Kadir Lopez Nieves is an internationally known, Havana based, contemporary artist whose works include paintings, sculpture, prints, light installations and mixed media. Born in 1972 in Las Tunas, Cuba, he graduated from Havana’s prestigious art academy Instituto Superior de Arte in 1995. He has exhibited his work consistently since 1990 in solo and group shows in North and South America, Europe, China, and the Caribbean, and participated international art fairs and exhibitions.
In much of Lopez’ work, photos, other images and symbols belonging to his native island are “recovered” and transformed through techniques including collage and photo transfers, thus stripping nostalgic content from historic images and leaving them open to new interpretations. In his series “Signs” he repurposes porcelain-lacquered metal advertising signs from pre-revolutionary Cuba by transferring black-and-white photographs onto them, again providing a more complicated and at times ironic reading of the island's history. His “Palimpsestos” contain hidden images that reference special moments in Cuban history and their underlying significance.
He is the recipient of numerous art prizes. Lopez’ work can be found in major public and numerous private collections worldwide.
