Alberto J. Carol
EDUCATION
1968 Graduated from the National School of Art (ENA) with a major in Painting. Havana, Cuba.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
1979-84 Professor of Drawing at the Fine Arts School of San Alejandro,
Havana, Cuba
1979 National Adviser to the Ministry of Culture for the Plastic Arts and
Artistic Teaching, Havana, Cuba
1971 Professor of Perception at the School of Industrial Design, Havana, Cuba
ONE-PERSON SHOWS
2009 “Portraits of Nature.” Longstreth & Goldberg Gallery, Naples FL
2004 Sande García Fine Arts, Miami FL
2002-03 Maxoly Gallery, Miami FL
1997-98 “The Calm and the Fury” [ a ten-year retrospective of paintings
from 1988-97]. Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL USA.
1993 “Desde Cuba al Mundo (From Cuba to the World).” Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL USA.
Art Miami ’93 Miami Beach, Florida USA
The Hornby Gallery, Delray Beach, FL USA
Moscoso Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1992 Europ’Art, Geneva, Switzerland
“Trópico.” Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL USA
1991 “Trópico.” Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
“Pinturas.”Galería Gisbert, Alicante, Spain
1986 “Dibujos,” Teatro Karl Marx, Havana, Cuba
“Puro Trópico,” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Havana, Cuba
1985 “Trópico II,” School of Arts, University of Havana, Cuba
1984 “Trópico,” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1973-74 “Cuadro-Debates” with Juan García Miló at the Theater Group Escambray, Cuba
AWARDS
2004 Certificate of Recognition (for Artistic Achievements), Miami Dade County Legislative Delegation, Miami, FL
2004 Certificate of Appreciation (for Artistic Achievements), Office of the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners of Miami-Dade County, Miami, FL
2002 Judge’s Recognition Award. The Sixth Annual Tri-County Exhibition. Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
1998 Keys of the City of Miami, Miami FL
1988 National Culture Distinction (Medal), Havana Cuba
1987 Máximo Gómez Award (for artistic career), Havana, Cuba
1985 Award in Drawing and Honorable Mention in Painting, Contest “13th of March,” Galería L, Havana, Cuba
Honorable Mention in Painting, Salón Playa, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Diploma of Outstanding Artist in 1985
1984 Award from UNESCO, Award from the City of Havana
and Award from the University of Havana at 1st Havana Biennial, Pabellón Cuba, Havana
Honorable Mention in Painting, Salón UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1982 Honorable Mention in Drawing, Rubén Martínez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1980 Honorable Mention in Painting, Salón de Julio, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1968 Co-Winner of the “Adam Montparnasse Award,” Salon du Mai,
Paris, France
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Collections of SSMM, the Kings of Spain, Madrid, Spain
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL
Collection of the United States State Department
Holland and Knight, Miami, FL
Jimmy Rice Memorial Fund, Miami Beach, FL
Club San Carlos, Key West, FL
New Masters Gallery, Dresden, Germany
Korpus Korovin, Gursuf, Russia
Moravska Tvehova, Zamek Czech Republic
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Consejo de Estado de la República de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
Comité Estatal de Abastecimiento Técnico Material, Havana, Cuba
Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología, Havana, Cuba
Centro de Inmuno Ensayo, Havana, Cuba
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Havana, Cuba
Palacio de las Convenciones, Havana, Cuba
Centro de Estudios Martianos, Havana, Cuba
Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Museo Municipal de San Miguel de Padrón, Havana, Cuba
Casa de Cultura de la Habana del Este, Havana, Cuba
Hotel Paradiso, Havana, Cuba
Hotel Biocaribe, Havana, Cuba
Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras, Havana, Cuba
Sanatorio de Topes de Collante, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
Grupo de Teatro Escambray, La Macagua, Villa Clara, Cuba
My works have been exhibited in several group shows in North and South America, Europe and Asia. They are in private collections in the United States, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Korea and Japan.
GROUP SHOWS
2010 “Florida Contemporary 2010” (Annual Invitational Exhibition), Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL
“Gallery Artists.” Longstreth & Goldberg, Naple FL
2009 “Abstractomicina.” Cremata Gallery, Miami FL
“Gallery Artists.” Longstreth and Goldberg, Naples, FL
2008 “Gallery Artists.” Longstreth & Goldberg, Naples, FL
2006 “Second Major Group Show of Cuban Art.” Galería Tamara, Puerto Nuevo, PR
B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005 B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
2004 “Artistic Development and Iberoamerican Integration.” One Brickell Square, Miami FL
Oñate Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 “Paradise Lost? Aspects of Landscape in Latin American Art.”
