Michel Mirabal – Open Studio

STUDIES

He studied at the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana.

Graduated from the Institute of Industrial Design of Havana (ISDI).

 

MAIN SOLO SHOWS

2016 – Solo show at the residence of sugar magnate Andrés Fanjul, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

2016 - Art for the first American MasterCard for use in Cuba.

2015 - Exhibition at René Valdez Gallery, Caguayo Foundation, Santiago de Cuba.

2015 - Exhibition-concert with the Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, at the residence of magnate Mike Fernández.

2015 - Art Basel, Miami, Florida, USA.

2014 - Photographic exhibition, Galiano Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2014 - Mural in Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA.

2014 - Art Basel, Miami, Florida, USA.

2013 - Cuban Art Center Gallery, Chelsea, Nueva York, USA.

2012 - Banderas Series, Cison Museum of Valmarino, Venice, Italy.

2012 - Quejas y Sugerencias, Eleventh Havana Biennial, Morro Cabaña Complex, Havana, Cuba.

2011 - Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA.

2010/11 – USA tour, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Miami.

2010 - Cison Museum of Valmarino, Venice, Italy.

2010 - Pintura y libertad, Jessolo Gallery, Venice, Italy.

2009 - Aquí… escapando, Tenth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.

2009 - Duvuells Gallery, Paris, France.

2008 - Sandals Gallery, London, England.

2008 - Marbella Fair, Spain.

2008 - Identidad, National Hotel of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

2007 - Rápido y no furioso, La Rama Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

2007 - Art Cologne Expo Fair, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

2007 - Cantabria Gastronómica, Santander, Spain.

2006 - La historia que nos conviene, O. Y Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.

2006 - Se la vi, Mirage Gallery, Paris, France.

2005 - Trastiendas, Arte Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2005 - Café con leche, Gran Teatro de La Habana Gallery, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.

2004 - Metamorfosis, Pequeño Espacio Gallery, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba.

2004 - La historia que nos conviene I, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana, Cuba, 2003 / La historia que nos conviene II, Not only diamond Gallery, Mexico.

2003 - De Cuba vengo, O. Y Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.

2003 - Así soy yo, Miltong Gallery, Kingstong, Jamaica.

2002 - Mi barrio, Colón Gallery, Matanzas, Cuba.

2002 - Mis manos, Martha Jean Claude Foundation, Port au Prince, Haiti.

2002 - Oquendo 358, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2001 - Mis manos, Hermanas Mirabal Foundation, Dominican Republic.

2001 - Tinta de locura, Meliá Varadero Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2001 - Traveling exhibition, Haiti - Dominican Republic -  Jamaica.

2000 - Tinta de locura, Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana, Cuba.

1999 - Es lo que ves, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1998 - Ida y vuelta, Gallery of Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.

1998 - Traveling exhibition, Fine Arts Museum, Medellin - Centro Paisa Gallery, Medellin - Fine Arts Museum, Bogota, Colombia.

1998 - De Cuba viene, Maxim Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.

1998 - Traveling exhibition, Nueva York - New Jersey - Los Ángeles - Chicago, USA.

 

 

MAIN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2017 - Montresso Art Fundacion, Jardin Rouge, Marrakech, Morocco.

2017 - Art Basel, Miami Beach, USA.

2017 - Aspen Art Gallery, USA.

2017 - Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.

2016 - Art Basel, Miami, USA.

2016 - Alberto Linero Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, USA.

2016 - Sangro, lucho y pervivo, Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba.

2016 - Sangro, lucho y pervivo, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

2016 - Mural for film Fast and furious 8, Universal Pictures.

2015 - Mural in Wynwood, art district, Miami, Florida.

2015 - Latin American Exhibition, Pan American Games, Canada.

2015 - Twelfth Havana Biennial, Cuba.

2014 - Rodando se encuentran, Colección Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas Exhibition, Shanghai Museum and Urban Planning Exhibition Center, China.

2013 - Colección del Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas Exhibition, Cuba.

2013 - Este hombre es mi amigo, Consejo de Estado de la República de Cuba and Centro de Conferencias del Consejo de Estado, Havana, Cuba.

2012 - Serie Banderas, Jessolo Gallery, Venice, Italy.

2010/11 - USA tour. NYC, Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Miami, USA.

2009 – Collective exhibition Colección Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Teatro Nacional de Cuba.

2009 – Artbo Fair, Bogota, Colombia.

2008 – Aldeanos concert, Acapulco Theater, Cuban flag performance.

2007 - 10 artistas cubanos, Soul Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

2006 - La Rama Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

2005 - Arte y Moda, Hotel Meliá Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.

2005 - Arte y Moda, Museo del Ron, Havana, Cuba.

2005 - Salón 485 Aniversario de la Fundación de la Villa de San Cristóbal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba.

2004 - Underground, Miami, Florida, USA.

2004 - Cristo entre nosotros, Belén Convent, Havana, Cuba.

2003 - Diez artistas cubanos contemporáneos, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2001 - Ecos de Cuba, La Rama Dorada Gallery, Panama City, Panama.

2000 - Tercer Salón de Dibujo, Dominican Republic.

 

 

PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, Havana, Cuba

National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba

Martha Jean Claude Cultural Foundation, Port au Prince, Haiti

Fidel Castro Family, Havana, Cuba

Museum of Fine Arts, Medellín, Colombia

Museum of Fine Arts, Bogotá, Colombia

Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia

Muhamed Alí (Athlete)

Angela Mizzoni (Fashion designer, Italy)

Martin Luther King Foundation

African American Foundation of New York, USA

Quincy Jones (Musician, USA)

USHER (músico, EUA)

Katty Perry (Musician, USA)

Ministry of Culture, Republic of Cuba

Rene Preval (Former President of Haiti)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Cuba

Santana (Musician, México)

Mike B. Fernández (Pharmaceutical magnate, USA)

Carlos Gutiérrez (Secretary of Commerce, USA)

Ariel Pereda (Magnate, USA)

Andrés Fanjul (Sugar magnate, USA)

Paul l Cejas (Modern Art Colector, Chairman, Art Basel, Miami, USA)

Antoun Sehnoui (Société Générale de Banque au Liban)

Stonegate Bank, (Florida, USA)

Barack Obama (Former President of USA)

Embassy of the USA in Havana, Cuba.

Embassy of Cuba in Ottawa, Canada

International Association of Civil Aeronautics, Canada.
AWARDS AND HONOURS

First drawing prize, Salas Gallery, Santo Domingo

Silver medal for the best foreign exhibition, Trastiendas, Argentina.

Doctor Honoris Causa, Honoris Causa Foundation, Mexico DF.

 

OTHERS

He worked in the National Ballet of Cuba as a stage painter and in the Production House, Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC) as a fast cartoonist.