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Pedro Pablo Oliva

Pedro Pablo Oliva Rodríguez (Pinar del Río, Cuba, 1949) is, since he burst into the field of Cuban visual arts and until now, one of those unforgettable names, not only for art historiography, but also for the homeland itself. In this genius’ oeuvre, which has diagrammed decades, processes and circumstances, we may find the commitment to his scenery, his milieu and his people. As few, as very few actually, this artist has followed close Cuban people’s everyday life, its virtues and shortcomings, its lights and shades… its blinding radiance and its great blackouts. In the essence of his production lays our idiosyncrasy: saying without saying, the fortune of laughter that plunders the most serious and substance topic. His large and small size paintings, his sculptures of unquestionable “olivan” finish, his peculiar way of creating and his personal and non-transferable making remain as traces of a true master’s creation. His production, which has deserved innumerable awards and honors, is part of many prestigious collections in Cuba and abroad… from Cuba to the world.

 

EDUCATION

  • 1968 – 1970    National School of Arts (ENA), Havana
  • 1961 – 1964    Provincial School of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • Espantado de todo, Casa 8 Gallery, Havana

2017

  • En cuerpo y alma: Bronces de Pedro Pablo Oliva, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana

2016

  • Apuntes de viaje. Dibujos, tintas y acuarelas de Pedro Pablo Oliva, Rubén Martínez Villena Library, Havana; Pinar del Río Visual Arts Center, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2014

  • Utopías y disidencias, Pinar del Río Art Museum (MAPRI), Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Extraños estudios para mi mano temblorosa, Conventions Palace, Havana

2013

  • Pequeñas cosas. Pedro Pablo Oliva. Obras recientes, Latin American Art Gallery, Miami
  • Extraños estudios para mi mano temblorosa, Documentation Center, Havana

2012

  • Pedro Pablo Oliva. Obras recientes, Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, La Mina Art Studio, Havana

2008

  • Unfulfilled Promises, PanAmerican ArtProjects, Miami

2007

  • Historia de amor, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

2003

  • Papeles nocturnos, Provincial Gallery, Las Tunas, Cuba

2002

  • Papeles nocturnos, Domingo Padrón Gallery, Miami

2000

  • Quiero pintar en paz…, La Acacia Gallery, Havana

1995

  • El gran apagón, Art Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1992

  • Pedro Pablo Oliva. Obras recientes, Bernheim Gallery, Panama
  • Pedro Pablo Oliva, Sindin Gallery, New York

1991

  • Pedro Pablo Oliva. Diálogo con su magia, La Acacia Gallery, Havana

1984

  • Pedro Pablo Oliva. Pinturas, dibujos, bocetos y otros pasatiempos, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1980

  • Exposición de Pedro Pablo Oliva, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1979

  • Pedro Pablo Oliva, Art Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1978

  • Oliva y las imágenes de su pueblo, Galería Habana, Havana

1977

  • Muestra del mes, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
  • Pedro Pablo Oliva, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1974

  • Muestra del mes, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • (Otras) Crónicas marcianas, Casa 8 Gallery, Havana

2014

  • Miradas, Factoría Habana, Havana
  • Rodando se encuentran [National Council of Plastic Arts (CNAP) Collection], Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Shanghai
  • El peso de una idea, Collage Habana Gallery, Havana
  • 20 años de luces y sombras, Hispano American Culture Center, Havana
  • Quijote de utopías, Arturo Regueiro Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2013

  • Picassum Tremens, Victor Hugo House, Havana
  • Confluencia, Provincial Cultural Center, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Cubart, Pop Up Gallery and PanAmerican ArtProjects, New York
  • 11 artistas cubanos de hoy, Servando Cabrera Moreno Library Museum, Havana

2012

  • Küba Mozaik, Istanbul
  • 11 artistas cubanos de hoy, José Martí Memorial, Havana
  • Exposición paisajes, Visual Arts Center, Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Colección privada, Pinar del Río Art Museum (MAPRI), Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • I Salón de arte expresionista, Antonia Eiriz Museum, Havana
  • Feria de arte Turquía, Istanbul
  • Dream City, Pinar del Río Art Museum (MAPRI), Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Exposición en el Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial, National Hotel of Cuba, Havana

2011

  • Acuarelas, Lombillo Palace, Havana
  • 1 minuto de silencio, Oswaldo Guayasamín House, Havana

