Victor Piverno

Pinar del Río, Cuba, 1989

Graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in 2014, Piverno develops a work crossed by three fundamental obsessions that he recognizes as: "the presence", "the ordinary" and "the involuntary gesture (IG)". From these questions, and attracted by the ways in which they occur in human behavior -intimate and social-, his will to turn to the less attended areas in the daily life of man is being developed. The habitual, the automatic: that which life is in the first place. In his work, the searches go beyond the detailed scrutiny of thought, and are directed, on the contrary, towards the springs that determine that thought.

The result of this complex creative universe is manifested in series such as "Apuntes del GI", "PREié" and "Apuntes de retina", which rescue, to a greater or lesser extent, the deepest significance of memories and the ability of the unconscious to contain truths about ourselves. All of this can be visualized through different visual languages, including video, drawing, installation and sound presentations.

Despite his youth, Piverno already has several solid personal exhibitions to his credit. In this sense, projects such as Shouts and whispers -realized at the Austrian gallery Reinisch Contemporary- and GI (Involuntary Gesture) First Accident: Death of the Dialectician -which took place at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana. Among the group exhibitions, the following are worth mentioning Open 16Atelierhaus FOE und OK 9, Germany; The Leather HourEspacio Aglutinador, Cuba; Behind the Wall y RAM ROM RUNboth collateral to the XII Havana Biennial. His gradual national and foreign recognition has made it possible for his work to be included in important private collections in Cuba, the United States and Venezuela.

curriculum

Studies

2014
Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2013
4th Pedagogical Pragmatics, directed by the artist René Francisco Rodríguez, Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2008
Professional School of Plastic Arts. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
Personal Exhibitions
2018
A Time For Us. The Apartment. Havana, Cuba.
2016
Shouts and whispersReinisch Contemporary. Graz, Austria.
2015
GI (Involuntary Gesture) First Accident: Death of the Dialectician. Collateral exhibition to the XII Havana Biennial, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Havana. Havana, Cuba.
2014
The Mold of the CloudsProvincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design Luz y Oficios. Havana, Cuba.
Presentation #1, Theater of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2012
Ear SeductionAvistamientos Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

collective exhibitions

2017
Watchtower, Taller Gorría-El Apartamento Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Tropical Ballad CocktailMuseum of Rum. Havana, Cuba.
Heisenberg's Indeterminacy Relation or Uncertainty PrincipleHabana Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Sonique. Presentation No. 3, Hispano-American Center of Culture. Havana, Cuba.
2016
54.67 Linear metersThe Apartment. Havana, Cuba.
Open 16, Atelierhaus FOE und OK 9. Munich, Germany.
The Leather HourEspacio Aglutinador. Havana, Cuba.
2015
Let's see: zu Gast in Havanna und München - Künstler im Dialog, Galerie ArToxin. Munich, Germany.
Behind the Wall. Collateral exhibition to the XII Havana Biennial, Havana Malecon. Havana, Cuba.
RAM ROM RUN. Collateral exhibition to the XII Havana Biennial, Loft Habana. Havana, Cuba.
Artist X Artist. Collateral exhibition to the XII Havana Biennial, Estudio Carlos Garaicoa. Havana, Cuba.
The Ghost Cinema, audiovisual trilogyEl Ciervo Encantado Hall/Theater. Havana, Cuba.
2014
Because the sea that you inhabit in the reminiscence disappears (Concert), Festival Internacional de Música Inteligente "Leo Brouwer", Sala/Teatro El Ciervo Encantado. Havana, Cuba.
Tropical Ballad: The Stockholm SyndromeCuba Pavilion. Havana, Cuba.
2013
Actions that would make you feel guilty if you did not do them.Vivarta Theater. Havana, Cuba.
Cartographies of the impossibleWilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
2012
1st Tbilisi Triennial - Offside Effect. Tbilisi, Georgia. Generous City (Public intervention in the park of Calzada and 2, carried out by 4ta Pragmática Pedagógica, directed by artist René Francisco Rodríguez). Collateral to the XI Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
(h) Alterophilia Volume IISports Complex of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2011
Tropical Ballad: Glamour Fugitives (Presentation), Faculty of Visual Arts of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
Tropical Ballad: Rechargeable Spark Plug (Presentation), Faculty of Music of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
TRUST4th Pedagogical Pragmatics (Taught by artist René Francisco Rodríguez), Factoría Habana. Havana, Cuba.
Tropical Ballad, Tropical Ballad (Presentation), Faculty of Visual Arts of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
Broken Banking4th Pedagogical Pragmatics (Taught by artist René Francisco Rodríguez), Royal Bank of Canada. Havana, Cuba.
2010
Street Plan, 4th Pedagogical Pragmatics (Taught by artist René Francisco Rodríguez), public intervention at 11th and 74th streets. Havana, Cuba.
Classpool4th Pedagogical Pragmatics (taught by the artist René Francisco Rodríguez). Havana, Cuba.

works

Room. # 14, 2018
Sculpture. Carrara marble.
20 x 20 x 20 cm

Room 1. #5, 2013
Electric lamp, speculum
45 X 23 X 23 cm

Room 2. #6, 2018
Wooden frame, sponge mattress, white sheet, mirror, garland and tulle mosquito net.
45 X 23 X 23 cm

Room. # 14, 2018
Sculpture. Carrara marble.
20 x 20 x 20 cm

Room 1. #5, 2013
Electric lamp, speculum
45 X 23 X 23 cm

Room 2. #6, 2018
Wooden frame, sponge mattress, white sheet, mirror, garland and tulle mosquito net.
45 X 23 X 23 cm