HIGHPOINT PRESENTS: 20/20 Contemporary Cuban Printmaking

Cuba has a rich history of traditional printmaking, with multiple print shops and artists working across the country. The Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro is the oldest and most prestigious fine arts school in Cuba and the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana, is the most internationally well-known Cuban print shop. 

Movements and groups such as La Huella Múltiple (The Multiple Imprint) and Haciendo Presión (Making Pressure) were created by artists looking to expand the boundaries of printmaking, as well as establish the medium’s importance in modern Cuban art. 

Artists from all of the above will be featured in the show, and range from established to emerging artists. Including Eduardo Hernández who, according to Steven Daiber, is “perhaps the most important gay artist in Cuba, and a professor of printmaking influencing and teaching for the past 30 years,” and several artists who Hernández taught himself.