Lianet Martínez
Cienfuegos 1993, Cuba.
Lianet Martínez Pino is a visual artist born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She graduated in 2012 in the Specialty of Painting at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana. Having graduated in 2019 from the Superior Institute of Art (Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)), she was distinguished with the award for the most creative graduate. Since 2011, her participation in exhibitions both in Cuba and abroad has been countless.
In 2012she presented her works Prótesis (Prothesis)in the 11th Havana Biennial and in 2015 the Walter Otero Contemporary Art Gallery invited her to the Trienal Poligráfica in San Juan, Puerto Rico. That same year she created the piece La despedida (Farewell) for the Cambridge Art Fair in London and placed the installation Al filo de…. (At the edge of…) for the 12th Havana Biennial on the premises of the Superior Art Institute of Havana. Between 2016 and 2017, she participated with works in various exhibitions including “Lamernos los unos a los otros”(Licking each other) at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales and “Clase Abierta” (Open class) at Galería-Taller Gorría.
Noteworthy was her participation in 2018, in the group exhibition “Sinestesia” (Synesthesia) at the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland, while in 2019, she created the public installation Alud (Landslide) within the Official Project Detrás del Muro III (Behind the wall III) for the 13th Havana Biennial. Her work La Madame (The Madam) was selected to be part of the exhibition “Visiones de Cuba” (Visions of Cuba) in Key West, United States. That same year, she participated in the two collateral exhibitions of Cuban Art at the 58th Venice Biennial in Italy: “Cuba: Horizons of Utopia” and “Cuba: Identity and Difference”. During this same period, her work was included in the group show “Presagios” at the Diocesan Museum of Terni, Italy and she was invited by the Nuno Sacramento Contemporary Art Gallery to the Artistic Residence “My house is your house”, ending in the bi-personal exhibition “Alchemy” in Ílhavo, Portugal.
In the period 2020-2021, her work was shown in several international virtual exhibitions, including “V.I.D.A” ÌTACAARTE, Spain; “I’m not suspicious” at Nuno Sacramento Contemporary Art, Portugal and “A drop of sweat for every sigh” at Art Code Space Gallery, United States. During this period she held her personal exhibition “Yo camino Soñando” (I dream in my walk) at La Nave Gallery, in Havana, Cuba.
In 2022 she took part in the project “Behind the Wall”, making the work Meteorito Sinapsis (Meteorite-Synapse) an official part of the 14th Havana Biennial. This year, Martínez Pino is part of the group exhibition “Sin tiempo que perder” (With no time to lose) at the Galería Museo del Ron in Cuba and in the group show “Genesis XX22” at Galería Habana. In 2023, she presented her personal exhibition “Instantes” (Instants) at Biblioteca de las Artes del ISA (Superior Institute of Art). Also this year in March she was invited to the exhibition “Desgarrando Superficies” (Tearing off surfaces) at the Servando Cabrera Gallery in Havana, Cuba. Later in June 2023, she attended as guest the CUBART FESTIVAL, which was held in the cities of Luzern, Zürich, Puidoux and Flawil in Switzerland.
Her work forms part of important collections in the United States, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Cuba. She is currently represented by Genesis Art Gallery, working within this group with the Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery in Havana, Cuba.
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<< Regardless of the multiplicity of media I work with, the type of production I am interested in developing -both for its physical complexion and the ways of using representation- is the three-dimensional in nature. These are sculptures or installation structures, paintings, drawings, collages and photographs, which processes of reference and meaning transcend the two-dimensional plane.
In this sense, they have a point in common: The work with the object as a bearer of symbols and contents. It is through this operation that I channel my ideas, which are based on personal experiences, my own or others, in interaction with the daily context as well as more general life experiences, all of which inform and shape my working process. >>
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Lianet Martínez
Cienfuegos 1993, Cuba.
Lianet Martínez Pino is a visual artist born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She graduated in 2012 in the Specialty of Painting at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana. Having graduated in 2019 from the Superior Institute of Art (Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)), she was distinguished with the award for the most creative graduate. Since 2011, her participation in exhibitions both in Cuba and abroad has been countless.
In 2012she presented her works Prótesis (Prothesis)in the 11th Havana Biennial and in 2015 the Walter Otero Contemporary Art Gallery invited her to the Trienal Poligráfica in San Juan, Puerto Rico. That same year she created the piece La despedida (Farewell) for the Cambridge Art Fair in London and placed the installation Al filo de…. (At the edge of…) for the 12th Havana Biennial on the premises of the Superior Art Institute of Havana. Between 2016 and 2017, she participated with works in various exhibitions including “Lamernos los unos a los otros”(Licking each other) at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales and “Clase Abierta” (Open class) at Galería-Taller Gorría.
Noteworthy was her participation in 2018, in the group exhibition “Sinestesia” (Synesthesia) at the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland, while in 2019, she created the public installation Alud (Landslide) within the Official Project Detrás del Muro III (Behind the wall III) for the 13th Havana Biennial. Her work La Madame (The Madam) was selected to be part of the exhibition “Visiones de Cuba” (Visions of Cuba) in Key West, United States. That same year, she participated in the two collateral exhibitions of Cuban Art at the 58th Venice Biennial in Italy: “Cuba: Horizons of Utopia” and “Cuba: Identity and Difference”. During this same period, her work was included in the group show “Presagios” at the Diocesan Museum of Terni, Italy and she was invited by the Nuno Sacramento Contemporary Art Gallery to the Artistic Residence “My house is your house”, ending in the bi-personal exhibition “Alchemy” in Ílhavo, Portugal.
In the period 2020-2021, her work was shown in several international virtual exhibitions, including “V.I.D.A” ÌTACAARTE, Spain; “I’m not suspicious” at Nuno Sacramento Contemporary Art, Portugal and “A drop of sweat for every sigh” at Art Code Space Gallery, United States. During this period she held her personal exhibition “Yo camino Soñando” (I dream in my walk) at La Nave Gallery, in Havana, Cuba.
In 2022 she took part in the project “Behind the Wall”, making the work Meteorito Sinapsis (Meteorite-Synapse) an official part of the 14th Havana Biennial. This year, Martínez Pino is part of the group exhibition “Sin tiempo que perder” (With no time to lose) at the Galería Museo del Ron in Cuba and in the group show “Genesis XX22” at Galería Habana.
In 2023, she presented her personal exhibition “Instantes” (Instants) at Biblioteca de las Artes del ISA (Superior Institute of Art). Also this year in March she was invited to the exhibition “Desgarrando Superficies” (Tearing off surfaces) at the Servando Cabrera Gallery in Havana, Cuba. Later in June 2023, she attended as guest the CUBART FESTIVAL, which was held in the cities of Luzern, Zürich, Puidoux and Flawil in Switzerland.
Her work forms part of important collections in the United States, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Cuba. She is currently represented by Genesis Art Gallery, working within this group with the Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery in Havana, Cuba.
Statement
<< Regardless of the multiplicity of media I work with, the type of production I am interested in developing -both for its physical complexion and the ways of using representation- is the three-dimensional in nature. These are sculptures or installation structures, paintings, drawings, collages and photographs, which processes of reference and meaning transcend the two-dimensional plane.
In this sense, they have a point in common: The work with the object as a bearer of symbols and contents. It is through this operation that I channel my ideas, which are based on personal experiences, my own or others, in interaction with the daily context as well as more general life experiences, all of which inform and shape my working process. >>
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