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TRAINING

1981-1986: Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro

Havana, Cuba

 

1977-1981: Escuela de Artes Plásticas Rolando Escardo

Cienfuegos, Cuba

William Pérez San Alejandro Artist Cuba Havana Sculpture
1986, thesis project and residence, Havana

MEMBERSHIPS


2019-2020: Founding member of ACPW Art Factory

Union City, New Jersey, United States of America

1995-1998: Founding member of Grupo Punto

Coordenada Arte-Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba 

1993: Member of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC)

Cuba 

Grupo Punto Cienfuegos Cuba Artist Paintbrush Group William Pérez
1996, Grupo Punto, Cienfuegos

RESIDENCIES

2017: El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109

Funded by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, United States 

2013: Art Omi Artists Residency

New York, United States of America

 

2002: Nordic Artists Centre, Artist-in-Residence Centre

Funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture, Dale, Norway 

 

1997: Adventurous Fall Residency

Island Of Omø, Denmark

 

1994: Gotear Kunstforum

Cologne, Germany

Art Omi Residency Cuban Artist William Pérez Sculpture
2013, Art Omi, New York
William Pérez Nordic Artists Centre Dale Norway Cuban Art Sculpture Wood
2002, Nordic Artists Centre, Dale

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2017: Luz Propia (Self Illuminated)
El Barrio Art Space PS 109, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, United States of America

 

2015: Siempre Hay un Lugar (There is Always a Place)

Salt Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, United States of America

 

2012: Cartografía del Alma (Cartography of the Soul)

Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana, Cuba  

   

2009: El Hombre es la Medida de sus Sueños (Man is the Measure of his Dreams)

Provincial Art Center, Bayamo, Granma, Cuba 

   

2008: Coexistencia (Coexistence)
José Martí Memorial, collateral event to the X Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Havana, Cuba

 

2006: Made in Cuba

Art Center, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

2006: Implementos (Implements)

Poetry House, collateral event to the Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Havana, Cuba

 

2005: Implementos (Implements) 

Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba

 

2004: Implementación del Yo (Implementation of the Self) 

Small Space, National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba

 

2002: Juego para Adultos (Adults Games)

Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba

 

2000: Entre Nos (Between Us)
The Cuban Art Space, Center for Cuban Studies, New York, United States of America

 

1998: Del Amor y Otros Demonios (About Love and Other Demons)

The Cuban Art Space, Center for Cuban Studies, New York, United States of America

 

1997: Espacio C.A.S. Interior (C.A.S. Space Interior) 

Coordenada Arte Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1997: Pequeñas Esculturas (Little Sculptures)

Island Of Omø, Denmark

 

1997: Hacedor de Utopias (Utopia Maker)
Mateo Torriente Exhibition Hall, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1997: Postdata (Postscript) 

Boulevard Gallery, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1993: Utopias del Caribe (Utopias from the Caribbean)

Gothaer Kunstforum Gallery, Cologne, Germany

 

1993: Santo Remedio (Holy Remedy)

23 y 12 Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba

 

1993: Con Dios, con los Ojos y con el Carbón (With God, the Eyes and the Coal)

Young Creators National House, Havana, Cuba

         

1993: Dibujo de Pequeño Formato (Small Format Drawing)

Art Gallery of CINTERMEX, Monterrey, Mexico

 

1990: Momentos (Moments)

Visual Arts Provincial Center, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Luz Propria Self Illuminated William Pérez El Barrio Art Space Sculpture Cuban Artist
2017, Luz Propia, New York
William Pérez There is Alway a Place Siempre Hay un Lugar Cuban Art Artist Saltfineart Gallery
2015, Siempre Hay un Lugar, Los Angeles
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2012, Cartografía del Alma, Havana
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1998, Del Amor y Otros Demonios, New York
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1993, Utopias del Caribe, Cologne, Germany
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1990, Momentos, Cienfuegos

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020: Shifting Streams: Twelve Artists by the Hudson River

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, Bronx, New York, United States of America

 

2019-20: Adrenaline: ACPW Art Factory

Wallplay, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

 

2018: Kindred Spirits: Ten Artists by the Hudson

Jewell Gallery, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, Florida, United States of America

 

2013: Fabrica De Arte Cubano
Fabrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba

 

2013: Houston Fine Art Fair

George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

 

2013: Nationhood and Identity in Cuban Art

The Cuban Art Space, Center for Cuban Studies, New York, United States of America

 

2013: Palm Spring Fine Art Fair

Salt Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, United States of America

 

2012: Revolution not Televised

Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, United States of America

El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States of America

Queens Museum, New York, United States of America

The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, United States of America

 

2012: Deeply Superficial

Modern Gallery, XI Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

 

2012: La Lavandería (Dry Cleaning)

La Lavandería, XI Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

 

2012: Cuba

Salt Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, United States of America

 

2011: ArtBo International Art Fair of Bogotá with Villa Manuela Gallery

Sede y Centro Empresarial Kennedy, Bogotá, Colombia

 

2011: Punto y Seguido

Villa Manuela Gallery, Havana, Cuba

 

2011: Living in Havana

Marlborough Gallery, New York, United States of America 

 

2009: SCOPE Miami Art Show: International Contemporary Art Show

Wynwood Art District, Miami, United States of America

 

2009: Cuba Pinta a Guayasamín (Cuba Paints Gauyasamín)
La Capilla del Hombre, Quito, Ecuador 

Guayasamín Foundation Museum, Quito, Ecuador 

       

