Rodriguez, Dagoberto Caibarién, la Villas, Cuba-1969 Cuban artist, who completed his studies at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana (Cuba) in 1994. Until 2018, he was part of the Los Carpinteros collective, which co- founded in 1992, and currently lives and works in Madrid. His work has been exhibited in museums and institutions around the world and is part of collections such as MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, Center Georges Pompidou, Tate Modern and the Reina Sofía Art Museum. , among other. His work combines architecture, design and sculpture; and he uses humor and irony to reflect on art, politics and society. José Antonio Navarrete writes about Rodríguez’s work, “his also deals with anticipatory representations in which illusions and despair, fears, uncertainties and beliefs that feed us in the present have a place.”

Awards
• 1995-1996: Donation, Department of Collections and Exhibitions, Ministry of Culture
Spanish, Madrid (Kingdom of Spain)
• 1997: Popular Survey Award, El Mundo magazine, ARCOmadrid, Madrid (Kingdom of
Spain)
• 2000: Promotion of the Arts Award, UNESCO, 7th Havana Biennial, in Havana
(Cuba)
• 2002: Medal for National Culture, Ministry of Culture of Cuba (Cuba)