Born in 1964 in Holguín, Cuba; lives in Miami and has studios in Vedado, Havana, and Wynwood, Miami.

 

EDUCATION

 

1980-1984
National School of Art, Havana, Cuba

 

1998
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Art Outside, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL

 

2019
The Cankama Sutta, reviewing a journey, Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

 

2017
Bad Niños, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

 

2016
Las cosas como son/Things as they are, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

 

2015
Emptiness, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL

 

2014
Paintings on canvas, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2011
Drones, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

2010
Generic landscapes, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2008
Old-new, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Landscape of events, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN

 

2006
Visionary Artist, Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, FL

 

2003
Worcester, Gold and Smoke, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Project room, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

 

2001
New Works Miami, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
New vision of the Basilica of Sacred Heart, The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Patient: Glexis Novoa (initial records), Mosquera Orthodontics, Miami, FL

 

2000
Ciudades del Dia Despues, Galeria Art Al Rec, Barcelona, Spain

 

1999
Recent Works, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Obra Reciente, Galeria Emma Molina, Monterrey, Mexico
Te Quiero, Te Quiero, Te Quiero…, Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL

 

1996
La Habana Oscura, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

 

1994
Daño, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba

 

1993
El Poder, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
El Poder, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

 

1990
Glexis Novoa, Galeria Ariman, Lund, Sweden

 

1989
Patria o Muerte (Etapa Practica), Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

 

1988
To be or not to be (Etapa Romantica), Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
DC Window, David Castillo, Miami, FL
CURRENTS, David Castillo, Miami, FL

 

2020
The 4th Today’s Documents: The Stitch in Time, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China

 

2019
Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas, Queens Museum, New York, NY
Cuba introspettiva, Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderne E Contemporanea & La Nuova Pese, Rome, Italy

 

2018
On the Horizon: Selections from the Jorge M. Perez Cuban Art Collection, Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Climate Change, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Solid Abstraction: Disobedience Strategies in Contemporary Cuban Art, Miami Biennale, Miami, FL
Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom, New York University, New York, NY
Deconstruction: A reordering of life, politics, and art, The Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

2017
Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Art x Cuba: Contemporary Perspectives since 1989, Ludwig Forum für International Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Adios Utopia: Dreams and Deceptions in Cuban Art Since 1950, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas, UCR Artsblock, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Riverside, CA
Between the Real and the Imagined: Abstract Art from CINTAS Fellows, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL

 

2016
Gestures of Faith in Contemporary Cuban Art, Curated by Sara Reisman, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tatuar la historia / Fragmentos descentrados del arte cubano, Curated by Jorge Fernández Torres, Diego Sileo & Giacomo Zaza, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Vitamina D, Galería Villa Manuela, Havana, Cuba
Origenes, Galeria Origenes, Havana, Cuba
Move somethin’: metaphysics of space and time, Curated by William Cordova, Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL
Transphysics: istwa, landscapes, paisajes, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Linea insular, Galeria Habana, Bogota, Colombia

 

2015
100+ Degrees in The Shade: A Survey of South Florida, Curated by Jane Hart, Carol Jazzar Gallery, Miami, FL
Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Of The Americas: Latin American Contemporary Art from the Collection LUAG Teaching. Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
Detras del muro II “En medio de la nada”, Malecón, Havana Biennial / collateral, Havana, Cuba
Making Circles in the water, Juan Ruiz Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2014
The Chosen, Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL
MIA-ATL, Curated by William Cordoba; Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dialog – Monolog, Syker Vorwerk Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Overview Galleries / Global Positioning Systems, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
The past is more infinite than the future, Curated by William Cordova, MDCC North Campus Gallery, Miami, FL
MIA-BER, Curated by William Cordova, Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Germany
Perder la forma humana, Una imagen sísmica de los anos ochenta en America Latina, Curated by Red Conseptualismos del Sur at MUNTREF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Radio Miami | Rosell Meseguer, Curated by Glexis Novoa, Art Center of South Florida, Miami, FL
Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Lost in Landscape, Cuarated by Gerardo Mosquera at Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Trento, Italy
Cuban America, Curated by Yuneikys Villalonga & Susan Hoeltzel, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, NY

 

