Pedro Pablo Oliva Rodriguez
Oliva Martinez, Pedro Pablo, (Pinar del Río, Cuba, January 15, 1949) He was born in 1949 in Pinar del Río. Between 1961 and 1964 he studied at the Provincial School of Plastic Arts in his hometown. Later he studied painting at the National School of Art in Havana, graduating in 1970.
Awards Obtained
1973: First Prize and Mention for Painting in the I Hall of Plastic Arts Instructors, Pinar del Río
1974: First and Second Prize for painting and first Prize for drawing: II National Hall of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1975: Special Mention III National Hall of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1980: First Prize Painting VIII National Youth Salon of Plastic Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1981: Acquisition Award: Salon “Girón ’81”, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1987: Distinction for National Culture, awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba
1990: Painting Award: UNEAC National Hall 1990, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1994: Alejo Carpentier Medal, awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.
1997: FAO Members of Honor Medal. Rome Italy
2006:
-Special Prize, Ceramics Biennial, Ceramics Museum, Havana.
-National Prize for Plastic Arts, awarded by the National Council of Plastic Arts and MINCULT
2007:
-“Youth Teacher” Award, awarded by the AHS
-Special Award, La Vasija Biennial, Ceramics Museum, Havana.
Group Exhibitions
He has exhibited successfully in Cuba and abroad and his works are found in important collections in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany and the United States. Special guest at the Venice Biennale, Italy, 1982 and winner of the Painting Prize, National Hall of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), National Museum of Fine Arts. He has been awarded the Medal for National Culture awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba and is a professor at the Provincial School of Arts of Pinar del Río. In 1998 he began to finance the Casa-Taller PP.Oliva project, Pinar del Río, specialized documentation center for plastic arts students, writers, journalists and teachers. This space has an exhibition hall and a conference room.52 It contributes to the foundation of the Pinar del Río Art Museum, MAPRI.
Personal Exhibitions
1974: Sample of the month. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1977: Pedro Pablo Oliva Exhibition. Small Hall. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. Sample of the Month. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1978: Oliva and the images of his people, Havana Gallery, Cuba.
1979: Pedro Pablo Oliva, Art Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1980: Exhibition of Pedro Pablo Oliva. Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1984: Pedro Pablo Oliva. Paintings, drawings, sketches and other hobbies. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1991: Pedro Pablo Oliva. Dialogue with his magic. La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1992: Pedro Pablo Oliva. Recent works. Bernheim Gallery, Panama. Pedro Pablo Oliva. Sindin Gallery, New York, United States.
1995: The Great Blackout, Art Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba
2000: I want to paint in peace… La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2002: Night Papers. Domingo Padrón Gallery, Miami.
2003: Night Papers. Provincial Gallery, Las Tunas.
2007: Love Story, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
2010: Itinerant History, Korda Gallery, Pinar del Río, Cuba
2014: Utopias and Dissidence, Pedro Pablo Oliva Studio, Pinar del Río. Strange studies for my trembling hand, Palacio de las Convenciones, Havana, Cuba.
2015: OPEN STUDIO “Utopias and Dissidences”, La Mina Art Studio, Havana, Cuba
2016: Travel notes, Rubén Martínez Villena Provincial Library, Plaza de Armas, Old Havana, Cuba.