Armando Marino

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Born in Cuba.
Live and work in New York. USA

1980-1987 Escuela Provincial de Arte “Joaquín Tejada”. Santiago de Cuba. Cuba.
1987-1992 Facultad de Educación Artística del Instituto Superior Pedagógico
“Enrique José Varona”. Havana. Cuba.
2004-2005 Rijksakademie van beldeende kunsten. Amsterdam .Holland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1993
“Arqueología de la Simulación,” Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.

1996
“Nostra Nusquama,” Galería Espacio Estudio, Havana, Cuba.
“Des-Colon-izando el entorno,” Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

1997
“Obra Reciente,” Galería Ángel Romero, Madrid, Spain.

1998
“Obra Reciente,” Sala de Exposiciones Palacio de Abrantes, Salamanca, Spain.

1999
“Recent Works,” Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, USA.*
“ROPA USADA. Para los otros del tercer mundo,” Galería Ángel Romero, Madrid, Spain.

2000
“Más Allá,” Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.
“Recent paintings,” International Art Studio Valjevo, Yugoslavia.

2001
“Más Allá,” Museo Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Badajoz, Spain.
“La angustia de las influencias,” Galería Theredoom, Barcelona, Spain.
“In utero,” Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, USA.*

2002
“Arte en las Venas,” Sala Rivadavia, Fundación de la Diputación Provincial de Cádiz, Spain.
“Arte en las Venas,” Museo Cruz Herrera, La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, Spain.
“From my bathtub,” Galería RAY GUN, Valencia, Spain.
“Con permiso de mi antropólogo,” Galería Ad Hoc, Vigo, Spain.

2003
“Estéticamente correcto,” Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2004
“Paintings,” Project Room East, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, Holland.

2005
“Beautiful World,” Project Room Oost, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Holland.
“Amsterdam. Recent Paintings,” Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2006
“Crash/Clash,” Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
“The Night inside of the painter’s house,” Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris, France.

2007
“Tervuern’s Tales,” Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium.
“Interiors,” Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2009
“Drilling America,” Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL, USA.

2012
“Recent Paintings from the Year of the Protester,” 8th Floor Space, New York, NY, USA.
“The Waste Land,” Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

2013
“Under the Red Light,” Galerie Christoffer Egelung, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2014
“Recent Paintings after the Long Winter,” 532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, USA.
“Pinturas recientes,” Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2015
“Not all who wander are lost,” Galerie Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2016
“Sweet Dreams,” The Watermill Center, Artist in Residence, New York, USA.
“Recent Paintings,” Coates and Scarry Gallery, London, UK.

2017
“Watercolors,” Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2019
“La Selva Oscura,” Faction Art Projects, New York, USA.

2021
“Still I’ll Rise”, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France.
“Fake Landscape,” Galerie Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2025
“The shine”, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

2026
“What’s Remains”, Roof A Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
“Mi Cuerpo, Mi País,” Cuban Art Today, U.V.A. Art Museum, University of Virginia, Virginia, USA.
“Open Ateliers,” Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, Holland.
“Berezdivin Collection,” Espacio 1414, Opening Exhibition, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“Winter Show,” Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
“Young Painters,” Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium.
“New acquisitions,” De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, Holland.

2006
“New Acquisitions,” CBK Amsterdam, Holland.
“Looking Back, Looking Black,” African-American, African, and Latino Images from the Robert E. Holmes Collection, The Kansas African-American Museum, Kansas, USA.
“More than Meets the Eye,” Perspectives from The Robert E. Holmes Collection, California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, USA.

2007
“Cuban Avant-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection,” Harn Museum of Art, Florida, USA.
“Restos,” Estudio Arteológico, Muestra temática de la colección permanente, Contemporary Art Museum of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2008
“Cuban Avant-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection,” Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, California, USA.
“Visiones Públicas, Pasiones Privadas,” Contemporary Art Museum of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
“Something and Something Else,” Exhibition Oce Art Foundation in Museum Van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Holland.

2009
“Peregrinatio,” Arte en las Ermitas de Sagunto, Sagunto, Valencia, Spain.
“Cuban Avant-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection,” The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.

2010
“Without Mask,” Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
“Cuban Avant-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection,” Lowe Art

2025
“XMAS’25 – THE ANNUAL WINTER SHOW”, Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Deutsche Bank Collection USA
21cMuseum.Kentucky.USA
Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection. New York. USA
Sarah and Darius Anderson Collection. California.USA
Howard Farber Collection. New York .USA
Centro Wifredo Lam. Havana. Cuba.
ART/OMI Residency. Nueva York. USA
ASU Art Museum: Arizona. USA
Colección Berardo Museo de Arte Moderna.. Sintra. Portugal
Museo Extremeño Iberamericano de Arte Contemporáneo. MEIAC.
Marcelino Botín Foundation.Spain
National Museum of Valjevo. Yugoslavia.
Espacio C. Camargo. Cantabria. Spain.
Diputación Provicial de Cadiz .Sala Rivadavia. Cadiz. Spain
Coca Cola Foundation.Spain
CEGAM.Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporaneo.Galicia .Spain
University of Virginia Art Museum. Virginia. USA
Rijskakademie van beeldende kunsten . Amsterdam. Holland.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Havana . Cuba.
Stichting Oce Kunstbezitp. Venlo. Holland
De Nederlandshe Bank. Holland.
Arttoteek Den Hagg. Holland

PRIZES AND AWARDS
Segundo Premio I Salón Nacional de Arte contemporáneo Cubano.
Castillo de la Fuerza y Palacio de Bellas Artes. Havana. Cuba.1997
Mención de Honor XXXe. Festival International de la Peinture. Château-Musée Grimaldi.
Cagnes sur Mer. Francia 1998

RESIDENCIES/Fellowships/stipends.
Artist Studio in Residency Bronx Museum 2011
Chashama Studios. Brooklyn. New York 2011
The Pollock–Krasner Foundation Grant. New York. 2011
The Christopher Reynolds Foundation. New York. 2010
Mattress Factory Residency Programs. 2010
ISCP. Brooklyn. NY.USA 2010 \ 2011
Raid Project. Los Angeles California.2009
Dutch Ministry of Foreing Affairs, DCO/IC.2005
Dutch Ministry of Foreing Affairs, DCO/IC.2004
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education,Culture and Science,2004-2005
Fundación Marcelino Botín 2000.España
ART/OMI Residency. Nueva York. USA.1999.

