Resume

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2024. Virtual Car Gallery, owned and operated by Alejandro Arts Inc.

© Virtual Car Gallery is an online automotive catalogue with car virtual tours at its core, currently under development and with its official launch schedule for the spring of 2024.

2021. Alejandro Arts Inc. Corp. registered since 2021.

Alejandro Arts Inc. is a registered corporation in Ontario, Canada. It continues to offer its services to the Film & TV Industry since resuming his career in 2016 as Set Decorator, supervisor (lead set dresser).
Alejandro Arts Inc. expanded it services to the Real Estate, Automotive and Travel Industry as well as to Local Businesses and the general public. AAI offers Photography & Videography, 360° Virtual Tours, Documentary, Visual Arts commissions, Writing, Editing and Design.

2018-2020 The Artist & The Viewer, Toronto Art Newspaper.

Founder of The Artist & The Viewer, Toronto Art Newspaper, Chief-editor, writer, manager, layout and graphics editor until its closure on April 2020 during the first wave of COVID-19.
The art publication, in print and online, was dedicated to the visual arts in the city of Toronto. In one year 7 issues were published and thousands of copies distributed for free at the Toronto’s Transit System TTC, art studios, art schools, art galleries and institutions. Also, copies of the last two issues were sold at 30 stores around the city. By the time of closing, the paper had subscribers, social media followers, contributors and art organizations as collaborators.

FILM & TV INDUSTRY

Toronto, Canada. 2014-2024.

2024. IATSE 873/634, Set Decorator.

Love at Frost Sight. Feature currently on production, Netflix. IA 634(Ottawa). Set Decorator.

2023. IATSE 873, Set Decorator.

The Silent Hour. Feature. AGC Studios , Meridian Pictures, Valletta Pictures. Set Decorator.

2022. IATSE 873. Set Dec. Lead.

Börje. TV Series. Warner Bros. 1st Set Dec. Lead.
Titans S4. TV Series. Warner Bros. Set Dec. Lead.
Sex/Life S2. TV Series. NETFLIX, Demilo Films. Lead Set Dresser.

2021. IATSE 873. Set Dec. Lead.

Painkiller. TV Mini Series. Netflix. Set Dec. Lead.
Y The Last Man. TV series, Season 1. FX, Y Canada Productions Inc. 1st Set Dec. Lead.

2020. IATSE 873. Set Dec. Lead/Set dresser.

Y The Last Man. TV series, Pilot. FX, Y Canada Productions Inc. 1st Set Dec. Lead.
American Gods season 3. TV series, Third Bedford Productions Inc. Set dresser.
In the Dark, Season 2. TV series, Set dresser.

2019. IATSE 873. Set Dec. Lead/Set dresser.

Salt N Pepa, feature (MOW). Set dresser show call and on-call Set Dec. Lead. .
SUITS Final Season (9). GEP Suits B Inc./NBC Universal Inc. Set dresser show call and on-call Set Dec. Lead.
American Gods season 2. TV series, Third Bedford Productions Inc. Set dresser.
Designated Survivor, TV Series, Season 3. Designated 1 Ltd. Set dresser.
Spinning Out, Season 1. TV Series. Set dresser.
Glamorous, TV Movie, CBS Television Studios. Set dresser.

2018. IATSE 873 member. Set Dec. Set Dresser.

SUITS Season 8. TV series. GEP Suits B Inc./NBC Universal Inc. Set dresser show call.
Designated Survivor, TV Series, Season 2. Designated 1 Ltd. Set dresser.
Killjoys TV series, Season 4/5. Mendacity Pictures. Set Dresser.
Between Earth and Sky TV series, Blumhouse Productions. Set Dresser.
The Umbrella Academy, TV series. Season 1, Dark Horse Entertainment, Netflix. Set dresser.

2017. IATSE 873, Member. Set Dresser.

SUITS TV Series, Season 7. GEP Suits B Inc./NBC Universal Inc. Show call.
Imposters TV Series, Season 2. GEP Impposters Inc/NBC Universal.
Angry Angel, MOW, Idaho Productions Ltd.
Starter, Feature. Sample Productions Canada Inc.
The Strain TV Series, Season 4. Strain Can IV Productions, Inc.
Killjoys TV Series, Season 3. Season III Productions Ltd.
Salvation, TV Series, Season 1. CBS/ Mayday Productions Inc.
Designated Survivor, TV Series, Season 1. Designated 1 Ltd.
Shadow Hunters, TV Series, Season 2. Princessa Productions Ltd.
The Machine, TV Series, Pilot. Universal Cable Productions. Props person.

2016. IATSE 873 Member. Set Dresser, Props and greens person.

SUITS TV Series, Season 6. GEP Suits Inc. Set Dresser.
American Gods. TV Series, Season 1. Bedford Production, Inc. Set Dresser, on-set Dresser.
Alias Grace Mini-Series, Hellfire Entertainment.
Green Harvest (Star Trek) TV Series, Streak Productions Inc. / CBS.
Issues. Pilot TV Series, GEP Issues Inc. Set Dresser.
People of Earth TV Series, Slanted Films. Set Dresser.
Flatliners Feature, Arcader Productions Ltd./Sony. Set Dresser, on-Set Dresser
Designated Survivor TV Series, Season 1. Designated 1 Ltd. Set Dresser and On-Set Dresser.
IT Feature, Third Act Productions Inc./Warner Bros. Set Dresser.
Reign Tv Series, Season 4. Reign IV Productions Inc. Set Dresser and Props person
Taken TV Series, Season 1. Europacorp TV USA/NBC. Set Dresser
American Gothic TV Series AG Films Canada Inc. Greens person.
The Expanse TV Series, Season 2. Expanding Universe Productions 2 Ltd. Set dresser
xXx 3: The Return Of Xander Cage Feature. One Race Films/Revolution Studios. Set Dresser
Conviction TV Series, Pilot. ABC/ Eone/ Mark Gordon Company. Set Dresser.
The Strain TV Series, Season 3. Strain Can II Productions, Inc. Set Dresser.
Recon TV Series, Season 1. Recon Films, Division of WBTV Canada Production Services Inc. Particular Skills Prods CN Inc. Set Dresser.
Killjoys TV series, Season 2. Mendacity Pictures. Set Dresser and Props Person.

Art Director, Set Decorator, Property Master.

The Holdout, non-union indie short film. Director Javier Augusto.

2015. Set Dresser, Props as a permittee at IATSE 873.

Defiance Season 3, GEP Productions Inc.
Suits Season 5, GEP SUITS Inc.
Bravo 14 (Suicide Squad), Jellystone Films Inc.
The Girlfriend Experience Season 1, Premiere Motion Picture Corp.
Beauty and the Beast Season 4, BATB IV Productions Inc.
Heroes Reborn Season 1, GEP Heroes Reborn Inc.
11/22/63, Portal Films.

2014. Art Director, Set Decorator, Property Master.

Bro Binny, non-union indie short film. Director: Nick Asha

Havana, Cuba. November 2008-July 2012

2012. Production Designer, Co-Director.

Police TV series Tras la Huella (On the Track)
Film Studies at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences of the Ministry of the Interior.
Director: Silvio Hernandez-Labory. PM: Julio C. Ginarte
Episode: Estafa (Scam).
Episode: Huella Imborrable (Indeleble Mark).

2011. Production Designer, Co-Director.

Police TV series Tras la Huella (On the Track)
Film Studies at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences of the Ministry of the Interior.
Director: Silvio Hernandez-Labory. PM: Julio C. Ginarte
Episodes: Ultimo aviso I y II (Last Warning I & II).
Episode: Obsesion (Obsession).
Episode Tomografo (Tomograph).

2011. Production Designer, Set Decorator, Property Master.

Exit, Nicanor’s Tales, Medium-length film. Director: Eduardo Del Llano. PM: Ricardo Figueredo.

2010. Assistant Art Director, Set Decorator, Props Person.

Memory of the Rain (35 mm).International School of Film and TV (EICTV) San Antonio De Los Baños. Director: Enrique Medrano. PM: Miguel Gonzales.

2009. Assistant Art Director, Set Decorator, Props Person.

Brainstorm, Nicanor’s Tales, Short Film. Director: Eduardo del Llano. PM: Ricardo Figueredo.

VISUAL ARTS

Solo Exhibitions

On duty co-existence, Provincial Center of Visual Arts and Design Light and Crafts, Havana, Cuba. 2006
Prologue, Simon Bolivar Museum, Havana, Cuba. 2004

Group Exhibitions

REversion, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, Canada. April 2016
Art4Ball, Thompson Hotel, NBA All stars 2016, Toronto, Canada. 2016
Power, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada. July (Pan Am Games). 2015
Abre tus Ojos, Latin-American Art Exhibition, the opening ceremony of the Hispanic Heritage Month 2014, Toronto City Hall. Canada. 2014
Light and Color, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2013
Painting in the Prado Avenue, Community Art Fair Project, Havana, Cuba. 2005-2011
Group Therapy, Gallery Fayad Jamis, Havana, Cuba. 2008
Small format Salon, L Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2006
Waldo Luis Rodriguez Arts Salon, Pabellon Cuba Center, Havana, Cuba. 2005
Playa Salon, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2005
V Installation Salon Juan F. Elso Padilla, Mariano Rodriguez Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2005
Identity Project of the artist Toril Bonassen, made in Havana, Cuba, to exhibit in Norway. 2005
Making-off, Pabellon Cuba Center, Havana, Cuba. 2004
Hemingway in Cuba contest, Ambos Mundos Hotel, (mention), Havana, Cuba. 2004
IV Installation Salon Juan Francisco Elso Padilla, Mariano Rodriguez Gallery. 2004
La vuelta del Sargento Pimienta, Itinerant exhibitions for 13 gallerys, Havana, Cuba. 2003-2004
Forms, Silver Museum, Havana, Cuba. 2003
Re-encounter, Decorative Fine Arts Museum, collateral with the VIII Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2003
Habana 1791 perfumery, Havana, Cuba. 2003
Tradition and Modernity, ACAA exhibition, Plate Museum, Havana, Cuba. 2002
My Habana Street, Community Art Project, Havana, Cuba. 2002
IX Biennial Domingo Ravenet, Domingo Ravenet gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2002

Awards & Talks

Leslie Hewitt’s exhibition Collective Stance at The Power Plant. Toronto. 2016 Talk
The RBC Arts Access Fund. 2015. Award
Giving Tuesday, Dec 1st, 2015. Toronto Arts Foundation & Cieslok Media. Talk

THEATRE & STAGE

Set & Costume and Props Designer, Theatre Company Teatro de la Luna, Havana, Cuba. Oct. 2006-April 2013

Designed and built props, sets, scenography elements and costumes for seven plays.
Co-produced and supervised two theatre productions for the Cuban Theatre Company, Teatro de La Luna.
Worked as the Staging Producer for some Theater performances in Cuba, and also in Germany and Brazil.

Set Design and realization, Red Bull Music Academy Call, Havana, Cuba. 2011

Co-designed and built the stage for this event

Propman and scenic painter, Cuban Company of Stage Production, Havana, Cuba. Sept 2001-April 2002

As a Propman and scenic painter, I worked in many productions such as plays, and some presentations of important Companies in Commercial International events and Festivals such as TecnoAzucar Company in the Havana’s International Fair of 2001.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Heritage Conservator-Restorer, Cabinet of Art Restoration-Office of the City Historian, Havana, Cuba. April 2002-January 2005

Conserved and restored antique metal art and historical pieces that are part of Havana’s City Heritage Patrimony such as small and large sculptures, lamps, jewels, historical relics, antique fire-weapons, swords, cannons and monuments among others.