Carlos Estevez

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1969, Havana, Cuba
Lives: and Works in Miami, Florida

Education
1992
Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba

1987
Escuela Provincial de Artes Pl�sticas San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

1983
Escuela Elemental de Artes Pl�sticas 20 de Octubre, Havana, Cuba

Solo Exhibitions
2011
Encrypted Messages. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Lucernarium. Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychomanteum. Galerie JM'Arts, Paris, France

2010
Peregrinaje. Evan Lurie gallery, Carmel, Indiana
Itinerarium Mentis. Luz and Suarez del Villar Gallery, Spain, Madrid
Multiverso. Lyle O�Ritzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Oblivion. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
Apocryphus. The Abud Family Foundation for the Arts. Lawrenceville. New Jersey
Soliloquy. Taylor Bercier Fine Art. New Orleans, Louisiana

2009
Interludios. Allegro Galer�a. Ciudad de Panama. Panama
Images of the Thought. UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Laboratorium. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Mystery of Migrations. PanAmerican Art Project. Miami, Florida
Est�tica milagrosa. Gomez Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Personal crusade. Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2008
Secret Keepers. Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hermetic Garden. Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, Florida

2007
Speak (Again) Memories. Contemporary Art Center New Orleans. Lupin Foundation Gallery. New Orleans, LI, USA.
Labyrinthus, Panamerican Art Projects. Dallas, Texas.
Two of a Kind, Alva Gallery, New London, Connecticut.

2006
Observatorium, Alonso Art, Miami, Florida, USA.
Le voyage inmmobile, Gomez Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2005
Irreversible processes, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Existir en el tiempo, The Olga M. & Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, The Ignatian Center For The Arts of Belen Jesuit, Miami, Florida

2004
Th�ories et explications, Selam Gallery, Paris, France.
Horror Vacui, Salle Edouard Marcel Sandoz et Michel David-Weill, Cit� Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
Sue�os y desvelos, Alva Gallery, New London, Connecticut.

2003
Botellas al mar, Casa del Lago M�xico, DF, Mexico
Ciudad Secreta, Exposici�n Colateral a la 8va. Bienal de La Habana, Casa Benito Ju�rez, Havana, Cuba.
La vida y sus implicaciones, Galer�a Sacramento, Aveiro, Portugal.
Human Transparency, Galer�a Couturier, Los Angeles.
Viridarium, Cuban Art Space, New York.
No Man�s Land, Galeria 106, Austin, Texas.
La eternidad cotidiana, Havana Galerie, Z�rich, Switzerland

2002
Circo Metaf�sico, Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, Miami, Florida.
El alma es un lugar, Centro de Arte Contempor�neo Wifredo Lam, Havana Cuba.
The Dark Theater, ALVA Gallery, New London, Connecticut.
Dreamcomber, Bakalar Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.

2001
The Theater of the Soul, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati.
The Theater of Life, Galer�a Couturier, Los Angeles.
Drawings and Sculpture, Space of the Center for Cuban Studies, New York.

2000
Stains of Life (con Claudia Bernardi), Galer�a Habana, Havana, Cuba.

1999
Bestiarium, Galer�a Couturier, Los Angeles, California .

1998
Lieux Inconnus, Ch�teau de la Napoule, Francia.
Mundo viviente (proyecto dentro de la exhibici�n colectiva Arte contempor�neo de Cuba; Iron�a y sobrevivencia en la Isla ut�pica), Arizona State University Art Museum.
Teatro invisible, The Nordic Artists� Centre, Dale, Norway.

1997
Visionario II, Galer�a Nina Menocal, DF. M�xico.
The Heart is a Brigde, Gasworks Gallery, London, England.
Visionario, Academia de San Carlos, DF. M�xico.
1996
Tratado ontol�gico, Galer�a Espacio Abierto, Revista Revoluci�n y Cultura, Havana, Cuba.

1995
El destino es tuyo (con Santiago Rodr�guez Olaz�bal), Galer�a Latinoamericana, Casa de las Am�ricas, Havana, Cuba.
Revelaciones gn�micas, Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
1993
No s� por qu� voy a los extremos (con Luis G�mez), Galer�a Habana, Havana, Cuba,

1992
A trav�s del universo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba,

1987
La cantidad hechizada, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba.

Group Exhibitions
2011
Uprooted/Transmigrations. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida
Cuban Visions. Metropolitan Pavilion, New York.
Art in Depth. Newark Museum, New Jersey

2010
Cuban Artists� Books and Prints 1985-2008. Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Ajiaco. Sittings of the Cuban Soul. Paul and Lulu Hillard University Art Museum, La Falleye, Louisiana
Pintando a Borges. Una interpretaci�n pict�rica de sus ficciones. Pabellon de Bellas Artes. Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica Argentina. Buenos Aires. Argentina
Scope Basel. Kaserne. Basel. Switzerland
Summer Salon. Panamerican Art Projects. Miami, Florida
Pinta Art Fair. Earls Court Exhibition Centre. London, England
Contrastes. Allegro Galeria. Panama
Arteamericas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Miami, Florida
Los Angeles Art Show. Los Angeles Convention Center. Los Angeles

