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JUNE 4th 1959 Francisco BERNAL was born in Camagüey, Cuba. BASED IN MADRID Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to Many of his works are in the collections of the Cuban Cultural Fund, National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba, Poplar Museum of Mexico, Ecuador Guayasamin Foundation, Museum of Modern Art in Czechoslovakia, as well as collections in Mexico, Brazil , Spain, Netherlands, United States, Poland, France, Italy, Japan, etc… STUDIES 1973-1976 Arts Elementary Level. Art School Camagüey province. 1976-1980 Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and Engraving. National School of Art in Havana 1980-1985 Master’s degree in Fine Arts – Engraving and Impressed pictures, Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana.  Painter, engraver, screen printer, illustrator, designer.       PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1984 “Metereografías“. Gallery. Meteorological Institute of Havana 1985 Diploma Vitae. Book object “Towards the Hurricane” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana  1987 Cuban Abstractions – Series “Towards the comet“, Kuwait, Algeria and Tunisia 1989 “Temporary“. Civic Center Pozo del Tio Raimundo, Madrid. “Bernal in La Taberna Encantada“, Madrid 1990 “Temporary“, Capitol, Academy of Sciences of Cuba, Havana “Erosion” Gallery of Art. Cienfuegos, Cuba 1991 “Erosion II“. Rake Gallery. Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, Havana 1992 Permanent Atmospheres in the Chamber Music Hall. Casamata de Austria, Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro. 1993 “Eroded“. Veri Palace, Palma de Mallorca. 1995 Expo-Art Gallery, Madrid. “Oxide“, Donatello Gallery, Madrid. 1996 Exhibition “Rust” Acacia Gallery of Havana. 2000 Exhibition “Oxidente” Cuba Gallery 513, Madrid 2007 Exhibition “Light Shade”, House of Culture Valdemorillo, Madrid. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND MAJOR EVENTS 1984 Latin Culture Event. Paris, France. 1985 Cuban exhibition for the anniversary of the Victory over Fascism. Moscow, USSR. 1986 I Bienal Iberoamericana Serial Art. Madrid. Spain. Art with Smile. Traveling in Italy: Venice, Reggio Emilia, Milan, Turin, Genoa and Rome. 1987 I paint Biennial Jaime Guasch. Barcelona, Spain. Interart Art Fair 87. Poznan, Poland. Poplar Museum, Mexico. Cuban Serigraphs, Canada. Engraving Club Montevideo, Uruguay. Cuban Engraving. Blue Life Art Gallery. São Paulo, Brazil.  1988 Fabrics Paper and Cuba. Mexico. “Current Cuban painting”. Traveling through cities of Spain. “Cuban Art” in Tokyo, Japan.  “Interart” Art Fair 88. Poznan, Poland. 1989 “Havana in Madrid”. De la Villa Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain. Screen SA Soto Graphispag Contest 89. Barcelona, Spain. Breakthrough Season, Figures Gallery. Madrid. Spain. Cuban Painting. Xeito Gallery. Madrid, Spain. 1990 Cuban Painting. Duris of Samos Gallery. Madrid, Spain. Contemporary Painting Cuba. Martinique. Korshoims Medborgarinstitut. Finland. 1991 “Made in Cuba“. Tate-Tate Gallery. Madrid Spain.  Workshops Spain. Quorum Gallery. Madrid, Spain.  Yearbook. Gallery D’kada. Madrid, Spain. 1992 1-49-92. Justina Gallery Corbacho. Madrid, Spain. Color of Cuba. Arts Pavilion. Expo ’92. Seville, Spain. San Román Gallery of Escalante. Cantabria, Spain. 1993 Cuban Artists. Van Art Gallery. Madrid, Spain. Poliscopio Cubano. Heller Gallery. Madrid, Spain. 1994 Cuban Painting. Margarita Nelken Cultural Center. Madrid, Spain. Life, Light, Color. House of Brazil. Madrid, Spain. Hall of Prints. Parque del Retiro. Madrid, Spain. 1995 Artesur. International Contemporary Art Fair. Granada, Spain. Art without Borders. New Acropolis Cultural Association. Madrid, Spain. 1997 Fair Arcale Salamanca. 1998 Stand in Euroart 98. Barcelona. 2000 Exhibition “Sieve and Fabric“, Gallery 513 Cuba, Madrid. 