Rafael Gonzalez Manuel Calvo
Born in Nueva Gerona on October 24, 1970. Vocational Graduate School of Art in 1986 and the National Arts School (ENAP) in 1990. Havana.
Major Solo Exhibitions
Brands: Visual Dialogue. Photography. Gallery of the Cuban Institute
Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP. Nueva Gerona. Cuba 1990
Made in Cuba. Drawing. Pablo Porras Gallery Gener. Center
Development of Visual Arts, New Gerona.1991
Xylographic trial. Development Center of Visual Arts, New
Gerona.1992
Black State. Artist of the Month. Development Center for the Visual Arts, New Gerona.1993
Gallery folds of Pelican Island. FCBC. Cayo Largo del Sur. Cuba 1994
Tognarelli Saintard exposure. Providence. Santiago de Chile 1995
Kitschman exposure. Boreal Gallery. Pamplona, Spain 1995
The Sun and my kite. Gallery Melia Sol Club Cayo Largo del Sur. Cuba 2001
A Little Night, A little moon. Inmobiliaria Monte Barreto Building Jerusalem. Business Center. Miramar. Cuba 2003
Converging lines. VIII Biennial of Havana. Provincial Center Gallery of Art and Design. Light & Crafts, Havana 2003
Signs of Ancients. Small Space Gallery. National Council of Plastic Arts, CNAP. Havana. 2004
Monte instincts. Lombillo Palace Gallery. Historian\'s Office. Havana. Cuba 2004
Rafael M. Calvo XXVI Festival of Art and Culture of Bagamoyo in Tanzania, 23 to October 27, 2007
Major Group Exhibitions
Arts Salon. Development Center for the Visual Arts. Nueva Gerona. Isle of Youth 1984-1992
International Meeting of Photography. IV Biennial of Havana. 1991
Third meeting of Latin American Photography in the Fifth Centenary. Madrid. Spain 1992
National Hall of Laureates. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. Cuba 1992
La Joven Estampa Prize. Haidee Gallery Santamaría. Casa de Las Americas. Havana. Cuba 1993
Drawing never forget you. Development Center of Visual Arts, HADC. Havana. Cuba 1993
La Jeune Peinturre Cubain Fort de France. Martinique. HADC. CMAC 1994
Exposure. Seven Cuban Painters in Pamplona. Boreal Art Gallery, Pamplona. Spain 1994
Artexpo New York. Jacob Javits Convention Center USA 1995
Ewskadi. Boreal Gallery. San Sebastian. Spain 1995
Cuban Art. PROMOARTE. Tokyo. Japan 1997-1998
Exhibition. \"Unrest\" Development Center of Visual Arts, HADC. Havana. 2001
¨ I know a painter José Martí Memorial Giant ¨. Cuba 2003
\"Arte Cubano\" Maxoly Gallery, Florida. USA 2003
Lights and Shadows. North Cloister of the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi. Havana. Cuba 2004
\"African Woman\". Permanent Exhibition. Municipal Museum. Nueva Gerona. 2005
Exhibition \"Lights and Shadows of the UNEAC.\" UNAICC the exhibition hall. Nueva Gerona 2006
Exhibition \"Making Roads\" Felix Garcia Rodriguez Gallery, Victoria, Nueva Gerona 2007
Exhibition \"Convergence\" in the framework of the XI International Fair Cubadisco 2007, exhibition hall Caribbean Cinema Theatre, Nueva Gerona 2007
Exhibition \"Interior Architecture\" exhibition of UNAICC room. Nueva Gerona, 2007
Exhibition \"Accomplices of Virtue\", Galería Félix García Rodríguez, Victoria, Nueva Gerona 2007
\"Arte Cubano\" QbaVa Gallery, Union City, NJ 07087 United States of America 2010
International Art Fair \"Ethnicity\" 2010, Espace Wallonie, Brussels, Belgium 2010
ETHNICITY Exhibition VI ABBAYE Neumünster, Luxembourg - April 2011
Major Awards
VI Prize of Plastic Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de Juventud, Cuba, 1990
VII Prize of Plastic Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de Juventud, Cuba, 1991
VIII Prize of Plastic Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de Juventud, Cuba, 1992
Illustrated Poetry Prize. Waldo Contest Medina, UNEAC. Nueva Gerona 1992.
Special Award UNEAC. VIII Salon of Plastic Arts. Nueva Gerona. Isla de Juventud 1992
Hall Graphics Award. Fragments. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1993
Special Award UNEAC. Hall Grafica. Fragments. Nueva Gerona. Isle of Youth, 1993
Special Award Biblioteca Julio Antonio Mella. Graphic Hall of Fragments. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1993
Islazul Hall Landscape Award. Cuban Fund of Cultural Nueva Gerona Isla de la Juventud, 1993
1st Prize Hall of Plastic Arts of the Hermanos Saiz Association, AHS. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1994
X Prize Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, 1994
XI Award Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1994
Special Award UNEAC. XI Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1994
Prize Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets, FCBC. XI Arts Salon News. Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1994
Hermanos Saiz Association Award, AHS. XI Arts Salon. Nueva Gerona. Isla de la Juventud, 1994
Appreciation for the contribution of his work to the cultivation of Pinera. Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud 2003
Recognition for their dedication and contribution to the strengthening of ethical values and make art and culture is a real heritage of the People. Nueva Gerona, August 13, 2007
His works are part of numerous institutional and private collections in Cuba, Chile, Japan, USA, Canada, Italy, France, Portugal, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Spain, Africa, Germany and Belgium.