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Brigade managed to score more than 500 artists and renowned friends, both national and international painters, actors, musicians, dancers, circus performers, and stilt walkers, who left their jobs, leaving the comforts of their daily lives to live in tents and selflessly provide the best of his art. The community artists painted workshops, music and dance to encourage creativity and educate children and adolescents as a palliative education for those who could not attend school because the facilities were partially destroyed.
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Plastic Arts Rafael Botí), Spain. For the first time, he took a personal exhibition to Isla de la Juventud, specifically to the Martha Machado Gallery, titled "En el mar no hay nada escrito" (There Is Nothing Written on the Sea). Kcho deems this show as a homecoming to share with his fellow countrymen the progress made in his artistic life. There, he built the pieces for the installation La Jungla (Jungle) and exhibited part of this work before embarking on its journey.
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Madrid and the Louis Carré et. Cie. Gallery in Paris, France. At the invitation of the
Marlborough Gallery, he goes to Madrid for the opening of the Chilean artist Claudio Bravo. Once there, he is proposed to be part of the select list of artists that exhibit at this renowned gallery and its venues in the essential art capitals of Monte Carlo, Santiago de Chile, Barcelona, Madrid, New York and London. This contract constitutes a far-reaching step for the promotion of his work.
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Passage), shown later at the Joan Prats Gallery in Barcelona. Besides, there was also the show La nave de Kcho (Kcho's Ship) for the Castillo de Santa Bárbara (Castle of Saint Barbara) in the Patronato Municipal de Alicante by curator Pablo Rico from the Joan Miró Foundation. He returns to Cuba to make his popular work-installation-performance Vive y Deja Vivir (Live and Let Live) for the 9th Biennial of Havana at the Plaza Vieja and in La Casona Gallery.
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at the venues in Madrid and New York, as well as in the collections shown that year at the fair Arco in Madrid and Art Miami. Other critical personal exhibitions this year were organized at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Panama, under the title El Viaje (Journey) and at the Juan Ruiz Gallery in Maracaibo, Venezuela, called El Cuadernos del hombre de Los pies de Barro (Notebook of the Man with Mud Feet).
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Latinoamericano (Visions, a Century of Latin American Art) at the Art Museum Boca Ratón in Florida; Sin ruptures: Diálogos en el Arte Cubano (No Ruptures: Dialogues in Cuban Art) at the Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale; NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith in Houston, Texas; and A Wake-up Call: Cuban Contemporary Art at Tresart, Coral Gables, Florida.
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most important Cuban artists, among which we can find: Vicente
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country. Among the most significant awards include the distinction "National
Culture" in 1998, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and in 2003 received the Medal "Abel Santamaria" award by the State Council on the proposal of the Young Communists (UJC) and the Replica of the Machete of Maximo Gomez. He delivers the minister of the FAR.
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Institute of Modern Art in Valencia, Spain. Once more, he is part of the lots at the Latin American auctions by Sotheby's and Christie in New York, USA. He was part of the 1st Biennial Fin del Mundo (End of the World) in Ushuaia, Argentina, with the installation Señores de la playa (Beach Lords) by curator Leonor Amarante.
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shows, the artist reinforces his interest in the subject of travels and migrations with simple but categorical installations such as El Camino de la nostalgia and Lo Mejor del Verano (The Best Part of Summer) –the latter being also displayed at the exhibition Cocido y Crudo organized by the Museum Reina Sofía in Spain.
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Back in Cuba, he travelled to the Isla de la
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The Brigade worked continuously throughout Cuba, where he installed 13 camps. Kcho bears his study with each of the provinces to visit the Brigade. They continued to work on their drawings, sculptures and installations projects but found that the Brigade formed a collective work of art that continues
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On June 3 of this year, Kcho donated his private collection of Cuban art to the Museo Municipal de la Isla de la Juventud, where Kcho Studio built a Cuban Art Exhibition Hall to contribute to the study and knowledge of national painting. The collection amounts to a total of 52 works by fifteen of the
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In 2007 he made his first personal exhibition with Marlborough Gallery called Retrasando lo inevitable (Delaying the Inevitable) at its venue in Madrid, Spain; he also participated in other critical collective exhibitions organized by this institution, such as Exhibición de Verano (Summer Exhibition)
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He received an invitation from Leonor Amarantes to participate in the V Latin American Biennial of Visual Arts in Curitiba, Brazil. For this particular occasion, the artist created a large installation, making the classroom of a school with all their property in a great "Archipelago in motion," this
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During this period, he started working for a longer time in Cuba, not only in Havana but also in Isla de la Juventud and Matanzas. In 2006, he moved to Barcelona for several months to work in a group of choreographies at the workshops of Poligrafa, Spain. There he prepares the exhibition Paso de Los
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Works by his authorship were part of the lots at the auctions of Latin American Art of Christie and Sotheby's. In 2004, he participated at the Art Fair in Chicago, USA, invited by Galería Habana de Cuba, with a personal project called La conversación (Conversation). In the Cuban capital, he exhibits
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Kcho was part of the travelling portfolio Suite Europa 2001, carried out by the Dirección General de la Secretaría de Estado para la Cooperación Internacional y para Iberoamérica (General Management of the State Department for International Cooperation and Latin America) organized by the Ministry of
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of the University of Kansas, USA; Estructuras Similares a Los Ojos de la Historia (Similar Structures in the Eyes of History) at the Tent Centrum Belldende Kunst in Rotterdam, Holland; the 1st Biennial in Valencia, Spain, by curator Aquiles Bonito Oliva; Arco 2001 in Madrid, Spain; and together with
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technician, and Martina Primitiva Machado Cuní, better known as Martha Camacho, a famous artist, he grew up alongside four other sisters. He attended Josué País primary school, Manuel Alcolea primary school, and subsequently, Elementary Art School Leonardo Liberta in Isla de la Juventud. In 1986, he
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Another significant group shows this year, for the work of Kcho, was: I have a Dream (I have a dream) at the Carriage House Center for the Arts in New York on art paper. Ten contemporary artists, in Granada, Spain, the Summer Exhibition and the Exhibition of sculptures collectively organized by the
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Experience in Cuba with all the educational work, humanitarian and social, to bring solidarity, culture and joy to the most remote places and people affected psychologically and economically, made it possible for a representation of over 70 Cuban artists of the highest level, members of the brigade
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Isla de la Juventud, the birthplace of artists, suffered the ravages of two of these natural phenomena, Gustav and Ike, so as an immediate response to the urgent human need to restore hope and confidence in the morning entire population, founded on September 6, 2008, the Art Squad "Martha Machado".
