BIO

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Holguín, Cuba. 1984

 

Yanelis Mora Morales. Born in Holguín, Cuba, lives in Madrid. She trained at the Holguín Elementary School of Music, specializing in Choral Conducting, and later in Dramatic Arts at the National School of Theatre in Havana, Cuba. From 2003 to 2019, she worked as an actress in theatre, radio, and television in Cuba, where she was honored three times with Best Actress awards. In 2017, she began her practice as a visual artist, focusing primarily on a patchwork technique known as Foundation Paper Piecing, through which she creates both small- and large-format textile works. Using complex and fragmented patterns, she dyes, cuts, and sews her own fabrics, considering each piece as a mental space for survival or as a way of finding herself.

Her solo exhibitions include Consonancia, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Madrid, 2024; Brújula, Espacio Plusartis, Madrid, 2024; Super-objetivos, Kaplan Projects, Palma de Mallorca, and ACME Studio, Holland, 2024; Polen, Espacio Plusartis, Madrid, 2021.

Select group shows include The Capacidad de Soñar, Galleria Continua, Havana, 2025; Hacer País, Estudio 50, Havana, 2025; Kaleidoscopio, Galleria Continua, France, 2024; Reconciliación, Residency Unlimited and Cuban Artist Fund Studio, New York, 2024; Memoria oculta, Brownstone Foundation, Paris, 2023; Bienal La Iberoamericana de Alcalá. Mujeres y artes visuales del siglo XXI, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, 2023; Concreto, Mala Fama Estudios, ARCO Madrid, 2022; Ellas, Fundación Iberoamérica de Europa, Madrid, 2021; Cartografías del espíritu, Studio Carlos Garaicoa, Madrid, 2020.

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Education

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2003 – Graduated with a Middle-Level Degree in Dramatic Arts. National Theatre School, Havana, Cuba.
1999 – Graduated with an Elementary-Level Degree in Music, specializing in Choral Conducting. Vocational School of the Arts, Holguín, Cuba.

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Solo Exhibitions

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2024 – Reconciliation. The Cuban Artist Fund and Residency Unlimited. Manhattan, New York.
2024 – Consonance. Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente. Madrid, Spain.
2024 – Super Objectives. Kaplan Project Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
     Super Objectives. Acme Studios. The Hague, Netherlands.
2023 – Regression (Two-person exhibition with Alejandro Campins). Brownstone Foundation, in collaboration with Galleria Continua. Paris, France.
2021 – Pollen. Espacio Plusartis. Madrid, Spain.

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Group Exhibitions

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2025 – The Capacity to Dream. Galleria Continua (Arte Continua La Habana). Cuba.
     Making a Country. Estudio Figueroa Vives and Estudio 50. Havana, Cuba.

2024 – Kaleidoscope. Galleria Continua. Les Moulins, Paris, France.
     LET’S NAME THINGS. Galería Javier Silva. Valladolid, Spain.

2023 – HERE. Estudio Dagoberto Rodríguez. Madrid, Spain.
     Pulling Together. Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCA Americas). Miami, USA.
     The Ibero-American Biennial of Alcalá: Women and Visual Arts of the 21st Century. University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

2022 – Showroom. Estudio Figueroa-Vives. Havana, Cuba.
     Concrete. Carajillo Visit. Malafama Estudios. ARCO Madrid 2022. Madrid, Spain.
     It Is Not a Matter of Chance. Espacio Lobo. Madrid, Spain.

2021 – They. Ibero-American Foundation of Europe. Madrid, Spain.

2020 – Cartographies of the Spirit. Estudio Carlos Garaicoa. Madrid, Spain.

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Grants and Residencies

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2024 – Residency Unlimited, New York, USA (April–May).
     Espacio 23, Miami, USA (June).

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