# Ernesto Mateo Rancaño Vieties **Date of birth:** September 21, 1968 **Date of death:** February 25, 2022 **Categories:** Painter, Arts One of the most renowned figures in contemporary Cuban art, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and member of the International Association of Plastic Artists (A.I.A.P). Studied at the National School of Plastic Arts from 1987 to 1991, where he graduated in the specialty of Painting and Drawing.  Obtained First Prize in the Poster Contest sponsored and called by CETSS, La Habana, Cuba.  His works are found in permanent collections in Panamá, México, Jamaica and España. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions and has done installations. Since 1995 he is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). 1987-1991 School of Fine Arts of San Alejandro, specialty of Painting and Drawing.  Since 1995 he is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. Solo Exhibitions (selection) 1986 KARMA, Cuba Pavilion, La Habana.  1994 El Jardín de Rancaño, Karl Marx Theater, La Habana.  1996 La mano ciega, IMAGO Gallery, La Habana.  Group Exhibitions (selection) 1986 ESPEJOMAQUIA, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, La Habana.  1987 Children's Mural in collaboration with painters Ulises González, Pedro Socorro and José M. Pérez Fernández.  1989 Exhibition 170th Anniversary of San Alejandro, La Habana.  1990 Collective Mural, Palacio de los Pioneros Ernesto Che Guevara, Parque Lenin, La Habana.  1991 Second collective exhibition of teachers and students, Leopoldo Romañach Gallery, La Habana.  1993 Desde el dibujo, La Acacia Gallery, La Habana. Art Cuban Now, Chelsea Gallery, Jamaica. Cuban Art in the Pampas, Provincial Art Museum of the Pampas, Argentina.  1994 Founding Week, traveling exhibition, España.  1995 ONE LOVE Jamaican and Cuban artists on the theme of love in honor of Bob Marley´s 50th birthday, Chelsea Gallery, Jamaica.  1996 Twelve Wandering Tales, twelve Cuban painters, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá, Colombia.  Other Activities 1986 Illustration of a compilation of poems by Jorge Luis Borges.  1989 Installation for the short fiction film Para subir al cielo, by Colombian Andrés Manoquin.  1992 Installation for the Sol Palmeras Hotel of Meliá, Varadero (15 drawings). Creation of advertising posters from the 1950s for the setting of the Cuban soap opera De tu sueño a mi sueño.  1993 Design of cover of the facsimile of Habanero Elegante.  Awards First Prize of the poster contest sponsored by CETSS.   Solo Exhibitions  1986   KARMA, Cuba Pavilion, La Habana. 1994   El Jardín de Rancaño, Karl Marx Theater, La Habana. 1996   La mano ciega, IMAGO Gallery, La Habana. 2011   La carta que nunca te escribí 2012   La mitad de mi vida, Bóveda D3 (La Cabaña, XI Havana Biennial), Cuba.         2011  La carta que nunca te escribí, Gallery 23 y 12, La Habana. Cuba.  De tus ojos la sal, Sacramento Gallery. Portugal.  Recent Works, The Cuban Art Space. Center For Cuban Studies, New York.  2009 Forbidden Embraces, Habana Gallery, City of La Habana 2008 All the Time of the Cedars,  UNESCO Headquarters, París, Francia    Group Exhibitions 2011 Living in Havana, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery. New York, United States.  Cuban Art Exhibition, The Cuban Art Space of the Center for Cuban Studies. New York, United States. Cuban Art Exhibition, Korean Fine Association Daejeon Metropolitan City Branch, Korea.  A Minute of Silence, Casa Guayasamín. City of La Habana, Cuba  2010  Remake, Villa Lita Room of the Servando Cabrera Museum. City of La Habana, Cuba  Simply Korda, Municipal Archives. Vila Real Sto. Antonio. Portugal  Cuba Paints Guayasamín Guayasamín Foundation. City of Habana Unique Piece. Contemporary Cuban Art, Auditorium of the Delegation of the Principality of Asturias. Madrid. 