2009
Art Miami, Miami, Florida
Contemporary Cuban Art in New York, Dactyl Foundation, New York
PINTA New York, Metropolitan Pavillion, New York
Making connections: Contemporary Cuban Printmakers. Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
What is Cuban Art? Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Ajiaco. Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Cuban Artists� Books & Prints 1985 -2008. Grolier Club, New York. Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA , Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont, Latino Arts , Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A New Revolution. The Art of Cuba. Artspace, Texas
Scope, Panamerican Art Project, Basel Switzerland
Hot Art Fair, Havana Galerie, Basel Switzerland
Arte Americas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Miami, Florida

2008
CIRCA Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fiera Internazionale d�Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Milan, Italy.
Merill Lynch Arte Americas. Miami Beach Convention Center. FL.
Spirits of LA. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
13th Annual Los Angeles Art Show. Los Angeles, CA

2007
Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection. Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, Florida.
Bale Latina. Basilea Kulurhaus Westquai 39 Dreilandereck, Switzerland.
Los nuestros. Contemporanea Fine Arts, Miami, Florida.
Arte Americas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Miami, Florida
Art-Miami, Gomez Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida.
Laudible Latins, The Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida

2006
Present Art XIII. A Large Show of Small Works, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
In Transition. Latinis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
Radicales Libres. Galer�a GE, Monterrey, M�xico.
El Triunfo de la Locura (XI Aniversario), Galer�a Lyle O�Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Do Outro Lado do Atl�ntico, Sete Artistas Cubanos na Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.
Diversidades del Caribe al Sur, Gomez Fine Art Galeria, San Juan Puerto Rico
Arte Americas, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Florida
Habana 1990�s. Alonso Art, Miami, Florida.
Art Miami, Miami Beach Conventional Center, Miami, Florida
Blow out. The Cuban Art Space of the Center for Cuban Studies, New York.

2005
Draw, Son Espace Gallery, Palafrugell, Girona, Spain.
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York City, New York.
Art Of The Main: The Show of Contemporary African, Caribbean & Latin American Art, New York City, New York
Arte America. Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.
The Dictionary Project, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Massachussets.

2004
Present Art XI, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Cuba From The Inside Looking Out, Elaine L. DeRoy Auditorium. Wayne State University. New York,
7 artistas cubanos, Galeria Sacramento, Aveiro, Portugal.
6th Art International Zurich, Switzerland, October 14-17

2003
Contemporary Cuban Art and the Art of Survival, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose State University, California.
Inside/outside. Contemporary Cuban Art, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Invadiendo territorios. Arte Cubano Contempor�neo, Museo Bellas Artes Gravinia, Palacio Conde Lumiares, Alicante, Spain.
Cuban Art from the Permanent Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona.

2002
Arte de Cuba. Colecci�n Ludwig. Museo Estatal Ruso, San Petersburgo. Russia.
Present Art IX: A Large Show of Small Work, Galeria Couturier, Los Angeles, California.
El arte por la vida. Sal�n Blanco del Convento de san Francisco de As�s, Havana Cuba.
Intercidade, Juiz de Fora, Galeria Arlindo Daibert do Centro Cultural Bernardo Mascare�as, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Cuba Fusi�n. Arts Council, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Arte cubano contempor�neo. Muestra colateral a la Bienal de Sao Paulo. Galer�a Marta Traba. Memorial Am�rica Latina. Sao Paulo Brazil.

2001
Contexto: Arte reciente de Cuba en la Colecci�n Permanente, Museo del Bronx, New York.
Cuba: Five Odysseys. Galer�a de la Universidad del Estado de California, Northridge, California.
Cuba. Isla infinita. Arte contempor�neo, Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jos�, Costa Rica.
Arte cubano: entre el lienzo y el papel, Sala Mir�, Sede de la UNESCO, Par�s, Francia.
ARCO 200, Madrid, Spain.

2000
7ma. Bienal de La Habana. Uno m�s cerca del otro, Fortaleza de la Caba�a, Havana, Cuba.
La gente en casa. 7ma. Bienal de La Habana. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Contemporary Art from Cuba, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston.
Bienal de Estandartes, IV Salon, Centro Cultural de Tijuana, M�xico.International Young Art 2000, Sotheby�s Tel Aviv, Israel. Sotheby�s Chicago. Sotheby�s Vienna, Austria.

Grants/Awards
2009
F�lix Gonz�lez-Torres Community Art Project Visiting Artist, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

2007
Artist in residence. Boston Art Academy. Massachusetts

2005
Visiting Artist, Master Prints Series, Mass College of Arts, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
Artist in residence. Montclair State University, New Jersey.

2003-2004
Artist in residence. Cit� Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2003
Artist in residence. Sacatar Foundation, Isla Itaparica, Salvador de Bah�a, Brasil.

2002
Artist in residence. Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts

2001
Artist in residence. TALLIX FOUNDRY, Beacon, New York

2000
Artist in residence. Nordic Artists� Centre, Dale, Norway

1998
Artist in residence. Fundaci�n Art-OMI, New York
Artist in residence. UNESCO-ASCHBERG en Nordic Artists� Centre, Dale, Norway

1997
Artist in residence. Gasworks Studios, London, England
Artist in residence Academia de San Carlos (UNAM), DF. M�xico.

1995
Gran Premio Primer Sal�n de Arte Cubano Contempor�neo, La Habana, Cuba.

1994
Gran premio Sal�n de la Ciudad, La Habana, Cuba.
Premio del Consejo Nacional de las Artes Pl�sticas al Sal�n de la Ciudad, La Habana, Cuba.