Abel Barreto Olivera

Abel Barreto Olivera
Pinar del Río, Cuba, 1977

Graduated from the Plastic Arts Academy in Pinar del Río and from the Higher Institute of Arts (ISA), Havana, Cuba. He is a Professor of Sculpture in the ISA Faculty of Plastic Arts. He is a member of the Public Interventions Department project (DIP). His works have been exhibited in Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Germany and United States. He participated in the Contemporary Cuban Art Salon and in collateral exhibitions in the Seventh, Eight and Tenth Havana Biennial. His works are part of private collections in Cuba, United States, Mexico and Norway.

1999-2004Higher Institute of Arts (ISA), Havana

Group Shows

2009Preview, collateral exhibition, Tenth Havana Biennial, Espacio 08, Havana / v Contemporary Cuban Art Salon, CDAV, Havana / Pulse Fair, Nina Menocal Gallery, Miami / Embedded, San Francisco de Asís Convent, Havana (Espacio 08) / Kunst, Hispano-American Center for Culture, Havana (Espacio 08)

2006 xxi Salón Provincial, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2004 A es B. Entre Arte y Ciencia. (A is B. Between Art and Science), Habana Gallery, Havana

2003Acción 20 (Action 20), Public Intervention, Eight Havana Biennial (Public Interventions Department) / Sentido Común (Common Sense), Habana Gallery, Havana / ix Salón de Premiados (IX Awarded Salon), Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Inmersos en el Tiempo (Immersed in time), Cultural Center of Spain, Havana / Doble Seducción (Double Seduction).Videos a la carta de artistas cubanos (Cuban artist´s clips à la carte), Amadís Exhibit Hall, Madrid (Public Interventions Department) / xix Salón Provincial (XIX Provincial Salon), Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2002Retardo (Delay), Public Intervention, Week of Juvenile Art, Santa Clara, Cuba / Arte Cubano (Cuban Art), Second International Week of Art, Bogotá / De tal palo tal astilla (Like father like son), ICAIC Cultural Center, Havana / Creation of the Public Interventions Department (D.I.P)

2001Habana- ISA-Club, Seventh Havana Biennial

2000 Arte-Eco, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1998Académica/98, Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana

2006First Prize, xxi Provincial Salon, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2003Second Prize, xix Provincial Salon, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2000 First Prize, Art-Eco, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1998 Mention, Academic / 98, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Havana

Expressions