Carlos Guzmán

1985 PaulitaConcepción Elementary Schoolof Plastic Arts

1989San Alejandro Plastic Arts Academy

Solo Shows

2009 El mundo mágico de Carlos Guzmán (The magic world of Carlos Guzmán), Juan Oliver Mancu Gallery, Palma de Majorca, Spain / Madre, danos tu bendición (Mother, give us your blessing), Santísima Trinidad Parish, Santiago de Cuba

2008 Una máquina se interpone entre nosotros(A machine stands between us), René Portocarrero Serigraphy Workshop, Havana

2007Navegando tus noches (Sailing your nights), La Acacia Gallery, Havana / Carlos Guzmán, Recent Works, Belomonte 20 Gallery, Porto, Portugal / Oporto Show, 07, Alfandega do Porto, Portugal

2006Ala orilla del tiempo ( On the brink of time), Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana

2005 Maquinando Ilusiones (Contriving Illusions), San Juan de Dios Gallery, Camaguey, Cuba / Centinelas (Sentinels), Palacio del Conde de Casa Lombillo Gallery, Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad, Havana

2004Carolinas, Snob Shop Gallery, Republic of Panama / De donde vienes (Where you come from), Gallery of the Museum of Rum, Génesis Project, Havana / Viaje Astral (Astral Journey), Gallery of the Provincial Council for the Plastic Arts, Ciego de Ávila / Ánima Interior (Internal Soul), Casa del Joven Creador Gallery, Pinar del Río / De no estar tú, demasiado grande sería el bosque (If you weren´t, the forest will be too big), San Francisco de Asís Convent, launch of the magazine Opus Habana

2003Seres de Luz, Mexico Cultural Center, Embassy of Mexico, Republic of Panama / Zona de Silencio (Zone of Silence), La Acacia Gallery, Génesis Project, Havana / Entre el Insomnio y la Espera (Between insomnia and expectation), collateral to the Eighth Havana Biennial, Dos Leones Gallery, FCBC, Havana

2002 Abracadabra, White Hall, San Francisco de Asís Large Church and Convent), Havana / Sobre nuestras cabezas bandadas de peces migratorios (Flocks of migrating fish over our heads), 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana

2001 Orillas (Borders), Domingo Padrón Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida / Mother Singer, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Nemo and the pink whale, La Acacia Gallery, Génesis Project, Havana

2000Ánima (Soul), Fayad Jamís Gallery, Alamar, Havana / Ánima (Soul), Museo de la Ciudad Gallery, Palacio de los Capitanes Generales / La sangre no es agua, no la bebas (Blood is not water, do not drink it), Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana / El ángel del hogar (The angel of the home), University of Costa Rica, Gallery of the Fine Arts Faculty

1999 El ultimo eclipse (The last eclipse), Habana Gallery

1998 Algunos cortes en la piel (Some cuts in the skin), 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana / El viaje del hombre Salamandra (The journey of the salamander man), Plaza Vieja Gallery, FCBC, Havana

1996 El elefante y la pata de cabra (The elephant and the crowbar),Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design

1994 Las formas que vendrán(The shapes that will come), Domingo Ravenet Gallery

1993 La Cataratade Saturno (The cataract of Saturne), Galiano Gallery

1992 Trabajo en las emanaciones del lugar (Work in the emanations of the place), Land Art and Plastic Action, Punta del Este, Isla de la Juventud / Trabajo con las emanaciones del lugar (Work in the emanations of the place), Land Art and Plastic Action, Sierra de los Órganos, Pinar del Río

1991 Kaleidoscope, Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana / A la hora que duermen los trenes (By the time trains sleep), Tina Modotti Gallery

1989 El Signo Transparente (The transparent sign), Multimedia, Video exhibit hall of 30 and 31, Havana

1988 El perfil romano del mundo (The Roman side of the world), Performance, Gallery of San Alejandro Academy, Havana / Autorretrato (Selfportrait), Performance, Domes of the National School of Arts, Havana

1986 Alrededor del Amor (About love), San Alejandro Academy, Havana

Group Shows

2009 Jugar con arte (Playing with art), Servando Cabrera Moreno Museum Library, Havana

2008 Miradas (Glances), Place Carenage, Castries, Santa Lucía Island

2007Art Madrid / Subasta Extraordinaria (Special Auction), Retiro Exhibit Hall, Madrid

2006SUBASTAHABANA, Third Edition, Habana Gallery / Homage to La Jiribilla. Name: 5 x 5 = 25, José Martí Memorial, Havana / Fifth Havana Architecture Biennial, El arte de la Apropiación (The art of Appropriation), Museum of Rum, Havana

2005El arte de la apropiación (The art of Appropriation); Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana / El arte antropológico (The anthropological art), Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana / Escultura transeúnte (Transient sculpture), National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Después del renacimiento (After the Renaissance), PanAmerican Art, Dallas, Texas

