Arturo Rodriguez
Born in Ranchuelo, Las Villas, Cuba
Resides in Miami, Florida
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art (20th Century Art collection), New York, NY
American Art Museum (Smithsonian), Washington, DC
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Maria Zambrano Museum, Malaga, Spain
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
The Frederick R. Weissman Collection
Cintas Foundation, New York, NY
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
Boca Raton Museum of Art. Boca Raton, FL
The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Museum of Latin American Art, California
Miami-Dade Public library System, Miami, FL
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014-2015
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant/Visual Art
1998-1999
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
1990-1991
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
1988
Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation
New York, NY
1988
Visual Arts Fellowship
South Florida Cultural Consortium, Metro-Dade cultural Affairs Council, Miami, FL
1982
Cintas Fellowships, Cintas Foundation
New York, NY
1980-1981
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014-2015
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant/Visual Art
1998-1999
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
1990-1991
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
1988
Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation
New York, NY
1988
Visual Arts Fellowship
South Florida Cultural Consortium, Metro-Dade cultural Affairs Council, Miami, FL
1982
Cintas Fellowships, Cintas Foundation
New York, NY
1980-1981
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
HONORS:
1981
He was commissioned by the City of Miami, , to paint “Homage to the Afro-Cuban Music”, a three piece Mural, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Week. The Mural was placed on top of Libros Españoles, S.A.’ store, on SW 19 Avenue and 8th Street.
1987
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, N.Y. acquires his painting “The Great Theater of The World” (El Gran Teatro del Mundo) for permanent collection (20th century Art collection).
1987
He was commissioned by Florida International University, Miami, Florida, to paint “Exiles” (Exiliados) to be presented to Pope John Paul II , as official gift during his visit to the Florida State. A poster was created.
1990
Appearing in interview by the BBC of London in the documentary HAVANA, realized by the Czech director Jana Bokova. Rodriguez talks about his childhood in Cuba and the ironies of his life in exile. Filmed and Broadcast in April 1990 in Havana and Miami, Florida, about the tragic reality of the Cuba of today.
1994, 1996
He created the cover artwork for the legendary Cuban bassist Israel Lopez (Cachao)’s /Grammy Award-winning CD “Cachao Master Sessions Vol. l (1995) and Vol. 2 (1996) on Crescent Moon label for Sony Records. Both were granted a Grammy Award in the United States.
1997
Oral history interview by Smithsonian Institution for inclusion in Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Interview conducted by art historian Juan A. Martinez.
1998
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has been collecting his primary records ( correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs, catalogues).
2007
Nominated as a candidate for a 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Terra Incognita
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2018
Arcimboldo’s Ghosts
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2017
Oolite
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
The Collective Debut
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL
2016
Arturo Rodriguez: Family and Friends Drawing Portraits
Under the Bridge Art Space, North Miami, FL
2015
Arturo Rodriguez: Drawings Proyections with music of David Virelles
WDNA Jazz Gallery, Miami, FL
2014
Arturo Rodriguez: The School of Night
Drawing Exhibition (Book)
Barnard Hall, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Arturo Rodriguez: The School of Night
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
The School of Night
Drawing Exhibition and Book Presentation
MIA International Airport Art Gallery
Arturo Rodriguez: Arrivals and Departures
Division of Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
Arturo Rodriguez: The School of Night
Drawing Exhibition and Book Presentation
Miami International Book Fair, Miami, Fl
Arturo Rodriguez: The School of Night
McNally Jackson Books, New York, NY
2012
Arturo Rodriguez: PASSENGERS
Waltman-Ortega Fine Art Miami, Paris, Wynwood, FL
2011
Memento Mori: Arturo Rodriguez Paintings (Book)
Centre Gallery, Miami Book Fair International, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
2010
Arrivals and Departures (Catalog)
Salamatina Art Gallery, Long Island, New York, NY
2006
Human Comedy (Catalog)
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Interior
David Castillo Modern & Contemporary Art Gallery, Miami, FL
2004
Arturo Rodriguez
Editart Gallery, Genève, Switzerland
