTMIAMI, Conventions Center, Miami
- Musas del lente, Colonial Art Museum, Havana
2009
- Art Basel, Conventions Center, Miami
- Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana
- Affordable Art Fair, New York
- Dress Me Up, posturas ante una realidad, Oswaldo Guayasamín House, Havana
- Eros y Tánatos, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
- Aquí estamos, Philadelphia Projects, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Alas con puntas, José Martí Monument, Havana
2008
- Here We Are, HF Fine Arts Gallery, Washington
- Fotología 6, International Festival of Photography, Bogotá
- Entre líneas, Art Museum of the National University of Bogotá, Bogotá
- El cuerpo es cuerpos, fotografía y videos cubanos, Jesús Gallardo Gallery, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Mexico
- Common Waters, Mayer Gallery, Norfolk, Virginia
- Bridge Art Fair, New York
2007
- 1st Imágenes del Mundo Biennial, Photo quai, Edouard Branly Museum, Paris
- Desde la piel de Eva, con los ojos de Adán, Benito Juárez House, Havana
- Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana
- De unos y otros, 20 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos, Bogotá
- Once artistas cubanos, Le Manoir Cultural Center, Colonia
- ARTMADRID, Galiano Gallery, Madrid
2006
- Paris Photo, Clairefontaine Gallery, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
- Ici et mantenant, Intemporel Gallery, Paris
- Reflexiones íntimas, Clairefontaine Gallery, Luxembourg
- La vida en pelotas, Servando Gallery, Havana
- XX Aniversario de la Fototeca de Cuba, Saint Francis of Assisi Convent, Havana
- La utilidad de la virtud, Miramar Business Center, Havana
- Auge o decadencia del arte cubano contemporáneo, 9th Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Art, Havana
- Subasta Fernando Durán, Madrid
2005
- En blanco y negro, Fotografía Cubana Contemporánea, San Lucas 9 Gallery, Madrid
- Descartes, Open Space Gallery, Havana
- Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana
- Salón anual de fotografía México-Cuba, Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, Mexico D.F.
- Mi cuerpo mi país: Cuban Art Today, Art Museum of the Virginia University, Charlottesville
- Reflexiones íntimas, Kunsthalle Aterres, Austria
2004
- The Photography Show (AIPAD), New York
- Contemporary Photography, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
- Representing Representation I, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
- ARTMIAMI, Panamerican ArtGallery, Miami
- Femina, Les filles du Calvaire Gallery, Paris
- Cuba hoy, Entre Aguas Gallery, Madrid
2003
- Feria ARCO’03, La Casona Gallery, Madrid
- FIAC’03, La Casona Gallery, Paris
- Subasta humanitaria, America House, Havana
- No es fácil, Cuba, Richmond University, Virginia
- Photo L.A, Santa Mónica Civic Auditorium, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles
- Fotografía Cubana Contemporánea, Panamerican ArtGallery, Miami
- Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles
- Circuito cerrado, Collateral to 8th Havana Biennial, José Martí National Library, Havana
2001
- Latin American Artist-Photographers, Lehigh University, United State
- ARCO’2001, La Casona Gallery, Madrid
- Imaging the Spirit, Contemporary Museum of Boulder, Colorado
2000
- From the Negative Conceptual Photography from Cuba, Parts Photography Arts, Minneapolis
- Cuba 2000, Commines Space, France
- 4 de 20, Museum of Tel Aviv, Israel
- Casi Carmen o el mundo invertido, America House, Havana
- Transforma, Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana
1998
- El arte que no cesa, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana
- Cien años de la fotografía cubana, America House, Madrid
1997
- Las mieles del silencio, America House, Havana
- Desnudar la imagen, La Acacia Gallery, Havana
- Cuba siempre viva, Museum of America, Denver
- Territoriosutópicos, Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver
1996
- Mujer x mujer, Imago Gallery, Grand Theatre of Havana, Havana
- The Photography Show 96 (AIPAD), The New York Hilton, New York
- Nudi 96, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
- Cuba siempre viva, Herndon Gallery, Ohio
1995
- Distant Voices II, Puffin Foundation, New York
- I Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, National Museum of Fine Art, Havana
- Fotografía cubana de los noventa, Belem Cultural Center, Portugal
- Exposición de mujeres artistas, Cuban Studies Center, New York
1994
- II Salón de Pintura Juan David, Juan David Gallery, Havana
1993
- Exposición de pequeño formato, L Gallery, Havana
1992
- Salón 13 de marzo, L Gallery, Havana
CURATORSHIP
2015
- Estas flores mal sanas, Servando Gallery, Havana
- Estrictamente personal, Collateral to 12th Havana Biennial, Spain Embassy, Havana
PERFORMANCE
2015
- Estas flores mal sanas, Servando Gallery, Havana
- Sesenta minutos, el instante perpetuo, Collateral to 12th Havana Biennial, Spain Embassy, Havana
- Un ejercicio de poligamia (60 voluntarios para besar a la artista), Collateral to 12th Havana Biennial, Spain Embassy, Havana
2003
- Sueños húmedos, Collateral to 8th Havana Biennial, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Music House of Galiano, Havana
CONFERENCES
2012
- National Geographic Magazine Seminar 2012, National Geographic, Washington
AWARDS
2013
- First Award on the Exhibition Category (for Ambivalencia del cuerpo imaginario, whit Maíra Ortins and DarysVázquez), Cultural Space Correos y Telégrafos de Brasil, Fortress, Brazil
1994
- Mention, II Salón de Pintura Juan David, Juan David Gallery, Havana
1992
- Mention of Painting, Salón 13 de Marzo, L Gallery, Havana
COLLECTIONS
- National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
- José Martí National Library, Havana
- Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
- Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles.
- USC Fisher Art Museum, Los Angeles.
- Jordan Schniczer Art Museum, Oregon University, United State
- Art Museum, Virginia University, United State
- Le Filles du Calvaire Gallery, Paris
- Intemporal Gallery, Paris
- Foto – Fest, Houston, Texas
- Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York
- Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, United State
- Arte Viva Foundation, Rio de Janeiro
- Cuban Studies Center, New York
- Correos y telégrafos de Brasil, Fortress, Brazil
- Sondra Gilman Collection, United State
- Ben Rodríguez Cubenas Collection, New York
- Victoria Ryan Collection, United State
- Mercedes Mestre Collection, New York
- Milton Becerra Collection, Madrid
- Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Collection, United State
- Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, New York
- Joanna Cassidy Collection, United State
- Emma Watson Collection, London
- Jean Pierre Collection, France
- Ruth Behar Collection, Michigan, United State
- Anabel Suero de González Collection, Spain
- Graciela Crivelli Collection, Argentina