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The-Merger

Is a group of Cuban-born sculptors whose members are Mario Miguel González (Mayito), Niels Moleiro Luis and Alain Pino.

They work with the following materials: Stainless steel on quartz base, plexiglas and neon light bulbs

Their inspiration and themes: social and political matters, represented by ubiquitous and mundane objects on a grand scale and metaphors.



Resumé

Group’s Personal Exhibitions:

2012	 “Greenish Red”. Factoria Habana Art Gallery. Havana, Cuba

2009	“Recovering phase”. The-Merger Studio, Havana, Cuba

2008	Tópicos. Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba

2007   Trafic Art. 4 Certamen. Toqué Rouge Gallery, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada A quien pueda interesar, (To whom it might concern). Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba

2006	Latin Art Core, Miami, Florida

2005	Encuentro Gallery, Panama

2004	Agradecimientos. Galería Tele Pinar, Pinar del Río, Cuba

2003	De lado a lado. Galería de Arte la Casona, Havana, Cuba

2002	Galería Suyu. Havana, Cuba

1999	Sobre blanco y negro. Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba

Group’s Collective Exhibitions:

2013		Bienal de Panamá

2012	Iberoamerican Art Fair – IAAF – Seoul, South Korea, November “HB” Pabexpo. Havana Biennial, May - June “Dry cleaning”, La Lavandería Art Center. Havana Biennial, May - June “Sculptures & Prints”, Havana Graphic Center. Havana Biennial, May - June

2011	PULSE Art Fair, Factoría Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, September - October “Uprooted / Transmigrations” Panamerican Art Project. Miami, Florida, May-July International Design Fair. Milan, Italy, May-Jun Arte Americas Art Fair, Miami Beach Conventions Centre, Florida, March “The Arsenal” Yemayá Cultural Centre, Madrid, Spain, February Palm Beach Art Fair 2011, Florida, January

2010	Art Miami Art Fair, Florida, USA, December 1st Miami Beach Sculpture Biennale, Florida, USA, December Bogota International Art Fair (ARTBO), Colombia, September Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), Seoul, September Arte Americas Art Fair, Miami Beach Conventions Centre, Florida, March “Project Room” Panamerican Art Project. Miami, Florida, March – April

2009	SCOPE Art Fair. Basel, Switzerland, June “Crisis” Expocuba Fair Center, Pavilion 23, Havana, Cuba, March - April “Pure coincidence” Expocuba Fair Center, Havana, Cuba, March - April “Tomorrow will be too late”. Havana 10th Biennale Collateral exhibition, International Press Center, Havana, Cuba

2008 Incide, Confluencia. Museo de arte de Zapopan Maz, Ciudad de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Arte Americas. Miami Beach Convention Centre, Miami Beach, Florida BarraCuba II. Galeria Distric & Co, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Subasta del MAC. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, en Casacor Panama, Panama Art Fair. Shanghai, China El Diablo los junta. Casa Simón Bolívar. Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad, Havana, Cuba

Future exhibitions At 16th ART MOSCOW gallery will showcase art works dedicated to “glamour” theme. The Merger, among other artists, will show works presenting their proper visions of this current in today’s life phenomenon and its impact on contemporary society of Cuba. Woman’s attitude is the main form in depicting objects and attracting attention to some esthetic problems of being.

Reference in publications:
 * http://www.ohch.cu/programa-cultural/?secc_id=2&mes=02&anno=2012&secc=Exposiciones
 * http://www.lahabana.travel/index.php?option=com_noticias&view=seccion2&id=274&comun=274
 * http://www.opushabana.cu
 * http://arteporexcelencias.com/es/news/2010-06-16/double.html
 * Dos Propuestas y un enclave: Factoría Habana. http://isauniversidaddelasartes.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/plastica-isa/
 * www.juventudrebelde.cu/file/pdf/impreso/2012/02/.../icompleta.pdf
 * http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/whosplaying/whosplaying_artc/whosplay_TuesFeb21Mon27Feb2012.php
 * NY Sotheby’s Latin-American Art Auction catalogue. Nov 2011, lot 217
 * Phillips de Pury Art Auction catalogue. Nov 2011, lot 62
 * “ARTE SUR”, Latin American Magazine of Visual Arts. Volume 2 1-2010. Page 26.
 * NY Sotheby’s Latin-American Art Auction catalogue. May 2011, lot 226
 * Art Americas Art Fair catalogue 9th edition. March 2011
 * Palm Beach Art Fair catalogue. January, 2011
 * The New Herald, January 15, 2011
 * Art Miami Fair catalogue, December, 2010
 * Miami Beach Sculpture Biennale 1st edition. December, 2010
 * NY Sotheby’s Latin-American Art Auction catalogue. May 2010, lot 207
 * The New Herald newspaper March 26, 2010. Page 14A
 * Art in America Art Magazine. March 2010. Page 66
 * Art Americas Art Fair catalogue 8th edition. March 2010, page 99.
 * NY Sotheby’s Latin-American Art Auction catalogue. Nov 2009, page 168, lot 166
 * “ArtNexus” Art Magazine, No. 75, Volume 8, 2009, Back of cover
 * “ArtNexus” Art Magazine, No. 74, Volume 8, 2009, Back of cover
 * “ArtNexus” Art Magazine, No. 73, Volume 8, 2009, Back of cover
 * “ArtNexus” Art Magazine, No. 72, Volume 8, 2009, Back of cover
 * “Art by Excellency” Art Magazine, No. 3, 2009, page 18
 * “C of Cuba” Art Magazine, No. 3, 2009, Back of cover
 * “Trabajadores” newspaper May 4th, 2009 (page 10)
 * “Aphorism for a made in Cuba Art work”, by Hector Anton, Miami Art Biennial 2009