2009 Cuba Paints Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador  Signals in the Sea, Puerto Avenue, Historic Center, City of La Habana Tomorrow Will Be Too Late. International Press Center. Tenth Havana Biennial   2008 Tribute to Carlos Enríquez, 70th Anniversary The Abduction of the Mulattoes, Hispano-American Cultural Center, City of La Habana  This is the Place of Art, Fifth Anniversary of the television program Art Place, La Casona Gallery, City of La Habana 2007 Light of Your Absence, Tribute to Celia Sánchez Manduley, Convent of San Francisco de Asís, City of La Habana Mural, together with Eduardo Abela, Chelsea Arts Club, London  Auction Expo, Funds for the Cause of the 5, Geneva, Switzerland  Art and Fashion, National Museum of Fine Arts, City of La Habana Square One Gallery, London (with Águedo Alonso and Flora Fong)   2006   Instructions Manual. IX Havana Biennial. Santa Clara Convent Headquarters, La Habana. 4 at the IX Havana Biennial. Mano Ciega Studio. From March 27 to April 27.   Naked with an Umbrella Group Expo. España, La Castellana Headquarters, May 18. Number Expo 5 x 5 = 25. For the 5th anniversary of the digital magazine La Jiribilla, José Martí Memorial, La Habana. Do You Want More Gallery? Copa 42, La Habana. 2005   ArtCuba 2005. Together with plastic artist V. Bonachea. UN Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. 2004   One, Two and Three, What a Cool Line. Together with plastic artists Vicente Bonachea and Eduardo Abela, Servando Gallery, 23 y 10, City of La Habana. 2002   Time to See. Together with artists Rubén Alpízar and María del Pilar Reyes, Space 304 Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February. Mirrors Happen. Museum of Mexico City. How Young is My Baseball Team. Latinoamericano Baseball Stadium, La Habana, Cuba. 2001   Mirrors Happen. Transitory Room of the José Martí Memorial, La Habana. Visions of the Charity of Copper. Ballajá Barracks, Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November/December. Kaleidoscope. 22 Cuban plastic artists on the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, National Theater of Cuba, November/December. 2000   Brushes on Point. Gallery of the Trades of Nelson Domínguez. Participates with a work on the occasion of the Havana Ballet Festival. The works of this exhibition became part of the heritage of the Dance Museum. Postmedieval Cuban Painting. VII Havana Biennial, Convent of San Francisco de Asís, November.   "Martí" 1996   Twelve Wandering Tales, Twelve Cuban Painters, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogotá, Colombia. 1995   ONE LOVE Jamaican and Cuban artists on the theme of love in honor of Bob Marley´s 50th birthday, Chelsea Gallery, Jamaica. 1994   Founding Week, traveling exhibition, España. 1993   Desde el dibujo, La Acacia Gallery, La Habana. Art Cuban Now, Chelsea Gallery, Jamaica. Cuban Art in the Pampas, Provincial Art Museum of the Pampas, Argentina.   Commander's Degrees, 2007 1991   Second collective exhibition of teachers and students, Leopoldo Romañach Gallery, La Habana. 1990   Collective Mural, Palacio de los Pioneros Ernesto Che Guevara, Parque Lenin, La Habana. 1989   Exhibition 170th Anniversary of San Alejandro, La Habana. 1987   Children's Mural in collaboration with painters Ulises González, Pedro Socorro and José M. Pérez Fernández. 1986   ESPEJOMAQUIA, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, La Habana.   Awards: 2007 Diploma for Artistic Merit, Superior Institute of Art (ISA), La Habana, Cuba.  2001 Djerassi Resident Artist Program. One-month residency for the creation of a mural painting, San Francisco, California, United States. First Prize of the poster contest sponsored by CETSS.   Art Fairs: 2012 Art Fair ArtMónaco, Mónaco.   2011 Art Fair JustMad, España.  Art Fair of Lisbon, Portugal. Art Fair ArtMoscow 2011, Moscow.  Collections: National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba; Cernuda Arte, Miami; Nina Menocal. DF. México; Sting and Trudy Stayle. London; José Saramago. Valencia; State Council. Cuba; CNAP. Cuba; Alicia Alonso; Marlborough Gallery. New York; Sean Penn; Miraflores Government Palace. Venezuela; Che's Birthplace House Museum, Rosario, Argentina, Andrés Bello Project Collection. Colombia; Djerassi Foundation, San Francisco, California; UN Headquarters, Geneva; ICAIC, Cuba, Memory Museum Vilma Espín Birthplace House, Santiago de Cuba; Luciano Méndez. Banco Sabadell, representation in Cuba, La Habana.