Santiago Luis Ferrer (Kender)

Santiago Luis Ferrer - KENDER (La Habana,1965), graduated from the National School of Fine Arts "San Alejandro". "Since 1990, the artist has participated in 14 personal exhibitions in Cuba, Italy, Holland and Spain; and Spain; and more than 50 group exhibitions, most of them in Italy and Cuba, as well as in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Argentina, Spain and England. He has also produced illustrations for books and magazines. In 2003 he received one of the most significant prizes in the panorama of Cuban and international painting: The Salon "Servando Cabrera" Salon. In addition to his work as a painter, Kender is also the coordinator and curator of the "Espiral Infinita" project. Espiral Infinita" project, which brings together the most prestigious abstract artists in Cuba. Together with this project he organised important group exhibitions of abstract art such as 'Turbolencias Post' and 'Marea pero me encanta'. Among the solo exhibitions: 2009: Santiago Luis Ferrer, (Kender) Colored Big Bang, Gallería de Gelegeneid, Den Haag Holanda 2009: Puentes para rupturas. Arci Belleza, Milán, Italia. 2008: Pavana para un poeta difunto. Studio d'Arte. Guido Iemmi. Milán, Italia. 2005: A mis espacios Acotados. Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseños. La Habana. Tra le mostre collettive: (selezione) 2015: Fábula del otro. XII Bienal de la Habana, La Habana, 2014: Divertimentos, Colateral encuentro Nacional de Grabado, La Habana, 2014:100 Pintores Abstractos en Cuba, Galleria Casa del Alba, La Habana; 2012: NO VOICE, Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Independents Liverpool Biennial, Inglaterra; 2012. Artistas por el barrio. XI Bienal Internacional de la Habana. La Habana; 2010. La otra Realidad.Una historia del arte abstracto cubano (Sept 2010 – Ene 2011), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana; 2010: Cuba Informale, Monastero S. Croce, Bisceglie, Bari. Italia; 2007: ContemporaneaCuba. Spazio 1380, Milán. Italia; 2007: La Magia de combinar texturas. Galería Orígenes, La Habana; 2001: Salón Servando Cabrera. Galería Servando Cabrera, La Habana; 2000: Peintres cubains contemporains. Espace Paragon, Luxemburgo.