biography / bibliography
YOAN CAPOTE
Born in 1977, Cuba
EDUCATION
2001–2003
Professor of Visual Art, Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba
1996–2001
Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba
1991–1995
National School of Art, Havana, Cuba
1988–1991
Provincial School of Art, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
In Tran-sit, 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, opened April 2011.
2010
Mental States, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY
2004
Yoan Capote: Animica- New Sculpture and Drawings, George Adams Gallery, NY
2003
Drawings and Projects, Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France
2001
The Design of the Hybrid, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1999
ULM, Carmelo Gonzalez Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1998
Tracc Bakk Track, 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
11th Havana Biennial, Cuba, May 11–June 11, 2012.
Fonemas y Morfemas II, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, February 3–March 3, 2012.
2011–2012
Fonemas y Morfemas, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, November 22–December 31, 2011 and January 11–February 29, 2012.
Adjoining Islands: The Cuban Pavilion in Manhattan, SRDR Enterprises, New York, October 27, 2011–February 10, 2012.
2011
Cuba Mon Amour, 54th Venice Biennale, Italy, June 4–November 27, 2011. Curated by Duccio Trombadori and Jorge Fernandez. (Catalogue)
Cuba Now, 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, opened February–July 2011.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Yvon Lambert, New York, January 13–February 28, 2011; Paris, January 26–March 3, 2011.
2010
Portugal Arte 10 EDP, Lisbon
Panamericano, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City
2007
Inside/Outside, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Killing Time: An exhibition of Cuban artists from the 1980s to the Present, Exit Art, New York, NY
Waiting List: Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art, City Art Museum Ljubjana, Tiskovina
2006
Case Studies: Art in a Valise, Katonah Museum of Art, New York
Contemporary Cuban Drawing, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York
2005
Body Language, George Adams Gallery, New York
2004
El Futuro Es Ahora/The Future Is Now, The Durst Organization with Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art PSCA, New York
2004 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Bush- Whack!, George Adams Gallery, New York
New Installations, Artists in Residence: Cuba, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2003
VIII Havana Biennial, Exhibition at the Fortress La Cabana, Havana, Cuba
Multiple City, International exhibition in public spaces, Panama City, Panama
Common Sense, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2002
International Show, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
La Huella Multiple, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
100 Years of Art in Pinar del Rio, Pinar del Rio Art Museum, MAPRI, Cuba
ISA Graduated, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, Fair site Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain
2000
VII Havana Biennial, with Gallery DUPP, Morro Fortress, Havana, Cuba
Zoom, Convenio Andre Bello Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
With an Abstract View, DUPP Project, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1999
A Ras de Tierra, Architects College, Havana, Cuba
Los Desvelos del Caclope, Espacio Abierto Art Space, Havana, Cuba
II Performance Festival, El Pabellan del Vacao, DUPP Project, Cuba Pavillion, Havana, Cuba
The Performatical Condition, Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
With an Abstract View, Public Intervention, DUPP Project, La Rampa, Havana, Cuba
La Epoca, Public Intervention, Comercial Center la Epoca, Havana, Cuba
VII Salon of Erotic Art, Mariano RodrÃguez Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1998
II Salon of Contemporary Art, La Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Pizza, Pizza, Posimposibility, Itinerary exhibit Cuba- France, Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba & Fine Arts University, Paris, France
II Sculpture Biennial, Galeria Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Havana, Cuba
I Performance Festival 'Ana Mendieta', UNEAC Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1997
Antes de la Lluvia, Event of the VI Havana Biennial, ISA Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1996
Se Mandaron pa'Home, Center of the Develop of the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
1995
El Molino Rojo, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba
1994
ENA Una Vez, Event of the V Havana Biennial, ENA Gallery, Havana, Cuba
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2006
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
International Fellowship Grant, Guggenheim Foundation
2004
Bemis Arts Center, Omaha, NE
2003
Residency, Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France
2002
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
Residency, American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation, New York
Mention (Curator Prize), Consejo Nacional de las Plásticas, Havana, Cuba
2000
UNESCO Prize, VII Havana Biennial (with Galeria DUPP), Havana, Cuba
Curator Prize, Consejo de las Artes Plasticas (with Galeria DUPP), Havana, Cuba
1998
Fellowship, Teodoro Ramos Blanco, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
First Prize, II Sculpture Biennial, Teodoro Ramos Blanco Gallery, Havana, Cuba
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris and San Francisco