ROBERTO DIAGO
HAVANA, 1971
Roberto Diago is one of the most recognized contemporary artists in Cuba. Born in 1971, he trained at the San Alejandro Academy in 1990 and works as a Consulting Professor at the Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana.
The everyday is the material of his work, he makes use of the materials that everyday life offers him and gives them a symbolic charge in an act of cultural resistance. His work reflects his interest in the legacy of the African culture brought by the slaves to Cuba, and how it is presented in Cuban society today.
He has recently had important exhibitions such as his solo show at the Lowe Museum in Miami. A regular at the best art fairs in the United States and Latin America, he has also shown his work at fairs such as ARCO Madrid and FIAC Paris, as well as at the biennials of Venice, Havana and Dakar. His work is in the National Museum of Havana, Deste Foundation of Athens, Brownstone Foundation of Paris, CIFO Collection of Florida, Boston Fine Arts Museum or Jorge M. Pérez Museum of Miami, among many other internationally renowned collections.