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ARTIST
MANUEL MENDIVE
BIOGRAPHY
Manuel Mendive (b.1944)
Havana, Cuba
Artist Manuel Mendive Hoyo is perhaps the single most important Cuban artist today. Artist Manuel Mendive, is a major exponent of contemporary Afro-cubanismo in the visual arts, was born in 1944 into a Santería-practicing family. Artist Manuel Mendive graduated from the prestigious Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro in Havana in 1962 with honors in sculpture and painting. He held his first one-man show at the Center of Art in Havana in 1964. Since then he has exhibited in some of the most important international venues. The Cuban booth at the XLII International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art in Venice in 1988 was completely dedicated to his works. His work can be found in Museums and galleries in many countries including the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris; as well as museums in Russia, Somalia, Congo, Norway, Denmark, Finland and the U.S and other countries.
Artist Manuel Mendive Hoyo was born on December 15, 1944, in Luyanó, the same Havana neighborhood where artist Wifredo Lam went back to live for a few months on his "retours au pays natal" in 1942 and where he made his first "rediscoveries" of that visual universe André Breton would later describe as an untrammelled union of real and magical worlds. It is mainly a dock and factory worker neighborhood.
The wooden house where he was born was built in 1900 by his maternal grandfather Fermín Hoyo Espelusín, a construction worker... This grandfather is the most direct family antecedent for Mendive's artistic talent, for he was also a carver and engraver. He would be sought for complicated architectural projects with decorative work and other nonfunctional aspects, such as the "Mudejar Palace" in the Plaza de las Ursulinas or the monument to General Antonio Maceo in the Havana park of the same name. During the building of the latter he was to be blinded in an accident. He was one of those anonymous master-builders who from colonial times spontaneously shaped "the style" of a city "without style" as it was aptly described by Carpentier in a memorable essay on the architecture of Havana; one of those eclectic "naifs" who were bold enough to invent scores of rare orders, with unusual, fancy columns and capitals whose design was hardly ever repeated throughout the kilometers of avenued porchways dating back to the turn of the century...
Writing about his work, the critic Edward Sullivan says, “I conceive of his work as daring, rebellious, unconventional and brave. He does not care about fashion or trends. His images, which so often incorporate and wildly transform the vestiges of African stimulus, do not appeal necessarily to those who seek the latest trend in the art world. Instead of intellectualized minimalism or hollow conceptualism, Mendive relies on the senses: thought, touch, color, breath, air, and fire”.
Artist Manuel Mendive Hoyo has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and at the Galería Artizar. Many works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Energías para el amor y la bondad' sold at Christie's New York 'Latin American Art' in 2017 for $125,000. There have been many articles about Manuel Mendive, including 'FIU’s Frost, Cernuda mount remarkable exhibitions of Afro-Cuban artist Manuel Mendive’s 50 years of work' written by George Fishman for Miami Herald in 2014.
EDUCATION
1959
Commercial Drawing. Academia Villate, Havana, Cuba
1959‑1963
Painting and Modeling. Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1966‑1967
Course on History of Art, Universidad de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1963
Founding Member. Brigada Hermanos Saíz, Havana, Cuba
1960's
Member of Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), Havana, Cuba
1980‑1983
Member of Grupo Antillano, Havana, Cuba
1986
Juror. Concurso de Carteles. VIII Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Havana, Cuba
PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
Museo Emilio Bacardí, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Panamá, Panarte, Panamá.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Museo Etnográfico de Budapest, Hungría.
Museo de Arte Moderno de la Villa de París, France.
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Fundación Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Fundación France Liberté, París, France.
Galería Joan Guaita Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Museo Nacional de Tanzania, Africa.
The Jonh F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Gary Nader Art Gallery , Miami, Florida
Grupo SEIBU , Tokio, Japan.
Central Cultural of Manila, Philippines .
