Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal

1972 - 1975 Unconcluded studies in San Alejandro National Arts Academy, Havana

Solo Shows

2009 Ori, El Orisa Personal, Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana

2008 Ori, El Orisa Personal, Tele Pinar Gallery, Cuba

2007 Small Things, La Casona Gallery, Havana

2006 Onile, The Holy Spirit Of The Earth, Art Center, Romerías de Mayo Festivities, Holguín, Cuba

2005 Onile, The Holy Spirit Of The Earth, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Ewe Tete, La Casona Gallery Havana / The third door, Art Center Investment Art and Nature Gespart, Madrid

2003 Scope Miami Art Fair, Townhouse Hotel, room 410, Miami, Intemporel and Bourbon Lally Galleries

2002 Image Takes Out Word Intemporel Gallery, Paris / Preamble, Pequeño Espacio Gallery, National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana / I Will Never Die, Habana Gallery, Cuba

1998 Santiago Rodríguez Olazabal, 20 x 2 Gallery, Arnhem, Netherlands

1997 Collection Bourbon Lally, French Institute of Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti / The Second Door, Saro Leon Gallery, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

1995 Private collection, Espacio Abierto Gallery, Revolution and Culture Magazine, Havana / Eye Ieke, Blood of my veins, Habana Gallery, Cuba / Destiny Is Yours, With Carlos Estevez, Latin American Gallery, Casa de Las Américas, Havana

1994 The Mediator, Colorenero Gallery, Milan / Oba Ikura, The King Doesn´T Lie, Walter Phillips Gallery, Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada / Belkys Ayon Manso and Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal, Cheiro Gallery, Pallazo Colonnese, Valeri, Vicenza, Italy / Bewitchment, Galiano Gallery, Fifth Havana Biennial, Cuba

1992 Drawing Is A Trauma, Galiano Gallery, Havana / Inheritance, 1492 to 1992, 500 Years, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1991 Black And White, Benito Ortiz Art Gallery, Trinidad, Cuba / Breath from the Earth, With Fernando Gomez, Galiano Gallery, Havana / Obo Lowo Olorun, I leave everything in God’s hands, Casa de la Obrapía, Fourth Havana Biennial

1988 The Prayer, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1985 Okan To Mi, From My Heart, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1983 The Man The Myth, With Eliseo Valdés, Galiano Gallery, Havana

Group Shows

2009 NATIONAL BLACK FINE ART SHOW, The Puck Building, SoHo, New York, USA, With Intemporel Gallery / HB, CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART, Collateral to the10th Havana Biennial, PABEXPO fairground, Havana

2008 Confluences- Inside, Contemporary Cuban Art, Museum of Art of Zapopan, MAZ, Mexico / National Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, SoHo, New York, Intemporel Gallery / VIP, Contemporary Cuban Art, La Casona Gallery, Havana / Second Annual International Caribbean Art Fair (Icaf), New York, Bourbon Lally Gallery / Confluences Inside, Contemporary Cuban Art, Exhibit Hall ,State Arts Center, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico / Neapolitan. The Yellow Light of Art on the Five Continents, Castel dell' Ovo, Naples / Infinite Island, Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum

2007 Confluences- Inside, Contemporary Cuban Art, Jose Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico FD / National Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, SoHo, New York, Intemporel Gallery / Confluences- Inside, Contemporary Cuban Art, Museum of Modern Art, Toluca, Mexico / Points Of View, Daros Latinamerica Collection, Bochum Museum, Germany

2006 National Black Fine Art Show, The Puck Building, Schomburg Center, SoHo, New York, Intemporel Gallery, Bourbon Lally Gallery / On Line Auction, La Acacia Gallery, Havana / Art Of Cuba, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Sao Paulo / A Son For Nicholas, Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana / Ici et Maintenant, Aquí Y Ahora, Here And Now, Intemporel Gallery, Paris / Art Of Cuba, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro / From Mexico to Tierra Del Fuego, Latin America Art Of The 21st Century, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta / Subastahabana, Habana Gallery, Havana / Nep 06, Gallery Artists For The Association Special Children Of The Palms, Saro Leon Gallery, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Confluences- Inside Contemporary Cuban Art, Clavijero Morelia Palace, Michoacan, Mexico / Art Of Cuba, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia

2005 Art Americas 2005, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Intemporel Gallery / Art Off The Main, Puck Building, New York City, Intemporel Gallery

