RAUL CORDERO
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1971
Lives in Havana, Cuba
[ Studies | Solo Exhibitions | Group Exhibitions | Lectures | Residencies and Awards | Collections | Bibliography ]
Education
1982-85 Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba
1985-89 Academia "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba
1989-94 Instituto Superior de Diseño, Havana, Cuba
1995 Graphic Media Development Centre, The Hague, Holland
From 1994 to the present he has taught painting & New Media at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana (ISA), Havana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions
2004
Residue. Sin Embargo, Art Actuel Cubain, Fluid Espace de creation contemporaine/Musée de Grenoble/L’école Superieure d’Art de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
2003
Raul Cordero, "The Rolling Landmark," Iturraldo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Raul Cordero: Tres Pinturas, Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba
2002
Raul Cordero - Stages, The Zooming Experience and Shopworn, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Raul Cordero (1996-2001), Palacio de Abrantes, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
2001
Raul Cordero, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2000
Raul Cordero, New Media Room at the Johnson Museum, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Raúl Cordero, Liebman Magnan, New York, NY
Raul Cordero, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
1999
I Miss You Much. Paintings, video-installations and some other stuff, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Raul Cordero: RE-MIXED, Galería La Habana, Havana, Cuba
1997
Quiz Paintings, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
ATENCION: performance/installation, VI Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.
Nuevas pinturas, studio exhibition, VI Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.
1996
Todo de depende del relato: pinturas/videos, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
Trabajo reciente: fotografías, Galería 23 y 12, Cuba.
1994
Lecciones de la Vida, Galería La Habana, Cuba.
1992
El límite de la nada y algunos ángeles, Centro Provincial de Arte Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
1991
Alucinaciones II, Galería Concha Ferrant, Guanabacoa, Cuba.
1990
Alucinaciones I, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba.
Collective Exhibitions (selection)
2005
Recent Arrivals, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Sign Language, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Domicile: A Sense of Place, Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA
Zoll Douane, Hello/Goodbye, Hamburg, Germany
Scope, Contemporary Cuban, Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2003
Enter Intercessor: between remediation and the self, some negotiations, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Away from Home, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH.
2002
El Museo crece. Adquisiciones recientes de arte cubano contemporáneo. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana, Cuba
LA Freewaves: TV or not TV. A celebration of experimental media arts throughout Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Super Mover, Video projections from trucks, Photofest, Houston, TX
III Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Copyright, Centro Cultural de España, Havana, Cuba
2001
Raul Cordero, Luis Gomez, Elsa Mora, Fernando Rodriguez, Jose A. Toirac, The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Cincinnati, OH
Poëziezimer Watou. Watou, Belgium
Present, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Holland
Cuba: Five Odysseys. Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge, CA
Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, Arnhem, the Netherlands Watou, Belgium
From the Negative. Conceptual Photography from Cuba. North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota
2000
VI Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Cuba-Israel, Seeds of Dialogue, Tel Aviv Artists Studio Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
DMZ_2000, Korean Cultural Service/U.N. Republic of Korea, New York, NY
Moving Pictures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
One on One (Videos), Art in General, New York, NY
La conjunción de la nada. Arte cubano en el. nuevo milenio., Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
1999
Video & Technologies: Challenge for Contemporary Cuban Art, Art in General, New York, NY
Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Más allá del papel, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
Visiones Contemporáneas. Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1998
Contemporary Art from Cuba, Urasoe Museum, Okinawa / Hillside Forum
Daikanyama, Tokyo / Iwaki City Cultural Hall, Japan.
Gallery artists, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
II Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporaneo, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Fragmentos a su imán. Latin American Art Gallery, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Seducciones, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1997
Artistas de la galería, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
Troisieme Manifestation Internationale Vidéo et Art Electronique, Montreal, Canada.
Pintura Latinoamericana Actual, Galería Misrachi, Mexico City.
Historias Cubanas, Galería Pescara, Pescara, Italy.
