Portraits/Personalities/Musicians

Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo

Havana City, 1970. Lives and Works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Free Lance.

Studies

- Graduated photography at the International Institute for Journalism ¨ José Martí ¨. Havana, Cuba

- MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP. Held in Cuba, Taught by some of the most important Photographers from U.S

- Photojournalism Workshops 2002, Americas House, sponsored by the British Council. Professor: Collin Jacobson, editor to Reportage.

Selected solo Exhibitions.

1999- ¨ Havana with Music¨, José Martí Library, Havana, Cuba.

2000- ¨ Roots¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.

2001- ¨ Reunion¨, Africa’s House, Havana, Cuba.

2002- “Vivencias”, Concha Ferrant Gallery, Cuba.

2002- “Visions”, Fototeca de Cuba.

2003- ¨7 days in Toulouse¨, Toulouse Music Festival, France. (Main Artist)

2005-¨I was born kind of Blues¨. Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2005- “ Invoke Ogoun”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.

Selected group Exhibitions.

2001- “A winter in Havana”, “ Morro-Cabaña Fortress Gallery”, Havana.

2002- “Rituals”. International Press Centre, Havana, Cuba.

2002- ¨La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Etoile, Paris, France.

2002-2003: ¨Cuba Today¨, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Miami.

¨ Cuba Today¨ Cornell Museum of Art and History, Palm Beach. (Photofusion-2003)

2003- ¨ the other side of the Soul¨. Fototeca de Cuba.

2003- ¨ La photographie contemporaine á Cuba¨, FNAC Wilson, Toulouse, France.

2003- ¨ Imágenes Havana¨, Centre for the development of Visual Arts, Cuba.

2003- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, International Biennial for photography. Bamako, Mali (Special mention of the jury).

2003- ¨ “Panorama of Cuban Photography” ¨, National Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2003- ¨ Pulsiones¨, José Martí National Library, 8th Havana Biennial. Cuba.

2004- ¨ Religions of Cuba¨, Patterson Museum, New Jersey, U.S.

2004- ¨ Images entre Historie et Poésie ¨. La collection photographique de la

FNAC . Conciergerie. Paris.

2004- ¨ Crosscurrents¨, Refugium Gallery, Berlin. (European month of photography )

2005- ¨El otro lado del alma¨, Kornhausforum, Bern, Swizerland.

2005- ¨ Diaspora Cuba¨, La Saline Royale, Paris, France

Publications

- Art Fórum.

- Paris Photo Magazine.

- Photo Magazine, France.

-Rézo Afrique magazine.

-Palm Beach Daily News.

- Photovision Magazine.
- Journal La Tercera, Mexico.
- Book Les annés Cuba, L´aube Editions

- Book Trance, Percevalpress. www.percevalpress.com ( included on the Top Ten list in an article on November issue of Art Forum magazine 2004).

- Book Mapas Abiertos: Contemporary Latin American Photography 1992-2002,

Lunwerg Editions, Barcelona.

- Book El otro Lado del Alma¨, Oehrli editions, Suiza.

Awards

Special mention of the jury at the Vth International Biennial for photography. Bamako, Mali

Collections

Museum of Albertina, Austria; Govinda Gallery, Washington D.C. ; FNAC photographic collection, Paris. Another private collections from United States, Brazil, Austria, France, Italy .