Tatiana Mesa Paján
Born in Havana City, Cuba, 1981
Live and Work: Cuba / USA

Incoming (2026)

• Flesh TBD

Individual Exhibits

• 2026 – Archaeology of the Present, Solo Show, HCC Galleries,  2026 Tampa

• 2026 – MíO/Mine Dunedin Fine Art Center, Saint Petersburg, FL,  United States

• 2024 – El Bosque, Archival Bootcamp, Masia La Toba, Valencia, Spain

• 2013 – The History Behind / Pages (Páginas), Nogueras Blanchard Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

• 2013 – The Text as Vestige, AHS, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba

• 2013 – Cabinet (Gabinete), Center of Development of Visual Art, Havana, Cuba

• 2010 – Book: A Gesture Memory II, Poetry International Festival, House of Poetry, Old Havana, Cuba

• 2008 – Book: A Gesture Memory I, José Antonio Diaz Peláez Gallery, Fine Art Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

Bi-Personal Shows

• 2022 – Absence, with Logan Wolfe, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, USF, FL, United States (Feb)

• 2022 – Malecón…, with Logan Wolfe, The Box, USF, FL, United States (Jan)

Prizes & Awards

• 2026 Creative Loafing’s Emerging Artists to Watch for 2026, Tampa, FL

• 2025 –  Gobioff Foundation Microgrant Recipient

                    – HaloArts Fellowship Award Recipient             

                    –1rst Price, Best in Show, 2025 Annual Juried Members Exhibition, HCC    Art 

                        Galleries, Tampa, FL, United States

                – Honorable Mention Award, Circle Foundation of Art/ Spotlight Magazine

• 2023 – Artistic Excellence, Circle Foundation of the Arts / Spotlight Magazine

• 2022 – Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett Award, MFA, FL, United States

• 2012 – Antonia Eiríz Grand Prize, Hermanos Saiz Association, Havana, Cuba

• 2011 – First Grand Prize of Creation-21 Studio, Center of Development of Visual Art, Havana, Cuba

• 2008 – Juan Francisco Elso Grand Prize, Hermanos Saiz Association, Havana, Cuba

Museum Acquisitions & Collections

• Artist Book Museum, 2026, Collector Kestutis Vasiliunas, Filaretu 9-5, Vilnius 01207, Lithuania-  Error/Ser / Diptych, Original, Books, Jewelry put on moth traces, unfixed Chlorophyll Print. 

• The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2026 — LOVE, Dandelion Skin Series, Cybis-signed porcelain Cupid, Ed.:Open

• OXH Gallery,2026_ Tampa, FL, Libertad, Dandelion Skin Series, Ed.: Open

• Rollins College Cornell Fine Arts Museum (CFAM), 2025 _ The Writing of The Glimpse, Chapter One, The Kiss, 10 relief prints, Ed.:3/30

• Artist Book Museum, 2013 — Collection of Kęstutis Vasiliūnas, Filaretų 9-5, Vilnius 01207, Lithuania. Él y Ella — found books, jewelry. Monólogos para Anonymous Veneciano — found book, notes.

Collective

2025

• You Again and Me for the First Time, BKT – Becca Wahl, Kristen Roles, Tatiana Mesa Paján, Reverb Gallery, Ybor City, Tampa, FL, United States.

Lectures and Artist Talks

2026

• Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711/ Artist Talk/ Art Department/ March 23rd, 2026

• Artist Talk: MíO/Mine Dunedin Fine Art Center, Saint Petersburg, FL,  United States

2025

• Gallery Artist Talk: Nuestro Vaivén (Our Sway), Ringling Museum, Sarasota — October 21, 2025

• Artist Talk for USF MFA Program: Nuestro Vaivén (Our Sway), Ringling Museum, Sarasota — October 17, 2025

• Lecture Speaker: Orlando Museum of Art — October 16, 2025

2024

• Artist Talk for USF MFA Program: Skyway, Sarasota Art Museum, FL, USA — August 2024

• Gallery Artist Talk: Skyway, Sarasota Art Museum, FL, USA — August 2024

• Lecture Speaker: Archival Bootcamp Residency, Valencia, Spain — August 2024

2022

• Gallery Artist Talk: Reverso, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) / USF, Florida, USA — April 2022

Group Exhibitions – As Participating Artist

2025

• INK MIAMI ART FAIR, December 3-7 Suites of Dorchester, Miami Beach, Art Basel, Tempus Project, Reverb, Parallelogram Gallery, USF. 

• Nuestro Vaivén (Our Sway), Ringling Museum, Sarasota, USA (October 4, 2025- March 22, 2026)

• Echoes of The Ancient, Orlando Museum of Art

• HCC Gallery 221, Tampa, FL, USA

• The Artist Cabinet, BRAC, NY, USA

2024 

• USF AS, H Haya, Ybor City, Tampa, Fl, United States

• 10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024, Cologne Art and Museum Library, Germany

• Skyway, Sarasota Art Museum, FL, USA

• phone, wallet, KEYS, CocoHunday, Tampa, FL, USA (May)

• 10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania

2023

• Huellas Solares: Vol. IV, Huella Solar, Argentina

• Center Gallery, USF, Florida, USA

2022

• Justified + Ancient, Mara Art Studio & Gallery / Halo Arts, Sarasota, FL (Oct)

• Sin Fronteras / Borderless, Taller Boricua, New York, NY (Sept)

• Reverso, CAM / USF, Florida, USA

• Extending to an Edge, curated by Logan Wolfe, Centre Gallery, USF, Florida, USA

2021

• Havana Art Weekend, TogetherArts, Miami Beach, FL, USA

• Under Pressure, USF, Tampa, FL, USA

• Absentee Authority, curated by JD Hardy, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, USF, Tampa, FL, USA

2020

• Una Grieta en la Pared, #LandArtenelPatio, Taller Chullima, curated by Irving Vera, Wilfredo Prieto, Lena Solà Nogué, Havana, Cuba (Online)

• Cada Forma en el Espacio es Una Forma de Tiempo que se Escapa, ARCO 2020, Madrid, Spain

• Deconstructing (…) the Other, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, USF, Tampa, FL, USA

2018

• Love, Volumen, ArtIFact, Lakeland, FL, USA

2015

• Mountains with a Broken Edge, 12th Havana Biennial, curated by Wilfredo Prieto, Direlia Lazo, Gretel Medina, Havana, Cuba

2013

• Dilated Biography: Contemporary Cuban Narratives, SMFA, Boston, USA

• Abierto (The Open), Luz y Oficios Center, Old Havana, Cuba

2012

• Lost in Translation?, Gonzales Hulshof, Tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Convergencias, Fine Art Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

• Convergencias, Orfebrería Museum, Old Havana, Cuba

• Havana Biennale 11, Colateral Exhibition, Fine Art Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

• An Exhibition without a Viewer, Colateral exhibit to 11th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba

• Mujeres Artistas del Futuro, US Interests Section, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

• Print Making in Memory, ISA, Havana, Cuba

• May Your Wish Come True, Gonzales Hulshof, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• 6th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2012, Lithuania (Theme: “Love”)

2011

• Somewhere Else, Galería Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain

• Boomerang, Fine Arts Academy San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

Books

• 2014 – The Text as Vestige, Ana Laura Tamborini Publisher, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• 2013 – The Text as Vestige, Asociación Hermanos Saiz, Havana, Cuba

• 2012 – 6th International Artist’s Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania

• 2009 – 5th International Artist’s Book Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania

• 2002 – Figures Futur, Centre de Promotion du Livre de Jeunesse-Seine-Denis, France

Artist Residencies

• 2025 – Cascabell Press/ Ray Bidegain Workshop/ Portland/ United States

• 2024 – Archival Residency, Masia La Toba, Valencia, Spain

Publications

2024

• Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, Unites Five Bay Area Museums in an Innovative Art Exhibition

2023

• Spotlight 33: The Kiss / Chapter One / The Writing of the Glimpse / Woodcut 2020 / First Edition

2022

• Spotlight 31, pp. 96–97: Island, Cam Museum; El Beso, Festival de Escultura Efímera, 2008

• El Beso, Revista CLEA No. 12, Brazil, page 51

2021

• The KISS, Creative Pinellas

2020

• Artists’ Book Conceptual Project

• Lithuanian Artist Book in The World Context, BookArt

2012

• Metropolis M

Education

• MFA in Fine Art, USF, 2019–2022, Florida, USA

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, ISA (University of the Arts), 1999–2004, Cuba

• College, San Alejandro Academy, 1995–1999, Cuba

• Elementary School of Fine Arts, 1991–1995, Cuba

Additional Education / Training

• 2026 Club de Pensamiento Pedagógico Intensivo, Trabajo Práctico, Online Workshop.

• 2025– Teorías de Archivo, Trabajo Práctico, Online Workshop

                        – Photogravure, Ray Bidegain, Cascabel Press, Portland, Oregon

• 2024 – Intaglio, Ali Norma, USF Tampa

• 2023 – Photopolymer, Screenprinting, Cyanotype, Erika Greenberg, Bluecierprint, USF St. Pete

• 2023 – Chlorophyll Print, Pati Caro, Huella Solar, Argentina

• 2011 – Symbolic Production, ISA, Havana, Cuba

• 2009 – DELF B1 French Certificate, Alliance Française, Havana, Cuba

• 2009 – Artist Book Workshop, San Alejandro Academy, Havana, Cuba

Teaching Experience

2024–Present

• Full-Time Visiting Professor, Printmaking Department, USF Tampa, FL, USA

  • Courses: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Printmaking

  • Techniques: Monotype, Relief, Laser Engraving, Screenprinting, Cyanotype, Intaglio, Etching, Directed Study

  • Other: Printmaking Shop Technician

2025 - 

-Studio Visit and critiques during Advanced Fine Arts Focus II Printmaking Class, March 5, 2025, Ringling College of Art and Design

-Artist Mentor for Graduate Student, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee. Fall         Semester.

         -GRAD ORALS QUESTIONNAIRE  Tom Rosenow

2023

• Adjunct Professor, Architecture Department, USF Tampa, FL, USA

  • Course: Expanded Printmaking

  • Techniques: Monotype, Relief, Laser Engraving, Screenprinting, Cyanotype, Chlorophyll Prints

2022–2023/ 2025 to the Present

• Adjunct Professor, HCC Ybor Campus, Tampa, FL, USA

  • Courses: Foundation I and II, Drawing II

2022–2023

• Adjunct Professor, Printmaking Department, USF Tampa, FL, USA

  • Courses: Beginning and Intermediate Printmaking

  • Techniques: Monotype, Relief, Laser Engraving, Screenprinting, Cyanotype

2019–2022

• Teaching Assistant, Printmaking Department, USF Tampa, FL, USA

  • Course: Beginning Printmaking

  • Techniques: Monotype, Relief, Laser Engraving, Screenprinting, Intaglio

2004–2013

• Full-Time Professor, Printmaking Department, San Alejandro Academy, Havana, Cuba

  • Courses: Calado, Xilografía, Colografía, Intaglio, Serigrafía, Taller de Tesis, Arte Conceptual Aplicado al Grabado Tradicional, Intervenciones Públicas