Greta Reyna Cuban, b. 1991

Greta Reyna (b. 1991, Havana, Cuba) is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores the tension between fracture, beauty, and transformation. She graduated in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts (ISA), Havana, in 2016, and currently lives and works in Cuba.

Her work originates in the recovery and reinterpretation of objects that have lost their original function. Through processes of collection and reconfiguration, Reyna constructs a visual language that transforms material remnants into symbolic forms, navigating themes of resilience, adaptation, and memory. Rooted in a context shaped by scarcity, her practice elevates acts of reuse beyond utility, proposing them as gestures of cultural and ecological resistance.

Working across painting, installation, murals, objects, and stop motion, she creates environments where light, color, and repetition operate as central elements. Her method often begins with pre-existing patterns, which she reworks through a disciplined and iterative process, generating compositions that invite contemplation over consumption.

Reyna has participated in residencies and programs led by artists such as Gabriel Orozco and Luis Camnitzer, and was part of the SOMA Summer program in Mexico in 2023. In 2020, she was selected for the Boomerang program at Galleria Continua in Havana.

Her recent solo exhibitions include Astral (2025), presented during the 15th Havana Biennial, and Évame (2024), at the Hispanoamericano Center of Culture in Havana. She has also exhibited internationally in Barcelona, Paris, and Saint Barthélemy.