 

Armando Mariño was born in Santiago, Cuba in 1968 where he completed Elementary & High School at the School of Art de Santiago. He moved to Havana in 1987 where he continued advanced studies at the Jose Varona Pedagogical Institute again concentrating on Art & graduating in 1992.

He began his artistic career by participating in various group exhibitions like The First National Salon of Cuban Contemporary Art. Castillo de la Fuerza y Palacio de Bellas Artes. La Habana. Cuba 1996 ,Río Almendrales. Ni fresa ni chocolate. CENCREM. La Habana. Cuba.1996
The III Caribean Biennal. Modern Art Museum of Santo Domingo República Dominicana. 1996 Four Cuban Artist. Salle Allende. Université Libre de Bruxelles Bélgium. 1997, culminating in his participation in the VI Bienal de la Habana Cuba 1997. At this time, he received several prestigious prizes including the Second Prize in the Nacional Salon of Contemporary Art in Cuba 1997 & the Honor Prize at the XXX Festival Internacional de la Peinture, Chateau-Musee Grimaldi, Cagnes sur Mer, Nice 1998

A quick succession of group exhibitions & residencies follows such as “Inside”. International Art Exhibition. Kassel. Germany 1997,Hidden Art of Revolution. Contemporary Cuban Art. Toronto. Ontario. Canadá.1998,Caribe, exclusión, fragmentación y paraíso M.E.A.C. (Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo. Badajoz. España. Art Omi Artist in residecy in 1998 among others. At this time, he started to exhibit in commercial galleries such as Angel Romero in Madrid & Gary Nader in Miami.

In 2000 he resided in Madrid & was awarded by the Marcelino Botin Fellowship 2001. At this time, he was invited to participate in several exhibitions including Paraíso Cero. Eventa 5. Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo. Uppsala. Sweden 2000,The 90 & The Berardo Modern Art at Museo Sintra in Portugal. 2002 , Atravesados Fundacion Telefonica in Madrid 2002; Basura y Foro, Sur Caseres, Extremadura, Spain 2002, Der Global Komplez OK; Centrum fur Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria 2003; Catastrofe Minime .Museo de Nuoro, Cerdena, Italy 2003 and finally, for the second time The VIII Bienal de la Habana, Cuba 2003

In 2004, he won the prestigious Rijsakademie Fellowship in Amsterdam & for the following two years he began a new period of painting under the guidance of his new advisors, Luc Tuyman & Bernard Frieze. This helped him switch gears & gave him the freedom to take his work to another level. Following Rijsakademie, Mariño found himself working with three European galleries; Jean Brolly in Paris, Grusenmayer Art in Belgium & Hof & Huyser in Holland. At this time, foundations like CBK Amsterdam,The Coca Cola Foundation ,corporations such as Bank of the Netherlands & private European collectors began collecting his work.

In 2006 he showed The Night Inside of the Painter’s House at Jean Brolly Gallery in Paris. This was followed by Crash & Clash at Hof & Huyser Amsterdam 2006; & Tervuren’s Tales in Grusenmayer Art Gallery Deurle, Belgium 2007.

During that time, he was invited to participate in several exhibitions like the Cuban Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection at The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Florida.
Visiones Publicas .Pasiones Privadas. Contemporary Museum of Vigo. Spain 2008, Something and Something Else . Oce Art Foundation Museum Van Bommel van Dam.Venlo Holland 2009 and Without Mask. Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art. Johannesburg Art Gallery. South Africa 2010 among others.
In 2010 he traveled to the United States as part of the ISCP Brooklyn for one year.  That same year, he received excellent reviews as a result of his participation in the Keloids exhibition at the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh.  His installation for the exhibit, entitled The Raft, is a 1950s American automobile mounted on numerous legs, instead of wheels.  The work was acquired by the 21c Museum in Kentucky.  Between 2010 & 2012 his work drew the attention of critics & curators in New York, leading to an invitation to participate in El Museo del Barrio’s, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, Biennal (S) Files 2011.  He followed that show with Building Identities, Contemporary Art from the Shelly & Donald Rubin Private Collection & Cleveland Clinic’s Arts Program, Arts & Medicine Institute, Ohio 2012. In the summer of 2011 he was invited by the Bronx Museum of the Arts for the Artist Studio in residency program & was awarded The Pollock Krasner Grant.2011/2012  At this time, private collectors continued to purchase his work.  The Donald & Shelley Rubin Collection added his work to their collection as well as the Deutsche Bank Collection, USA.

In 2012 he had his first solo show in New York, Recent Paintings from the Year of the Protester, at The 8th Floor Space, with the support of the Rubin Foundation & the Bronx Museum of the Arts.  This show led to an invitation to participate in Project V at HVCC Peekskill, September 29th, VOLTA NY 2013 ,Skyline Adrift at Art Omi, and Fifteen.Recent Adquisitions from the Deutsche Bank Collection. USA 2013
He resides & works in New York .
New York 2013