2004Dellobo un pelo (Taking a hair from the wolf), La Acacia Gallery, Génesis Project, Havana

2003 ORA PRO NOBIS, San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary, Havana / Yo sé de un Pintor Gigante (I know about a gigantic painter), José Martí Memorial, Havana / Sextimientos, XVI Sexology World Congress, Conventions Palace, Havana / SUBASTAHABANA, Second Edition, collateral to the Eighth Havana Biennial, Gallery of the Hotel LTI Panorama, Havana / Apretaditos con Isa (Close to Isa), Collateral to the Eighth Havana Biennial, Isabel Santos Rojo Gallery Workshop, Havana / SUBASTAHABANA, Second Edition, Club Havana Gallery / Arte y Moda, collateral to the Eighth Havana Biennial, Casa de la Obrapía Museum, Havana / Fiesta de oficios (Party of occupations), La Acacia Gallery, Génesis Project, Collateral to the Eighth Havana Biennial, Havana

2002Imaginaciones Cubanas (Cuban Imaginations), San Martín International Group S,A, San Martín / SUBASTAHABANA.com, Havana Club Foundation, Havana

2001 Todo lo que tú necesitas es amor (All you need is love), El Reino de este mundo Gallery, José Martí National Library, Havana

2000 De vigilia en Cuba (Wakefulness in Cuba),Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana / Pinceles en puntas (Brushes in point), StudioGallery of Nelson Domínguez, Los Oficios, Habana Gallery, and Gallery of the Hotel Meliá Varadero, Matanzas, permanent collection in the Museum of the Dance

1999 Salón de Marzo, Gesta Gallery, Habana Gallery / Cuba hacia un nuevo milenio (Cuba towards a new millennium), A&B anticues Gallery, Panama

1998 Dibujo, nunca te olvido (Drawing, I never forget about you), Alcalá de Henares Public Library, Madrid / Encuentros (Encounters), Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1997 Bestiario (Bestiary),Homage to Dulce María Loynaz, 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana / De lo real a lo maravilloso (From reality to wonderfulness), El reloj Gallery, Mexico FD / Pintura Cubana de hoy (Today’s Cuban Painting), L´Artchipel, National Scene of Guadalupe, Maracaibo, Venezuela / La joven pintura Habanera (The young painting of Havana), Drama Society of Maracaibo, Venezuela

1996 Amitad de el Sueño (Halfway into the dream), Veracruz Institute of Culture, Mexico / Buafata, inyectemos la ballena (let’s inject the whale), Kahlo Gallery, Havana / Me dijo que si la batidora (The mixer told me yes), Center of Visual Arts, Isla de la Juventud

1995 Primer Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana / Los monstruos de la razón (The monsters of reason), 1st Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1994 Minutos Antes (Minutes Before), Paralelo 23 Gallery, Sao Paulo / Salón Juan David 94, Juan David Gallery, Yara Cinematographic Center, Havana / Los que no están (Those who are not), Fifth Havana Biennial, Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Habana Gallery / Salón de la Ciudad 94, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1993 Exhibition of small format, LGallery, Havana

1992 Miembros de nuestra especie (Members of our specie), Kahlo Gallery, Havana Gallery

1991 Preludio para una era sorda (Prelude for a deaf era), Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana / Los no alineados (The nonaligned), Kahlo Gallery, Havana / Alternative, Fourth Havana Biennial, Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana

1989Le duele la cabeza al creador (The creator’s head aches), Gallery of San Alejandro´s Academy, Havana

1988 Se escapan las ideas de la pirámide (The ideas escape from the pyramid), Gallery of San Alejandro´s Academy, Kart Marx Theater, Wilfredo Lam Gallery, Ciudad Libertad Cultural Center, Havana

Carlos Manuel Guzmán Hernández
Havana, 1970

Graduated from San Alejandro Academy of Plastic Arts in 1989 and member of the League of Writers and Artists of Cuba. He has made individual exhibitions in Cuba, United States, Panama, Spain, Portugal and Costa Rica and group exhibitions in Cuba, Spain, Panama, Mexico, St, Lucia, Guadeloupe, Brazil, United States and Venezuela among other countries. He has illustrated several books and serial publications. He has participated in bids of Subastahabana auctions and in Contemporary Cuban Arts Salons.

Professor of Drawing and Illustration at the elemental, polythecnic and collage levels. (He delivered lessons to the students of Dressing Design in the ISDI and to the students of Escenic Design in the ISA )

PLACED WORKS OF ART

 He accomplished the decoration of House Ltel and some hotels in Havana City like Saratoga Hotel, Cayo Coco( Hiberostar Varadero), Cayo Largo( Barceló Cayo Largo), and Trinidad.        
He has donated murals to the Polyclinic of 15 and 18, decoration of 23rd and P streets and a collective mural on Prado street.                 

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

 Brazil, United States, Mexico, France, Holland, Spain, Venezuela, Italy, Panama, England, Costa Rica, Austria and St. Lucia Island.