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| Born | March 30, 1972 Havana, Cuba |
Ofill Echevarria (born 1972 in Havana, Cuba) is a painter and multimedia artist based in New York City.
Ofill graduated from the Elementary School of Fine Arts '20 de Octubre' in 1986 and from the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in 1991. As a founder member of the controversially famous Havanan art collective, Arte Calle (1986-1988) [1][2][3][4] becomes part of the Cuban art scene of the late eighties.[5]
In 1991 he traveled to Mexico City to pursue an art scholarship, where he lived for ten years.[6] In 2002, represented by the renowned Praxis International Art - Mexico, which later became the Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery, both in Mexico City, Ofill moved to Miami. In 2005 he moved to New York City, where he currently lives and works.
Since 2001, Ofill has exhibited his work widely throughout Latin America, the United States of America and Europe; both individually and participating in many international art fairs and group shows. His work are part of major public and private collections, among which are: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana; Museo Nacional de Arte de Mexico; Museum of Latin American Art; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation; Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard, California); American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora.
In 2013 he launched his book 'El Mundo de Los Vivos I The Real World', which contains several essays from recognized American and Cuban art experts and includes artworks from 2001 to 2012.[7]
- ^ Coco Fusco Dangerous Moves, 2015. p162. "ArteCalle’s last collective endeavour was their 1989 attempt to produce ArteCalle in Concert: Our Return at the theatre in the Museum of Fine Arts. It was supposed to be a multimedia presentation featuring songs with politically scathing lyrics by group member Ofill Echevarría.
- ^ Jose Clemente Gascon Martinez (Asociacion Aragoneza de Criticos de Arte) - La Decada Prodigiosa del Arte Cubano Contemporaneo, 2013 p11. "A partir de septiembre de 1986, en el primer año en la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, el grupo se fue reduciendo a los miembros más comprometidos con el proyecto, Ofill, Leandro, Serrano, Aldito Menéndez y posteriormente fueron añadidos cuatro nuevos miembros: Ernesto Leal, Erick Gómez, Iván Álvarez y Pedro Vizcaíno. "
- ^ Jose Clemente Gascon Martinez (Asociacion Aragoneza de Criticos de Arte) - La Decada Prodigiosa del Arte Cubano Contemporaneo, 2013 p11. "A finales de 1988, Ofill Hechevarría comenzó a utilizar elementos del espectáculo musical en sus performances y grabaciones musicales e influyó en que se reunificaran para el proyecto "Artecalle en Concierto" en el Teatro del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes..."
- ^ Emilio Ichikawa: La Teologia del Arte. Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana. Issue #50 (Plastica: Ofill Echevarria). p.143. "Sus críticos destacan dos hechos: haber estudiado en la Academia San Alejandro y haber pertenecido al grupo Arte Calle (1988), a través del cual reconstruye su participación en la "plástica de los 80", movimiento emparentado con la institución surrealista en el planteamiento de un objetivo trascendente a lo artístico..."
- ^ Osvaldo Sánchez, 1997 Mexico City. The Intellectual Author Of The Gioconda exhibit at Nina Menocal gallery. Text appear as it’s been published in English (ArtNexus.com). "Ofill (Havana, 1972) debuted as a member of the action and performance Arte Calle (Street Art) Group, by 1988. While still a student at the San Alejandro Academy -still easel academy-, scored a pattern of unusual radicalism in the esthetician environment -plagued with modern paradigms- of Cuban art scene of the time."
- ^ Carol Damian: The City In Action And Reaction. ArtNexus. Issue #55. "He graduated from the prestigious San Alejandro Academy in 1991 and then went to Mexico to pursue an art scholarship. He stayed for almost ten years..."
- ^ BOSTON, Oct. 21, 2013 / PRNewswire / Book Release: Ofill Echevarria's El Mundo de los Vivos | The Real World (Un-Gyve Press) ISBN 978-0-9829198-1-1.