artist - resume
Elsa Mora
Cuban
Cuban
Born in Holguín, Cuba in 1971. She is currently living in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and their three children.
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| Studies | |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 1990 | Graduated from The Professional School of Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba |
| 1984-1986 | Graduated from The Vocational School of Arts, Holguín, 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. |
| 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 | 1990-1992 Professor of Painting Vocational School of Arts, Camagüey, Cuba. |
| Solo Shows | |
| 2007 | Especimenes Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2009 | ReSoluciones Galeria Espacio 304. San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
| 2005 | Birth Phyllis Kind Gallery.New York, NY. |
| 2004 | Ni el Principio ni el Fin Existen Espacio 304 Galllery. 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 Adaptacion 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 Shows | |
| 2008 | USA Messages and Magic. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA. |
| 2006 | Du Otro Lado do Atlantico Universidad de Aveiro. Portugal. Galeria Sacramento. Aveiro, Portugal. Reflexiones Intimas. Trois Photographes Cubaines. Espace 2,Luxembourg. CIRCA. |
| 2006 | Puerto Rico Represented by Espacio 304 Gallery. |
| 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, 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 | Grant UNESCO-ASCHBERG Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de México. |
| 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. |
