| Orlando Almanza CV |
Orlando Almanza
Las Tunas, Cuba 1989
Collections
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
CDE Cuba – Cuban Art Magazine
Various Private collections in the US, Mexico, Ghana and South Africa.
Residencies
Artist in Residence - The Newport Art Museum, October 2022
Artist in Residence - Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology, August 2022
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Born by the River,Soapbox Arts , Burlington, Vermont
2022 Un Laberinto en el Estómago de un Cocodrilo, ONA Galeria, La Habana, Cuba
2019 Ciudad de bandidos VOL I - “La línea entre bandos”, Espacio Altamira, La Habana, Cuba
2019 Muestra de la Serie Ciudad de Bandidos, El Café,La Habana, Cuba
2017 Ser suyo entre extraños y extraño entre los tuyos
Fábrica de Arte Cubano. La Habana, Cuba
2017 Inventario, Fundación Ludwig, La Habana, Cuba
2015 Significado y Sentido,Galería del Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura de la Habana
La Habana, Cuba
2008 Diario, Centro Provincial del Escritor de Las Tunas, Las Tunas, Cuba
2008 Parabán, Centro Provincial de las Artes Plásticas de Las Tunas, Las Tunas, Cuba
2007 Boomerang, Academia Provincial de Artes Plásticas de Las Tunas. Las Tunas, Cuba
Collaborative Projects
2020 Founded, led and managed a collaborative project.
Created one of a kind hand painted jackets inspired by my visual universe.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Maleza, ONA Galeria, La Habana, Cuba
2019 Puzzle, Galería Taller Gorría, La Habana, Cuba
2019 Muestra de artistas cubanos con Arsenal Gallery,The Canvas, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Rendición de Cuentas, Muestras Colaterales a La Bienal de la Habana,Espacio Altamira,
La Habana, Cuba
2019 Asamblea de la Juventud, Galería Taller Gorría, La Habana, Cuba 2017
2018 Ambos Lados International Print Exchange shown at the following galleries:
Manuel Guerra Gallery, El Paso, Texas
Taller Grafica Libre, Oaxaca, México
Argos Studio/ Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City, New Mexico
2017 A Havana Night, Benefit Gala
(work donated to the Friends of the Ludwig Foundation annual gala)
Shown at The Copacabana, New York City, New York
2017 Superhéroes,Taller Experimental de la Grafica,La Habana, Cuba
2015 Post it 3, Galeria Collage Habana, La Habana, Cuba
2013 Combination Press, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
2013 Uno por Uno, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. La Habana, Cuba
2013 “Jerga”, Galería Raúl Oliva, Teatro Bertolt Brecht, La Habana, Cuba
2012 Vórtice, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
2011 S/T, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
2011 Reconstrucción,Centro Nacional del Estudiante, La Habana, Cuba
2011 Línea Temporalis, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
2010 A Río Revuelto, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
Teaching Experience/Lectures
2017 Presented a lecture series on my work and entrepreneurship in Cuba
to students from the University of Minnesota at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano
2014 to 2016 Professor of Printmaking at the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana for Cuban and
foreign students.
