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Kcho (Alexis Leiva Machado ) , ( Isle of Youth , Cuba , 1970 ) . Kcho has created his very own cosmos and at the same time a very Cuban one which functions socially by the ingenuity of his design and the nature of its components. His work is paradigm of an individual artistic universe , the result of a growing interest in a research so that the dimensions of his creative activity exceed expectations.
Kcho (Alexis Leiva Machado)
Academy
1983-86 Nueva Gerona Elementary Art School, Youth Island
1986-90 National School of Plastic Arts, Havana
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Extraño día en la Playa. San Agustín Art Center. Oaxaca. Mexico
Via Crucis. The Vatican Chancellery Palace. Holy See. Roma. Italia
El Pensador. Contemporary Art Space “The Ship”. Kcho Studio. Romerillo Art Laboratory. Havana. Cuba
2013
Monumento Final. Tega Gallery, Milan. Italy
2012
Cuba, Mucho Gusto. Brazil National Museum. Brasilia, Brazil
Entre la Melancolía y la Construcción del Hombre Nuevo. 11th Havana Biennial.
San Carlos de La Cabaña Fortress, Havana, Cuba
Sacrificio en la Encrucijada. Havana Big Teather, Havana, Cuba
2011
Vive y deja vivir. Martha Machados Gallery. Youth Island. Cuba
Anclado por un sueño. 26-7 Museum. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Monumento Final. Grimani Palace. 54 Venice Biennial, Italy
Entre la Piedra, el Metal y la Madera. The Jiribilla, Havana, Cuba
Obras Recientes (Oeuvres récentes). Marlborough Gallery, Monaco, Monte Carlo
Vision Nocturna. Marlborough Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2010
Vive y deja vivir. Line and L Park, Havana, Cuba
This project was planned for a personal exhibition. Los peligros del olvido (not yet published) during his collaboration with Martha Machados Brigade in Haiti (March 6th – April 12th)
2009 -2008
Exceptional series of drawings: Planned for his personal exhibition Con los pies en la tierra (- not yet published- charcoal on paper) during his collaboration with Martha Machados Brigade in the Soplillar, Cienaga de Zapata, Matanzas, Cuba.
2008 Cadena de Reunificación Familiar. Marlborough Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
2007
El cuaderno del hombre de los pies de barro. Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Retrasando lo Inevitable. Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
El Viaje. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama, Panama City.
2006
Paso de los Vientos. Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Vive y deja vivir. 9th Biennial at Havana, Old Square and Gallery La Casona, Havana, Cuba
La Nave de Kcho. Santa Barbaras Castle, Municipal Patronage for Alicante, Spain
Llegó el Cubano. Alonso Garces Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2005
ARCO 2005, Madrid, Spain
Otras Palabras. Arts and Nature Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Kcho – Casa 5 – Las Playas Infinitas. Kunsthalle Attersee, Salzburgo, Austria
Nueve Pintores Contemporáneos Cubanos. Antonio I Sping, Exhibition Hall. Monaco’s Principality.
Kcho, Viajero Inmóvil. Louis Carré et. Cie Gallery, París, Francia
Kcho, un Hombre de Isla. New World Museum, Houston, USA
Los animales. Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2004
Art Chicago, USA
Pocas Palabras. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Zulia (Maczul), Maracaibo, Venezuela
Estudio Abierto. Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Capacidad de Asombro. The Caracas Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, Venezuela.
Ideas Rojas, Ideas Negras. Spativms Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Núcleos del Tiempo. Villa Manuelas Gallery, Writers and Artists Union from Cuba, Havana, Cuba
2003
Para Olvidar (Concerts Scenography from Santiago Feliú). National Theater, Havana, Cuba
A Pocos Metros del Mar. Friends Club. Varaderos Hotel, Matanzas, Cuba
Archipiélago. 5th House, Havana, Cuba
Archipiélago. Juan Ruiz, Maracaibos Gallery, Venezuela
Dibujos. Both Worlds Gallery Hotel, Havana, Cuba
Archipiélago. 8th Biennial Havana, Cuba
Pocas Palabras, performance. 8th Biennial Havana, Cuba
2002
La Jungla. Modern and Contemporary Civic Gallery, Turin, Italy
El Huracán. Sculpture Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kcho, el Hijo de Martha. Jose Marti Memorial, Havana, Cuba
Una Piedra en mi Camino. Museum of national Graphic Arts, Mexico City.
