Claudia Padrón | Artist at Mondoir

Nationality: Cuban

Discipline: photography

Biography

I currently live and work in Cuba as an independent visual artist I studied for a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana and later attended workshops and postgraduate courses related to the visual arts at the Higher Institute of Art, where I began my journey in photography through the "Image Capture and Processing" workshop.

Artist Statement

My work focuses on narrating ephemeral stories, the nostalgia of forgetting and the abandonment of spaces, the decontextualization and reinterpretation of the meanings of personal and everyday objects, the compositional richness of the inner world of homes, and unpredictable social scenarios. I continue to explore through documentary and conceptual photography. I use portraiture to heal anguish, express intimate emotions, and represent mythological figures. My work is divided into physical and virtual realms. Photography in the world of crypto art knows no creative or expressive limits, which has led me to incorporate other discursive elements into my expressive language, directing my attention towards digital art.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions • “Guardians” Project, XV Havana Biennial in Matanzas, Cuba, 2024 • “Jazz Tones Vol II”, José White Concert Hall, Matanzas, as part of the V Matanzas Jazz Festival, Matanzas, Cuba, 2022 • “Retreats of neglect,”, XIII Havana Biennial in Matanzas, Cuba, 2019 • Virtual project “New Viewings #35: Interiors and Intimate Immensity”, Galerie Barbara Thumm (Berlin), curated by Octavio Zaya, 2020 Group Exhibitions •Central Exhibition, 19th Edition of November Photographic, Fotofac, Nave 2, Fabrica de Arte Cubano, 2025 •Futurist Digital Gallery, Blockchain Futuristic Conference, Organized by @nft_goat and @crisp.artists, Toronto, Canada, 2025 •NFTNYC Festival, Javits Center, New York, EEUU, 2024 •Prismas 7 Competition Exhibition, Lumen, Artemorfosis Project, Vedado, Havana, 2024 •VCA Residency 5th Cohort, Virtual Auction and Exhibition, Arium Spaces, 2023 •Re_pair Exhibition, Triennial Room, Tennessee Triennial, with Alex Blau and Vesna Pavlovic, Curated by Maria Magdalena Campos. Zeitgeist Gallery. Nashville, EEUU, 2023 •Digital art exhibition on the Pixel Star advertising screen in Times Square, New York; EEUU, 2023 •Group exhibition of digital art, Unfold Gallery, Art Basel Miami, EEUU, 2023 •Reflexes Humains, Boutique Solidaire, Lorenzo Padilla Foundation, Courtenay, France, 2023 •NFTLiverpool22, Adelia Art Gallery, curated by Gladys Garrote. Organized by Mondoir, 2022 •NEARCON Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022 •Meta Masquerade Collection, Zoratopia Event at Art Basel Miami and Quantum NFT Gallery, 2022 •NFT ART CON Festival, Art and Culture Center during Design Week, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2022 •Wildeverse Festival. Mintbase HQ + Mintbase Showroom. Cryptovoxels Gallery. 2021 •Digital art exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2021 •7th Post It Visual Arts Exhibition, Galiano Gallery, Havana, Cuba, 2020 •IX Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam Photography Biennial, Pinar del Río, Cuba, 2020 •“Non-Fungible Photography” Renaissance Protocol. A Curated NFT Exhibit. Theater Lab Gallery. Curated by Vizmesh. New York, 2021 •31 Days of Darkness. Kalamint Drops Exhibition. Curated by Dave Scott and Darkened Mood, 2021 •Intervals Festivals, Mapping projection, Novgorod, Russia, 2021 •10th Anniversary “Light to Your Own Chemistry” Exhibition, Pared Negra, Fábrica de Arte Cubano, Havana, Cuba, 2018

Awards

I participated in the 5th Edition of the VerticalCryptoArt 2023 online artistic residency program, dedicated to democratizing access to knowledge about blockchain, crypto art, Web3, and the metaverse. I received the Grand Prize for Visual Arts at the "XXIV Roberto Diago Querol Biennial Exhibition," Pedro Esquerré Gallery (Matanzas, Cuba) in 2018; and the Grand Prize at the "Massaguer Exhibition," Conrado Walter Massaguer Gallery (Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba) in 2019.