Kadir López

1995Graduated from the Higher Institute of Arts (ISA), Havana

1990 Graduated from the Professional School of Arts, Camagüey

1986Graduated from the Plastic Arts Elementary School, Las Tunas

Solo Shows

2009 Signs, Whitney Condominium, West Palm Beach, Estados Unidos / Signs, Galería La Acacia, Havana

2007 Kasting, Galería La Acacia, Havana / Kasting, Museo Alejandro Otero,

2006 Horas como olas, Galería Bolívar, Havana

2005 Dos pintores cubanos, Galería ARTECOVI, Madrid / Obra reciente, Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana

2003 Peces en el suelo (Fishes on the floor), Eighth Havana Biennial, Raul Martínez Gallery, Segundo Cabo Palace, Havana

2001 KADIRLACK 72, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2000 Secret Havana,Morro Mural Project, Adams and Central Street, Downtown Phoenix, Arizona / Yo soy el que soy   ( I am who I am) (VII Havana Biennial), Espacio Abierto Gallery,

1999Bingo!, Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Arts, Havana / Bingo!, University of Arizona, Tucson

1998Mustafa, Habana Gallery, Havana

1997Candles, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, Arizona, USA / ( + Or – )(More or Less), collateral to the Sixth Havana Biennial, Plaza House of Culture, Havana / Everything, Everything, State Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1996No lo volveré a hacer (I won`t do it again), Gallery of the Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana

1995Sculptures and paintings, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana

1992 Las vacaciones de Lenin (Lenin´s holidays), Plaza House of Culture, Havana

1990 Una temporada en el Infierno (A Season in Hell), Art Center, Camagüey, Cuba

Group Shows

2009 FIA, Caracas / Havana, 490 Years, Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana / Dear Van Gogh, Visual Arts Center, Havana / Illusions de paysages, Galerie Piéce Unique, Beyrouth / Two Faces, Fundarte, National Gallery, Honduras / Art Shanghai, China / Habana’s, Sala Subastas Retiro, Madrid / ArtMadrid / ArteAmericas, Miami

2008 Photo Miami, Miami / PINTA, International Art Fair, New York / ARTBO, International Art Fair, Bogotá / Auction Exibition, Museum of Latin American Art, (MoLAA) California / Tots aquests camins condueixem a Cuba, Pilar Riberaygua Gallery, Andorra / Pure Art, Casa América, Madrid / Habana: Poste de señales, Zipp Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico / ArtMadrid / The first collection, AD HOD Gallery, Ontario

2007 Through the mirror: Cuban Art today, Allegro Gallery, Panamá / VI Salón de Dibujo, Contemporary Art Museum, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / Auction Exibition, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), California / Cubanías, Famagusta Gate Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus / Common souls, Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana / Cosmos, Servando Gallery, Havana / New millenium, ALOVERA Gallery, Guadalajara, España

2006 La utilidad de la virtud, Miramar Trade Center Gallery, Havana / From landscape to human experiences, Discovery Planet Gallery, Beirut / Travel histories, San Francisco de Asís Convent, collateral to the Ninth Havana Biennial / Auction Exibition, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), California / In transit, Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana

2005 TIAF, Toronto Internacional Art Fair / Islands or everyones destiny, Espacios Gallery, Madrid / Subasta –Habana online, 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana / Cuban World Images, Bernau Gallery, Berlin / Appropriation Art, Servando Gallery, Havana / Cuba the next generation, The Cuban art space, New York / Alternatives, Servando Gallery, Havana

2004 VI Certamen de pintura Nicomedes García Gómez, Madrid / Cuba from the inside looking out, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Detroit / Subasta habana online, Habana Gallery / Aproximaciones a su reino, Homenaje a Alejo Carpentier, Palacio del Segundo Cabo, Havana / Cuban Car Art, Palos Verdes Art Center, California / Cuban Elegy, L Gallery, Havana / Cuba: a hundred images, Campi Bisenzio, Villa bellosguardo Sala del Concilio de Lastra a Signa, Toscaza, Italia / Es para no ser visto, Praxis Gallery, Lima / Young contemporary artists from Cuba, Cheng-Cheng Art Gallery, New Jersey

2003Platform10, Itinerant exhibition, Cultural Center of the Catholic University, Quito; Center of Modern Art, Cuenca; Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Art and Crafts, Cuban Art Space, New York / Con los pobres de la tierra (With the poor of the earth), Ceramics Workshop, Havana / Coffee III: The Journey of Cuban Artists, Art Gallery State University West, Phoenix, Arizona / Maneras de Inventarse una sonrisa (Ways of inventing a smile), Eighth Havana Biennial, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Contemporary Cuban Art, Casa de Las Americas, Havana

2002Charity Auction, Canadian Embassy, Havana / Cuban-fusion, Greenwich Arts Council, Connecticut, USA

2001 Elb Art Kunstausstellung, Hamburg Art Fair, Germany / Italy-Cuba Cultural Project, Umbria, Italy / Viva Cuba, Alva Gallery, New London, Connecticut / Contemporary Cuban Art, Arts Americas Gallery, Quito / III Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana

2000 Collective Works, Peterson Hall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona / Two Nations, White Water Gallery, Ontario / Collective Works, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1999England Art Fair, London / Viña del Mar Watercolor Biennial, Chile

1998New Art from Cuba, Trask Gallery, New York / II Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana

1997Collective works, The Empty Wall Gallery, Dallas, Texas / The Biggest Little Picture and Sculpture Show, State Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas / Havana-Newark´97, Sumei Multidisciplinary Art Center, Newark / The Cigar, International Traveling Exhibition, Christie's Gallery, New York and Tokyo / Art on the asphalt, Art Detour, Phoenix, Arizona / Trabajo por cuenta propia (Self-employment), Faculty of Arts, University of Havana

1996Salón de la Ciudad, Appropriations, Provincial Center of Visual Arts and Design, Havana / Sculpture Exhibition, Luz y Oficios Center, Havana / Let´s reflect: SI DA, Charity auction for AIDS Infected People, Casa de México, Havana

1995Vestiges, ego: a possible portrait, CDAV, Havana / I Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, National Fine Arts Museum, Havana / Una de cada clase (One of each kind), Ludwig Foundation, Santa Clara Convent, Havana / Today’s Cuban Art, Photo-center of the Union of Journalists and Embassy of Cuba, Beijing, Popular Republic of China / Ni Fresa ni Chocolate (Neither strawberry nor chocolate), Center of Conservation, Restoration and Museology, CENCREM, Havana

1994No valen guayabas verdes, Fifth Havana Biennial, Gallery of the Higher Institute of Arts, Havana

1993 Cambio de bola, Habana Gallery, Havana

1992Un marco por la tierra (A frame for the land), An itinerant project of art and ecology in collaboration with Latin America Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba

1991Si Tim tiene Tim vale, collateral to the Fourth Havana Biennial, Gallery of the Higher Institute of Arts, Havana / Miss Expo, Gallery of the Higher Institute of Arts, Havana

1990Salón Guernica, Art Center, Las Tunas / ISA Express, Gallery of the Higher Institute of Arts, Havana

1989 Luz Verde (Green Light), La Campana Group, Las Tunas, Cuba

1995 Mention, Primer Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1992 Prize, Provincial Salon, Las Tunas Art Center, Cuba

1991 First Prize, Provincial Salon, Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas

1989 Prize, Provincial Salon, Las Tunas Art Center, Cuba