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
- Artist in Residence Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Canada
- Drake Hotel Artist-in-Residence, Toronto Canada
2006
- Artista en Residencia, Royal University College of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
- Artist in Residence University of Castilla de la Mancha, Spain
Awards
1996
- Painting Award, Provincial Art Salon, Holguín, Cuba
1994
- Painting Award, Salón Provincial de Pequeño, Formato, Holguín, Cuba
Solo Museum and Public Gallery Exhibitions
2004
- What You See is What You See, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba
2002
- Commenting on a Photograph (Photographic Commentary), Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1995
- Objects of Desire, Provincial Center for Visual Arts, Holguín, Cuba
1986
- Memories, Provincial Center for Visual Arts, Holguín, Cuba
Group Museum and Public Gallery Exhibitions
2023
Stand Point, 1313 Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
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
- Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art, Cuba: Ninth Havana Biennial (Havana Biennal)
2004
- Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba: Abstract May
- Palacio de Bellas Artes, Alicante, Spain: Invadiendo Territorios (Territorial Invasion), Cuban Contemporary Art
2004
- Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba: Uneasiness
2003
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba: La Otra Mirada (Another Look)
- Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuals, Havana, Cuba: Works on Paper of Two Nations, Canada and Cuba
- Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba: 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; ElbArt Art Fair
- Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba: II Salón de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (Contemporary Art Salon)
- Daniela Chuppard Foundation, Odalis Auction House, Odalis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela: IV 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 Havana Biennial Casa de las Americas Gallery, Havana, Cuba: Contemporary Cuban Art Auction
- VII Havana Biennial, Habana Libre Hotel, Havana, Cuba: Tone on Tone
- 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
- Acacia Gallery. VI Havana Biennial, Cuba: Painting of Silence
1996
- Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba: Abstract Cuban Paintings
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Obelisk, On sugar dreams, JRS art Gallery, Toronto
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
- What Is Seen Is What Is Seen, 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
- Recent Works, Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1995
- captivated by the vangard, Habana Gallery, 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. ElbArt Art Fair
Exhibitions Curated
2006
- In La Carpinteria, (the carpentry workshop) IX Biennial Of Havana, High Institute of Fine Art (ISA) Havana Cuba.
2000
- Al Vacío (Void), Cultural Center of Spain, Havana
1997
- Paintings of Silence, Acacia Gallery, VI, Havana Biennial, Havana
1993
- All Abstracts, Centro Provincial de Arte, Holguín
Selected Bibliography
2012
- Catalogue Entry, Habana Mirage 2003, The Jan Mulder Collection, 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, "What You See Is What You See at Corkin Shopland Gallery," Toronto Star, Saturday February 12, 2005
- Margarita Sánchez Prieto, "What is seen is what is seen, some considerations around postminimalism in Cuba," Artecubano, National Council of Plastic Arts, February 2004
Public Collections
- The Jan Mulder Collection
- Luciano Benneton Art Collection
- Francesco Valerio, Nova-Fin