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JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO:
Selections
from 1998-2019
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Eating Knives
(Comiendo Cuchillo), 2002
mixed media and collage on canvas
78 ¾ x 59 inches
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Provenance:
Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in Comiendo Cuchillo,
National Museum of Fine Arts,
Havana, Cuba, June 6 – July 10, 2002,
and illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, pages 22 - 23.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois, April, 2025.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
The Daily B.S.,
(La Bobería de Cada Día), 1998
mixed media and collage on canvas
28 ¾ x 23 ½ inches
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS,
Volume Seventeen,
page 141.
Exhibited at EXPO Chicago Art
Fair, Festival Hall, Navy Pier,
Chicago, Illinois, September 2019.
Exhibited in Juan Roberto Diago:
20 Years of Creation, Cernuda
Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020, and
illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2025.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Someone Baptized Me
(Alguien Me Bautizó), 1998
mixed media on canvas
39 x 29 inches
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Provenance:
Private Collection.
This artwork is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity
signed by the artist, dated Oct. 7, 2025.
In Exhibition: 1st Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
From the series “I Have My History”
(De la serie “Yo Tengo Mi Historia”), 2003
mixed media on wood
34 ¼ x 22 ¼ inches
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Social, Intelectual y Chic,
La Cita, Biarritz, France, September 2003,
and illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 50.
Illustrated in the book Diago:
The Pasts of This Afro- Cuban Present,
Prof. Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D.,
Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 2017, page 86.
Exhibited in Diago: The Pasts of This
Afro-Cuban Present, curated by
Prof. Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D., and
Dr. Jill Deupi, Ph.D., Lowe Art Museum at
the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL,
Oct. 24, 2019 - Jan. 19, 2020, and
illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 36.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3155 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Refrigerator
(Refrigerador), 2006
Refrigerator manipulated,
mixed materials
62 ⅞ x 39 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 29 ½ inches
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Exhibited in Manual de Instrucciones,
IX Havana Biennial, Convento de Santa
Clara, Havana, Cuba, April, 2006.
Exhibited in Monstruos devoradores
de energía, Casa de América, Madrid,
Spain, March to April, 2007.
Exhibited in Devoradores de energía,
Triennale Bovisa, Milán, Italy,
June 21 to July 8, 2007.
Exhibited in Monstruos devoradores
de energía, Gran Palais de Paris,
Paris, France, July 17 to August 3,
2007.
Exhibited in Los Fríos, Plaza de San
Francisco, Sevilla, Spain, September
8 to 10, 2010.
Exhibited in Diago: The Pasts of This
Afro-Cuban Present, curated by Prof.
Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D., and
Dr. Jill Deupi, Ph.D., Lowe Art Museum at
the University of Miami, Coral Gables,
FL, Oct. 24, 2019 - Jan. 19, 2020,
and illustrated in the corresponding
exhibition catalog, page 43.
In Exhibition: 1st Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
No Peace
(No Hay Paz), 2001
mixed media on canvas
51 x 39 inches
To be illustrated in the upcoming
catalog IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS,
Volume Twenty-Two, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Key Biscayne, Florida.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Looking for You on the Road
(Buscándote en el Camino), 2012
mixed media on canvas
79 x 59 ½ inches
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS,
Volume Thirteen,
page 164.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois,
April, 2016.
Exhibited in Art Miami Fair,
Miami, Florida, December, 2017.
Exhibited in JUAN ROBERTO DIAGO:
20 YEARS OF CREATION,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,
Oct. 2019 – Jan. 2020, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
Illustrated in the book Diago:
The Pasts of This Afro- Cuban Present,
Prof. Alejandro de la Fuente, Ph.D.,
Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 2017, page 128.
In Exhibition: 3160 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Shantytown Los Sitios, Havana
(Hacinamiento Los Sitios, La Habana), 2019
one installation composed of 40 handmade,
one-of-a-kind houses, constructed with
discarded wood and other recovered
materials.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Exhibited in Juan Roberto Diago:
20 Years of Creation, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
This work is accompanied by a
Photo-Certificate of Authenticity,
signed by the artist.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Diago
(Diago), 1998
mixed media on heavy paper
laid down on board
27 ½ x 19 ¾ inches
Signed, dated, and fingerprinted
by the artist on the reverse.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen,
page 130.
Exhibited in Important Contemporary
Masters, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL,
Apr. – Sep. 2023, and illustrated
digitally on cernudaarte.com,
exhibitions.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Crazy
(Loco), 1998
mixed media on heavy paper
laid down on board
27 ½ x 19 ¾ inches
Signed, dated, and fingerprinted
by the artist on the reverse.
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS,
Volume Nineteen,
page 132.
Exhibited at Palm Beach Modern and
Contemporary Art Fair, Palm Beach,
Florida, March, 2023.
In Exhibition: 2nd Floor, 3143 Building.
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Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971)
Dog
(Perro), 1999
mixed media on canvas
23 ¾ x 31 ½ inches
Illustrated in IMPORTANT CUBAN
ARTWORKS,
Volume Eighteen,
page 138.
This work was illustrated in the book
Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban
Present, Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente,
Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 2017, page 67.
Exhibited in Juan Roberto Diago:
20 Years of Creation, Cernuda Arte,
Coral Gables, FL, Nov. 2019 – Jan. 2020,
and illustrated digitally on
cernudaarte.com, exhibitions.
Exhibited in Art Wynwood Fair,
Miami, Florida, February, 2020.
Exhibited in EXPO Chicago Art Fair,
Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago,
Illinois, April, 2022.
In Exhibition: 3160 Building.
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