Hans Christian Vergara

Son of the Caribbean, with Spanish, African, French and Chinese blood, Hans Christian Vergara, born in 1975 in the province of Ciego de Avila, is the heir of the rich cultural heritage of this island.

His paintings, with bright colors, marked by the Afro-Cuban beliefs and the abundant life of the tropics, emit mystery and magic. They reach deep into Cuban universe, but are not limited to that. Because this self-taught artist is essentially a nomad.

Cuba, Europe, Oceania…

Surveying the world, discovering others places and others peoples are feeding his being, his imagination.
His work reflects this travels, this encounters. They testify the artistes’s reflections on the human being, on his cultures an his ritual practices. On the specificity and on the universality of the human spiritual consciousness. On the energy networks that run our universe and on the place and the function that man occupies among it. The works of Hans Christian Vergara attempt to reflect this amazing mapping, invisible to our eyes.

Besides painting and art installations, he also carries graphic and digital works for the publication domain.

1975
Born in Cuba, in the province of Ciego de Avila.

1981
Installation in Havana. Painting practice by himself.

1998
Leaves Cuba for France, lives and works in Aix-en-Provence, Paris and Montreuil.

2000
Improves his artistic development at the municipal art school « Paris, 13th » and at the Paris’s School of Fine Arts.

2003
Becomes the assistant of the Martinican painter Henri Guédon and of the Cuban painter Guido Llinas.

2006
Leaves France for New Caledonia (South Pacific), lives and works in Moindou, in Noumea and in Mont-Dore.

2009-2010
Artistic residency at the Art Centre of Noumea.

2010
Creates the facies’s Conservatory.
Artistic residency at the Tjibaou Cultural Center, Noumea.

2012
Comes back to France, lives and works the south of the country.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2018
Jazz in Marciac, Le Garage Artistique, Marciac (France).

2017
Navegando. City ​​Hall, Media library and music school. Tournefeuille (France).

2015
Cuban spirit. City Hall. Plaisance du Gers (France).
Cuban colors. La Villa Toscane. Marciac (France).

2014
Cuban spirit. Dourthe Cellar, Castle Grand-Barrail. Saint-Emilion (France).

2013
Hans Vergara. Les Mythimages, Heritage days. Marciac (France).

2011
Viva la manawatu ! Community Arts Center. Palmerston North (New Zealand).
Caminos de Arena. Reservoart Gallery. Noumea (New Caledonia).

2009
Spiritual resonances. Lec Lec Tic Gallery. Noumea (New Caledonia).
Maferefun los orishas. Art Center. Noumea (New Caledonia).

2008
Expression of Cuban painting. Cultural Center. Mont-Dore (New Caledonia).

2006
Open artists studios. Montreuil (France).

2003
Presence yoruba. Panama Barge (Paris).

2002
Saveurs cubaines. Radio France’s House. Paris (France).

2001
L’Ame de Cuba. Cultural Center. Vincennes (France).

2000
Hans Vergara. Le BB Antilles. Boulogne-Billancourt (France).
Hans Vergara. Solange Erez Gallery. Boulogne-Billancourt (France).
Vergara en la Bodeguita. La Bodeguita del Medio. Paris (France).
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