E L I O  J E S Ú S  | | |  biography

[b.1994, Camagüey, Cuba]

ELIO JESÚS is a visual artist based in Havana whose work addresses the fragility of human nature. Graduated from the University of the Arts of Havana, Cuba 2019; Elio has personal and collective exhibitions in the USA, Spain, Portugal and Mexico, presenting his work at relevant events such as ARCO-Madrid Art Fair 2020, the Week of Contemporary Art in Mexico 2020 and the Havana Biennial 2019, where his work was presented. Project. pointed out by The New York Times as one of the most relevant of the biennial in that edition. Elio has received scholarships such as the Noemí Award from the Brownstone Foundation (Paris) and the scholarship from the Tomás y Valiente Art Center (Madrid) where he recently presented an individual exhibition consisting of a series of "reconstructed drawings" that blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His works are part of collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba in Vienna, Austria; column. Kulapat Yanstrasat, Los Angeles, USA; and col. Sir George Hollinberry, London, UK. 

My work is a poetic research about the fragility of human nature. In that sense, I've been working on a series of “reconstructed drawings” that blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Taken as a whole, these pieces could be an expression of our existence: fragmented and incomplete, lacking something we´re searching for. 

EDUCATION 

2015-2019 Graduated in Visual Arts from University of Arts of Cuba ISA, Havana, Cuba.

2009-2013 Graduated of the Vicentina de la Torre Arts Academy, Camagüey, Cuba.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022   Otras formas de volver (Other ways to come back), Art Center Tomás y Valiente, Madrid,Spain.

           Convicción Imprudente (Imprudent conviction), La Nave Gallery, Havana.

2017   Inerte (Inert), University of Arts of Cuba ISA, Havana.

          Periodo de Gracia (Grace period), Studio D’Nasco, Havana.

2013  Ante el Delete (In front of Delete), Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Camagüey.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   Superficie (Surface), El Arco Azul Studio, Madrid.

           Rentreé (Returned), Occo Gallery, Madrid.

           Artist from all the world, Artnumber23 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

           Alternativas de la verdad (Truth alternatives), Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana.

2021   Estado de espíritu (Spirit ́s State), Pabellón Cuba, Havana.

           Convicción Imprudente (Imprudent conviction), La Nave Gallery, Havana.

2020    I’m not suspicious, Nuno Sacramento Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal.

            Mail Art Project, The English Wood Contemporary Art Center, Nashville,USA.

            Feria de ARCO-MADRID 2020, Madrid.

            Feria BADA MX, Semana de Arte CDMX 2020, México.

2019    Alt-mira (Alt-mira), Sin Espacio Galería, Mexico City, Mexico. 

            A imagen y semenjanza (Image and likeness), FotoFAC Gallery, Fábrica de Arte Cubano FAC, Havana. 

            El sitio en que también se está (The place where you also are), Galería Habana, Havana. 

            Detrás del muro III: Escenario Líquido (Behind the wall: liquid scenary), 13 Biennial of Havana, Cuba 

            Indagar lo Propio (Investigate the Own), 13 Biennial of Havana, University of Arts of Cuba ISA, Havana. 

2018    Posturas Imposturas (Postures Impostures), Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana. 

            Vivero (Nursery), Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, USA. 

            Trece relatos + uno (Thirteen stories+ one), Ludwig Fundation of Cuba, Havana. 

2017    Siesta interrumpida (Interrupted nap), N21 Artstudio, Havana. 

            7th Contemporaneous Art Salon, Visual Arts Development Center CDAV, Havana. 

            4th Post-it, Galiano Gallery, Havana. 

            Clase Abierta (Open class) - 1st edition, Gorria Gallery Studio GTG, Havana. 

            Esperma (Sperm), an apartment block, Havana. 

2016    Lamerse los unos a los otros (Licking each other), Visual Arts Development Center CDAV, Havana. 

2015    En Bruto (Crude), University of Arts of Cuba ISA, 12th Biennial of Havana. 

           Open piece, National Museum of Fine Arts, 12th Biennial of Havana. 

2013    14th Laureates Salon, Visual Arts Development Center CDAV, Havana. 

            Los hijos de Saturno (Saturn's sons), Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Camagüey. 

2012    10th Students Salon, “Vicentina de la Torre” Arts Academy, Camagüey. 

2011    Dulce endorfina (Sweet endorphins), Republica Gallery, Camagüey. 

            27th Fidelio Ponce de León Salon, Camagüey. 

COLLETIONS 

Col. Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba in Vienna, Austria. 

Col. Sir George Hollingbery, United Kingdom. 

Col. Joe Quesada, EE.UU. 

Col. Kulapat Yanstrasast, EE.UU. 

Col. Mauro Reina, Switzerland. 

Col. The Inglewood Centre For Contemporary Art, EE.UU. 

Col. Gilbert Brownstone, Francia. 

Col. Peter Armstrong, EE.UU. 

Col. Johnny Hon, Hong Kong. 

Col. Salvador Cayón, México. 

Col. Scott Chambers, EE.UU. 

Col. Stephen Johnson, EE.UU. 

Col. Otros 360˚, Colombia. 

Col. José Sacramento, Portugal.