Rolando Cabrera
b. Havana, 1998
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Biography
Rolando Cabrera is a photographer and visual artist, born in Havana in 1998. He is currently a Sociology student at the University of Havana, and studied painting in workshops previously taught in 2005 and 2012 at the National Museum of Fine Arts . He was a painting student at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts for two years. He has worked in magazines such as Vistar Magazine, Garbos, Magazine AMPM, among others.
His work is to show a different imaginary of a current Cuban society that has more to do with globalization and youth in this phenomenon, showing more similarities than differences with other contexts and also to demolish some myths of what it is like to live in today's Cuba. Today, the center of his photographic work is around the young people of today, showing them as part of that irreverence and freshness typical of a generation born during and after the 90` with conflicts and ravings, but with ecumenical aspirations. This is one of the young creators who, as a photographer, continues the tradition of portraiture as the center of his work, although escaping from the usual documentary photography in Cuba, always in black and white, always focused on details of the people he portrays, attitudes, gestures, etc. . He also deals in his work in a reflection less on the object of photography and more on its language where his portraits are just that: sketches of psychological and isolated explanations that refer to the diversity of characters in his work.
Education
2013-2014 Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro. Artes Visuales.
2018-actualidad: Universidad de La Habana, Facultad de Filosofía, Historia y Sociología
2018 Curso de Fotografía, Librería "Alma Mater". Prof. Yuri Obregón.
2017 Escuela de Fotografía Creativa de La Habana.
2016-2017: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana, Hospital "Calixto García", Municipio Plaza.
2013-2014 Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro. Artes Visuales.
Professional Experience
2018-actualidad: Marca de ropa: "Clandestina".
2018: Festival Internacional de Música Electrónica Eyeife. (prensa), La Habana.
2018: 40 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (prensa), La Habana.
2019: 34 Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza (medio de prensa: Vistar Magazine), La Habana
2019: 28ª Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana (prensa).
2019: Revista "Garbos", Edición 47. Marzo 2019: Festival Havana World Music (prensa).
2019: Revista "Vitez Magazine", 2ª edición.
2019: 15 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gibara (prensa), Holguín.
2019: Evento "Batalla de Gallos", Red Bull (prensa)
2019: Festival Internacional de Música Electrónica Eyeife (prensa)
2019: Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (prensa), La Habana. Enero 2020: 35 Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza (prensa)
Group shows
2019 Exposición Colectiva "Cara B” Fabrica de Arte Cubano, Pared Negra, La Habana.