GUSTAVO ACOSTA
Born Havana, Cuba 1958
Resides in Miami, Florida
BFA, School of Visual Arts San Alejandro, Havana.
Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Jorge M. Perez Collection, Miami, Florida
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
National Theatre of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
University of Havana, La Habana, Cuba
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, MACG, Mexico City. Mexico
Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Miami, USA.
Diputacion Provincial de Ciudad Real, Spain
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, FL
Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rep. of Panama
The Lehigh University Art Galeries Teaching Collection, Bethlehem, PA
University of Southern California’s Museum of Art, CA
El Museo del Barrio, NY
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
American Career College, Newport, RI
SELECTED AWARDS
1992
Gold Medal in Painting
First Caribean Biennial, Dominican Republic
Gold Medal
Best Represented Country, First Caribean Biennial, Dominican Republic
Painting Award
LVII Salón Nacional de Arte, Valdepeñas, Spain
1991
Painting Award
III Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
1988
Painting Award
Salón UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
1984
Drawing National Award
First Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
A Series of Unconnected Thoughts
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2018
Structural Narratives
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
A Walk on the Timeline
Doral Contemporary Art Museum/Concrete Art Space, Doral, FL
2017
Inventory of Omissions
532 Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, NY
2016
Paper Trail
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
2015
Timeline
Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Space of Silence
Caixa Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013
Space of Silence
Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
There
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
2012
A Journal of References
Frederic Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID
DUDA
Raymaluz Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2011
Here
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
2010
Gustavo Acosta
Frederic Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, ID
Art of Illusion
Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, CA
The Time Machine
Lile O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2009
The Great Systems
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
Questions to the Mirror
Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Panama
2008
Temporary Current
Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Hipotesis de la Locura
Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
Transit Zones
Latin American Masters, Los Angeles, CA
Recent Works
Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX
2007
The News of the Day
Alonso Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Selección de Paginas
Art @ Work, Miami, FL
2006
Los Juegos del Principe
Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico DF
2005
Empire of Dreams
Latin American Masters, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Historias Recurrentes
Praxis International Art, Coral Gables, FL
Del Manual Ilusionista
Praxis International Art, New York, NY
2003
Viajando de Incognito
Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic
El Forastero
Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo. San Jose, Costa Rica
2002
Books of Hours
Elite Fine Art, Miami, FL
Teorema de las Islas
Galeria Tamara. San Juan, PR
2001
Recent Works
Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000
Las Trampas de Saturno
Legacy Fine Art, Panama.
Espejismos y Memorias
Lyle O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic.
Deciphering Echoes
Generous Miracles Gallery, NY
Hallucinations
Elite Fine Art, Miami, FL
1999
Recent Works
Elite Fine Art, Miami USA
Siete tardes
Galeria Muci, Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Un experimento con el Tiempo
Legacy Fine Art, Panama
La huella del Eclipse
Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic.
1997
La Ciudad Prohibida
Galería MUCI, Caracas, Venezuela.
Contando las Horas
Galería Alonso Arte, Bogota, Colombia.
La Memoria Cifrada
Galeria Elite Fine Art, Miami, FL
1995
On a somber note
Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Trying The Trap
Gutierrez Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
1992
Lumbreras Fine Art
Coral Gables, FL
Paisajes para lo que queda de Siglo
Galería Kahlo, Mexico
1991
Las Sugestiones del Límite
Galería Habana, Cuba
Galería Sao Paulo, Brazil
1990
NINART
Mexico
Galería Kahlo-Coronel
Mexico
Complejo Cultural Chaplin
Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged: Landscapes from Fisher’s Permanent Collection
USC Fisher Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA
Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art
Lehman College Art Gallery. NY
2017
The Prodigious Decade: A Selection of Artworks by Cuban Artist from the 80’s Generation
Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL
Cuban Contemporary Art, Collective I
Raw Space, Vero Beach, FL
2016
La Madre de Todas las Artes
Wifredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art, Havana, Cuba
2015
Iconocracia
Centro Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria, Spain
Shades of Gray
Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL
Agave y Caña
Mexican Consulate Gallery, Miami, FL
Resilence, The Other Cuba
Contemporary Cuban Art, Minneapolis, MN
The Reynardus Cuban Art Collection
Selby Gallery at Ringling College, Sarasota, FL
Cuban Art, The 80’s Generation
Museo Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
2014
Welcome to the Jungle
Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL
Trayectos de Ida y Vuelta, Grafica Transiberica Desde Miami
Diputacion Provincial de Huelva, Spain
Papertrail
Latin American Masters, Los Angeles, CA
Made in Miami
Panamerican Art Projects, Miami.
