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painter and mixed media artist. She has exhibited her work internationally and has participated in several art biennials. García Marrero lives in
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.
Biography
Aimeé García Marrero was born in 1972 in
Limonar
Limonar is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba.
Overview
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Canímar, Guamacaro, Caoba, Sumidero, Coliseo, and San Miguel.
Established in 1876 as ''Guamacaro'', the name was chan ...
,
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ; ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas Province, Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-American religions, Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Mat ...
,
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
. She graduated in 1991 from the Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas in
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by Sp ...
; followed by study at
Instituto Superior de Arte The University of Arts of Cuba / Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) was established on 1 September 1976, by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts.
History
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and graduation in 1996.
From April to May 2016, García Marrero displayed public art in
Times Square
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in Manhattan entitled ''Times of Silence'', was displayed as part of Times Square Arts. The work was made up of 6 panels of collaged paper and embroidery thread mounted in display cases.
She has participated in several international biennials including the
57th Venice Biennale
The 57th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art art exhibition, exhibition held between May and November 2017. The Venice Biennale takes place biennale, biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Christine Macel, the chief cu ...
in 2017;
Havana Biennial
The Bienal de La Habana was a traditional Latin, Caribbean event, originated in Havana, Havana, Cuba, that aims to raise awareness to promote contemporary art and giving priority to Latin Americans, Latin-American and Caribbean artists.
The eve ...
in 1995, 2012, and 2015; Cuenca Biennial in 1998;
Gwangju Biennale
The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995 in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half ...
in 1997; and Biennial of Painting of the Caribbean and Central America () in 1996.
Her work is found in museum collections, including at the
Fralin Museum of Art
The Fralin Museum of Art is an art museum at the University of Virginia. Before 2012, it was known as the University of Virginia Art Museum. It occupies the historic Thomas H. Bayly Building on Rugby Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, a short dis ...
at the
University of Virginia
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; the
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)—officially known as the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—is a contemporary art museum that relocated in 2013 to the Maurice A. Ferré Park in Downtown Miami, Florida. Founded in 1984 as the Cent ...
; the
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana) in Havana, Cuba is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations.
History
It was founded o ...
(English: National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba);
Arizona State University Art Museum
The Arizona State University Art Museum is an art museum operated by Arizona State University, located on its main campus in Tempe, Arizona. The Art Museum has some 12,000 objects in its permanent collection and describes its primary focuses as c ...
;
El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the City ...
; Museum of Finest Cuban Arts, Vienna; and
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
:see also the ''Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art'', Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The original building w ...
at the
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a Public university, public research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1876, the university is organized into nine colleges and schools and offers 420 undergraduate and gra ...