Lissette Solórzano est une photographe cubaine née à Santiago de Cuba en 1969. Ses clichés ont été exposés dans de nombreux pays – Cuba, Mexique, Angleterre, États-Unis - et reçurent de nombreux prix, tel que le « Photographic Essay Prize » de la Casa de las Américas. Lisette Solórzano travaille également comme designer graphique, et est membre de l’UNEAC (Cuban Writers and Artists Union).
On the heels of the Obama administration’s momentous policy changes regarding US-Cuba relations, Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to announce The Light in Cuban Eyes, a group exhibition of contemporary Cuban photography. This will be the first New York exhibition focused on work made during and after Cuba’s “Special Period,” the time of extreme hardship and poverty which followed the withdrawal of Soviet resources in the early 1990s. The exhibition will feature works by artists including Pedro Abascal, Pavel Acosta, Juan Carlos Alom, Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo, Ramsés Batista, Raúl Cañibano, Arien Chang, Donis Dayán, Reinaldo Echemendía Cid, Adrián Fernández, Eduardo García, Alejandro González, Glenda León, Liudmila + Nelson, ...