Attributed to KCHO, born Alexis Leiva Machado on the Isla de Pinos, private collection, no coa medium: charcoal measurements:26"hX30"w framed, mint condition Biography: KCHO, born Alexis Leiva Machado on the Isla de Pinos, is a contemporary Cuban artist. He first attracted international attention by winning the grand prize at South Korea's Gwangju Biennale in 1995.Kcho represented Cuba in critical collective exhibitions like Arte nuevo de Cuba (New Art from Cuba) at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, Great Britain, by curator Katherine Lampert; Campo (Countryside) by curator Francesco Bonami, for the opening of the Sandretto-Re Rebaudengo Foundation for the Arts, in Turin, Italy – this show was also displayed at the exhibition halls of the same Foundation in Venice, Italy; Nuestro Siglo (Our Century) at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Diálogos de Paz (Peace Dialogues) at the United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland; La Habana – São Paulo – which grouped a sample of biennials from Cuba and Brazil, at the Centre for Cultures of the World, in Berlin, Germany; at the 1st Biennial of Johannesburg, South Africa; and at the 4th International Biennial of Istanbul, Turkey. By the end of the year 1995, Kcho had met Barbara Gladstone, owner of the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York, in Havana, with whom he organized two significant exhibitions that helped develop a greater awareness of his work in the United States and the rest of the world.