JULIO RAMON SERRANO
Ramón Serrano Cuban, b. 1967
Education
1989-95
Higher Institute of Fine Art, Havana, Instituto Superior de Arte (I.S.A), Habana
1982-86
- Art Professional School, El Alba, Holguin, Escuela Professional de Arte, Holguín, (Professional School of Art, Holguín), Cuba
1979-82
- Academy of Art, Holguin, Escuela Vocacional de Arte,Holgin, Cuba
Academic Appointments and Relevant Life Events
2004- 2007
- Dean, Graduate Department, Faculty of Visual Arts, Higher Institute of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
2002-2007
- Professor, Faculty of Visual Arts, Higher Institute of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
Artist Residency
2008
- Artist in residency, Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Canada
2007
- Artista en Residencia Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Canada
- Artista en Residencia Drake Hotel, Toronto Canada
2006
- Artista en Residencia, Royal University College of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
- Artista en Residencia Universidad de Castilla de la Mancha, España
Awards
1996
- Premio de Pintura, (Painting Award) Salon Provincial de Arte, Holguín, Cuba
1994
- Premio de Pintura, (Painting Award) Salon Provincial de Pequeño, Formato, Holguín, Cuba
Solo Museum and Public Gallery Exhibitions
2004
- Lo Que Se Ve Es Lo Que Se Ve (What You See is What You See), Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
2002
- Comentando una fotografia (Photographic Commentary), Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
1995
- Objeto Deseado (Objects of Desire), Centro Provincial de las Artes Visuales, Holguín, Cuba
1986
- Memorias (Memories), Centro Provincial de las Artes Visuales, Holguín, Cuba
Group Museum and Public Gallery Exhibitions
2023
Stand Point, 1313 Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
David and Goliath, Corking Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, Lima, Peru: Collection of Joan Mulder
2012
- Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France: The Joan Mulder Collection
2006
- Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Cuba: Novena Bienal de La Habana (Havana Biennal)
2004
- Centro Wifredo Lam, Habana, Cuba: Mayo Abstracto (Abstract May)
- Palacio de Bellas Artes, Alicante, Spain: Invadiendo Territorios (Territorial Invasion), Arte Contemporáneo Cubano
2004
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba: Desasosiego (Uneasiness)
2003
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba: La Otra Mirada (Another Look)
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba: Obras Sobre Papel dos Naciones (Works on Paper of Two Countries), Canadá y Cuba
- Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba: Espacio Interior (Interior Space)
2000-02
- Arte Jóven Cubano (tour): Thunder Bay Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON; Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON; MacLaren Art Center Campus Gallery, Georgian Collage, Barrie, ON; Timmins Museum & National Exhibition Centre, Timmins, ON
2001
- Hamburg, Germany; Feria del arte ElbArt (ElbArt Art Fair)
- Centro Wifredo Lam, Habana, Cuba: II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (Contemporary Art Salón)
- Fundación Daniela Chuppard, Casa de Subastas Odalis, Galería Odalis, Caracas, Venezuela: IV Subasta de Fotografía (Photography Auction)
- Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Centre for Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba: Expo Desasosiego, (Disassociation Exposition) Arte Abstracto
2000
- VII Bienal de La Habana Galería de Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba: Subasta de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (Contemporary Cuban Art Auction)
- VII Bienal de La Habana, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba: Tono a Tono (Tone on Tone)
- Arte Contemporáneo Cubano en Los Emiratos Arabes (Contemporary Cuban Art in United Arab Emirates), toured.
1998
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba: II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Salon)
1997
- Galería Acacia. VI Bienal de La Habana, Cuba: Pinturas del Silencio (Painting of Silence)
1996
- Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba: Pintura Abstracta Cubana (Abstract Cuban Paintings)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
2013
- It’s Hot, It’s Cold, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012
- My Nose is Growing Now, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2011
- Words, textures and other silly things, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2010
- Desert, Mirage, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009
- Ideales Romanticos, ( Romantics ideals) Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008
- Open Studio, Gibraltar Center for the Art, artist in residency, Toronto Island, ON
2007
- Habana Mirage, Corkin Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
- Horizonte, Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005
- Lo Que Se Ve Es Lo Que Se Ve (What You See is What You See), Corkin Shopland Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004
- Lo que Se Ve Es Lo Que se Ve, Center for the contemporary art Wifredo Land, Havana Cuba
2002
- Blanco y Negro (White and Black), Galleria Mitos, Mexico
1999
- Ramón Serrano, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
- Obra Reciente (Recent Works), Galeria Acacia, Havana, Cuba
1995
- cautivo por la vanguardia (captured by the vangard), Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba
ART Fair
- 2015 Feria ARCO, Madrid Spain, corking GAllery
- 2010, Art Hong Kong, Hongkong, China, Corkin Gallery
- 2008, Armory Show, New York, USA, Corkin Gallery
- 2007, Armory Show New York, USA, Corkin Gallery
- 2005, 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 ,2016, ART TORONTO, Canada,The 12th Toronto International Art Fair, Corking Gallery.
- 2001, Hamburg, Germany. Feria del arte ElbArt (ElbArt Art Fair)
Exhibitions Curated
2006
- En La Carpinteria,(the carpentry workshop) IX Bienal De la Habana, High Institute of Fine Art( ISA) la Havana Cuba.
2000
- Al Vacio (Void), Centro Cultural de Espana, Havana
1997
- Pinturas del Silencio (Paintings of Silence), Galeria Acacia, VI, Bienal de la Habana, Havana
1993
- Todos Abstractos (All Abstracts), Centro Provincial de Arte, Holguín
Selected Bibliography
2012
- Catalogue Entry, Habana Mirage 2003, La Collection Jan Mulder, Les Recontres d’Arles, France; The Jan Mulder Collection
2011
- Adams, James, “An artist’s farewell to Havana”, Globe and Mail, March 19, 2011
2006- present
- Davidson, Robert, “The Hotel: Space Over Time”; Serrano: Habana Libre, University of Toronto Press (In progress)
2006
- Carson, Andrea, “RAMON SERRANO at Corkin Shopland Gallery”, View on Canadian Art, September 7, 2006,
http://www.viewoncanadianart.blogspot.com/
2006
- Dault, Gary Michael, “Horizonte”, Walking the Line #22, Art Post Info, September 10, 2006, http://mondayartpost.com/
2005
- Dault, Gary Michael, “The hotel that ‘will not go away’,” Globe & Mail, Saturday January 29, 2005
2004
- Goddard, Peter, “Lo Que Se Ve Es Lo Que Se Ve at Corkin Shopland Gallery,” Toronto Star, Saturday February 12, 2005
- Margarita Sánchez Prieto, “Lo que se ve es lo que se ve, algunas consideraciones en torno al postminimalismo en Cuba,” Artecubano, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas, February 2004
Public Collections
- The Jan Mulder Collection
- Luciano Benneton Art Collection
- Francesco Valerio, Nova-Fin