MARIO BENCOMO
Born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Resides in Miami, Florida
SELECTED MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Art Museum of The Americas, Washington, D.C.
Denver Art Museum
Frederick R. Wiseman Museum, Minneapolis
Perez Art Museum Miami
Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
Museo de Arte Maria Zambrano, Vélez-Málaga, Spain
Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY
Leigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
NSU Art Museum Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Muséo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Mizel Museum, Denver
State University of New York, College at Cortland
Frost Art Museum, Miami
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
El Museo del Barrio, New York
Muséo de Las Américas, Denver
Cintas Foundation, Miami
Art in Public Places, Miami
Miami-Dade Public Library Art Collection
American Express Art Collection
Banco Exterior de España Art Collection
Bank of Boston Art Collection
Cabot Corporation Art Collection
General Mills Corporation Art Collection
Hoover International Art Collection
Lloyds Bank International Art Collection
Reynolds Tobacco Corporation Art Collection
SunTrust Art Collection
The Chase Manhattan Bank Art Collection
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2019
Visual Poetry, Focus Installation
LnS Gallert, Miami, FL
Elegy to Poetry/ Le Cabinet de Poesie, An installation of Visual Poetry works
Miami International Airport Division of Fine Arts and Cultural Affairs, FL
2010
Opalia
The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
UTOPIE: Si le Québec était situe sous les Tropiques
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montréal, Canada
2006
Mis Islas/My Islands: Si Québec estuviera en el Tropico
Galeria Tamara-San Juan, PR
Drawn from Poetry
The Americas Collection- Coral Gables, FL
2005
If Quebec were in the Tropics
The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
2003
Diurnus Libellus: An installation of unique artist books and visual poetry drawings
Pesqueira Gallery, Miami, FL
Wanderlust
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
2000
Penetrando el Trópico
Galería Tamara, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Organic Images
Corbino Gallery, Longboat- Key, FL
1996
Verbum
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1995
La Naturaleza Como Único Deseo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá City, Panamá
1994
Abstract Drawings of Mario Bencomo: Works on Paper
Lehigh University’s Siegel Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1993
Recent Works
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1992
New Work
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1991
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1990
A Review of Twelve Years’ Work
Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1989
Urgent Dream
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York
1987
Wind Paintings
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Wind Paintings
Gilman-Stein Gallery,Tampa, FL
1986
Low Tide and Other Recent Paintings
Intar Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Bencomo
Art Consult Gallery, Boston, MA
1984
Noche Insular: Jardines Invisibles
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Noche Insular: Jardines Invisibles
Galería Art Consult, Panamá City, Panamá
1982
New Work
Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Morristown, NJ
New Paintings
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Works on Paper
West Dade Library Gallery, Miami, FL
1981
Archipielagum
Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1980
New Work
Meeting Point Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
1979
Library Gallery, Miami-Dade College, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
THE ARTFUL BOOK
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2017
Between The Real And The Imagined: Abstract Art from CINTAS Fellows
Coral Gables Museum, FL
Latin Implosion: Rodolfo Abularach, Mario Bencomo, Agustin Fernandez
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
Celebration
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
2014
The Miami Generation: Revisited
Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Impact and Legacy: 50 Years of the CINTAS Foundation
MDC Museum of Art + Design, Miami
Montreal – Vues de la Ville
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
The Expressive Edge of Paper
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
2013
Almacenes Abiertos
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba ·
El Viento del Sur
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
2012
Papier 12, Foire D’art Contemporain D’oeuvres Sur Papier
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
2011
Papier 11, Foire D’art Contemporain D’oeuvres Sur Papier
Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
Little Gems
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
The Americas Collection Gallery
Coral Gables, FL
2010
Toronto International Art Fair
Galerie Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada ·
Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Contemporary Art Center, New Orleáns
Anita Shapolsky Gallery
New York
Papier 10, Foire D’art Contemporain D’oeuvres Sur Papier
Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
Ways of Worldmaking: Notes on a Passion for Collectiong Latin American Art
MDC Museum of Art + Design, Miami ·
3: Cuban Selections
Lehigh University Art Gallery Teaching Collection, Bethlehem, PA
Artists for Artists in Distress, ArtReliefFund, Arteamericas
Miami Beach
2009
Au Premier Regard / At First Glance
Galerie Beaux-arts-des Ameriques, Montréal, Canada ·
Arteamericas
Miami Beach
2008
The Beauty of Paper, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL
2007
Latin American Art from Two Private Cleveland Collections
Greenhouse Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH ·
Collector’s Choices
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
Works by Artists of Cuban Ancestry from the Permanent Collection
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
2006/2007
Layers: Collecting Cuban American Art
University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, New York,
Cantor Art Gallery
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2005
Homenaje a Maria Zambrano
Museo de América, Madrid, Spain
2004
Cintas: Hope & Glory
Miami Art Center
2003
Paradise Lost? Aspects of Landscape in Latin American Art
The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Illiciting a Response
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Diaspora
Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2002
Personas, Lugares y Cosas
University Gallery, U. of Florida, Gainesville
Elite Fine Art
Coral Gables, FL
2001
Breaking Barriers: The Next Chapter
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Contemporary Cuban Art
Naples Museum of Art, FL
2000
The Jay and Anita Hyman Collection of 20th Century Cuban Painting
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban-American Art
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
1999
Museum of Art Collection Selection
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Elite Fine Art
Coral Gables, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Continued)
1998
Loin de Cuba
Museé des Tapisseries, Aix-en Provence, France
Amalia Mahoney Gallery
Chicago
Cuban Jewish Art Today
Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO,
Museo de Las Americas
Denver, CO
1997
PAST CUBA: Identity and Identification in Cuban-American Art
Fairfield University, CT, Saint Laurence University, Canton, New York
Breaking Barriers
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale,
Snite Museum
University of Notre Dame, IN
1996
CUBA SIGLO XX. MODERNIDAD Y SINCRETISMO
Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain,
FUNDACIO “LA CAIXA”
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain ·
Eight Cuban-American Artists
Kingsborough College, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY
1995
From the Permanent Collection
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale
Young Artists
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
THE NEW COLLECTION-I
Cuban Museum of Art, Miami
1994
Chiaroscuro: A Contemporary Study of Light and Dark 1994 Montgomery Biennial
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
5 + 6
Center of the Heart Gallery, Charlotte, NC ·
LatinArt ’90s
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL ·
VITRALIMA
Painted Glass Sculptures, Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1993
Continuing Tradition
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
Excavations: Four Sephardic Artists
Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery
State University College at Cortland, New York ·
FL Fellowships, 1992-1993
North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, FL
The Museum of Fine Art, St Petersburg, FL
The Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
University Gallery, University of FL, Gainesville
Valencia Community College, East Campus, Orlando, FL
Islands in the Stream: Seven Cuban American Artists
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, State University College at Cortland, New York
El Espiritu del Arte Latinoamericano
Galeria Valanti, San Jose, Costa Rica
1992
In the Tradition
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
The Americas
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
Latin Power
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York
1991
CUBA/USA: The First Generation
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Fondo del Sol, Washington DC
The Minnesota Museum of Art, St Paul
The Art Museum
Florida International University
Miami Contemporary Art Museum
University of South FL, Tampa
Nexus, Philadelphia, PA
South FL Invitational: George Bolges Selects
Museum of Art, Ft Lauderdale
Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
1990
Latin Art ’90
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York ·
Contemporary Latin American Art, A selection of the Collection of Museum of the University of Texas at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of FL, Gainesville
1989
Anthony Ardavin Gallery
Atlanta, GA
51st National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting
The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
Third All Florida Biennial
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland
39TH Florida Exhibition, (Painting Award)
Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FL
1988
Mira!