2010

  • ARTLISBON, Lisbon
  • PINTA, PanAmerican ArtProjects, New York
  • ARTEAMERICAS, Oxenberg Fine Art Gallery, Florida

2009

  • Confluences: Inside Cuban Contemporary Art, National Hispano American Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • HB. Muestra de arte cubano contemporáneo, Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Havana

2008

  • Artistas Cubanos na Assembleia da República, Parliament of the Republic, Lisbon
  • ARCO’08, La Casona Gallery, Madrid

2007

  • Arte cubano contemporáneo, Michoacán Art Center, Mexico
  • Puente para las rupturas, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
  • Bienal de La Vasija, Ceramic National Museum, Havana

2006

  • Arte de Cuba, Brazil Cultural Center, Sao Paulo
  • Jet-Lag, Collateral to the 9th Havana Biennial, Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana
  • Isla interior, Havana Club Foundation, Havana

2005

  • ARTMIAMI, Miami Convention Center, Miami
  • Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana
  • Maestros de Cuba, Cornell Museum of Art and History, New York
  • Artistas cubanos, Espacios Gallery, Madrid

2004

  • Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana
  • ARTORONTO, Toronto
  • Monstruos, monstricos y… aspirantes, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Del lobo un pelo, La Acacia Gallery, Havana

2003

  • ARCO’03, Madrid
  • Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, Havana

2002

  • Subasta Habana, Galería Habana, La Habana
  • Latin American Art, Sotheby’s, New York
  • Latin American Art, Christie’s, New York

2001

  •  Lights for Hope, Alpha Gallery, Miami
  • Cien años de arte en Pinar Del Río, Pinar del Río Art Museum (MAPRI), Pinar del Río, Cuba
  • Subasta de arte latinoamericano Gary Nader, Miami
  • Latin American Art, Sotheby’s, New York

2000

  • Feria de Marbella, Seville, Spain
  • Tres de Cuba, Moleiros Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico

1999

  • II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (SACC), La Acacia Gallery, Havana

1996

  • I Salón de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (SACC), National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
  • ARCO’96, Madrid

1995

  • One Love, Jamaica and Cuba (Exhibition in honor of Bob Marley’s 50th birthday), Chelsea Gallery, Kingston

1994

  • Trío de la seducción (With Nelson Domínguez and Roberto Fabelo), La Acacia Gallery, Havana

1993

  • ARTMIAMI, Bernheim Gallery, Miami

1984

  • 1ra Bienal de La Habana, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1983

  • Artistas plásticos latinoamericanos, Macondo Gallery, Stockholm
  • Pintores contemporáneos de Cuba, Casón del Buen Retiro, Madrid

1980

  • Deux Maitres, Deux Jeunes (Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Manuel Mendive, Pedro Pablo Oliva), UNESCO Palace, Paris

1978

  • Pintura y gráfica cubanas, Contemporary Art Spanish Museum, Madrid

1977

  • Plástica cubana, Museum of Fine Arts, México
  • Cuba Peintres D’aujourd’hui, Modern Art Museum, Paris

1976

  • Pintura cubana actual, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia

 

MEMBERSHIP

  • Member of National Union of de Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC), Havana
  • Member of The International Association of Plastic Artists (AIAP)
  • Professor, Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana

 

AWARDS

2007

  • Special Award, La Vasija Biennial, Ceramic Museum, Havana

2006

  • National Award of Plastic Arts, Havana
  • Special Award, La Vasija Biennial, Ceramic Museum, Havana

1994

  • Alejo Carpentier Medal, Havana

1987

  • Distinction for the National Culture, Havana

1981

  • Acquisition Award, Girón Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1980

  • First Award, VII National Juvenile Salon of Plastic Arts, Havana

1973

  • First Award, I National Salon of Plastic Art Instructors, Pinar del Río, Cuba

 

COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles
  • National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
  • National Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas
  • Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Art Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
  • The Americas Museum, Managua, Nicaragua
  • Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Arts, Oregon University, Oregon
  • Casa de las Américas, Havana
  • Avistamientos Collection, Havana
  • National Council of Plastic Arts (CNAP), Havana
  • Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
  • Fototeca de Pachuca, Pachuca, Mexico
  • Armando Amorim Soares Collection, Portugal
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