El ocultamiento de las almas, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
ARCO '97, Madrid, Spain.
1996
III Trienal de Gráfica Original, Kunthaus, Grenchen, Switzerland.
El Cartel Cubano 1959-1996, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada.
Segunda Bienal del Afiche de Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Muestra Internacional de Carteles, Galería FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador.
Giro de TuercaCuba, Taller de Serigrafía Artística 'Rene Portocarrero', Havana, Cuba.
Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca, Ecuador.
Nuevas adquisiciones, Suzy Maes Projection Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Las nuevas escripturas, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba.
El Nuevo Cartel Cubano, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba / Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
1995
Plástica Cubana Contemporánea, Centro Cultural de Belén Portugal.
I Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
ICOGRADA Next Generation, House of Commons, The Parliament House of the U.K. Westminster, London, England.
A la carta, Galería Habana, Cuba.
Vestigios, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Una de Cada Clase, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Havana.
International Mail Art Show, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
1994
Sálvese quien pueda, Galería Habana, Cuba.
Salón de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba.
Concierto Cuerpo, Casa de las Américas, Cuba.
Pintura Contemporánea, Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba
1993
Arte Cubano en Madrid, Grupo Casamadrid, Spain.
1992
Cambio de Bola, Galería Habana, Cuba.
Salón 'Juan David' 92, Havana, Cuba.
1991
Replicantes, Cuarta Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
Salón 'Mirta Serra 91', Bejucal, Cuba
Salon de Arte Contemporaneo, La Habana, CubaSelected Lectures / Workshops
2002
Centro de Desarrollo de las Arte Visuales, La Habana, Cuba
2001
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
The Art Academy of Cincinnati / The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2000
Robert Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
1999
The Kitchen, New York, NY
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Residencies and Awards
2001
Aritst in Residence, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Artist in Residence. Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)/ Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
1995
Scholarship. Graphic Media Development Centre. La Haya, Holanda
Award. Salón Nacional de de la Gráfica. La Habana, Cuba
Collections
Champ Libre, Montréal, Canada
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Oh.
DAROS Latinamerica, Zürich, Switzerland
Fundación Heinrich Böll, Koln, Germany
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Holland
Neuberger Berman, New York, NY
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Ghent, Belgium.
University of Central Florida Library Collection, Orlando, FL
Bibliography
2003
Posner, Helaine, Utopia/Post Utopia, exhibition catalogue, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, C
Valdes Figueroa, Eugenio, The Other Face of Cuban Photography, Utopia/Post Utopia, exhibition catalogue, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
Knight, Christopher, Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, July 25
Frank, Peter, International Biennial Roundup II, LAWeekly, Los Angeles, August 15-21
Donohue, Marlene / Lasarow, Bill, Raul Cordero, LAI Preview, Artscene, Los Angeles, July/August
Massie, Annetta, Away from Home, exhibition catalogue, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Kipnis, Jeffrey, An Away from Home Guide, exhibition catalogue, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Ryan Shafer, Artists in the Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Javier Panera / Carlos Beltran, Raul Cordero La Mujer Perfecta, Papel Alpha, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Bruce Ferguson, Video sin equipo de video, Papel Alpha, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2002
Javier Panera, Una conversacion con Raul Cordero, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Vives, Cristina, Timing/Lacking/Mixture: Raul Cordero en los espacios incompletos, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Ollman, Leah, “Getting at the Partial Truth of What We See,” Los Angeles Times, June 7, F28.
Sario, Luciana, “Raul Cordero,” BistArt, May.
2001
Bosteau, Fabrice, “Cuba a la Belle Américaine,” Beaux Arts Magazine, No. 200, January, p. 68-80.
Brauer, Kate, “Arts: A Kind of Revolution,” Citybeat, November 21-28, 2001.
“En cada Barrio Revolucion,” Arts Across Kentucky, Winter, 14-16.