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He returned to Havana and opened the doors of his studio to show the work Archipiélago to artists and guests for the 8th Biennial in Havana, held at the Cuban capital then and where he also shared with the audience the performance Pocas Palabras (Few Words). In 2003 Kcho kept being part of the most
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In 1998, just as in previous years, Kcho took part in the most important art exhibitions and biennials all over the world, such as Arco in Madrid; Dark Art in Senegal; the 3rd Biennial Barro de América and the Feria Iberoamericana de Arte in Venezuela; Cada día (Every Day), 11th Biennial in Sydney,
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In 2010 the artist received an invitation to participate in the piece's history as a carousel that appears from the darkness at the Biennale Cuvée, OK Center, Linz, Austria, and in various collective exhibitions organized annually by the Marlborough Gallery in headquarters and at international art
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In 2008, he participated in a considerable number of national and international exhibitions such as Cartografías de Ultramar (Cartographies from Overseas) at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba; El Futuro del futurismo (The Future of Futurism) at the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary
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The most significant collective exhibitions were: Islas imaginaries (Imaginary Islands) that took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, and again in the travelling portfolio Suite Europa 2001, carried out by the Dirección General de la Secretaría de Estado para la
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In early 2011, he moved to Europe to participate in two solo exhibitions he organized with headquarters in Marlborough, called Recent Works (Oeuvres recentes) in Monaco and Barcelona Night View, while in the old continent formed the works exhibited at the Palace Grimani as part of the 54th Venice
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His work is also part of several shows in the United States, like ¡Cuba! Los Artistas experimental en su país (Cuba! Artists Experiment in Their Country) at the Hunterdon Art Museum in New Jersey; Summer Exhibition and Latin American Art organized by the Marlborough Gallery in New York; Visiones,
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All personal and collective exhibitions in 2002 were favourable occasions for the artist to reinforce his career and the development of his work by making his new installations, engravings and drawings are known worldwide. The national and international press echoed his achievements when articles
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This exhibition was a significant public acceptance of it was a unique opportunity to learn and appreciate the vital work of these artists, which echoed much of the press and abroad, as the New York Times newspaper in its issue Wednesday, April 1, 2009, entitled Havana Biennial, in Which Chelsea
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In February 2008, he organized a project with the Marlborough Gallery in New York called Cadena de reunificación familiar (Family Reunification Chain). Here Kcho defines new ways of approaching the migration subject, which is fundamental in the artist's work. Magazine ArtNexus No. 69 echoes this
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In the same year, 2006, Kcho went to Colombia, invited by the ex-president and art collector Cesar Gaviria for the exhibition Llegó el Cubano (The Cuban Has Arrived) at the Alonso Garcés Gallery in Bogotá. He also participated in the collective exhibitions Art Miami 2006 in the USA, Arco 2006 in
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In 2005, he continued to present his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, Colombia and Spain. He makes the piece Autorretrato (Self-portrait) for the Fair Arco, in Madrid, with the Joan Guaita Gallery. He is part of the essential collective exhibition Nueve pintores contemporáneos Cubanos
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Also in 1995, he made three personal exhibitions: Kcho at the Pilar I Joan Miró Foundation in Majorca, Spain; El Camino de la nostalgia (The road of nostalgia) at Centre Wifredo Lam in Havana; and Tabla de salvación (Salvation) at the Espacio Abierto Gallery, also in Havana, Cuba. In these three
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In 2003, the artist collaborated with Cuban singer-songwriter Santiago Feliú using the work Para olvidar as scenery for his concert at the National Theater of Cuba. He began travelling to Venezuela and made his first exhibition, Archipiélago (Archipelago), at the Juan Ruiz Gallery in Maracaibo,
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He was elected deputy of the Popular Power National Assembly in July 2003 to represent the people of the Isla de la Juventud and was reelected in January 2008. Kcho received in April 2011 the stamp commemorating the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) on the 70th anniversary of its founding.