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
La Galeria Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Cuba Nostalgia, Plaza de los Artistas, Miami, Florida
The Coral Gables Museum, Cuban Art In The 20th Century, Coral Gables, Florida
Frieze Art Fair, Rain Hart Gallery, New York, New York
2016
The Caribbean: A Collector’s Point of View, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
2015
Important Cuban Artworks: Volume 12, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
Nuevos Colores, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Selections from Important Cuban Artworks Volume Eleven, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
Group Show Of Modern & Contemporary Art , Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
2013
Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2011
Latin American Masters of Today and Tomorrow, Art Space/ Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, Florida
2010
La Barbacoa: Group Show from Important Cuban Artworks, Volume Eight, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
2008
Arte Americas: The Latin American Art Fair, Tresart, Coral Gables, Florida
2008
Surrounded by Water: Expressions of Freedom and Isolation in Contemporary Cuban Art, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2008
La Mirada Persuasiva, Galeria Estudio Artizar, La Laguna, Spain
2005
Feeding the Spirit, the Light, the Ancestros, Olodumare, the most beautiful thing, Gary Nader Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Mother Africa Series, Week of the African Culture, Gallery: House of Culture of Angola , Havana , Cuba
2004
Exhibition of Modern Cuban Art, Athens, Greece
2003
Los Ancestros, orisha, la naturaleza y el pensamiento (The ancestros, orisha, nature and thought) , Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
Social, intelectual y chic (Social, intellectual and chic) , Biarritz, France
2003
Las Aguas, lo cotidiano y el pensamiento ( Waters, Daily Life and Thought) , Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
2003
Shangó y la Vida (Shango and Life) , La Recova Exhibition Hall, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
2002
Shangó y la Vida, Sa Nostra Cultural Center, Palma de Mallorca; Capitol Cultural Center, Cáceres, Spain
2001
Santa Bárbara-Shangó en nuestras Vidas (Santa Barbara, Shango in our Lives) , Gallery for Universal Art in Guines, Havana, Cuba
2000
Las Aves y los Peces (Birds and Fishes) , Latin American Gallery, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
2000
Exhibition of Sculptures, Museum of Rhum, Havana, Cuba
1999
Gary Nader Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1998
Ville de Chanteclerç, Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
1998
Andy Jllich Gallery, Switzerland
1997
Museum of Modern Art in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
1996
La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1994
The World of Art Gallery, Paris, France
1993
Le Monde de L'Art, Paris, France
1993
Museo Boshum, Germany
1992
Galería le Monde de L'Art, Paris, France
1991
Museo Arte Moderno San Diego San Diego, CA
1990
25o. Salón Internacional de Arte de Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1988
Ethnographic Museum of Budapest, Hungary
1982
Mpapa Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
1982
Iwalewa House, University de Bayreuth, Germany
1970
Museo Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain
1964
Museo Nacional Tanzania, Tanzania
1964
Centro de Arte La Habana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1961
Exposición Libre Estudiantes de Bellas Artes de La Habana [May]. Havana, Cuba
Ocho pintores jóvenes. Galería de la Plaza de la Catedral, Havana, Cuba
1962
Salón XLIII [February 23‑March 10]. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1963
Undécima Exposición Anual de Artistas Noveles [August 20‑September 6]. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba
1965
Homenaje a Vietnam. Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia, Havana, Cuba
1966
Jóvenes Plásticos Exponen. XIII Aniversario “26 de Julio” [July]. Galería INIT, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
1967
Exhibition of Cuban Painters and Engravers [July]. Youth Pavillion, Montreal, Canada
1968
Salón Nacional de Dibujo 1967 [January] Galería de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Cent ans de lutte. XXIV Salon de Mai “Adam Montparnasse” [May]. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas [UNEAC] [August]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Cien años de lucha (1868‑1968). Pintura Cubana [October]. Galería de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
1969
Young Painting from Cuba (itinerant). Hungary/ Algeria/ U.S.S.R./ Mongolia, Korea
1970
Expo’70. Cuban Pavillion, Osaka, Japan
II Festival International de la Peinture. Chateâu‑Musée, Cagnes‑sur‑Mer, France
Salón 70. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1973
Exposición Homenaje al XX Aniversario del Asalto al Cuartel Moncada [July]. Sala Ruben Martinez Villena, Galería UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
1975
Panorama del arte cubano de la Colonia a nuestros días [April]. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
1975-1976
Cubansk Nutidskunst (Contemporary Cuban Art) [December 13‑23/1975]. Odd‑Fellow Palaoet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cubansk Nâtidskunst (Contemporary Cuban Art) [January 17‑February 2/1976]. Kunstnernes Hus (House of Artists), Oslo, Norway
(Contemporary Cuban Art) [February 23/1976]. (House of Painting), Stockholm, Sweden
Kuuban Nykytaidetta (Contemporary Cuban Art) [March 18‑April 11/1976]. Tampereen Nykyta Museossa (Museum of Contemporary Art), Tampere, Finland
1976
Malarstwo i Grafika Kuby (Cuban Painting and Graphic Art) [April 22‑May 2]. Zaçheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Exposición de la Plástica Cubana Actual [November 5]. Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Souborná Vystava Kubánského Malírství (Cuban Painting). [November 17/1976].
