L I N E T  S Á N C H E Z  G U T I É R R E Z    | | |   biography

[lives & works - Havana  :::  b. 1989, Santa Clara, Cuba]

LINET SÁNCHEZ GUTIÉRREZ was born in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1989. She currently lives and works in Havana. She is a graduate of the University of Arts (ISA) in Havana where she studied Visual Arts and a graduate of the Professional Academy of Fine Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Santa Clara, Cuba where she majored in Painting. She has also studied Ballet at the Vocational School of Art "Olga Alonso González" in Santa Clara, Cuba.

Sánchez Gutiérrez work has been exhibited in many countries in the Americas, Europe and the Caribbean in places like Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A. in 2018; Galería Rostrum, Malmö, Suecia in 2018; Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, Ciudad de México, México in 2017; The Annemberg Space for Photography, Los Ángeles, U.S.A. in 2017; Centro de arte contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba in 2016; Factoría Habana, La Habana, Cuba in 2010 amoung many others. She has been awarded with the Second Prize at the First Edition of Prize for Contemporary Photography of Latinoamerica, Monterrey, Mexico, 2018; Flora ars+natura Residency in collaboration con Artista X Artista, Bogotá, Colombia, 2018;  FotoFest Scholarship, Houston, Texas for 2018; Havana Culture Residency (3rd Edition) from Havana Club International, Havana  in 2013; First Prize at Post-it (3rd Edition), Havana in 2015; and Third Prize of Cuban Art, ArtOnCuba Magazine in 2015 among others. Her works are part of public and private collections in several countries.

Sánchez Gutiérrez works in photography, sculpture and video. Her works focuses on memories and mental images related to architectural spaces. She reconstructs architectural spaces as cardboard models of non-inhabited environments. Her works speak about the relationships she finds between memories and oblivion. She explores how memories are not a reality but a perceived construction of our mind.

My work connects mainly with memory and architectural spaces which I feel like a kind of container of our life experiences. I show them white and empty alluding to oblivion and at the same time to a kind of birth because for me, over time, our memories are separate from the reality where they were born to become something else.
My works arise from self-absorption, from introspection and not from the observation of what is around me; they intend to return to this state in their contemplation. These spaces are built as a cardboard model first to then take the photographs.

EDUCATION

2008-2013  Fine Arts at the University of Arts (ISA), Havana, Cuba.

2004-2008  Painting at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1999-2004  Elementary level of Classical Ballet at the Vocational School of Art Olga Alonso González, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.

SOLO SHOWS

2021  Arquitectural experimentes, CIAC de Bourbourg, Dunquerque, France.

2020  00:00:00, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

2019   Pure, Gulla Jonsdottir Atelier, Los Angeles, United States.

2018   Fotofever Art Fair, Achillea Gallery, Carrusel du Louvre, Paris, France.

           Constructed memory, Southeast Museum for Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

           Perfekt Simulation, Rostrum Gallery, Malmö, Sweden.

           Art up Art Fair, Achillea Gallery, Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France.

2016   Crimen perfecto/ Perfect crime, Artis 718 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2013   Vigilante de la nada/Warder of Nothing, Development Center for the Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.

COLLECTIVE SHOWS

2022  El sonido y la furia / The sound and the fury, Galería El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba.

          Resonancias / Resonances, Latin American Gallery, Casa de Las Américas, Havana, Cuba.

          Where are you from?, Cuba Photography Missions, CC Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium.

          A río revuelto, XIV Bienal de La Habana, Servado Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2021   Ausencia no quiere decir olvido / Absence does not mean oblivion, Artesse Project at Delirio Estudio-Galería, Havana, Cuba.

           No lugar / Non place, 23 y 12 Gallery, XIV Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba.

           Acacia 1.2, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2020   Feria Pinta Miami, Art Code Space, Miami, Florida.

           Aislamiento (VR Experience), Art Code Space, Miami, Florida.

2019   Un viaje de ida y vuelta / A round-trip, Contemporary Cuban Art Collection of Luciano Méndez Sánchez, Da2 Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain.

           Del Bravo al Plata / From Bravo to Plata, Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Mexico.

           La Habana joven / The Young Havana, Gran Hotel Mazana Kempinski, Havana, Cuba.

           Pure, Louis’ Dimension, Paris, France.

           Detrás del muro, XIII Bienal de Habana, Centro Hispanoameicano de Cultura, Havana, Cuba.

