Highlights

Juan Vicente Bonachea (Havana City, 1957) has a solid professional artistic training as a painter as well as a children's books illustrator. In his work, Bonachea makes us witness "another reality", one where birds, fish, mythological beings and all kinds of winged beings, part beasts part humans, compose an astounding wholeness.
Under El Bosco’s influence, Bonachea uses predominantly shades of green, red and blue hues in his canvas, saturated with a subjectivity and a reasoning that have given him a place amongst the best Cuban artists on today’s international art market.

Curriculum

Juan Vicente Rodríguez Bonachea.

• Havana, Cuba, March 8, 1957.


• Member, National Union of Writers and Artists of (UNEAC).

Studies completed

• 1971 / 76 Studies in the " SAN ALEJANDRO" School of Fine Arts, Havana.


• 1976 / 83 Work in the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC) painting signs, commercial billboards, and film scenes.


• 1983 / 85 Employed as a graphic designer in the Ministry of Basic Industry


• 1985 / 89 Professor of design and drawing at the Polytechnic Institute of Industrial Design and the "Paulita Concepción" Elementary Art School (gave painting classes).


• 1989 / 91 Artwork in the Fund for Cultural Works as a specialist in interior design.
  
  Solo Exhibitions (Selection)


• 1978 "TO DO IS TO SAY". Drawings, Galiano Art Gallery, Havana.


• 1980 "TO OPEN AND CLOSE EYES". Drawings. Amelia Pelaez Gallery, Havana.

1983 "REFLECTIONS”. Drawings, Calzada y 8, Havana.

• 1986 "WALLS". Tec-mix Installation. 12 y 23 Gallery. Havana


• 1988 "TO LOOK AT ONESELF FROM THE INSIDE". Drawings. Calzada y 8 Gallery, Havana


• 1990
  "INSTRUCTIONS FOR DREAMING." Illustrations, Objects and Paintings, dedicated
  to the world of children. Havana Gallery, Havana.
  
• 1992
  "PAINTINGS ". Arte-Objeto Gallery, Merida,Yucatan, Mexico.
  
• 1993 "THE GOLDEN AGE". Illustrations. Autonomous University of Central America. San Jose, Costa Rica.


• "ACRYLICS ". Paintings. Boreal Gallery. Pamplona, Spain.


• "FROM THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS". (Hommage to Bosco), paintings, drawings and ceramic plates. Havana Gallery, Havana.


• 1994 "THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS ". Drawings. "La Librería" Gallery, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.


• 1996 "PORTRAITS OF SOME DREAMS ". Paintings and drawings. La Acacia Gallery. Havana.


• 1997
  "THE OTHER REALITY". Paintings. Nader Art Gallery. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


• 1999
  "BONACHEA FANTASTIC CUBAN FIGURATIVE". Le Manoir Gallery. Cologny, Switzerland.


• 2000
  DURHONE HOTEL. Geneva, Switzerland.


• 2001
  "PAINT MY FRIEND THE PAINTER". Oils and Acrylics. La Acacia Gallery. Havana.


• 2002
  "FORGOTTEN PAPERS”. Drawings. Small Space Gallery, CNAP, Havana.


• 2003
  " PAINTED DREAMS". FP Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.


• 2004
  " CAPTURED DREAMS", Fernando Pessoa Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.


• " CUBAN PASSION ". Duo show with Alicia Leal. Wisma Kebudayaan SGM. Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia.


• " IN THE LAND OF NEVER AGAIN", Engraving, San Francisco of Assísi Convent, Havana, Cuba.


• 2005
  "A FAIRY IN THE GARDEN OF THE DELIGHT ", paintings and drawings, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.


• 2005
  ARTCUBA 2005-UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

Collective Exhibitions

• 1974
  " 21st ANNIVERSARY SALON " (sculpture) National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• 1976
  " NATIONAL PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ENGRAVING SALON, " Matanzas Gallery, Cuba.


• 1979
  “" Aristides Fernandez" 1st DRAWING TRIENNAL,” Lalo Carrasco Gallery, Havana.


• 1980
  " NATIONAL YOUTH SALON". National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• 1981
  "SMALL FORMAT SALON”. Lalo Carrasco Gallery. Havana.


• 1982
  " LANDSCAPE SALON ". National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• " LANDSCAPE OF LANDSCAPE " Modurodam Foundation. The Hague, Holland.


