Juan Roberto Diago
Bio
His work is included in the following collections:
Museo de las Civilizaciones Negras, Dakar, Senegal. / Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana, Cuba. / Cernuda Arte. Miami, EE.UU. / Deste Fundation for Contemporary Art. Atenas, Grecia. / Pan American Art Gallery. EE.UU. / Galería Sacramento. Aveiro, Portugal / Terri and Steven Certilman. Discoveries in Art. EE.UU. / Fundación Kikoïne. París, Francia. / Fundación Brownstone. París, Francia. / Fundacion KAMÉLÉONE, Francia. / District 798, Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art. Beijing, China. / Museo Fort Lauderdale. Florida. EE.UU. / The von Christierson Collection, Londres. / CIFO Collection. Florida. EE.UU. / Stephen Cohen Gallery. New York. EE.UU. / Museo 54, New York. EE.UU. / Pizzutti Collection, Ohio. EE.UU. / Rubin Museum of Art: The Collection / HGN/HGN Collection. Duderstadt, Germany. / Zabludowicz Collection. England. / Boston Fine Arts Museum. EE.UU. / Jorge M. Pérez Collection. EE.UU.
Statement
Roberto Diago is one of the most recognized contemporary artists in Cuba. Born in 1971, he trained at the San Alejandro Academy in 1990 and works as Consultant Professor at the Higher Institute of Art, Havana.
The everyday is the material of his work, he makes use of the materials that the day to day offers him and gives them a symbolic charge in an act of cultural resistance. His work reflects his interest in the legacy of African culture brought by slaves to Cuba, and how it is presented in today’s Cuban society.
He has recently had important exhibitions such as his solo at the Lowe Museum in Miami. A regular figure in the best art fairs in the United States and Latin America, he has also shown his work at fairs such as ARCO Madrid or FIAC Paris, as well as at the Venice, Havana and Dakar biennials. He has work in the National Museum of Havana, Deste Foundation in Athens, Brownstone Foundation in Paris, CIFO Collection in Florida, Boston Fine Arts Museum or Jorge M. Pérez Museum in Miami, among many other internationally renowned collections.
