MARIO (MALLO) GONZÁLEZ RODRÍGUEZ IS A YOUNG CUBAN
VISUAL ARTIST WHOSE PRACTICE EXPLORES THE INTERSECTIONS
OF ABSTRACTION, IDENTITY, AND CULTURAL MEMORY. HE
HOLDS A DEGREE IN ART EDUCATION (HAVANA, 2010) AND
TRAINED AT THE SCHOOL OF ARTS INSTRUCTORS OF SAN
ANTONIO DE LOS BAÑOS (2005).
HIS SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE SURCOS AT GALERÍA 23 Y 12 IN
VEDADO, HAVANA (2023), DRAPPUS AT THE PROVINCIAL CENTER
FOR ART AND DESIGN, HAVANA (2021), AND DIVERGENCES AT
CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS JOSÉ MARTÍ IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
HE HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS GROUP
EXHIBITIONS AND ART EVENTS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY.RECENT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SILENCE AT THE
VISUAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT CENTER (2023), RICE WITH MANGO PLUS
HABANERO AT THE COVARRUBIAS GALLERY, PART OF THE
ZONAMACO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR IN MEXICO CITY (2023),
AND THE HUMANITARIAN AUCTION OF CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART
(2022). HIS WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN PROJECTS SUCH AS
DISSONANCES DURING THE XIV. HAVANA BIENNIAL AND PRISMS:
THE COLOR OF THE CRISIS AT ARTEMORPHOSIS IN ZURICH,
SWITZERLAND.
MARIO GONZÁLEZ WAS AWARDED AT THE 1ST ABSTRACT ART HALL
DÍAZ PELÁEZ (2019) AND IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF PUENTE SUR, A
COLLECTIVE DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC ART
INTERVENTIONS.
HE HAS ALSO COLLABORATED WITH RESTAURARTE: THE LADDER, A
PROJECT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN OF HAVANA.
HIS ARTWORKS FORM PART OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES, MEXICO, CHILE, AND SPAIN.