Ofill Echevarría |bio

The Others. Óleo sobre tela, 104 x 151 cm., 2007.
www.ofillart.com

Ofill -La Habana 1972-, made his debut as a member of the action and performance group "Arte Calle" (Street Art) in 1988. While still studying at San Alejandro, he established a radicalized guideline that differed greatly to the surrounding aesthetics-plagued with modern paradigms-of Cuban arts of the time.
-Osvaldo Sanchez, July 1997

Resides in Mexico, D.F., from 1992 to 2002.Lives and works in New York, USA.


Solo Exhibitions

2007
High Definition. Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery, Mexico, D.F. Mexico

2006
Pinturas. Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru

2005
Subrrealidades. Pinacoteca, National Center For The Arts, Monterrey, Mexico

2004
CityEscapes. Praxis International Art, Mexico, DF

2002
Iconos / Reflections. Praxis International Art, Mexico, Mexico, DF.

2000
In Vitro. University of Rhode Island, Multicultural Center, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.

1999
Passwork. Executive Tower of the Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial -SECOFI-, Mexico, DF

1997
The Intellectual Author of the Gioconda, Galeria Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico, DF, Mexico

1995
Primitive Art. Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico, DF, Mexico

1992
I Dream: in Black and White. Galeria Habana, Cuba1991Industria Plastica. Galeria Rene Portocarrero, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, La Habana, Cuba


Education

1991
Graduate of the Academia de San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

1986
Graduate of the 20 of October Elementary School of Art, Havana, Cuba Member of the Arte Calle Group in the 80«s Awards

1996
Grant given by the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes -FONCA-, Research Project: The Rite, The Myth and the Immediate Future, Mexico, DF


Art Fairs

-FROM 2002 represented by Praxis Mexico-Circa, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Maco Mexico, Mexico, DF.
FIA, Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Caracas, Venezuela. Art Miami, Miami, FL.
Palmbeach Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL. Arte Americas, Miami, FL.
Art Chicago, IL Chicago, Ill. AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY.
Miart, Roma, Italy. Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain.


Select Collections

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, DF
Museo de Oaxaca, Mexico
Merrill Lynch Bank, USA
Museo del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico
MOLAA Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Selected Press

Magazines:
Caretas, July, 2006. Lima, Peru
Art nexus No. 55, 2005 -read online at artnexus.com,
Artists Catalogs-Casas y gente No. 183, March, 2004
Area" 04, 2004, MexicoCasas y gente, March, 2002
Epicur No. 17, 2002 -Mexico and the Caribbean-Art nexus No. 45, 2002 -read online at artnexus.com,

Artists Catalogs-News Papers:
El Comercio, July 2, 2006, PeruEl Nuevo Herald, March 28, 2004, Miami, FL, USA
Arte al dia News-Mex, Feb 2004, MexicoReforma, 14 de Feb, 2004, Mexico
El Universal, 9 de Feb, 2002, Mexico.Excelsior, 8 de Feb, 2002, Mexico.

Catalogs:
-by Praxis Mexico and Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery-Iconos/Reflections, 2002.City Escapes, 2004.High Definition, 2007.