2013
Wipala / Annicā, Surveying: William Cordova & Glexis Novoa, Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL
Perder la forma humana, Una imagen sísmica de los anos ochenta en America Latina, Curated by Red Conseptualismos del Sur at Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
Curadores come home II, Curated by Rachel Weis & Sandra Ceballos, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
Antonia Eiriz: A Painter and Her Audience, MDC Museum & Galleries of Art + Design, Miami, FL
Faux Life, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
El Canto del Cisne, Instituto Cervantes in Berlin present the documentary El canto del Cisne (Swan song) produced and directed by Glexis Novoa; Kino Babylon, Berlin
Mentes peligrosas, Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
Empire, Curated by Natika Soward, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY
Politics: I do not like it, but it likes me, Curated by Agnieszka Kulazinska and Dermis León, Center for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdansk, Poland
Aesthetics & Values 2013, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

2012
Smoke signals: istwa, paisajes and allegories, Curated by William Cordova at South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Gulliver, Cuban Contemporary Art, Curated by Sachie Hernandez, Freies Museum, Berlin
Perder la forma humana, Una imagen sísmica de los anos ochenta en America Latina, Curated by Red Conseptualismos del Sur, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Mediations Biennale, Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan, Poland
CIFO 2012 Grants & Commissions Program Exhibition, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
The Persistence of Memories: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, Broward College, Central Campus Gallery, Davie, FL
Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, El Museo del Barrio, Queens Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
War and peace, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico

 

2011
One Cifo Project, ONE Sotheby’s International Realty; Miami Beach, FL
Columna infinita, Galeria La Acacia, Havana, Cuba
Houston Fine Art Fair, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Wynwood Miami, FL
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Ya Se Leer | Imagen y texto en el arte latinoamericano, Curated by Elvia Rosa Castro, Sandra Contreras, Ibis Hernández Abascal & Margarita Sánchezat, Centro Lam / Galería Villena, Oficina del Historiador, Havana, Cuba
Crisis | América Latina | Arte y Confrontación (1910-2010), Curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Museo Del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Tapando el Sol con un dedo: places, spaces, ascension, Curated by William Cordova, Carol Jazzar Conemporary Art, Miami, FL

 

2010
Ways of Worldmaking: Notes on a Passion for Collecting, Curated by Cristina & Vivian Nosti, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, Blaffer Gallery, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Eco, Xiang, Echo: meditations on the african, andean & asian diasporas, Curated by William Cordova, Project Rowhouse, Houston, TX
Cuban Avant-Garde, Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

 

2009
Time + Temp Art and Culture, Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Untitled (land-scape), Organized by artist/curator William Cordova and writer Rose Oluronke Ojo, Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
The best of New York, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF, Mexico
La Luz Permanente-Havana, Private home of the artist Alejandro Ulloa, Havana, Cuba
La Perra Subasta, Espacio Aglutinador, La Habana, Cuba
Cumanana, Curated by William Cordova, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

2008
Five solo show, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Preview Berlin, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida; Berlin, Germany
Visiones: 20th Century Latin American, Art Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Valoarte 08, Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
Next Art Fair, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Choy / Leon, collection, Centro Cultural de Animacion Misionera, Jose Maria Claret, Santiago de Cuba
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

 

2007
Miami Contemporary Artists: Creating a Scene, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Los Nuevos Leones, Forum Universal de las Culturas, Sala de Generadores, Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico
Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, New York NY
Cuban Avant-Garde, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Killing Time, Exit Art, New York, NY
Drawn In / Drawn Out, Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University; Boca Raton, FL

 

2006
Waiting List, Time and Process in Contemporary Cuban Art, City Art Museum Ljublana, Ljublana, Slovenia
Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Museum of LatinAmerican Art, Long Beach, CA
The Square Roots of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Courant, National Gallery, Cayman Islands, B.W.I.
CIRCA, International Art Fair, San Juan, PR
Finalist for the Cintas Foundation, DACRA, Miami, FL
Miami in Transition, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

 

2005
Salón de Arte Religioso Parroquia Santísima Trinidad, Centro Cultural y de Animación Misionera, San Antonio María Claret, Santiago de Cuba
Art Basel Miami Beach, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
In Place of Place, One Night Gallery (project), Los Angeles, CA
Miami, Visions of Now, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Mayo Abstracto, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University New Orleans, LA

 

2003
Art Basel Miami Beach, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
10 Floridians, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Inside / Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
A Matter of Facts, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Latin American Art, Palazzo Mediceo, San Leo, Italy
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, The University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, University Galeries, Ilinois State University, Normal, IL
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism DePauw University Art Gallery, Greencastle, IN
Paradise Lost? Aspects of landscape in Latin American Art, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Drawings Conclusions, Buena Vista Building, (DACRA, Miami Design District), Miami, FL

 

2002
Art Basel Miami Beach, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Miami Currents, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
No Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Parallel Zone, Buick Building (Dacra, Miami Design District), Miami, FL
That Place, Mia Gallery, Miami-Dade Aviation Department Division of Fine Art & Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
Effexor 75, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
The Cuban Poster Project, The Advertising Club, New York, NY
The Miami Alphabet, A-Z, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
That Place, More and Buick Buildings, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
Florida Landscape / Escape, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL

 

2001
globe>miami>island, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Art Miami, NFA Space, Miami, FL
Breaking Barriers, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Publikulture, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
La Gente en Casa, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, (VII Havana Bienal), Havana, Cuba
Freedom Rocks, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Dimensions Variable, NFA Space, Chicago, Illinois.