• EXPO-ITIRINANTE. Becham Cultural Center, Amberes, Belgium


• Casa del Pueblo de Pitea, Sweden.


• Vinaint Gallery, Vienna.


• 1983
  Tour of " Landscape of Landscape " in various Finnish cities.
  Institute of Hispanic Culture Gallery, Vienna, Austria.


• Casa de la Cultura, Prague. Czechoslovakia.


• " PAINTINGS AND GRAPHICS FROM CUBA " Latil Kala Akademi, Pakistan.


• 1984
  Cuba Drawing Retrospective, National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• 1985
  "EXHIBITION OF CUBAN PAINTINGS" . Art Gallery. Colombo. Sri Lanka.


• "ARTE EN LA CARRETERA ", National Museum of Fine Arts. La Havana.


• "13 OF MARCH SALON", University Gallery. Havana.


• 1986
  "CITY SALON" Luz y Oficio Gallery. Havana.


• "NOMA CONTEST" Asian Culture Center, Tokyo. Japan.


• 1987
  "LOVE". National Museum of Fine Arts.


• "CUBAN ILLUSTRATORS" , Moscow, U.S.S.R.


• 1988
  "20 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘GENTE NUEVA’ EDITORIAL ", Popular Republic of China.


• "NOMA CONTEST", Asian Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan.


• 1989
  " NOMA CONTEXT AWARDS CEREMONY", Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.


• " INTERNACIONAL EXPLO OF ILLUSTRATOR", Seoul. Korea.


• " CONTEMPORARY CUBAN FINE ARTS ", Tetriakov Gallery Moscow, USSR.


• 1990
  " NATIONAL SALON OF ILLUSTRATION ”, Segundo Cabo Gallery. Havana.


• " UNEAC SAL:ON" National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• 1991
  " 4 PRIZE WINNERS IN JAPON", Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana.


• " 8th TELARTE " Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana.


• 1992
  " YUCATECANS AND CUBANS" ( Ceramic Expo.) La Galería. Merida, Mexico.


• " PANORAMA OF CUBAN ART" Barcelona, Spain.


• 1993
  "DRAWINGS, I WONT’ FORGET YOU", Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana.


• 1994
  " NAMES OF CUBAN ART", Havana Guitar Hotel, Havana.


• " ENCOUNTER WITH CREATION”, Imago Gallery. Havana.


• 1995
  " ARTEXPO" Jacob Javits Center, New York, USA.


• " JORGE M. SORI PINE ART IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHELSEA GALERIES"
  Miami, Florida, USA.


• " CUBAN ILLUSTRATORS" George Pompidou Center. Paris, France.


• " CUBAN PAINTING" , Bank of Panama.


• " CONTEMPORARY ART SALON, National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana.


• 1996
  " MIR ARTE " Latin American Art Fair. Santa Fe, Bogota, Colombia.


• " YOUNG CUBANS 2nd INTERNATIONAL IMAGES L.T.D.", Pennsylvania, USA


• " CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE " Chelsea Galleries, Kingston, Jamaica.


• " 12 PILGRIM STORIES ", Art Gallery, INAC. Panama.


• " FECUNDACION DEL TALENTO " Faculty of Arts and Letters. University of Havana.


• " CUBAN PAINTING " Kennedy Gallery. Grand Cayman.


• 1997
  " CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART." Sintempo Fine Arts Inc. and the Banff Centre. Toronto, Canada.


• " FRANCONABLE", La Acacia Gallery. Havana.


• " 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT FINE ARTISTS", Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo. Japan.


• " FROM THE REAL TO THE MARVELLOUS", Torre de Reloj Gallery. Mexico City.


• " CUBAN PAINTING F.C.B.C." Santander, Spain.


• " ALLUSIONS OF CUBAN CINEMA” ICAIC Gallery (During the 19th Festival of New Latin American Cinema). Havana.


• " RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ”, Drawings, UNICEF, Havana.


• " SPRING MENU " Hotel Inglaterra. Havana.


• 1998 " THE BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FINE ART SHOW” Boston, U.S.A. " 7 LOOKS ", Suyu Gallery, Havana, Cuba.


• 1999
  " A POND IN THE MIRROR " , Fantastic Cuban Contemporary Painting. Casa de las Américas, Havana.


• " ARTS AMICA CUBA HERE AND NOW" , Boston U.S.A. .


• 2000
  " MARCH SALON" Geneva, Switzerland.


• " TWO PLUS TWO" Hotel Melia Art Gallery, Varadero. Cuba.


