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Villa Clara, Cuba, 1955
Rocio Garcia is one of the most relevant artists within the contemporary pictorial tradition on the island. Her work, which constitutes a kind of "rara avis" in the Cuban context, makes a singular use of color and develops her style full of expressiveness and mystery.
Her training as a painter is traversed by two fundamental schools. On the one hand, the Cuban school, where she finished her secondary studies in 1975, at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana; on the other hand, the Russian experience -thanks to the scholarship obtained at the "Repin" Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg-. Both pictorial traditions were essential in the articulation of a very personal work in which the expressive and symbolic use of color, the forceful simplicity of drawing and the theatrical creation of marked narrative content converge. The union of these elements, together with the themes preferred by the artist (in many cases of homoerotic filiation), catalyze in canvases like enigmatic scenes, moments in which the characters are surprised in intimacy. His work refers to cinematographic logic, in which an idea closes in on itself from the sequential component.
Her career as a painter has an undeniable solidity, based not only on the number of solo and group exhibitions she has developed, but also on the relevant events in which she has participated and the collections to which she belongs. Among the most important we could mention Beyond EroticismCentro Cultural Español, Miami, USA; The MissionFactoría Habana, Havana, Cuba; The ThrillerNational Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba; Utopia Horizons. Contemporary Cuban ArtPalazzo Ca'Zenobio, Venice, Italy; Post truth, pleasure and pain (works by Cuban artists)Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina, USA; The Caribbean: Crossroads of the worldQueens Museum of Art, New York, USA, among others.
Rocio's works are in prestigious collections around the world, such as the Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France; the Ron Pizzuti Collection, USA; the National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba; The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, USA; the Farber Collection, USA; Cheng Xin Dong Space for Contemporary Art, China; Contemporary Art Fund, University of Michigan, USA; the Center for Cuban Studies, USA; the Repin Academy of Art Museum, Russia.
curriculum
STUDIES
Master of Fine Arts, Repin Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts, Havana
Personal exhibitions
2024
DELIRIUM TREMENS, National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
INTERMEZZO,Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2023
EL GRAN CHEF (CHICKEN PATICA WINGS), El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba
2021
Beautiful Flowers of Evil, Thomas Nickels Project, New York, NY, USA
2020
Sakura, Atelier NG Havana, Havana, Cuba
2019
Beliki tuman, Villa Manuela Gallery, 13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2010
Very, very Light and very dark (A policeman with Alzheimer's), Luz y Suárez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2007
The Lady of the Hot PathHavana Gallerie, Zürich, Switzerland.
The ThrillerNational Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
2005
The Tamer and Other StoriesGallery JM. ARTS, Paris. France.
2003
The Tamer and Other StoriesGalleria Habana, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Recent WorkAlekxey Sabido Studio Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
2001
TamersArt Center, Matanzas, Cuba.
1999
Men. Males. Sailors, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1997
Geisha or FlowingLife Stamps23 and 12 Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
Homage to SapphoCommon Language, Bookstore, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
My Little Bits for SaleRacklan Building East Gallery, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
1995
Rocío: PaintingsExhibition Hall Trianon Theater, Havana, Cuba.
1994
Between linesJuan David Gallery, V Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
1993
Characters23 and 12 Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
The Eros of the WolfEspacio Abierto Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1992
Interiors llFaculty of Arts and Letters, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1991
Rocío: PaintingsCharles Chaplin Gallery, ICAIC, Havana, Cuba.
Diary of a LadyVictoria Gallery, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
PaintingsExhibition Hall Club Nautico, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
1988
The Museums, Repin Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1987
Interior, 23 and 12 Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
collective exhibitions
2023
Off Season, The ApartmentHavana, Cuba.
2021
Ain't no Cure, Thomas Nickels Project, New York, NY, USA.
2010
Turn AroundLa Casona Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Cuban PortraitsWifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.
Tonight, Alicia Alonso dances hereMagnanmetz Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Contemporary Cuban Art in BeijingCheng Xin Dong Space for Contemporary Art Gallery, Beijing, China.
