DIANA FONSECA
1978
Born Havana, Cuba
Lives and works in Havana, Cuba
EDUCATION
2000 – 2005
Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba
1997 – 2000
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Extraña verdad, El Apartamento. Havana, Cuba
Diana Fonseca Quiñones. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
2015
La razón de lo irreal, Galería Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba
2012
Made in Mind. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Plasticas, Havana, Cuba.
2005
Jardín. Graduation Show. Instituto Superior de Arte, fundación Ludwig,Havana, Cuba.
2000
A contra luz. Graduación de La Academia de Bellas Artes, San Alejandro,Havana, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
The Armory Show, New York, New York
PArc 2017, Lima, Peru
2016
un.bound Narrative. CAM Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum. Wilmington
Fireflies in the Night. Stravos Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). Athens, Greece
La madre de todas las artes. Centro de Arte Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Transhumance, Beyond Cuban Horizons. CAB Art Center. Brussels, Belgium
Art Miami, Miami, Florida
ARTBO, Bogota, Colombia
2015
12th Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
By the Book. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Proyecto Alto Riesgo. Parque John Lennon, exposición colateral a la XII Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Sin oficios ni beneficios. Galería La Moderna, exposición colateral a la XII Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Summer Group Exhibition. Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.
2013
Contemporary Cuban Narratives.The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2012
Herejes del vacio. Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba.
2011
Spray. The HochhausKokereiHansa Museum, Dortmund, Germany.
2010
Parables of the Water.Londres, UK.
2008
V Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. Havana, Cuba.
Globalizados.Festival Internacional de Cultura de Boyaca, Tunja, Colombia.
Mujeres.Galeria Habana. Zurich, Switzerland.
State of Exchange.INIVA,Londres,UK.
Endurance. Birmingham, UK.
Arboleda el cuerpo es cuerpo. Festival internacional de Arte Contemporáneo,Jesús Gallardo, León, Guanajuato, México.
2006
Salón de Arte Digital.Centro Pablo de la TorrienteBrau, Havana, Cuba.
Enjoy. Tercera edición colateral a la IX Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba.
Hjertebank (Heartbeat). Museo nacional de arte Diseño y Arquitectura Oslo,Norway.
Transit. Centro provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
2005
Osnabrueck.European Media Art Festival, Berlin, Germany.
2004
Por nuestra cuenta y riesgo. Galería Luis de Soto, Facultad de Artes y Letras,Havana, Cuba.
New Yo. Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Llega y pon. Colateral III Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, InstitutoSuperior de Arte, HaVana, Cuba.
1998
Segundo Salón de estudiantes de Arte, Trinidad. José Antonio Díaz Peláez,Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro
SELECTED AWARDS
2015
EFG Art Nexus Latin America Art Award.
2008
Residencia Batiscafo, La Habana. Triangle Art Trus. Fundacion HIvos, UK.
2004
1er Premio videoarte, Festival Imago 2004, Facultad de Comunicación Audiovisual del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
1999
1er Premio, Tercer Salón de estudiantes de Arte, Holguín, Cuba.
1998
1er Premio, Segundo Salón de estudiantes de Arte José Antonio Díaz. Trinidad, Cuba.
DIANA FONSECA
1978
Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Havana, Cuba
Diana Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1978. She attended the San Alejandro Academy (1997-2000) and then the ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte) (2000-2005) in the same city, where she currently lives and works. Her work has been exhibited extensively, among the most important exhibitions we can mention Enjoy, collateral exhibition to the IX Bienal de La Habana (2006); the V Saloon of Contemporary Art in Havana, Cuba (2008); and the XII Havana Biennial (2015).
The process of making art for this artist involves several stages. The first one is an exploration game in which she collects fragments of old paint from the city buildings, like a sort of urban archaeologist. Her work doesn’t involve sketches or previous preparation; the results will be dictated by the finds. The conceptual root of her work is connected to the fortuitous and spontaneous acts of life, at the same time that is giving us the story of the city through its pigments.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antón Castillo, Héctor. “Generación Año Cero expone en Oslo”, Pasaporte Section, Noticias de Arte Cubano tabloid # 2, page 16, March-April 2006.
Flor, Harald. “Etiskogenergisk” (Ethical and full of Energy), Dagbladet, page 44-45, March 26, 2006.
Haugen, Nina Marie. “Cubanskmelankoli”, Dagsavisen, page 43, March 18, 2006.
Andreassen, Thorleif. “Hjertet banker for Cuba”, Aften (Oslopuls), page 8, March 17, 2006.
Fernández, Frency. “R K”, Noticias de Arte Cubano tabloid # 4, page 3, April 2004.
Simonds, Cylena. “Armados con Espejos: Una Exploración de los Estados deIntercambio de Cuba (Armedwith a Mirror: ExploringCuba`sStates of Exchange)”.(Catalogue). Estados de Intercambio. Artistas de Cuba (Estates of Exchange, Artistsfrom Cuba), Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, p. 27, UnitedKingdom, 2008.
Mosquera, Gerardo.“Historia y Contexto (History and Context)”. (Catalogue).Estados de Intercambio. Artistas de Cuba (Estates of Exchange, Artists from Cuba),Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London, pp. 16-19, [illus.], UnitedKingdom, 2008.