Municipal Art Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Museo del Barrio, New York
Expresiones Hispanas 88/89
Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, TX
Southwest Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Arvada Center for the Arts, CO
Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
Latin American Artists of the South East Coastal Region
Contemporary Art Center
New Orleans, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Louisiana Tech. University, Ruston
The Frederick R. Weisman Collection
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1988
Tampa Triennial
Tampa Museum of Art, FL
1988 Exhibition
Orlando Museum of Art, FL
VI Biennial Iberoamericana de Arte
Palacio de Bellas Artes, México City, México
HORTT30
The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1987
Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba
Jane Voorhees Zimmerili Art Museum, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
Museo de Arte de Ponce, PR
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
Atlanta College of Art, New Visions Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
Cuban Artists in North America
National Library of Canada, Ottawa
Abstract Visions
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York
Contemporary Cuban Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, FL
Positive/Negative
Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City
Second Florida Biennial Exhibition
Polk Museum of Art, (Museum Purchase Award), Lakeland, FL
1986
V Biennial Iberoamericana de Arte
Instituto Cultural Domécq, México City, México
HORTT28
The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Expatriates: Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists
Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
The Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
New Directions
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1985
The Art of Miami
Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC ·
Basel Art 16′ 1985
Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
1983
The Miami Generation: Nine Cuban American Artists
Cuban Museum of Art, Miami
Meridian House International, Washington DC
The Balch Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Mayor Cuban Artists
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1982
Young Hispanics USA
Leigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
1981
Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC
Contemporary Latin American Art
Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1980
Cultural & Artistic Expressions
University of Miami, FL
1979
Pan American Art Exhibition
Miami-Dade College, FL
Fine Arts Exhibition
Museum of Science, Miami, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS
– Olga Connor, “Mario Bencomo: Poesia Visual en el Aeropuerto de Miami.” El Nuevo Herald, Artes Y Letras, September 29, 2016
– Rubens Riol, “Romances on Paper” catalogue text for Mario Bencomo Elegy to Poetry /Le Cabinet de Poesie. Miami International Airport, May 2016 – April 2017 Division of Fine Arts and Cultural Affairs
– Juan A. Martinez, “The Miami Generation: 1983-2013,” Catalogue text for The Miami Generation: Revisited, Museum of Art Ft Lauderdale, July 10, 2014
– Janet Batet, “30 Anos después, The Miami Generation,” Artes & Letras, El Nuevo Herald, July 20, 2014, pp D, 6D, Miami
– Annie Tschida, “Two Eras, Two Worlds,” Tropical Life, The Miami Herald, July 27, 2014
– Janet Batet, “Mario Bencomo” Review, Arte al Dia Internacional, No.134, March/Apri/May 2011
-Carlos M. Luis, “UTOPIA: Luz y Sensualidad Tropical,” El Nuevo Herald, May 9, 2010, p D, Miami, FL
– Janet Batet, catalogue text, “Relocating the tropics: Myth and Muse in the liminal space,” Beaux-arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada, April 22, 2010
– Lynette M.F. Bosh, Cuban-American Literature and Art: Negotiating Identities, 2009, State University of New York Press
