Italo René Expósito Lo Giudice
At the moment in which I am writing this, I am 39 years old. More than half of these years have been dedicated to art: for the last twenty-five years I have committed myself to making, teaching and studying art. In the first place, I have devoted myself to oil painting. However, I have never ceased to work also in other media such as video, performance and sculpture. In addition, I have worked in architectural and curatorial projects. I would like to underline my ten years of teaching at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro— the academy where I received also my education— and the educational and curatorial projects which I organized in collaboration with other artists at the artist run space Yo soy el que soy. Moreover, I would like to underline that the artist and curator Hadas Amster curated a solo exhibition about my video work and oil and aquarelle paintings at Barbur Gallery in Jerusalem. And lastly, I would like to underline the exhibitions and residencies organized by the curator Inna Udovichenco and the collector Raivis Zabis. I continue to create art, just like the first man, and maybe just as the last one.
En el momento en el que escribo tengo 39 años, de ellos 25 dedicados al arte, como estudiante, creador y profesor. Principalmente me he dedicado a la pintura al óleo de forma constante, pero no he dejado de trabajar medios audio-visuales, performance, esculturas en diferentes técnicas, principalmente el mármol y la arquitectura, en construcciones y proyectos. Debo destacar mis diez años de enseñanza en la academia de bellas artes San Alejandro, donde también fui formado como estudiante. También la creación y colaboración artística con compañeros del gremio, en mi taller/galería de arte “Yo Soy El Que Soy”, lugar de creación, exhibición y enseñanza del arte activo por más de 8 años. Debo destacar también mi exhibición personal de pinturas al óleo, acuarela y video arte en la ciudad de Jerusalén, organizada por la artista y curadora Hadas Amster en la galería “Barbur”, exposiciones y residencias organizadas por la curadora Inna Udovichenco y el coleccionista Raivis Zabis. Sigo creando arte, como el primer hombre, y quizás como lo haga también el último.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
The University of Arts of Cuba, Havana, Cuba 2000-2003
B.A. in visual arts
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba 1994-1999
Pre-university visual arts
SELECTION SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
State Museum Liepaja, Liepaja, Latvia,
El comedor de los Milagros, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
Barbur gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, Reflejos del alma
2015
Gallery Pegaso, Riga, Latvia.
State Museum Liepaja, Liepaja, Latvia
2014
Fundación Ludwig, Havana, Cuba, Retrospective
Atelier, Havana, Cuba, permanent painting exhibition
2013
Cristo Salvador Gallery. Havana, Cuba. Cuba te ama
SELECTION GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
00 Biennial de la Habana, Havana, Cuba. Yo soy el que soy, El arte es la sal de la vida.
Festival of sand sculptures, Santa Maria beach, Havana, Cuba
2017
Centro de desarrollo, Havana, Cuba, Un mundo mejor es posible
2015
Fábrica de arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba, La madonna timida
Fábrica de arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba, Gentil pinareña
Fábrica de arte Cubano. Havana, Cuba, Restos
Centro Cultural Havana, Cuba, El hombre en oración
Morero Fraginal, Havana, Cuba, Nano
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba 2005-2015
Teacher painting
Yo soy el que soy, Painting workshops 2007-2019
Coco Solo Social Club, painting workshop 2017
BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Magazine La isla infinita #12,13 2010
Tao te kin, Cuban edition 2017
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
•Initiator and founder of artist-run space Yo soy el que soy 2009-currently
•Music performance Kikiriki 2018
•Painting workshop 2017-currently
•Bi-monthly Poetry, music and theater performance, La Resistencia 2017-currently
•Approximately five solo and group exhibitions per year by Cuban and 2009-2018
international artists such as Boris Vallejo, Hadas Amster, Gabriel Coto,
Claudia Figueredo, David Mesa
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
Studio Lillam Rojas, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017
Liepaja and Riga, field work 2017
Workshop sand sculptures, Samana, Dominican Republic 2017
Workshop sand sculpture, Escambray Mountains, Cuba 2017
University Workshop urban development Havana, Cuba 2017
COLLECTIONS
Private collection Raivis Zaibis. http://rzcollection.com
Private collection Jose Manuel Peman
Private collection Ximo, CdeCuba Magazine. http://cubancollectioncdcubamagazine.com
Private collection Sandra Ceballos, Museo de arte maniático