           HB, Collateral Exhibit, 13 Havana Biennial, Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba.

           Ilness has a color, Collateral Exhibit, 13 Havana Biennial, Estudio 50, Havana, Cuba.

           Art Paris, Vallois Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France.

           Espacio compartido / Shared space, Mercurius Art & Artfeacts, Malmö, Sweden.

           Art up Art Fair, Achillea Gallery, Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France.

2018    The cat is Killing the Birds, but I Love her Anyway, La casita Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

            First Award of Contemporary Photography from Latin America, Centro de Las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico.

            La tierra dada/ The given earth, Pabellón Cuba, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Havana, Cuba.

            Summer felicity, Achilea Gallery, AntiParos, Cyclades, Greece.

            Olor a lluvia/ Smell of rain, Development Center for the Visual Arts (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.

            La noche boca arriba/ The night upside down, Galería La Acacia, La Habana, Cuba.

            Art Madrid Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.

2017    Atalaya, Estudio-Taller Gorría, Havana, Cuba.

            ITA-CUB, International photo project, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.-Barcú Art Fair, SeisSeis, Arte contemporáneo Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.

            Mala Yerba/ Bad grass, Hotel Veronesi La Torre, Verona, Italy.

            Immanences, Achillea Gallery, Paris, France.

            Doble play, Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, México City, México.

            Cuba Is, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, The Annemberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, United States.

           Nordart 2017, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany.

           Registro incompleto/ Incomplete register, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.

           International photo project, Fondo Malerba per la fotografía, Milano, Italy.

           Mala yerba/Bad grass, Isolo17 Gallery, Verona, Italy.

           Archivo XX/Archive XX, La Acacia Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2016   Caja china/ Chinese box, La Acacia Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

           Non places, Villa Manuela Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

           Espacio en blanco/Space in white, Hispano-American Center of Culture, Havana, Cuba.

           La madre de todas las artes/The mother of all arts, Center of Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

           Entre tanta mentira/Among so many lies , DNasco Studio, Havana, Cuba.

2015   Post-it 3, Artis 718 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

           Puntos Suspensivos, Museo del Ron Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

          Universal (Desambiguación), Zona Franca, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Morro-Cabaña Park, Havana, Cuba.

          Rompiendo reglas/Breaking the rules, Zona Franca, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Morro-Cabaña Park, Havana, Cuba.

          2009DERIVA2013, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Padre Félix Varela Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba.

          Defacto, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Private House, 37 St # 1127 between Ave. Kholy y 36, Nuevo Vedado, Havana, Cuba.

          Documenta, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Villena Hall, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba.

2013  Luz a tu propia Química/Light to your own chemistry (6), Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

          La parte maldita/The cursed part, Royal Embassy of Noruega, Havana, Cuba.

          Photography Show as part of the IMAGO Festival of the Faculty of Art of the Communication Media (FAMCA) within the University of Arts (ISA),

          Pabellón Cuba, Saiz Bros.  Asociation, Havana, Cuba.

2012   En serie/ In series, René Portocarrero Gallery, Cobarrubias Hall, National Theater, Havana, Cuba.

          Creer en Algo/ Believing in something, Arte, sol y mar Gallery, Varadero, Cuba.

          Lo inédito viable/The never done feasible, 11 Havana Biennial, University of Arts (ISA), Havana, Cuba.

          Zone, Collateral Exhibit, 12 Havana Biennial, Casa de la Comedia, Havana, Cuba.

          Mujeres  artistas del futuro/Artist Women of the Future, Office of Affairs of USA, Havana, Cuba.

2011  Luz a tu propia química/Light to your own chemistry, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

          Cripsis, Gallery of the Faculty of Visual Arts within the University of Arts (ISA), Havana, Cuba.

          Ático/Attic, Galería Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.

2010  Emplazamiento/Placement, Mariano Rodríguez Gallery, Villa Panamericana, Havana, Cuba.

          El extremo de la bala, una década de arte cubano/The end of the bullet, a decade of Cuban art, Pabellón Cuba, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Havana, Cuba.

          Salón Provincial, Council of Plastic Arts, Santa Clara, Cuba.

          Viene el lobo (el verdadero loop)/The wolf is coming (the true loop), Factoría Habana, Havana, Cuba.