2004 National Black Fine Art Show, The Puck buildind, Schomburg Center, SoHo, New York, Intemporel Gallery, Bourbon Lally Gallery / Scope Art Fair New York, Bourbon Lally Gallery, IntemporelGallery / Art Americas 2004, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Bourbon Lally Gallery / Just On Time, Habana Gallery, Havana / Permanent Collection, La Casona Gallery, Havana / Subastahabana, Museum of Rum Gallery, Havana / Scope Art Fair Miami, Townhouse Hotel, Florida, USA, With Intemporel Gallery, Bourbon Lally Gallery

2003 Miami Art Fair, Miami Convention Center, Intemporel Gallery / Arco'03, International Contemporary Art Fair,Juan Carlos I Ferial Park, 9 Pavilion, Madrid, Catálogo Gallery / Alhambra this, Modern Art Museum Het Valklof, Nijmegen, Netherlands / Humanitarian Auction, Casa De Las Americas, Havana / Trascendental Spaces, Juan Ismael Fuerteventura Contemporary Art Center, Canary Islands / New Serigraphies, Art Center Investment Art and Nature Gespart, Madrid / Estampa 2003, International Salon Of Engraving And Contemporary Art Editions, Crystal Palace, Casa de Campo Ferial Fairground, Madrid, Investment Art and Nature Center Gespart

2002 Art Sud Fair, Palais des Congrès, Paris, Intemporel Gallery / Barcelona Art Fair, Intemporel Gallery / Las Antilles/ West Indies, Arte De Nuestra América Collection, Haydee Santamaria Gallery, Casa de las Americas, Havana / The Museum Increases, Donations and Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Cuban Art, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Trascendental Spaces, C Revilla de Camargo Space, Cantabria, Spain / Habana.com Auction, Museum of Rum, Havana Club Foundation, Havana

2001 Ad Fontes, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Nijmegen, Netherlands

2000 Myths In The Caribbean, Haydee Santamaria Gallery, Casa de las Americas, Havana / Cuba 2000, Espace Comminnes Gallery, Paris / People At Home, Contemporary Collection, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Humanitarian Auction, Latin American Gallery, Casa de las Americas, Havana

1999 Paris Art '99, Art Moderne et à la création contemporaine Carrousel du Louvre, Louvre Museum, Paris, Habana Gallery / Thoughts From The Last 50 Years Of The Century, Show Of The Museum Collection, Van Reekum Museum, Appeldoorn, Netherlands

1998 ARCO'98, International Contemporary Art Fair, Juan Carlos I Ferial Park pavilions 5 to 7, Madrid, Saro León Gallery, L.A. Bourbon Lally Gallery / Islands, Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art, Andalusia / The Strength Comes From All, Center for theDevelopment of Visual Arts, Havana / A Collection For The CAAM Funds, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Contemporary Tendency Of Cuban Plastic Arts, Italo-Latin American Institute, Palazzo Santa Croce, Rome / Future Island, Young Cuban Art, Antiguo Culture Center Gijon, Spain / Kunstray Art Fair Amsterdam '98, Amsterdam, 20X2 Gallery

1997 Islands, Atlantic Center of Modern Art CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Islands, La Granja Exhibition Hall, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / 5th Santo Domingo Drawing Salon, Arawak Art Gallery and Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic

1996 Dream World, Plastic Young Cuban Art, Casa de América, Madrid / The Right To Hope, One World Art, Global Problems, Global Vision, Cairo, Amman, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, England / Die anderen Reisen, The Other Journey, Africa Diaspora Und Die, Kunst Halle Krems, Krems, Austria / Cuba Twentieth Century, Modernity and syncretism Atlantic, Center of Modern Art, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Cuba Twentieth Century, Modernity and syncretism, La Caixa Foundation, Palma de Mallorca / Cuba Twentieth Century, Modernity and syncretism, Santa Monica Art Center, Barcelona / Yemaya, Exhibit Hall, 1st African American Art Salon, Contemporary Arts Center, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

1995 Another Country, African scale, La Caixa Foundation, Palma de Mallorca / Another Country, African scale, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona / One Of Each Class, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology, Havana / Lighting, Arts Religion, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Contemporary Art Of Non-Aligned Countries, Jakarta Palace, Indonesia / Carib Art, Contemporary Art Of The Caribbean, The Bermuda National Gallery, Bermuda / Cuban Painter, Husset Gallery, Copenhagen / Kuba Kunnst Heute, Grafik Museum Stiftung Schreiner, Bad Steben, Germany / The Right To Hope Trust, One World Art, Global Problems, Global Vision, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa / Cuban Mystic, Art Of The Last Generation, Spazio Vigentina, Milan