Arturo Rodriguez (Catalog)
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
Arturo Rodriguez: Interiors (Catalog)
The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FL
2002
PASSAGES: Arturo Rodríguez (Catalog)
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2001
Elite Fine Art
Coral Gables, FL
2000
Ghost Archipelago – Arturo Rodriguez – (Catalog)
Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1998
Arturo Rodríguez (Catalog)
Legacy Fine Art, Panama City, Panama
1997
Arturo Rodríguez
Ibero-American Art Fair, Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1996
Arturo Rodríguez: Recent Works (Catalog)
Elite Fine Arts, Coral Gables, FL
1994
Arturo Rodríguez: Recent Works (Catalog)
Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Crossing (Catalog)
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Two Visions
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
1993
Arturo Rodríguez
M. Gutierrez Fine Arts, Key Biscayne, FL
1991
Arturo Rodríguez
Barbara Greene Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
1990
Arturo Rodríguez
Arvil Gallery, México City, MX
1989
The Floating Self – Arturo Rodriguez
CDS Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Arturo Rodriguez: 1978-1987 Paintings (Catalog)
Mitchell Wolfson Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
1986
Arturo Rodriguez
The 24 collection Gallery, Bay Harbor, Miami, FL
1983
Exiles – Arturo Rodríguez
Duran Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1980
Debris – Arturo Rodriguez
Meeting Point Art Center, Miami, FL
1979
Arturo Rodriguez: New Paintings
Original Art gallery, Madrid, Spain
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 – 2014
Handmade: Artists’ Holiday cards from the Archives of American Art
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
(November 2014 – 2015)
2013 – 2014
Our America The Latino Presence in American Art (Book)
American Art Museum (Smithsonian) Washington, D.C
Traveling exhibition to:
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
(March 28, 2014 – June 22, 2014)
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
(September 21, 2014 – January 11, 2015)
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake, Utah
(February 6, 2015 – May 17, 2015)
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
(October 16, 2015 – January 17, 2016)
Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE
(March 5, 2016 – May 29, 2016)
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
(February17, 2017 – June 4, 2017)
Sioux City Art Center, Iowa
(July 8, 2017–October 15, 2017)
2014
Latino Panel Discussion: Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art speak about the exhibition and their Artworks
The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Artists: Maria Brito, Arturo Rodríguez, and Maria Martinez- Canas
2011
Lists: To Dos
The Morgan Library & Museum, Illustrated New York, NY
Archives of American Art
Latin American Art from the Museum’s Collection
Boca Raton Museum, FL
2010
Lists: To-Dos, Illustrated Inventories, collected Thoughts and Other Artists
Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, Washington, DC
Enumerations from the Archives of American Art” (Book Catalog)
Season’s Greetings from the Archives of American Art
Smithsonian’s Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Washington,DC
2008
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2007
Layers
Lehigh University Art Gallery, Worcester, MA
2006
Cuban Americans and American Culture
The National Endowment for the Humanities Exhibit & Summer Seminar,
Center for the Arts, University of Buffalo, New York, NY
2005
Collection from The Maria Zambrano Museum (Málaga)
Museo de América, Madrid, Spain
2004
De Ida Y Vuelta
Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, FL
2002
38 Artistes Cubains
Editart Gallery, Genève, Switzerland
2001
Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art (Catalog)
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2000
Figurative Vignettes
The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Florida Painting: Spectrum of Expression
Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
Cuban and Cuban-American Art
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Continued)
Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Belleair, FL
Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit
City of Orlando, Public Art Program, Orlando ,FL
1998
Loin de Cuba (Far From Cuba) – (Catalog)
Des Tapisseries Museum, Aix-en-Provence, France
Contemporary Cuban Art
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
1997
Identity and Identification (Catalog)
Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Connecticut
Traveling exhibition to:
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Breaking Barriers (Catalog)
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1996
Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo (Catalog)
Centro de Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Traveling exhibition to:
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Fundación La Caiza de Palma de Mallorca
