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Carlos Alfonzo (Cuban, 1950-1991)
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Carlos Alfonzo
Chairs and Figure 1989
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Carlos Alfonzo
Circulo #8 1980
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Carlos Alfonzo
God Turned Backwards 1987
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Carlos Alfonzo
Jim at the Gym 1986
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Carlos Alfonzo
Maternity #2 1989
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Carlos Alfonzo
Source of Light 1989
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Biography |
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1950 |
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Born in Havana, Cuba |
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1969 - 1972 |
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Attended the Cuban Academy |
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1973 |
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Received a degree in art from the Academia San Alejandro |
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1974 |
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Received a degree in art history from the University of Havana, Cuba |
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1973 - 1977 |
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Received a degree in Art History from University of Havana |
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1980 |
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After days spent crowded into the Peruvian Embassy, Alfonzo left by sea on a journey that was marred by violence. He came to Miami during the Mariel boat lift and lived and worked there until his death. |
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1991 |
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Died in Miami, FL |
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Exhibitions |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
"Power of Ten" Miami Art Museum (group), 2007
“Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1987 - 1991. George Adams Gallery. New York City, 1999.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Triumph of the Spirit, 1975-1991. ” Miami Art Museum, Florida and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington, DC, 1997-1998*
“Carlos Alfonzo: Major Works.” Osuma Gallery South. Miami, Florida, 1993.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Images from a Series Dedicated to Friends with AIDS.” Center for the Fine Arts. Miami, Florida, 1992.
“Habitual.” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1992.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Recent Sculptures and Works on Paper.” Osuna Gallery. Washington D.C., 1990.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Sculpture, Paintings and Works on Paper.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1990.
“Carlos Alfonzo: New Work.” Bass Museum of Art. Miami Beach, Florida, 1990.
“Carlos Alfonzo.” Lannan Museum. Lake Worth, Florida, 1989.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1989.
“Carlos Alfonzo: New Paintings.” McMurtrey Gallery. Houston, Texas, 1989.
“The Art of Carlos Alfonzo.” Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1988.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Paradiso.” Hal Bromm Gallery. New York City, 1988.
“Carlos Alfonzo.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1988.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Development of an Artist, 1976-1988.” Bacardi Art Gallery. Miami, Florida, 1988.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings.” Osuna Gallery. Washington D.C., 1988.
“Carlos Alfonzo.” Osuna Gallery. Washington D.C., 1987.
“Carlos Alfonzo: New Paintings.” McMurtrey Gallery. Houston, Texas, 1985.
“Carlos Alfonzo: Drama.” Galeria Ocho, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1984.
“La tarde y sus dibujos.” Traveled to various venues in Cuba, 1978.
“Experimentos de Carlos Jose Alfonzo.” Museo Nacional. Havana, Cuba, 1977.
“Como una vieja estampa.” Galeria Amelia Pelaez. Havana, 1976. |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
"Masters of Latin America: From the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection," Boca Raton museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, 2006.
"Geometry and Gesture," Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, 2006.
"Rampa:Signaling New Latin American Art Initiatives," ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, 2005
"Multiple Artists: Print and Editioned Works, 1967-2003," George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2003.
'Art Trends: Miami's Trek III,' Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL, 2002
'Me, Myself & I.' George Adams Gallery, New York, 2002
'2001 Collector's Show.' Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 2001
'Cuban Art of Three Generations: Alfonzo, Azaceta and Bedia.' Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 2000.*
'Saints, Sinners and Sacrifices: Religious Imagery in Contemporary Latin American Art.' George Adams Gallery, New York, 1999.
“Phallic Symbols: Images in Contemporary Art.” Life Gallery. New York, 1995.
“Significant Losses: Artists Who Have Died From AIDS.” The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland, 1994.
“Latin American Art in Miami Collections.” The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, 1994.
“Cuban Masters.” The Americas Collection. Coral Gables, Florida, 1992.
“Approaching the Quincentenary: Latino Art 1982-1992.” Rosenburg Gallery, Goucher College. Baltimore, Maryland, 1992. Traveled to Stephanie Ann Roper Art Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostbury, Maryland; Arts Center/Gallery, Delaware State College, Dover, Delaware.
“Cuba-USA: The First Generation.” Organized by El Fondo de Sol Visual Arts Center. Washington, D.C.; traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; El Fondo de Sol Visual Arts Center, Washington D.C., with The National Museum of American Art and The School for Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.; The Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, with Film in the Cities, St. Paul, and Intermedia Arts Minnesota, Minneapolis; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, with New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida; Contemporary Art Museum/University of Southern Florida, Tampa, with The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in association with Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, and The Lawrence Art Gallery/Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, 1992-1993. |
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“1991 Biennial Exhibition.” Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City, 1991.
