Havana, Cuba, 1978
Visual artist and assistant professor of sculpture and ceramics
E-Mail carlospradoart@yahoo.com
Websites http://www.carlospradoart.com/
Education
2008 MFA in Studio Art. ISA
University of the Arts of Cuba.
2002 BFA in Sculpture. ISA, University
of the Arts of Cuba.
1996 Graduated of Sculpture and Drawing at the San
Alejandro National School of Fine Arts in Cuba.
Teaching experience
2013 Lecturer.
University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.
Lecturer. East los Angeles College, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Visiting professor. Summer class Arts 281(V): Large-scale Ceramic Sculptures. University of Mary Washington,
Fredericksburg, VA.
Lecturer and visiting professor. Portrait in Clay Demonstration.
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX.
2007
Life Modeling in Clay class at the Royal University College of Arts
(KKH). Stockholm, Sweden.
2007-11
Assistant Professor, Sculpture and Ceramic. ISA University of the Arts
of Cuba
2006-11
Head of the Sculpture Program. Visual Arts School at ISA University of
the Arts of Cuba
2004-07
Instructor Professor, Sculpture and Ceramic. ISA University of the Arts
of Cuba
2002-04
Graduate Assistant. ISA University of the Arts of Cuba
2009
Temporary Dean of the Visual Arts School for four months. ISA University
of the Arts of Cuba
2004-11
Member of Tribunals in the admission exams. Tutor, opponent and a member
of tribunals in more than 30 diploma works.
1999-02
Student assistant of Ceramic and Art History at the ISA University of
Arts of Cuba.
Related experience
2012-
Present
Part-time Conservation Technician.
Rosa Lowinger and Associates, company specialized in the preservation of
sculpture, architectural elements, three-dimensional artwork and contemporary
art. Miami, Fl
2010 Juror,
X Biennial of Ceramics, Havana, Cuba.
2002
Designer of the Web page of ISA University of Arts of Cuba.
1998-01
Illustrator for the Cuban magazines Cartelera
and La Isla Infinita.
Residencies and Visiting Artist
2013
Visiting artist and guest lecture. University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA.
Visiting artist and guest lecture. East los Angeles College, Los
Angeles, CA.
2012
Artist in residence. Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX.
2011
Visiting artist. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Visiting artist. Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX.
Visiting artist - professor. University of Mary Washington,
Fredericksburg, VA.
2010
Visiting artist. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
2007
Artist in residence. Royal University College of Arts (KKH). Stockholm,
Sweden.
Awards
2007
Second Prize of installation.
Biennial of Ceramics "The Mural and the Vessel". National Museum of
Ceramics in Havana.
2006
Third Prize. VIII Biennial of Ceramics "Amelia Peláez". National
Museum of Ceramics in Havana.
2004
Mention. VII Biennial of Ceramics "Amelia Peláez". National
Museum of Ceramics in Havana.
2003
Prize. International Triennial of Ceramics
Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts of Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
1996
Prize
in Sculpture. Academia ‘96, International Event of Schools of Arts. San
Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts, Cuba.
Skills
Expertise in contemporary
art, particularly in sculpture, ceramic and digital art.
Extensive knowledge of
teaching art, predominantly in sculpture and ceramic, life modeling in clay,
life drawing, critique of contemporary art.
Experience with several
computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, 3ds Max, Bryce
3d, as well as Microsoft Office Suit.
Ability to work with art
preservation, especially with conservation, restoration and handling of works
of art.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Preludio y Fuga (Prelude and Fugue –Escapes–). Digital prints and installation. Convent of San
Francisco de Asis. Havana. X Biennial of Ceramic of Havana
2009
El icono escamoteado (The Whisked Away Icon). Sculptures. Hispanic-American
Center of Culture. Havana.
2008
Project Room: Carlos Enrique, recent works. Sculptures
and digital prints. Pan-American Art projects. Miami city, USA.
Terapia sanitaria (Sanitary Therapy). Sculptures. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Havana.
2006
Re-Visiones (Re-visions). Sculptures. National Museum of
Ceramics. Havana.
