Carlos Enrique Prado Herrera (born January 7, 1978 in Havana

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, Cuba

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) is a Cuban

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 contemporary artist. He has different art works made in sculpture

Sculpture

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, ceramic

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, drawing

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, digital art

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, performance

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, installations

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 and interventions

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. Since 2002 until now, he works as a professor in the University of Arts of Cuba (Higher Institute of Arts -ISA), where he also is the Head of the Sculpture Program. Member of the National Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). He lives and works in Havana.

Education

• Master in Arts -mention in Visual Arts. University of the Arts of Cuba -ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte
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• Bachelor in Sculpture. University of the Arts of Cuba -ISA, 2002.
• Graduated in Sculpture and Drawing in the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, 1996.

Teaching works

Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Ceramic in the Visual Arts School at the University of Arts of Cuba -ISA, from 2002 to nowadays. He imparts the Fundamental Workshop of Sculpture in different academic levels and the optional workshop “The personal project in ceramic.” He has also been tribunal in the admition exams and in graduation thesis. Head of the Sculpture Program of the Visual Art School since 2006. He imparted the Academic Modeling Workshop in The Royal University College of Arts (KKH). Stockholm, Sweden, 2007. Guest Artist in Ceramic Studio, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA, 2010. Guest Artist and teacher in Ceramic Studio, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 2011.

Awards

• 2007: Second Prize of installation in the Biennial of Ceramics "The Vessel". National Museum of Ceramics in Havana.
• 2006: Third Prize in VIII Biennial of Ceramics "Amelia Peláez". National Museum of the Ceramics in Havana.
• 2004: Mention awarded in VII Biennial of Ceramics "Amelia Peláez". National Museum of the Ceramics in Havana.
• 2003: Prize of the International Triennial of Ceramics Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
• 1996: Sculpture Prize in the Salon de la Academia 1996, International Event of Schools of Arts. San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts of Cuba.

Solo exhibitios

2010

• Preludio y Fuga (Prelude and fugue –escapes–). Digital prints and installation. Convent of San Francisco de Asis. Havana. The exhibition is part of the Biennial X of Ceramics of Havana.

2009

• El icono escamoteado (The whisked away icon). Sculptures. Hispanic-American Center of Culture. Havana.

2008

• Project Room: Carlos Enrique, recent works. Sculptures and digital prints. Pan-American Art projects. Miami city, USA.
• Terapia sanitaria (Sanitary therapy). Sculptures. The Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Havana.

2006

• Re-Visiones (Re-visions). Sculptures. National Museum of Ceramics. Havana.
• Todo para llevar (Everything to take). Portable sculptures. Galiano Gallery. Havana.

2005

• Otra forma más de mirar lo mismo (A Different way of looking at the same thing). Digital prints. It was organized by the Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam and the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Gallery of the Cultural Center ICAIC. Havana.

2002

• Mírate el mundo de otra manera (Look yourself at the world in a different way). Sculptures. La Acacia Gallery in Havana. Graduation exhibition.
• Miradas Posibles (Possible Glances). Sculptures. Miramar Trade Center. Havana.

1996

• Seudoexposición. San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Havana.
• Transfiguración (Transfiguration). Installation with drawings and sculptures. 23rd and 12th Gallery. Havana.

1994

• Almas en pena (Grieving Souls). Drawings. Galiano Gallery. Havana.

1993

• Con mi cruz a cuestas (With my cross on the back). Sculptures and drawings. Carmelo González Gallery, Cultural Center of Vedado. Havana.

1992

• Adolescencia (Adolescence). Sculptures. 23 y 12 Gallery. Havana city.

Main and recent group exhibitions

2011

• Exhibition Ripped Eyes. House-Museum of Asia. Havana city.

2010

• X Biennial of Ceramic of Havana. Convent of San Francisco de Asis. Havana city.

2009

• 1st Symposium of Installations of San Pancho. Exhibition Irrational Relation. San Cultural Pancho Center & Residence. Nayarit
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  . Mexico
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• Exhibition Cronos. Contemporary Cuban Art. Gallery La Casona. Havana city.
• CODEMA in the Biennial X of the Havana. Space of National CODEMA (Advisory Council for the Development of the Monumental and Environmental Sculpture).
• The Human Body. National Museum of the Ceramic. Havana city.
• Biennial of Ceramic “The Mural and the Vessel”. Organized by the National Museum of Ceramic. Convent of San Franciscode Asis. Havana city.

2008

• The 13th Annual Los Angeles Art Show. Santa Monica Air Center. Santa Monica city, CA, USA.
• ArtMadrid 2008, Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House of Madrid. Spain
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• IX Biennial of Ceramics (sculpture and installations). Organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. White Room Gallery of The San Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana city.

2007

• Biennial of Ceramics "The Mural and the Vesse". Organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. San Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana City.
• Exhibition Gracias por el fuego (Thank you for the fire), Cuban contemporary ceramics. Villa Manuela Gallery, National Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Havana City.
• ArtMadrid 2007. Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Place for fairs House of Field of Madrid. Spain.
• Exhibition Visiones de un Mundo de Aromas( Visions from a world of Aromas). Havana City Convention Center.

