Octavio Irving Hernández Jiménez
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba, 1978. Graduated from the
Arts University of Cuba in 2006 (ISA, Spanish acronym) and for the Fine Arts Academy “San Alejandro” in 2000; in the specialty of Engraving. Along with his career as a freelance artist, he has been working as a professor at the Arts University of Cuba, and the Fine Arts Academy San Alejandro, and as a Director of the Experimental Graphic Workshop in Havana (2014-2017). Up to now, he has had 16 solo shows and has participated in more than 100collective exhibitions in Cuba, Mexico, UK, Portugal, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Germany, Sweden, Australia, United States, etc.
Among the awards and acknowledgements, he has received, there is the Grand Award in the International Contest “La Joven Estampa” (2007), the most important contest for engraving in Latin América, organized by Casa de las Américas. Some of his works are included in institutional and private collections in Cuba, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, UK, Mexico, United States, Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Brazil, País Vasco, Japan, etc.
Collateral to the 58th Venice Biennial. Italy. May – june 2019.
● Collective Exhibition Cuba: Horizons of Utopia. Palazzo Zenobio, Venice.
Collateral to the 58th Venice Biennial. Italy. June – july 2019.
● Collective Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art “HB”. XIII Havana Biennial.
Orígenes Gallery. Havana, Cuba. May- June 2019
● Collective Exhibition “Gráfica América”. Latinoamerican Art Museum of Los
Angeles (MOLAA), Los Ángeles. March- september 2019.
● Solo Exhibition “Pulsiones”. Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba. June 2017
● Solo show. Aldo Castillo’s Project Gallery. Chicago U.S. January – February
2016.
● Collective Exhibition “1 de 1: International Congress of Prints and Drawings.”
University of Cuenca, Spain. May 2017.
● Collective Exhibition “Printed in Cuba: Cuba meets USA meets Switzerland”.
Collaboration project with American, Swedish and Cuban artists. The works was
exhibited in Swedish and North American galleries. Art Basel. 2017.
● Collective Exhibition 2nd Graphic Colloquium of Cancun. México. November,● Collective Exhibition “Force and Blood: Imaginaries of the flag in Cuban Art”.
CNAP. Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso. April- December 2016.
● Collective Exhibition. “Kuba Libre” Museum of Contemporary Art of Rostock,
Germany. September / October 2016.
● Collective Expo “Basic Instinct. Papers of Cuba” Cervantes Institute. Rome
Italy. February – March 2016.
● Solo show “Subconscious maps”. Villena Gallery. UNEAC, November, 2015.
● Solo show “Dime con quién andas…”, (“A man is known by the company he
keeps”) Collateral to 12th Havana Art Biennial (Zona Franca). La Habana, 2015
● Collective Exhibition “Havana from the colony to the 21st century”. OHC
Palace of Lombillo, November 2016, Havana, Cuba.
● Collective Exhibition of Engraving. Artists out of competition. Collateral to the
9th National Engraving Encounter. Casa Carmen Montilla. OHC September
2016.
● Collective Exhibition “Sara: sin ir más lejos”. National Museum of Fine Arts.
2015.
● “Symptoms of permanence”, Collateral to the Eighth National Meeting of
Engraving. Open Space Gallery of Revolución y Cultura Magazine. 2013
● Collective Exhibition “A sangre”. Gloucester Printmaking Cooperative.
Gloucestershire, UK. England. 2013.
● Collective exhibition. Third Biennial of Graphic Arts Shinzaburo Takeda.
Oaxaca México. 2013.
● Collective Exhibition. 1st Edition of “Post It”. FCBC / Galería Collage Habana.
Galeano Gallery. September 2013.
● Collective Exhibition “Contemporary Cuban Engraving”. Project Haciendo
Presión. 11th Havana Art Biennial, Complejo Morro / Cabaña. 2013
● Collective Exhibition as part of the International Festival of Visual Arts. Riad,
Saudi Arabia. 2012.
● Collective exhibition of Cuban artists who participated in the International
Festival of Visual Arts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. National Hotel of Cuba, on the
occasion of the opening of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Cuba. 2012.
● Solo show “Descalabros”. Luz y Oficios Gallery. 2011.
● Collective Exhibition “Saber tirar y tirar bien”, Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC.
“Transparencias Múltiples” International Workshop of Japanese xylography (Water-based inks) yand Chiné Collé, by the Argentine artist Alicia Candiani. “Fotografía en Blanco y Negro”, by Ossaing Raggi. Superior Institute of Art. “Collagrafía” by Yanet Brossart and Norberto Marrero. Collateral to “La huella múltiple”. Superior Institute of Art. “Calcografía a color con 2 planchas”, by Sandra Ramos. Collateral to “La huella múltiple”. Superior Institute of Art. “Calcografía a color con tres planchas”, by Ángel Ramírez. Collateral to “La huella múltiple”. Superior Institute of Art. “Memorial del Silencio”, by Antonio Martorell. Collateral to “La huella múltiple”. Colón Cemetery and Simón Bolívar House.