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In 2008, he was awarded the Order "Julio Antonio Mella", issued by the State Council, a proposal from the National UJC. As a creator of the brigade "Martha Machado" received in 2008, in conjunction with the other members, the Flag Feat Labor conferred by CTC and the Commemorative Medal for the
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Among the private shows stand out La Jungla, exhibited at the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Turin, Italy; Los peligros del Olvido (Perils of Oblivion) at Gabriela Mistral Gallery in Santiago de Chile; El Huracán (Hurricane) at the Museum of Sculpture in São Paulo, Brazil; the
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March 2009 marked the Tenth Havana Biennial, Cuba, in which said Kcho had broad participation; an example of this was to install "Core Time" in the contemporary Cuban art exhibit that HB remained in the exhibition room Pabexpo B, which also presented their works artists like Luis Gomez, Rene
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In the year 2001, he displayed "25 Piedras" (25 Stones), a personal exhibition of lithographs at Taller Experimental de Gráfica (Graph Experimental Workshop) in Havana, Cuba; Diez Grabadores Cubanos (Ten Cuban Engravers) at the Fundación Provincial de Artes Plásticas Rafael Botí (Provincial
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During his career, Kcho has kept up to date with all engraving techniques. This passion made him create or restore a series of Engraving Workshops all along Cuba, which facilitated the creative work of artists and students specialized in this branch of the plastic arts in the country.
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in Madrid; and the third invitation came from Yiliam Yanes Godoy, curator and director of the first and significant Biennials of Havana, to become part of the exhibition La Otra Orilla (The Other Shore) during the Fifth Biennial of Havana held at the colonial fortress
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in Cologne, Germany; Diálogos de Paz (Peace Dialogues) at the United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland; La Habana – São Paulo – which grouped a sample of biennials from Cuba and Brazil, at the Centre for Cultures of the World, in Berlin, Germany; at the 1st
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But without doubt, one of the essential flags in this biennial project proved to be the curatorship Meeting Point organized by Kcho in the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi in Havana, where he includes his work history as a carousel that appears from the darkness.
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exhibition Artíssima 2002, organized by the Joan Guaita Art Gallery, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and Kcho, el Hijo de Martha (Kcho, Son of Martha) at the José Martí Memorial in Havana, Cuba, which opening was attended by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
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in Havana. This display allowed him to show how his ideas and projects have evolved after some time without exhibiting in his own country. Very soon after, another show was opened, this time in Madrid, Spain: La columna infinita (The Infinite Column) at the
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In 2008, Cuba was battered head-on by hurricanes Gustav (August 30, forced four on the Saffir-Simpson scale), Ike (September 9, forcing four) and Paloma (November 8, forced three), all of which severely affected the island and socioeconomic infrastructure.
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In 2001, Kcho exhibited for the second time at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba, with his work La Jungla. Then he participated in the exhibitions: Contemporary Art in Cuba: Irony and Survival in the Island of Utopia organized by the
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appeared in La Rivista del Libri in Italy, Granma newspaper in Cuba under the headline Expectativas for Kcho en Brasil (Expectations by Kcho in Brazil); Flash Art in Italy, preceded by the title La Jungla di Kcho; and
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The same year, Kcho's work went to Europe as part of the exhibition about the history of Cuban art: Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y sincretismo (Cuba the 20th Century. Modernity and Syncretism). It travelled from the
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part of his installation Núcleos del Tiempo (Time Nucleuses) at the Villa Manuela Gallery –the venue of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC (Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba).
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Kcho considers this significant inspiration for the benefit provided to recipients of both art and those who offer it. Currently still working on this idea of multiplying Brigade "Martha Machado".
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in this country. It was marked by two crucial international collective exhibitions in which Kcho had the opportunity to display his work: Vont Dort Aus: Kuba, organized at the Forum Ludwig in
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Foreign Affairs in Madrid, Spain. Moreover, in 2001, he received the Prize for Cuban Delivery at the 4th Caribbean Biennial at the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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due to the magnitude and scope of his work, for which Prize an international jury must select from hundreds of applicants worldwide. The award was presented by the then Director of UNESCO,
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Kcho had three outstanding exhibitions during the year 2000. The first one took place in Cuba. It was titled No me agradezcan el silencio (Don't Thank Me for the Silence) and displayed at
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art, and Kcho's view, in particular, was the collective exhibitions La Década Prodigiosa (The Prodigious Decade), which grouped a selection of Cuban plastic arts from the eighties at the
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MOMA at the Museo del Barrio: Latin American and Caribbean Art, put together by the Museo del Barrio in New York; Art Miami 2004; the Fair of the Americas in Miami, among others.
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and Design of Havana, Cuba. Also in 1991, he was part of the exhibition Proyectos Recientes (Recent Projects) with the sculptors Alejandro Aguilera, Ángel Ricardo Ríos, and
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