Maykel Herrera
Maykel Herrera Biography
Graduate Professional School of Visual Arts in Camaguey, especially paintings 1993-98. As a young woman one of his "Naked John Paul II" is selected for a Special Review because of the Pope's visit to Cuba in 1998, was published in Camagüey.
Since the date has taught workshops Drawing, Painting and Art Appreciation in community projects Watershed, Camagüey and Havana. He served as Professor of Drawing and Painting 3rd and 4th level in the Vocational School of Visual Arts in Camagüey. He has worked in curatorial group exhibitions and is a member of the Association Hermanos Saiz.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2002 - Mention Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce XVIII. Gallery Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey. Cuba
2002 - Mention XI City Hall. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce Mención.XVI. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - Grand Prize and AHS. Show Guernica. Gallery Nuevitas. Cuba
1999 - Award AHS. Salon Fidelio Ponce XV. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Cuba
1998 - Grand Prix. Eduardo Abela Hall. Watersheds. Cuba
1997 - II Prize. Eduardo Abela Hall. Watersheds. Cuba
1996 - II Prize. Eduardo Abela Hall. Watersheds. Cuba
1995 - Mention. Landscapes Hall School Students Arte.Camagüey. Cuba
1995 - Grand Prix. Collateral Hall. Scientific Meeting. Camagüey. Cuba
Maykel Herrera Resumé
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2010 - "Retrospective". Hotel Museum. Casa Turquesa. Cancún. Mexico
2010 - "I do not see anything." Galiano Gallery. City of Havana. Cuba
2009 - "Utopia." London, England
2009 - "Sazon Complete". Cat Eye. Havana
2008 - "Festival of Princes." Radio Rebelde. ICRT. City of Havana. Cuba
2008 - "The stone in my shoe." Paris, France
2008 - "Festival of Princes." Headquarters of the FEU. Havana City. Invited to contribute works: Silvio Rodriguez, Carlos Varela, Amaury Pérez, Sara Gonzalez, Gerardo Alfonso, Alfredito Rodríguez, Liuba María Hevia, Albert Pujol, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Fernando Pérez, Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera, Ivan Pedroso, Filiberto Azcuí, Coal Franco, Rubiera, Marino Luzardo, Diana Balboa
2007 - "Retrospective". Canadian Embassy. C. Havana. Cuba
2007 - "Princes Dwarfs." La Acacia Gallery. C. Havana. Cuba
2005 - "Chimera at risk." Pinacol Building. Miami Beach. U.S.
2005 - "Appearances". Cultural Center. Rome. Italy
2004 - "Appearances". Rambla of flowers. Barcelona. Spain
2004 - "Ankylosis". Contemporary Art Center. San Juan. Puerto Rico
2003 - "..., therefore I am ". Toronto. Canada
2002 - "..., therefore I am ". Art Contemporain Center. Pinacol Building. Miami Beach. U.S.
2002 - "..., therefore I am ". Hotel St 'John's. City of Havana. Cuba
2001 - "..., therefore I am ". Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2001 - "Ysla for ever". EJO Project. Camagüey. Cuba
2001 - "Whisper in the air." Casa de la Cultura. Watersheds. . Cuba
2000 - "a legitimate surprise." Rambla de las Flores. Barcelona. Spain
2000 - "Ysla for ever". Gallery Julian Morales. UNEAC. Camagüey. Cuba
1999 - "Landscapes". Municipal Museum. Watersheds. Cuba
1998 - "Portraits". House of Culture. Watersheds. Cuba
1997 - "Portraits of Jesus Suarez Gayol". Student Museum. Camagüey. Cuba
1995 - Exhibition of Drawings. Scientific Meeting. School of Music Joseph White. Camagüey. Cuba.
EXHIBITIONS
2011 - " one minute of silence . " Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín. Havana
2010 - "Cassava and Matajíbaro". Ignacio Agramonte Museum. Camaguey
2010 - "Link Malaysia." Seni Gallery Johor. Malaysia
2010 - "Prophecy." Gallery 23 and 12. Havana. Curated by Roberto Chile
2010 - "Reflections of Cuba." Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia
2010 - "This man is my friend." Pavilion Cuba. 9th Congress UJC. Havana
2010 - "This man is my friend." Municipal Museum of Gibara. Holguín the 8th Festival of Poor Cinema
2010 - "This man is my friend." Integral Training School Jose Marti. Central Activity MININT the birth of José Martí
2010 - "I. Link" Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery. Havana. Cuba
2010 - "Colors of Cuba." State of Selangor. Malaysia
2010 - "Encounters II". Light Art Gallery and Crafts, Havana
2010 - "Tribute to Cat Eye for its 50th anniversary." National Museum of Fine Arts. Artists: Ever Fonseca, Nelson Domínguez, Saida and Maykel Herrera River
2010 - "Exhibition of small format." Gallery of the Grand Theater of Havana
2010 - "Link II". Embassy of the Republic of Argentina. Havana. Cuba
2010 - "In-Cuba-you." Cancún. Mexico
2010 - Cuban Art Show at Cancun. Mexico
2010 - "Link III." Angelus Gallery. YETI. Havana. Cuba
2010 - International Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Marseille - France
2009 - "Great to make small." UNEAC. Camaguey
2009 - This man is my friend. Jose Marti Memorial. Havana
2009 - Cuban Contemporary Art in Malaysia
2009 - Shanghai Art Fair
2009 - Intervention in concert and Gerardo Alfonso Augusto Enriquez. The Fox and the Crow. Havana
2009 - Intervention in concert Lin Milanes. The Fox and the Crow. Havana
2009 - Cuban Art in Portugal
2009 - Cuban Art in Madrid. Spain
2009 - International Fair "Cuba Nostalgia." Miami. U.S.