2009  VI National Festival of Ephemeral Sculpture, Mariana Grajales Park, Experimental Center of Visual Arts José Antonio Díaz Peláez, Havana, Cuba.

          Cambio y fuera/Change and over, Collateral exhibit 10 Havana Biennial, ISA Universidad de las Artes, Havana, Cuba.

2008  1er Salón Territorial de Escultura Florencio Gelabert, Council of Plastic Arts, Santa Clara, Cuba.

           Nature. Museo Provincial de Historia, Santa Clara, Cuba.

2007    Che, el camino largo/Che, the long way, Pórtico Gallery, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Santa Clara, Cuba.

            XI Salón de Estudiantes of the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Pórtico Gallery, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Santa Clara, Cuba.

2006    Exposición de Arte Erótico/Erotic Art Exhibit, Casa de la Cultura, Cifuentes, Villa Clara, Cuba.

            X Salón de Estudiantes of the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Martí Gallery, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.

            Ecos de mi Terruño/Echoes from my Birthplace, Casa de la Cultura of Mata, Cifuentes, Villa Clara, Cuba.

OTHER EVENTS

2018   Meeting place en FotoFest 2018 Biennial, Whitehall Houston Hotel, Houston, Texas.

PRIZES 

2019    Grant El reino de este mundo, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Havana, Cuba.

2018    Second Prize at First Award of Contemporary Photography from Latin America, Centro de Las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico.

           FLORA ars+natura Residency in collaboration with Artista X Artista, Bogota, Colombia.

           Scholarchip from FotoFest Internacional of Houston and The Foundation of Culture and Society of NY to participate at FotoFest 2018, Houston, Texas, United States.

2015    3rd prize Arte Cubano, Art OnCuba magazine, Havana, Cuba.

            First Award: Post-it (3rd Edition), Galería Artis 718, Havana, Cuba.

            Mención Especial of the Art History Department of the University of Havana: Post-it (3rd Edition), Galería Artis 718, Havana, Cuba.

2013    Habana Cultura Residency (3rd Edition), Havana Club Internacional, Havana, Cuba.

2010    Mención: Salón Provincial, Council of Plastic Arts, Santa Clara, Cuba.

2009   Third Award: VI National Festival of Ephemeral Sculpture, Mariana Grajales Park, Experimental Center of Visual Arts José Antonio Díaz Peláez, Havana, Cuba.

2007   Mención: XI Salón de Estudiantes of the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Pórtico Gallery, Saiz Bros. Asociation (AHS), Santa Clara, Cuba.

2006   Award: X Salón de Estudiantes of the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Leopoldo Romañach, Martí Gallery, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.

PUBLICATIONS

Catalogue of Nordart 2017, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Alemania. p. 192.

Catalogue of International Photo Project 2017, Fondo Malerba per la fotografía, Milano, Italia.  pp. 184 -189

Noticias.Arte.Cubano, febrero-marzo/2017. p. 6.

CdeCuba magazine No. 21/2016. pp. 26-29.

CdeCuba magazine No. 20/2016. p. 19.

Mujeres magazine No. 1. 2016. p. 26

Arte Cubano magazine 3-4/2015. p. 181, 187, 189.

CdeCuba magazine No. 19/2015. p. 19.

http://artoncuba.com/blog-es/la-certeza-puede-ser-instantanea/

Noticias.Arte.Cubano, september-octuber/2015 p. 7.

Catalogue of Post-it (3rd Edition) 2015, Artis 718 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

Mujeres magazine No. 1, 2016. p. 26

¿Breaking rules? ¿Breaking bad?. Revista Negra magazine. July 2015/ no. 13. School of Creative Photography of Havana. pp. 30-34.

Catalogue of Zona Franca, Exposiciones colaterales _12 Bienal de La Habana. 2015. pp. 348, 358

Arte Cubano magazine 3/2014. p. 41.

Multimedia Female Photographers of the New Millenium  in  Cuba, by Ana Gabriela Ballate Benavides.

Catalogue of El extremo de la bala, una década de arte cubano/The end of the bullet, a decade of Cuban art. 2011. pp. 192-193.

La Gaceta de Cuba magazine, septiembre-octubre/2010, pp.  61-62

COLLECTIONS

2017    Nordart Collection, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Alemania.

2015    Collection of Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales (FCBC).

            Private Collections in Cuba, Chile, México, United States, France, and Spain.