2006

• International Triennial of Ceramics Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
• VIII International Digital Art Hall. Cultural Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau. Havana City.
• VIII Biennial of Ceramics “Amelia Peláez”, organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. San Francisco de Asis Convent . Havana City.
• Exhibition Taller Abierto (Open Workshop). National CODEMA. Collateral Event at IX Biennial of Havana.
• Exhibition. La ciudad otra - el hombre otro (The other city - another man). Hispanic-American Center of Culture. Collateral Event at IX Biennial of Havana.
• ArtMadrid Modern and Contemporary Art Hall. Country House of Madrid. Spain
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• Exhibition H2Oro. Gallery of the House of the Poetry. Havana City

2005

• Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Sculpture, organized by National CODEMA (Advisory Council for the Development of the Monumental and Environmental Sculpture) for the International Event "Culture and Development" at the Convention Center in Havana City.
• Biennial of Ceramics "The Vessel". Organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. Fifth Cloister Gallery of the San Francisco de Asis Convent. Havana City.

2004

• VII Biennial of Ceramics “Amelia Peláez”, organized by the National Museum of Ceramics. White Room Gallery of the Convent of San Francisco de Asis. Havana City.
• Exhibition Lo Clásico (The Classic Thing), Cuban contemporary ceramics. Hispanic-American Center of Culture. Havana city.

2003

• Exhibition Bosque (Forest). Collateral Event to VIII Biennial of the Havana. National Museum of Ceramics. Havana City.
• Exhibition “Without Title. The object in the Cuban contemporary sculpture”. Arts and Literature School at the University of Havana City.
• Exhibition of the Higher Institute of Art in the Culture Pavilion of the Expocuba International fair.
• Exhibition to celebrate a Dance Opening called: El violín descalzo at the Gran Teatro de la Habana City.

2002

• Biennial of Ceramics "The Vessel". National Museum of Ceramics, Castillo de La Real Fuerza. Havana City.
• Fair of Independent Art of Madrid (FAIM). House of Field of Madrid. Spain.
• International Triennial of Ceramics Elit-Tile. Museum of Modern Arts in Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
• Exhibition REMAKE. Arts and Literature School at the University of Havana.

Lectures

• A ceramist talks about a ceramist. Presentation of the personal artwork. National Museum of Ceramic. Havana. 2011.
• Carlos Enrique artwork. Presentation on the personal work and the story of his professional development as an artist. Department of Arts and Art History. University of Mary Washington. Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA. 2010.
• The State of Ceramic Art in Cuba. Bryant Conference Center Auditorium. University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, USA, 2010.
• The Cuban Contemporary Artistic Ceramic. College of Arts and Science, Department Modern Languages and Classics. University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, USA, 2010.
• The ceramic program at the University of Arts of Cuba. College of Arts and Science, Department Art & Art History. Tuscaloosa, USA. 2010.
• Contemporary artistic projects in ceramic. Appreciation course on the development of the artistic ceramic in Cuba. Ceramic workshop, Mirta García Buch, Havana. 2009.
• Sculpture in ceramic. Evident strategies from the sculpture workshop of the ISA. Professional school of Plastic arts, Island of the Youth. 2008.
• Sanitary meditation. Presentation of the thesis in option to the grade of Master in Art. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana. 2008.
• The ceramic workshop of the ISA, an alternative for the sculpture in Cuba. The Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH). Stockholm, Sweden. 2007.
• The creator and his work. An artist's history about how he became a"professional". A series of lectures developed at the VIII Biennial of Ceramic "Amelia Peláez"in the San Francisco de Asis Convent. Havana City, 2006.
• The teaching of the ceramics in the Higher Institute of Art, developed at the San Francisco de Asis Convent. Havana City, 2005.
• The experimentation in ceramics. Presentation of the Barro Espiritual Project, in the National Museum of Ceramics. Havana City, 2002.
• Round table on the sculpture in Cuba. Points of view of creators from the different generations at the Arts and Literature Schoolof the University of Havana City, 1999.
• The fine Arts creators within the digital world. 2nd meeting of specialists inVirtual Reality. Mass Media and Communication School. Higher Institute of Arts, 1998.

Collections

Among the most important public collections in which we can find the Carlos Enrique's artworks are: National Museum of Ceramics in Havana; Museum of the Contemporary Ceramics (MCC) in Sacred Domingo, Dominican Republic; Puerto de la Cruz city, Tenerife, Spain; Museum of the Dance of Havana; Museum of the City of Havana; Cultural Center Dulce María Loynaz of Havana; Elf Genius art fundació de Barcelona, Spain; and PanAmerican Arts Projects, Dallas – Miami, USA.

He has worked in multiple private collections in Cuba, USA, Spain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, Dominican Republic, among others.

Work in public places

• Atlantes (Atlases), permanent collection in the National Museum of the Ceramics of Havana.
• Bust of the Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz. Cultural Center Dulce María Loynaz, Real Academy of the Spanish Language in Havana.
• Bust of the Cuban poet Dulce María Loynaz. Public space in Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
• Bust of Emilio Roig of Leuchsenring. The Museum of the City. Havana.
• Bust of the Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso. The Museum of the Dance. Havana.

External links

• Carlos Enrique Prado - Personal web site
• Panamerican Art Project