Marlon Portales

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Marlon Portales (Cuba, 1991) graduated with the highest honor for his academics and professional achievements from the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA 2018). Portales is a multidisciplinary artist, working with several media, including painting, performance, installation and video. His political and ideological worldview results in works that pose sociological and philosophical questions, creating dialogues that invite universal reflection. Portales has been included in several group exhibitions and solo shows in Cuba, the United States, Spain, Germany, and Italy. He has participated in residencies such as Art OMI at OMI International Art Center, Ghent, New York (2015); Illy & UNIDEE in Citta del Arte – Fundazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy (2016); and Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida (2018).

Education
2018 – Degree in Visual Arts. Superior Institute of Art(ISA).Havana. Cuba.
2010 – Bachelor in Visual Arts (Professional Academy of Visual Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo. Pinar del Río, Cuba).

Residencies
2018 / The Fountainhead Residency. Miami, Florida, USA.
2016 / Residency Illy& UNIDEE (Unmaking: Subverting The Every-Day). Cittadellarte-FundazionePistoletto. Biella, Italy.
2015 / Residency Art OMI. OMI International Art Center. Columbia, Nueva York, USA.

Solo Shows
2019 – “The Voyeur”. 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, USA.

2018 – “Museum”. OrigenesGallery, Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, Havana, Cuba.

2017 – “Grand Tour”. Galiano Gallery, Havana. Cuba

2016 – “Poems” (Poemario). Carmelo Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2015

– “The left sentence” (Duo Show withIván M. Perera). Rubén Martínez VillenaGallery, Havana, Cuba. 

– “Tropical Paradise” Pseudonymous – Enrique Rosett). 03C Gallery, Superior Institute of Art (ISA). Havana. Cuba.
– “In Extremix” (Pseudonymous-Ernesto Nereda).03C Gallery, Superior Institute of Art (ISA). Havana. Cuba.

2010

– “With the sense tax”. Professional Academy of Visual Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2007

– “ Roads“. Lobby Cinema Praga.Pinegrove of the River.
– “The being and he/she swims her”. Ministry of Science Technology and Environment (CITMA). Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Group Shows

2019
– “Illnes has a color” (Collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial). Estudio 50, Havana, Cuba.
– “Lyceum” (Collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial). Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba.
– “Resonancia” (Collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial). Galería Galiano, Havana, Cuba.
– “Artífice” (Collateral to the XIII Havana Biennial). NG Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
– “En olor de multitudes”. Frábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba.

2018
– Meraki. NG Art Gallery, Panama.
– Arte y Arquitectura. Frábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba.
– La noche boca arriba. Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
– (Otras) Crónicas marcianas. Casa 8 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2017
– “Move Things: videocreation in Cuba”. 20th Movie Theater Las Americas, International Film Festival, Austin, Texas, USA.
– “Experiments in Cinéma”. International Experimental Film Festival, Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico, USA.
– “Missunderstanding”. Visual Arts Faculty Gallery, Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
– “The Aproach”. Cuban Art Factory (FAC), Vedado, Havana, Cuba.
– “Le Grand Palimdrome”. French alliance, Prado, Havana, Cuba.
– “Das istkeinBild. Das iste in Bild”. BirgGalerieimVolkspark, Halle, Germany.
– “Trecehistoriasmásuna (Thirteen plus one tells)”. Ludwig Foundation, Havana, Cuba

2015
– “Art present: Frontier”. Sometime Art Space, Havana, Cuba.
– XXVIII Provincial Salon October 20th. Museum of Art of Pinar del Río (MAPRI) Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– Art OMI. OMI International Art Center. Nueva York, USA.
– F.A.P. YourSelf. Detras del Muro. XII Havana Biennial, Nerudacoffe, Havana, Cuba.
– Three. Estudio Residencial Miramar. Playa, Havana, Cuba.
– Mise en scène. XII Bienal of Havana, Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
– VI International Video Art Festival of Camagüey. Camagüey, Cuba.
– Éticos y estéticos (Ethics and Aesthetics). Center of International Press. Havana, Cuba.

2014
– “Las otrasNarraciones (The other narrations)”. VIExhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art. “Wifredo Lam” Center of Contemporary Art, Havana, Cuba.
– “POST-IT II”. Expo of Contemporary Cuban Art. Collage Havana, Havana, Cuba.
– “Photo-art”, La Havana. Center for Cuban Studies, New York.
– XIII Videominuto International Contest. University of Zaragoza, España.
– “VA-POR” Alcazarstudio, Havana, Cuba.
– “Now it is the nearest approach in the future”. Center of Development of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2013
-“POST-IT. Expo of Contemporary Cuban Art”. Collage Havana, Havana, Cuba.

