Eduardo Verdecia

Eduardo Verdecia is a Cuban artist. He was born in Holguin, Cuba in 1978, where he received his BFA from the Academy of the Fine Arts “El Alba”, in 1998.

Verdecia emerged onto the art scene with his first solo show in 1998 “Suspicious shadows of a paranoid specimen´s traces” at the Art Center of Holguin, Cuba, a major retrospective of all his work during the student stage. He managed to translate his discontent with late 20th century Cuba´s immediate reality through anecdotes arising out of the relationship among society and individuals. The same year he began working with the Swiss art dealer Christian Zeller, and he has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions.

In 2001, Verdecia immigrated to the United States, where because of new experiences, and a completely new context, he decided to reinvent himself as an abstract painter. He has exhibited his work at 3rd Street Gallery in Philadelphia, and Lancaster Museum of Art, among other galleries in The United States. In 2015 Mulberry Art Studios, in Lancaster, PA presented a solo show with his new body of work “Aerial Abstraction” based on the transformation of Google Maps images into visually striking colorful abstract paintings. In 2018 he won First P...

1998 - BFA Painting, Academy of the Fine Arts “El Alba”, Holguín, Cuba

Solo Exhibitions

1994 - About a walker and his tracks. Sala Oscura, Art Center. HG, Cuba
1998 - Suspicious shadows of a paranoiac specimen. Art Center. HG, Cuba
1998 - Today I belong to others, and not to myself. Sala Pequeña, Art Center. HG, Cuba
1999 - The dead of a liberal dream. Electa Arenal Gallery. Holguín, Cuba
2000 - The noble cloud of emptiness. (Two Artists Show) Art Center. HG, Cuba
2002 - Speaking a universal tongue .Gallery 141. Lancaster, PA
2015 - Aerial Abstraction. Mulberry Art Studios (Louise Gallery). Lancaster, PA
2018 - Bilateral Aerial Teleoperation. 3rd Street Gallery. Philadelphia, PA

Performances

1998 - Five minutes of Impossible Silence. Academy of the Fine Arts. HG, Cuba
1998 - Proclamation for an alternative. Art Center. HG, Cuba

Group Exhibitions

1994 - Homage to José Marti. Alex Urquiola Library. HG, Cuba
1995 - The twelve apostles at the first supper. Art Center. HG, Cuba
1995 - The soldier of Art. Moa Art Center. HG, Cuba
1995 - Literature in art. Taller de Grabado Gallery. HG, Cuba
1995 - Engravings. House of Culture, HG, Cuba
1995 - National competition of students “Benito Ortiz”. Art Center. Trinidad, Cuba
1996 - Electroencephalogram. Casa Iberoamericana Gallery. ...