ALEXIS MENDOZA 
B.1972 (Havana, Cuba)

EDUCATION:

1988 
– National School of Fine Art San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba. 
1992 – 1993
– Internship in Fine Art Conservation, National Museum of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba.
1994
– Havana University, Art History, Havana, Cuba.
2001
– Hard Court College, Fine Art, Pennsylvania, USA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2022 
– Into the Space of Borderless Possibilities, JVS Project Space, Harlem, NY, USA.
2021
– Drawing Shapes on the Shifting Shadows, Wild Projects Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2017
– Memories & Mysteries: Recent Painting, Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, New York, NY, USA.
2014 
– New Sculpture, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
– Organic Consequence, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
2012 
– New Painting, Washington Square Galleries, New York, NY, USA.
2011
– Displacement, Capital Rep. Exhibition Space, Albany, NY, USA.
– Black painting, QbaVa Gallery Cuban Art, Union City, New Jersey, USA. 
2010
– Days and Flowers, MetArte International Gallery (MIG), Dominican Foundation Culturarte, New York, NY, USA. 
2009
– Meaning and purpose, Fenimore Asset Gallery at Proctors, Schenectady, New York, NY, USA.
– Recent Painting and Sculpture, The ElectriCity Arts and Entertainment District Exhibition Space, Schenectady, New York, NY, USA.
– Utopias for a New Beginning, Mural Paintings, City Hall Schenectady, New York, NY, USA. 
2008 
– Alterations, Feast Gallery, Saratoga Spring, New York, NY, USA. 
2007
– Reasons and Explanations, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY, USA.
– The color has something to say, Lincoln Exhibition Space, Bronx, NY, USA. 
2006 
– Habana, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY, USA.
2005
– Personal Altars, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY, USA.
2004
– Recent Work, Art & Nature, Edgewater, New Jersey, USA.
– Confluence of the endless man (recent work on paper), Cosí Exhibition Space, New Rochelle, NY, USA.
– Recent Painting, Davidé Fur New York, NY, USA.
2003
– To Look in the World of the Invisible, Havana Bay Coffee and Gallery, New Jersey, USA.
2001
– Abstract Painting, ArtNet Gallery, Switzerland Karismah Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
1995 
– The Beauty in wood, Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1994 
– Recent Sculptures, Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
– New Painting, San Rafael Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1993
– Sounds in the silence, 23 & 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1992 
– Art and Poetry, Casa de las Américas Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1990
– Beyond Abstraction, L Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 
– Colors, 23 & 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2022
– Something to Declare, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA. 
– Something to Declare II, Artem Quinlan Center for the Arts, Gainesville, GA, USA
2020 
– Black Lives, Black Matter, Fordham Plaza, Bronx, NY, USA.
– In the Body, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
2019
– Abstractions by Martin Rubio and Alexis Mendoza, CDL Capital District Latinos, Albany, NY, USA.
– Exhibition on-loan, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
– The Locus of Memory II, NJCU Art Gallery, New Jersey, USA.
– Soiree Silent Auction, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Aesthetic Values, Space to connect exhibition, Chashama Space for Artists, New York, NY, USA.
– Chromatic Fusion, Cadena Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
– Paper Trail, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY, USA.
– The Locus of Memory, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ, USA.
– Past Forward: Contemporary Cuban Art, El Barrio’s ArtSpace PS 109, Harlem, NY, USA.
– Aching Land, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
2018 
– The Barker Hangar, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 
– Cristal Gallery, Cibeles Center, Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
– Spring Studios, Independent New York, NY, USA.
– Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, USA.
– La Rural, ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– Santa Fe Convention Center, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
– Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, USA.
– Neo-Latinos: Nowall at all, Art Space 88 Gallery, Keyport, NJ, USA.
– Navy Pier, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 
– South Regent’s Park, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK.
– Art Nashville, Nashville, TN, USA.
– Metro Toronto Convention Center, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
– Giacomo Mattè Trucco 70, Artissima, Turin, Italy.
– Areal Böhler, Art Düsseldorf, Germany.
– Indian Beach Park, PULSE, Miami Beach, FL, USA. 
2017 
– Spectrum Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
– Red Dot Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
– Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
– Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA. 
– Art Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
– The Gallery at Oak Hammock at University of Florida, Pura Cuba: Oak Hammock Edition Santa Fe College Art Exhibit, Mami, FL, USA.