Todo para llevar (Everything to Take). Portable sculptures.
Galiano Gallery. Havana.
2005
Otra forma más de mirar lo
mismo (A Different Way of Looking
at the Same Thing). Digital prints. It was organized by the Contemporary Art
Center Wifredo Lam and the Ludwig
Foundation of Cuba. ICAIC Cultural Center Gallery. Havana.
2002
Mírate el mundo de otra manera (Look Yourself at the World in a Different Way).
Sculptures. La Acacia
Gallery in Havana. Graduation exhibition.
Miradas Posibles (Possible Glances). Sculptures. Miramar Trade Center.
Havana. (Bipersonal)
1996
Seudoexposición (Pseudo-Exhibition). San Alejandro
National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana.
Transfiguración (Transfiguration). Installation with drawings and
sculptures. 23rd and 12th Gallery. Havana.
1994
Almas en pena (Grieving
Souls). Drawings. Galiano Gallery. Havana.
1993
Con mi cruz a cuestas (With my Cross on the Back). Sculptures and
drawings. Carmelo González Gallery, Cultural Center of Vedado. Havana.
1992
Adolescencia (Adolescence). Sculptures. 23 y 12 Gallery.
Havana.
Group Exhibitions
2012
10 for 10 x2: 10th
Anniversary New Acquisitions. ASU Art Museum, Ceramic Research Center. Tempe, AZ
From the Clay Studio IV. Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Midwestern State
University, Wichita Falls, TX
2011
Exhibition in Tribute to
the 50 anniversary of the
Association of Writers and
Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Acacia
Gallery. Havana.
Exhibition Large-scale
ceramic Sculptures. University of Mary Washington and LibertyTown Arts
Workshop Gallery. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.
Biennial of Ceramic “The Mural and the Vessel”. Organized by
the National Museum of Ceramic. Hispanic-American Center of Culture. Havana.
Exhibition Ripped
Eyes. House-Museum of Asia. Havana.
2010
X Biennial of Ceramic of
Havana. Convent of San Francisco de Asis. Havana.
2009
1st Symposium of
Installations of San Pancho. Exhibition Irrational Relation. San Pancho Cultural
Center & Residence. Nayarit. Mexico.
Chronos. Contemporary Cuban Art. Gallery La Casona. Havana.
CODEMA in the Biennial X of the Havana. Space of National CODEMA (Advisory Council for
the Development of the Monumental and Environmental Sculpture).
The Human Body. National
Museum of Ceramic. Havana.
Biennial of Ceramic “The Mural and the Vessel”. Organized by
the National Museum of Ceramic. Convent of San Franciscode Asis. Havana.
2008
The 13th Annual Los Angeles
Art Show. Santa Monica Air Center. Santa Monica, CA, USA.
ArtMadrid 2008, Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House
of Madrid. Spain.
IX Biennial of Ceramics
(sculpture and installations). Organized by the National Museum of
Ceramics. White Room Gallery of The San Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana.
2007
Biennial of Ceramics "The Mural and the Vessel".
Organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. White Room Gallery of San
Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana.
Gracias por el fuego (Thank you for the fire), Cuban contemporary
ceramics. Villa Manuela Gallery,
National Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Havana.
ArtMadrid 2007. Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House
of Madrid. Spain.
Mundo de Aromas (World of Aromas). Havana Convention Center.
2006
International Triennial of
Ceramics Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
VIII International Digital
Art Hall. Cultural Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau. Havana.
VIII Biennial of Ceramics “Amelia Peláez”, organized by the
National Museum of Ceramics. Fifth Cloister gallery of the San Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana.
Taller Abierto (Open Studio). National CODEMA (Advisory Council for
the Development of the Monumental and Environmental Sculpture). Collateral at
IX Biennial of Havana.
La ciudad otra - el hombre otro (The other city - another man). Hispanic-American
Center of Culture. Collateral at IX Biennial of Havana.
ArtMadrid 2006, Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House
of Madrid. Spain.
H2Oro. House of the Poetry Gallery. Havana.
