Cuba
La Habana, 1988
José Gabriel Capaz Suárez (La Habana, Cuba, 1988) is a Cuban artist specializing in painting. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro (2010) and attended the University of the Arts, ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte), in Havana between 2011 and 2015.
He was one of the three members of the collective known as STAINLESS (2010-2017). In 2017, José continued his career solo in Havana. The artist’s work is represented by the Servando Art Gallery in Havana, where he had his first major solo exhibition titled “La extracción” in December 2021. Capaz was awarded in 2022 by the prestigious Vermont Studio Center in Vermont, United States.
During the 11th (2012) and 12th (2015) editions of the Havana Biennial, the artist participated in important public projects. Capaz has held several solo exhibitions in Havana in spaces such as Casa de México and has exhibited collectively at the Freies Museum in Berlin, Berlin; The 8th Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; Robert Miller Gallery, New York; Gare Saint Sauveur in Lille, France, among others. Additionally, he has received grants from the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York (2014), and The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York (2017). Capaz became part of the collection of the ICA Miami Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2022.
The artist’s work is found in private and public collections worldwide, including: ICA Miami Institute of Contemporary Arts, USA; RZ Collection Raivis Zabis, Liepaja, Latvia; Uri Bleier Art Collection, CDMX, Mexico; Engelhorn Family Collection, Girona, Spain; Gilbert Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France; MOLAA Collection, Los Angeles, USA; Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, NY, USA; Chrysler Museum, Virginia, USA; Virginia Museum, Virginia, USA; The Family Collection, NY, USA; and The Cuban Arts Group Collection, USA.
