Kcho (Alexis Leiva Machado, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, 1970) is one of the most influential contemporary artists in Latin America. A painter, sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist, he has developed an international career in which graphic work occupies an essential place within his artistic language.

Trained at the National School of Art in Havana, Kcho has exhibited in more than 100 solo shows and 200 group exhibitions in museums worldwide. In 1995, at just 25 years old, he became the youngest Latin American artist to enter the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).

His graphic work reflects the poetics of travel, migration, and collective memory, with constant references to boats and structures that evoke both hope and precariousness. It displays the same expressive power as his sculptures and installations, transferred to printmaking and drawing with a unique intensity.

Awarded with recognitions such as the Grand Prize of the Kwangju Biennale (South Korea, 1995) and the UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, Kcho is today an essential reference in contemporary Cuban art. His work is part of permanent collections in institutions such as the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MoMA in New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

With his graphic work, Kcho confirms the universality of an art charged with symbolism, capable of dialoguing with history and current events from a deeply human perspective.