Discover the contemporary work of Alexander Lobaina Jiménez

ALEXANDER LOBAINA JIMENEZ

(Holguín, Cuba 1968)

 

Studies

 

1980-1983 Elementary School of Plastic Arts, Holguín.

1983-1987 Professional School of Plastic Arts, Holguín.

1987-1992 Bachelor's Degree in Plastic Education. Higher Pedagogical Institute

“Enrique José Varona", City of Havana.

 

Main personal exhibitions

 

1987_ Landscape. Tribute to Lezama Lima, Professional School of Plastic Arts, Holguín. Cuba.         

 

1989 _ Tradition and contemporaneity. Art Gallery, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

1990 _Rhetoric. Engraving Workshop, Holguín. Cuba.

 

1992_ Big Painting (with Alejandro Mendoza). Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Holguín. Cuba.          

                  

1993_ Post Realism (with Néstor Arenas). Transitory Gallery, La Periquera Provincial Museum,  

            Holguin. Cuba.

         _ Cuban fervor. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Holguín. Cuba.  

         _ Wanted dead or alive. Universal Art Gallery, Santiago de Cuba.

 

1994 _ Topical Evidence. Art Gallery, Sol y Mar. Varadero, Matanzas. Cuba.

         _ Yoo-Hoo! A shout out to Art. Fayad Jamís Gallery. Alamar, Havana City. Cuba.

         _ Good Morning…Malevich! .Sala Electa Arenal, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts,

   Holguín. Cuba.  

         

1996 _ Eros, Thanatos and philanthropy. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana City.

         _ Memories of the day before. Visual Arts Development Center,  Hundred fires. Cuba.            

 

1998 _ The everyday everything. Fausto Cristo Gallery. UNEAC, Holguín. Cuba.

          _Making history. Without Concessions, (with Rubén Hechavarría). House of Iberoamerica,

            Holguin. Cuba.

 

1999 _All types of hair (with Rubén Hechavarría). Pharmaceutical Museum, Matanzas. Cuba.          

 

2002 _ Tribute to Paul Klee. FCBC Gallery, Varadero, Matanzas. Cuba.

         _ Theme of the traitor and the hero. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2003_ Building the Utopia of the Everyday Hero (with Javier Díaz). Provincial Center of

            Plastic Arts, Holguín. Cuba.

   

2004_ Paintings. Gallery Hotel Meliá Varadero, Varadero, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2005 _ From the story of a glorious experience. Provincial Center of the Visual Arts,

             Matanzas. Cuba.

          _ Of the seduction of power. Art Gallery, Colón, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

 2006_ GREEN LEWITT.  Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Matanzas. Cuba.     

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 2007_ Special Period Reports. Fausto Cristo Gallery, UNEAC, Holguín. Cuba.

         _ Level Complete. Cárdenas Art Gallery, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2010_ Synergy or therapy without limits. Art Gallery, Sol y Mar. Varadero, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2011_ Sinergia II. Perico Art Gallery, Matanzas. Cuba.    

 

2013_ Special Period Reports. II. UNEAC Provincial Headquarters Gallery. Matanzas. Cuba.

         _ Defense Zone. Christ the Savior Gallery. Havana. Cuba.          

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2014_Fervor de Cuba II. SET Gallery, Evangelical Seminary of Theology, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2015_ Men grow breasts. UNEAC Provincial Headquarters, Holguín. Cuba.

 

2016_ The new relationship. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Matanzas. Cuba.

         _ Synergy or infinite therapy. National Museum of the Republic, Brasilia. Brazil   

 

2017_Tamales, strawberries and reposado tequila. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Matanzas. Cuba.

 

2019_The Cuban bunker and other rhetoric. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Matanzas, Cuba.

 

2021_Al we need is love. Coffee Belén, Madrid, Spain.

        _Al we need is love. The Garden of Nuit. Torremolinos, Málaga, Spain.

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Main collective collections

 

- He has taken part in more than one hundred and fifty exhibitions and collective projects both in Cuba and in Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France and Holland, among other countries, where he has works in public and private collections.

 

 

Awards and Mentions

 

1983 - Engraving Prize. National Hall of Plastic Arts for School Students

            of art. Havana City.

1984 - Award and mention. Literature in Plastic Arts Hall. Professional School of

            Holguín Plastic Arts.
1985 - Literature in Plastic Arts Salon Award. Prof. School of Plastic Arts,

            Holguín.

1992 - Prize VII Provincial Hall of Plastic Arts, Holguín.

1995 - Mention IV Provincial Hall of Plastic Arts "Roberto Diago", Matanzas.

1996 - First Prize. “Leopoldo Romañach” Landscape Hall, Varadero, Matanzas.

1999 - Provincial Hall of Plastic Arts Award, Holguín.
         - UNEAC Award Provincial Hall of Plastic Arts, Holguín.
 2007- First Prize in the UNEAC Memories Hall, Matanzas.
         - First Prize at the UNEAC Summer Show, Matanzas.
2016 – Honorable mention. Arts Biennale. Sesc. Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 In November 2016, an artistic residency at the Guapamacátaro Foundation.   

 Maravatío, Michoacán.  Mexico

The semantic and morphological elements (images, signs and symbols) used in my work are easily recognizable by the general public, creating rapid communication. diaphanous and direct, although multi-referential at the iconographic level, they sometimes go beyond a single reading, becoming open or multi-significant works. The pop art aesthetic used with the predominance of design and graphics, the use of planimetry, the stridency and intensity of the work. of color, the use of texts as an image support and the economy of color contribute to this. of expressive resources, as well as elements drawn from popular culture and street art, visuality and visual arts. urban, kitsch and Hard Core with its subliminality; intentional and eloquent.