ELSA MORA    
 

 

Born  in 1971, Holguín, Cuba. Resides in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION  

1990                      Graduated from The Professional School of Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba

1984-1986            Graduated from The Vocational School of Arts, Holguín, Cuba.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007               Specimens. Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, CA 

2005               Birth. Phyllis Kind Gallery. New York, NY 

2004               Ni el Principio ni el Fin Existen.  Espacio 304 Gallery. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

                        ELSA MORA. Havana Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland

                        Tijeras. Chelsea Gallery. Miami, Florida

2003               Diary. Ruben Martinez Villena Gallery. La Habana, Cuba

2002               Proceso de Adaptación. Bourbon & Lally Gallery. Montreal, Canada

2001               Vulnerable. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA

2000               Ejercicios de Silencio. Carmen Montilla Gallery, La Habana, Cuba.

1999               REE-ENCUENTROS, Elsa Mora y Anamaria McCarthy. Center of 

                        Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam. Havana City, Cuba.

                        RE-MAKE Espíritu del Cuero. National Center of Conservation, Restauration

                        and Museum Sciences (CENCREM), Havana City, Cuba

1998               The Ego’s Other Dimension. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY.

                        Lies on a Small Scale. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

                        Cuban Women Artist Dreamers: Sandra Ramos y Elsa Mora. Gallery Space                          21, Tokyo, Japan.

1997               The Second Skin. Gallery La Acacia, Havana City, Cuba.

                        Mortal Women. Collateral Exhibition during the 6th International Art Biennial

                        at Havana Religious Museum at Convent St. Francis of Asis, Havana                   

                        City, Cuba

1996               Elsa Mora. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

                        The Petal Girl. Espacio Abierto Gallery, seat of the magazine Revolución y                         Cultura, Havana, Cuba.

1995               Portrait of Butterfly. Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana

                        City, Cuba.

                        Beings Without Landscape. Sala Conciliare, Palazzo Comunale, Celle Ligure,  Italy.

                        Cisterne Santa Maria di Castello Gallery, Genova, Italy.

                        Circolo Arci Le Cappe Rosse, Genova, Italy.

1994               Bipersonal. Gallery at the Salon Covarrubias of the National Theater of Cuba,

                        Havana, Cuba.

                        Iberoamerican Center, Camagüey, Cuba

1993               Self-control and Torture. Gallery of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Asset,

                        Camagüey, Cuba

1991               Santa Natura. Gallery of the House-Museum Ignacio Agramonte,                                                    Camagüey, Cuba

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006               Do Outro Lado do Atlântico. Sete Artistas Cubanos na Universidade de

                        Aveiro, Sao Paolo, Brasil

2005               The Dictionary Project. Brickbotton Gallery. Somerville, MA

2004               Sleight of Hand. McDonough Museum. Youngstown, Ohio.

                        Three Cuban Photographers. Fraser Gallery. Washington, DC

                        ARCO, Madrid, Spain

2003               Utopia/Post-Utopia. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State University of New York,

                        New Paltz, New York

                        Inside/Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art. Wake Forest University, Winston-                                 Salem, NC

2000               Cuban Art. Gallery of the Art Institute of Boston

1999               Arte Cubano (Cuban Art) beyond paper. Box of Madrid Foundation, Spain

                        Fotocopiaste. Salon of Photography of Havana, Center of Art Development,

                        collateral, Cuba.

                        Women. Havana Galerie, Zürich.

                        8th International Art Fair. Buenos Aires, Argentina: ARTE: BA'99

                        La Rural, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

                        Latin-American Art. Paula Lama Gallery, Dominican Republic.

                        Young Cuban Art. Galería Escritorio de Arte. Sao Paolo. Brasil.

                        Prix Amédée Maratier 1999. Galerie Etats d´Art, París, Francia.

                        Cuban Art Exhibition. Cultural Fundation-ABU DHABI.

                        Malecon Cultural Project

                        Extremadura-La Habana

                        Extremeño and Iberoamerican. Museum of Contemporary Art

                        Provincial. Museum of Cáceres, Sán Francisco Cultural Complex, Santa María

                        Cultural Complex, Patio of the Assembly of Extremadura, Péres

                        Comendado-Lerroux de Hervás Museum.

                        Cuba-Galicia: a cultural patrimony of references and forks. Palacio Fonseca,

                        Santiago de Compostela, España.

