Diana Balboa Hernández

Outstanding painter, draftsman, engraver and ceramicist, with self-taught training. She has held more than 60 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 200 group exhibitions, both in Cuba and abroad. Some of her works are displayed in prestigious galleries in different countries and are also part of the Capilla del Hombre, in Ecuador.

Diana is a strong person, tender, very confident and very accurate. Diana is wise, it is impossible for many generations of Cubans to remember Sara González and Diana separately.

Starting in 1970, she develops her work at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de la Habana. She is a member of the Unión de Escritores y Aristas de Cuba and the Asociación Internacional de Artistas Plásticos.

She is a member of the Asociación Internacional de Artistas Plásticos, UNEAC and the Taller Experimental de la Gráfica.

Solo Exhibitions
1972

"Drawings and Engravings". Gallery. Ministry of Public Health, Havana.
1973

VanTroi Polytechnic C. Havana.
1978

"Engravings". Gallery. Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, Havana.
1979

Gallery. Ministry of Justice, Havana.
1980

"Engravings". Higher Institute of Education, Havana.
1982

"Engravings". Galería Galiano, Havana.
"Engravings". Galería Patzcuaro. Michoacán, Mexico.
1983

"Engravings by Diana". Art Gallery of October 10, Havana.

1984

"Engravings". Gallery Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana.
1986

"Engravings". New York, USA.
1987

"Engravings". Ayuntamiento Puentedeume, La Coruña, Spain.
"Two Cuban Artists: Diana Balboa and Evelio Lecuor". Casa de la Cultura de Huelva, Spain.
1988

"Engravings". Casa Cultura Sant Josep, Barcelona, Spain.
"Engravings". Centro Cultural Fernando de los Ríos, Madrid, Spain.
1989

Centro Cultural Fernando de los Ríos, Madrid, Spain.
Ayuntamiento de Bermeo, País Vasco, Spain.
1994

Café Gijón, Asturias, Spain.
1995

Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Plásticas, Havana.
1998

Centro Cultural Insular de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain.
Galería Eibar, San Sebastián, Spain.
1999

Galería Hotel Neptuno, Havana.
Auction. Sala La Comercial Cubana, Spain.
2000

Taller Galería Atanor de Barranco, Lima, Peru.
International Cubadisco Fair.
Galería de Arte Concha Ferrant, Havana.
Sala Majadahonda Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana.
2002

Spring Menu Letter. Hotel Inglaterra, Havana.
"The Egg and/or the Hen". SGAE Headquarters, Havana.
2003

"Thanks for the Music". Galería Hotel Presidente, Havana. Hotel Presidente Havana Cuba.

Awards and Honors
1975

Award. Engraving. Salon of Art Teachers and Instructors, Havana.
2002

Medal for National Culture. Ministry of Culture, Cuba