Manuel Almenares

EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING: · Agencia Jíbaro Photos [2020 - ongoing] Address: La Habana (Cuba). Associate member. https://www.jibarophotos.com/about-jibaro https://www.jibarophotos.com/manuel-almenares · June 2021, Conformed the staff of the visual artist Adonis Ferro in Galería Taller Gorría, documents the exhibition “DES-CONCIERTO 12 · OXIGENO”. · January 2017, Until January 2019: Photojournalist for the magazine “Opus Habana” of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHC). · May 10, 2018, Conformed the staff of the visual artist Adonis Ferro at the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, documents the exhibition “DES-CONCERT 9 · El Banquete”. · October 2016, participated in the photography workshop of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) taught by the photographer Alberto (the Chinese) Arcos Gómez. · June 2016, Participated in the photography workshops "Fotofest International & Foundation for Culture and Society", taught at the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) by the art teacher and curator Ricardo Viera. · May 2016, I work as a free lance for the company "Fathom" in coverage of the arrival of the cruise ship Adonia (maiden voyage of the first US-Cuba cruise line) to the ports of Havana, the bay of Cienfuegos and the cove of Santiago de Cuba. · 2015, Photojournalist in the Greek Orthodox Church of Cuba. · 2014-2017, At the Cabrales del Valle Academy of Art and Photography he studied the levels of Photographic Technique, Photographic Appreciation, Photographic Composition, Genres and Styles of Photography and Portrait Technique. · 2007-2010, He studied high school at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences. EXHIBITIONS: Personal: · January 15, 2021, Miami, Florida, United States, The South Florida Latin American Photography Forum (SoFLaFoto) Platform dedicated to photography created by the author. Online personal exhibition of the essay: "The disease on the disease." Commissioned by: Yenny Hernández Valdez, William Riera. Recovered from: https://theexhibit.io/exhibition/hold-still-pandemic-in-havana · October 3, 2019, Havana, Cuba, Cuban Art Factory, Black Wall (Guest artist's wall) Series: "Once upon a time in the west ...". Commissioned by: Adelina H. Fonteboa, Irolán Maroselli. · April 3, 2018, Havana, Cuba, guest artist at the 17th ICAIC Youth Show, Charles Chaplin Gallery and public intervention at Variedades 23 y 10 (Ten Cents) Expo: “Verbo de perro”. Commissioned by: Haydée Oliva, Manuel Hernández. Collectives: September 2020, Lviv region (Ukraine). "City Vs Quarentine". · September 8, 2020, Casa América, Madrid, Spain, collective exhibition “Contemporary Stories”. Commissioned by: José María Díaz Maroto. Recovered from: https://www.phe.es/exposicion/colectiva-trasatlantica-cuba/ · April 15, 2019, 8th House, Collaterals XIII Havana Biennial, group show “.0”. Commissioned by: Yeni Osuna Morales. · September 13, 2017, Cuatro Caminos Photo-Museum in Mexico City, in the group show "Double Play" partial exhibition of the series: "Once upon a time in the west ...". Commissioned by: Juan Antonio Molina. · July 1, 2017, University of Washington Tower Seattle, Washington, USA, Exhibition of Cuban photography “Cuba trhough our eyes”. February 28, 2017, Sala-Galería Rubén Martínez Villena, exhibition of the Creative Workshop of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Commissioned by: Alberto (the Chinese) Arcos Gómez. · January 6, 2017, Hall of Diversity of Old Havana, exhibition of the Cabrales del Valle Academy on the occasion of the Day of Cuban Photography. Commissioned by: Ramon Cabrales Rosabal and Rufino del Valle-Valdes. · November 8, 2016, Gallery of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, sample of the photographic project of the University of the Arts (ISA) "Light to your own Chemistry". · September 9, 2016, Gallery of the University of Havana, sample of the 1st Photography Salon of the Cabrales del Valle Academy. Commissioned by: Ramon Cabrales Rosabal and Rufino del Valle-Valdes. · 2016, Art Gallery of San Antonio de los Baños, shows “Eroticism in art”. · January 28, 2015, Canal Habana Art Gallery, expo: “Impronta”. Commissioned by: Ramon Cabrales Rosabal and Rufino del Valle-Valdes. AWARDS: · October 23, 2020, Cuban Photo Library Grand Prize and Alfredo Sarabia Creation Grant, to the essay: "The disease over the disease" (2020) at the IX Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam Photography Biennial. Recovered from: https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=352390819312360&_rdr