2008 Exhibition in Al Nakheel Hall Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi. 2015 Christmas Exhibition, Crisolart Galleries, New York. 2016 Ra del Rey Gallery. “Mestizaje” Creation Atelier organized by visual artist Rufino de Mingo. Madrid, Spain. “ART HISTORY” Exhibition. Monreal, Palermo (Sicily). 2018 “Artists without Borders” fair, for refugees’ assistance. De la Villa cultural Center, Madrid, Spain. “Outside of Cuba Contemporary Art”. Les Jardins du Chateau du Vullierens Gallery, Switzerland. 2020 “Relativism of Sins and Virtues”. Kendall Art Center, Miami, Florida. EXHIBITIONS AND MAJOR EVENTS IN CUBA  1979 I Triennial of Engraving Victor Manuel. Havana Gallery 1981 National Youth Salon. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana 1983 Engraving Salon. Gallery Hotel Habana Libre, Havana  1984 Hall of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. I International Screen Printers. Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana  1985 City-Hall of Sculpture. Art and Design Center, Havana 1986 Science Fiction in Cuban Arts. Galeria Plaza, Havana  City Hall-drawing. Art and Design Center, Havana.  II International Screen Printers. Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana.  1987 Engraving Meeting 87. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. 1988 Spanish-Cuban fan. Alamar Art Center, Havana. 1989 III International Screen Printers. Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana.  1990 Spanish-Cuban fan. Alamar Art Center, Havana. “The sculptured object“. Development Center Gallery of Visual Arts, Havana.  1991 IV International Screen Printers. Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana.  “Artists Workshop – Workshop for Artists“. Gallery Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. “The thumbprint“. Havana Gallery. IV Biennale of Wifredo Lam.  “Cuban Contemporary Prints“. Museo de Arte Colonial, Havana Biennial IV Wifredo Lam.  BOOKS AND FOLDERS 1980 Book Object “I have“. With poems by Nicolas Guillen. Editing the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. 1984 Cover design of “Marti in Venezuela, Bolivar, Marti” Editorial Policy, Havana. 1985 Purpose Paper “Towards the Hurricane.” Printed and published by Bernal in the Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. 1988 Folder with original works by Cuban artists for the exhibition Spanish Hispano-Cuban fan, Havana. Folder “Songs of Pablo Milanes illustrated by Cuban Artists“. Published in the Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. 1989 Folder for exhibition “Homage to Consumerism” with works by Spanish artists. De la Cotilla Palace. Guadalajara, Spain. Edited by Rufino Mingo. Folder “November” for exhibition at Taberna Encantada Bernal. Edited byAddress Required. 1990 Folder “Erosion“. Printed and published by Bernal in the Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. 1991 Folder “Madrid – Havana. Kaos Group “. With Cuban and Spanish artists, edited by Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. Work on the book “Cuba from the sea” of Jesus Ortea. 1992 Folder “Tino Casal, Forms of War” Tribute to Tino Casal Spanish Cuban artists and Kaos Group. Published in the Rene Portocarrero Silkscreen Workshop, Havana. Cover of “Island in the storm” by Gail Reed. Published in New York. 1995 Folder “From my side” Four works printed in silkscreen on canvas. Printed and published by Bernal in his studio in Madrid. 1996 Folder “Yellow Iris” with poem by José Martí and 5 works printed and published by Bernal in Madrid.

June 4th 1959 was the date Francisco BERNAL was born in Camagüey, Cuba. Many of his works are in the collections of the Cuban Cultural Fund, National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba, Poplar Museum of Mexico, Ecuador Guayasamin Foundation, Museum of Modern Art in Czechoslovakia, as well as collections in Mexico, Brazil , Spain, Netherlands, United States, Poland, France, Italy, Japan, etc…
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