Los Peligros del Olvido. Gabriela Mistral Gallery, Santiago de Chile
Art Cologne 2002. Joan Guaita Art Gallery, Germany
Artíssima 2002. Joan Guaita Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2001
Para Olvidar. Shiseidos Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Kcho. Dibujos. 106 Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
En el mar no hay nada escrito. Havana Club Foundation Gallery, Havana, Cuba
25 piedras, Lithography exhibitions. Meeting of Engraving 2001, Experimental Engraving Workshop, Havana, Cuba
El dibujo es el soporte de la idea. Little Space Gallery, National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba
Kcho. Joan Guaita Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
En el mar no hay nada escrito. Drawins and Lythography. Martha Machados Gallery, Nueva Gerona, Juventud Island, Cuba
La Jungla. Fine Arts National Museum, Havana, Cuba
2000
No me agradezcan el silencio. Americas House, Havana, Cuba
La Columna Infinita. Queen Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
Klendario. Joan Guaita Art Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Otra Condición. André Vianas Gallery, Oporto, Portugal
Para Olvidar. San Francisco de Asis Convent, 7th Havana Biennial, Cuba
Kcho. Dibujos. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Nuw York, USA
Instalaciones. Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998
Archipiélago en mi pensamiento, Americans Series , I Kcho. Galerie Nationale du Jeu De Paume, París, France, Studio Guenzani Catalogue, Milán, Italy
Largo Viaje. GAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Todo Cambia. Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hablar de lo evidente nunca fue para nosotros un placer. The Israel Museum, Billy Rose Pavilion, Jerusalem
Kcho, Proyectos Recientes. Regen Proyects Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
1996 Kcho. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Kcho. Studio Guenzani, Milan Italy
Para Olvidar. Montreal Contemporary Art International Center, Canada
1995
Kcho. Pilar i Joan Mirós Founding, Mallorca, Spain
No Juego. Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
El Camino de la Nostalgia. Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Tabla de Salvación. Open Space Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1993
Kcho, dibujos y esculturas. Old Square Gallery, The Cuban Fund of Cultural Property, Havana, Cuba
Dentro de la Patria. Contemporary Art Gallery, Mexico City.
Group Exhibitions
2013 1rst Biennial Panama South. Figali Convention Center, Panama City
2012
I Indian Biennial, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012. Kochi-Kerala. India
Bola Viva, Pintura Cubana de Hoy. Barranquilla, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Montería, Bogotá. Colombia.
HB, 11th Havana Biennial. Pabexpo, Havana, Cuba
11 Biennial de La Habana. Great Havana Theater, Havana, Cuba
2011 Living in Havana. Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA.
2010
Biennale Cuvée, OK Center, Linz, Austria
El mar en la plástica. Havana Graphic Gallery Workshop, Havana, Cuba
Campus Uberrimus. Servando Cabrera Library Museum, Havana, Cuba
Profecía. 23 and 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Luces de la ciudad. Vedado Room. National Hotel, Havana, Cuba
Retratos cubanos. Wilfredo Lams Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba
2009
Art Miami. Con Juan Ruiz Gallery
Exhibición de Verano. Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
I Have a Dream–Tengo un sueño. Carriage House Center for the Arts, New York, USA
Sculptures Group Exhibition. Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA
Punto de Encuentro. 10th Havana Biennial, San Francisco de Asis Convent, Havana, Cuba
Alas con Puntas, Toma II. 10th Havana Biennial, Jose Marti Memorial, Havana, Cuba
Confluencias II Inside. Cuban Contemporary Art. Arte Center from the National Cultural Spain Foundation. New Mexico
V Biennial Latin American Visual Arts. Erbo Stenzel House, San Lorenzos Park, Vento Sul, Curitiba, Brazil
XX años no son nada. Visual Arts Development Center, Havana, Cuba