Aimeé García Marrero Explained

Aimeé García Marrero
Other Names:Aimee Garcia Marrero,
Aimeé García
Birth Place:Limonar, Matanzas, Cuba
Alma Mater:Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas,
Instituto Superior de Arte
Occupation:Visual artist
Known For:Painting, mixed media art

Aimeé García Marrero (born 1972) is a Cuban painter and mixed media artist.[1] She has exhibited her work internationally and has participated in several art biennials. García Marrero lives in Havana.[2]

Biography

Aimeé García Marrero was born in 1972 in Limonar, Matanzas, Cuba.[3] [4] She graduated in 1991 from the Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas in Camagüey; followed by study at Instituto Superior de Arte and graduation in 1996.[5]

From April to May 2016, García Marrero displayed public art in Times Square in Manhattan entitled Times of Silence, was displayed as part of Times Square Arts.[6] The work was made up of 6 panels of collaged paper and embroidery thread mounted in display cases.[7]

She has participated in several international biennials including the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017;[8] Havana Biennial in 1995, 2012, and 2015;[9] [10] Cuenca Biennial in 1998; Gwangju Biennale in 1997; and Biennial of Painting of the Caribbean and Central America in 1996.

Her work is found in museum collections, including at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia;[11] the Pérez Art Museum Miami;[12] the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (English: National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba); Arizona State University Art Museum;[13] El Museo del Barrio; Museum of Finest Cuban Arts, Vienna; and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zellen . Jody . 2016-05-03 . Aimée García . 2022-09-20 . Artillery Magazine . en-US.
  2. Web site: Aimée García Marrero . 2022-09-20 . Times Square Arts.
  3. Book: Confluencias inside: arte cubano contemporáneo . 2006 . Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán, Secretaría de Cultura . es.
  4. Book: Cuarto Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo: La Habana . 2005 . Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales . 31 . es . 8 Havana Biennial: Art With Life.
  5. Book: Mi Cuerpo, Mi País: Cuban Art Today . 2005 . University of Virginia Art Museum . en.
  6. Web site: Aimée García, Times Square . 2022-09-20 . Art Nexus.
  7. Web site: Castro . Elvia Rosa . September 1, 2016 . Aimée García . 2022-09-20 . ArtonCuba.com . en-US.
  8. Web site: February 7, 2017 . 57th Venice Biennale Releases List of 120 Participating Artists . 2022-09-20 . Artforum.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: Bjornstad . Randi . December 1, 2016 . Who knew that an exhibit of art by contemporary Cuban artists at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art would suddenly become so...contemporary . 2022-09-20 . Eugene Scene . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2019-02-28 . Aimée García . es . 2022-09-20 . Artcrónica Revista de Artes Visuales Cubanas . en-US.
  11. Web site: Aimee Garcia Marrero . 2022-09-20 . Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia.
  12. Web site: Sin título (Untitled) . 2022-09-20 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
  13. Web site: Collecting Contemporary Art: The FUNd at ASU Art Museum . 2022-09-20 . ASU Art Museum . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173110/https://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/content/collecting-contemporary-art-fund-asu-art-museum . dead .
  14. Web site: Cuba Ocho . 2022-09-20 . Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon.

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