Join us for an enriching conversation with artists Alexis Martínez and Ariel Orozco on May 10, 2025, at 6 pm. Please note that the discussion will be held in Spanish.
Alexis Martínez
Alexis Martínez (b. Villa Clara, Cuba, 1974) began his artistic training at the Samuel Feijóo Professional School of Plastic Arts in Santa Clara, where he attended secondary school from 1996 to 1999. In 2000, he entered the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in Havana, where he completed his higher education in 2005. He currently resides and works in Florida, United States. Notable exhibitions include Sin Patentar (2000), A.H.S. Gallery in Santa Clara, Cuba; Proyecto TEA (2000), Center for the Development of Visual Arts in Havana, Cuba; El Charco y la Curva (2024), Museum of Art Las Américas (MOCA), Miami, Florida; Siniestro (2012), Galería Havana, Cuba; the Salon Visuarte, Cienfuegos, Cuba (2009); and the exhibition Sol Luminoso II (2005), Bernau Gallery, Berlin. He has also been part of prestigious events such as the IV Salón de Arte Contemporáneo Cubano (2005) at the Fototeca de La Habana, and the traveling exhibition Cuba: The Next Generation (2005) at the Cuban Art Space in New York. Martínez has been recognized with various awards throughout his career. Among them are the Award at the 16th Provincial Salon of Plastic Arts and Design, Salon “ECO” (2000) in Santa Clara, and the Award at the 3rd Student Salon (2000) at the Abel Santamaría Gallery in Santa Clara. His work has been exhibited in important spaces and events such as the 8th Havana Biennial (2003), the 2nd Salon of Prize Winners (2001) at the Center for the Development of Visual Arts in Havana, and the National Salon of Students of Art Schools (1999) in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, among others.
Ariel Orozco
Ariel Orozco (*1979 Sanctus Spiritus, CU) received his MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana in 2005. His work has been shown at galleries, museums, and art fairs worldwide and is included in such collections as Colección Jumex, the Zabludowizc Collection, and the Museo de Arte Moderno, México. Working within a diverse array of mediums, Ariel Orozco moves seamlessly between performance, painting and installation in his conceptually driven practice. Often taking the form of interventions or actions, his work reflects on those overlooked interactions of everyday life by providing a new or alternative perspective on the seemingly mundane. Encompassing the deeply personal to the completely public, he nevertheless imbues his work with a compassion that is universal. Always seeking to give his audience an awareness of the people and things that surround us, his artwork provides moments of contemplation to reflect on the vagaries and marvels of life. Deeply symbolic and startlingly simple, Orozco’s work speaks a universal language accessible to all.
