Daymi Coll Padilla

Daymi Coll Padilla is a Toronto-based Cuban-born art historian, independent curator, and co-founder of Havana Streetview Project. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Havana in 2006 and she recently graduated from the Library and Information Technician program at Seneca College. For several years, she held a curatorial position at the Center for the Development of the Visual Arts (Centro de Desarollo para las Artes Visuales – CDAV), one of the most renown and experimental institutional art spaces in Havana. She has curated numerous solo and group shows, given conferences and talks about contemporary Cuban art, and written for various art magazines, catalogues, and books. As an art specialist, she was part of the Curator and Producer team of the 5th Contemporary Cuban Art Fair (Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo) and the 10th Havana Biennial.