Yaima Carrazana

Santiago de cuba, cuba, 1981

Studied painting at the Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana. In 2010 he completed a two-year residency program at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten.

Carrazana began her career making video, performance and installation works. She is interested in employing the different tools put in value by Conceptual Art to weave a delicate web of political, cultural and gender issues. In this way, she generates situations that make us reflect on the multiple nuances of a concept such as "context". Recently, Carrazana has immersed herself in a series of abstract paintings through which she explores what she calls "the good life" (Lifestile) of a contemporary immigrant in a foreign country.

His work has been exhibited at the Kanal-Centre Pompidou (Belgium), the XIV Biennial of Cuenca (Ecuador), Walker Art Center (USA), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (Cuba), Wilhelm-HackMuseum. Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Germany), Kunsthal KAdE. Amersfoort (Netherlands), 12th Istanbul Biennial (Türkiye), Haifa Museum of Modern Art (Israel), MUDAM (Luxembourg), Fondation Cartier (France), Liverpool Biennial 2011 (UK), the Gwangju Biennial (South Korea) and the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art (Japan).

curriculum

studies

2005
Chair "Arte Conducta", directed by Tania Bruguera. Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2005
Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba.
2003
San Alejandro" National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.

personal exhibitions

2016
Declaration lettersÁngeles Baños Gallery. Badajoz, Spain.
Maison d'ArtisteStudio Sandra Recio Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland.
2013
Diva of Geneva. Studio Sandra Recio Contemporary Art. Geneva, Switzerland.
2012
Dating a RoyalElba Benitez Gallery with Kvadrat. Madrid, Spain.
2011
The Golden AntelopeArtpocalypse Collective. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

collective exhibitions

SELECTION

2017
Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950′. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. USA.
Art x Cuba Contemporary Perspectives since 1989, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen DE.
Starting pointAna Mas Projects. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Farewell Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art since 1950the Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH). Houston, United States.
2016
RitournelleFondation pour l'Art Contemporain. Claudine and Jean Marc Salomon. Annecy, France.
2015
L'Heure Qu'Il EstCentre d'art contemporain d'Yverdon-les-Bains. Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
We All Have Good TasteTUB Gallery Miami. Florida, United States.
Moving Exercises: Collections 9915Alcobendas Art Center (CAA). Madrid, Spain.
2014
Variations contemplated in silence. National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA). Havana, Cuba.
Permission to Be Global/ Prácticas Globales: Latin American Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros CollectionMuseum of Fine Arts of Boston (MFA). Boston, United States.
First Person: Contemporary Cuban ArtMilwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). Wisconsin, United States.
2013
Region 0. The Latino Video Art Festival of New York. New York, United States.
WRO Media Art Biennale. Wroclaw, Poland.
DissentireCasa Masaccio Arte Contemporanea. San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy.
From madonna to MadonnaDA2 (Domus Artium 2002). Salamanca, Spain.
2011
CirclesElba Benitez Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
Impakt Festival. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Untitled. XII Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey.
Formally Speaking/And what shall we do with Painting in the 21st Century? Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel.
International Art Fair Pinta London. The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show. London, United Kingdom.
The Draughtsman's ContractStudio Sandra Recio. Geneva, Switzerland.
We all have good tasteFactoría de Arte y Desarrollo. Madrid, Spain.
Inside-outsideOTR Espacio de Arte. Madrid, Spain.
RijksakademieOPEN 2010Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The fear factorOfficina Giovani. Prato, Italy. International 10: Touched (with the Art of Behavior Chair). Liverpool Biennial. Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Unveiled Identity UnveiledArtpocalypse Collective. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Out of Storage II - RhythmsMusée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM). Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
2009
RijksakademieOPEN 2009Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
State of Emergency. X Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
Milan Contemporary Art Fair (MiArt). Milan, Italy. ArteFiera. Bologna, Italy.
2008
Health, Sport and ControlUmberto di Marino. Naples, Italy.
Lança CubaGentil Carioca Gallery. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
South ForumÁngeles Baños Gallery. Cáceres, Spain.
Gwangju Biennale (with the Behavioral Art Chair). Gwangju, South Korea.
2007
F.E.M. VII. Madrid, Spain.
2006
Open season. IX Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporainMuseum of Contemporary Art (MOT). Tokyo, Japan.
2005
J'en rêveFondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Paris, France. Centri-FugaCenter for the Development of Visual Arts (CDAV). Havana, Cuba.
Award of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI). Havana, Cuba.
2004
Performance Encounter. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Art Print encounter 2004Wifredo Lam Center. Havana, Cuba.
2003
Beyond the contentSan Alejandro" National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.