– Carlos M. Luis, “La belleza del papel,” El Nuevo Herald, July 27, 2008, p6d, Miami
– Lynette M. F. Bosch, Identity, Memory and Diaspora, Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers and Philosophers, 2008, State University of New York Press
– Jorge Rodríguez, El Vocero, “Si Québec estuviera en el Tropico,” p 42, November 11, 2006, San Juan, PR
– Lynette M. F. Bosch, Cuban-American Art in Miami, Lund Humphries, 2004
– Alfredo Triff, “Three artists deliver different but provocative imagery,” The New Times, January 16, 2003, Miami
– Carlos M. Luis, “Mario Bencomo y sus Libros de Arte,” El Nuevo Herald, December 14, 2003, p 8E, Miami
– Issa M. Benítez Dueñas, Catalog text, “Paradise Lost? Contemporary Landscape in Latin American Art,” The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami,2003
– Armando Álvarez-Bravo, “La pintura como ansia de ver mundo”, Arte al día internacional, pp 34-37, No 95-Año 22, Febrero/ Marzo 2003
– Memoria, Cuban Art of the 20TH Century, California International Arts Foundation, 2002, pp 136, 539, 545, 558, 568
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Mario Bencomo: El Deseo de Viajar,” El Nuevo Herald, Page 1E, January 19, 2003, Miami
– Preston A. Whaley JR, “Where I come from,” Weekly Planet, Vol. 4 No.46, pp 6-11 Sarasota, FL and Vol. 15 No. 23, pp 12-17, Tampa, FL, August 28, 2002
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “The Mirror of Nature”, Arte al día internacional,” No 81, pp 32-35, July 2000
– Manuel Alvarez Lezama, “Mario Bencomo en Tamara,” El Nuevo Dia, April 2, 2000, P77, San Juan, PR
– Enrique-Jose Varona, Catalog text, “Penetrando el Tropico,” Galeria Tamara, San Juan, PR, May, 2000
– Carlos M. Luis, Catalog text, “Loin de Cuba,” Museé des Tapisseries, Aix- en Provence, France, October, 1998
– Carlos M. Luis, Catalog text, “Cuban Jewish Art Today.” Mizel Museum of Art, Denver, December, 1998
– Lynette M.F. Bosch, Catalog text, “PAST CUBA: Identity and Identification in Cuban American Art,” Fairfield University, January, 1997, CT
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Cuatro Paredes y un Continente.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, January 13, 1997 PP 1c – 3c
– William Zimmer, “Echoes of the Cuban Cultural Experience,” The New York Times, February 2, 1997
– Lynette M. F. Bosch, Catalog text, “Verbum,” Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, December, 1996
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Tres Años sin Bencomo,” El Nuevo Herald, December 1, 1996, Miami -Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Cuatro más para el MET,” El Nuevo Herald, Noviembre 26, 1996, pp1c – 3c, Miami
– Juan Bufil, “Dentro y Fuera de Cuba,” La Vanguardia, November 1, 1996, p 43, Barcelona, Spain
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
– Maria Luisa Borras, CUBA SIGLO XX: MODERNIDAD Y SINCRETISMO, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, April, 1996, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
– Mario Bencomo, artist’s text, “La naturaleza como unico deseo,” Muséo de Arte Contemporáneo, Octubre, 1995, Panamá
– Lynette M. F. Bosch, “The Abstract Drawings of Mario Bencomo” and Ricardo Viera, “Conversation with Mario Bencomo,” Catalog texts, MARIO BENCOMO: Abstract Drawings, University Art Galleries, Lehigh University, September, 1994, Bethlehem, PA
– Edward Lucie-Smith, “Race, Sex and Gender in Contemporary Art,” Abrams, 1994 p 73, NY
– Carol Damian, “Mario Bencomo,” Art Nexus, Number 58, p 123, April – June, 1994
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Mario Bencomo, un incesante debate cultural,” El Nuevo Herald, p 2e, September 18, 1994, Miami
– Jane Kessler, Catalog text, “Chiaroscuro, A Contemporary Study of Light and Dark,” Montgomery 1994 Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery
– Alejandro Ríos, “El Aroma de Mario Bencomo y La Piedad de Antonia Eiriz,” Arte , Éxito , December 8, 1993, p 79, Miami