• " IT HAPPENS IN THE MIRRORS ", 43 Cuban Painters, Jose Martí Memorial, Havana.
  UNITY IN DIVERSITY” Cuban Painting Today, L Habitation Clément. Fort de France, .Martinique


• " POINTED BRUSHES " Los Oficios Gallery, Havana.


• " HERE AND NOW " José Marti Memorial, Havana.


• 2001
  " ARTE A LA CARTA", Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana.


• " EXPOCATALOGO" La Acacia Gallery, Havana.


• 2003
  "CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART", Fernando Pessoa Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.


• " 8va. Havana Biennale ", (Performance Art), Alamar, Habana del Este, Cuba


• 2004
  "RANCAÑO, ABELA Y BONACHEA", Galerìa Espacio 304, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.


• "ART Y FASHION", Tourism Convention, Varadero, Cuba.


• "35 CUBAN ARTISTS, San Francisco de Assisi Convent, Havana, Cuba.


• "1 2 3, QUE TRAZO MAS CHEVERE, “ Bonachea, Abela, Rancaño. Galería Cervando, Havana, Cuba.


• THIRTEEN CUBANOS ARTISTS TODAY- Mediterranean Gallery, Palma de Mayorca


• 2005
  THE INFINITE ISLAND Casa America Hotel – Caracas Hilton-Venezuela


• ESPACIOS ARTISTAS CUBANOS GALLERY, Madrid, Spain


• 2006-
  ART-MADRID-RESINTO FERIAL CASA DE CAMPO – Madrid, Spain


• INSTRUCTION MANUAL SANTA CLARA CONVENT 8th Havana Biennale.


• CUBAN CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY- Planète de la découverte, BEIRUT, LEBANON-

A Selection of Awards

1979
MENTION. Drawing Triennial " Arístides Fernández.
Havana.
1982
DRAWING PRIZE City Salon.
Havana.
1986
MENTION. NOMA Contest.
Tokyo, Japan.
1988
THIRD PRIZE. NOMA Contest.
Tokyo, Japan.
1990
THIRD PRIZE. National Illustration Salon
Havana.
1992
MENTION. Plural graphic art magazine
Mexico City
Book Illustrations
1982.
" DE OLHO NAS PENAS" Ana Maria Machado. Edit. Casa de las Americas.
1984
" FROM THE OLDEN DAYS OF THE OWL ", Joel Frank. Edit. Oriente.
1987
" CUBAN LETTERS " (Compendium of authors) Edit. Letras Cubanas.
1988
" LUNAR" , Omar F. Mauri. Edit. Universidad.
1989
" STRUFF EL BEERF", Antonio O. Rodríguez. Edit. Abril.
1990
" THE KILO ", Ivett Vian. Edit. Union.
1992
" THE DREAM", Antonio O. RoDriguez. Edit. José Marti.
1993
" THE GOLDEN AGE". José Marti. Edit. San Judas Tadeo.
1999
" FROM THE FAN TO THE HUMMINGBIRD " Ivette Vian. Edit. Gente Nueva. Cuba.
2001
" TALES OF MACUCUPE" Teresa Cardenas. Edit. Gente Nueva.

Murals

1990
MURAL 100 MTS X 2.50 MTS. LÍNEA E/ 22 Y 24, VEDADO, HAVANA.
Vinyl paint on wall.
1993
ACUAZUL HOTEL. MURAL 20 MTS X 2 MTS. Polychromatic wood.
Varadero. Cuba.
1994
VILLA TORTUGA. MURAL DE 17.5 MTS X 2 MTS. Polychromatic wood.
Varadero. Cuba.
1995
GAVIOTA HOTEL. MURAL 11.8 MTS X 2.50 MTS. Wood relief.
Varadero. Cuba.
1996
HOTEL TOPES DE COLLANTES. MURAL 14 MTS X 2 MTS. Polychromatic wood . Villa Clara. Cuba.
1996
HOTEL ORO VERDE. MURAL 15 MTS X 4 MTS. Polychromatic wood.
Varadero. Cuba.
2002
HOTEL LTI PANORAMA. MURAL. Italian restaurant.
2004
“BAZAR, "LEGEND AND DOLLS” MURAL. 30 MTS. ), Mercaderes y O´Reilly, Old Havana, Cuba.
2006
CUBAN COMPUTING UNIVERSITY (UCI),-3.50mts x 9mts