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BIOGRAPHY
SERIES: VERTICAL HORIZONS
PRIVATE COLLECTION MEXICO, SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATE
SerieS: INTERWOVEN
SELECTED WORKS BY CUBAN TEACHERS AND STUDENS
Cuban Painting II: Selected Works by Masters and Students” is a curated catalog that brings together a diverse selection of contemporary Cuban painting, highlighting the dialogue between generations of artists. The publication explores the relationship between teachers and their students, presenting art as a continuous process of learning, influence, and transformation. The catalog reflects the richness and complexity of Cuban visual culture, where tradition and contemporary practice coexist in constant exchange. Through painting, it reveals how artistic knowledge is transmitted, reinterpreted, and redefined across different creative generations. More than a documentation of artworks, this publication functions as a visual and cultural map of Cuban painting today, emphasizing continuity, mentorship, and the evolving identity of Cuban art within a global context.
CURRICULUM
MARIO ANDRÉS GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ (MALLO)
Visual Artist Born: 1987, Havana, Cuba
Based in: Miami, Florida, United States
Education B.A. in Art Education (Visual Arts Specialization)
Pedagogical Institute Rubén Martínez Villena, Mayabeque, Cuba (2006–2010)
Visual Arts Instructor Certification
Escuela de Instructores de Arte “13 de Marzo,” San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (2001–2005)
Solo Exhibitions
2024 – Woman and Flowers, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, USA
2023 – Surcos, Galería 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba
2021 – Drappus, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design (Luz y Oficio), Havana, Cuba
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024–2025 – Representation and collaboration with Art Evey Gallery, New York & West Palm Beach, USA
2023 – The Construction of Silence, Visual Arts Development Center, Havana, Cuba
2023 – Arroz con Mango Más Habanero, Covarrubias Gallery, Mexico City (collateral to ZONAMACO)
2023 – Juana de las Flores, La Lavandería, Havana, Cuba
2023 – Quasi, René Rodríguez Studio, Havana, Cuba
2022 – Arroz con Mango, Hispano-American Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba
2022 – Charity Auction, Collage Habana Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 – Dissonances, 14th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2021 – Blue Sky, Riss Kunst Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2021 – Art in Process, San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba
2020 – Prismas: The Color of the Crisis, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 – There Are More Paths After the Abyss, Antonia Eiriz Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2020 – Cuban Artists Group Exhibition, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, USA
2020 – Art Time, Arts7ven Gallery, Mexico/Cuba
2019 – National Small Format Salon, ArtUpstairs, Cuba/Spain
2013 – Cuban Artists Salon, Alba Caracas Hotel Gallery, Venezuela
2012 – Carbón Surcity, 11th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2010 – National Ephemeral Sculpture Salon, Havana, Cuba
2010 – Misa a un Guajiro, 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2010 – Altar a un Obrero, Restaurarte Project, Havana, Cuba
Events & Participation National Meeting of Performance and Interventions Puente Sur (I–X Editions), Mayabeque, Cuba
Romerías de Mayo, Holguín, Cuba
National Ephemeral Sculpture Event, Havana, Cuba
Publications & Critical Texts
2022 – On Dissonances, text by Raymar Aguado, PAC (Contemporary Art Platform)
2021 – The Spontaneity of Contradiction, CdeCuba Art Magazine, No. 29
2021 – Drappus, TheCubanArtObserver (Pedro E. Rizo Peña)
2021 – Mallo and His Visceral Drappus, Raymar Aguado Hernández
2020 – Order Within Chaos: Mallo’s Painting and Its Universal Balance, by Ángel Alonso
Additional Information Designed the cover for the novel The Captive Birds of the Taormina by Argentine writer Gabriel Vacchelli, presented at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair (2019).