Jorge Mata

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He studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro de La Habana. In early 1993 he moved to Barcelona. In 1994 and 1995 he obtained the Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Scholarships, awarded by the Fundación Joan Miró de Mallorca.

Currently he works as a creative director at Linkgua Ediciones in Barcelona and the United States. For this publisher he creates, designs and illustrates book covers and interiors, among which stand out Nunca Canté en Broadway by Ramón Fernández Larrea, La Isla de los Mirlos negros by José Hugo Fernández, Diario de Bolivia by Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, annotated edition by Canek Sánchez Guevara and Radamés Molina Montes, Cuentos afrocubanos (Patakines) by Radamés Molina Montes, La utopía vacía (intelectuales y Estado en Cuba), compilation of essays by contemporary Cuban authors compiled by Carlos A. Aguilera, Concierto Cubano (La vida es un Divino guión) by journalist Joaquín Borges-Triana.

In collaboration with Mexican creator Marco Hernández he created the illustrations for the book-CD Cantando de cuento by Cuban troubadour Tania Moreno, which features musicians Kelvis Ochoa and Raúl Torres. Together with writer and editor Radamés Molina he created the NETBOOK collection, which groups together the following titles: Revolución, Black Hawk, Ache dos o, últimos días del Che, Tracción fatal, Toda una vida, La gran marea, Fidel, and Siglo XX La Video Instalación Che Guevara Netbook. Recently, Linkgua editorial published his book Viaje a la semilla, which collects part of his creative work from the last six years.

Among his recent exhibitions stand out: 2007-2008 CH€! Revolución y Mercado, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona. 2006 Art Madrid, Modern and Contemporary Art Salon, Pabellón de Cristal de la Casa de Campo, invited by Galería Páginas Espai D'art, Madrid. In 2005 he presented his personal exhibition Fe at the aforementioned gallery, Barcelona. In 2002 he participated in the exhibition Donaciones de obra gráfica a la Biblioteca Nacional de España, in Madrid.

Training
1995 — Workshop on Interrelation of Graphic Techniques, directed by Alfredo Bartolometi and Athos Sanchini, from Instituto Statale D'Arte de Urbino, Italy. Talleres Miró, Mallorca.
1994 — Scottish Workshop of Multidisciplinary Original Printmaking directed by Geraldine Prince, George Donal, Elspeth Lamb and Digby Mass, from E.C.A Sumer School, Edimburgh Collage of Art. Talleres Miró, Mallorca.
1993 — Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, La Habana
1982-1986 — Academia de Artes Plásticas 20 de octubre, La Habana, Cuba.

Scholarships
1997-1998 — Scholar at Hemen Guipúzcoa gallery, País Vasco.
1995 — Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Scholarship awarded by the Fundación Sotheby's and the Fundación Pilar i Joan Miró, Mallorca.
1994 — Pilar Juncosa and Sotheby's Scholarship awarded by the Fundación Sotheby's and the Fundación Pilar i Joan Miró, Mallorca.

Personal Exhibitions
2005 — Fe, Galería Pages Espai D'art, Barcelona.
2002 — Online Exhibition Desde el camino, Encuentro en la red gallery, cubaencuentro.com, Madrid.
2001 — Cartas a mamá, Centro Cultural Teodoro Sánchez Punter, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.
1999 — Tierra, Universidad del País Vasco, Vicerrectorado del Campus de Alava Vitoria Gasteiz.
1998 — La gran cicatriz, Centro Cultural Les Golfes, Barcelona.

