Osvaldo Yero

Osvaldo Yero is a visual artist from Vancouver. His work investigates the kitsch object and its associations with popular culture and national identity. Yero makes use of both the method and aesthetic of the ubiquitous plaster decorations which are commonly sold in Cuba and found in many households. Using these forms his work takes mass-produced symbols and the sign of official propaganda in this vulgar form, to clearly illustrate the nature of the Cuban revolutionary-rhetoric.
In the early 1990’s Yero was part of a small group of internationally recognized young artists in Cuba. Notably, Yero was one of three artists to represent Cuba in the first Johannesburg Biennale, which took place to mark the end of apartheid, as well as the 4th International Istanbul Biennial in Istanbul, both of which took place in 1995. Since immigrating to Canada in 1997, Yero has taught at the University of British Columbia and his work has been included in a number of exhibitions.