Galerie D‑Smíchov, Prague/[)‑December 27]. (House of Culture of Bratislava), Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1977
50 Años de la Revista de Avance [October]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Cuba Peintres d’Aujourd’hui [November 8/1977‑January 15/1978]. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Los dioses como los vemos [November‑December]. Museo de Ciencias, Caracas, Venezuela
Salón Nacional de Dibujo [December]. Galería de Pinar del Río, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
II Festival Mundial del Arte y la Cultura Negra y Africana, Lagos, Nigeria
1978
Pintura y gráfica cubanas [April]. Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
[May 2‑31]. Fundació Joan Miro, Centre d’Estudis D’Art Contemporany, Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
La imagen revolucionaria de Antonio Maceo en la pintura cubana [December 7]. Galería de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
1979
Exposición Homenaje a Fernando Ortiz. Grupo Antillano [April 13]. Biblioteca Nacional, Havana, Cuba
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC 1979 [December 21]. Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba
1980
Antilska Skupina/Grupo Antillano [January] House of Cuban Culture, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Exposition Deux Maîtres, Deux Jeunes Journées de la Culture Cubaine à l’UNESCO [Lam, Portocarrero, Mendive, Pedro Pablo Oliva] [April 21‑29]. (UNESCO´s headquarters), Paris, France
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC’80 [December 18]. Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba
1981
Carifesta’81 [July 15). International Gallery, Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
Primer Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato [September 16]. Salon Lalo Carrasco, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
Jóvenes artistas. Retrospectiva [October 19]. Salon Lalo Carrasco, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
1982
¡Aquí estamos! Homenaje del Parque Lenin y del Grupo Antillano a Nicolás Guillén por su 80 Aniversario [July 1]. Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, Havana, Cuba
Salón Paisaje’82 [September 17) Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
III Quadriennale des Kunst‑Handwerks Sozialisticher Länder. Internationalen Gartenbauausstellung (IGA), Erfurt, G.D.R.
1982
Grandes maestros y jóvenes pintores de Cuba:
Sala Angel Boscon, Galería Universitaria, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Museo Ayacucho, Cumana, Venezuela
1983
Per la Liberta. Mostra internazionale di pittura in solidaritá con i prigionieri politici dell’Uruguay [April 7‑24]. Fiera del mare, Genoa, Italy
Plástica cubana contemporánea [May]. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura. Museo Nacional, Bogota, Colombia
(Present Cuban Painting) [July 27‑August 15]. (Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Painters), Chipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
Exposición V Aniversario del Grupo Antillano en homenaje a Wifredo Lam en el primer aniversario de su deceso [September]. Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba (With Grupo Antillano.)
Telarte I. Diseño de artistas cubanos para estampado textil [December]. Sala Tespis, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
Kunst aus Kuba. IFA Galerie, Bonn, F.R.G.
