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ABOUT THE ARTIST

BIOGRAPHY


Evans Manuel Molina Fernandez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1976.   In  November of 2004 he immigrated to the US.    Evans' paintings have been  exhibited in various group and individual shows.  He has also had the opportunity to pursue his other passions, performance, music and dance.   Since his arrival to the US Evans has exhibited, acted, taught dance and played his conga drums live in various venues as well as recorded  for television. 

Evans' inspirations include humanity, ancestral currents, ritual, immigration, faith, legend, home and family. His paintings are reflections converted into abstract forms. Life outside of Cuba has inspired Evans to return with love and nostalgia to his culture and roots.  Due to  the US economic embargo against Cuba, Evans is prohibited from returning to his homeland.  

This painful separation  inspires Evans' art.  He strives to create cultural  interchange with the objective of destroying prejudices and political blockades.  His paintings call attention to history,  life, the present and the future; opening new spaces of light by which cultures and art transfer in search of understanding.

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The artist at work.

EXHIBITIONS

Group Exhibitions
        2008    Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, Rhode Island 
        2007    Stairwell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
        2007    Gallery Z, Providence, Rhode Island
        2007    Firehouse13,  Providence, Rhode Island
        2006    Naragansett Inn, Block Island, Rhode Island
        2006    Beachhouse, Block Island, Rhode Island
        2005    Encore Gallery, Block Island, Rhode Island
        2005    Beachhouse, Block Island, Rhode Island

    Solo Exhibitions
       
        2007    Juice n Java, Block Island, Rhode Island
        2006    Juice n Java, Block Island, Rhode Island


    Performances
       
        2007    Stairwell Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
        2006    Atwells Avenue , Providence, Rhode Island
        2003    Biennial of Havana, "La Cena", Havana, Cuba
        2003    La Quinta de los Molinos, "Contaminacion", Havana, Cuba
        2003    Casa Salvador Allende, "La Busqueda al Cielo", Havana, Cuba
        2003    Casa de Cultura de Alamar, "La Lujuria", Alamar, Cuba
        2003    Feria del Libros la Cabana, "Sociedad", Havana, Cuba
        2002    La Madrigura, "Corpus",Havana, Cuba
        2002    La Madrigura, "Juicio a las Almas", Havana, Cuba
        2002    La Madrigura, "Injusticia", Havana, Cuba
        2002    Theatro Mella, Festival de Hip Hop , Havana, Cuba
        2002    Casa de la Santera, Tecus, Havana, Cuba
        2001    Camilo Cienfuegos, Havana, Cuba
        2000    Parque Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba
        1997    Casa de la Cultura de Habana, Havana, Cuba
        1996    Camilo Cienfuegos, Havana, Cuba

    Videos

        2004     Festival de Cine Independente, "Tiempo", Havana, Cuba
        2004    Festival de Cine Independente, "Tiempo", Santiago con Postal, Spain
        2003    Casa Encindida, "Tiempo", Madrid, Spain