Manuel Piña-Baldoquín

 b. in La Habana, Cuba, 1958. lives and works in Vancouver.

Manuel Piña-Baldoquín is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at UBC. His photographs and video pieces often depict urban spaces as a departure point for narratives concerning social issues. He is interested in the relationships between power, utopias, history, and the city as both site and embodiment of these relationships. His work has been exhibited in the Americas and Europe including the Havana Biennale, the Estambul Biennale, Kunsthalle Vienna, Grey Gallery, N.Y., LACMA, U.S.A., DAROS Museum, Zurich.
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Current Exhibitions:

Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean ArchipelagoMUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART
LONG BEACH | CALIFORNIA | USA
SEP 16,2017 - JAN 28,2018

Condemned to be ModernLOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY
LOS FELIZ | LOS ANGELES | CALIFORNIA | USA
SEP 10,2017 - JAN 28,2018

Adiós Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950WALKER ART CENTER 
MINNEAPOLIS | MINNESOTA | USA
NOV 11,2017 - MAR 18,2018

​Past Exhibitions 

Cuba and The Bahamas. Contemporary Art from the CaribbeanHALLE 14 
LEIPZIG | GERMANY
APR 29,2017 - AUG 06,2017

Cuba – Ficción y FantasíaDAROS EXHIBITIONS, LATINAMERICA 
ZÜRICH | SWITZERLAND
SEP 12,2015 - DEC 13,2015

Ficción y Fantasía – Art from CubaDAROS EXHIBITIONS, LATINAMERICA 
ZÜRICH | SWITZERLAND
SEP 11,2015 - DEC 13,2015

Beyond the SupersquareBRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS 
BRONX | NEW YORK | USA
MAY 01,2014 - JAN 11,2015

Manuel Piña: Like a Dirty Joke or an Angel MARVELLI GALLERY 
CHELSEA | NEW YORK | USA
NOV 03,2011 - DEC 17,2011

Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography (1990-2005)MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART
LONG BEACH | CALIFORNIA | USA
FEB 13,2010 - MAY 02,2010

Available Works