Ariamna Contino
Bio
Ariamna Contino was born in Havana, Cuba in 1984. She has participated in the Venice Biennial and the Havana Biennial. His work has been presented in institutions and museums such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Cuba; the Museum of Concrete Art in Ingolstadt, Germany; and the Museum of the Americas (USA). To this must be added a wide range of personal and group exhibitions such as Adquisiciones 2019-2020 (MNBA, Havana, Cuba); Deriva (Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba); Nada personal (MNBA, Havana, Cuba); Diagramas pintados. Bauhaus, art and infographics (Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt, Germany); Requiem for a failed state end (Contemporary Art Center, Germany); The Cuban Matrix (Torrance Art Museum, USA); Co-lectiva (Centro Cultural Montecarmelo, Chile). His work is part of important institutional collections such as the Pérez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami; the Gilbert Brownstone Foundation, Wisconsin; the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana; and the Ella Cisneros Collection, Miami.
Statement
Ariamna Contino builds her works based on the “openwork paper cut” ritualistic and meticulous technique. Such a procedure contrasts with the topics she deals with, almost always anchored in controversial and highly topical phenomena. Contino develops a special interest in historical, environmental, and socio-cultural issues. She carries out investigative approaches to ongoing conflicts and phenomena that demand constant revisions. From the data she collects in her research, she composes her visual narratives on issues such as Cuban popular culture, drug trafficking in Latin America, narco aesthetics, the underground economy in Cuba, the trade of classified information, etc.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