2005
Exhibition of Contemporary
Cuban Sculpture. International Event "Culture and Development" at the
Convention Center of Havana.
Biennial of Ceramics
"The Mural and the Vessel". Organized by the National Museum of the
Ceramics. Fifth Cloister Gallery of San
Francisco de Asis Convent. Havana.
2004
VII Biennial of Ceramics “Amelia Peláez”, organized by the
National Museum of Ceramics. White Room Gallery of the Convent of San Francisco de Asis. Havana.
Lo Clásico (The Classic Thing), Cuban contemporary ceramics. Hispanic-American
Center of Culture. Havana.
2003
Exhibition Bosque (Forest). Collateral Event to VIII
Biennial of the Havana. National Museum of Ceramics. Havana.
“Without Title. The object in the Cuban
contemporary sculpture”. Arts and Literature School at the University of
Havana.
The ISA at the Culture Pavilion of the Expocuba International fair.
El violín descalzo. Great Theater of Havana.
2002
Biennial of Ceramics
"The Mural and the Vessel". National Museum of Ceramics, Castillo de La Real Fuerza. Havana.
International Triennial of
Ceramics Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts in
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
ArtMadrid 2002, Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House
of Madrid. Spain.
REMAKE. Arts and Literature School at the University of
Havana.
2001
Biennial of Ceramics
"Amelia Peláez". National Museum of the Ceramics, Castillo de La Real Fuerza. Havana.
2000
Third Biennial of
Sculpture. Teodoro Ramos Blanco
Gallery. Havana.
1999
Proyecto Vuelo (Flight Project). ISA, University of Arts of
Cuba.
Second Festival of
Performances Ana Mendieta. Pabellon Cuba. Havana.
1998
Esto no tiene nombre (This has no name), collateral to the National Salon
of Contemporary Art. ISA, University of Arts of Cuba. Havana.
Ana Mendieta, First Festival of Performances.
National Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba. UNEAC. Havana.
Proyecto Vuelo (Flight Project). Art History and Literature
School at the University of Havana.
1997
Biennial of Havana.
Exhibition Sin Título -“Trabajos por cuenta propia” (Without Title
-"Free Lance works"). Art History and Literature School at the
University of Havana.
1996
Salon Académica 96. International Event of Art
Schools in Latin America. Gallery of the San
Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Havana.
First Biennial of Sculpture Teodoro Ramos Blanco. Teodoro Ramos Blanco Gallery. Havana.
Fichas para escoger (Pieces to choose). Visual Arts School Gallery, ISA.
1995
Exhibition of sculptures. Gallery of Marianao in
Havana.
1994
San Alejandro in the Biennial of Havana. San Alejandro’s Academy of Fine Arts
Gallery. Havana.
Exhibition of the ARAR group. Gallery of the Center of
International Press. Havana.
Sculpture exhibition .Forms Gallery. Havana.
1993
175th anniversary of the San Alejandro Academy. Amelia
Peláez Gallery. Havana.
1992
San Alejandro's students exhibition. 23rd y 12th
Gallery. Havana.
1990
Exhibition of sculptures of the José Fowler group. Cultural Center of the municipality 10 de Octubre. Havana.
Interventions and performances
2004
Cristo a cuestas (Christ on the back). Performance intervention made
in the inauguration of the exhibition "The Classic Thing". Spanish
American Center of Culture. Havana City.
2002
Herósfanes, new acquisition. Intervention made in the Museum the Classic
Sculpture of the Arts and Literature School at the University of the Havana, as
part of the exhibition REMAKE.
2000
Todo para llevar (Everything to take). Performance intervention made
in the inauguration of the VII Biennial of the Havana.
Los condenados (The condemned). Performance intervention made in the
exhibition of the ISA during the VII Biennial of the Havana.
1999
For Sale. Performance. Second Festival of Performance Ana
Mendieta. Pabello’n Cuba. Havana.
1998
Réquiem para una obra inconclusa (Requiem for an unconcluded work). Performance,
together to the musicians Gabriel Gómez and Frank Paredes. ISA, University of
Arts of Cuba
Requiem for an unconcluded work. Performance. Ana Mendieta, First Festival of Performance.
National Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba .UNEAC. Havana.
1997
Adoración de la memoria (Adoration of the memory). Performance
intervention made in the inauguration of the exhibitions of the V Biennial of
the Havana.
Las apariencias engañan (The appearances deceive). Performance made
during the exhibition Without Title "I Work self-employed". Art
History and Literature School of the University of Havana.
Bust of Herósfanes. ISA, University of Arts of
Cuba.
1996
Restauración (Restoration). Performance. It included the creation of the ephemeral
group The Bricklayers, in the Academy of fine Arts San Alejandro.
Lectures
2013
Carlos Enrique Prado. The personal experience of a
Cuban artist. University of Southern California, LA, California.
Carlos Enrique Prado. The personal experience of a
Cuban artist. East los Angeles College, LA, California.
2011
Overview of his work and Cuban ceramics. The Ceramics
Research Center at the ASU Art Museum. Arizona State University, Arizona, USA.
Lecture about his personal work. Midwestern State
University, Texas, USA.
A ceramist talks about a
ceramist. Presentation of the personal artwork. National Museum of Ceramic.
Havana.
2010
The State of Ceramic Art in
Cuba. Bryant Conference Center Auditorium. University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa,
USA.
The Cuban Contemporary
Artistic Ceramic. College of Arts and Science, Department Modern Languages and
Classics. University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, USA.
The ceramic program at the
University of Arts of Cuba. College of Arts and Science, Department Art &
Art History. Tuscaloosa, USA.
Carlos Enrique artwork.
Presentation on the personal work and the story of his professional development
as an artist. Department of Arts and Art History. University of Mary
Washington. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.
2009
Proyectos artísticos contemporáneos en cerámica. Contemporary artistic projects in ceramic.
Appreciation course on the development of the artistic ceramic in Cuba. Ceramic
Workshop Mirta García Buch. Havana.
2008
Escultura en cerámica. Estrategias visibles desde el
taller de escultura del ISA. Sculpture in ceramic. Evident strategies from the sculpture workshop
of ISA. Professional School of Plastic Arts, Youth’s Island, Cuba.
Reflexiones Sanitarias. Sanitary reflections. Presentation of the
thesis in option to the grade of Master in Art. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba.
Havana.
2007
The Ceramic Workshop of
ISA, an alternative for the sculpture in Cuba. The Royal University College of
Fine Arts (KKH). Stockholm, Sweden.
2006
El creador y su obra. Historia de un artista
"profesionalizado" (The creator and his work. An artist's history
about how he became a "professional"). A series of lectures developed
at the VIII Biennial of Ceramic "Amelia Peláez"in the San Francisco de
Asis Convent. Havana.
2005
The Teaching of the
ceramics in Universuty of Art of Cuba - ISA. San Francisco de Asis Convent Art Center. Havana.
2002
The experimentation in
ceramics. Presentation of the Barro Espiritual Project, in the National Museum
of the Ceramics. Castillo de La
Real Fuerza. Havana.
1999
Round table on the
Sculpture in Cuba. Points of view of creators from the different generations at
the Arts and Literature School of the University of Havana.
1998
The fine Arts creators
within the digital world. 2nd meeting of specialists in Virtual Reality. Mass
Media and Communication School, ISA-University of Arts of Cuba.
Collections
ASU Art Museum, Ceramic
Research Center. Arizona, USA
National Museum of Ceramics. Havana, Cuba
Museum of the Contemporary Ceramics (MCC) in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic
Puerto de la Cruz city, Tenerife, Spain
Museum of Dance, Havana, Cuba
Museum of City of Havana, Cuba
Cultural Center Dulce María Loynaz, Havana, Cuba
Elf Genius art fundació, Barcelona, Spain
PanAmerican Arts Projects, Dallas – Miami, USA
University of Mary
Washington, Virginia, USA
His works can be found in
different private collections in Cuba, USA, Spain, France, Switzerland,
Germany, Mexico, Dominican Republic, among others.
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