“ArtPark at FIU.” The Art Museum at Florida International University. Miami, Florida, 1991.*
“AVA 10 (Awards in the Visual Arts 10).” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Winston-Salem, North Carolina; traveled to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Albuquerque Museum of Art, History, and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; The BMW Gallery, New York, 1991.*
“Eulogy.” Gallery North, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1991.
“New Latin American Paintings.” Arnold Herstand & Company. New York, 1991.
“Abstraction.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1990.
“Twenty-five in Miami.” South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1990.
“The Start of Something Big.” Eastbourne Clark Gallery. West Palm Beach, Florida, 1990.*
“The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s.” The New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York City; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York City; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, 1990.*
“Mariel...A Decade.” The Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture. Miami, Florida, 1990.
“Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties.” Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States. Washington D.C., 1990.*
“Art 1990.” McMurtrey Gallery. Houston, Texas, 1990.
“Fanciful Feast.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1990.
“Miami Thriving in Change (1940-1990): Miami Artists, Fifty Years of Collecting.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1990.*
“Southeast Bank Collects: A Corporation Views Contemporary Art.” Norton Gallery and School of Art. West Palm Beach, Florida; traveled to Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, 1990. |
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“Artists’ Proofs: Printmaking in South Florida.” Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1989.*
“Made in Florida.” University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa; traveled to Musee Cantini, Marseille, France; Provincaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium; Centre d’Art en Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, 1989.*
“Critics Choice: Florida’s Experts Choose Florida Artists.” Boca Raton Museum of Art. Boca Raton, Florida, 1989.*
“ The 41st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting.” Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.; traveled to Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1989.*
“Latin American Art from the Private Collections of Maria and Luis Avellana, S.M. Lurie, Peter Menendez.” InterAmerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1989.*
“Southern Expressions: Points of View.” High Museum of Art. Atlanta, Georgia.*
“Smaller Works.” McMurtrey Gallery. Houston, Texas, 1989.
“Paperwork Six.” Center for Contemporary Art. North Miami, Florida, 1989.
“Colliding: Myth, Fantasy, Nightmare.” Artists Space. New York City, 1988.*
“Hispanic Art.” Corbino Galleries. Sarasota, Florida, 1988.
“Mira!: The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III.” Traveled to Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.*
“Carlos Alfonzo, Ibsen Espada: Works on Paper.” McMurtrey Gallery. Houston, Texas, 1988.
“Featuring Florida 1/Three from Miami: Carlos Alfonzo, Deborah Schneider, Purvis Young.” The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Sarasota, Florida, 1988.*
“Cintas Fellows Revisited: A Decade After.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1988.* |
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“Emergence.” River North Concourse, Lower Level Gallery. Chicago, Illinois, 1988.*
“Portraits and Self-Portraits.” Cuban Museum of Art and Culture. Miami, Florida, 1988.
“Artists’ Bookmarks.” The Artmobile, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1988.*
“Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection.” The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, 1988.
“For Art’s Sake.” Park Gallery. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1988.
“Outside Cuba: Contemporary Cuban Visual Artists/Fuera de Cuba: Artistas Cubanos Contemporaneos.” The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick; traveled to Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York; Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Art Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, with New Visions Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988.*
“Carlos Alfonzo, Pablo Cano: New Work.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1987.
“Contemporary Screens.” The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, 1987.*
“Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters and Sculptors.” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; traveled to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, and the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, 1987.*
“29th Annual Hortt Memorial Competition and Exhibition.” Museum of Art. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1987.
“Books and Pages: Florida Artists’ Books.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1987.*
“Public Art Indoors: Fernando Garcia, Carlos Alfonzo.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1987.*
“Ceramics as Canvas.” Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1987.*
“Art of the 80’s Created in Florida.” Greene Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1987.
“Visions of Self: The American Latin Artist.” South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1987.*
“Challenge: Young Latin America on Paper.” CDS Gallery. New York, 1987.
“Cuban Artists in North America/Artistes Cubains en Amerique du Nord.” National Library of Canada. Ottawa, 1987.*
“New Works: Juan Abreu, Carlos Alfonzo, Gilberto Ruiz.” New Gallery, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, 1986.
“Five from Miami.” Air Atlanta, Miami International Airport. Miami, Florida, 1986.
“Caribbean Art/ African Currents.” Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art. New York City, 1986.* |
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“Expatriates: Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists.” The Thomas Center Gallery. Gainesville, Florida; traveled to Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Atlantic Center for the Arts, new Smyrna Beach, Florida, 1986.*
“V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte: Naturaleza Muerta o Bodegon.” Galeria del Auditorio Nacional. Mexico City, Mexico, 1986.*
“Hot Off the Press: Monoprints.” Barbara Gillman Gallery. Miami, Florida, 1986.