Education
2015 to 2016 Assistant to the Artist, Carlos Quintana, Oil painting and sculpture, Havana, Cuba
2014 to 2016 Printmaking internships, Taller de la Grafica & La Lavanderia, Havana, Cuba
2009 to 2013 Classical Drawing Intensive Course with Professor Rene Negrin – Havana, Cuba
2009 to 2014 Bachelor of Arts, Printmaking, Superior Institute of Arts, Havana, Cuba
2004 to 2008 Graduate specialization in Sculpture, Professional Academy of Visual Arts,
Las Tunas, Cuba
Bibliography
“How to show the beauty and pain all in one", Not the Owners, June 2, 2023
Memorias que trajo el río. El arte de Orlando Almanza, El Estornudo, November 8, 2022
Inside Art with Michael Rose — Newport Residency Features Cuban Artist Orlando Almanza, GoLocalProv, October 5, 2022
Solo Show by Cuban Painter Orlando Almanza Offers Lush Nature Imagery, Amy Lily, Seven Days Vermont, July 13, 2022
"Orlando Almanza, onirismo e invención del follaje" Por: Enzzo Hernández Hernández, La Jeringa, September 12, 2021
"A first peek inside Bar La Rampa", The Nudge, August 6, 2021
"1950s Havana is Coming to Fitzrovia, In Cocktail Bar Form" The Nudge, June 26, 2021
"Conversaciones de Arte: Orlando Almanza" Gabriel Sanchez, video interview, April 2, 2020
"Office Confidential: How the Pros Decorate Their Work Spaces" Frederic Magazine, March 2020
"Cuban Art" Desert Triangle Print Carpeta
"Ambos Lados Print Exchange International Print Exchange" - 2019 in Hindsight" Ambos Lados International Print Exchange Blog, December 31, 2019
"Argos Gallery, Exhibition Invitation" July 2019
"Orlando" Documentary Film, Matthew Tan, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, April 2019
"Ambos Lados International Print Exchange", Fusion Magazine, April 5, 2019
"Lo que sucedió en el Tercer Festival Comunitario de San Isidro DA" Vistar Magazine, March 5, 2019
No mas chicas de porcelana and Nido de Dragones featured in CdeCuba Magazine, No. 26, March 2019
"Brian McCarthy's Midtown Office is an Art-filled, ever evolving representation of his work", Architectural Digest, December 18,2018
La visita secrets del Papa a Cuba and Golden Boy featured in CdeCuba Magazine, No. 25, July 2018
Close up de una historia tropical and Dracula featured in CdeCuba Magazine, No 24, December 2017
La Capa de Superman y Capitán déspota en su traje de campana featured in CdeCuba Magazine, No 22. March 2017
"De la escritura al proceso de comunicación" Daniel G. Alfonso, CdeCuba Magazine, No 21, October 2016
"Significado y sentidos en Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura" Juventud Rebelde, June 2014
"Stars and Students at the Havana Biennale", Art in America, May 21, 2012
Meet the Artist
"I am drawn to stories. I love to listen to myths, legends and stories and to hold them in my mind. To imagine how they occurred. My passion and work is to find the visual universe where myths exist and to commit them to memory on canvas. My pieces often begin with sculpture-like figures which are then layered with paint and colors. I like to leave lines, clues and hidden surprises in my pieces, exploring the nuance and layers of each moment. In my work, nothing is certain, nothing is finished, nothing is exactly as it seems. Spirit-like figures appear momentarily, half-truth, half-myth. Fantastical creatures are nestled behind palms and colorful flowers. Lush landscapes and colors give a sense of the unknown, of our hopes and fears and all things both real and imagined."
- Orlando Almanza
- Orlando Almanza
Orlando Almanza
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Orlando Almanza (b.1989, Las Tunas, Cuba) pulls us into his dreamworld of memory, myth and loss with ethereal landscapes, portraits and storytelling. His stories take place in the natural world where figures are intertwined with plants, animals and light. The interconnectedness of his work points to the artist's deep dedication to nature, and the unique way it connects with myths and storytelling across cultures. Each painting invites us in, to search for meaning and truth. Almanza received his B.A. in printmaking from the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana, Cuba.
In 2022, Almanza presented a solo exhibition titled “Born by the River'' at Soapbox Arts Gallery in Burlington, Vermont as well as a solo exhibition titled “Un Laberinto en el Estómago de un Cocodrilo” (A labyrinth in the stomach of a crocodile) at ONA Galeria in Havana, Cuba. These exhibitions focused on the myths from the artist's childhood, growing up in the Cuban countryside. Recent honors include an Artist Residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology and the addition of one of Almanza’s works to The Hood Museum at Dartmouth College collection. He currently works and resides in Portland, OR and Havana, Cuba. |
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