1982 Egresado del Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Mención en Artes Visuales con especialidad en Pintura Mural. La Habana, Cuba. 1981-1993 Profesor y Jefe de Departamento de Pintura y Composición de la Escuela Nacional de Artes Visuales (ENAP), La Habana, Cuba. 1976 Egresado de la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba

2017

“ART & LOVE” Art Auction. Mills Residence, Hosted by the U.S. Embassy Havana, Cuba.

​“DE FRAGMENTACIONES”, Galería Villa Manuela, La Habana, Cuba.

2015

“12th Havana Biennial”, Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2014

“Motion City” KAVACHNINA Contemporany Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.

2013

“Two Brothers, two borders”, at Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.

2012

“One Artist”, Havana Nostra Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.

2011

“Leyva exhibition” Contemporany KAVACHNINA Gallery. Miami Florida, USA.

2008

“PARTY” Origin Gallery, Grand Theater of Havana, Havana, Cuba.

2004

“Happy Together ” Galliano Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

“Leyva’s brothers” Panama City, Panama.

1999

“A place nigh to Havana” Roberto Ramos Gallery. (Landscapes) Calle 8 Miami. FL. USA, USA

1995

Institute of Art Havana, Havana, Cuba.

1993

“Looking for sea abstraction” René Portocarrero Gallery-workshop, Havana, Cuba.

1992

“Leyva Exhibition” Library National Arts School (ENA), Havana, Cuba.

1990

“Leyva Exhibition” Centro NEPSTADIUM. Budapest, Hungary.

​”Abuc” Canvas prints and drawings, National Arts School (ENA), Havana, Cuba.

1989

“Drawings and paintings by Andres Puig and Esteban Leyva” Andragos Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

1987

“Esteban Leyva and Darié Sandú exposed” Cuban Institute of Fisheries, Havana, Cuba.

1986

“Arm and disarm the sea” Maritime Research Center, Havana, Cuba.

1985

“Leyva Exhibition” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana, Cuba.

1980

“Martí now” Educational Improvement Institute, Ministry of Education, Havana.Cuba.

1978

Elementary school teacher trainer José Martí, Cojimar, Havana, Cuba

2023

Group exhibition “Blue-Chip Cuban Art” at Color Sense Project, Allapattah. FL.USA

“ART & OBJECTS”. MAC ART Galleries. Delray Beach. FL. USA.

2022

“Power Painters”. MAC ART Galleries. Delray Beach, FL, U.S.A.

2021

Gallery Oppening. Art Evey Gallery. Palm Beach. Fl, U.S.A.

2019

“CUBA comes to Allentown” A 30 Years Vision Shared by a Leigh Valley Art Lover. Mezz Gallery, Marriot Renaissance Hotel. Allentown, PA.

2018

Collective exhibitions. MAC ART Galleries. Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

2017

“Levitar en abstracto”, Arteconsult Gallery, Panamá, Panamá.

2016- 2017

“Mar de culturas” Panamá, Cuba, España. Centro cultural de España casa del soldado, Panama City.

2016

“Es mejor dudar” Casa 8 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

2015-2016

“Cuban Art generation 80s” Museo de Linares A.C, Nuevo León, México y Museo de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.

2015

“Espacios paralelos” Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.

​ “Poems and paintings” Casa del Alba, Havana, Cuba.

2014

Collective exhibition “Libro 100 Abstracts artists” Casa del ALBA, Vedado, Havana. Cuba.

​Dallas Art Fair, LMNT Gallery, Texas, USA.

​ “ALTERNATIVE”, LMNT Gallery, Art Basel week. Miami, Florida, USA.

​“Afluencia: manifestación cubana” Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.

​ “The Contemporary Art” The Current Art Group U.S.A. at SPECTRUM Art Fair, Miami, FL. USA

2013

“Revoutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture”. Sonoma

​Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, CAL. USA.

“SPECTRUM” Art Fair, Art Basel week, Current Art Group USA, Miami, Florida, USA.

​“BUILDING BRIDGES”, Sacramento, California, USA.

​“FWADA DADA” Art Show with Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas USA.

​“Revolutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture”. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, California. USA

​Cuban Artist Art Fair, Taste of Cuba Festival, Brickell Circle Downtown, Miami, Florida, USA.

“Contemporary Art Fair”, Brickell Art Walk exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA.

​“ABSTRACTION”, LMNT Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.

“INCOGNITO”, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, USA.

2012

“Soy Cuba”, Arte Enigma Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA.

​“Cuban Art party”, Private event at Sonoma Valley Vinery, Sonoma, California, USA.

​“Zenith” at Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.

​“Contemporary Art Fair”, Brickell Art Walk exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA.

​“Contemporary Cuban artists”, LMNT Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.

​“Cuban Artists”, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA. 2011 Expo Gallery Trades. Havana. Cuba

2011

GROUP SHOW. Contemporany Kavachina Gallery. Winwood Art district, Miami, Florida. USA.

Naples Art Fair, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Naples Florida. USA.

Collective exhibition International Sculpture and Paintings, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Miami, Florida USA.

​American Art Fair, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Convention Center, Miami Florida. USA

​Urban Dreams, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery,Miami, Florida, USA.

​Expo Galería Los Oficios. Ciudad de La Habana. Cuba.

Premios y/o reconocimientos:

​1995 Primer premio. “Concurso SALON PLAYA” Galería Servando Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.

1991  Primer premio. “Salón mini box” Galería CID #3, Madrid, España.

1990 Primer premio. “Concurso Internacional Otto Blathy in Memoriam” Biblioteca Nacional Budapest, Hungría.

1987  Primera adjudicación. “Concurso 26” Las FAR. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,  La Habana Cuba.

1986  Primera adjudicación. “Concurso 13 de Marzo” Galería L. Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba.

1974  Primer premio concurso de dibujo de jóvenes artistas, Jefe de Estudiantes Universitarios, Universidad Jagellónica. Cracovia, Polonia.

Obras en colecciones

2016 MOLAA Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach, California, U.S.A.

​2015 Alta Med Health Services Corporation. Los Angeles, California USA.

​2013 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, California. U.S.A.

​2011 Artis-Naples Museum, Naples Fl, USA.

2012 The Democratic Party headquarters in the State of California. Sacramento, California. USA.

2008 José Martí National Library. Havana, Cuba.

2008 50th Anniversary Mural Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.

2007 Football CLUB “Le Mans Union Club 72”, Paris, France.

​2005 Colecction BACCARDI. Panamá City, Panamá.

​2003 Contemporary Art Museum Topes de Collantes, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.

​1995 The Military Hospital, Havana, Cuba.

​1995 The Juan Manuel Márquez. Havana, Cuba.

​1994 William Soler Children’s Hospital Heart Center, Havana, Cuba.

​1992 José Martí University of Pedagogical Science, Havana, Cuba