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José Ángel Toirac Biography
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1966 |
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Born in Guantánamo, Cuba
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1981 |
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Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 23 y C, La Habana, Cuba
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1985 |
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Academia de San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba.
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1990 |
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Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba
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1996 |
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Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
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2000 |
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Institute for Studies in the Arts and Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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2002 |
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Art in General, New York, USA, Vermont Studio Center, VT
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre
The Rethoric of Patriotism, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
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2010
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Factoría Compostela, Galicia, España. OPIUM (solo)
The Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Portugal Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
Bienal de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Newcomb Art Gallery , New Orleans, LA
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2009
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PULSE Art Fair, Miami, USA. Artwithoutwalls, KY (solo)
Laconia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
La Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
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2008
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Galería La Casona, La Habana, Cuba, Decálogo (solo)
V Salón Cubano de Arte Contemporáneo, La Habana, Cuba
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Espacio Arte Actual FLACSO, Quito, Ecuador
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2007
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Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale, FL
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Spain
Geukens & DeVil Gallery, Belgium
Centro de Desarrollo de Artes Visuales, La Habana, Cuba
Exit Art, New York, NY
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba
Geukens & DeVil Gallery, Belgium, Itaca (solo)
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2006
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Centro Provincial de Arte Luz y Oficios, La Habana, Cuba (solo)
Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
Geukens & DeVil Gallery, Belgium (solo)
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba
nstitut Valencia D’ Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
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2005
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Galería La Casona, La Habana, Cuba (solo)
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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2004
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The Mattress Factory, Pittsburg, PA
Fundación Ars Teor Etica, San José, Costa Rica
Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2003
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , NY
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2002
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Galerie Havana, Zurich, Switzerland
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2001
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ALVA Gallery, New London, CT
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2000
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Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain, Montbéliard, France
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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1999
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Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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1998
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Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Cuneca, Ecuador
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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1997
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La Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
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1994
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Internacional de Cuenca, Cuneca, Ecuador
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Museé des Beux-Arts de Montréal, Québec, Canada (2006)
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Nacional Museums of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba (1990, 1991, 1993, 1995)
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Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (1991, 1992, 1993)
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Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canarias, Spain (1996)
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, USA (1998)
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Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2000)
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The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, USA (2001)
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY, USA (2001, 2003)
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Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA (2002)
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Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, USA (2002)
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Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (2005)
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