“Abstraction: Four from Latin America.” Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1986.*
“Home Sweet Home.” Hal Bromm Gallery. New York City, 1986.
“Public Art Process: Art Exhibition of Drawings, Models and Photographs/Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Collection 1973-1985.” North Miami Museum and Art Center. North Miami, Florida; traveled to County Governmental Center, West Palm Beach, Florida; Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; East Martello Museum and Gallery, Key West, Florida, 1986.*
“National Endowment for the Arts: Fellowship Artists, Florida 1983-84.” Fine Arts Gallery, Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida, 1985.*
“New Works.” Inter Latin American Gallery. New York City; traveled to New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1985.
“North of the Border.” Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art. Philadelphia, 1985.
“Alloyage ‘85.” SIBI Art Gallery, SIBI Cultural Center. Miami, Florida, 1985.
“Florida Figures: The Human Figure by Contemporary Florida Artists.” Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College. Miami, Florida, 1985.*
“Art Cars.” Beatrice Indy Challenge, Tamiami Park. Miami, Florida; traveled to Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida; Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System. Miami, Florida, 1985.
“The Art of Miami.” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1985.*
“Le Petit Format.” SIBI Art Gallery, SIBI Cultural Center. Miami, Florida, 1985. |
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“Young Collectors of Latin American Art.” Metropolitan Museum and Art Center. Coral Gables, Florida, 1984.*
“Cuban Fantasies.” Kouros Gallery. New York City, 1983.*
“Faces and Masks.” Galeria Ocho, Miami-Dade Community Center. Miami, Florida, 1983.
“Fine Arts Exhibition for the Festival de las Artes.” Tamiami Park. Miami, Florida, 1983.*
“The Miami Generation.” Cuban Museum of Art and Culture. Miami, Florida, 1983.*
“Roots.” University of Miami Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida, 1983.
“10 Out of Cuba: A Selection of Cuban Painters.” Intar Latin American Gallery. New York City, 1982.*
“XXPremi Internacional de Dibuix Joan Miro.” Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona. Spain; traveled as XXPremio Internacional de Dibujo Joan Miro to Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid; and as Seleccao do xx Premio Internacional de Desenho Joan Miro to Galeria Atrio, Nucleo Cultural Municipal, Vila Real, Portugal, 1981.*
“Art 10.” Koubek Center. Miami, Florida, 1981.
“Jovenes Plasticos Cubanos.” Galeria de la Habana. Havana, Cuba, 1979.* |
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“XVIII Premi Internacional de Dibuix Joan Miro.” Fundacio Joan Miro. Barcelona, Spain, 1979.*
“Pintura Fresca.” Home of Jose Manuel Fors, Havana; traveled to Casa de Cultura de la Ciudad de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1979.
“I Trienal de Dibujo Arostodes Fernandez.” Galeria Oriente. Pinar del Rio, Cuba; traveled to Santiago de Cuba, 1979.*
“V Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas: En Saludo al 11/Festival Mundial de la Juventud y los Estudiantes.” Museo Nacional. Havana, Cuba, 1979.*
“Salon UNEAC 1978.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1978.
“IV Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas.” Museo National. Havana, 1977.
“Primer Salon Nacional de Dibujo.” Galeria de Arte. Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 1977.
“Exposicion de Dibujos de la Brigada Heramnos Saiz.” Galeria de la Habana. 1976.*
“III Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1976.
“Salon XIII Aniversario del Concurso 26 de Julio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1976.*
“Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado.” La Galeria Matanzas. Matanzas, Cuba; traveled to Cede Central del periodico La Unita, Rome, 1976.
“Sandino y Nicaragua en la Plastica Cubana.” Galeria de la Habana. Havana, 1976.*
“Panorama del Arte Cubano de la Colonia a Nuestros Dias.” Museo de Arte Modermo. Mexico City, Mexico; traveled to Havana, 1975.*
“II Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1975.*
“XXX Anos Victoriosos.” Moscow, July 1975.*
“XV Aniversario de los Comites de Defensa se la Revolucion.” Museo Nacional. Havana, Cuba, 1975.*
“58 Aniversario de la Revolucion de Octubre.” Galeria Amelia Pelaez. Havana, 1975.*
“Arte Cubano Contemporaneo.” Ministerio de Cultura. Havana; traveled to various venues in Scandinavian countries.*
“En Homenaje a Antonio Maceo.” Galeria Amelia Pelaez. Havana, one day event, 1975.
“III Salon de Profesores e Intructores de Artes Plasticas.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1975.
“Viva Puerto Rico Libre.” Hotel Habana Libre. Havana, 1975.
“II Salon Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plasticas.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1974.
“I Salon Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plasticas.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1973.
“Salon 70.” Museo Nacional. Havana, 1970.*
“Salon Guerrillero Heroico.” Hotel Habana Libre. Havana, 1970.* |
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