The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables FL
Oñate Gallery, Miami. FL
2002 Tri-County Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs FL
51 Anniversary Juried Exhibition, Broward Art Guild,
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Maxoly Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 “The Connection,” SONO Art Gallery, New York, NY Oñate Gallery, South Miami, FL
2000 “Passion and Beauty: Three Artists from Cuba.” Institute for International Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
“Magic in Motion.” Salvadorean-American Health Foundation,
Sonesta Hotel, Key Biscayne, FL
1999 “Small-Scale Works.” La Bohème Fine Art, Coral Gables FL
“Autumn Show.” La Bohème Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
“Gallery Artists.” Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables FL
1998 Carrboro Branch Library, Carrboro, NC
“Masters of the Present and the Future.” Virginia Miller Galleries,
Coral Gables, FL
1997 “Visions of Landscape.” Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL
Jorge M. Sorí Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
“Cuban Art Works” (Silent Auction) Crandon Golf Course, Key Biscayne, FL
1996 Colecciones Heller, Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
1995 Colecciones Heller, Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
1994 “Culture Shock.” Kessler Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Colecciones Heller, Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
1993 “Encuentro 1.” Moscoso Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Hornby Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
“Poliscopio Cubano.” Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
1992 Colecciones Heller, Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
Casa de Cultura de la Moncloa, Madrid, Spain
1991 Colecciones Heller, Galería Heller, Madrid, Spain
1990 José Martí en el Salón de los Pintores de Hoy, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
1990 Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba
La Maison, Havana, Cuba
Salón UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Museo Máximo Gómez, Havana, Cuba
1989 “Rouge, Blanc et Bleu.” Galería Rubén Martínez Villena, UNEAC Havana, Cuba.
La Maison, Havana, Cuba.
III Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba
1988 Salón UNEAC, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba
“Cuban Painters.” Izmailovo, Moscow, Russia
TELARTE V, Salón DOR, Santa Clara, Cuba
“Lo Util y lo Bello.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
INTERART 88, Poznan, Poland
Salas Cubanas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1987 TELARTE 1V, Salón DOR, Santa Clara, Cuba
“Lo Util y lo Bello.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
INTERART 87, Poznan, Poland
1986 TELARTE III, Salón DOR, Santa Clara, Cuba
“Lo Util y lo Bello.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Galería Leopoldo Romañach, San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
VI Triennial Lalit Kala of Contemporary Art, New Delhi, India
Salón 13 de Marzo, Galería L, Havana, Cuba
Salón de la Ciudad, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
1985 Galería Leopoldo Romañach, San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
Galería de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
Concurso 13 de Marzo, Galería L, Havana, Cuba
Joan Miró Contest, Barcelona, Spain
Salón UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Salón PLAYA, Galería Servando Cabrera Moreno, Havana, Cuba
1984 I Biennial of Havana, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba
IV Ibero-American Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico
“Dos en Uno.” Galería de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
Galería Leopoldo Romañach, Havana, Cuba
Galería Servando Cabrera Moreno, Havana, Cuba
“Premiados de la Bienal.” Galería Servando Cabrera Moreno, Havana, Cuba
Salón UNEAC, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Galería Marriot Caesar, Park Hotel, Panama City, Panama
Galería Numaga, Bern, Switzerland
“Cuban Painters.” Gallery of the Union of Painters, Moscow, Russia
“Dibujos Cubanos.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1983 “Homenaje a José Martí.” Galería 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba
Galería Leopoldo Romañach, San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
“Homenaje a José Martí.” Galería Leopoldo Romañach, San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
International Art Auction, Palazzo Rosso, Genoa, Italy
“Encuentro de Jóvenes Creadores Latinoamericanos.” Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
“Así fuimos y así somos.” Galería de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
“Cuban Drawings and Etchings.” A Traveling Exhibition.
1982 “Sala Permanente de Jóvenes.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
“La Literatura en la Plástica.” Galería Rubén Martínez Villena, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
Museum fur Furstentum, Luneburg, Germany
“Imagen de Martí.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
“Jornada de la Cultura Cubana.” Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
“Salón UNEAC.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
“Salón de la Ciudad.” Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
1971 “Homenaje a Martí.” Teatro Nacional, Havana, Cuba
“Salón de la Ciudad.” Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
“Retrospectiva de Jóvenes Artistas Plásticos.” Galería Lalo Carrasco, Havana, Cuba
Galería Leopoldo Romañach, San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1980 “Salón UNEAC.” Centro de Arte, Havana, Cuba
“Salón Carlos Enríquez.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
“Intergrafik.” Berlin, Germany
“Salón de Jóvenes.” Museo Nacional de Arte, Havana, Cuba
1979 “III Encuentro de Plástica Latinoamericana.” Casa de las Américas,
Havana, Cuba
Biennial of Realism, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Carifesta.” Galería de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
1978 Biennial of Kosice, Chekoslovakia
“Salón UNEAC.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1977 Centro de Arte, Havana, Cuba
1975 “Sala Permanente de Jóvenes.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Havana, Cuba
“Salón Nacional de Jóvenes.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1974 “Cuban Painters.” Kingston, Jamaica
1973 “Images of Cuba.” Liljevalchs Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (Traveling Exhibition to Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Chekoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia)
“Imágenes de Cuba 1953-1973.” Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
“Salón Nacional de Carteles.” Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
“II Encuentro de Plástica Latinoamericana.” Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
Galería L, Havana, Cuba
1972 “Homenaje a Martí.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Galería L e Instituto de Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Havana, Cuba
“I Encuentro de Plástica Latinoamericana.” Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
“Homenaje a Nicolás Guillén.” UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
Installation for the play “La Vitrina.” Escambray, Cuba
“Salón Nacional de Jóvenes.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1971 “Exposición Cuba-Chile.” Casa de las Américas-Instituto de Arte
Latinoamericano de la Universidad de Chile, Havana, Cuba, and Santiago de Chile, Chile
“Cuban Painters.” Kingston, Jamaica
Galería L, Havana, Cuba
1970 “Salón 70.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUba
1969 Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France
Galería de Santa Clara, Cuba
1968 “XXIV May Salon.” Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
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