Group Exhibitions
2006 — Art Madrid, Modern and Contemporary Art Salon, Pabellón de cristal de la casa de campo. Galeria Pages Espai D´art. Madrid.
2002 — Cuban Poets and Painters Celebrate the Republic, La Casa Azul Art Gallery, Fundación Heberto Padilla, Texa, USA.
2002 — Donaciones de obra gráfica a la Biblioteca Nacional de España.
1993-1997 — Galería de la Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.
2000 — esto.no. es cuba, Asociación Catalana de Entidades Artísticas, Barcelona.
1996 — First International Contemporary Art Fair of Niza, France.
1996 — Contemporary Art Salon Hemen, Galería Hemen, Getaria Gipuzkoa, País Vasco.
1996 — Second International Contemporary Art Market, Galeria Hemen, País Vasco.
1995 — International Contemporary Art Market, Galería Hemen, País Vasco.
1994 — Arqueología de la Ausencia, Galería Calo, La Habana.
1993 — Salón 13 de Marzo, Galería L, La habana, Cuba.
1993 — Encuentro de Grabadores Cubanos, Galeria Luz y Oficio traveling exhibition through important cultural centers of La Habana, sponsored by the Fondo de Bienes culturales de Cuba.
1993 — Exhibition of Prints by San Alejandro Students, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana.
1993 — Young Painting Exhibition, Congress of Artistic Education, Palacio de las Convenciones, La Habana, Cuba.
1993 — Construcción, Galería C´Sisteré, Santa Coloma, Barcelona, Spain.
1992 — Las Portadas de Albur, Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba, La Habana.
1992 — Painting Exhibition for the 175th Anniversary of San Alejandro, Galería 23 y 12, La Habana.
1992 — Hamburguesa Criolla Dos Pesos, Happening, Instituto Superior de Arte, Tribu-na group, La Habana.
1992 — Mural Painting, facade of the cultural center El Mejunje, Santa Clara, Tribu-na group.
1992 — Culinarte, Galería El Pasillo Instituto Superior de Arte, Tribu-na, La Habana.
1991 — Founding of the multidisciplinary group Tribu-na.
1991 — Alerta action in the streets of La Habana, Tribu-na group.

Publications
1992 — Covers and illustrations for the magazine Albur, independent publication of students from Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba.
1993 — Illustration for the magazine La Gaceta de Cuba, publication of La Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba.
2002 — Book: Albur, Cuban cultural magazine (Órbita) Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura y Educació. Valencia.
2005 — Covers, design and illustrations for the audio-visual book Cantando de cuento, by troubadour Tania Moreno, with the participation of Raúl Torres and Kelvis Ochoa. Editorial Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Illustrations for the magazine La Gaceta de Cuba in its issue Nación, raza y desigualdad. Publication of La Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba.
— Cover and design of the book Castelvines y Monteses by Felix Lope de Vega Carpio, Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Antologia de Patakines by Radamés Molina, Diferencias collection. Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Los diez libros de arquitectura by Marco Vitruvio. Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Covers for the books Ismaelillo, Versos sencillos, Adultera, Cartas a María Mantilla, Reflexiones políticas, Crónicas sociales, Nuestra América, El presidio político en cuba and Escenas Latinoamericanas by José Martí, Linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Covers for the books La velada del helecho and Guatimozin: Último emperador de México by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Cover of the book Reflexiones Políticas by Simón Bolívar, lInkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Cover of the book Estudio sobre historia y política en la independencia cubana by Juan Valera, linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Covers for the books Constituciones fundacionales de Cuba and Constitución de Guaimaro, Linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Viaje a la habana by Francisco de Miranda, Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Poemas de Casal by Julián del Casal. Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Don Quijote, Visiones de Barcelona by Miguel de Cervantes, linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Real casa de Beneficencia de la Habana by Leyma Hidalgo Valdés, linkgua editions, Barcelona.
— Cover for the book Poemas de Néstor Díaz de Villegas, Linkgua editions, Barcelona.
2006 — Co-author with writer Radamés Molina and painter Marco Hernández of the NETBOOK collection, which groups the following titles: Revolución, Black Hawk, Ache dos o, El fin (últimos días del Ché en Bolivia), Tracción fatal, Toda una vida, Diario del Ché en Bolivia. Ediciones Linkgua, Barcelona.

Shows
1998-2000 — Organizes and directs together with Cuban musician and singer-songwriter José Antonio Quesada the multimedia show La Peña de José Antonio Quesada, Centro Cultural Les Golfes, Barcelona.

Collections
— Collection of contemporary prints, artistic and documentary collections of the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid.
— Artistic and documentary collection of the Fundación Pilar y Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
— Collection of the Universidad del País Vasco, Vicerrectorado del Campus de Alava, Vitoria.
— Artistic and documentary collection of the Asociación Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana, Madrid, Spain.
— Permanent Collection Galería Hemen, Getaria, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco.
— Artistic and documentary collection of the centro Mario Roso de Luna, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
— Private collections in Venezuela, Mexico, Germany, France, Spain, Cuba, United States, Argentina, Japan, Austria, Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Greece.