Premio de Pintura Cristóbal Colón. Centro Cultural del Conde‑Duque, Madrid, Spain
1984
Por la libertad. Muestra Internacional de pintura en solidaridad con los prisioneros políticos del Uruguay [January 17‑February 15]. Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
1a. Bienal de La Habana [May 22‑July 9]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Dibujos cubanos [October 18]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Telarte II. Diseño de artistas cubanos para estampado textil [December]. Museo Histórico Provincial, Villa Clara, Cuba
1985
Lo útil y lo bello. Diseños de artistas cubanos para estampado textil de la industria ligera y cerámica industrial de la Isla de la Juventud [March]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , Havana, Cuba
Arte en la carretera. Exposición de proyectos [August 8]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1986
Pintura cubana actual. Maestros de hoy [January-February]. Museo de Arte Costarricense, Galería Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
Africa inside Cuba. 6 Artists [April]. Luanda, Angolia
Künstler aus Kuba [May 29‑June 20]. Galerie Junge Künstler, Berlin, G.D.R.*
IV Quadriennale des Kunst‑Handwerks Sozialisticher Länder [June 6‑July 20]. Internationalen Gartenbauausstellung (IGA), Erfurt, G.D.R.*
Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Serígrafos [November 17]. Taller Artístico Experimental de Serigrafía, Havana, Cuba
Segunda Bienal de La Habana [November 26/1986‑January 18/1987]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Bienal Latinoamericana de Arte sobre Papel. Buenos Aires, Argentina
L’Arte con il Sorriso. Trenta artisti cubani di oggi (itinerant) Venice/Reggio Emilia/Milan/Turin/Genoa/Rome, Italy
1987
El amor [February 14]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
I Bienal de Pintura Jaume Guasch [October 9]. Fundació Jaume Guasch, Barcelona, Spain
Festival Dibujo Contemporáneo. Grand Palais, Paris, France
1988
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC’87 [January 25‑February]. Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba
(Unique, dumb or naives?) [March 3‑May 29]. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Cuba en el Club 24. Pintura cubana actual [March 22‑April 16]. Galería Club 24, Madrid, Spain
Pintura cubana actual [April 15‑30]. Capilla del Antiguo Hospital de Santa Cruz, Barcelona, Spain
Telarte V. Lo útil y lo bello.Diseños artistas cubanos para estampado textil [May]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
XLIII Biennale di Venezia [June‑September]. Venice, Italy
17ème Festival Culturel de la Martinique. Exposition collective d’artistes cubains [July]. Martinique, France
(Contemporary Cuban Painting) [October]. (Tetriakov Gallery), Moscow, U.S.S.R.*
Feria Internacional de Arte Arco’88. Madrid, Spain
1989
Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820-1980
[May 16‑August 6]. Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
[September 16‑November 19]. Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
[December 19/1989‑March 11/1990]. Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
Tercera Bienal de La Habana [November‑December]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
La Habana en Madrid. Centro Cultural de la Villa, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Tri Století Kubánské Grafiky. Národni Galerie, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1990
An Island Called Cuba. Gíornate della Cultura Cubana [January 25‑February 10]. Istituto Italo‑Latinoamericano, Rome, Italy
Pintura cubana de hoy. 45 Artistas cubanos [March 28‑April 28]. Universidad Politécnica, Madrid, Spain
(Under the auspices of Galería Duris de Samos.)(251 International Art Hall) Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Nuevas adquisiciones contemporáneas. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1991
MADEENCUBA. [April 5‑May 5]. Tate‑Tate Galería, Madrid, Spain
Pintura cubana [May 7]. Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico
18 Peintres de Cuba à Paris [September 13]. Festival de L’Humanite, Paris, France
21a. Bienal Internacional de Sâo Paulo [October 21‑December 10]. Parque de Ibirapuera, Sâo Paulo, Brasil
1992
[Cuban Painting in Japan] [October]. Hokkaido, Japan
Color de Cuba. Pabellón de las Artes, Exposición Universal Sevilla’92, Seville, Spain
1993
Presencia de Cuba [April 20‑May 20]. Galería Alonso Arte, Bogota, Colombia
Dulce María Loynaz y la Ciudad de las Columnas [April 23‑May 14]. Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Sala de Arte 1‑2‑9‑3, Alcala de Henares, Spain
Lateinamerika und der Surrealismus [May 22‑July 18]. Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1e Internationale Grafick Biennale [June 24‑August 9]. Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, Maastricht, Holland
Dulce María Loynaz y la Ciudad de las Columnas [December 10]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
San Alejandro. 175 Aniversario. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
First World Festival of Arts and Culture. Vodun, Quidah’92. Benin
1994
