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Carlos Garcia (Havana, Cuba 1959). He currently lives and works in Mexico City, his work moves between both abstract and figurative forms of representation. Symbolic landscapes swing between vital and provocative fantasies. Graduated in 1979 at the legendary San Alejandro Academy in La Havana, he studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte in La Havana and obtained his masters degree in Visual Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art. Carlos García de la Nuez has exhibited in Russia, Germany, United States , Italy, Brazil, France, Costa Rica, Mexico and Cuba, among other nations.

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Carlos García

He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of San Alejandro and the Instituto Superior de Arte in Habana, in 1979 and 1983 respectively. In 1988 finished his master’s degree in Visual Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art.

 

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2005 Desde una isla. Sisal gallery, Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico.

2004 Desde una isla. Sisal Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

2003 El equilibrio de las cosas. Art Museum of Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico

2002 Signum. Habana Gallery. Mexico, DF.

2001 Signo Vital. Talent Gallery. Mexico, DF.

1999 Naturaleza Muerta. Dimo. Mexico, DF.

1998 Naturaleza Muerta at the Casa Lamm Cultural Center. Mexico DF.

1996 Iberoamericana University. Mexico, DF.

1995 Gallery Forests. Mexico, DF.

1994 Poplar University Museum. Mexico, DF.

1993 Regional Museum of Michoacan. Morelia, Mexico.

1992 Gallery Ninart. Mexico, DF.

1991 Gallery Havana. Habana, Cuba.

1989 Kennedy Building, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA.

1989 National Museum, Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Habana, Cuba.

1985 Pintura L. gallery Havana, Cuba.

1984 Pinturas y Dibujos, Senezh, Moscow, USSR.

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

2006 Gráfica Colectiva, Gallery La Siempre Habana, Mexico

2005 Art Fair Americas, Miami US.

2004 Wunderkammer II, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City.

2004 20 x 20, Arcobis Gallery, Mexico City

2004 Gráfica Colectiva, Gallery La Siempre Habana, Mexico, DF.

2003 American Dreams, the Olga & Carlos Saladrigas Gallery Miami, Florida

2003 Art Fair “Art Nuevo Leon” NL Monterrey, Mexico

2003 Grafica E- mail. International Art Fair in Marbella, Spain.

2003 Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. Habana Gallery Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

2003 Gráfica La Siempre Habana. Room Nezahualcoyotl, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.

2003 Lo que ves, no es todo lo que hay, Gallery Habana – Mexico Mexico City.

2003 Diseño en Arte, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.

2001 Gente en la Casa. 7th Biennial of Art. Habana Cuba

2000 Declinaisons Latines. Centre Europeen de la Jeune Creation Strasbourg, Francia.

1998 Arte Erótico. University Museum of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.

1997 Los Mounstros de la Razón. Light Crafts Cultural Center and Havana, Cuba.

1997 Pinturas del Silencio. Sixth Biennial of Havana. Acacia the Havana Gallery, Cuba.

1995 Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. José Marti Cultural Center , México, DF

1994 Expo-venta colección Ninart. NINART, México, DF.

1993 La Nube en Pantalones. National Museum, Habana, Cuba.

1992 Plástica Contemporánea Cubana, SECOFI. México, DF

1992 Once Artistas Cubanos. Museum of Carmen, México, DF.

1991 Nuevas Adquisiciones Contemporánea Nacional, La Habana, Cuba.

1991 Tres en Una. 4th Biennial of Habana. Gallery Habana. Habana, Cuba.

1991 Gallery Manuel Macias. Madrid, Spain

1988 Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art. (MOCHA) New York. USA.

1988 Paper Visión II. Contemporany American Art. Housatonic Museum of Art. US.

1987 19th Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1987 Cuatro x Cuatro. Today in the Art Gallery. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1986 Second Biennial of Havana. Havana, Cuba

1985 L’Art with IL Sorriso di Trenta Cubani Artisti Oggi. Milan, Italy.

1984 Dibujos. Gallery L. – Habana, Cuba.

1983 Cuatro por Cuatro II. Gallery L, Habana, Cuba.

1983 Christopher Columbus Contest. Madrid, Spain.

1982 Cuatro por Cuatro I. Art Center 23 and 12, Habana, Cuba.

1980 National Youth Fine Arts Hall. National Museum, Havana, Cuba.
 

Awards

Painting Prize March 13, University of Habana, Habana, Cuba and Jaime Guasch Prize Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

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