Lisbet Madelín Fernández Ramos

Education and Professional Experience

1993-98 Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
1989-93 Professional School of Plastic Arts, Camagüey, Cuba.
1986-89 Vocational Art School Luis Casas Romero, Camagüey, Cuba.

Professional activities
Professor of sculpture at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
Member of the Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC)

Personal Exhibitions

2004 Sentido (Meaning). Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana
Con ojos abiertos (With Open Eyes), Myto Gallery. Mexico City
Pinturas (Paintings) Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2002 La Casa de las Luces (The House of Lights) Myto Gallery, Mexico City
2001 Cruzando mi seguridad (Beyond My Security), Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1998 Vocación de Aprendiz (Apprentice Vocation), Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba
1993 Tribuna de Angelotes (Chubby Children’s Tribune), Museum Ignacio Agramonte, Camagüey, Cuba

Collective Exhibitions and Events

2005 Escultura transeúnte (Passer-by Sculpture), National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Género peligroso: cinco artistas cubanas (Dangerous Genre: Five Cuban Artists), Cultural Center Luis Rosales Cercedilla, Spain
MACO Contemporary Art Fair, Myto Gallery, Mexico City
Fourth National Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana, Cuba
2004 Soñar  no cuesta nada (To Dream Is Free of Charge), Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Obras recientes (Recent Works), Casa de México Benito Juárez, Havana, Cuba
2003 Muestra 2 (Second Exhibition), Contemporary Art Fair, Myto Gallery, Mexico City
2002 Sixth Ceramics Biennial Amelia Peláez, Museum of Ceramics, Havana, Cuba
Espejo (Mirror), Spanish Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba
2001 Arte Cubano (Cuban Art), Contemporary Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
Programa Imagen Urbana ( Program of Urban Image), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
2000 Proyecto personal (Personal Project), Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana
1999 Entre mujeres anda el juego (A Women’s Affair), La Casona Gallery, Second Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Havana, Cuba
Esto no tiene nombre (This Has No Name), Higher Institute of Art, Second Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Havana, Cuba
De vacaciones (On A Holiday), Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Camagüey, Cuba
1998 Sin púas (No Sharp Points), Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba
Second Sculpture Biennial Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Havana, Cuba
1997 Antes de la Lluvia (Before the Rain), Higher Institute of Art, Sixth Havana Biennial, Cuba
Si del cuerpo se trata… (If it has to do with the body…) Casa de la Comedia, Sixth Havana Biennial, Cuba
A punto de cocido (Almost Boiling Point), Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1996 Sculpture Biennial Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Havana, Cuba
De lo que hay (What Is Available), L Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1995 El rápido (The Fast One), Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba
1994 No valen guayabas verdes (It Has No Remedy), Higher Institute of Art, Fifth Havana Biennial, Cuba
X Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Development Center for the Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba
1993 IX Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Development Center for the Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba
II Salón Escuelas de Artes (Second Salon of Art Schools), Development Center for the Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba
1992 I Salón Arte Joven (First Salon of Young Art), Development Center for the Visual Arts, Camagüey, Cuba
1991 Fotografías (Photographs), Center of Cultural Promotion, Camagüey, Cuba

Awards and Residencies

1998 Annual Prize of Plastic Arts Raúl Martínez, Faculty of Plastic Arts, Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
1994 Tenth Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Camagüey, Cuba
1993 Mention at the Ninth Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Camagüey, Cuba
Second Salon of Art Schools, Camagüey, Cuba

Collections

Gonzalo Méndez Cortes. Myto Gallery, Mexico
Howard Farber. President of the Contemporary Chinese Art Collection, New York, USA
Gilbert Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France
Ángel Romero Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Margaret Diane Porter. Trouppe Gallery, San Diego, USA
Raimundo Sesma. Artist. Mexico
Alexandra Levi. Paris, France
Ron Winters, Los Angeles, USA
Jay Becker, Los Angeles, USA
Herber Nechin. Chicago, USA