Born in 1966 in Guantánamo, Cuba
Lives and works in Havana, Cuba
Art x Cuba. Contemporary perspectives since 1989 = Kunst x Kuba. Zeitgenössische Positionen seit 1989 = Arte x Cuba. Perspectivas contemporáneas desde 1989. Exhibition catalogue, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, September 8, 2017 - February 18, 2018, curated by Andreas Beitin, and Tonel. With texts by Luis Camnitzer, Elsa Vega, Sujatha Fernandes, Jacqueline Loss, Roberto Zurbano (et al.). Cologne, Wienand, 2018.
Adiós utopia. Art in Cuba since 1950. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 5 - May 21, 2017, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, November 11, 2017 - March 18, 2018. Edited by Ana Clara Silva, and Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, with texts by Rachel Weiss, Elsa Vega, Beatriz Gago Rodríguez, Tonel, René Francisco, Gerardo Mosquera, and Iván de la Nuez. Miami, CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2017.
Adiós utopia. Arte en Cuba desde 1950. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 5 - May 21, 2017, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, November 11, 2017 - March 18, 2018. Edited by Ana Clara Silva, and Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, with texts by Rachel Weiss, Elsa Vega, Beatriz Gago Rodríguez, Tonel, René Francisco, Gerardo Mosquera, and Iván de la Nuez. Miami, CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2017.
3ra Bienal de Montevideo. El espejo enterrado. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de Montevideo, Uruguay, September 29 - December 4, 2016. With texts by Jacqueline Lacasa, Alfons Hug (et al.). Mondevideo, Fundación Bienal de Montevideo, 2016.
Iconocracia. Imagen del poder y poder de las imágenes en la fotografía cubana contemporánea = The image of power and the power of images in contemporary Cuban photography. Exhibition catalogue, Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, June 26 - October 4, 2015, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, January 29 - May 22 , 2016. With texts by Iván de la Nuez, and Omar-Pascual Castillo. Madrid, Turner, 2016.
Duodécima Bienal de La Habana. Entre la idea y la experiencia. Exhibition catalogue, Centro de arte contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, May 22 - June 22, 2015. With texts by Jorge Fernández Torres, Javier Gil, Simon Njami, Giacomo Zaza, José A. Sánchez, and Nelson Herrera Ysla (et al.). La Habana, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam / San Marino, Maretti Editore, 2015.
Illusions. Exhibition catalogue, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 9, 2014 - February 13, 2015. With texts by Orlando Britto Jinorio and interviews by Katrin Steffen. Rio de Janeiro, Casa Daros, 2014. (www.illusions.casadaros.net)
Ilusiones. Exhibition catalogue, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 9, 2014 - February 13, 2015. With texts by Orlando Britto Jinorio and interviews by Katrin Steffen. Rio de Janeiro, Casa Daros, 2014. (www.illusions.casadaros.net)
Ilusões. Exhibition catalogue, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 9, 2014 - February 13, 2015. With texts by Orlando Britto Jinorio and interviews by Katrin Steffen. Rio de Janeiro, Casa Daros, 2014. (www.illusions.casadaros.net)
Berger, Sebastiaan A.C.. Cuba. Arte contemporáneo = Cuba. Contemporary art. La Habana, Ceiba / Madrid, Turner, 2012.
crisisss... América Latina, arte y confrontación. 1920-2010. Exhibition catalogue, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, March 12 - June 5, 2011. With texts by Gerardo Mosquera, Luis Camnitzer, Aracy Amaral, Karen Cordero Reiman (et al.). Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 2012.
Patria o libertad! On patriotism, immigration and populism. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada, October 8 - November 20, 2010, COBRA Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 19 - May 8, 2011. With a text by Paco Barragán. Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 2011.
Weiss, Rachel. To and from utopia in the new Cuban art. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Opium. Meira Marrero & José Toirac. Exhibition catalogue, Factoria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, May 29 - July 17, 2010. With texts by Meira Marrero and José Toirac. Santiago de Compostela, Factoria Compostela, 2010.
S/T (Sin título). La exposición como taller. Exhibition catalogue, CAAM, Las Palmas, Canarias, Spain, 2010. With texts by Daniel Paunero. Las Palmas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno CAAM, 2010.
XXXI Bienal de Pontevedra. Utrópicos. Centroamérica e Caribe. Roteiro guía guide. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de Pontevedra, Spain, June 4 - September 12, 2010. With a text by Santiago Olmo. Pontevedra, Deputación de Pontevedra, 2010.
Caballero, Rufo. Agua bendita. Crítica de arte, 1987-2007. La Habana, Artecubano, 2009.
Cuban artists' books and prints = Libros y grabados de artistas cubanos. 1985-2008. Exhibition catalogue, Grolier Club of Manhattan, New York, USA, May 20 - August 1, 2009, and other venues. With texts by Linda S. Howe and Tonel. Winston-Salem NC, The Cuba Project, Wake Forest University, 2009.
Décima Bienal de La Habana. Integración y resistencia en la era global. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de La Habana, Cuba, March 27 - April 30, 2009. With texts by Nelson Herrera Ysla, Santiago Olmo, Orlando Britto Jinorio (et al.). La Habana, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, 2009.
Décima Bienal de La Habana. Integración y resistencia en la era global. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de La Habana, Cuba, March 27 - April 30, 2009. With texts by Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda, José Manuel Noceda Fernández (et al.). La Habana, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, 2009.
