Lisandra Isabel García López

Education and Professional Experience

2013 She graduated from the Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Higher Institute of Art. Havana.
2008 She graduated from San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts. Havana.

Other Activities
2012 Mirar desde la sospecha (Glancing with Suspicion). Conference on Gender Representations in the Visual Arts. UNEAC. Havana.
2010 Tisch. Workshop on documentary production, given by Professor Robert Pietri. Special programs by Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba.
2009 Exchange between the Higher Institute of Art of Cuba and Alanus, University of Art and Social Sciencies, from Germany. Sense Lab, workshop on sensorial perception and creativeness.
2006-2007 Exchange project Cuba-U.K. Solidarity in Art between San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts and the Cardinal Wiseman High School of London. Havana, 2006 / London, 2007.

Personal Exhibitions

2012 Autorretrato de la artista adolescente (Self-portrait of the Adolescent Artist). CMBF. Radio Musical Nacional. Havana.
2010 Imitación de vida (Imitation of Life). Gallery of the Miramar Trade Center. Havana.
2009 Inventory No. 55. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Havana.
Autorretrato de la artista adolescente (Self-portrait of the Adolescent Artist). Oswaldo Guayasamín Gallery, Havana.
2008  Autorretrato de la artista adolescente (Self-portrait of the Adolescent Artist). Graduation thesis. José Antonio Díaz Peláez Gallery. San Alejandro. Havana.

Collective Exhibitions and Events

2013 Cuba contemporánea (Contemporary Cuba). Manoir de Cologny Cultural Center. Geneva, Switzerland.
2012 Gulliver. Meeting Havana Cultura. Freies Museum Berlin. Germany.
La herencia de la tradición pictórica (The Legacy of the Painting Tradition). Showcase of Cuban digital art organized by Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center. Fedro Gallery, Salta, Argentina, and Casona Municipal. Córdoba. Argentina
senseLAB. Collateral to the Eleventh Havana Biennial. Faculty of Art History and Literature, University of Havana, Havana.
Un olor que entra por mi ventana: Havana Cultura (A Smell That Enters through My Window: Havana Cultura). Eleventh Havana Biennial. Gallery of the Rum Museum, Havana Club Internacional. Havana.
Layers. Eleventh Havana Biennial. Faculty of Plastic Arts, ISA, Havana.
Part-Time. Eleventh Havana Biennial. Elsinor Building. Faculty of Theater Art. ISA. Havana.
2011 Torbellino II (Turmoil II). Habana Gallery. Havana.
2010  Interna cognición (Internal Cognition). Villena Hall. UNEAC. Havana..
Emplazamiento (Location). Mariano Rodríguez Gallery. Villa Panamericana. Havana.
Showcase of documentaries and photos made during the Tisch workshop. Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Havana.
Turn Around. La Casona Gallery, Havana.
Torbellino (Turmoil). Cultural and Missionary Animation Center San Antonio María Claret, Santiago de Cuba.
Festival de Fotografía 5×7 (5×7 Photo Festival). Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center, Havana.
XVI Salón de Arte Erótico (16th Salon of Eroticist Art). Fayad Jamís Gallery,
Art and Literature Center. Havana.
Esporas (Spores). Cuba Pavilion. Havana.
2009  I Salón Internacional de Artistas Plásticos (First International Salon of Plastic Artists). Tunjuelito House of Culture. Bogotá. Colombia.
Luz a tu propia química 2 (Light to Your Own Chemistry 2). Fototeca de Cuba. Havana.
Pura coincidencia (Pure Coincidence). Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial. Expocuba. Havana.
Crisis. Collateral to the 10th Havana Biennial. Expocuba. Havana.
2007 Tiempo compartido (Shared Time). Tu espacio de fotografía. Photokasbah. Spain.
International Contest of Surrealist Photography Eibar 2007. Untzaga Square. Eibar City Hall. Guipúzcoa. Spain.

Awards and Residencies

2012 Havana Cultura Residence. Havana Club Internacional.
2010 Second Prize Cubafoto and Award of Génesis Galerías de Arte.
5×7 Photo Festival at Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center, Havana.
First Prize and Special Prize of the Municipal Division of Culture in La Habana del Este. 16th Salon of Eroticist Art. Fayad Jamís Gallery, Art and Literature Center, Havana.
2007 Mention at the 9th Digital Art Salon. Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center, Havana.