– ArtExpo New York, Art Project NYC (Booth #724), New York, NY, USA. 
– Spectrum Indian Wells, Coachella Valley, CA, USA.
2016 
– Monmouth Museum, Neo-Latino Artists Exhibition, New Jersey, USA.
– Lea County Commission for the Arts of New Mexico, Negritud in Latin America, New Mexico, USA.
– Joan Mitchel Foundation, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, USA.
– Bronx now, Temporary Storage Gallery, (A BX200 exhibition) Brooklyn, NY, USA.
– Germany Art, Messe Sindelfingen, Berlin, Germany.
– Spectrum Indian Wells, Indian Wells, CA, USA.
– Artexpo New York, Pier 94, New York, NY, USA.
– LA Contemporary, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2015 
– To Forgive and Remember: Reshaping Contemporary Consciousness, Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection, Riverdale, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Spectrum Miami, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL, USA.
– Miami Artist Pop Up Show, McCormack Place, Miami, FL, USA.
– Art San Diego, Balboa Park Activity Center, San Diego, CA, USA.
– Sobro event: Made in the Bronx, Old Bronx Courthouse, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Blackness in Latin America, Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL, USA.
– Athens Academy Myers Gallery, Athens Georgia, USA. 
– Pop Up Show, 345 Broome Street, New York, NY, USA.
– Art Shopping Paris, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.
2014 
– Negritud: Influence in Latin American Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Georgia, USA. 
– Bronx Speaks: No Boundaries, Bronx Museum of Arts, New York Armory, New York, NY, USA. 
– Week and honoring Bronx Day, Bronx Arts Alliance, Bronx, NY, USA.
2013
– Identity and the Accumulation of Memory, Boricua College Art Gallery, Contemporary Cuban Art, New York, NY, USA.
– Relocated, Atrium Gallery, Contemporary Art from Latin America, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA.
– Revolutum, Harlem School of Arts, New York, NY, USA.
– Roots, Vargas & Harbin Studio Gallery, Norcross, GA, USA.
2012
– Symphony of Color, Jack Art Gallery, Studioplex, Atlanta, GA, USA.
– Rebellion, 1st International Multimedia Artist Exhibition, Museum of Brigands, Itri, Italy.
– Art Sale Exhibition, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY, USA.
– 6x6x2012, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
– Contrapunto: Six Contemporary Latin American Artists, Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Marietta, GA, USA.
– Vitals Signs, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Contemporary Art from the Caribbean: Cuba, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, Crayola Gallery at Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
2011
– Basarte, Euroidiomas Foundation Gallery, Lima, Peru.
– BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Papers of Identity, Printmaking Exhibition, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, USA. 
2010 
– Just One Freedom, QbaVa Gallery Cuban Art, Union City, NJ, USA.
– Going Postal, The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, United Kingdom.
– Hispanic Art, Art Gallery of the Instituto EuroIdiomas, Lima, Perú. 
2009
– Special K: Welcome to Zintar, Les & Abrazo Interno Gallery, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, New York, NY, USA.
– Impermanence, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
– Chicago Art Now, Latin American Art Fair, Aldo Castillo Gallery, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
2008 
– Valoarte, National Gallery: Niño Museum, San José, Costa Rica. 
– Summer and Love 2008, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA. 
– Chicago Art Now, Latin American, Art Fair, Aldo Castillo Gallery, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
– Looking Back: Seven Years of Art, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
2007
– Dimension Antillana, Boricua College Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2006
– Latino Expression II, Adam Clayton Powel, Jr. Building Art Gallery, The International Agency for Minority Artists Affair, New York, NY, USA.
– Valoarte, National Gallery: Niño Museum, San José, Costa Rica. 
– Impression, The Center for Graphic Arts HogeDRUKgebied Art Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 
– Parallel Universes, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
– Art of the Words, Haven Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY, USA.
– Silent Auction and Exhibition to Benefit the McCarton Foundation, Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY, USA.
– Mother Earth and Poetry, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA, USA. 
– Ones upon a Time, Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY, USA.
– Contacto con lo Nuestro, Boricua College Gallery, Manhattan Campus, New York, NY, USA. 
– Art Den Gallery/Studio, New York, NY, USA.
– Latin Workshop Society, United Nations Staff Recreation Council, New York, NY, USA.