Mouth DownLa Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
MeetingsHispano-Cuban Contemporary Art, Retiro Gallery, Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2009
Inside, ConfluencesNatural Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Dress Me Up. Positions beforea RealityCasa Guayasamín Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition of Contemporary Art from CubaNuremberg-Bonn, Germany.
From the BiennialHavana Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland.
Dear Van GoghHomage of the Cuban Contemporary Art, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Abstract Art ProjectX Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Here We Are: Cuba Is HereWinston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
2008
Erotica. Eroticism and sexuality in artNational Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Dance here tonightNational Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
WE ARE PORN, YES. First Annual Porn Art, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba.
Bipersonal exhibition: Raúl Martínez and Rocío García. International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, Ludwig de Cuba Foundation, Havana, Cuba.
Cuban ArtBoston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.
2007
CubaChelsea Arts Club, London, UK.
WomanHotel Cannizaro House Gallery, London, UK.
Havana AuctionHabana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Space Project, Art/Design/Architecture, Madrid, Spain.
2006
Space Project, Art/Design/ArchitectureHavana Club Gallery, Museum of Rum, Havana, Cuba.
9th Havana BiennialProvincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
2004
Four Decades before the Mirror, Great Arch of Defense, Paris, France.
Havana Auction OnlineHabana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Just on TimeHabana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2003
Ways to Give You a Smile, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, 8th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
Cuban ArtAcacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Women Artists of CubaThe Cuban Art Space, The Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY, USA.
2002
Galería Rodante Project, Performance on the Havana-Varadero Route, National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Contemporary Cuban ArtistsNicolás Guillén Foundation, CENCREN - Havana, Cuba.
Girls don't throw stonesProvincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
2001
Cuban ArtistsLa Rigoleta CulturalCenter, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sixth Auction of Latin American Contemporary Art. To benefit the Daniela Chappard Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
International Meeting of Women ArtistsCanal Museum, Panama City, Panama.
2000
Humanitarian Auction of Contemporary Cuban Art, Casa de las Americas, VII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
1999
Tribute to GuillénLa Acacia Gallery (promoted by Nicolás Guillén Foundation), Havana, Cuba.
Homerotic ArtLa Madriguera Gallery, Hermanos Saínz Association, Havana, Cuba.
1998
XI Salon of Contemporary ArtCenter for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Cuba. Four Contemporary Artists,Zeit-Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan.
1997
Honeys of Silence, Casa de las Américas / Ludwing Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
1996
City HallProvincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
1995
Salon of Contemporary Art, Centro from Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1994
Second Central Americanand Caribbean Biennial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Different Women, Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1992
Women. Open Space, Revolucion y Cultura Magazine, Havana, Cuba.
1988
UNEAC HallNational Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
New Beasts, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1985
New Delhi TriennialIndia.
1984
Three young artistsGaliano Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1980
Foreign Students HallRepin Academy of Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
1978
Summer SalonSt. Petersburg, Russia.
collections
Collection Museum 21C, Louisville, USA
Jorge Perez Collection, Miami FL., USA
Brownstone Foundation, France
Ron Pizzuti Collection, U.S.A.
The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, U.S.A.
Farbe Collection r, New York, U.S.A.
Beatrice Liaskowski, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.
Cheng Xin Dong Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China.
Bernardo Quetglas, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba.
National Library, Havana, Cuba.
Robert Dunca Collection, U.S.A.
Mr. Phillip Sassower Collection, New York, U.S.A.
Andreas Winkler Collection, Switzerland.
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Galería Habana, Genesis Art Galleries, Havana, Cuba
Seit Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Ruth Behar, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Linda Howe, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Contemporary Art Fund, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Center for Cuban Studies, New York, U.S.A.
Imperial Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Aguimes Town Hall, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.
La Verde Sonrisa Foundation, Managua, Nicaragua.
works
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 140 cm (panel 1)
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 180 cm (panel 2)
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 140 cm (panel 3)
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 140 cm (panel 1)
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 180 cm (panel 2)
El Gran Chef (aka Patica de Pollo), 2023
Triptych / Oil on canvas
150 x 140 cm (panel 3)