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