Demaline, Jackie, “Local arts scene gets a taste of Cuba,”Cincinnati Enquirer, November1, E3.
Minton, David, “Both here and there, arts scene is heating up,” Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov. 11, K4.
Obermark, Peter, “Contemporary Cubans at CAC,” The Cincinnati Equirer, December 14.
“Raúl Cordero” Interview. Beaux Arts, Paris, France. January.
Turner, Grady, “Cuba II: Sweet Dreams,” Art in America, October, pp. 73-77.
Vives, Cristina, “timing lacking mixture (Raúl Cordero en los espacios incompletos),” Arte Cubano, January, 20-23.
“Watou, het culturele Las Vegas in de Far West”. De Morgen, [illus.] Belgica.
2000
Fergusen, Bruce W. “Raul Cordero: Video without Video Equipment”, Ensayo al Catálogo.
Ulmer, Sean M. “Raul Cordero,” New Media at the Johnson, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell.
Clifford, Katie. “Raul Cordero at Liebman Magnan,” (New York Reviews).ArtNews, New York.
Knaff, Devorah L., “Trio of Talent,” The Press Enterprise, San Bernardino, CA, p. F20.
Spaid, Sue, “Reviews: 7th Havana Biennial,” Artext, No. 73, Winter, p. 79-80.
“VII Bienal de La Habana,” Lapiz, 167, Winter, p. 37.
1999
Arratia, Euridice. “Cityscape Havana,” FlashArt, N.Y., February.(Artist’s interview).
___. I miss you much. Iturralde Gallery, L.A., California, U.S.A., Sept..
Castaneda, Mireya. “Dos jovenes astista defienden sus propuestas,” Gramma Internacional, Havana, Cuba.
Vives, Cristina. “Art Contemporain, pas précisément cubain,” ArtPress, Paris,
No.249, September, pp.34-39 [illus.]
1997 Marchand, Keith. “Video killed the video star,” Mirror. Montréal, Canada. Vol 13, No. 16. Sept 18, p.22.
Ollman, Leah. “Absence makes his heart grow fonder,” Los Angeles Times, L.A. CA, December 14, p 63-64.
Vives, Cristina. Catalog. Quiz Paintings. Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., Dec.
1996
González Mora, Magda Ileana. Raúl Cordero: El juego de la imagen o la imagen en juego. Catalog “Todo depende del relato”. Personal show by Raúl Cordero.
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba. December, p 15.
Martínez, Bárbaro. Las palabras y los objetos. Catalog to the show «Raúl Cordero y J. A. Vincench: Recent Work. Galeria. 23 y 12, Havana, p.1
Martínez Anglada, Patricia. Panorama plástico cubano actual: Tradición y contemporaneidad. Revista Arte al Día, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Year 17th, No. 60, p. 51-54.
Noceda Fernandez, José Manuel. Raúl Cordero: La manipulación de la imagen.
Catalog,“Todo depende del relato”. Personal show by Raúl Cordero. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba. December, p. 5.
Pascual Castillo, Omar. “Las ficciones verdaderas,” Raúl Cordero y J. A. Vincench: Trabajo Reciente. Galeria. 23 y 12, La Habana, p.4.
1995
Alberdi, Virginia. “Next Generation.” Arte Cubano Magazine. No. 2, p. 61- 62.
Herrera Ysla, Nelson. Una poítica gráfica insular. Cuba Siglo XX. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, p. 265-266.
1994
Pascual Castillo, Omar. “Bocetos hablados en torno a la obra de Raúl Cordero,” The Cau&Co. Newsletter. No.1, p 1-4.
___. “Diálogos informales con Raúl Cordero,” The Cau&Co. Newsletter. No.1, p. 2-4.
___. “Mixed Media Design,” The Cau&Co. Newsletter. No.2, p 1-7.
1990
De la Nuez, Ivan. Catálogo Alucinaciones I. Personal show by Raúl Cordero. Havana University, Cuba. November.
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