 

2000
Sarasota Biennial, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Home Invasion, Private home of the artist Eugenia Vargas, Miami, FL
Inundaciones, Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona, Spain
Art Al Hothel, Hotel Ingles, Galeria Art Al Rec, (Barcelona), Valencia, Spain
Art Miami, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Departing Perspective, Former Spiritu Santo Bank, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Breaking Barriers, The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

 

1999
Hort 41, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hot Spots, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Hot Spots, Pittsburgh Center for the Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Gang, The Warehouse, Miami, FL
There is no ‘I’ in Team, NFA Space, Chicago, IL

 

1998
Back Holiday, Former Key Bank Building, Skowhegan, ME
Abierto 24 Horas, Festival de Fallas, Valencia, Spain
Cuban Performance Art of the 80′s (Chronology), InterAmerican Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
The Gramercy Fair, New York Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Metaphors, American International College, Springfield, MA
The Gramercy Fair, Miami Beach, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

 

1997
The Gramercy Fair, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Regional Artists: A Survey, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL
Life Cycle, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Drawing the Line, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

 

1996
Chicago International Art Fair, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Cuba Siglo XX Modernidad y Sincretismo, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Fundación CAIXA, Palma de Mallorca & Centro de Arte Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain

 

1995
Black Box, Ground Level Gallery, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Carne Asada, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Symbolism in Contemporary Cuban Art, Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, CA

 

1994
Vanguardia de Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos, Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela
Art Miami, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Cuban Art-The Last Sixty Years, Panamerican Art Gallery, Dallas, TX

 

1993
Made in Cuba, Krings Ernst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Carib-Art, Contemporary Art of the Caribbean, National Commission for UNESCO, International Trade Center, Curacao
Art Miami, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
Art Miami, Miami, FL

 

1992
Seville ’92 Universal Fair, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana
X Muestra de Grabado, Engraving Museum, Curitiba, Brazil
Naves, Ex Convento de Santa Teresa La Antigua, Mexico City, Mexico
Los Cubanos Llegaron Ya II, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
La Década Prodigiosa, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Maestros de la Pintura Cubana, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba
I Feria de Guadalajara, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
Bienal de Guayana, Museo Jesus Soto, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Von Dort Aus Kuba, Ludwig Forum Fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
I Bienal de Pintura del Caribe y Centro America, Galeria de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

1991
15 Artistas Cubanos, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
Juntos y Adelante, Casa del Joven Creador, Havana, Cuba
Nuevas Adquisiciones Contemporaneas: Muestras de Arte Cubano, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Old Havana, Cuba
Los Hijos de Guillermo Thell, Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Los Cubanos Llegaron Ya, Ninart, Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico
Las banderas son pasto de polillas, VII Bienal Internacional de Humorismo, Galería Eduardo Abela, San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba
La Huella del Pulgar, Galería de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Exposición Colectiva de Artistas Internacionales XII Aniversario, Galería Manolo Rivero, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

 

1990
Kuba OK, Aktuelle Kunst aus Kuba / Arte Actual de Cuba, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
El Objeto Esculturado, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Old Havana, Cuba
No Man is an Island, Porin Taide Museo, Pori, Finland; Mucsarnok Museum, Budapest, Hungary & Palffy Palace, Vienna, Austria
The Nearest Edge of the World, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; also traveled to The Bronx Museum, NY; Mexic-Art, Austin, TX and to Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
No por Mucho Madrugar Amanece Mas Temprano, Fototeca de Cuba, Old Havana, Cuba
Segundo Encuentro de Jovenes Artistas, Museo Provincial de Villa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Pintura Cubana de Hoy, Universidad Politécnica, (under the auspices of Galería Duris de Samos), Madrid, Spain
Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC 90, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Old Havana, Cuba

 

1989
II Bienal de Cuenca, Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador
III Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Es sólo lo que ves (abstract art), Havana, Cuba (censored)
Arte Cubano en Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Kitsch, (III Havana Biennale) Galeria de Arte Galeano, Havana, Cuba
La Habana en Madrid, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Homenaje a Hans Haacke, ABTV collective, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

