Pupo Fine Art Photography

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Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo
Havana City, 1970.
Lives and Works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Free Lance.

Studies

- Graduated photography at the International Institute for Journalism ¨ José Martí ¨. Havana, Cuba
- MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP. Held in Cuba, Taught by some of the most important Photographers from U.S
- Photojournalism Workshops 2002, Americas House, sponsored by the British Council. Professor: Collin Jacobson, editor to Reportage.

Selected solo Exhibitions.

2005-¨I was born kind of Blues¨. Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
2005- “ Invoke Ogoun”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
2003- ¨7 days in Toulouse¨, Toulouse Music Festival, France. (Main Artist)
2002- “Vivencias”, Concha Ferrant Gallery, Cuba.
2002- “Visions”, Fototeca de Cuba.
2001- ¨ Reunion¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.
2000- ¨ Roots¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.

Selected group Exhibitions.

2010- ¨ Neg Mawon: The Spirit of Resistance from the Caribbean to the U.S.¨, United Nations Headquarters. New York.

2008- ¨ Group Show¨, Skoto Gallery, New York.
2007- ¨ Selected Works¨, Skoto Gallery, New York.
2007- ¨ The other side of the Soul¨, Tenerife, Spain.
2006- ¨ Descubrimientos¨ Award exhibition, PhotoEspaña-2006, El Matadero, Madrid. Spain.
2005- ¨The other side of the Soul¨, Kornhausforum, Bern, Switzerland.
2005- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, La Saline Royale, Paris, France.
2005- ¨ Alguien nos Mira¨. FNAC photo Collection. Museu Valencià de Il-Ilustració i la Modernitat ( MUVIM), Valencia, Spain.
2004- ¨ Images entre Historie et Poésie ¨. La collection photographique de la FNAC . Conciergerie. Paris.
2004- ¨ Religions of Cuba¨, Patterson Museum, New Jersey, U.S.
2004- ¨ Crosscurrents¨, Refugium Gallery, Berlin. (European month of photography )
2003- ¨ The other side of the Soul¨. Fototeca de Cuba.
2003- ¨ La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Wilson, Toulouse, France.
2003- ¨ Imágenes Havana¨, Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Cuba.
2003- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, International Biennial for photography. Bamako, Mali (Special mention of the jury).
2003- ¨ “Panorama of Cuban Photography” ¨, National Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2003- ¨ Pulsiones¨, José Martí National Library, 8th Havana Biennial. Cuba.
2002-2003: ¨Cuba Today¨, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Miami.¨Cuba Today¨. Cornell Museum of Art and History, Palm Beach. (Photofusion-2003).
2002- “Rituals”. International Press Centre, Havana, Cuba.
2002- ¨La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Etoile, Paris, France.
2001- “A winter in Havana”, “ Morro-Cabaña Fortress Gallery”, Havana.

Publications

-Arte Cubano magazine.
-Fotograía Cubana Magazine.
- Washington Post ( Interview to Viggo Mortensen)
- El Dia, Spain.
- Art Fórum magazine.
- Paris Photo Magazine.
- Photo Magazine, France.
- Rézo Afrique magazine.
- Palm Beach Daily News.
- Photovision Magazine.
- Book Les annés Cuba, L´aube Editions
- Book Trance, Percevalpress. www.percevalpress.com ( included on the Top Ten list in an article on November issue of Art Forum magazine 2004).
- Book Mapas Abiertos: Contemporary Latin American Photography 1992-2002, Lunwerg Editions, Barcelona.
- Book El otro Lado del Alma¨, Oehrli editions, Switzerland.

Collections

Museum of Albertina, Austria; Dr. Mag. Alfred Weidinger, Austria; Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo; Govinda Gallery, Washington D.C. ; FNAC photographic collection, Paris. Other private collections from United States, Brazil, Austria, France, Italy.