Rachel Valdes

Rachel Valdés (Havana, Cuba, 1990) is a Cuban visual artist who develops her work through different manifestations, including painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. She graduated with honors from the National Academy of Fine Arts "San Alejandro" in Havana, (2006-2010), where latter, she gave different classes, and
conferences for students.

She is the author of important public art projects, some of these developed in different Havana Biennials (2012, 2015, 2019), such as "Happily Ever After", a representative work of the curatorial project "Detrás del Muro" in 2012 , or "Blue Cube", installed in El Malecón in 2015, or also "Immersion" exhibited at the 2019 Havana Biennial, a work that was acquired and permanently installed as cultural heritage of the city by Historian Eusebio Leal.

Her work is part of private and public collections, including The Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, New York, Pérez Museum (PAMM) Miami, Fundación Calosa, México.
In 2016, Rachel receives the 1st prize, awarded by The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, and The Cuban Art Fund, where she exhibits her first public art piece in New York City, titled "The beginning of the end", she had a great receptio...

National Academy of Fine Arts "San Alejandro" in Havana, (2006-2010) - Graduated with honors

Some private and public collections:

- The Donald Rubin Foundation, New York
- Pérez Museum (PAMM) Miami
- Fundación Calosa, México
- 1st prize, The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
- 1st prize, The Cuban Art Fund