 

1988
Pintura Cubana Actual, Capilla del Antiguo Hospital de Santa Cruz & Galeria GSA, Barcelona, Spain
Cuban Art in Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Administration Building, Boston, MA
VIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Arsenal de la Marina, San Juan, PR
II Encuentro de Jóvenes Artistas Plásticos, Salón de la Plástica Joven Museo Provincial de Villa Clara, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
No Es Sólo lo que Ves, Facultad de Filología, Universidad de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
Cuban Art, Tetriakof Gallery, Moscow, USSR
Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, PR
Encuentro de Grabado, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Salon de la Ciudad ‘88’, Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Disceño, Havana, Cuba
Kubarekiko Ihardunaldiak (Arteko Erakusketa), Euskal Fondoa Bilbao/Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao / Vizcaya / Guipuzcoa / Alaba, Pais Vasco, Spain
Ojo, Pinta, Collaboration with Arte Calle collective, Galería L, Havana, Cuba.

 

1987
1er Encuentro de Jóvenes Artistas Plásticos, Museo Provincial de Villa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Magic Realism, Pentonville Gallery, London, England
Concurso 13 de Marzo, Galeria L, Havana, Cuba
Serigrafia Cubana, Paris, France, Barcelona, Spain, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Warsaw, Poland
Aire Fresco, Galeria Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
Veintitantos Abriles, Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba
Salon de Pequeño Formato, Galeria L, Havana, Cuba
Salón Plaza ’87, Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba
Encuentro de Grabado 87, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Old Havana, Cuba
La otra produccion, Galeria Galeano, Havana, Cuba

 

1986
Concurso 13 de Marzo, Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Disceño, Havana, Cuba
Untitled, Galeria 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba

 

