The exhibition “Memoria Oculta” in Association NOEMI - Espace Brownstone
“Memoria Oculta” (“Hidden Memory”) was a dual exhibition bringing together for the first time two prominent Cuban artists: Yanelis Mora Morales and Alejandro Campins. Through distinct yet thematically aligned approaches, both artists investigate memory, vulnerability, and consciousness in a world marked by constant change.
The exhibition explores intimate psychological and emotional spaces where our behaviors and attitudes take root. It invites visitors to reflect on the mechanisms of resilience and adaptation, creating a shared environment for introspection and dialogue.
The exhibition explores intimate psychological and emotional spaces where our behaviors and attitudes take root. It invites visitors to reflect on the mechanisms of resilience and adaptation, creating a shared environment for introspection and dialogue.
Yanelis Mora Morales
Cuban contemporary artist
Yanelis Mora Morales (b. 1984, Holguín, Cuba) is a multidisciplinary artist and former stage actress who lives and works between Havana and Madrid . Trained in choral conducting and dramatic arts—and celebrated with three Best Female Performance awards in Cuba—she transitioned in 2017 into visual arts using a foundation paper‑piecing technique to create rich textile “mental maps” that trace emotional and geographic journeys. Her labor-intensive, hand-dyed patchworks, often inspired by architectural forms like Art Deco in New York, feature in solo shows such as Consonancia (Madrid, 2024), Memoria Oculta (Paris, 2023), and at Residency Unlimited in New York (2024), marking her emergence as a powerful voice in contemporary Cuban diasporic art
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Alejandro Campins
Cuban contemporary artist
Alejandro Campins (b. 1981, Manzanillo, Cuba) is a prominent contemporary artist working between Havana and Madrid, whose practice—spanning painting, drawing, and photography—examines the emotional and spatial dimensions of landscapes and architectural ruins. Trained at Holguín’s El Alba Academy and Havana’s ISA, he creates hauntingly poetic, atmospheric canvases infused with history, memory, and impermanence, often depicting abandoned amphitheaters, bunkers, and subtropical scenes . His work has featured prominently in solo exhibitions such as Miedo a la muerte es miedo a la verdad (2018–19, Wifredo Lam CAC Havana), Lapse (2016, Sean Kelly Gallery New York), and Sucedáneos (2024, Galleria Continua Paris), as well as in the Cuban Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale and Havana Biennial (2019) .
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