Nana del Riego graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts "San Alejandro” in 2014 and from the University of Fine Arts "I.S.A" with the distinction of "Best Research for a Creative Work" in 2019. She is also the winner of the Art Residency “Mi casa es tu casa” in Aveiro, Portugal.
Though she has a degree in painting, her work is composed primarily of digital photography as a way to capture the immediacy and “reality” of the world today. Influenced by Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, and David LaChapelle, del Riego draws inspiration from advertisements, magazines, tabloids, and social media. Largely through self-portraits, she delves into the use and abuse of the female image and the body as an object of exploration; specifically, the female body as a metaphor for modernity.
Throughout her work, she also explores the concepts of “pose and pause.” This consists of the freezing of a simulated, performative scene. In this sense, she uses the image to deconstruct and reconstruct identities that become the protagonists of these pressing scenes to reflect the theatricalization of everyday life.
The artist lives and works in Havana, Cuba.
2020:
Transferencia Cultural. Utopia 126. Barcelona, Spain
Mail Art Project. Inglewood Centre for Contemporary Art. Tennessee, U.S.A
I´m not suspiscious. Nuno Sacramento Gallery. Aveiro, Portugal
Pandemic Art. Nuno Sacramento Gallery. Aveiro, Portugal.
O meu lado feminino. Dionisio Pinheiro Foundation. Águeda, Portugal
2019:
Nativos. Nuno Sacramento Gallery. Aveiro, Portugal.
Girl Power III edition. Zenit Tattoo.Havana, Cuba.
13 relatos + 1. Special Edition. Collateral to the XIII Biennal of Havana. Arte Sano Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Luz a tu propia química. Superior Institute of Arts. XIII Biennal of Havana. Havana, Cuba
2018:
Retratos y Momentos. Servando Cabrera Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Pin-Up Girls. Zenit Tattoo Studio. Havana, Cuba.
Bridges not walls. II edition Mena Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2017:
Bridges not walls. School of Art and Design . Cincinatti, Ohio.
13 relatos + 1. Ludwig Foundation. Havana, Cuba.
Esperma. (Proyect exhibited on the streets of malecón). Havana, Cuba.
Clase Abierta. Gorria Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2016:
Selfie. National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro. Photographic November. Havana, Cuba.
Plastic Generation. Espacio Altamira Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Lamernos los unos a los otros. Centre for the development of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Open House. Sense Lab. Centre for the development of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2015:
Cascarilla. National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro. Havana, Cuba. XII Biennal of Havana.
En bruto. Superior Institute of Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Post it. Artis 718 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
ZIP. Ludwig Foundation. Havana, Cuba
2014:
Los sueños del alma. Selfportrait Saloon. Photo library of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2013:
Salón 28 de enero. Centre of the Arts of Havana. Havana, Cuba.
MARTies. Saint Charles Seminary. Havana, Cuba.
20 millones respaldados en esperanza. II Edition. Luz y Oficios Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2012:
20 millones respaldados en esperanza. Photo library of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
Cuban Bills. XII Artdecó Congress. López Serrano Building. Havana, Cuba.
2019:
Alquimia II. NH Art Design Gallery. Porto, Portugal
Alquimia. Nuno Sacramento Gallery. Aveiro, Portugal.
Intemperie. Mena Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2018:
Sin sentido de lugar. El Artista Gallery. Havana.Cuba.
2017:
Truisms. Altamira Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2015:
Ombligo. Superior Institute of Arts. Havana, Cuba. XII Biennal of Havana.
POPLAND. National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro. Havana, Cuba. XI Biennal of Havana