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de la Nuez, Ivan. “El arte latinoamericano de la indisciplina” El Pais, October 27, 2012.
Ostrow, Saul. “Mix and Match at Meditations Biennale”, Art in America, October 2012.
Carvalho, Denise, Friedhelm Mennekes, Fumio Nanjo & Tomasz Wendland. “Meditations Biennale”, catalogue, Muzeum Narodowe, September 14, 2012.
Mosquera, Gerardo. “CRISISSS…America Latina, arte y confrontacion 1910-2010”, catalogue, Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, December 3, 2012.
McClintock, Diana. “Glexis Novoa: Saltworks Gallery”, Art Papers, January 2012.
Weiss, Rachel. “To an from utopia in the new cuban art”, University of Minnesota Press, February 1, 2011.
O’Reilly Herrera, Andrea. “Cuban Art Across the Diasporas”, University of Texas Press, January 22, 2011.Herrera, Adriana. “Glexis Novoa: Farside Miami”, Arte Al Dia Internacional, January 15, 2011.
“Ways of Worldmaking: Notes on a Passion for Collecting”, catalogue, Freedom Tower, October 2010.
Herrera, Adriana. “Glexis Novoa y el acierto de sus ficciones urbanas”, El Nuevo Herald, October 17, 2010.
Marinelli, Claudio. “Una Coleccion de Arte Cubano”, Editemos Estrategias Editorial, October 2010.
Ceregido, Elizabeth. “Project Row Houses”, Literal, July 2010.
Caputo, Amalia. “Glexis Novoa: Solo Show, David Castillo Gallery”, ArtNexus, October 2009.
Feaster, Felicia. “Cumanana”, Art Papers, May 2009.
Cullen, Deborah, Gabriela Rangel, Robert Neustadt, Claudia Calirman, & Elvis Fuentes. “Arte ≠ Vida: Actions By Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000”, catalogue, El Museo del Barrio, January 2008.
Carvalho, Denise. “Poetics and Utopia in Cuban Contemporary Sculpture”, Sculpture Magazine, March 2008.
Weinberg, Michelle. “The Visionary”, MAP, April 2008.
Marx, Jonathan. “Cuban artist Novoa contemplates the power of architecture and the architecture of power”, The Tennessean, July 27, 2008.
McCoy, Adam. “Landscape of Events”, invitation, Cheekwood Museum, July 2008.
Moreno, Gean. “Las armas se determinan segun el campo de batalla”, Artes Magazine, July 2008.
Charpenel, Patrick, Miguel González Virgen, Ana Elena Mallet Cárdenas. “Los Nuevos Leones”, catalogue, Forum Universal de las Culturas, 2007.
Stojanovic, Jelena, Reiko Tomii, Chris Gilbert, Jesse Drew, Rachel Weiss, Ruben Gallo, Alan W. Moore, Okwui Enwezor, Irina Aristarkhova & Brian Holmes. “Collectivism
After Modernism”, University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Clemence, Paul & Julie Davidow. “Miami Contemporary Artists”, 2007.
Oroza, Ernesto. “Glexis Novoa”, invitation, October 13, 2007.
Leyva, Irina. “Glexis Novoa: Visionary Artist, The Lowe Museum”, ArtNexus, October 2006.
Gerson, Denise M. & Paula Harper. “Glexis Novoa, Visionary Artist”, catalogue, Lowe Museum, April 15, 2006.
Dexter, Emma & Ruben Gallo. “Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing”, Phaidon Press, June 2005.
“Artist Project / Landscape of Symbols”, Cabinet Magazine, June 2005.
Birbragher, Francine. “Glexis Novoa: Monograph”, ArtNexus, December 2004.
McQuaid, Cate. “Artist draws on the past to create a vision of Worcester’s future”, The Boston Globe, January 2004.
Cabañas, Kaira M., “Safe and Quiet”, invitation, Bernice Steimbaum Gallery, October 2002.
Wilson Lloyd, Ann. “Glexis Novoa at the Miami Art Museum”, Art in America, June 2002.
Birbragher, Francine. “Glexis Novoa: Solo Show, Miami Art Museum”, ArtNexus, February 2002.
Weinstein, Joel. “Glexis Novoa: Solo Show, Mosquera Mosquera Orthodontic”, ArtNexus, October 2001.
Damian, Carol. “Glexis Novoa: Solo Show, Galeria Ambrosino”, ArtNexus, May 2000.
Novoa, Glexis, & Emilio Perez. “Cuban Performance Art of the 80’s (Chronology)”, catalogue, August 9, 1998.
Blanc, Guilio V., & Antonio Eligio Fernandez (Tonel). “El Poder”, catalogue, November 9, 1993.
Nikkei news, March 30, 1993.
Mosquera, Gerardo. “Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell”, catalogue, Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, February 3, 1991.
Monsalve, Yasmin. “La plástica cubana es hoy una osada tribuna crítica”, El Nacional, January 30, 1991.
“Kuba ist o.k.”, NRZ Düsseldorf, March 29, 1990.
Fernandez, Antonio Eligio. “¡Patria o Muerte! (etapa practica)”, catalogue, 1989.
Novoa, Glexis, Santiago Rodriguez Z., & Carlos Rodriguez Cardenas. “To be or not to be (etapa romántica)”, catalogue, November 8, 1988.
Nussa, Ele. “Lo Nuevo, lo estrafalario, lo insólito”, Encuentro de Grabado, September 25, 1987.
Eligio, Antonio. “¿Por quién dobla la campana?”, Encuentro de Grabado, November 21, 1987.
Oramas, Ada. “Granma”, Encuentro de Grabado, September 25, 1983.
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Juventud Rebelde”, Encuentro de Grabado, September 25, 1983.
Pelaez, Rosa Elvira. “Cartelera”, Encuentro de Grabado, September 25, 1983.

 

 

AWARDS & RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

 

2018
Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY

 

2016
McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

 

2015
(AIR) Grant Program, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA

 

2013
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Program, New York, NY

 

2012
CIFO Grants and Commissions Program, Miami, FL

 

2010
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists, Miami, FL
Project Row Houses Residency, Houston, TX

 

2006
Cintas Fellowship Award, New York, NY

 

1998
School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

 

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

 

2006
Pelusio, Kendall Lake Branch Library, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL

 

2005
N. E. O. (New Economical Order), Related Group Collection, One Miami, Miami, FL

 

2004
Four seasons island, Related Group Collection, The Four Seasons Miami, Miami, FL
From Murano grande, Related Group Collection, Murano Grande, Miami Beach, FL

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

American Express Minneapolis, MN
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Cintas Fellowship, New York, NY
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Craig Robins, Miami Beach, FL
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
George Lindemann, Miami Beach, FL
Jorge M. Perez, Miami, FL
Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collection, Bethlehem, PA
Lowe Museum University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Ludwig Forum Fur Internationale Kunst Aachen, Germany
The Farber Collection New York, NY
Museo Histórico de Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Cuba
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island, NY
Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Washington, D.C.
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Prince Egon von Furstenberg, Milan, Italy
Related Group, Miami, FL
Robert S. Wennett and Mario Cader-Frech, Miami Beach, FL
Sprint Corporation Overland Park, KS
The Shelley & Donald Rubin, New York, NY