Rubén Fuentes

Born in 1980 in Matanzas, Cuba
Lives and works in Paris, France

Ruben Fuentes currently resides in the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France and is finishing his PhD in Arts Production and Research at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is primarily a painter and draftsman, but also works the installation. He works as a creator in Cuba, Spain and France. He also works as an art teacher, considering this activity a social sculpture. In his work, the duality of matter and spirit is trascended. Zen Keys, along with a relationship with teluric forces, are essential to understanding his work . The invocation of the vital forces of nature inherited from the Cuban aboriginal past, Afro-Cuban culture and Chinese Taoism, is present in his last creations. His artistic work in recent times presents art as a way of self knowledge. According to these ideas, artistic practice allows the improvement of human ethical, cognitive and sensory capabilities integrated into a harmonious life. These concepts are presented predominantly on compositions, where simplicity becomes intensity and strength of the image.

Exhibitions
2013 – Open Studio – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2013 – Landscapes of the mind – Confucius Institute, Valencia, Spain
2012 –

Wo ist Kuba? – Havana Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2012 – XI Bienal de La Habana – Complejo Morro Cabaña. Havana, Cuba
2011 – CAFÉ XIII – The Journeys of Cuban Writers and Artists”, Gallery of the Errol Barrow Center for Creative Imagination, Barbados
2010 – Luz a tu propia química 3 – Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
2007 – Estiu Art, Intervencions a la Marina – Dénia, Valencia, Spain
2006 – Miradas, Mirades, Regards – Toulouse, France
2006 – Novena en la Carpintería – Higher Institute of Arts, 9th Havana Bienal. Havana, Cuba
2005 – CUBA The Next Generation (part 2) – Cuban Studies Center, New York, USA