Matos, Dennys. Paisajes. Metáforas de nuestro tiempo. Barcelona, Lingkua, 2009.
Visionarios. Audiovisual en Latinoamérica. Catalogue, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, May 18 - June 15, 2009. Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2009.
Killing Time. An exhibition of Cuban artistas from the 1980s to the present. Exhibition catalogue, Exit Art, New York, May 12 - July 28, 2007. With texts by Papo Colo, Elvis Fuentes, Glexis Novoa, and Yuneikys Villalonga. New York, Exit Art, 2008.
Surrounded by water. Expressions of freedom and isolation in contemporary Cuban art. Exhibition catalogue, Boston University Gallery, February 8-April 5, 2008. WIth a text by Natania Remba. Boston University Art Gallery, 2008.
Visionários. Audiovisual na América Latina. Exhibition catalogue, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, August 5-10, 2008. With texts by Jorge de La Ferla, Arlindo Machado (et al.). São Paulo, Itaú Cultural, 2008.
Orbis. Homenaje a Walker Evans. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba, May 4 - July 10, 2007. With texts by Meira Marrero, José Toirac (et al.). La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2007.
Blanton Museum of Art. Latin American collection. Collection catalogue, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. Edited by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, with texts by Jessie Otto Hite (et al.). Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, 2006.
Espinosa, Magaly. El nuevo arte cubano. Antología de textos críticos. Santa Monica, Perceval Press, 2006.
Unbroken ties. Dialogues in Cuban art. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, November 12, 2006 - March 4, 2007, drawn fro the permanent collection of Cuban art, Museum of ARt, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With a forword by Gregorio Luke. Long Beach, California, Museum of Latin American Art MoLAA, 2006.
Stallabrass, Julian. Art incorporated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Iconofagia. Catalogue, published on the occasion of the 8th Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador, 2004. With texts by Virginia Pérez-Ratton and Tamara Díaz Bringas. San José, Costa Rica, TEOR/e?Tica, 2004.
VIII Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca. Iconofilia. Exhibition catalogue, Cuenca, April 12 - June 10, 2004. With texts by José Roca, María Elena Ramos (et al.). Cuenca, Bienal de Cuenca, 2004.
Erjavec, Ales (ed.). Postmodernism and the postsocialist condition. Politicized art under late socialism. With texts by Gerardo Mosquera (et al.). Berkeley, University of California Press, 2003.
The american effect. Global perspectives in the United States. Exhibition catalogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, July 3 - October 12, 2003. With essays by Lawrence Rinder (et al.). New York, Whitney Museum; Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
Kunst aus Kuba. Sammlung Ludwig = Art from Cuba. The Ludwig collection. Exhbition catalogue, Ludwig Museum in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2002. WIth an essay by Helmo Hernández. Palace Editions, 2002.
Schwabsky, Barry. Vitamin P. New perspectives in painting. London, Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002.
Block, Holly. Art Cuba. The New Generation. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Atmosfere metropolitane. La generazione delle immagini VI. Exhibition catalogue, conferences and related events and exhibitions, held at the Triennale, Milan, 2001. Edited by Roberto Pinto, with essays by Eugenio Valdés Figueroa (et al.). Milan, Comune di Milano, 2001.
González Lorente, Margarita. Tercer salón de arte cubano contemporáneo. La Habana, Centro de Desarollo de las Artes Visuales, 2001.
Dissonances. Exhibition brochure, Le 19, Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain, Montbéliard, December 2, 2000 - January 28, 2001. With texts by Paul Cabon and Philippe Cyroulnik. Montbéliard, Le 19, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain, 2000.
Arte cubano. Más allá del papel. Exhibition catalogue, Fundación Caja, Madrid, Centro del Arte Wifredo Lam, Cuba. With texts by Llilian Llanes, Antonio Zaya and José Manuel Noceda Fernández. Madrid, Fundación Caja, 1999.
Cuba. Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and survival on the utopian island = Arte Contemporáneo de Cuba: Ironía y sobrevivencia en la isla utópica. Exhibition catalogue, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, September 26 - December 13, 1998, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, January 15 - May 2, 1999, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, June 5 - August 15, 1999, Austin Museum of Art, September 4 - November 14, 1999, Grand Rapids Art Museum, February 1 - April 23, 2000, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, May 19 - July 28, 2000, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, October 10 - December 16, 2000, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, January through March 2001. Edited by Marilyn A. Zeitlin, with essays by Gerardo Mosquera and Tonel. Tempe, Arizona State University Art Museum; New York, Delano Greenidge Editions, 1999.
II salón de arte cubano contemporáneo. Exhibition catalogue, II. Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, La Habana, 1998. With texts by Caridad Blanco (et al.). La Habana, Centro de Desarollo de las Artes Visuales, 1998.
Sexta Bienal de La Habana. El individuo y su memoria / L'individu et sa mémoire. Exhibition catalogue, 6th Habana Biennial, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, May-June 1997. Edited by Nelson Herrera Ysla, with texts by Miguel Barnet (et al.). Paris, Association Française d'Action Artistique / La Habana, Centro Wifredo Lam, 1997.
Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y sincretismo. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, April 16 - June 9, 1996, Fundació La Caixa, July 2 - September 1, 1996, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, October - December 1996. With essays by Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Antonio Zaya (et al.). Las Palmas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, 1996.
Kuba o.k. Aktuelle Kunst aus Kuba = Arte actual de Cuba. Exhibition catalogue, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, April 1 - May 13, 1990. Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, 1990.