Pequeño formato latinoamericano. Artistas Contemporáneos en Latinoamérica [March]. Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Visión de hoy en la pintura cubana [April 21‑June 21]. Galería Czechowska, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Cuban Art. The Last Sixty Years [October 15‑December 31]. Panamerican Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Nuevas adquisiciones [October 24]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1995
Imágenes de Martí:
[January‑February]. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
[May 2‑June 12]. Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico
[November 23‑December 8]. Fundación Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador
[September 6‑16]. Teatro Nacional Ruben Dario, Managua, Nicaragua
[October 3‑20]. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama City, Panama
El tema histórico en la pintura cubana [May 23]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Panorámica (muestra de pintura cubana) [June 14]. Casa Matriz. Banco Nacional de Panamá, Panama City, Panama
1er. Salón de Contemporary Cuban Art [November 15/1995‑January 15/1996]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1996
Cuba siglo XX. Modernidad y sincretismo:
[April 16‑June 9]. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
[July 2‑September 1]. Fundació La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
[October 8‑November 17]. Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Cuba! Paintings, Photographs, Revolutionary Posters, Folk Art [May 11‑June 1]. Southside Gallery, Oxford, Massachusetts
The Cuban Art Space First Public Exhibition [July 17‑August 17]. Metropolitan Book Center, New York, NY
Estampas cubanas de tres siglos [July-August]. Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
[August-September]. Salón Avianca, Barranquilla, Colombia
1997
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCO’97 [February 13-18]. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain (Represented by Galería La Acacia)
Agada Umbo Omode (La fuerza viene de todos) [March 17]. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
Policromía de lo negro. Contemporary Cuban Art [September 11]. Quintana Monterde. Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Islas [September 16-November 6]. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
1998
Arte contemporáneo de Cuba:
[June 2-July 5]. Urasoe Museum, Okinawa
[July 18-August 2]. Hillside Forum Daikanyama, Tokyo
[December 1-7]. Iwaki City Cultural Hall, Iwaki, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1964
Mendive, Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba
1974
[Flora Fong/Manuel Mendive]. Berlin, G.D.R.
Expozitia de Picturâ a tenerilov artizti. Flora Fong and Manuel Mendive [December]. Sala Ateneului, Romen, Rumania
1975
Cuban Young Painters [Flora Fong/Manuel Mendive]. The Worker’s House, Mogadiscio, Somalia
Two Young Cuban Artists [Flora Fong/Manuel Mendive]. National Museum, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Manuel Mendive. The Black Slaves. Zaire
Flora Fong/Manuel Mendive. Vystavni Sin Uliu, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1980
Mendive. Un pintor de lo real‑maravilloso. Galería L, Havana, Cuba
1981
(Retrospective Exhibition) [November 26‑December]. (Gallery of the U.S.S.R. Union of Painters), Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1982
[January 5‑25]. Sredetz Gallery of the Committee for Culture Sofia, Bulgaria
Motivaciones. Manuel Mendive. [Exposición inaugural] [October]. Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
Manuel Mendive [November]. Iwalewa House, University of Bayreuth, F.R.G.
Motivaciones [November]. Jornada de la Cultura Cubana, Lagos, Nigeria
Exposición personal sobre motivos bulgaros. Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
Motivaciones. Mpapa Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
Luanda, Aangola Maputo, Mozambique, Zambia
Manuel Mendive. ORTH Gallery, Nuremberg, F.R.G.
1983
Manuel Mendive en homenaje a Alicia Alonso [October]. Galería Espacio Abierto. Revista Revolución y Cultura, Havana, Cuba
1984
Con Porto y Mendive [October]. Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
1985
Conversación con los peces [October]. Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
(Exhibition of Paintings and performance.)
1986
Manuel Mendive. Variations sur Un thème. Conversation avec les poissons [April]. Espace Culturel Latino‑Americain, Paris, France
Todo mezclado. Exposición 1er. Aniversario [Manuel Mendive, Julia Valdés, Suitberto Goire] [April]. Galería Santiago, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
14 Variaciones sobre un mismo tema [November]. Galería de Arte del Cotorro, Santa María del Rosario, Havana, Cuba
1987
Para el ojo que mira de Manuel Mendive [May]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Manuel Mendive [November‑December]. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panama City, Panama
Para el ojo que mira. Galería Export Art, Panama City, Panama
1988
Manuel Mendive. The October Gallery, London, U.K.