Making folder tribute to Sara Gonzalez, entitled “Sara: Sin ir más lejos“. Experimental Graphic Workshop. “Todo Inkluido”. Collateral to XII Biennial of Havana, Experimental Graphic Workshop. “Texturas Develadas”. Cultural Center “Casa Benito Juárez” in Havana. “Lorenzo Homar”. Cuban Graphic Tribute. Collateral to celebrations for the centenary of Lorenzo Homar. “Nuevas Circunstancias”. UNEAC Gallery in Cienfuegos. Ayón Space in 7th Stamp Fair. “Tercera Bienal de Artes Gráficas Shinzaburo Takeda”. Oaxaca. Mexico. “Texturas Develadas” Cultural Center in Cienfuegos. Ayón Space in 7th Stamp Fair. “A sangre”. Gloucester Printmaking Cooperative. Gloucestershire, UK. Inglaterra. “Saber tirar y tirar bien”, Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC. Retrospective of “La Joven Estampa” Awards. Casa de las Américas. “Mar Nuestro”. Experimental Graphic Workshop of Havana. “13 Grabadores Contemporáneos”. Villena Gallery, Old Havana. Group exhibition of Cuban Art, “1ra Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Lisboa”, Portugal. “Pensamiento Inverso”, Villena Gallery, Old Havana. “Involucrados II”, Collateral to X Biennial of Havana, Provintianl Center of Plastic Arts and Design. Luz and Oficios, Havana. “Premios La joven estampa”. Carlos Cruz Diez Museum. Caracas, Venezuela. VII National Meeting of Engraving. Center for the Development of Visual Arts (Awarded). “La Joven Estampa”. Casa de las Américas. (First Award). “III Muestra Internacional de Miniprint”. CEPIA. Production and Research Center of Arts. F. F y H. U. N. C. University City, Cordova. Argentina. “III Muestra Internacional de Miniprint”. Hall of Mitre Theater. San Salvador of Jujuy. Argentina. “22 Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas de Villa Clara”. Villa Clara. “La suite Subastas Galerías” (auction). Barcelona, Spain. “Navegaciones y Destinos”. Ambos Mundos Hotel. Cuba. “III Muestra Internacional de Miniprint”. Museum of Engraving. Buenos Aires. Argentina. “La isla infinita”. America House, Caracas Hilton Hotel, Venezuela. “La suite Subastas Galerías” (auction). Barcelona, Spain. Group exhibition of Cuban Contemporary Art. Caceres, Extremadura, Spain. “En el ojo del Cuervo”. Experimental Graphic Workshop of Havana. “III Muestra Internacional de Miniprint”. Gallery of Rosario Board of Trade. Argentina. “21 Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas de Villa Clara”. Villa Clara. (Awarded). Group exhibition of drawing. Servando Gallery, ICAIC. “Con cierto color (Grabado para Alejo)”. Expo for the centenary of Alejo Carpentier around the country (Cuba). “Arte por la paz” (auction). San Juan, Puerto Rico. “Sexto Encuentro Nacional de Grabado”. Wilfredo Lam Gallery. (Awarded). Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. “1/6 Prueba de Estado” about my San Alejandro theses. Servando Gallery. Havana. Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. Group Exhibition Hall of Small Format. L Gallery, Havana. II Biennial of Illustration “Los Puentes”. Fayad Jamis Gallery. “Y nosotros en Medio” Collateral to II Hall of Contemporary Art. José Antonio Díaz Peláez Gallery, San Alejandro.
Pulsiones. Servando Cabrera Gallery. “Dime con quién andas…”, Collateral to XII Biennial of Havana (Zona Franca). “Parque Histórico Militar Morro Cabaña”. Havana. “Síntomas de la permanencia”, Collateral to VIII National Meeting of Engraving. Espacio Abierto Gallery, Revolution and Culture magazine. “Descalabros”. Luz and Oficios Gallery. Provintial Center of Plastic Arts and Design. “Objeto Post-objeto”. Solidarity Hall, Habana Libre Hotel. “FALOU”. Collateral to NKAME, a project of AYÓN Space. San Francisco de Asís Convent. “La memoria agregada”. Collateral to La Joven Estampa Award. Manuel Galich Hall. Casa de Las Américas. “Fragmentos Vitales”. Provintial Gallery of Santa Clara. “Arqueología para un objeto”. (Superior Institute of Art, theses). Experimental Graphic Workshop.
Mention, photographic essay contest “Premio Cuba“. Manuel Galich Hall. Casa de las Américas. Mention, XII National Meeting of Engraving. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. First Prize “La joven estampa”. Casa de las Américas. Mention, XXI Provintial Hall of Plastic Arts in Villa Clara. Mention, VI National Meeting of Engraving. Wilfredo Lam Hall. Mention, special contest “Cartel de Cine”, Collateral to the Havana Film Festival.