Lazaro SAAVEDRA

Born in 1964 in Havana (Cuba). He lives and works in Havana (Cuba)

 

Solo Show :

2016 : Todo Abierto, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France 

2016 : Pensamiento Visual, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France

2016 : Choices Paris – Collectors Weekend, Laurent Le Bon & Emilie Bouvard curators, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2016 : Growing Up in Neverland, University of Tampa’s Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, USA

2016 : Base/Superstructura, Premio Nacional de la Artes Plásticas, Center of Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba

2015 : Haciendo memoria, Center of development of Visual Art, Havana, Cuba

2015 : Añejo 27, 6th Contemporary Art Fair, Galiano Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2014 : Toma y daca, Studio Figueroa Vives, Norvegian Ambassy, Havana, Cuba

2013 : Cortocircuitos, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2013 : Expo sin concepto, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2013 : Arte rupestre, Museum of Art, Luis de Soto Gallery, Cuba

2012 : Masaje visual para espectador de Bienal, 11th Biennial Exhibition of Art, Fortress San Carlos de La Cabaña, Havana, Cuba

2011 : Lázaro Saavedra (Estudiante), Fine-Arts  Academy of San Alejandro, Marianao, Cuba

2011 : Altamente confidencial (Lázaro Saavedra en su Isla), Arte Actual Gallery, Quito, Ecuador

2009 : Sponsor, 10th Biennial Exhibition of Art, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2009 : Lázaro Saavedra, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain

2008 : Animaciones y videos 1997-2007, Goch Museum , Goch, Germany

2007 : Exhumaciones, Salle Zéro, Alliance Française, Havana, Cuba

2006 : En una noche de terror cualquiera comete un crimen, ICAIC – Cuban institute of the Film Art and the Industry, Havana, Cuba

2003 : El único animal que ríe, National Museum of Fine-Arts, Havana, Cuba

2003 : Can’t Buy My Love, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba

2002 : Todo final es el comienzo de algo desconocido, IAAB Atelier, Basel, Swiss

1998 : Historia par historiadores III, Centre of Provincial Art, Holguín, Cuba

1998 : Mi dossier, el descaro y la representación, Center of development of Visual Art, Havana, Cuba

1997 : Historia par historiadores II, Arte Universal Gallery, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

1997 : Masaje mental, Rice University Media Center, Houston, USA

1997 : Muriendo libre, DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston USA 1996 Stipendiaten, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany

1997 : Cuerpo, alma y pensamiento, S Gallery, Aachen, Germany

1997 : Levántate Chago, no jodas Lázaro, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba

1995 : Historia par historiadores I, Center of development of Visual Art, Cienfuegos, Cuba

1995 : Historia par historiadores, Una de cada clase Project (part), Luis de Soto Gallery / University of Havana, Havana, Cuba

1993 : La imagen del pensamiento, el pensamiento de la imagen, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba

1991 : El desafío de mi arte, Galerie Servando Cabrera Moreno, 4th Biennial Exhibition of Art, Havana, Cuba

1989 : Una mirada retrospective, Provincial Center of Visual Arts & Design, Havana, Cuba

1988 : Pintar lo que pienso, pensar lo que pinto, L Gallery, Havana, Cuba

 

Awards, Grants and Residencies :

2014 : National Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba

2014 : Curatelle Prize –, awarded by National Visual Arts Council (after his “Expo sin concepto”, 2013), Havana, Cuba

2012 : Maretti Prize, awarded by Valerio Riva Foundation, Napoli, Italia

2010 : Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France

2007 : Diploma of honor, awarded by Havana City for his practice of the education of the indelible esthetic and artistic impact, Havana, Cuba

2006 : Batiscafo Project, Havana, Cuba

2004 : Usine de Matelas, Pittsburg, USA

2002 : Residency in the Christoph Meiran Foundation, Basel, Suisse

2000 : Graduate of Educational Merit awarded by Minister of Culture, Havana, Cuba

1999 : Distinction for the National Culture, Havana, Cuba

1999 : Residency in the Barbican Center, London, Royaume-Uni

1998 : Residency in the Museum City Fukuoka ’86, Fukuoka, Japon

1998 : Residency in the ECAV, Pro-Helvetia Foundation, Valais, Suisse

1997 : 1990’s Art de Cuba: a national program of Residence and Exhibition, New York, USA

1997 : Diverse Works Space Arts, Houston, USA

1996 : Residency in Baff Center of the Arts, Alberta, Canada

1996 : Residency in Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Allemagne

1993 : Abril Prize, Havana, Cuba

1987 : Distinction awarded by Cuban Fundof Cultural property, in the Show of the Engraving (Grabado ’87), Havana, Cuba

1987 : Special Prize of the First Festival of the Creation and the Search, ISA – Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba

1987 : Prize awarded  by the Section of the Visual Arts of the Ministry of Culture to the Festival of the Creation and the Search, ISA – Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba

1986 : The first place in the seminary on José Martí with the exhibition Homenaje, Havana, Cuba