Esterio Segura

Posted by admin on February 7, 2011 in Artists

ESTERIO SEGURA

(b. Santiago de Cuba, 1970)

Mr. Segura graduated from the Visual Arts Elementary School in 1985, the Professional School of Arts in 1989, both in Camaguey, and from the Higher Art Institute in 1994 in Havana, Cuba. He has taught at the Higher Art Institute in Havana, Cuba, and in the University of South Florida, Tampa, United States. Among his most outstanding solo exhibitions are Lost Luggage (National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba, 2009), Not Everything That Flies Can Be Eaten (Habana Gallery, Havana, 2006), Everyone Wanted to Fly (La Casona Gallery, Havana, 2003), News Which Flies Within Me (Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2002), On This Side of the Bridge (La Casona Gallery, Havana, 2001), On the Other Side of the Bridge (PPOW Gallery, New York, USA, 2001), 00-53-7: The Last Call (Faridet Cadot Gallery, Paris, France, 2001), Space Occupied by a Dream (Wifredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art, Havana, 1999), and Birds and Fish in the Freezer (Gasworks Studios, London, United Kingdom, 1996). He has been Artist in Residence at different institutions like the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA (2005), el Ludwig Forum in Aachen, Germany (1997), and the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada (1996). He has taken part in the Havana Biennial on multiple occasions, as well as in other events like the 1^st Lisbon Biennial, Portugal (2010), the 26^th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil (2004), the Caribbean and Central American Biennial in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2003), and the 6^th International Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador (1998). His works are part of the collections of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, USA; the Bronx Museum, New York, USA; the Museum of Latin American Art of the University of Essex, United Kingdom; the Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA.