William Pérez
Cienfuegos, Cuba 1965.
Education and Professional Experience
A graduate of San Alejandro National Fine Arts Academy, Havana, Cuba, and of the Rolando Escardó Elementary Plastic Arts School, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Founding member of Grupo Punto. Alternative project: Coordenada Arte-Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Personal Exhibitions
2012 Living together. Estudio Alcázar. 11th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.; 2011 Living together. Cuban Art Space. Center for Cuban Studies. New York, USA; 2010 El hombre es la medida de sus sueños (Man is the Measure of His Dreams), Provincial Art Center, Bayamo, Granma, Cuba; 2009 Coexistencia (Coexistence) (Bi-personal with Roberto Chile), José Martí Memorial (Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial), Cuba.
Collective Exhibitions and Events
2012 Revolution not televised. Museum of the Bronx, New York; Museo del Barrio; Queens Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, USA/ Profundamente superficiales (Profoundly Superficial), Galería La Moderna. 11th Havana Biennial, Cuba/ Dry Cleaning. La Lavandería. 11th Havana Biennial, Cuba / Cuba. Salt Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA; 2011 Punto y seguido. Galería Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba. / Living in Havana. Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA; 2010 Profecía (Prophesy), Galería 23 y 12. Havana, Cuba. / Sencillamente Korda (Simply Korda), José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba / Chopin en Cuba (Chopin in Cuba). Auditorium Amadeo Roldán, Havana, Cuba. / Cuba pinta a Guayasamín (Cuba Paints Guayasamín), Ambato, Ecuador, 2009 SCOPE Miami ArtShow. International Contemporary Art Show, Miami, USA / Cuba pinta a Guayasamín. Capilla del hombre (Cuba Paints Guayasamín. Chapel of Humankind), Quito, Ecuador. / Cuba pinta a Guayasamín. Museo de la Fundación Guayasamín (Cuba Paints Guayasamín. Museum of the Guayasamín Foundation, Quito, Ecuador. / Alas con Puntas. Toma I y II (Wings with Points. Take I and II) Traveling exhibition (Cienfuegos, Ciego de Ávila, Las Tunas, Holguín, Bayamo, Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo), Cuba. / Love. Jacobo Karpio Gallery, Costa Rica. / Trazos hacia el desarrollo (Strokes toward Development), Galería El reino de este mundo. José Martí National Library, Havana, Cuba (sponsored by the United Nations). / Mañana será demasiado tarde (Tomorrow Will Be Too Late). International Press Center. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba. / Fase recuperative (Recovery Stage) House 11 and 16. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba. / Pura coincidencia (Pure Coincidence), Expocuba. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba. / Crisis. (Banderas) (Flags) Expocuba. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial, Cuba; 2008 Crónica ahora (Chronicle Now). Art Center, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Alas con puntas (Wings with Points). José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba.
Collections
Daniel Brewster, USA / Nordis Kunsnarcenter, In dale, Norway /Gothaer Kunstforum, Germany/ Cienfuegos Provincial Museum, Cuba/ Marceline Garng, Switzerland / Paul Hertz, USA /Arthur Holmberg, USA /Claudio Marinelli, Italy. Private collections in countries like Belgium, Norway, England, Denmark and Spain.
