Kenia Arguiñao, 

Cienfuegos, Cuba 1983

Graduated from the Higher Institute of Art, Havana, 2011. Her works have been exhibited at Frost Art Museum (FIU), Coral Gables Museum and the Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM), Art Basel Miami Fair 2015, USA, at the Centre for Development of Visual Arts, Gallery Havana, Pavilion Cuba, Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba; Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico DF, Contemporary Art Fair Art position 11 Bern, Switzerland, She has participated in important national events like the Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Hall of Havana and collateral exposures, X and XI Biennial of Havana. She earned the Residence Gilbert Brownstone Foundation, 2012, Paris, France and Vermont Studio Center,2018, Vermont, USA. Her works is in the collection of the Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM) and in private collections in Switzerland, United States and México.

Kenia  Arguiñao  Cienfuegos,Cuba,1983                                                   

Education:

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 Higher Institute of Art, La Habana, Cuba. 2007/2011.

Fine Arts Academy, “Benny Moré”. Cienfuegos. 2003/2006.

Honors:

· Graduated from the  Higher Institute of Art

· Bachelor in Fine Arts. Painting

· Analog photography workshop in the Juan Carlos Alom studio, 2008, La  Habana, Cuba.   

Personal Exhibits:

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2011. Letargo, Centre of Visual Arts Development, Havana,Cuba.

2016. Diario del tiempo invertido, Havana galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

2017. The path leading to the center, James Braddock Park Art Center,NJ,USA

Group Exhibits:

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2023

. Visions from Inside the Walls, Coral Gables artists today, Coral Gables Museum, FL.

2022

. On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Perez Collection, Frist Art Museum, TN.

2020

. Art VIRUS20, Giant garden Gallery,Jeju city, Seoul, Korea.

. Fall for Her, Cany online Gallery, NY.

. Shifting streams, Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, NY.

2019

. 20 years, 20 women, Havana galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.

.Mother, I see myself in your eyes, Concrete Space, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Miami, FL

. The knots of an invisible thread, Open Studio Chashama Studio Midtown East, New York, NY

. Cuba Inside& Out, TOTH Gallery, New York, NY

2018

. Kindred Spirits, Ten Artists by the Hudson, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL

. Affordable Art Fair NYC Spring 2018, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA.

. Identity of what? Teatro Latea, The Clemente Cultural & Educacional Center, New York, USA.

2017

. Abstracting History.On the horizon Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge Perez collection, PAMM, Miami, Florida,USA.

2015

. A sense of place,selections from the Jorge Pérez collection, Mana contemporary, Art Basel Miami,Florida, USA

. TrailerparkOpenstudio,Miami beach,Miami,Florida,USA

. Reveal, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum  at Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

. Resiliencia. La otra Cuba, Northrup King Building,Norteast Minneapolis Arts District, Minneapolis,USA

. Momentum, havana galerie, Zurich,Switzerland

.2009Deriva2013, Centro Cultural Padre Felix Varela, 12th Havana Biennial

2014

. Hacerse el chino, havana galerie, Zúrich, Switzerland.

. Viáticos, salir es llegar, Casa fusión, México D.F.

2013

. Poesía en pequeño formato, Route galleries, GalleryNina Menocal,      México D.F.

. Tócate, collective exhibition of photography, Gallery Havana,

Havana,Cuba.

. Tres chicas, havana galerie, Zúrich, Switzerland.

2012

. Fuera de sí, Art + Content Festival, Luz and Oficios Gallery, Havana,Cuba.

. Paradoja de lo ajeno,Teodoro Ramos Galley, collateral to the 11th Biennial Exhibition of Havana

. Esto es todo, official project:  Lo inédito viable, 11th Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.

. Mujeres artistas  del futuro, Interest Section of the USA in Cuba.                

2011

. Art- Position 11, Contemporary Art Festival , Berna, Switzerland.

2010

. Esporas. Pavilion Cuba. Havana

. El extremo de la bala. Pavilion Cuba. Havana.

2009

. Luz a tu química II. Photographic Library of Cuba, Havana.

. Atemporal. Centre of Visual Arts Development, Havana,Cuba.

.Proyecto Circo. TenthBiennial Exhibition of Havana.

.Cambio y Fuera. Higher Institute of Art. TenthBiennial Exhibition of Havana

Regarding Visions from Inside the Walls Exhibition

https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Visions-From-Inside-The-Walls--Coral-Gab/3EB0609026AB1E55

https://coralgablesmuseum.org/project/visions-from-inside-the-walls-coral-gables-artists-today/

https://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/visions-from-inside-the-walls/29250

https://www.instagram.com/thecoralgablesmagazine/reel/C8K_hRhu3Q3/

https://coralgablesmagazine.com/the-artists-of-coral-gables/

https://www.instagram.com/americascollection/reel/C9NiSzCOPd9/

Diez Artistas de la diáspora unidos por el Hudson y el arte

Matos, Dennys /Especial el Nuevo Herald(2018)

https://www.elnuevoherald.com/vivir-mejor/artes-letras/article219928905.html

Artists from Miami- A Pre-Art Basel Event.

 http://www.artnexus.com/PressReleases_View.aspx?DocumentID=28965

Acosta, Gretel: “Acepto, acierto”, www.havanabooks.com/mrcorchea, diciembre,2013.

Residencies:

2012. Gilbert Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France.

2018. Vermont Studio center, Johnson, Vermont    

Collections:

 Collection Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA

Collection Havana Galerie, Beatrice Liaskowski, Zurich, Suiza.

and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America