Carlos Martiel (born 1989, Havana) lives and works in New York and Havana. He graduated in 2009 from the National Academy of Fine Arts, San Alejandro, in Havana. Between the years 2008-2010, he studied in the Cátedra Arte de Conducta, directed by the artist Tania Bruguera. Martiel’s works have been included in the 14th Sharjah Biennial (United Arab Emirates) 14th Cuenca Biennial (Ecuador) 57th Venice Biennale (Italy) Liverpool Biennial (United Kingdom) Havana Biennial (Cuba). He has had performances at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach, USA) Walker Art Center, (Minneapolis, USA) The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, USA) La Tertulia Museum (Cali, Colombia) Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (Milan, Italy) Robert Miller Gallery (New York, USA). He has received several awards, including the Franklin Furnace Fund in New York, 2016, CIFOS Grants & Commissions Program Award in Miami, 2014, and Arte Laguna in Venice, 2013.