Manuel Piña-Baldonquín
Birthdate: 1958
Birthplace: Cuba
Based location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Social profiles
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín YouTube channel
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín faculty profile University of British Columbia
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín Research Gate profile
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín Capture Photo Fest artist profile
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín artist profile Monica Reyes Gallery
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín profile Photography Now
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín profile Unique Together Society
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín profile Do604
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín board of advisor for the 2017 LIVE International Performance Art Biennale, 2017
Biography
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín (born 1958, Havana, Cuba)
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín is a Cuban visual artist, educator, and social and spiritual activist based in Vancouver. Manuel holds a diploma in mechanical engineering (1983) completed in Vladimir, Russia. Manuel’s artistic career has expanded as a scholar and educator. Since 2004 he has taught at the Department of Art History and Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Manuel is also an instructor at Unique Get Together Society, which is dedicated to supporting nutritional health programs, family support advocacy, and subsidies for Indigenous and marginalized communities. He has served on the board of advisors for the 2017 Live International Performance Art Biennale in Vancouver.
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín’s studio work is focused on photography, time-based media, and installations to create abstract visuals of the seascape to engage in critical conversations about political and revolution experiences. Manuel has showcased in the solo exhibitions Naufragios (2022) at the Surrey Art Gallery in Surrey, British Columbia, and After All (2020) at the Monica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver. His work has also been part of the collective exhibitions The Billboard Project (2021) at Monica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver and Fragments from Deriva (Cerro) at the 2015 Havana Biennial in Cuba.
Naufragio video still
2015
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Image from Manuel Piña-Baldonquín, Black Flash Magazine, 2017, Google Images 2023
Solo exhibitions
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín press release solo exhibition Naufragios, Surrey Art Gallery, British Columbia, 2022
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín press release solo exhibition Naufragios, Surrey Art Gallery, British Columbia, 2021
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín solo exhibition Manuel Piña:(De)constructions and Utopias (Tribute to Eduardo Muñoz), Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1998
Collective exhibitions
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín press release collective exhibition Displacement and Encounter Projects and Utopias, curated by Petra Watson, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, 2002
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín online collective exhibition In Space Grey, Digital Resource Centre, Ottawa, 2021
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín collective exhibition Not Sent Letters and Guests, curated by Jeremy Todd, Vancouver, 2014
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín press release collective exhibition Slip/Fiction, Scotiabank Contact Photo Fest, Toronto, 2008
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín collective exhibition Certain Encounters: Daros-Latin America Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2006
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín collective exhibition Recent Acquisitions to the Photo Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1998
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín collective exhibition New Art from Cuba: Utopian Territories, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1997
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín collective exhibition Recent Acquisitions, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1996
Interviews
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Presentations
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín online Speaker Presentation Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, Vancouver 2021
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín video online speaker presentation Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, U.S, 2021
Collections
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín Collection at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Published work by Manuel Piña-Baldoquín
Published work about Manuel Piña-Baldoquín
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín newsletter Art Canada Institute Picturing Place: Latin American Artists in Canada, 2022
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín review by Denise Ryner, solo exhibition Naufragios: Manuel Piña-Baldoquín, BlackFlash, 2017
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín publication 'Encounters with Latin American Art in Canada: From Toronto to Vancouver, 1999–2021,' ed Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda, 2022
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín publication 'Tangible Cartographies: Surviving the Colonial/Welcome To My House,' Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas, eds Kim Beauchesne and Alessandra Santos, 2017
Press release
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List of Grants, Awards and Projects
Manuel Piña-Baldoquín e-flux video archive project, 2010