Emerging Artist Award
Milton Raggi Vinueza (b. 1991) is a Cuban visual artist, curator and art professor. He studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro (2006-2010) in Havana, and graduated from Universidad de las Artes de Cuba, ISA (2011-2017), where he currently works as a professor of contemporary art.
In his artistic projects, Raggi works with themes and concepts related to the dynamics of power and control, systems and hierarchies. His works use technological platforms and generally take the form of audiovisual performance and immersive installations with a high interactive component.
In 2013 he founded AXIS Visual Lab, an interdisciplinary audiovisual experimentation group focused on working with new technologies applied to art. Since 2017, with the support of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, he’s developed the Laboratories of Art and Technology (LAT) project, to promote actions, workshops and exchange spaces that contribute to the training of other creators and new audiences.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
A Look Inside:
Born │
Havana, Cuba, 1991. Lives and works in Havana, Cuba.
Education│
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Universidad de las Artes de Cuba (ISA), Havana, Cuba (2017).
Awards and residencies│
Creation Grant Estudio 21, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (2019) | National Award for Curatorship, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba (2018) | Creation and Curatorship Award, Centro de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba (2011) | La Joven Estampa Award, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba (2009).
Selected Exhibitions│
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“BUZLUDZHA PROTO2”, Ruins of the Ballet School at Universidad de las Artes (ISA), Havana, Cuba (2017) | “ESTADO”, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño. La Habana, Cuba (2011) | “CERO”, Cascarilla Gallery. Havana, Cuba (2010)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“A plane bounded by a circle”, Glassfabrik, Leipzig, Germany (2018) | “Historia Irracional de un Conjunto de Medida Nula”, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (2016) | “Interruptos Continuos”, Vives-Figueroa Studio / Norwegian Embassy in Cuba, Havana, Cuba (2016) | “Maretti Award”, III iteration, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (2015) | “LIGHT”, Vives-Figueroa Studio / Norwegian Embassy in Cuba, Havana, Cuba (2014) | “XL2”, Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (2014) | “Sans Serif”, Medienwerkstatt Belin im Kulturwerk des bbk Bethanien de Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany (2014) | “e/”, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba (2014).