2012
-“II Show of Contemporary Art”. Development Center of the Visual Arts. Pinardel Río, Cuba.
– XXXVI “SalonDecember 14”. Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“La Concretera” Audiovisual Laboratory, 1th mixture. Museum of Art of Pinar del Río (MAPRI). Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“ZOOM”. It salts Real House of the Creative Youth (AHS). Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– “National Salon AKDEMIK 2012”. Complex Cultural Residence Student Sanja and Aramburu, Havana, Cuba.
– “In the Curb”. Provincial Council of the Visual Arts. Pinegrove of the River.
– “When Pinar del Río Paints”. Expocuba, Pavilion of Culture. Havana. Cuba.
– “Dream City”. Museum of Art of Pinar del Río (MAPRI). Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2011
– “XXXV Salon December 14”. Gallery Arturo Regueiro. Pinegrove of the River.
– “Paths”. Pavilion Cuba. Havana. Cuba.
-“Infor-Morphosis” (Colateral to the XXVI Provincial Living room October 20). Gallery of the Professional Academy of Visual Arts. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“XXVI Provincial Living room October 20”. Provincial Council of the Visual Arts. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“Phase 4 of the Pinegrove Of the River / Nova Cultural Scotian Exchange”. Arturo Regueir Gallery. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2010
– Military Service, Cuba.

2009
– “Provincial SalonTiburcio Lorenzo”. UNEAC. Pinegrove of the River.
– “Provincial Salon of Students and Graduates”. Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“Provincial living room of Students and Egresados”. Colateral to The First Show of Contemporary Art. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
-“I Show of Contemporary Art”. Development Center of the Visual Arts. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2008
– “X Salon of Young Art. He/she marries of the Creative Youth”. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– “XXXII SalonDecember 14”. Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– “XXV Provincial SalonOctober 20”. Museum of Art of Pinar del Río (MAPRI) Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– “Provincial Salon of Students”. Arturo RegueiroGallery. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2007
– “Exhibition End of Course”. Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
– “IX Salon of Young Art. He/she marries of the Creative Youth”. Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2006
-“Salon of Students and Graduates”. Professional Academy of Plastic Arts Carlos Hidalgo. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Prizes

2011
– III Prize XXXV Salón Diciembre 14th. Arturo Regueiro Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2009
– Prize Provincial Salon for Students. Professional Academy of Visual Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2008
– Academy Prize. XXV Provincial Salon October 20th. Museum of Art of Pinar del Río (MAPRI) Pinar del Río, Cuba.
Prize. Provincial Salon for Students. Professional Academy of Visual Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

2006
– Mention. Provincial Salon for Students. Professional Academy of Visual Arts Tiburcio Lorenzo, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Publications:

– Hamlet Fernández. La imagen de los otros: voyerismos de la recepción. Catalog of Museum Solo show. Havana. Mayo, 2018.

– Gladys Garrote. A propósito de Grand Tour. CdeCuba Magazine, No. 22, 2017.

– Charla CONTINUA. Unmaking: Subverting the every-day. CANTIERE 01. Publication of Citadell arte-Fundación Pistoletto and La Embajada de Rebirth / Tercer Paraíso en Cuba. Junio-Julio, 2016.

– Art On cuba 10. The Cuban Visual Arts Magazine. Marzo-Mayo, 2016.

– Thalía Díaz Vieta. Maridaje de intenciones: des de el universo de la animación. Arts and Letters Faculty, Havana University, Cuba. 2015.

– Yudinela Ortega y Claudia Taboada. Objetos de la re-existencia. Catalog of The left sentence dual exhibition. Septiembre – Octubre, 2015.

– Mirta Luaces. Interview: Marlon Portales Cusett y el mundo de las artes plásticas. ( http://www.laguiagratuita.com/2230_vida/3303205_marlon-portales-cusett-y-el-mundo-de-las-artes-plasticas.html ) Miami, USA. Agosto, 2015.

– ART OMI 2015. Catálogo digital. New York, USA. 2015. (http://www.artomi.org/cms/uploads/artomi2015.pdf)

– Susan Delson. Trend Warming. Cuban Art News, ART + AUCTION. Mayo, 2015.

– Caridad Blanco. Catálogo THREE, XII Havana Bienial, Cuba. Mayo, 2015.

– Magaly Espinosa. Marlon Portales: del lenguaje a la percepción. El correo del archivo No. 23, Havana, Cuba. 2014.

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