Manuel Mendive. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1989
Nature and our Body. Week of Cuban Culture for the XXX Anniversary of the Revolution “Cuba in 30” [August]. Department Store Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Manuel Mendive. Galerie Nesle, Paris, France
1990
Cuba: Two Cultural Phenomena, Wifredo Lam and Manuel Mendive [October]. Galleria Enrico Garibaldi, Milan, Italy
Cuba: Two Cultural Phenomena, Wifredo Lam and Manuel Mendive. Civica Gallery, Piazza Cavour, Padua, Italy
1992
Manuel Mendive/Humberto Castro/Moisés Finalé [June 24‑August 1]. Galerie Le Monde de L’Art, Paris, France
1993
Galería Expositum, Mexico City, Mexico
Hafnarf Jordur International Art Festival [solo shows]. Iceland
1994
Manuel Mendive [June 14‑July 23]. Galerie Le Monde de L’Art, Paris, France
1995
Manuel Mendive [February‑March]. Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogota, Colombia
1996
Manuel Mendive. Galería Arte Actual, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Manuel Mendive. National Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
Manuel Mendive. Something New at the Kennedy Center [October]. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
1997
Manuel Mendive. Sexta Bienal de La Habana [May]. Museo de Arte Colonial, Havana, Cuba
Manuel Mendive. Galerie Le Monde de L’Art, Paris, France
Manuel Mendive. Galería Joan Guaita Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1999
Manuel Mendive [April-May]. Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida
SELECTED PERFORMANCE
1985
in: Conversación con los peces [October]. Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
1986
in: Segunda Bienal de La Habana [November]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1988
[May]. Plaza SPAIN, Madrid, Spain
in: XLIII Biennale di Venezia [June]. Gardens of the Biennial, Venice, Italy
“Aledda (Materia pensante)” in: Festival Internacional de Ballet. [November 2-?]. Lobby and Gardens of Mella Theater, Havana, Cuba
1989
in: Rumba de Cuba. 89 en 93. Bicentenaire de la Révolution Française [June 22]. Petite Salle, Maison de la Culture de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, France
1992
“Al cerrar los ojos” in: Vlle de Soroa & Havana, Havana, Cuba
1996
in: Manuel Mendive. Something New at the Kennedy Center [October 26/28]. Kennedy Center Atrium, Washington, D.C.
1997
“Los dioses, los ancestros, el hombre bueno y el hombre malo” in: Sexta Bienal de La Habana [May 4]. Castillo de La Punta/Plaza de la Catedral, Havana, Cuba
AWARDS
1955
Prize. International Contest on Children’s Paintings. UNESCO’s Associated Fedrations and Morinaga Society of Tribute to Mothers, Japan
1962
Mention in Sculpture. Salon XLIII. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1963
Prize. Oncena Exposición Anual de Artistas Noveles. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba
1968
Third Prize in Painting. Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas [UNEAC]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
“Adam Montparnasse” Collective Prize to Young Painting. XXIV Salon de Mai. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
First Prize. Salón Nacional de Dibujo 1967. Galería de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
1970
Prize to National Selection. II Festival International de la Peinture. Chateâu Musée, Cagnes‑sur‑Mer, France
1983
National Culture Award. State Council, Republic of Cuba.
1984
Order for the 1300 Years of Bulgarian Culture. Ministry of Culture, Bulgaria
“Galería Espacio Latinoamericano” Prize in Painting. 1a. Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1986
Mention. IV Quadriennale des Kunst‑Handwerkers Sozialisticher Länder, Erfurt, G.D.R.
Mention. VI Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Prize. Segunda Bienal de La Habana. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1986
Premio Internacional II Bienal de La Habana, Cuba.
1988
Medalla Alejo Carpentier del Consejo de Estado de La República de Cuba.
1994
“Félix Varela” Order. State Council, Republic of Cuba.
Order Knight of Arts and Letters. Ministry of Culture and French Language, Paris, France
2001
Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Ministerio de Cultura de la República de Cuba.
2009
Medalla de los Cinco Continentes de la UNESCO.