2009: PINTA (“Paint”)

Jacob Karpio Gallery, New York, United States of America

2009: Art Basel with Jacob Karpio Gallery

Basel, Switzerland 

 

2009: Love

Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica

 

2009: Trazos Hacia el Desarrollo (Strokes Towards Development)

El Reino de Este Mundo Gallery, José Martí National Library, Havana, Cuba

 

2009: Mañana Será Demasiado Tarde (Tomorrow Will Be Too Late)

International Press Center, collateral to the X Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Havana, Cuba

 

2009: Fase Recuperative (Recuperative Period) 

Casa 11 y 16, collateral to the X Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba

 

2009: Pura Coincidencia (Pure Coincidence)

Expo Cuba, Havana, Cuba

 

2009: Crisis

Expo Cuba, collateral to the X Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Cuba 

   

2008: Crónica Ahora (Chronicle Now)

Art Center, Cienfuegos, Cuba

2007: Alas con Puntas (Pointed Wings)

José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba

 

2007: Ser y No Ser (To Be and Not to Be)

Servando Art Gallery, ARTMADRID, Madrid, Spain  

 

2006: La Huella Múltiple (The Multiple Mark)

San Francisco de Asis Convent, collateral to the X Biennial Exhibition of Havana, Cuba

 

2004: Cuban from the Inside Looking Out

Wayne State University, Michigan, United States of America

 

2002: Meeting Point

Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, Førde, Norway

 

2001: Desasosiegos (Uneasiness)

Visual Arts Development Center, Havana, Cuba

 

2001: 21 en el XXI (21 in XXI) 

El Reino de Este Mundo Gallery, José Martí National Library, Havana, Cuba

 

2001: Viva Cuba

Alva Gallery, Connecticut, United States of America

 

2001: Desire

138 Gallery, New York, United States of America

 

2001:  Up, Up, and Away

The Viewing Room, New York, United States of America

 

2000: Contemporary Cuban Art

The Art Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

 

2000: The Conjugation of the Nothingness: End of Millennium Cuban Art

Visual Arts Development National Center, Havana, Cuba

 

2000: Contemporary Cuban Art

Deustche Welle Gallery, Cologne, Germany

 

2000: Contemporary Cuban Art

88 Studio, New York, United States of America

 

1998: Contemporary Cuban Art

Deustche Welle Gallery, Cologne, Germany

 

1998: Primer Reportaje (First Report)

Provincial Museum, Cienfuegos, Cuba


1998: Sobrecarga (Excess Load)

Collateral exhibition to the VI Biennial Exhibition of Havana, International Press Center, Havana, Cuba

   

1998: Exposición del Taller de Reflexión (Exhibition of the Workshop of Reflexion) Coordenada Arte Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1998: Lo que se Sabe No se Pregunta (What is Known is Not Asked)

Romerías de Mayo, Holguín, Cuba

1998: De Cualquier Manera (Any Way)

Plastic Arts National Colloquium, Pinar del Río, Cuba

1997: Contemporary Cuban Art

Szent-Gyrgyi Gallery, Massachusetts, United States of America

1996: Juegos para la Recreación y el Comercio II (Games for Entertainment and Commerce II)

Jagua Hotel, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1996: Imagen y Posibilidad (Image and Possibility)

Casa de un Artista, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany 

 

1996: Retrospectiva (Retrospective)

Boulevard Gallery, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1995: Puntos, Retos y Ritos de Punto (Points, Challenges and Rites of Point)

Coordenada Arte Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1995: Juegos para la Recreación y el Comercio I (Games for Entertainment and Commerce I)

Coordenada Arte Sur, Cienfuegos, Cuba

 

1994: Exposition of Painters from the Town of Cienfuegos, Cuba

Héctor Boetto Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 

   

1994: Para Cazar al Lobo (To Hunt the Wolf): 10 artists from Cienfuegos

House of Latin America, Brussels, Belgium

        

1994: Parafernalia (Paraphernalia)

Gallery of Universal Arts Reproductions, Provincial Center of Visual Arts Development,  Cienfuegos, Cuba 

 

1994: Dibujo No Te Olvido (Drawing, Will Not Forget You)

National Center of Visual Arts Development, Havana, Cuba

            

1994: Los Dados de Media Noche (The Midnight Dice)

National Center of Visual Arts Development, Havana, Cuba

 

1992: Creators from Cienfuegos

Traveling exhibition to Spain and Martinique

  

1992: Interiors

IV Biennial Exhibition of Havana, National Center of Visual Arts Development, Havana, Cuba 

     

1990: Southern Plastic Artists

Mateo Torriente Exhibition Hall, Cienfuegos, Cuba

    

1990: El Objeto Esculturado (The Sculpted Object)

National Center of Visual Arts Development, Havana, Cuba

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2020, Adrenaline, New York City
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2020, Adrenaline, New York City
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2018, Kindred Spirits, Miami
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2018, Kindred Spirits, Miami
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2013, Fabrica de Arte Cubano, Havana
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2012, Cuba, Los Angeles
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2011, Living in Havana, New York City
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2011, ArtBo, Bogotá
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2011, ArtBo, Bogotá
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2009, Cuba Pinta a Guayasamín, Quito
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2009, SCOPE Miami Art Show, Miami
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2009, Mañana Será Demasiado Tarde, Havana
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1998, Primer Reportaje, Cienfuegos
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1998, Primer Reportaje, Cienfuegos
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1998, Sobrecarga, Havana
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