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Rafael Alejandro Leyva Herrera

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Rafael Alejandro Leyva Herrera.
Date of birth: October 16, 1965.
Home Address: Liberty Street Building 6 Apartment 3, Reparto Zayas. Holguín.
Profession: Sculptor.

Graduate Professional School of Art in Holguin 1985.
I served as a restorer of monuments in the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage for 12 years. I am currently a freelance artist and member of the UNEAC.

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Rafael Alejandro Leyva Herrera
Cuba

Rafael Alejandro Leyva Herrera

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Rafael Alejandro Leyva Herrera.
Date of birth: October 16, 1965.
Home Address: Liberty Street Building 6 Apartment 3, Reparto Zayas. Holguín.
Profession: Sculptor.

Graduate Professional School of Art in Holguin 1985.
I served as a restorer of monuments in the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage for 12 years. I am currently a freelance artist and member of the UNEAC.



Group Exhibitions


1986
- Provincial Exhibition of Fine Arts Holguín.

1987
- Prize of the City Hall. Holguín.
- Provincial Exhibition of Fine Arts. Holguín. (Mention).

1988
- Show Award City. Holguín.

1989
- Prize of the City Hall. Holguín. (Award).
- Provincial Exhibition of Plastic Arts. Holguín. (Mention).
- Territorial Hall Holguín.

1990
- Prize of the City Hall. Holguín.
- Salon Regino Boti, Art Center. Guantánamo.
- Small Scale Sculpture Hall. Holguín. (Mention).
- Biennial Small Format. Las Tunas.

1992
- National Exhibition of Art and Architecture. Camaguey. (Mention)

1993
- Living Praise Alba. Holguín.

1996
- Selected for Open Air Concert logo. Marktplatz. Karlsruhe. Germany

1998
- Show UNAIC. Holguín. (Award).

2001
- Room 40 Anniversary of the UNEAC.

2002
- Provincial Hall. Holguín.
- Prize of the City Hall. Holguín.

2003
- Marti Hall. UNEAC. Holguín.
- Erotic Art Show. UNEAC. Holguín.
- Show opening UNEAC Holguín.

2004
- Marti Hall. UNEAC. Holguín.
- Hall of Fine Arts. Cuban Cultural Fund. Holguín
- Environmental sculpture symposium Holguin Palmas de Mallorca.

2005
- Marti Hall. UNEAC. Holguín.
- Erotic Art Show. UNEAC. Holguín.
- First Biennial Exhibition UNEAC. Holguín.

2006
- Marti Hall. UNEAC. Holguín.
- Retrospective Expo Hall. Cuban Cultural Fund.
- Bonsai Exhibition. UNEAC. Holguín.
- First Salon UNEAC. Holguín.
- Salon Mexico - Cuba. Gallery San Pedro. Monterrey. Mexico.
- Workshop and lecture on the technique of polychrome direct cement. Center for the Arts. Monterrey. Mexico

2007
- Marti Hall. UNEAC: Holguín.
- First Salon Grediaga Foundation. Havana.
- Second Hall UNEAC. Holguín.
- Hall Three-dimensionality and public spaces. (UNEAC Award)

2008

- Marti Hall. UNEAC. Holguín. For the 155 anniversary of his birth.
- Living Art Bonsai. Uneac.
- East Hall. Santiago de Cuba.
- Show Uneac.

2009

- Salon La Patria Libre. Uneac.
- Erotic Lounge. La Mirada of the Intruder. Uneac.

- Hall of Sculpture UNEAC.

2010

- Marti Hall. UNEAC.


Personal exhibitions.

1997
- Show with ten drawings Male Nature Series. Luzi Gallery. Karlsruhe. Germany.
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2004
- Sculptural Illustration for the magazine Art and Literature "Umlauts"
- The Legacy of the everlasting. Critique of Manuel Garcia Verdecia writer. Published in the journal Umlauts. Page 2.


Environmental and Monumental Sculptures

1988
- Third Workshop on Terracotta. Santiago de Cuba.
1989
- Bronze monument to Antonio Maceo y Grajales. Holguín.
- Sculpture Symposium. Moa. Holguín.
1990
- Ceramic Relief. Children's Hospital. Holguín.
- Environmental Sculpture. Clinical Surgical Hospital. Holguín.
1991
- Monument to the Technical Radio Cuban troops and Soviet. Urbano Noris. Holguín. (Award).
1992
- Sculpture Archaeological Site Environmental Bariay. Holguín.
- Project Alba. Set of environmental murals cultural center. Holguín.

1993
- Monument in bronze Latourt Rene Ramos. Nicaro. Holguín.

1994
- Relief in bronze fajardo Augusto Pi. Provincial Popular Power. Holguín.

1995
- Ceramic Mural Hotel Rio de Mares. Holguín. (Prize).
- Monument invasion from east to west. Calixto García. Holguín. (Award)

1996
- Monument to Juan Tomas Roig. Park that bears his name. Holguín.

1997
- Ceramic Mural management. Estero Ciego. Holguín.

1998
- Ceramic Mural. Hotel Guardalavaca. Holguín.
- Monument to Alcides Pino. Sculptural relief. Holguín.
- Monument to Juan Tomas Roig. Traditional medicine hospital. Holguín.

1999
- Monument to Maximo Gomez. Sculptural relief. Holguín.
- Identification for entrance to Cayo Bariay. Holguín.
- Identification of the archaeological site of Punta el Gato. Place where Columbus landed.
- Sculptural project for Mazatlan. Mexico.
- Model for a concert hall. And environmental sculpture in the Plaza de la Marqueta. Holguín.

2000
- Joint environmental lobby figurative to Rio de Oro Hotel Holguin.
- Aboriginal environmental Joint Rio de Oro Hotel Holguin.
- Environmental Sculpture Ceiba. Rio de Oro Hotel Holguin.
- Environmental Sculpture for a pool. Rio de Oro Hotel Holguin.

2001
- Environmental sculpture courtyard of Holguín Printmaking Workshop.
- Environmental Sculpture in Avenida de Los Alamos. Holguín.

2002
- Environmental sculpture Callejon de los Milagros in the Marqueta Square. Holguín.
- Environmental Sculpture Square Jigue for Marqueta. Holguín.
2003
- Ceramic Mural art school instructors of Holguin.
- Environmental Sculpture for School Social Workers. Holguín.
- Environmental Sculpture for restaurant 1720. Holguín.

2004
- Mural to direct cement polychrome. Holguín library.
- A set of sculptures for hotel lobby Fish III. Holguín.
- Relief sculpture of Benito Juárez. University of Holguín.
- Mural polychrome sculpture direct cement. Lenin Hospital. Holguín.

2005
- Joint Environment. Terrace Hotel Pernil. Holguín.
- Relief sculpture of José Martí. Branch Offices Popular Holguin.
- Wall Sculpture. Physical Planning. Holguín.

2006
- Murals painted wood. EIDE. Holguín.
- Live Mural polychrome sculpture in concrete. Printmaking Workshop. Holguín.
- Monument to José Martí. Saltillo. Mexico.

2007
- Joint Direct polychrome sculpture in concrete. University of Holguín. (UNEAC Award Three-dimensionality in the classroom and public spaces)

2008

- Monument Pena Wilfredo Cabrera. Mir. Holguín.
- Relief Sculpture Simon Bolivar. Mir. Holguín.

2009

- Environmental Sculpture scrap art. KTP Fabrica Holguín.

2010

- Relief sculpture of José Martí. Electric Company Holguín.

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