1994 Cuban Art Today, L'uqam Gallery, Montreal, Québec / New Acquisitions, International Art Show, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Another Country, African scale, Atlantic Center of Modern Art CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Jeunes Plasticiens Cubains, Bibliotheque Sshechler Gallery, Martinique Island / Cuban Artists Auction, Wifredo Lam Center for the Contemporary Arts, Auction to raise funds for the Fifth Havana Biennial

1993 The Cloud In Pants, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / 45 Biennial Of Venice, Cardinal Pòints Of Art, Central Pavilion, Italo-Latin-American Institute, Gardens of the Biennial, Italy / Carib Art, Contemporary Art Of The Caribbean, International Trade Center, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles / Overture, Plaza Vieja Gallery, Havana / Drawing, I Do Not Forget You, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana / Cuban Drawings, Collateral to the Biennial of Cleveland, England

1992 4th Art Biennial in Ankara, Ankara, Turkey / Africa In America, Vigo House of Arts, Galicia / Our Little America, Duna Gallery, Budapest / Cuban Drawings, Matto Grosso University Gallery, Brazil / 30th Anniversary Photo Galiano, Galiano Gallery, Havana / Cuban Art In Barcelona, Barcelona Sants Hotel Art Gallery, Barcelona

1991 Contemporary New Acquisitions, Cuban Art Exhibit, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Professors National Salon, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1990 9th San Juan Latin American And Caribbean Engraving Biennial, Puerto Rican Culture Institute, San Juan / Paisaje'90 National Salon, Guantánamo Gallery, Cuba

1989 Third Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Tribute, Alamar Art Center, Havana, Third Havana Biennial / Young Plastic Art, Equatorian House of Culture, Quito

1988 Roots In Action, Carrillo Gil Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico FD / Young Painters, Equatorian House of Culture, Quito / Six Artists, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1987 2nd Awarded Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / Engraving Meeting ‘87, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana / 1st Algiers Art Biennial, Villa Art Museum of Algiers, Algeria / Young Artists, Itinerant exhibit, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union / Cuban Painting, Museum of Kiev, Soviet Union

1986 Young Artists of the Juan Marinello Contingent, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana / Africa Inside Of Cuba, Museum of Anthropology in Luanda, Angola / Africa Inside Of Cuba, Wifredo Lam, Center for the Contemporary Arts, Havana / Oko Ara, Museum of Guanabacoa, Second Havana Biennial / City Salon, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana

1985 14 young artists, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana

1984 An Ephemeral Group Of The Centuries, Galiano Gallery, Havana

2007 Artistic Merit Diploma, Higher Institute of Arts, Havana

1997 Mention, 5th Santo Domingo Drawing Salon, Dominican Republic

1992 International Award Silver Plate, 4th Ankara Art Biennial

1990 Drawing Prize, Paisaje'90 National Salon, Cuba

1987 Mention Printed Experiment Engraving Meeting ’87, Havana

1986 Drawing Prize, City Salon, Havana

1984 Medal Distinguished Son of Guanabacoa Village

La Habana, 1955

He studied in San Alejandro National Arts Academy in Havana, Cuba. He has fulfilled one-man exhibits in Cuba, Spain, France, Haiti, United States and Italy and he has partaken in a great deal of group exhibits in Cuba, Mexico, United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil and France among other countries. He has participated in International Fairs, Havana Biennials and Subastahabana editions. His work is in museums, institutional and private collections of Cuba, Spain, United States, Holland, Sweden and England.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Havana. Cuba.
. “Wifredo Lam”. CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS Havana. Cuba.
. “LA CASONA” Gallery. Havana. Cuba.
.  CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS “LATIN-AMERICAN” GALLERY. Havana. Cuba.
. GRAFIK MUSEUM STIFTUNG SCHREINER. Bad Steben. Germany.
. ATLANTIC CENTER OF MODERN ART. CAAM.Palms of Grand Canary.
. “SARO LEON” GALLERY.Palms of Grand Canary Island. Spain.
. AFRIKA MUSEUM. Berg en Dal, Nijmegen. Netherlands.
. DAROS-LATINAMERICA COLLECTION. Zurich. Switzerland.
. “INTEMPOREL” GALLERY. Paris. France.
. Maleki SKANDAR COLLECTION. London, England.
. VON CHRISTIERSON FOUNDATION. London, England.
. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PLASTIC ARTS. Havana. Cuba.