Figurative & Abstract in Latin American Art
Nova Southeastern University. Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013
Global Caribean
The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, Miami, FL
Works on Paper
Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, FL
1 Bienal del Sur en Panama
Panama
Flying
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
8 Derivas por la Ciudad Liminal
Carrillo Gil Museum of Art, Mexico City. Mexico
2012
Caribes
Casa Cortes Collection. San Juan, PR
Fans Forever
Museum of Art and Design of Miami Dade College, FL
Persistence of Memories
Broward College New Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Urban Lifecycles
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
Urbanitas
Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL
2011
Florida Contemporary 2011
Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Campos de Asociaciones. Dialogos y Silencios entre Practicas de Dibujo
Centro Cultural Simon Bolivar, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2010
Havana a Capital’s Punishment
Accent Alternative Art Space, Miami, FL
Ways of Worldmaking, Notes on a Passion for Collection
Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College, FL
2009
Irreversible
CIFO, Miami, FL
Herir la Memoria
Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Continued)
2008
Visiones: 20th Century Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Recent Acquisitions
Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA
Unbroken Ties
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL
Miami Ciudad Metafora
Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Andamiajes
Galeria Allegro, Panama City, Panama
Giants in the City
Artformz Alternative, Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
2007
Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection
Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, FL
Galeria Nina Menocal, Merrill Lynch Arte Americas
Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
A Través del Espejo, Arte Cubano Hoy
Galería Allegro, Panama
2006
Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art
University at Buffalo Art Gallery, NY
Tastes & Tongues
The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Rising Stars: North Latin Americans
Nina Menocal Gallery, Miami, FL
2005
Real Space – Imaginary Space
Praxis International Art, NY
2004
Erase una vez en Mexico
Mexican Institute, Miami, FL
De Ida y Vuelta
The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2003
Paper Cut I
ARSAtelier, Union City, NJ
Second Year Anniversary Exhibition
Leonard Tachmes Gallery, North Miami, FL
Transfiguration
Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy
Xll Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana
Espacio Gallery, El Salvador
Onda Expansiva
Lile O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic
Spatial Identity
The Ignatian Center for the Arts, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, FL
2002
Art Miami
Miami, FL
XI Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana
Espacio Gallery, El Salvador
Reality and Figuration: The Contemporary Latin American Presence
Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
Gota a Gota
Lyle O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic
2001
Art Miami
Miami, FL
Places in the Heart
The Arts Center, Saint Petersburg, FL
Cariveo 2001 and the Cuban Connection
Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic.
Selected Works from the Cuban Museum of the Americas Collection
John J. Koubek Memorial Center, Miami, FL
Small-Big Paintings from Latin America
Generous Miracles Gallery, NY
Art Miami 2000
Miami, FL
Cariveo 2000
Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo. Dominican Republic.
Latinamerican Spectrum
Elite Fine Art. Miami, FL
2nd Anniversary Group Exhibition
Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
From Modern to Contemporary
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
1999
FIAC
Caracas, Venezuela.
Mixta s/papel II
Lyle O Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nuevas adquisiciones Latinoamericanas, 1994-1998
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Obras Maestras del Arte Latinoamericano del Siglo XX
Biarritz, France
Contemporary Cuban Printmaking
Jose Alonso Fine Arts, Miami, FL
1998
Latinamerican Spectrum
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1997
Visiones Contemporáneas
Lyle O. Reitzel, Arte Contemporáneo, Dominican Republic
Summer Group Show
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
Breaking Barriers
Museum or Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1995
IV Salón de Dibujo
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Boat Images
Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
Galeria Raices
San Juan, PR
1994
EIGHT-OCHO-HUIT
Gutierrez Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Alter-Nations
123 Galery, Chicago, IL
Cinco Artistas Cubanos
Galeria Der Brucke, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cuba Contemporánea
Galeria Namia Mondolfi, Caracas, Venezuela
13 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos
Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela
1993
La Ciudad De La Habana Vista Por Sus Pintores
Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Spain
Art Miami
Miami Beach, FL
1992
Plástica Contemporánea Cubana
SECOFI, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Once Artistas Cubanos
Museo del Carmen, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
La Década Prodigiosa
Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
LVII Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas
Valdepeñas, Spain
Continuar la Imagen, Comenzar el Siglo
Otto Zutz, Barcelona, Spain
1991
Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell
Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas,Venezuela
X Bienal Internacional de Arte
Valparaíso, Chile
III Bienal de Cuenca
Cuenca, Ecuador
IV Bienal de La Habana
Havana, Cuba
Los cubanos llegaron ya
NINART, Mexico
1990
Nuevas Adquisiciones Contemporáneas
Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba
1989
XX Bienal de Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1988
Sings of Transition
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY
Arte Contemporáneo en Cuba
CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jornada de la Cultura Cubana
Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Salón UNEAC
Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
1987
Bienal de Cuenca
Cuenca, Ecuador.
4×4 Nº 4
Galeria Hoy en el Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1986
Il Arte con il Sonrriso
Milano, Italy
Segunda Bienal de La Habana
Havana, Cuba
4×4 Tercera Edición
Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba
1985
Salón UNEAC
Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba
1984
Primera Bienal de La Habana
Havana, Cuba
1983
Encuentro Latinoamericano de Artistas Jóvenes
Casa de las Américas, Cuba
Salón de Dibujo Joan Miró
Barcelona, Spain
Paisaje del Paisaje
Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Czechoslovakia, India.
1982
Salón Nacional del Paisaje
National Museum, Havana, Cuba
4×4
Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba.