Kcho

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kcho
Occupation	Cuban Artist
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1970(1970-02-12)
Age	54
Country	Cuba
Horoscope	Aquarius

Kcho Biography

Kcho is one of the most popular and richest Cuban artist who was born on February 12, 1970 in Cuba. Alexis Leiva Machado (Kcho) was born in Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud on the 12th of February 1970. The son of Ignacio de Loyola Leiva Abreu Carpenter and Telecommunication technician as well as Martina Primitiva Machado Cuni, also recognized as Martha Camacho, a tireless, hard-working woman and a well-known artist. He grew up with four sisters in a secluded and work-related setting. He completed his primary education in two primary schools: Josue Pais as well as Manuel Alcolea and completed further education in the Elementary Art School Leonardo Luberta in his hometown. The year 1986 saw him was enrolled at the National School of Plastic Arts (ENA) in Havana and graduated in 1990 with a specialization in sculpture and painting.

In 1992, the year was a landmark as it was a significant year for arts and culture in Cuba because it boosted the image of the strength and creative spirit exhibited by the arts of plastic in the nation. It was characterized by two major international exhibitions that collectively Kcho was given the chance to exhibit works of the artist: From there from: Kuba, organized at the Forum Ludwig in Aachen, Germany, and Arte cubano current (Current Cuban art) directed with Robert Littman for the Cultural Centre of Contemporary Art of the Cultural Foundation Televisa in Mexico City. Kcho was also involved in major international projects , such as The First Biennial Barro de America (Clay of America) by curator and critic Roberto Guevara at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber in Caracas, Venezuela, where Kcho shared exhibition space together with Ana Mendieta (1948 – 1985), Rimel Cardillo, Milton Becerra and other important artists from the region. Other occasions that were favorable to expand the scope of Cuban art and Kcho’s specifically was the group exhibitions La decada prodigiosa (The Prodigious Decade) that gathered several of Cuban plastic art from the eighties in the Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, and La ronda cubana (The Cuban Round) at the Van Reekum Museum in Apeldoorn, Holland.

In 1994, he won a scholarship to the Ludwig Foundation for art studies in Aachen, Germany and he also got invitations for three important events in the art circuits. The first one came from curator Nelson Aguilar to participate in the 22nd Biennial in São Paulo, Brazil; the second one from Dan Cameron to be part of the collective exhibition Cocido y crudo (Cooked and Raw) organized at the Museum Reina Sofia in Madrid; and the third invitation came from Yiliam Yanes Godoy, curator and director of the first and significant Biennials of Havana, to become part of the exhibition La otra orilla (The Other Shore) during the Fifth Biennial of Havana held at the colonial fortress Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro –in this last event he displayed his work La regata which from that very same year belongs to the collection of the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany. La regata appears in the cover of Revolución y Cultura magazine (issue No. 5, 1994) and in Artnews, a publication specialized in arts (June 2000).

Also in 1995, he made three personal exhibitions: Kcho at the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation in Majorca, Spain; El camino de la nostalgia (The road of nostalgia) at Centre Wifredo Lam in Havana; and Tabla de salvación (Salvation) at the Espacio Abierto Gallery, also in Havana, Cuba. In these three shows the artist reinforces his interest for the subject of travels and migrations with simple but categorical installations such as El camino de la nostalgia and Lo mejor del verano (The Best Part of Summer) –the latter being also displayed at the exhibition Cocido y Crudo organized by the Museum Reina Sofía in Spain.

In 1991, the year following the artist’s young age was 1991. He had his first exhibition of his own at the MNBA in”Artist of the Month” space “Artist of the Month” space, which at that time saw exhibitions from the best artists from Cuban art and design. The same year, he also was given the Prize awarded to him by the National Group of Art Schools Faculty at the Centre of Plasticyty Arts and Design in Havana, Cuba. In the year 1991, he participated in of the exhibition Proyectos Recientes (Recent Projects) with the sculpturers Alejandro Aguilera, Angel Ricardo Rios and Osvaldo Yero, as well as others in the Arts Centre 23 y 12 in Havana.

Kcho Net Worth

Kcho is one of the richest Cuban Artist from Cuba. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kcho 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

KCHO (sometimes abbreviated as “K’cho”), Born Alexis Leiva Machado on the Isla de Pinos (1970) is an emerging Cuban artist. Kcho has participated in art shows across the globe. The artist first caught the attention of the world through winning the top prize in the South Korean Kwangju Biennial in 1995.

At the age 16 He marked the beginning of his career with a personal show: Kcho expone favelas, at the Centre of Plastic Arts in Nueva Gerona in the year 1986. Since 1990, becoming a professional artist, he began to exhibit his work in both personal and collective exhibits both nationally as well as internationally. Of all these it is essential to mention his thesis for graduation entitled Paisaje Popular cubano in 1990 (Cuban popular landscape) because one of the paintings that was titled in the exhibition permitted the artist to be included in the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museum of Cuba (MNBA).

In 1993, Kcho fulfilled an extensive agenda of national and international commitments exhibiting his works in Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and Holland, among other countries.

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Other noteworthy exhibitions in 1997 were his personal show “Speaking of the Obvious Was Never a Pleasure for Us” at the Israel Museum, Billy Rose Pavilion, in Jerusalem; and the collective shows: Utopian Territories, New Art from Cuba at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia and at the Contemporary Art Gallery, both in Vancouver, Canada; Trash at the Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy; Así está la cosa: instalación y arte objeto en América Latina (That’s How Things Are: installations and Object Art in Latin America), an international exhibition of modern art organized at the Cultural Centre of Contemporary Art in Mexico; and the 6th Biennial of Havana, that took place at the colonial fortress San Carlos de La Cabaña, for which he created the exhibit Archipiélago de mi pensamiento (Archipelago in My Mind) from the series Columna infinita (Infinite Column) –currently this piece belongs to a private collection in Italy.

Facts & Trivia

Kcho Ranked on the list of most popular Cuban artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cuba. Kcho celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.

In 1998, just as in previous years, Kcho took part in the most important art exhibitions and biennials all over the world, such as Arco in Madrid; Dark Art in Senegal; the 3rd Biennial Barro de América and the Feria Iberoamericana de Arte in Venezuela; Cada día (Every Day), 11th Biennial in Sidney, Australia; and Expoarte in Guadalajara, Mexico. His work is present in the following collective shows: Visión global del nuevo arte de los noventa (Global View of the New Art of the Nineties) in Deste Foundation in Athens, Greece; and +Zone, at Palazzo Re Rebaudengo in Guarene d’Alba, Italy; to quote but a few examples.

What airport code is Cho?

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Does Charlottesville VA have an airport?

Home – Charlottesville Albemarle Airport.

What time does the Charlottesville airport close?

The terminal building is open 24/7. TSA screening opens at 4:00 a.m. The airlines recommend that all passengers arrive at the airport 1 1/2 hours prior to their departure time.

What time does Cho airport open?

– CHO Airport opens at 3:30am and urges passengers to arrive 90 minutes before their scheduled flights, particularly during peak hours of 5am-7am. Baggage needs to be checked at least 30 minutes prior to departure. Airline counters open at 4:15am.

Where does CHO fly?

CHO flies direct to six major connector airports in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York (LaGuardia), and Washington D.C. (Dulles). These major hubs provide access to over a thousand destinations worldwide.