Luis Enrique Camejo Vento

Education and Professional Experience

1983-86-Art School of Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1986-90-National School of Art, Havana, Cuba.
1990-96-Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
From 1996 through 2007 he worked as a teacher of painting at the Higher Institute of Art. He is a member of the Association of Writers and Artists of Cuba  (UNEAC).
Lives and works in Havana.

Personal Exhibitions

2012 Vacío (Void). Eleventh Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba; Malecón, Lonja del Comercio. Eleventh Havana Biennial.
2011 Cities Shared. Shenzen Fine Art Institute, Shenzen,  People’s Republic of China.
2010 Obras recientes (Recent Works). Enlace (Connection), Lima, Peru.
El malecón habanero (The Malecón of Havana). Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland.
2009 Habana`s. Camejo, Kdir, Vinardell. Retiro Auction Hall. Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Asphalt. Installation. Tenth Havana Biennial. 23 y 12 movie theater, Havana, Cuba.
From Havana to Beirut. South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2008  Recent Works. Yaco García Latin American Art. Legacy Fine Art, Panama.
Vanishing, Luis Camejo and Pablo Soria. Pan American Art Projects Gallery. Miami, USA.
2007 Moving City. Godoy World Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2006 Dreams. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Holland. Havana Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
Dream.  Ninth Havana Biennial. Morro-Cabaña. Havana, Cuba
Dream. Municipal gallery. Camagüey, Cuba.
2005 Places, Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Traffic. Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, Holland.
2004 Transparence.  Small Format Gallery, National Council for the Visual Arts (CNAP), Havana, Cuba.
Déjà vu, 23 y 12 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2003 Landscapes. Art Center, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Landscapes. Art Center, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Paintings by Luis E. Camejo. Eighth Havana Biennial, Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Havana, Cuba.
2002 After the Rain, Gallery 106, Austin, Texas, USA.
2001 Hand-made. La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

Collective Exhibitions and Events

2012 Modern and Contemporary Art Heritage Actions. Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
2011 Urbanitas. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, U.S.A.; Cuban Visions. Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, U.S.A.
El arsenal (The Arsenal). Second Showcase of Contemporary Cuban Art. Exhibition Hall of the Madrid City Hall, Madrid, Spain.
2010 Encuentros (Meetings). Spanish-American Contemporary Art Show. Sala Retiro, Madrid, Spain; Summer. Pan American Art Projects Salon, Miami, U.S.A.
Polaridad Complementaria (Complementary Polarity). Recent Works from Cuba. Traveling to: Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California, Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, South Carolina; Housatonic Museum of Art Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
2009 Art Madrid, Collage Habana Gallery, Glass Palace, Country Residence, Madrid, Spain.
Lights and Shadows. Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Havana, Cuba.
Art Americas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Florida, USA.
Wings with Pointed End II, José Martí Memorial, Havana, Cuba.
Shanghai Art Fair (Seventh Edition).ShanghaiMART,Shanghai, China.
Dear Van Gogh. Development Center for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Primary Colors. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, USA.
Hot Art Fair 09, Havana  Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
Havana, 490 Years in the Imagery of Creators. Spanish American Cultural Center, Havana, Cuba.
Nueve contemporáneos cubanos en ART SHANGHAI 2009. Museo Servando Cabrera Moreno, La Habana, Cuba.
2008 De Pinar Epílogo visual. Galería Collage, La Habana, Cuba.
The first collection. AD HOD Gallery.Ontario,Canadá.
L.Cadalso,Luis E.Camejo,R.Mena. Intemporel, París, Francia.
Mi isla es una ciudad. Triennale Bovisa, Milán, Italia.
Gran subasta del MAC, Casacor, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
Arteamericas, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Estados Unidos
CIRCA, Feria de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
XVII Gran Subasta de Excelencias. Fundación San Felipe.Hotel Marriott, Panamá
2007 Balelatina. Basel. Suiza.
Art Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Holanda.
IX Bienal de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador
Art Madrid 2007. Madrid, España.
Monstruos Devoradores de Energía. Casa de América. Madrid,España.
Cosmos. Galería Habana. La Habana, Cuba.
Luz insular, Addison House Plaza, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
A través del espejo: Arte Cubano Hoy. Galería Allegro, C. de Panamá, Panamá.
2006 Relatos de viaje. Convento de San Francisco de Asís. La Habana. Cuba.
Manual de Instrucciones. Convento de Santa Clara. La Habana. Cuba.
Art Madrid 2006, Madrid, España. Subasta Fernando Durán, Madrid, España.
2006 Art Auction. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, Estados Unidos
Vedado, Galería 23 y 12, La Habana, Cuba.
KunstRAI2006. Amsterdam,  Holanda.
En Tránsito. Galería Villa Manuela. La Habana, Cuba.
Du Paysage aux experiences de L’homme. Planet Discovery Hall. Beirut, Líbano.
Ici et maintenant. Galerie Intemporel. Paris, Francia.
2005 Art Fair Köln, Colonia, Alemania.
Espacios. Galería Espacios. Madrid. España.
TIAFF 2005, Toronto International Art  Fair, Convention Center, Toronto, Canadá
Zomerbeelden, Livingstone Gallery. La Haya, Holanda.
KunstRAI, International Art Fair in Amsterdam. Holanda.
Cuba, The Next Generation.  Center for  Cuban Studios, New York, Estados Unidos.
Pintura Húmeda, Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, La Habana, Cuba.
El Arte de la Apropiación, Galería Servando, La Habana, Cuba.

Fairs
2012 Arteaméricas, Convention Center, Miami, USA; Art Monaco, Grimaldi Forum. Monte Carlo, Monaco; 2011 Art Show, Los Angeles; Art Palm Beach. County Convention Center; Arteaméricas, Convention Center, Miami, USA; 2010 Arteaméricas, Convention Center, Miami, USA; Art Madrid, Palacio de Cristal, Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain; 2009 Art Madrid, Palacio de Cristal, Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain; Arteaméricas. Convention Center, Miami, USA; Hot Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland.

Awards and Residencies

2003 First Prize in the Fifth Painting Contest Nicomedes García Gómez. Segovia. Spain.
2002 Mention in the Visual Arts Salon of Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1990 Prize of the Book Institute in Pinar del Río. Cuba.
1990 Mention in the Visual Arts Salon of Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Collections

FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nicomedes García Gómez Foundation, Segovia, Spain.
National Council for the Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Works of his are in private collections in Panama, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Holland, Lebanon, Canada, France and Cuba.