1998               Seductions. Center Wifredo Lam, Havana City, Cuba.

                        Invitee to the 6th Biennial of Painting at Cuenca, Ecuador

                        Cuban Art at the End of the Century. Valuarte de la Candelaria, Cádiz, Spain.

                        Invitee to the Second Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art Havana City, Cuba.

                        Itinerant Exhibition around the world Women Beyond Borders.

                        Seven Looks. Suyú Gallery, Havana City, Cuba.

                        Group Show of Cuban Artists. Arts Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

                        ARCO 1998. Madrid, Spain.

1997               Pervasive Referents. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, N.Y, USA.

                        Evocation of Cuban Films. Collateral show at the 19th International Festival of 

                        the New Latin-American Films, Havana City, Cuba.

                        Silence. Latin-American Gallery, Casa de las Américas, Havana City, Cuba.

                        50th Anniversary of the Association of the Fine Arts Independent Artists

                        Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo, Japan.

                        Presence’s, Cuban Art at the End at the Century. Itinerant exhibition through                         Spain.

1996               First Iberoamerican Biennial of Watercolor. Salon Viña del Mar, Municipal 

                       Casino of Viña del Mar, Chile.

                        Sculpting Time. Stradone San’t Agostino, Genoa, Italy.

                        Zirama. Teatro della Societá di Mutuo Soccorso, Borgomanero, Italy.

                        Words in the Tropic. The Nicolás Guillén Foundation, Camagüey, Cuba

                        Gallery of the Venezuelan artist Carmen Montilla, Havana City, Cuba.

1995               First Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art. Castle of the Real Fuerza, Havana City, 

                        Cuba.

1994               Gap Between Heaven and Earth. 5th Biennial of Havana, Havana City, Cuba.

                        First Provincial Salon of Awarded Artists. Provincial Museum, Camagüey ,                            Cuba.

1993               11th International Biennial of Drawings. Cleveland, England.

                        Arte da Cuba. Centro d’Arte IL Brandale, Savona, Italy.

                        The Lone Rider. Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana City, Cuba.

1992               Encounters. Reception Salon at the Interests Section of Cuba in Washington D.C. 

                        USA.

1990               Third National Saloon of Awarded Artists. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

                        City, Cuba.

                        Salon of Young Art in the Oriental Provinces. Provincial Gallery, Guantánamo,

                        Cuba.

                        First City Saloon. Gallery Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey, Cuba.

AWARDS

2005               Honorable Mention. 11th Annual Creating Contest Miniatures.com

2000               UNESCO-ACHBERG Grant. Given in Paris, France.

1994               Prize of the 10th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León Art Center, Camagüey, Cuba.

1993               Prize of the Salon at the Museum Ignacio Agramont of the Cuban Fund of Culture

                        Assets and of the Provincial Museum at the Ninth Salon Fidelio Ponce de León Art

                        Center, Camagüey, Cuba.

1992               Gand Prix at the First National Biennial of Drawing, Art Center, Camagüey, Cuba.

                        Mention of the Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Fifth National Salon of

                        Awarded Artists, National Museum of Fine Arts Havana City, Cuba.

1991               Prize of Seventh Salon Fidelio Ponce de León Iberoamerican Center, Camagüey,

                        Cuba.

                        Prize of the First Salon of Young Artists Art Center, Camagüey, Cuba.

                        Prize of the First National Salon of Drawing Art Center, Camagüey, Cuba.

1990               Prize Amelia Peláez of the 6th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Gallery Alejo

                        Carpentier, Camagüey, Cuba.

1989               Award of the Salon of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Gallery

                        Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey, Cuba.

                        Prize of the 5th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Gallery Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey, 

                        Cuba.

 

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES

2005               Visiting Artist. San Francisco State University, CA.

                        Visiting Artist. The Oaks School. Los Angeles, CA.

2004               Visiting Artist. San Diego State University. San Diego, CA.

2001               Visiting Artist. Eastern Kentucky University, USA

2000               Visiting Artist. Art Institute of Boston, Massachusetts

1999               Grant UNESCO-ASCHBERG Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de México

1996               Visiting Artist. School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA.

1992               Consultant Art Gallery of the Center for the Development of Visual Arts,

                        Camagüey, Cuba.

1990-1992     Professor of Painting Vocational School of Arts, Camagüey, Cuba.