ELSA MORA
Born 1971, Holguín, Cuba
Resides in Upstate New York
elsamorahorberg@gmail.com
Graduated from the Professional School of Fine Arts. Camaguey, Cuba. 1987-1988
El Alba. Professional School of Fine Arts. Holguín, Cuba. 1984-1986
Vocational School of Arts. Holguín, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Timeline. National Arts Club. Gramercy Park, NYC.
2012 Femina Plantarum. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL.
2009 Laboratorium. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Specimens. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Resoluciones. Espacio 304, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 Birth. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NYC.
2004 Ni el Principio ni el Fin
Elsa Mora. Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.
Scissors. Chelsea Gallery, Miami, FL.
2003 Diary. Ruben Martinez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2002 Proceso de Adaptación. Bourbon & Lally Gallery, Montreal, Canada.
2001 Vulnerable. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NYC.
2000 Ejercicios de Silencio. Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1999 Re-Encuentros, Elsa Mora and Anamaria McCarthy.
…………..Center of Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
1998 The Ego’s Other Dimension. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NYC.
…………..Lies on a Small Scale. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
…………..Cuban Women Artists Dreamers: Sandra Ramos & Elsa Mora.
…………..Gallery Space 21, Tokyo, Japan.
1997 Second Skin. Gallery La Acacia, Havana, Cuba.
Mortal Women. Collateral Exhibition during the 6th International
Havana Biennial. St. Francis of Asis Convent, Havana, Cuba.
1996 Elsa Mora. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL.
…………..The Petal Girl. Espacio Abierto Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1995 Portrait of a Butterfly. Center for the Development of Visual Arts,
…………..Havana, Cuba.
…………..Beings Without Landscape. Sala
Comunale,.Celle Ligure, Italy, and Cisterne Santa Maria de
Castello Gallery, Genova, Italy.
1994 Bipersonal. Gallery of the Cuban National Theater, Havana, Cuba, and
…………..Iberoamerican Center, Camaguey, Cuba.
1993 Self-Control and Torture. Gallery of the Cuban Fund of Cultural
…………..Assets, Camaguey, Cuba.
1991 Santa Natura. Gallery of the Ignacio Agramonte Museum.
Group Exhibitions
2022 El sueño que olvidé antes del alba. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
2018 The Memory Palace. ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ
2017 Visceral Notions. Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY.
2017 Cuba Ocho. Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR.
2016 Bedlam and Balance. ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ.
2014 About Paper. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2010 Don’t Call me Pretty: Women in Art. Pan American Art
…………..Projects, Miami, FL.
2008 Messages and Magic. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
2007
2006 Do Otro Lado do Atlantico. Sete Artistas Cubanos.
…………..Universidade de Aveiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2005 The Dictionary Project. Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA.
2004 Sleight of Hand. McDonough Museum. Youngstown, Ohio.
…………. Three Cuban Photographers. Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC.
…………. ARCO. Madrid, Spain.
2003 Utopia/Post-Utopia. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State
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Inside/outside: Contemporary Cuban Art. Wake Forest
…………..University, Winston-Salem, NC.
2000 Cuban Art. Gallery of the Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA.
1999 Cuban Art. Beyond Paper. Box of Madrid Foundation,
…………..Madrid, Spain.
………….Fotocopiaste. Center for the Development of Visual Arts.
…………..Havana, Cuba.
………….Women. Havana Galeria, Zurich.
………….8th International Art Fair. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
………….ARTE: BA ’99. La Rural, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
………….Latin-American Art. Paula Lama Gallery, Dominican Republic.
………….Young Cuban Art. Galería Escritorio de Arte. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Group Exhibitions
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…………..Cuban Art Exhibition. Cultural Foundation, ABU DHABI.
…………..Malecon Cultural Project. Extremadura, Spain and Havana, Cuba.
…………..Extremeño and Iberoamericano Museum. Museum of Contemporary
…………..Art Provincial, Museo of Cáceres, San Francisco Cultural Complex,
…………..Santa María Cultural Complex, Patio
…………..of the Assembly of Extremadura, Péres, Spain.
…………..Comendado. Lerroux de Hervás Museum.
…………..Cuba-Galicia: A Cultural Patrimony of References and Forks.
…………..Palacio Fonseca, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1998 Seductions. Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba.
Invitee to the 6th Biennial of Painting. Cuenca, Ecuador.
Cuban Art at the end of the Century. Valuarte de la Candelaria.
Cádiz, Spain.
Invitee to the 2nd salon of Cuban Contemporary Art.
Havana, Cuba.
Group show of Cuban Artists. Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ARCO 1998. Madrid, Spain.
1997 Pervasive References. Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NY.
………….Evocation of Cuban Films. Collateral show at the 19th International
…………..Festival of New Latin-American Film. Havana, Cuba
………….Silence. Latin-American Gallery, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
…………..50th Anniversary of the Fine Arts Independent Artists Association.
…………..Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo, Japan.
…………..Cuba at the End of the Century. Itinerant exhibition through Spain.
1996 First Iberoamerican Biennial of Watercolor. Salón Viña del Mar,
Municipal Casino de Viña del Mar, Chile.
…………..Sculpting Time. Stradone Sant’agostino, Genoa, Italy.
…………..Zirama. Teatro della Societá di Mutuo Soccorso, Borgomanero, Italy.
…………..Words in the Tropic. The Nicolás Guillén Foundation, Camaguey, Cuba,
…………..and Gallery of the Venezuelan artist Carmen Montilla, Havana, Cuba.
1995 First Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art.
…………..Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba.
1994 Gap Between Earth and Heaven.
…………..Collateral to the 5th Biennial of Havana, Cuba.
…………..First Provincial Salon of Awarded Artists.
…………..Provincial Museum of Camaguey, Cuba.
1993 11th International Drawing Biennial. Cleveland, England.
…………..Arte de Cuba. Centro d’Arte IL Brandale, Savona, Italy.
…………..The lone Rider. Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1992 Encounters. Cuban Interests Section in the USA. Washington, DC.
1990 Third National Salon of Awarded Artists. National Museum of Fine Arts.
…………..Havana, Cuba.
………….Salon of Young Art from the Oriental Provinces. Provincial Gallery,
…………..Guantánamo, Cuba.
…………..First City Salon. Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Camaguey, Cuba.
Artist Residencies
2003 San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA.
2004 San Diego State University. San Diego, CA.
2001 Eastern Kentucky University. Richmond, KY.
2000 La Esmeralda. DF, Mexico.
2000 The Art Institute of Boston. Boston, MA.
1996 The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Grants and Awards
…………..Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY.
2000 UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists.
…………. Given in Paris, France.
1994 Prize of the 10th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León.
…………. Art Center of Camaguey, Cuba.
1993 Prize by the Ignacio Agramonte Museum and The Cuban Fund
…………. of Cultural Assets. 9th Fidelio Ponce de León, Camaguey, Cuba.
1992 Grand Prix, 1st National Drawing Biennial.
…………. Art Center of Camaguey, Cuba.
…………. Mention, Center for the Development of Visual Arts.
…………. 5th National Salon of Awarded Artists.
…………. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1991 Prize of the 7th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León.
…………. Iberoamerican Center. Camaguey, Cuba.
…………. Prize of the 1st Salon of Young Artists.
…………. Art center of Camaguey, Cuba.
…………. Prize of the 1st National Salon of Drawing.
…………. Art Center of Camaguey, Cuba.
1990 Prize Amelia Peláez of the 6th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León.
…………. Alejo Carpentier Gallery, Camaguey, Cuba.
Collections
NMWA – National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
JSMW – The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR.
Private collections in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and the USA.
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