– Sherry Chayat, “2 shows focus on Jewish History and suffering,” Syracuse Herald American, Art pp 25 – 26, October 3, 1993, NY
– Lynette M. F. Bosch, Catalog text, “Islands in the Stream, Seven Cuban American Artists,” Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, State University at Cortland, March, 1993, NY
– Miles Unger, Art New England, April – May, 1993
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Bencomo, Naturalmente,” El Nuevo Herald, December 4, 1993, Miami
– Carlos M. Luis, “Mario Bencomo, Color and Poetry,” Catalog text, Elite Fine Art, December, 1993, Coral Gables
– Donald Kuspit, Profile, “Mario Bencomo,” Latin American Art, p63-64 Summer, 1992
– Cris Hassold, “Mario Bencomo,” Art Papers, Volume 16, Number 4, p 44, Atlanta, 1992
-Carol Damian, “Mario Bencomo,” Art Nexus, pp166 – 167, Number 4, April, 1992
-Armando Alvarez Bravo, “El poder de los pintores,” El Nuevo Herald, pp 1d – 5d, May 31, 1992, Miami
– Armando Alvarez Bravo, “Mas alla del color,” El Nuevo Herald, December 2, 1992, Miami
-Mireya Novo, “Mario Bencomo, Pintor,” Gente, p 62, Éxito, December 9, 1992, Miami
– Alice Thorson, “Colliding Realities,” New Art Examiner, pp 33 – 36, May, 1991, Chicago
– Armando Alvarez-Bravo, “Su Majestad el Color,” El Nuevo Herald, December 6, 1991, Miami
– Donald Kuspit, “Nature at the Sensual Extreme: Mario Bencomo’s Paintings,” Catalog text, Elite Fine Art, December, 1991, Coral Gables
– Carlos M. Luis, “El Transito de la Mirada,” SAETA Ediciones, Pp171 – 173, 1991, Caracas
-Nelson LLanes, “Espiritu insinuador del pintor parece recorrer sus lienzos,” Éxito, December 11, 1991, pp 52-53, Miami
– Severo Sarduy, “Entre los Cangilones,” Guadalimar, Year XVI, Numero 106, April/May, 1990, Madrid
– Juan Espinosa and Severo Sarduy, Catalog texts, “A Review of Twelve Years’ Work,” Bacardi Gallery, March, 1990, Miami
– Fred Stern, “Artists with Latin American Roots,” MIZUE, No. 951, pp 48 – 59, Summer, 1989, Tokio, Japan
– Gary Schwan, “Exhibit is picture perfect,” · The Palm Beach Post, p 23, August 11, Palm Beach -1989 Helen Kohen, “Variety enriches show at Boca Museum,” The Miami Herald, August 6, 1989, p 3K, Miami
– Giulio V. Blanc, Catalog text, “Bencomo’s Urgent Dream,” Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, January, 1989, New York
– Ileana Fuentes and Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Catalog texts for “Outside Cuba,” Rutgers University Press, 1989, New Brunswick, NJ
– Cris Hassold, “Mario Bencomo: Wind Paintings,” Art Papers, Volume 12, Number 2, pp 52 – 53, March, 1988, Atlanta
– Armando Alvarez-Bravo, “La Pintura como Inteligencia,” El Nuevo Herald, pp 1 – 2c, May 10, 1988, Miami
– Cathy Curtis, Art Review, “Mira! Unites 29 Latinos With Taste for the Fantastic,” Los Angeles Times, pp 1-7, April 20, 1988, Los Angeles
-Cheryl Kane, “More Artists are thriving in Dade than ever,” Miami Today, pp 22 – 23, July 21, 1988, Miami
– Diana Montane, “Miami Artist Exemplifies the Thrust of Mira! Show,” The Miami News, pp 1- 3c, September 8, 1988, Miami, FL
– Elisa Turner, “Show brings home art of exiles,” October 9, 1988, p 5K, The Miami Herald, Miami, FL
– John Stringer, Catalog text, “Abstract Visions,” Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, November 1987, New York, NY
– Leslie Judd Ahlander, “Miami Art Scene,” The Miami News, p 3c, October 30, 1987, Miami, FL
-Jose Gomez-Sicre, Art of Cuba in Exile, Editorial Munder, 1987, pp 157 – 160, Miami, FL
– Peter Plagens, “Miami Slice,” Art in America, p 37, November, 1986
-Giulio V. Blanc, “Los Colores de Mario Bencomo,” Noticias de Arte, Year 8, Numero 1, January, 1983, New York, NY
– Giulio V. Blanc, Catalog text, “The Miami Generation: Nine Cuban American Artists,” Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, October, 1983, Miami
– Helen L. Kohen, “Miami Generation: Cuban Artists in Transition,” The Miami Herald, p 2c, October 14, 1983, Miami
– Helen Kohen, “Subtle Works Require Scrutiny,” The Miami Herald, 2d, September 12, 1980