Carlos Alfonzo
Untitled
The Repression of the Arts
El Paisaje
Estos vientos
Biography
ALFONZO ESPINA, Carlos José
Artistic name: Carlos Alfonzo
Signature: Alfonzo/ALF/C.J./Carlos José
Born: Havana, Cuba, September 24, 1950
Died: Miami, Florida, February 19, 1991
Resided in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Since: 1980‑1991
Art forms: PAINTING, DRAWING, CERAMICS, SCULPTURE
EDUCATION
1969‑1973 Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas “San Alejandro,” Havana, CUBA.
1974‑1977 History of Art, Facultad de Artes y Letras, Universidad de La Habana, Havana, CUBA.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1978‑1980 Member. Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), Havana, CUBA.
[197‑?] Instructor of Fine Arts. Taller Vocacional de Marianao, Havana, CUBA.
[197‑?]‑1980 Member. Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), Havana, CUBA.
SOLO SHOWS
1976
Como una vieja estampa. Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, Havana, CUBA.*
1977
Experimentos de Carlos José Alfonzo [December]. Pequeño Salón, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
Centro de Proyectos Navales, Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera, Havana, CUBA.
1978
La tarde y sus dibujos. Exposición de Carlos José Alfonzo [January]. Casa de la Cultura, Nueva Gerona, Isla de Pinos, CUBA.*
1983
Cuban Fantasies [Carlos Alfonzo/César Bermúdez] [March]. Kouros Gallery, New York, U.S.A.*
1984
Carlos Alfonso. Drama [October 8‑19]. Galería 8, Division of Bilingual Studies, Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus, Miami‑Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
1985
Intar Latin American Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1986
New Works. Juan Abreu, Carlos Alfonzo, Gilberto Ruiz [February 18‑ March 13]. New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.*
1987
Pablo Cano and Carlos Alfonzo. Two Person Show. Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
1988
The Art of Carlos Alfonzo [January 7‑February 5]. Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami‑Dade Community College, Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Recent Works [April 8‑?]. Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.*
Carlos Alfonzo: Development of an Artist. An exhibition of paintings, drawings and ceramics [May 6‑June 3]. Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Carlos Alfonzo Paintings [November 10‑December 3]. Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Paradiso. Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1989
Carlos Alfonzo [January 28‑March 4]. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.A.*
Carlos Alfonzo. New Paintings [April 22‑May 27]. McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
1990
Carlos Alfonzo: New Work [September 28‑November 11]. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.*
Carlos Alfonzo. Sculpture, paintings and works on paper. Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
1991
Carlos Alfonzo. Martha Gutiérrez Fine Arts, INC., Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.A.*
1992
Carlos’Black Paintings. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
1997
Triumph of the Spirit. Carlos Alfonzo. A Survey 1975-1991 [December 18/1997-March 8/1998]. Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
GROUP SHOWS
1970
Salón 70 [July‑September]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1972
II Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [December 27‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1973
Salón Anual de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plásticas de La Habana [July 6‑?]. Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia, Havana, CUBA.*
III Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [December 28‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1974
IV Salón Juvenil de Artes Plásticas Habana’74 [November 25‑?]. Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia/[November 26‑?]. Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, Havana, CUBA.*
IV Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [December 27‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1975
Panorama del Arte Cubano de la Colonia a nuestros días [April 16‑?]. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MEXICO.*
Salón Provincial de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plásticas de La Habana [September 2‑16]. Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia, Havana, CUBA.
1975-1976
Cubansk Nutidskunst (Cuban Contemporary Art) [December 13‑23/1975]. Odd‑Fellow Palaoet, Copenhagen, DENMARK*/(Cuban Contemporary Art) [February 23/1976‑?]. (House of Painting), Stockholm, SWEDEN/Kuuban Nykytaidetta (Cuban Contemporary Art) [March 18‑April 11/1976]. Tampereen Nykyta Museossa (Museum of Contemporary Art), Tampere, FINLAND.*
1975
V Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [December 27‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1976
Salón Permanente de Jóvenes. Pintura y Grabado [February 27‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
Salón Nacional/76. Pintura, Escultura y Grabado [May]. [Galería de Arte], Matanzas, CUBA.*
Viva Cuba Libre (Festival of Avant‑Garde Magazine) [June]. Paris, FRANCE.*
Concurso “26 de July.” Salón XXIII Aniversario [August 31‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
VI Salón Provincial Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [October]. Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, Havana, CUBA.*
Exposición de la plástica cubana actual [November 5‑?]. Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, COLOMBIA.*
VI Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas [November 24‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
1977
Primer Salón de Paisaje. Brigada Hermanos Saíz [March 29-?]. Sala de Arte “Ho Chi Minh,” Ministerio de Justicia, Havana, CUBA.*
Salón Nacional de Dibujo [December 28‑?]. Galería de Pinar del Rio, Havana, CUBA.*
1978
Revolución y Cultura. De la Imprenta a la Galería [June 1‑?]. Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, CUBA.*
Exposición de Artes Plásticas [August]. Círculo Internacional de Jóvenes Artistas [Exhibition Hall of the National School of Art], Havana, CUBA.*
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC 1978 [December 29‑?]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.*
Fourth Triennale India 1978. Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, INDIA.*
XVIII Premi Internacional Dibuix Joan Miró. Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani, Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, SPAIN.
1979
(Young Cuban Painters. Week of Cuban Culture) [January].Museum of the Worker´s Movement, Budapest, HUNGARY.
Pintura Fresca [October 13‑?]. Residence of José Manuel Fors, Havana*/[November 17‑December 15]. Galería de Arte, Cienfuegos, CUBA.*
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC 79 [December 21‑?]. Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, CUBA.*
I Trienal de Dibujo Arístides Fernández [December 28‑?]. Salon Lalo Carrasco, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, CUBA.*
1980
Intergrafik’80 [February 5‑March 31]. Ausstellungszentrum am Fernsehturm, Berlin, G.D.R.*
II Salón de Paisaje [February 13‑?]. Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, Havana, CUBA.*
1981
XX Premi Internacional de Dibuix Joan Miró [July 17‑September 13]. Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani, Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, SPAIN.*
Group Art 10. Koubeck Memorial Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.*
1982
10 Out of Cuba [May 24‑July 31]. Intar Latin American Gallery, New York, U.S.A.*
1983
Fine Arts Exhibition for the Festival de Las Artes [August 20‑21]. Tamiami Park, Dade County, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Caras y Máscaras. Galería 8, Miami‑Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Roots/Raíces. University of Miami, Main Library Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
1984
Young Collectors of Latin American Art [October]. Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
1985
Florida Figures. The Human Figure by Contemporary Florida Artists [September 6‑30]. Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Mitchell Wolfson New World Center Campus, Miami‑Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
The Art of Miami [December]. Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston‑Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Le Petit Format [December 20/1985‑January 20/1986]. Sibi Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
N.E.A. Grant Winners. University Fine Art Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
North of the Border. Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
The Public Art Process. North Miami Museum and Art Center, North Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
1986
Caribbean Art/African Currents [April 17‑May 25]. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York, U.S.A.
Second Annual Art Auction and Exhibition [April 20‑26]. Mansion Gallery, Koubeck Memorial Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.*
1986‑1987
Expatriates: Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists [April 27‑May 20/1986]. The Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, Florida/[September 12‑October 3/1986]. The Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida/[October 23‑November 30/1986]. The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida/[March‑April/1987]. The Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, U.S.A.*
1986
Hot Off the Press: Monoprints [October 6‑November 3]. Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Abstraction: Four from Latin America [October 9‑November 7]. Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Home Sweet Home [November 14‑December 21]. Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, U.S.A.*
V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Domecq. Instituto Cultural Domecq, Mexico City, MEXICO.
1987
Cuban Artists in North America/Artistes Cubains en Amérique du Nord [November 26‑December 13]. National Library of Canada, Ottawa, CANADA.*
1987-1989
Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba [March 22‑May 26/1987]. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey/[June 25‑August 2/1987]. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts, New York/[October 16‑December 20/1987]. Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A./ [July 15‑September 8/1988]. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PUERTO RICO/[October 5‑December 4/1988]. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida/[March 20‑April 19/1989]. New Visions Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.*
Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters & Sculptors [May 3‑September/1987]. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas/[1987‑1988]. The Corcoran Museum of Art, New York/[April‑June/1988]. The Lowe Museum, Univeristy of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida/[July‑Ocotober/1988]. The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico/[February‑April/1989]. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California/[June‑September/1989]. The Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S.A./Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, MEXICO.
1987
Visions of Self: The American Latin Artists [October 9‑November 9]. Miami‑Dade Community College, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Public Art Indoors. Miami‑Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
29th Annual Hortt Memorial Exhibition. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Books and Pages. Main Library, Metro‑Dade Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Contemporary Screens. Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
1988
Colliding: Myth, Fantasy Nigthmare [February 25‑April 2]. Artists Space, New York, U.S.A.*
1988‑1989
!Mira! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III. [March 30‑May 15/1988]. Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California*/[June 9-July 17/1988]. Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas/[September 10‑October 30/1988]. The Bass Museum of Fine Art, Miami Beach, Florida*/Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois/[1989]. El Museo del Barrio, New York, U.S.A.
1988
Cintas Fellows Revisited: A decade after [October 1/1988‑January 15/1989]. Main Library, Metro‑Dade Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*
Three from Miami. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A.
1989‑1990
The 41st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting [April 5‑June 4/1989]. The Corcoran Gallery of Art