2005
– Cultural Center L’ atrium, Clair-Obscur, Chaville, France.
– Puerta de los Vientos Gallery, Historical Center of the Durango City, Durango, México.
– Latino Expression, Adam Clayton Powel, Jr. Building Art Gallery, International Agency for Minority Artists Affair, New York, NY, USA.
– Seeds of Hope, Auction of Latin American Art, San José, Costa Rica.
– Artexpo Atlanta, Art Gotham Gallery Booth 705, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, USA. 
– Show in tribute to the sculptor Claudio L. Sempere, Claudio León Sempere Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
– Pool Art Fair, Art Gotham Gallery Booth, New York, NY, USA.
– Navigation Through Color, Art Gotham Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
– Silent Auction and Exhibition to Benefit the McCarton Foundation, Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY, USA.
– Mario Quintana Cultural House, Virgílio Calegari Photo Gallery, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
– Four from the Americas, Martinez Gallery, Troy, New York, NY, USA.
– Hidden Treasures, Art Gotham Gallery, New York City, NY, USA.
2004
– Art for Sake, Albany Institute of History & Art, Silent Auction, Albany, NY, USA.
– Cultural Center Rosacruz, Mysticism in the Art, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
– Magic Pot, Two-Person, LavaCity Art Circuit, Edgewater, New Jersey, USA.
– Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition, Health Plus Brooklyn Branch, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
– Closely no One is Normal, Estação Art, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
– Ola, LavaCity Art Circuit, Union City, NJ, USA.
– Globalization, Museum of Art Satu-Mare, Satu-Mare, Romania.
– Sabor: Five Hispanics Artists, LavaCity Art Circuit, Edgewater, NJ, USA.
– One Hundred Letters to Neruda, Educational Center and Culture Mistral (CECUM), Santiago de Chile, Chile. 
– 9° Salón, Museum of Contemporary Art of Mercosur, Fundación Volpe Stessens, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
– Mercosur International Juanito Laguna, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
– International Hollfeld Art Exhibition, Kunst & Museum Hollfeld, Hollfeld, Germany.
– International Fine Art Exhibition, Civic Center of Zaidín, Granada, Spain.
– The Salon Show ‘04, Gallery 402, Organization of Independent Artists (OIA), New York, NY, USA.
– International Fine Art Exhibition, Cultural Association Valentín Ruiz Aznar, Granada, Spain.
– International Exhibition Aires de Córdoba, Aires de Córdoba Cultural Association, Córdoba, Spain.
2003
– Marte Art Museum, Paraguaçu Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.
– Caribbean Expression II, Havana Bay Coffee and Gallery, New Jersey, USA.
– Latin American Art Museum, Hispanic Heritage in America, Miami, FL, USA.
– Caribbean Expression I, Dominica Cultural House, New York, NY, USA.
2001
– Owl 57 Gallery, Long Island, NY, USA.
1999 
– Impact Artists Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY, USA. 
1998
– Empire State Plaza, Latin American Art Exhibition, Albany, NY, USA.
1995 
– Afro-Cuban Painting, La Real Fuerza Museum, Havana, Cuba.
1994 
– Remembering Wilfredo Lam, Havana University, Havana, Cuba.
– Latin American Artists, Haydee Santamaría Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 
– Afro-Vision, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1993
– The philosophy of canvas, Artisanal Museum, Havana, Cuba.
– In This World, Latin-American Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1992 
– Painting and Sculpture, Cine Yara Lobby, Havana Latin American Film Festival, Havana, Cuba. 
– Group Exhibition, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 
1991
– Six Artists from Havana, Havana Experimental Salón, Havana, Cuba.
– New point of view in Sculpture, Plaza Cultural House, Havana, Cuba.
1990
– Havana Experimental Salón, Havana, Cuba.
1988
– Graduation Exhibition, School of Fine Art San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.

AWARDS:

2005
– Bronze Medal: Salón Museo Claudio Leon Sempere, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
2004
– Grand Prize: Mercosur International Juanito Laguna, Volpe Stessens Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
– Aznar: International Prize of Fine Art: Valentín Ruiz, Granada, Spain.
– Aires de Córdoba Award: Aires de Córdoba Cultural Association, Córdoba, Spain.
2003
– Honorary Mention: Hispanic Heritage in America Award, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA.