Sergio Payares was born in Havana Cuba in 1962.

Though an established artist, he became increasingly frustrated with the stifling artistic climate of his homeland. In 1992 seven of his paintings were removed from his last exhibition by government officials.

At age 30 he fled Cuba to escape “…a government that didn’t allow me to express my artistic and political views”.

In his paintings Payares creates places that are spaces-vast spaces that have no outside, no inside, no perimeter, no boundaries. These spaces are meaningful in themselves, perfect to behold, unsullied.

Into these spaces Payares seems to have quietly returned leaving symbols, monolithic forms, fragile nervy tendrils enclosing unidentified faces. A shadowy figure is placed in the arena and seems to dissolve into the pregnant emptiness.

Payares is gone, leaving no footprint.

Using the sparest of pallets, he has created fields of deeply satisfying quietude. A place of meditative clarity and calm where enigmatic icons exist for our contemplation. Here nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess. We are invited to softly enter and reflect on the informing images and our responses.

EDUCATION

Superior Art Institute of Havana, Cuba

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000 Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico D. F.
1999 Galeria Forum, Lima, Peru
1998 Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico D. F.
1998 Galeria Casa Turquesa, Cancu, Mexico
1997 Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico
1996 Decos Gallery, Miami, FL
1995 Artoria Gallery, Miami, FL
1994 Jaditte Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Galeria Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba
1986 Galeria UNECA, Havana, Cuba

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000 Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery (G3)
2000 ART Palm Beach
2000 ART Miami 2000
2000 Galeria Florida, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 Galeria Inosentti, Milano, Italy
2000 Centro de arte Italiano, Milano, Italy
1999 Il Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Peru
1999 ART Miami ’99
1999 Galeria Florida, Caracas, Venezuela
1999 ART Chicago ’99
1998 VII Feria International de Arte Contemporaneo,
Mexico, D.F.
1998 Collective Show, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico, D. F.
1998 ART Chicago ’98
1997 Collective show, Mexican Consulate, Miami, FL
1997 BRAC ’97, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tampa, FL
1997 49th International Conference for the Human Rights,
Miami, FL
1995 Collective show, Brasil International Gallery,
Paris, France
1995 Cuban Auction, Vanidades Gallery, Miami, FL
1994 34th Annual HORTT Memorial Competition, Museum of Art,
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1993 La Bohrme Gallery, Miami, FL
1993 ISA (Higher Institute of Art), Havana, Cuba
1992 Sevilla ’92 International Art Fair, Sevilla, Spain
1992 Cuban Art, Ludwing Forum, Aachen, Germany
1992 “Kuba Ok” , Dusseldorf, Germany
1992 “Week of the Cuban Culture” 23 y 12 Gallery,
Havana, Cuba
1989 “Cuban Young Art” R.D.A. Alten Museum, Berlin Germany
1988 10 Cuban Artists, Revista de Arte, Buenos Aires
1987 International Salon for Peace, Copenhaguen, Stockholm
1987 International Salon for Peace, Moscow, Russia
1986 Museum of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
1986 Two Painters, Museum Art, Prague
1986 “Cuban Young Art” Madrid Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain
1986 National Museum of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
1986 “Week of the Cuban Culture” Galeria Galiano,
Havana, Cuba
1985 “Arte y Arte” (Art & Art), Copenhagen, Stockholm
1985 Cuban Painting in Moscow, Russia
1984 Galeria L., Havana, Cuba
1983 Leopordo Romanach, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

AWARDS

1997 American Foundation Against Cancer, Miami, FL
1997 Certificate of the Metropolitan Dade County Florida for
Cultural Collaboration to Miami City
1995 Jose Marti Foundation, Miami,FL
1988 Certificate “Contribution to the National Culture”, Havana
1985 Prize “Servando Cabrera Moreno”. Havana, Cuba
1985 2nd Mention of the National Landscape Salon
“Leopordo Romanach”, Havana, Cuba

Rudeylis“R u d y” Placeres

Cuban born Miami artist Rudeylis Placeres was born in Colon, Matanzas, Cuba in 1977. She embraced sculpture as her means of expression.
Rudy attended the renowned national art school E.N.A. in Habana,
Cuba. She then graduated in 2001 from I.S.A. Art Institute in Habana,
Cuba. Rudeylis served as art professor at San Alejandro Art School from 2001 to 2003.
Rudeylis fled the island in 2006 and moved to Montreal, Canada and later moving to Miami in 2007 where she resides and works.
The artist has exhibited in Cuba, France, Canada, Spain, Mexico, and the U.S.
Rudeylis has several sculptures and murals in Cuba. The artist has won several awards and honors.
Her metal sculptures convey the artist’s obsession or turmoil in fusing the two opposite worlds.
First the world of rigid, tough metals and second, her femininity or womanhood. Her figurative works also come to life also through two opposite techniques.
The first is ancient, “Steel Hammering”. The second is contemporary, “Welding”.
Rudeylis work as the artist states, “Comes to life neither for self – approval nor to be in the art world’s
Lime Light”. I am simply a “Hammer & Steel woman”

Selected Exhibitions

Habana Biennial IX, Habana, Cuba.
Habana Biennial VII, Habana, Cuba.
Habana Biennial V, Habana, Cuba.
Centro Wifredo Lam, Habana, Cuba.
San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Habana, Cuba.
U.N.E.A. “1st Performance Festival, Habana, Cuba.
Habana University, “Expo”, Habana, Cuba.
I.S.A. Art Institute, “Art Performance” Habana, Cuba.
Cultural Center of Spain, “Group Show”, Habana, Cuba.
Vigia Gallery, “La caja fears no art”, Habana, Cuba.
Palacios de la Convenciones, “Iberico Event”, Habana, Cuba.
Copacabana Hotel, “Expo”, Habana, Cuba.
Domingo Ravenet Gallery, “Expo”, Habana, Cuba.
Manuel Mantilla Gallery, “Expo”, Habana, Cuba.
Pedro Esquerre Gallery, “Antología”, Matanzas, Cuba.
Pabellón Cuba “2nd Festival Ana Mendieta” Habana, Cuba.
Gallería L, “El fuego que nos une” Habana, Cuba.
Galería Luz y Oficio, “Objeto exterior a la siquis I.S.A., Habana, Cuba.
Galeria Vibora, “Rudeylis Placeres”, Habana, Cuba.
National School of Art, “Alumni Show”, Habana, Cuba.
Galeria Colon, “Salir al mundo”, Matanzas, Cuba.
Arte Efimero, Pinar de Rios, Cuba.
Hammer & Block Auction, (During Art Basel Week), Wynwood, FL.
Gora gallery “El arte nuestro de cada dia” Montreal, Canada.
Toulouse, France, Mallorca, Spain, Monterrey, Mexico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
T.A Project Space “Group Show” Miami, FL.

In formal terms, my current work is an exploration of how form is determined by, and conversely determines, space. My work references the figure, though more recently it has explored similar figure/ground relationships utilizing basic to explore angles, reflections, and light format. My long history with art in general has driven my most current work, Passion always informs my work.

2012 In Transit: Parallel Time, The William Musto Museum and Cultural Center, Union City, NJ
2012 The Tunnel, video, Close Up Vallarta, 2do. Festival Internacional de Video Creación, Mexico
2012 Latin American Photography, Coral gables, Miami, Florida
2011 It’s not the Economy but the Epistemology, (group show), Collage Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, (Traveling Exhibition), Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan
Shanghái Art Fair, Latin American Pavilion, Art Center, Shanghái, China
2011 The Femme, Gallery 1200, Hoboken, New Jersey
2010 Café XII – The Journeys of artists of the Cuban Diaspora, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
Past is History / Future is Mystery, Miami Dade College – Freedom Tower Gallery, Miami, Florida
Gallery SARO, (group show), Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Senda, (international artist show), Barcelona, Spain
2009 Valoarte – American Art Exhibition in Centro América, National Gallery, San José, Costa Rica
Nirvana: Water Right Project, Katherine Nash Gallery and Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 3rd (EYE) Solation Gallery, (group show), Brooklyn
Trends: Aspects of Contemporary Latin American Art, Merrill Lynch Arte America, Miami Beach, FL
Miami: Ciudad Metáfora, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, Florida
Dialogues in Cuban Art, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida
2006 Photo Group Show, Solation Gallery, Brooklyn Love, Loss, and Longing, Traveling Exhibition – Arlington, Virginia, PA, Center of the Arts,
Wyoming, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Massachusetts
Artists Curate, Cooperative Gallery Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio
Bridge Art Fair – Miami 2006, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
2004 Group Show, Travesia Cuatro, San Mateo, Madrid, Spain

Selected Solo Exhibition
2002 Alicia, Ink Drawings & Photography, Spanish Latin Americans Art Center, New Jersey
2001 Deleite, drawings and printing, Spanish Latin Americans Art Center, New Jersey
1999 Pandora’s box printing, FPLA Art Center, New Jersey
1998 Monotipias y impresiones en papel, Art Center 4106, Union City, New Jersey
1996 Mirror, Illustration Show, Clifton Arts Center, New York
1994 Portraits, silk screens, Ocean Side Gallery, Duo show with Jana Sotak
1994 Others Things, Art Miami, Miami Beach Covention Center
1992 Recents Paintings, Elian Moog Gallery, North West, Atlanta
1990 Portraits, Silk-screening and offset print Select Flash, West Orange, N.J.
1989 Escape, Mercy College Gallery, Bronx, New York
1989 Co-founder of Group CAFFE (Cuban art for free expression), various shows around the US.
1988 Lineal Art (photography & Silk Screen Work), Select Flash Salon
1987 Drawing and Illustration, Escuela internacional de cine, Cuba
1986 Salón de la ciudad group show, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Habana, Cuba
1985 Expresiones, Grupo UNO a TRES, Galeria Habana, Cuba,
1985 Paintings, Grupo UNO a TRES, Habana, Cuba, Argentina Bienal, Groupo Show, B. A., Argentina
1984 San Alejandro Young Artist, San Alejandro School Gallery, Habana, Cuba
1981 Engravings Artists for the Bienes Culturales, Galeria Habana, Hanana, Cuba
1980 Drawing Award exhibition en el Salon San Alejandro, Habana, Cuba
1977 Ink and Lithograph Portraits, Galeria Biblioteca Nacional, Habana, Cuba
1976 Para volver a nacer, Casa de la Cultura del Cerro, Habana, Cuba
1975 Ilustrations / Monotype, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba

Education
1998 / 00 Digital Photography Jef Jones_ The Dig Photo & storage medium.
1992 / 93 Advanced Graphics Curriculum and Presentation Graphics Design, Parson School, New York
1989 / 92 Fine Art MD Curriculum, Media Communications, Mercy College, Bronx, New York
1989 / 90 Liberal Arts & Graphic Design, Macintosh Learning Center, NY
1985 / 86 Taller Nacional de grabado, Old Habana, Cuba
1985 / 86 Engraving, Higher Institute of the Arts, Habana, CUBA
1983 / 84 Curso y taller de fotografía, film y revelado, San Alejandro, Roberto Estupiñan
1982 / 83 Fotografía, historia y teoría, San Alejandro, Roberto Estupiñan
1980 / 84 Engraving & Painting, Escuela de Arte San Alejandro, Habana, Cuba
1977 / 78 Taller de Arte Enrique Jose Varona, Universidad de la Habana,
1973 / 74 Illustration, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba

Rafael Lopez-Ramos is a visual artist, critic and curator, born in Cuba, 1962. Graduated from Academia San Alejandro, in Havana. His art has been been recently exhibited in his latest solo show WONDERLAND at 17 Frost Art Space, New York, NY, 2012; and the group exhibitons It’s not the Economy but the Epistemology, Collage Gallery, Coral Gables, FL; Base Paint -The Auction, IDEOBOX Artspace, Miami, FL; CAFE XII, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, 2011. His work is discussed in the book Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against the House by Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, University of Texas Press, 2011, and has participated in curated group exhibitions like DUODECAD, Edge Zones Art Center, Miami, FL., 2010, Contemporary Cuban Art in New York (CANY), Dactyl Foundation, NY, 2009; Miami: Ciudad Metáfora, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL., 2008, and Killing Time, Exit Art, N.Y., 2007. Between 1997-2006, Lopez Ramos resided in Canada, currently lives and works in Miami. http://www.lopezramos.info

Born in Holguin, Cuba. 1964
Live in Miami. U.S.

EDUCATION
1985-1990. Superior School of Arts. Havana , Cuba.
1981-1985. Professional School of Plastic Arts. Holguin , Cuba.
1978-1981. Elementary School of Arts. Holguin , Cuba.

INDIVIDUALS EXPOSITIONS
2003- Recent Work. Arts Center South Florida .Miami 2000- Classic Landscapes . Lausin & Blasco Gallery . Zaragoza ,Spain.
1998- Landscapes and Fragments. Lausin & Blasco Gallery. Zaragoza ,Spain.
1996- Painting. Colon XVI Gallery . Bilbao ,Spain.
1995- Untitled. U.N.E.A.C. Gallery .Holguin,Cuba.
The End of Idea . Pernik Hotel Gallery. Holguin, Cuba.
The Circus ,The Girl Jungles And The Hero . Arts Center, Holguin ,Cuba.
1994- The Dark Side Of The City. .23 &12 Gallery, V Biennial Exhibitions of
Havana, Cuba.
1993- The Fixed Idea II . The Dark Hall Gallery. Holguin, Cuba.
1991- The Fixed Idea I .The Dark Hall Gallery. Holguin, Cuba.
1990- Flavios’s Shape. Passage Gallery. Superior School of Art. Havana, Cuba.

COLLECTIVES EXPOSITIONS

2003- LANDSCAPE AFTER THE BATTLE .Nestor Arenas, Ahmed Gomez , Noel Leon and
Ismael Leon . Miami Dade College, Frances Wolfson Gallery. Florida

OPTIC NERVE . Scott White Contemporary art. San Diego.California 3@924. Jose Pacheco, Patricio Cuello and Nestor Arenas. Art Center South Florida. Florida. Miami
OUT OF SIGHT. Technicolor and Deviations, Art Center / South Florida,
Richard Shack Gallery
6 NEW VISIONS . .Reynardus & Moya , New York and Siegel Gallery.
Leight University, Pennsylvania.
2001- Pamplona Biennial. Spain
2000- Art at Hotel. Art al Rec Gallery. Barcelona Spain.
Zarte Rewards Zaragoza City Trade Show. Spain.
LXI National Expositions of Plastics Arts. Valdepenas, Spain.
1999- Zarte Rewards Zaragoza City. Trade Show Spain.
New Art in Barcelona. Sants Barcelo Hotel, Art al Rec Gallery Spain.
1998- Lausin &Blasco Artist Gallery’s. Spain.
1997- Tell About One Travel. Cubans Artists in Europe. Valencia University Spain.
1995- Painting UNEAC Gallery. Holguin. Cuba.
Collective Expositions of Peter Ludwing Foundation. Havana, Cuba.
1994- The Young Cuban Art. Martinica.
1993- Artist Cuban Exposition. Monterrey. Mexico.
1992-91 Born in Cuba. Itinerant Expositions. Museum of Modern Art. D.F. Mexico,
Puerto Rico ,Carabobo University. Venezuela.
Sculpture Exposition. CODEMA.Guantanamo, Cuba.
Sant Valentine. Art Center. Holguin. cuba
Caribbean Festival. Santiago of Cuba.
Territorial Painting Show V Centenary. Art Center. Holguin, Cuba.
Reward Painting Show. National Museum Havana, Cuba.
Holguin’s Graph Art Center Holguin, Cuba.
1991- The City. The Dark Hall Gallery. Holguin, Cuba
Text with Context. The Dark Hall Gallery. Holguin, Cuba.
Gender: Landscape. The Dark Hall Gallery. Holguin, Cuba.
Resolutions. La Periquera Museum. Holguin, Cuba.
Interiors. Development Center for Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Expositions to IV Biennial of Humor. San Antonio de los Baños. Havana,
Cuba.
1990- Painting Show March 13. Havana University. Cuba.
Sculptural object. Development Center for Visual Arts. Havana Cuba.
Landscape Painting Show. Art Center Guantanamo, Cuba.
Self-portraits. La Periquera Museum Holguin, Cuba.
National Biennial of Humor. San Antonio de los Banos.Havana.
1989- Provincial Painting Show. Holguin, Cuba.
Reward Show of City. Holguin, Cuba.
Extra Tele Cristal Gallery. Holguin , Cuba.
Art Institutions student’s Exhibitions. III Biennial Havana, Cuba.
National Painting Show. Small Format. Art Center, Camaguey Cuba.
1988 Provincial Painting Show. Holguin, Cuba.
Artist Four. Galeria del Cerro ,Havana, Cuba.
1987 Provincial Painting Show. Holguin, Cuba.
Reward painting Show. Holguin, Cuba.
1986 Provincial Painting Show. Holguin, Cuba.

AWARDS

1985-1994- Opteined Fourteen National Awards during my carreer in Cuba.

GRANTS

2003-2004- Studio offered for the Art Center of South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida.

©2012 Michel Hernandez

 Unusual shapes, pieces of wood, debris, society waste. In front of the eyes of anybody just ruins. The artist sees what no longer exists or what has not yet existed. To destroy is always the first step before any creation and Michel Hernandez seeks, destroys and creates. For him every moment is a moment of creation, and each one of them contains infinite possibilities.

Cuban American artist Michel Hernandez was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba in 1975. He immigrated to the United States in 1998, settling in Miami, Florida where he continues to live and work. Michel studied Industrial Mechanics (1993), Acting and Theatre at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA, 1996) in Habana, Cuba. He participated at the world-renowned Casa de las Americas, Primer Festival Internacional de Teatro (First Festival for Theatre of PerformingArts) in Camaguey, Cuba. He is recognized in the Island and abroad as one of the most important Vanguard.

In 2003, Michel is invited to participate and represent the United States in the first cultural exchange with Cuba since 1959.  Essentially a self-taught visual artist, Michel embraced sculpture as a means of expression, exploring his personal identity, both past and present, within the context of the ever-present human modern condition. “[He] utilizes the contemporary aesthetic language in his quest for industrial waste, transforming the meaning of recycle,” states Diana Alvarez-Amell, Art critic and writer, Seton Hall University, NY.  Michel has been the subject of numerous articles and publications, and his work has rendered him as one of the most authentic recycling sculptors in Miami.

Artist Statement.

Having theatre and acting as my first medium, my perception is trained to wander through the everyday forms and shadows embraced by the city. My sculptures come to life through the process of “search and destruction” of the anonymous mechanical wastes that dwell marginal in the metropolis of the human condition. It is the search for these discarded mechanical objects, that only then give meaning to my persistence to transform them into reusable pieces; through my vision they recover an intermittent lifecycle that reflects man’s modern state of being.

Selected Exhibitions & Collections.

D’Larosa~Laurie Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

Paragon Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL

Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL

Miami Biennale 2013, Miami, Fl

Sculpt Miami, Miami, Fl

Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL

Artopia  Art Center, Miami, FL

Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, FL

Obrapía Fine Arts, Miami, FL

International Ballet Festival of Miami, Miami, FL

Jackie Gleason Performance for the Arts, Miami, FL

Wasaga Art Space, Miami, FL

Teatro Nacional de La Habana, Havana, Cuba

Teatro Principal, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Teatro Obstáculo, Havana, Cuba

Manuel Artimes, Miami, FL

Casa de las Americas, Primer Festival Internacional de Teatro, Havana, Cuba

La Casona de Linea, Havana, Cuba

Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba

Teatro Principal de Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba

Casa del Joven Creador, Santi Spiritus, Cuba

Estudios y experiencia profesional:

1979 Graduado de la academia elemental de artes plásticas de la Habana
1983 Graduado de la academia provincial de artes plásticas de nivel medio San Alejandro, La
Habana.
1992 Graduado del Instituto Superior de Arte (I.S.A), La Habana
1986 –1997 Dibujante e impresor del taller de serigrafía artística de Cuba: René Portocarrero.
2001 –2004 Dibujante del taller de serigrafía artística Fuera de Serie. Arte y Naturaleza. Madrid.
España

Exposiciones personales / selección:
M.A.L, Casa de la comedia, La Habana, Cuba 1994
Pintura del deseo, Universidad de la Habana, Facultad de Artes y Letras.1994
No es particular, Centro de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Habana. 1998
Welcome to my Jungle, Proyecto Trans Cuba-Express. Nîmes, Francia. 1999
Memorias inventadas, Galería Des Allegories. Nîmes, Francia. 1999
Proyecto para la Villa de Nîmes. Fin de siglo, Arenas 2000.Nîmes Francia. 1999
Hecho así mismo, Instalación Collage Jules Vernes. Nîmes, Francia. 2000
Estado Cero, Instalación para la Asociación de Artistas de Nîmes, Francia 2001

Exposiciones colectivas / selección:
Suave y fresco, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba. La Habana, 1988
Jóvenes artistas cubanos. Colegio de Bellas Artes de Boston, MA. U.S.A. 1989
Hágalo con arte, Galería La Habana, Cuba 1989
La Huella del pulgar IV Bienal de la Habana 1991
Diagonales. Proyecto alternativo, La Habana 1992
V Bienal de la Habana 1993
Joven pintura cubana, International LTJ Sewickley Pennsylvania U.S.A 1994
Bienal de Arte postal de San Pablo, Brasil 1995
Ver para creer. Proyecto itinerante, 1995 –1996
Queloides. Casa del África, La Habana 1997
Hecho en Cuba, Galería Bohemia, lima. Perú. 1997

Tendencias contemporáneas de la plástica cubana. Instituto ítalo-americano. Roma 1998
Galerie Art Amborkile, Kingston, Jamaica 1998
Selección 2000 Galerie Des Allegories. Nîmes, Francia 2000
Terre des rencontres Toulouse, Francia. Festival Horas Latinas. Galerie Les Arenas Nîmes,
Francia 2001Bienal internacional de Bijou Contemporáneo, Nîmes Francia 2001
Mimetismos, Galería Maria Reckitt, Palma de Mallorca, España 2005.
Arte Américas. Miami.GaleriaBourbon-Lally.2007
Queloide, Raza y racismo en arte contemporáneo Cubano. Centro de Arte Wilfredo Lam La
Habana, Cuba. 2010
Mattress Factory Art Museum. Pittsburgh. U.S.A-2010
The 8th Floor gallery..17 West 17th St. New York, NY 10011.U.S.A.2011
Rudenstine Gallery. W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for
African and African American Research Harvard University.U.S.A.2012
4e biennale de dessin.  Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire. Québec .Canada.2012

The artist Jorge Santos was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1973; he lived there until 2008, when he came to the United States and settled in Miami. He lives there and continues to create. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts from 2000 to 2004. His concern with art is his inner self and the relief that art presents by being able to express his inner experiences through life. He is searching for a formal and yet individual expression with strong contour lines, where his characters face his true inner self, presenting all types of emotions, so common but yet so needed in life.

EDUCATION

2000 – 2004 Academia de Artes Plasticas San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba.

 EXPERIENCE                                                                                                 

2012     “Iternational Biennale Artists Exhibition” .LMNT , GALLERY

2012     “Un cortadito en la Calle 8” ,CREMATA  GALLERY . CAFÉ: The journeys of artists and writers of the cuban diáspora project . Miami

2010      First Prize “Miami International Fashion Week”, Miami, Florida.

2010     “12 cm. España”. Casa Museo Victor Hugo, Pasaje San Juan, San Sebastian, Spain.

2009     Novarro Gallery, Design District, Miami, Florida.

2009     Comodore Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida.

2009     Obini Gallery, Miami, Florida.

2007     “Extravaganza”, Zurich, Switzerland.

2008    “Cubanis Modernismo”, Pfaffikon, Switzerland. 

2005     “Uno mas cerca que otro”, La Casona, La Habana, Cuba.

2005     “Havana 2005”, Wolfsen Gallery, Denmark.

2004     “Hasta el Ultimo Pelo”, La Taberna, La Habana, Cuba.

2002     “Pulsaciones”, Galeria del Capitolio Nacional, La Habana, Cuba.

1999     “Tributo”, Casa Guayasamin, La Habana, Cuba.

1998     “Sueño de 20 Años”, Grupo 10 de Octubre, La Habana, Cuba.

INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS

2007     “Nosotros los Inocentes”, Galeria Luz y Oficios, La Habana, Cuba.2 de  Abril  al  28 de  Mayo  2007

2006     “Jugando se Aprende”, Galeria Tina Modotti, La Habana, Cuba. 13 de  Abril al  13  de  Mayo 2006

2005     “Incomunicados”, Galeria Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba.29  de  Mayo  al   29 de  Junio  2005 

2005     “Los Nómadas y el Tiento”, Galeria Tina Modotti, La Habana, Cuba.1  de  Enero  al  1  de Febrero 2005

2003   “Anatomico’’ Galeria   Tina  Modotti, La  Habana,Cuba.4 de  Agosto  al   4  de  Septiembre 2003

SPECIAL  PROJECTS

2002  al   2007  “Pintando  en  el  prado”  La  Habana ,

  MURAL

2010  Homenaje    “ Antonia  Eiriz “  Pintora  Cubana 12 de  Agosto  al  3  Octubre  de  2010    .Ubicacion : 1753  ne  2nd  ave  , Miami    ,Florida  .33132   Galeria  “ Artopia ”

The works I have done in 2 and 3D, public interventions, installations and experiments with performance have been theme driven. Migration, up-root ness, exile, displacement and trans-culture have been investigated from a personal perspective and informed by a Cuban-American vernacular with sub-contexts of matriarchy, gender roles, and Afro-Caribbean religious practices and in doing so, I have found the experiences to be universal. Utilizing methodologies usually associated with “craft” such as sewing, woodworking and ceramics but operating from a different ethos than those of traditional practitioners mostly concerned with function, I present collage and assemblage long thought to echo and materialize remembrance. Materials are mostly found, post-production or recycled but always re-configured and fabricated. Works can and have been re-installed as dictated to by place and circumstance allowing for re-invention, a daily practice for an immigrant.

I am presently working with reversed, cut paper, multi-layered drawings, created with original stencils using suspension. The layering, shadows, size format and media create a close conversation with the viewer who has to approach the work in a voyeuristic fashion in order to see it thus creating an up close and personal interaction. The first pieces were presented at Universidad Del Sagrado Corazon in Puerto Rico in  As Far As The Eyes Can See, a collective exhibition and international cultural exchange (ICE Grant) funded by Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs.

EL REY DE TODO Y DE NADA (2010, The King of Everything and of Nothing) is one of these works from the series, I Am That I Am, started in 2009. This autobiographical series of works approaches the self as life-like portraiture in a surrealistic setting or an investigation of “self” through word study and analysis: names and adjectives used by others when referencing me. Personal iconography forms the visual vocabulary that relates an upending of meaning. What was thought as protective unravels and exposes. What was thought to be solid crumbles and dissipates. Chairs, ladders, floating windows, clotheslines, a distant and bifurcated but never barren landscape become my travels, recollections and uncovering of self in exile, the slow realization that there can never be a complete reconciliation with what I once knew as self and home.

DOB- 10-18-1956
POB- Havana, Cuba.
Education- Miami Sr. High School, Class of

MDCC, Kendall Campus, Class of ’78. AS. Fashion Design/ Merchandising
Professional Experience:* Studio Visual Artist (partial) Resume April ‘O7 Cultural exchange”X Change,” Popop Studios, Nassau Bahamas, participant.
Dec.’06 Artists talk, Basel Breakfasts at Diaspora Vibe Gallery, presenter.
June/July, 2006. “Dinners with Rosie and Erman,” Fundraiser.
Feb.‘06 Biennale Artists Retreat, The National Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
Nov.’05. Artist/ Facilitator for The Miami Fellows Program, directed by Abbey Chase.
Oct.‘05. Guest lecturer, The National Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.”Artists and Critics Series.”
Oct.‘04. Guest lecturer. Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC. Fiber Ans Dept.Dec.’04/ Sept.‘O5, Art Therapist. Access Services. Miami Dade Parks and Recreation
Dept. CAC Senior Centers and After School Programs. Lucy Binhack, supervisor.
2000/ 2003~ Instructor. MDCC School of Continuing Education, Kendall Campus.
* 2000/presen? Studio visual artist with gallery affiliation.1998/May, 2006- Miami Jewish Home and Hospital. Art Therapist. Activities Dept. Mary
Robinson, supervisor.
1998/ Area 8 artist representative to F iorida Craiìsmerfs Board of Directors.Aug. 1998- Guest lecturer. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Co. Art and Consumer
Sciences Depts.1996/present Freelance pattem maker for the local fashion industry. Various references
upon request.
1990/1996. Resident artist, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, F 1.
1979/1990- Fashion Designer, panter maker, tailor in NYC’s Fashion Industry. Established
own “ERMAN”, supplying designer dresses to over 150 national accounts. Freelance
Fashion Illustrator. 2007-upcoming- “Cortando, Cociendo Y Recordando,” Solo exhibit. Central Art Gallery, BCC ;Davie, F l. August’()7. Being negotiated for travel with catalogue.
“X Change,” various artists. Popop Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, John Cox curator.
“Speechiess,” various artists. Xinqo Art Studio. Nomi Miami, F 1. Verena.Dumneier, curator,“Handmade,” various artists. New World School ofthe Arts Gallery, Miami
2006~ “Objetos Robados Del Tiempo”, Various artists. Traveling international exhibit, presently inSao Paolo, Brazil, will tour Europe and close as a permanent installation in South Africa.
Maria Virginia Gordìlho PhD, Curator.
Instituto Sacatar, Bahia, Brazil. Fellowship, eight week artist residency, Aug./Oct. ‘06
“Mostra Sacatar,” ACBEU Gallery, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. “Collectors Circle, Off The Wall Experimental Lab Series” Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Fl. “Breakthrough,” National Juried Exhibition, BCC Fine Arts Gallery, Central Campus, Davie,Fl. Kenneth A. Huff, juror. Award of Merit“Handmade„” New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami. Artlvliami ‘O6 , juried Diaspora Vibe artists showing in International Currents, Miami Beach
Convention Center.
2005-Artßasel “Out Castes,” Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Fl. Juried artists. Catalogueand printed media available.
“Off The Main” Puck Bldg. NYC, NY. Catalogue and printed media available. “51st Annual Florida Craftsmen Exhibit,” Broward Community College Gallery. “Award o fExcellence in Fiber,” Lewis Wexler, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa; juror .
“Tea, Glorious Tea” Revolution Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica. Printed media available.V “Combined Talents 2005” Museum ofFiI1e Arts, FSU, Tallahassee, F L Catalogue available.“Spotlight 2005″ Kellogg Center for Creativity and Design, UNC. Asheville,NC. David
Revere juror. Catalogue available “Aruba Revisited” Access Gallery, Oranjestad, Aruba.“Deep Blue:Caribbean~A1nerican Statements,” traveled. Florida Crafstmen Gallery and
Diaspora Vibe Gallery. Curated by Erman. Printed media available.“Erman, New Works,” Klein Gallery, Florida Craftsmen Inc; St. Peiersburg, Fl.( Solo)“Five Artists and Their Visions,” May Center Gallery, Douglas Gardens. Curated by Erman
2004- Art Basel, “Five” Diaspora Vibe Galleiy, Miami, Fl. Rosie Gordon ­Wallace, curator.
“Off The Main” Puck Bldg.. NYC, NY.Catalogue and printed media available.
“Crafts National 38″ Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, State College, Pa. GailM. Brown, curator. Catalogue available.“Surviving Memories” , Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Fl. (Solo)
“South Florida Fiber Artists and Friends” Futemick Gallery, Dave and Mary Alper
Jewish Community Center. Miami, Fl Catalogue available. Curated by Erman“EXit, Moving Inside Out” Merryshaw House, University ofthe West Indies, Grenada.
“Thresho1ds, Expressions of Art and Spiritual Life” City Gallery at River Park,Charleston, SC. Traveled until 2006. Eleanor Heartney, curator. Catalogue and printed media available.
2003- A11 Basel,“Strata: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, F 1. “Metamorphosis” Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, Fl.A “50th. Anniversary” Deland Museum of Art, Deland, Fl. Traveled. Catalogue available.
“Land and Roots” Diaspora Vibe gallery, Miami, F l. “Art to Wear” 7th Biennial Exhibition. Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima Wa. Award “Fabrics at Their Best,” Rosemary Eichom, juror.
“Wearable Expressions” Biennial Echibition. Palos Verdes Art Center, P.V. Ca.Louise Coi`fey~Webb, juror.
2002 -“ldeas, Preocupaciones Y Otras Espinas” , May Center, Douglas Gardens, Miami, Fl .“Uncommon Threads” The Fine Line Ans Center, St. Charles, Ill, Award “Best of Show,” Alyce Van Acker, juror.
“Mental” Larios Restaurant, South Miami, F 1. Permanent installation.
“Art is in the Bag” Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, Ohio. Ruth Lantz, curator,
“Crafts Concepts” The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. Invitational exhibit.
“49th Annual Florida Craftsmen Exhibition” Center the Arts, Vero Beach, Fl. Allan Dubois, juror. Gayle Wilson Gallery, East Hampton, NY. Benjia Morgenstern, curator.“Wearable Expressions” Palos Verdes Art Center, P.V. Ca. Carol Sauvìon, juror.Award, 2nd Place.
“Art Wear” Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CoA Best of show and ‘97.
2000 -”Beyond The Fringe” Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Ken Uyemura, juror.Traveled to various locations through 2001. Catalogue and printed media available.
‘Unveiling’7 Gayle Wilson Gallery, East Hampton, NY.Selected List of Collections-
M1‘s.Daphne Farago, Key Biscayne, F1. and Rhode island – Sacatar Foundation, Pasadena, Ca.
ACBEU, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil -. Craig Robbins, Daccra Realty, Miami, FI.
Mrs, Bernice Steìnbaum, Miami Beach, FI. – Carl and Toni Randolph, NYC and Fisher Island, Fl.Steve Blanco, Miami, F1. Florida Craftsmen, Inc. St. Petersburg, Fl – Lario’s Restaurant, South Miami, Fl.
Abbey Chase, Chase Marketing Group, Coral Gables, Fl.- Marina Whitman, PhD, Coral Gables, Fl.Rosie Gordon»Wallace, Miami, Fl. Julie Schaffer-Dale, NYC Luisa Mesa, Mimai, Fl,

Born on December,1966 in Batabanó, Havana, Cuba. He studied art at the San

Alejandro School of Art in Havana and graduated in 1985. Since then, he participated

in several worldwide art exhibitions. In 1986, he worked as an art Instructor in Casa

de Cultura in Batabanó. In 1992 he graduated as a professor of Art at the Instituto

Superior Enrique J. Varona, Havana, Cuba. At the same time he was a professor of

Drawing and Workshop at this institute. In 1996, he was the artist chosen to design

the logo, poster, and the program for the Cultural Center of Spain in Havana. This

same year, he designed the poster for the XVIII International Festival of the New

Latin America Cinema Havana. In 1998, he served as a professor of Drawing at the

San Alejandro School of Art. In 1999, he designed and built the background set of

the stage for Abelardo Estorino’s play The Dance for the Spanish Repertory Theater

in New York City. In 1999, he taught Workshop to first year students of the Instituto

Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana Cuba. Since 2002, he has been living in the city of

Miami in The United States where he has been part of many exhibitions, Art Fairs

and Auctions. He has also been teaching Drawing and painting at the Miami Art Club.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

2005 Por Quien Lloran las Campanas, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA

2003 Una Isla Dos Versiones, Bi-pesonal exhibition. Miami Dade Comunity College,

Kendall Campus. Miami, Florida, USA.

2002 Requiem por la Habana, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida.USA.

2001 Una Ciudad y Otra, Raul Martinez Gallery, Palacio del Segundo Cabo,

Havana, Cuba.

1997 La Ciudad del silencio, Charles Chaplin Cinema Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1988 Autorretrato, Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 Art DC, Washington DC, USA.

2007 Circa 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2007 Arteamericas, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2007 Important Cuban Artworks, volume four, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida,

USA.

2007 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2006 Art off the Main, New York, New York, USA.

2006 Important Cuban Artworks, volume four, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida,

USA.

2006 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2006 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA.

2006 Palm Beach III, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

2006 Circa 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2005 Art off the Main, New York, NY, USA.

2005 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA.

2005 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2004 Important Cuban Artworks, volume three, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida,

USA

2004 Los Angels Art Show, Los Angeles California, USA

2004 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

2004 The Colors of Today, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

2004 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2003 Important Cuban Artworks, volume two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida,

USA.

2003 Art Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2003 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA.

2003 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2002 Young Talents, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

2002 Important Cuban Artworks, volume one, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida,

USA.

2002 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

2001 Kubanishe Kunst Heute, Germany.

1999 Film Festival, Biarritz, France.

1997 Evocacion al Cine Cubano, ICAIC Gallery, Havana Cuba.

1997 Imagenes del Silencio, VI Havana Biennal, La Acacia Gallery, Havana Cuba.

1996 Heroes de las Artes de Cubanas, San Antonio de Abab Gallery, Las Palmas,

Spain.

1996 Entre Amigos y Algo Mas, R.M. Gallery, Havana Cuba.

1996 Cuatro Tiempos, “L” Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1995 Los Monstruos de la Razon , Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana Cuba.

1995 XVII International Film Festival of The New Latin-American Cinema, Havana

Cuba

1995 Arte Abstracto Cubano, Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1994 Small-Format Salon, Homenaje a Fayad Jamis, Talia Gallery, Havana Cuba.

1993 Grupo el Puente, La Fortaleza Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

1990 Abanico Hispano-Cubano, Casa de la Cultura Gallery, Alamar, Havana,

1989 Salon 13 de marzo, Havana Cuba.

SELECTED AWARDS

1990 First Prize Salon Homenaje a Velasto Acosta, San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba.

1988 Painting Award Avelino Perez Urriola Salon, Guanajay, Cuba.

GAY GARCIA (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1928). Sculptor, painter and engraver. Studied at San Alejandro Academy in Havana and at the Technical Institute in Mexico, F.D. He resides in Miami, where he has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums. UNESCO presented him with an award in 1962, and CINTAS foundation granted him a scholarship in 1983. Guy García is considered one of the major representatives of Cuban sculpture. As a painter, his work follows the line of gestural abstraction.

Studies
1962
University of Perugia, Italy Art Institute of Venice, Italy
1959
Escuela de Bellas Artes Jose Joaquin Tejada, Santiago de Cuba
1955
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro, Cuba
Instituto Politecnico, Mexico

Awards

1983
Cintas Foudation Fellowship
1962
UNESCO Scholarship

Art in Public Spaces

Mural, EHG Enterprises, Condado, Puerto Rico
Mural, General Federal Savings & Loan, Florida
Mural, Munder Corporation, Miami, Florida

Solo Shows

1982 1981
Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Michigan
1982 1979, 1978
Forma Gallery, Miami, Florida
1981
Meeting Point Art Center, Miami, Florida
1979
De Armas Gallery, Miami, Florida
1958
Golerio de Artes Plasticas, Santiago de Cuba
1957
Goleria del Lyceum, Santiago de Cuba

Group Shows

1988
“Expresiones Hispanicas”, Coors 1988 National Hispanic Art Exhibition and Tour
1987
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1981
Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Michigan
1979
Forma Gallery, Miami, Florida
The Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, California
1978
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
Kromex Gallery, New York City
1976
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1967
The Gallery of Modern Art of Montreal, Canada
1963 1961
VII and VI Bienales de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1960
XXIX Biennale di Venezia, Italy

Collections

Museo Nocional, La Habana
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States, (OEA), Washington, DC
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, Florida
Vermont Academy, Vermont

I was born a Cuban ” Habanero in Marianao a suburb of Habana “  from campesino parents in 1963. This was not very long after the Castro takeover of the island. My early childhood was typical of working-class Cubans of that era. But early on I discovered the pleasure of drawing — first, with crayons on scavenged paper, then with brushes and paints on paper, or wood, or anything I could find. By the time I was entering my teen years, my painting endeavors occupied me so much that I ceased playing with my peers.

Thanks to a recommendation from a neighbor, I was accepted there into an Arts program. Later, in 1986, I graduated from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts with the equivalent of a B.A. — and also won permission to enroll for post-grad work in the Institute of Superior Arts in Havana. For the next few years I worked in teaching positions at Havana and attended school. But I still continued to develop my artistic vision.

By early 1989, I strayed from the accepted and safe arena of Cuban “Revolutionary Art.” Increasingly, my work depicted visions that simply could not be permitted. The charge against me was “Propaganda Politica” (political propaganda), a very serious crime at the time.

With help from my family, I went into exile in Panama. From there, I flew to the Dominican Republic where I obtained a teaching position at East Central University. I had relatives in both Tampa and Miami. In October of 1991, I landed in Miami.

In Tampa, working in the freedom America grants to all artists, my artistic career was reborn — a career that has already earned me acclaim, producing a body of work attracting discerning collectors around the world. And with no Secret Police to tell me what I can or cannot paint.

My plans for the future can be categorized into short and long term plans. Obviously, in the immediate future is creating more of these types of proposals as cognitive pieces. But more strategically, I would like to systematically work towards participation in biennials. The Cuenca and Sao Paulo Biennials are of great interest to me. It would afford me the opportunity to present my proposals in an international forum of contemporary art.

On a more long term basis, I’d like to expand my presence in important museums and private collections. I have been fortunate to be able to support myself through my art and intend on continuing to do so in the future.

Gary A. Añuez.
Island of youth. Cuba. July 29, 1968.
Education and Credentials
National Academy of Art, Havana Cuba.( E.N.A)
Bachelor of Fine Arts and Mayor in Sculpture and Drawing, Superior Institute of Art Havana Cuba.
Certified Art Teacher State of Florida.
Core Competencies
Founder of B.W Art Studio. President
Co- Founder Miami Lakes Art Academy
Current Art Teacher at MLK-8 Center, Miami Florida
Selected Collective Exhibitions
2007 Contemporary Latin American Artists. Broward, Community College. Florida
2003 Art and Poetry, Art Center. Miami, Florida
Spring International Exhibition, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2002 Spring International Exhibition, American Art Museum, Miami, Florida
1998- 2000 ChóRum. Atelier Expo 3éme Saison D’ Art Contemporain., Martinique, France
Artistas sobre la muerte, Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.
1996-1997 Cuba “Art Contemporain”, Martinique, France
Festival Indigo. “Las artes Plásticas del Caribe”, Guadeloupe, France
Salón “Las Puertas”. Palacio de las Convenciones, Expositor y Curador. Havana, Cuba
“Salón 13 de Marzo”, Gallery, “Sala Talía”. Havana, Cuba
“Reflexionemos SI DA”., Casa Benito Juarez. Havana, Cuba, Supported by UNESCO.
1994-1995 Salón de Artes Plásticas., I.S.A, Cuba
“Escultura Cubana”, Gallery Villa Panamericana, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
“No valen Guayabas Verdes”, Gallery I.S. A, Havana Biennial,, Cuba.
1990-1992 “Salón Municipal de Dibujo“, Gallery of Universal Art , Cuba
“Escultura Cubana de los 90”, Museum Máximo Gomez, Havana Biennial,, Havana, Cuba.
“Si Tin Tiene Tin Vale”, Gallery I.S.A, Havana Biennial,, Cuba
“Interiores“, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana Biennial,, Havana, Cuba.
“Salón de Escultura Pequeño Formato ”, Las Tunas, Cuba.
1987-1988 “Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas, Gallery of Universal Arts, Cuba.
“Jóvenes Escultores”, International Symposium of Sculpture, Baconao, Cuba.
“Ceramic Art Fair, Gerona, Cuba
“Exposición Colateral”, E N A P, Havana Biennial, Cuba.
1983-1985 (Colectiva) Estudiantes de la E.N.A.P, Havana, Cuba.
(Nacional) Escuelas de Arte, Gallery 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibitions.
1998 “Obras Recientes”. 1988 Taller de Serigrafia , Rene Portocarrero, Havana, Cuba
1997 ““Quod Nutrit Extinguit”Gran Teatro de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
1988. Ereniyo.Gallery at National Academy of At Havana, Cuba
1988. News about the white space. International Art gallery, Island of Youth, Cuba
Awards
“Spring International Exhibition” Honorable Mention, Miami, Florida 2003.
“Salón Municipal de Dibujo” 1st place Gallery of Universal Arts, Cuba.1992.
“Salón Nacional de Escultura Pequeño Formato ” Honorable Mention. Las Tunas, Cuba 1990
Private Collections
Guadeloupe, France, Spain, German. Barbados, Mexico, USA, Aruba and Argentina.

Floyd is a pioneer in the Motion Art movement; he is the only artist of his kind who creates art with rock bands. The final product is a revolution on canvas fueled by the music’s energy and Floyd’s art. Floyd has appeared on more than 40 TV programs.

Rigoberto Antonio Guerrero is a contemporary Cuban American Artist. He was born in 1968 in Matanzas Cuba, under the Castro regime. Guerrero grew up in a household where artistic expression was appreciated and encouraged; although materials were not always available, his dreams and ideas were always abundant.

In 1986 Antonio was drafted into the army and was immediately transported to Africa to fight in the Ethiopian War. He was inspired by the people and scenes of Africa and he developed an interest in modern expressionism and began to experiment with modern forms of visual art. The popularity of his work led to exhibits of his paintings at the military base.

Antonio returned to Cuba in 1988 where he resumed his job as an artisan specializing in painting, engraving woodcarving, sculpting and metal work. Feeling increasingly oppressed by Cuba’s government, and unhappy with the worsening living conditions, Antonio, along with two other men, climbed into a raft they had secretly designed and built. Floating off from the coast of Matanzas, they were at sea for five days before being rescued and brought to the U.S.

In January of 1995 Guerrero’s “Balseros del 92”, (“The Rafters of 92”) was exhibited at Vanidades Gallery in Miami, FL. This painting was part of a collection donated to the Jose Marti Foundation in order to raise money for the Florida International University student scholarships. This portrait of himself along with his cousin and friend fleeing Cuba was said to best commemorate the occasion. On May 17, 1996 Guerrero’s work was exhibited by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Washington D.C. as a part of the “Cubans in exile” exhibit.

Guerrero sees the world as a cosmic stage for human activity. “I’m in the system like a computer programmer writing codes with my sketchbook and brushes, playing the critic, here to create and program the unconscious. Apart from all the trouble we cause ourselves, I believe we are immersed in a powerful and beautiful mystery. The fact of our existence is a great riddle to me. 
Selected Exhibitions: (*Solo Shows)
2012* Red Bar Gallery, under the name “Red Planet” Firs Art Walk on Brickell ,Miami FL, (USA)
2012 Studio 18,under the name “Sincerity Project” Pembroke Pines FL, (USA)
2011 Cafeina Wynwood Lounge “Becks Emerging Artist” Miami FL, (USA)
2011 Leals Gallery, under the name “Cuban Master under 360″ Miami FL, (USA)
2011 Mano Fine Art Project Space, under the name “Made in the USA, Miami FL( USA)
2011 Leal’s Gallery, under the name “Cubanos de aqui y de alla”, Miami FL, (USA)
2011 SeaFair, Represented by Aldo Castillo Gallery, Curated by Aldo Castillo, Sarasota FL, (USA)
2011 Art Naples, Represented by Aldo Castillo Gallery, Curated by Aldo Castillo, Naples FL,(USA)
2011 Art Naples, Represented by Miami Wave, Curated by Sergio Garcia, Naples FL, (USA)
2011 Ava Art Gallery, under the name, “Close encounter II” Wynwood, Miami FL, (USA)
2010 Ivan Galindo Art Studio, Miami FL (USA)
2010* Condesa Gyn,Dance and theater of Miami, Miami FL (USA)
2010 US Century Bank, under the name “Two Artist Same Dream” Miami Beach FL,(USA)
2010* AbaHouse Art Gallery, under the name “Evolution” 20 years in the Making, Miami Fl
2010 Miami Dade West Campus Martin and Pat Fine Center for the Arts, (USA)
2010 AbaHouse Art Gallery, under the name “Close encounters”; Doral Miami Fl (USA)
2010* US Century Bank, under the name “Exile on Main Street” Miami Beach, Fl (USA)
2010* Touch Muah, under the name “I live in a Red Planet” Miami Beach, Fl (USA)
2010 ArtRouge Gallery Miami Florida (USA)
2010 Renee Gallery, under the name “The Future belongs to you”, Miami Florida (USA)
2010 The Art of Freedom, under the name “51 Años de todos”, Miami Florida (USA)
2010 International Art Fair Palm Beach, Convention Center, Presented By Aldo Castillo’s Gallery
2010 International Art Fair Miami, It’s Present by Aldo Castillo’s Gallery, Miami Beach Convention C.
2009 Leal Gallery, under the name! “Milla 45” Miami Florida (USA)
2009 MAC Building, under the name “Artistas por una America Verde” @ 5960