Elvira Rodriguez Puerto
La Habana, 1964
Munich, 2003

Writer, Photographer, Filmmaker, Paper artist

Studies:

2014 Intensive Butoh Workshop with Tadashi Endo, Göttingen
2013 Fotodesignerin. OfG (Online School for Design)- Karlsruhe
2013 Canon Professional Forum 2013 - Seminars
2012 Lighting Techniques workshop, with Gary Fong. Sauter. Munich
2010 Photoshop CS5 Workshop, with Robin Preston. Gravis. Munich
2003 Workshop in Talent Campus, Berlinale
2001 Photography workshop "Fernando Chenard Piña", with Félix Arencibia. Havana
1991 Literature Workshop with Eliseo Diego. Havana
1990 Literature Workshop, Writer's Haus, Marianao, Havana
1989 Audiovisual and Screenplay. ICRT. Havana
1987 Law Degree. Havana University

Scholarships:

2006 Art Foundation Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
2005 Elsbeth-Wolffheim. Darmstadt
2004 Heinrich Böll Haus Langenbroich e.V. Düren
2003 Villa Waldberta. Feldafing
        Kulturreferat Landeshauptstadt München
1999 Villa Waldberta. Feldafing
        Kulturreferat Landeshauptstadt München

Awards:

2014 1st Public Prize, Category "Patterns & lines"
        3rd Public Prize, Category "Open"
        Annual Exhibition EPO Photo Club. Munich
        European Patent Office
2013 1st Public Prize, Category "Red"
        3rd Jury Prize, Category "Red"
        Annual Exhibition EPO Photo Club. Munich
        European Patent Office
2003 Talent Campus of the Berlinale
2000 International Award of Poetry Nosside-Caribe. Italy
1998 Honorable Mention, Photography Marathon. Azores Islands
1998 National Award "Calendario"
        Book: "Deseos Líquidos". AHS. Havana
1997 National Poetry Award "Pinos Nuevos"
        Book: "Fragmentos para armar D'Katherine". Instituto Cubano del Libro. Havana

Exhibitions:

2014 "Ganz in Weiß", tim - Textil- und Industrie Museum Augsburg
2014 "Annual Exhibition", EPO Photo Club. Munich
2013 "Annual Exhibition", EPO Photo Club. Munich
2012 "Kuleando", Living Sprachen. Munich
2012 "1010 Pergamentbräute", Screening exhibition, Thea Schulz Foto Labor. Munich
2012 "Körper & Drapierung", with Barbara Giglberger-Kral, TonArt Galerie. Munich
2011 "1010 Pergamentbräute", Photo and video installation, Bayern Forum. Munich
2010 "I have never been in a Museum. I have never had Christmas", Atelier. Munich
2009 "BODY & COPY", International Copy Art Exhibition. Curator: Silvio de Gracia.
         Bienal de La Habana, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro. Havana
2009 "Let's sale my pictures to fund my Festival", Atelier. Munich
2008 "Kolando Kuba", Gallery Caramba. Munich
2005 "Full House", exhibition, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, NRW
2005 "Weg der Collage", Literaturhaus. Darmstadt
2004 "En mi Habana Calle", collective exhibition, Heinrich Böll Haus e.V. Düren
2004 "There is only one way to survive", Roter Salon, Volksbühne. Berlin
2003 "Let's no talk about Politics", Gallery Freiraum. Munich
2003 "Galenas", Gallery Raúl Martínez, Instituto Cubano del Libro
2003 "En mi Habana Calle", collective exhibition. Havana
2002 "En mi Habana Calle", collective exhibition. Havana
2001 "I. Exhibition of Hip-Hop photography in Cuba", La Madriguera. Havana

Publications:

2014 "Ganz in Weiß". tim
2011 "1010 Parchment Brides", photography. Aumüller Regensburg Verlag
2005 "Estrategias de una mujer madura", short stories. Lagrev-Verlag. Munich
2003 "Galenas", poetry. Editorial Letras Cubanas
2002 "La Fuente en la Casa del Cuento", short stories. Ediciones Extramuros. Havana
1998 "Deseos Líquidos", short stories. Casa Editorial Abril. Havana
1997 "Fragmentos para Armar D'Katherine", poetry. Editorial Letras Cubanas. Havana

Some of her poems and short stories also have been published in anthologies, like
"Anuario de Poesía" (UNEAC 1994)
"Donde termina el cuerpo" (Extramuros 1998)
"El ojo de la noche" (Letras Cubanas 1999)
"Die Frauen von Havanna" (Frederking & Thaler 2001)
"Té con limón" (Oriente 2002)
"Weihnachts-Basar" (DTV and P. Kirchheim 2002)
"Graffitis: Signos sobre el papel" (Extramuros 2005)
"Jahreszeiten, Tagesanbrüche" (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 2006)
"Verbo desnudo" (Revista de Arte y Literatura 2014)

Film Producer:

2010 "München, schau wie ich dich liebe", docu
2005 "The Grandmothers of the Revolution", docu by Petra Seliskar & Brand Ferro
2004 "Short Radiography of Hip Hop in Cuba", docu by Ricardo Bacallao
2002 "Paraíso", docu, by Alina Teodorescu & Sorin Dragoi
2002 Short films Project with Doris Dörrie and students from HFF-MUC and ISA in Cuba

Film Director:

2011 "1010 Parchment Brides", video-installation
2010 "München, schau wie ich dich liebe", docu
2010 "Comiendo Katibías", video-installation
2010 "Herzlich Willkommen", video-installation
2009 "Rot", video-installation
2008 "Kolando Kuba", video-installation
2006 "Cuba Performances", docu-film
2005 "Blumen". "Schärfe". "Post". "Schuhe-Marathon". "Schopinga", video-installation
2003 "Anna Claras Lunas", video-installation
2002 "Mimesis", docu-film

Others:

2010 Teacher of the workshop "24 Horas de Workshop". Munich
2009 Playwrite and director of "Los Wittelsbacher Latinos". Theater. Munich
2009 Director of "Cinema on Thursday". Caramba Bar. Munich
2007 Director of FICCU - Festival Internacional Cine Cubano. Munich (2nd edition 2009)
2005 Egbé Film (Egbé Film e.V. : 2010-2011)
2002 Director of the Open Art Project "En Mi Habana Calle" (2003: Havana. 2004: Cologne)
2002 Co-founder and Chief Editor of "MOVIMIENTO", Hip-Hop Magazine. Cuba