PABLO ROSENDO

"Any place in this world", 2020. Monumental drawing, Artemisa, Cuba. Charcoal and stone.

About Me

My artworks are large-format paintings and graffiti that address ethical, moral, sexual, and religious themes. From an aesthetic point of view, they have certain influences from surrealism, pop art, naïve painting and street art. The symbology around the animal universe is key in the pieces, as well as the allusions to the cycles of life and death, good and evil, reality and fiction.

Art Career

Education

Graduate in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts of Cuba, ISA (2018)
Intermediate Level in Visual Arts from the Eduardo Abela School of Arts, San Antonio de los Baños (2009)

Solo Shows

Insomnia. 12th HAVANA BIENNIAL, 2015 Havana Cuba.
Amanecer. Havana Gallery 2016. Havana Cuba.
Cardumen. Gallery in the engraving workshop at the University of the Arts of Cuba. Havana Cuba. 2016
Harry Potter Se Acabó La Magia. Teatro El Público. Havana Cuba. 2016
Cualquier lugar fuera de este mundo. Intervention of the Cine Lux (abandoned). Havana Cuba. 2018
Al aire libre. Study 50. Havana Cuba. 2019

Group Shows

A río revuelto. Dome of murals, University of the Arts of Cuba. Havana Cuba. 2010
See Clear. Dome of paintings at the University of the Arts of Cuba. Havana Cuba. 2010
La piedra. Engraving workshop at the University of the Arts of Cuba. Havana Cuba. 2012
Detrás del Muro Project. 12th BIENNIAL of Havana, Havana Cuba. 2015
Art in Chicago. Chicago, United States. 2016
Hoy desde los 80. Benito Juárez House Museum. Havana Cuba. 2016
Second Belkis Ayón colography salon. Benito Juárez House Museum. Havana Cuba 2017
Second Belkis Ayón colography salon. Cienfuegos Cuba. 2017
Detrás del Muro Project. 13th Havana Biennial 2018. Havana Cuba.

PAINTINGS

“Noche del mediodía”, mixed media on bed sheets, 145 x 145 cm, 2023

“Sismo”, mixed media on bed sheets, 150 x 300 cm, 2023

My works are distinguished by great visual poetry. They are a dreamlike journey that perhaps makes us escape from the circumstances we

inhabit, and makes us rediscover ourselves in another dimension of

existence.

"Abrí la champaña y se derramó", mixed media on bed sheets, 200 x 400 cm, 2023

"Zen", mixed media on bed sheets 200 x 400 cm, 2023

"Cosas que sé de ellas", mixed media on bed sheets, 170 x 200 cm, 2023

"Spectrum", mixed media on canvas, 120 x 120 cm, 2023

"Amanecer", mixed media on bed sheets, 134 x 163 cm, 2023

"Zen", mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm, 2023

MONUMENTAL DRAWINGS

Made with charcoal, stone and roof tiles. Dam in San Cristobal, Artemisa, Cuba.

“At the height of the Covid pandemic, in 2020 and 2021, the artist began making drawings of monumental dimensions in outdoor spaces, specifically on the walls of a dam in his town, using materials such as charcoal, stone, and roof tiles. These were completely ephemeral and performative acts: after finishing the drawings, the artist erased them using water from the same dam, and only photo or video documentation remained.

Regarding the origin of these monumental interventions, Rosendo says that, faced with his inactivity due to the absence of materials, his father told him: ‘that is an excuse. Paint with charcoal and stone and hit me in the face’ (a popular expression in Cuba to indicate ‘show me that you can’ or ‘surprise me’). Beautiful example of the enormous power of a father’s or mother’s love, those beings who are always there to lend us a hand, especially in the most difficult moments”

Piter Ortega Núnez, M.A.

Art Historian & Journalist