Made To Order: America’s Most Wanted Painting
Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Five Florida Artists
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1993
The Young Ones
CDS Gallery, New York, NY
Storytelling (Catalog)
Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Cuban Artists of the 20th Century (Catalog)
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Statewide Juried Exhibition
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Islands In the Stream (Catalog)
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, State University College, Cortland, NY
1992
Florida Landscape: Revisited (Catalog)
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Florida Landscape: Revisited
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Waking The Dream: Surrealist Works
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Still Life
Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Main Library, Miami, FL
Aquí: Arte Hispano en Orlando
Art Museum, City of Orlando, Orlando, FL
1991
Fellowships/Florida’s Finest 1990-91
Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Fellowships/Florida’s Finest 1990-91
University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
Fellowships/Florida’s Finest 1990-91
Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
CUBA-USA: The First Generation (Catalog)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Traveling exhibit to:
Fondo Del sol Museum, Washington, DC
The Art Museum, Florida International University, FL
Minnesota Museum of Art, Minnesota
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
CDS Gallery, New York, NY
Young Latin American Artists
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
South Florida Invitational: George Bolge Selects
Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Main Library, Miami, FL
Miami Artists, Fifty Years of Collecting
Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Com. College, Miami, FL
The Rage of Children (Catalog)
Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Com. College, Miami, FL
Art Against A.I.D.S. IV
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
South Florida Collective l
Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
1989
Art Against A.I.D.S. III
Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
1988
Selections from The Frederick R. Weissman Collection
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Masterpieces of Latin American Art
CDS Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Visual Artists Fellowship Winners
North Miami Museum, North Miami, FL
Portraits and Self Portraits
Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, FL
Twentieth Century Cuban Art from the Collection of Ramon Cernuda and Nercys Ganem Inter-American Art Gallery, Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
Cintas Fellows Revisited: A Decade After
Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Art Against A.I.D.S. II
Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
1987
From The Other Side
Terne Gallery, New York, NY
Visions of America (Catalog)
ACA Gallery, New York, NY
Art of Cuba in Exile
Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
Cuban Artists in North America (Catalog)
National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
1986
Walls & Murals: Mike Glier, Arturo Rodriguez & David Wojnarowitz
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
The Interior as Methaphor
Arts Center Gallery, Valencia Comm. College, Orlando, FL
Expatriates
The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Traveling exhibit to:
The Thomas Center Gallery, Gainsville, FL
The Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, FL
The Atlantic Center For The Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Perceptions: Black & White (Catalog)
Mitchell Wolfson gallery, Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
1985
Florida Figures (Catalog)
Mitchell Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, FL
1982
Arturo Rodriguez & Juan Abreu Felipe
Fidelio Ponce Art Gallery, Hialeah, FL
7 Hispanic Artists
The Gallery at 24. Miami, FL
1981
The Other Americans
Sandquist Gallery, Saint Augustine, FL
1980
Viva Tristan
Meeting Point Art center, Miami, FL
10865
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
1978
First Two Man Show
Florida International University, Miami, FL
ART FAIRS
1992
Chicago Art Fair
Chicago, IL
Miami international Art Expo
Miami, FL
1990
Chicago Art Fair
Chicago, IL
WEBSITE LINKS:
The work of Arturo Rodriguez is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (20th Century Collection)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/searchthe-collections/210005002
Arturo’s Painting is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=86033
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has been collecting his primary records since 1998
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/collection/demi-and-arturo-rodrguez-papers-5536
VIDEOS:
Arturo Rodriguez: Arrivals and Departures
The Herald Video
Arturo Interview by the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRAtVz8V6Zk