Rolando Paciel

Born 1952, Cuba — Resident of Bilbao, Spain

Artist’s Gallery

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Statement

Paciel’s canvases pulse like living environments, where gestural strokes of pure pigment operate as an emotional language rather than a depiction of a physical place. His surfaces are dense and heavily worked, built up through layers of color that mimic wild growth, sudden bursts, and natural decay. By abandoning hard edges and recognizable structures, the work maps inner thought and celebrates freedom and psychological endurance.

Bio

Academic Foundations: Born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. He completed architecture and higher design studies at CUJAE in Havana, graduating in 1977. His training in spatial draftsmanship and structural scale informs the complex internal layouts and organic depth of his expressionist canvases.

Institutional Service: He served as Museographer Architect for the National Office of Cultural Heritage and Professor of Museography at Cuba’s National Institute of Museology. He won First Prize at the Concurso Nacional de Arquitectura for the Hotel Topes de Collantes design in 1985 and contributed to museum and heritage projects.

Exile, Translocation & Relocations: He permanently relocated to Europe in 1991 and established his long-term creative base in Bilbao, Spain, working as an interior architect, visual artist, and writer. Current Status: He lives and works full-time from his Bilbao studio, bridging European art spaces with South Florida’s diaspora institutions.

Curriculum

Teaching & Academic Appointments

1978–1985: Professor of Museography and Exhibition Space Design, National Institute of Museology, Havana.
1986–1990: Visiting Lecturer in Architecture and Fine Arts Integration, CUJAE, Havana.

Notable Artwork Series & Motifs

Paisajes de la Mente: Thick color fields and impasto translate tropical wilderness and environmental decay into abstract emotional fields.

Sinfonía Cromática: Intense clashes and harmonies of pure pigments explore the connection between subconscious sound and visual energy.

Ecos del Patrimonio: Architectural foundations inform layers that mimic cracked plaster, weathered structures, and fading stone as metaphors for historical memory.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025: Dos miradas al arte contemporáneo, Galería de Arte Cinabrio, León.
2005: Paciel, Galería Lorenzo Colomo, Valladolid.
2020: International Art Exchange Association, Seoul.
2009: Paciel González, La Vidriera, Santander.
2007: Bilbao Poesía, Bilbao.
1989: Muestra de Estreno Personal, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Havana.
1988: Desde el dieciocho, Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Havana.

Selected Collective Shows

2026: La Escalera, Centro Cultural La Vidriera, Cantabria.
2026: Circular Reflections, Westchester Regional Library, Miami.
2025: Circular Reflections, St. Thomas University, Miami.
2009: Estampa, Palacio Juan Carlos I, Madrid.
2008: Latin Views, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Connecticut.
2007: Arcale and Bilbao Poesía, Spain.
1990: El Objeto Esculturado, CDAV, Havana.
1988: Desde el dieciocho, Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Havana.
1986: Segunda Bienal de La Habana projects with CODEMA and Julio Le Parc.
1985: Fibra en el espacio and De lo contemporáneo, Havana.

Selected Awards

2019: Honorable Mention, Art Olympia International Open Biennial Competition, Tokyo.
1985: First Prize of Architecture, Concurso Nacional de Arquitectura, Havana.
1977: Graduation Honors Distinction, CUJAE, Havana.

Selected Bibliography & Publications

2026: Catálogo: Reflexiones Circulares, InCUBAdora.
2025: Rodez, Miguel. Circular Reflections: Cuban Art Documentation Project. St. Thomas University Press.
2026: Revista Plástica International, “Rolando Paciel y la herencia del expresionismo abstracto caribeño en Europa.”
2020: Artepoli, “Un Universo No Tangible de Aromas.”
2009: El Diario Vasco, “La abstracción orgánica y los laberintos urbanos de Rolando Paciel.”

Collections

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