Henry Ballate was born on July 30, 1966, in Aguada de Pasajeros, Cuba. He is a Cuban-American visual artist, curator and Art History Professor, is an innovative, eclectic and provocative figure in the local art scene. His work is easily recognizable through his use of known iconography, which are essential to his public interventions and appropriations. He received his MFA in Visual Arts and his BFA in Graphic Design from Miami International University of Art and Design (2007). Previously he studied lessons of drawings and painting at Accademia Italiana, Florence, Italy. He graduated from Art Instructors School (Matanzas, Cuba, 1990). Throughout his career he has exhibited at solo and group shows in America, Europe and Asia. Galeria, Matanza, 1990, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Bienal de La Habana,1991, Miami Art Basel, Miami’s Independent Thinkers, Miami International University of Art and Design, Soho Arts Miami, Arteamérica Art Fair, Solo Art Miami, San José’s National Gallery,Costa Rica, National Art Gallery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Contemporanea Strozzina, Firenze Italy, Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow, Russia, Vargas Gallery, Pembrokepine, Florida. His works are part of private collections in Canada, Germany, USA, France and Italy.

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Ballate, Henry

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Ballate, Henry

Avoir l´apprenti dans le soleil I, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 30x30"
Avoir l´apprenti dans le soleil II, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 30x30"
PRO-CI 349 Arte Revolucionario, Photo collage digital print, 2018, 12 x 34"
I'm whith her, 2016, acrilic on canvas, 60 x 72"
Source VII, 2017, mixed media, 12 x 12"
Source VIII, 2017, mixed media, 12 x 12"
Venus N.I, 2009, Oil on canvas , 28 x 64”
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