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Pavel Acosta (n. Cuba, 1975) es graduado de Maestría en Artes Visuales (Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, 2003). A través de diferentes medios, como la escultura, la instalación y la fotografía, explora la ética de la apropiación y la tensión entre destrucción y creación. Exposiciones individuales (selección): “The Anatomy Lesson” (PanAmerican Art Projects, Miami, 2024) y “Stolen from the Museum” (University of Wyoming Art Museum, WY, 2019). Exposiciones colectivas (selección): “You Know Who You Are” (El Espacio 23, Miami); “The Body Says, I am a Fiesta” (Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, 2020); “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World” (Perez Art Museum Miami, 2014, y Queens Museum of Art, NYC, 2012); “El Museo’s Biennial 2013: Here is Where We Jump” (El Museo del Barrio, NYC, 2013). Reconocimientos (selección): Corral & Cathers Professional Artist Fund Grant (Coral Gables Community Foundation, FL, 2025); Miami Individual Artist Grant (MDC Department of Cultural Affairs, 2023); Joan Mitchell Foundation y Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grants (2018); CINTAS-Knight Fellowship (2017); Guttenberg Art Residency (Guttenberg, NJ, 2015) y Artist’s Summer Institute (Creative Capital/Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, NYC, 2011).
Su trabajo está representado en colecciones privadas y públicas, tales como: El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, OR; The University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, WY; The Perez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami, FL; The Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami, FL; The CINTAS Foundation, Miami, FL; y The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
Pavel Acosta (b. Cuba, 1975) holds an M.A. in Visual Arts (Higher Institute of Arts, Havana, 2003). Through different mediums such as sculpture, installation and photography, he explores the ethics of appropriation and the tension between destruction and creation. Solo exhibitions (selection): “The Anatomy Lesson” (PanAmerican Art Projects, Miami, 2024) & “Stolen from the Museum” (University of Wyoming Art Museum, WY, 2019); Group exhibitions (selection): ”You Know Who You Are” (El Espacio 23, Miami); “The Body Says, I am a Fiesta”, (Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach), 2020; “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World” (Perez Art Museum Miami, 2014, and Queens Museum of Art, NYC, 2012); “El Museo’s Biennial 2013: Here is Where We Jump” (El Museo del Barrio, NYC, 2013). Recognitions (selection): Corral & Cathers Professional Artist Fund Grant, (Coral Gables Community Foundation, FL, 2025); Miami Individual Artist Grant (MDC Department of Cultural Affairs, 2023); Joan Mitchell Foundation &Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grants (2018); CINTAS-Knight Fellowship (2017); Guttenberg Art Residency, (Guttenberg, NJ, 2015) and Artist’s Summer Institute, (Creative Capital/Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, NYC, 2011).
His work is represented in private and public collections such as: El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, OR; The University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, WY; The Perez Art Museum (PAMM), Miami, FL; The Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami, FL; The CINTAS Foundation, Miami, FL; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.