2009 - Intervention in concert Jazz. Cuervo.La The Fox and Havana
2009 - Open Pit Project. "Restore you." Collateral to the X Havana Biennial. Old Havana
2009 - "Steps Biennial." Expo Collateral to the X Havana Biennial. Old Havana
2009-Expo Collective. "Encounter". Hotel Riviera. Havana. Cuba
2009 - Collective Expo. "Encounter". Light and Crafts Gallery. Havana. Cuba
2008 - Art Fair in Marbella. Spain
2008 - Expo sale in Miami Beach. United States of America
2008 - Expo sale in the DF.México
2008 - Exhibition of landscapes. Hotel Commodore. C.Habana.Cuba
2008 - Exhibition in the Main Hall of the Cat Eye. C. Havana. Cuba
2008 - Participation in the auction by the V Anniversary Art Site program. Gallery La Casona. C. Habana.Cuba
2007 - Shows at the Hotel Habana Libre. C. Havana. Cuba
2007 - Exhibition in the Art Gallery of Havana. C. Havana. Cuba
2007 - "common souls." Tribute to the artists. Hispano-American Cultural Center
2007 - Collective Expo. La Acacia Gallery. C. Havana. Cuba
2007 - Participation in Reading Mural Project at the Prado
2007 - National Meeting of Engraving. Development Center of Visual Arts. C. of Havana
2007 - Expo collective "and matajíbaro Casabe." Convento de Santa Clara, Havana
2007 - Collective Expo at the Hotel Habana Libre
2006 - Art Gallery Café Havana. Mike Watson Collection. England
2006 - Victor Emmanuel Gallery. Habana.Cuba
2006 - Gallery Formas.Habana.Cuba
2005 - "The Cuban reallity". San Juan. Puerto Rico
2005 - "Painting fine." Paris. France
2005 - "Together and scrambled." Toronto. Canada
2004 - City Hall. Havana. Cuba
2004 - Cuban Five. Miami. U.S.
2004 - Painting Contest. Rome. Italy
2004 - Cuban Art. Hotel Fleur de Lys. San Jose. Costa Rica
2003 - XIX Salon Fidelio Ponce de León. Cuba
2003 - VIII Havana Biennial. Expo "Among friends" Rev. Presentation of Arts in Santo Domingo. Hotel Sevilla. Havana. Cuba
2003 - VIII Havana Biennial. Victor Emmanuel Gallery. City Habana.Cuba
2003 - Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce XIX. Gallery Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey. Cuba
2003 - Birth Competition of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving WFP in Action 2004. Des Center. Art Visuales.C. Havana. Cuba
2003 - Second Biennial of Visual Arts and Mental Health 2003. City of Havana. Cuba
2003 - Hall Beach 2003 "Servando Cabrera Moreno". City of Havana. Cuba
2003 - Collective Mural NO TO WAR. In March. City of Havana. Cuba
2002 - Birth of A. Hall Plast. "Fayad Jamis." Gallery Emir Abdel Kader, Arab Union of Cuba. C. of Cuba's Room
2002 - Provincial Salon Fidelio Ponce XVIII. Gallery Alejo Carpentier, Camagüey. Cuba
2002 - City Hall XI. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2002 - Artists Chill Camaguey Havana. Cuba
2002 - A Tribute Camagüey to Ofic.del Plastics Historian. See Ofic Historian. Camagüey. Cuba
2001 - A Tribute Camagüey to Ofic.del Plastics Historian. Hist .. See Ofic.del Camagüey. Cuba
2001 - XVII Provincial Plastic Arts Salon Fidelio Ponce. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey.
2001 - A Tribute Plastics Historiador.Galería Ofic.del camagüeyanos to Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2001 - X City Hall. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - Hall Guernica. Gallery of Art. Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - XVI Provincial Plastic Arts Salon Fidelio Ponce. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - "Moon in Alba." House of Culture. Watersheds. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - Expo two-person. House of Culture. Watersheds. Camagüey. Cuba
2000 - City Hall IX. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
1999 - Year End Show. LOOK Gallery. House of the Young Creator. Camagüey
1999 - XV Provincial Exhibition of A. Plastic Fidelio Ponce. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
1999 - Exhibition of Art Instructors. Provincial Centre of Culture. Community. Camagüey. Cuba
1999 - Drawing Expo. Matanzas. Cuba
1999 - City Hall VIII. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
1998 - Graduation of Students X A. Plastic. Gallery Julian Morales. UNEAC. Camagüey. Cuba
1998 - Hall Eduardo Abela. House of Culture. Watersheds. Camagüey. Cuba
1997 - XIII Provincial Plastic Arts Salon Fidelio Ponce. Provincial Center of A. Plastic. Camagüey. Cuba
1997 - Hall Eduardo Abela. House of Culture. Watersheds. Camagüey. Cuba
1996 - Exhibition of Students of the School of Fine Arts in Camagüey. Birthplace of the Mayor. Cuba
1996 - V Town Hall. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba
1996 - Expo Fine Arts Student of Camaguey. LOOK Gallery. House of the Young Creator. Cuba
1995 - Landscapes Hall School of Visual Arts in Camagüey. Gallery Alejo Carpentier. Camagüey. Cuba1994 - Drawing Room. School of Fine Arts in Camagüey. Gallery Alejo Carpentier.