Omar Batista Jiménez

Work experience
I have worked for international organisations such as PAHO-WHO Cuba and FAO Cuba, as well as for the Government of Japan, the Cuban Film Institute and the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba. OPS-WHO CUBA (2018-2021). Production of audiovisual and editorial materials. Embassy of Japan in Cuba (2010-2016). Design of the identity and campaign for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese to Cuba. Responsible for cultural promotion at the embassy. Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) (2019-2021). Art director on the children's TV series Galaxia K and member of the art team for the animated feature film La súper. Teacher (2018-2021) at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Havana (basic design, graphics and digital art and optional workshop on 3D set design). Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (2009-2015). Production of audiovisuals, graphic material...

International events
Finalist with Posters for theatre at the Iberoamerican Design Biennial BID20, Madrid (2020). Finalist in Category B (Film Poster) at the International Poster Biennial of Mexico (2020). Finalist in Biophilia Poster Competition, international poster competition, USA (2020). Selected for The World After Poster Call poster exhibition, USA (2020). Selected for the 4th International Graphic Stories Cyprus Cultural Heritage - One world, one future, as part of the 6th Conference on Graphic Design & Visual Communication in Cyprus, Cyprus (2018).

Collaborations with artists
Promotional image for Amigas. El musical (2014), by the company Lizt Alfonso, the famed and award-winning Cuban choreographer who has been selected by the BBC as one of the most influential women of 2018. Design of the CD Sonajero, by jazzman César López and the musical group Habana Ensamble, EGREM record label, 2015. Design of posters for readings and staging of multiple plays for at least a dozen Cuban theatre groups such as Argos Teatro and for the play Las Morsas, The International Voices Project, New Plays Festival, Chicago. Design of the communication campaign for the 17th Havana International Theatre Festival (2017). Set design for at least a dozen plays in Havana, mainly by the Argos Teatro group.