Carlos Garcia de La Nuez
BIOGRAPHY
Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba in 1959. He attended the San Alejandro Academy of the Arts in Havana, graduating in 1979. In 1983 he graduated from the Superior Institute of Art in Havana and in 1988 he obtained a Masters Degree in Visual Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art.
He currently belongs to the Cuban Artists Union (UNEAC in Spanish) and to the International Association of Visual Artists.
He currently lives in Mexico City.
SOLO SHOWS
2009
Exposición “Herir la memoria”, Galería Siguaraya Berlin, Germany.
2008
Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Mexico
Exposición con motivo de la presentación de su libro, Galeria Talento México DF.
2006
Galeria Multiple, Mexico City
2006
Galeria Talento, Mexico City
2005
“Desde una Isla” (From an Island), Black and White. Sisal Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
“Desde una Isla” (From an Island). Sisal Gallery, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
2004
“Desde una Isla” (From an Island). Sisal Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2003
“El equilibrio de las cosas” (The balance of things). The Sinaloa Art Museum, Culiacan, Mexico
2002
“Signum”. Habana Gallery, Mexico City
2001
“Signo Vital” (Vital Sign). Talento Gallery, Mexico City
1998
“Naturaleza Muerta” (Still Life). Cultural Casa Lamm, Mexico City
1997
Talento Gallery, Mexico City
1996
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
1994
Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City
1992
Ninart Gallery, Mexico City
1991
Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1989
Kennedy Building, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
1985
L. Gallery Painting, Havana, Cuba
1984
Paintings and Drawings. Senezh, Moscow, USSR
GROUP SHOWS
2011
Exposición Feria Arte América 2011, Miami
Actualmente trabaja en un conjunto de esculturas para el nuevo Hotel Marriott Santa Fé, Ciudad de México y en la Colección de 10 Suites de grabados monumentales, Santa Fé
2010
Presentación de su obra en la Feria Arte América 2010, Miami,
Exposición “La otra mirada” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
2009
Presentación de su obra en la feria Arte Américas 09, Miami
Presentación de su libro bibliografía “Carlos García”, Books and Books, Coral Gables, Miami
La isla extendida, Museo de Huelva España
Herir la Memoria, Gustavo Acosta–Carlos García, Siguaraya Galerie, Berlín
2008
Presentación y exposición con motivo del lanzamiento de su libro, “Carlos García” monografía con más de 30 años de trabajo del artista.
2007
“El Caballo de la Palabra” (The Word Horse) and “Desde una Isla” (From an Island) Book/Object Presentation at the International Book Fair, Miami, Florida.
Exhibition and Workshop (last graphic work), La Siempre Habana Galley, Mexico City.
2006
“Abstractus Remens”, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Collective Graphic, La Siempre Habana Gallery, Mexico City.
2005
20X20 Arcobis Gallery, Mexico City
“Wunderkrammer II” Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
Arte Américas Fair, Miami, Florida
2004
“Arte Nuevo León” Art Fair, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
“American Dreams” The Olga & Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Erase una vez en Mexico” (Once upon a time in Mexico”, Mexican Consulate in Miami, Florida.
2003
“Diseño en Arte” (Design in Art), Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
La Siempre Habana Graphic, Netzahualcoyotl Hall, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Mexico City.
“E-mail Graphic”, International Art Fair, Marbella, Spain.
2001
“Gente en la Casa” (People in the House) VII Visual Arts Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
2000
“Declinaisons Latines”, Centre Europeen de la Jeune Creation, Strasbourg, France.
1999
“FAI Exhibition”, Landucci Arte Gallery, Mexico City
1998
Erotic Art Expo, Museo Universitario de Puebla, (Puebla University Museum), Mexico
1997
“Pinturas del Silencio” (Paintings of Silence), VI Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1995
“Contemporary Cuban Art, Jose Marti Cultural Center, Mexico City Collective, Talento Gallery, Mexico City.
1994
NINART Collection, NINART, Mexico City.
1992
“La Decada Prodigiosa”(The Exceptional Decade), Museo Universitario del Chopo (Chopo University Museum), Mexico City.
1992
“Plástica Contemporánea Cubana” (Contemporary Cuban Visual), SECOFI (Ministry of Commerce and Industrial Initiatives) Mexico City.
Once Artistas Cubanos. Museo del Carmen, México, DF.
La Década Prodigiosa. Museo Universitario del Chopo México, DF.
1991
“Tres en Una” (Three in One) IV Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1990
Domberger Gallery Expo, Stuttgart, Germany
1988
Artual Gallery, Paris, France
1988
“Paper Vision II”, Contemporary American Art, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
1987
XIX Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1986
II Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1985
“L´Arte con el sorriso” (Art with a smile), Trenta Artisti Cubani de oggi, Milan, Italy
1984
Drawings, L Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1983
“Cuatro por Cuatro II” (Four by Four II), L Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Concurso Cristóbal Colón. Madrid, España.
Plástica Cubana Contemporánea Museo Nacional de Colombia. – Bogotá, Colombia.
Encuentro de Jóvenes Artistas Latinoamericanos. Casa de las Américas, La Habana.
Galería Instituto Superior de Arte. La Habana, Cuba.
1982
“Cuatro por Cuatro I” (Four by Four I), 23 and 12 Art Centre, Havana, Cuba.
1980
National Youth Hall for Visual Arts, National Museum, Havana, Cuba
1979
Concurso 13 de Marzo. Galería L. La Habana, Cuba.
COLLECTIONS
National Fine Arts Museum, Havana, Cuba
Costa Rican Museum of Art, San Jose, Costa Rica
Artuel Gallery, Paris, France
Nestlé Gallery, Paris France
Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut, USA
Domberger Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
NINART Gallery, Mexico City
Talento Gallery, Mexico City
“Casa Lamm” Cultural Centre, Mexico City
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Habana Gallery, Mexico City
Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Jumex Collection, Mexico
AWARDS
“13 de Marzo” Painting Award, Havana University, Havana, Cuba Jaime Guash Foundation Award, Barcelona, Spain