Douglas Argüelles Cruz

Havana, Cuba, 1977

Education and Professional Experience

1999-2004 Higher Institute of Art (ISA). Havana, Cuba
1994-1998 San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba

Personal Exhibitions

(selection)
2009 Los esquimales no tienen poesía. Collateral to the Tenth Havana Biennial, La Casona Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2008 Fisonomía del silencio. La Luz Gallery. Mérida, Mexico
2007 Variaciones Goldberg. La Casona.Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1998 Utopía. Exhibition and thesis discussion. San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

Collective Exhibitions and Events

(selection)
2012 Daiquiri sin azúcar. Habana Gallery. Havana, Cuba
Estrictamente impersonal. Collateral to the 11th Havana Biennial. Morro-Cabaña Cultural Complex, Havana, Cuba
2011 Pinta. Latin American Art Fair, New York, USA
Ninart-Habana, Espacio 08. Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba
Art-Position 11, Contemporary Art Festival, Bern, Switzerland
Ya sé leer, Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
2010 Serendipity, Oriente Pavilion. Portugal Arte 10 First Biennial, Lisbon, Portugal
Pieza única. Delegation of the Principality of Asturias. Madrid, Spain
Monomanías. Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2009 Preview, Espacio 08, collateral to the Tenth Havana Biennial Cuba
5th Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Development Center for Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
2008 Embedded, Espacio 08. Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Havana, Cuba
Kunst, Espacio 08. Spanish-American Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba

Awards and Residencies

2003 Prize of the Development Center for Visual Arts, 14th City Salon, Havana, Cuba
2008 Mention to solo show “Variaciones Goldberg”. National Prize of Curatorial Work
2010 Pernot Ricard prize

SCHOLARSHIPS
2012 Gilbert Brownstone Foundation. Paris, France
2008 Batiscafo Residence (Triangle Art Trust and Gasworks from England in Havana)

Exhibitions in Villa Manuela

Surface

Collective September 2013

Artworks (12)

Emptiness homage

Collective 2013

Past texts

Collective 2013

Emptiness homage (detail)

Collective 2013

Unscathed

Collective 2013

Five words (detail)

Collective 2013

Five words

Collective 2013

Destiny (detail)

Collective 2013

Betrayers binnacle

Collective 2013

Destiny

Collective 2013

Democracy

Collective 2013

Axiom

Collective 2012

Axiom

Collective 2012