Ruben Torres Llorca CV
RUBEN TORRES LLORCA
1957 Born in Havana, Cuba. Reside in Miami, FL, since 1993.
EDUCATION
1981 Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba.
1976 Escuela de Artes San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Mirror Mirror" Conde Contemporary, Coral Gables, FL.
2016 "Circulos De Fuego" Kendall Art Center. Miami, FL
2015 "Better Days Ahead" Juan Ruiz Gallery, Wynwood, FL
2011 "El Bosque no es lo Mismo sin el Lobo" Now Contemporary Art, Wynwood, FL
2010 "Figure 1 to 20" Now Contemporary Art, Wynwood, Miami, FL.
2009 "Los Peores Hombres Cuentan las Mejores Historias" Praxis, New York, NY.
2008 "The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Guilty" Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MARP),
2007 "Una Historia Para Ninos Basada en un Crimen Real", Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, FL.
2005 "If They Pay You For It ", Praxis International, Coral Gables, Fl
2002 "Si Pierdo la Memoria que Pureza", Locust Projects, Miami, Fl.
2000 "Last News From Havana", Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.
1996 "Eight Visits to the Artist's Studio", Miami Art Museum, Fl.
1995 "The Anchor", Marta Gutierrez Fine Arts, Miami Beach, Fl.
1993 "Casa Tomada", Expositum, Mexico DF.
1992 "Ya No Te Espero", Ninart, Centro de Cultura, Mexico DF.
1990 "La Trampa", Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1989 "Una Mirada Retrospectiva", Centro de Artes Platicas Luz y Oficios, La Habana, Cuba.
1987 "A Semejansa Nuestra", Centro Cultural Capilla Britanica, Mexico DF.
1983 "Cine del Hogar", Galeria Habana, Cuba.
1981 "Fumar Daña Tu Salud", Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, La Habana, Cuba.
"Making Circles In The Water", Juan Ruiz Gallery, Wynwood, FL.
- "22", Galeria La Acacia, Habana, Cuba.
-Cintas Foundation Fellowship, Freedom Tower, Miami FL.
2011 "The 2011-2012 CINTAS Foundation Fellowship Award Winners, Miami Dade College, .
“Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art.” Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan
" PARALLEL CURRENTS Snite Museun of Art, Notre Dame, Indiana.
“Recent Acquisitions from the Latin American Art Collection” Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.
"Arte TransCubano" Galeris Chico Zapote, Mexico DF.
"Irreversible" The Cisneros Fontanal Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL.
"Aesthetics & Values" The Green Library, Florida International University (FIU), Miami. FL
"Cuban Avant-Garde" Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.
"Witches, Bitches and Saints" Miami Dade College, Kendal Campus, FL.
"Go Figure!", Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
"Beyond All That", World Arts Building, Miami, Fl.
"American Art Today", Frost Museum, Miami FL.
"Thinking Outside the Sphere", Museum of Science, Miami, FL.
"Palmas Reales y Vitrales" Alonso Fine Arts, Miami, FL.
"IX Muestra de Pintura Y Escultura Latinoamericana" Galeria Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador.
1994 "13 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos" Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela.
1992 "Von Dort Aus: Kuba., Ludwing Forum Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1991 "El Collage Contemporaneo", Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico DF.
"No Por Mucho Madrugar Amanece Mas Temprano", Fototeca De Cuba, La Habana.
"XV Muestra Internacional de Pintura" Cagnes Sur Mer, France.
1983 "Sano y Sabroso", Galeria L, La Habana, Cuba.
"III Bienal Ibero.Americana de Arte", Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF.
1982 "Retrospectiva de Arte Joven", Salon Lalo Carrasco, La Habana, Cuba.
"Premio de Fotografia Cubana", Galeria 23 y M, Habana, Cuba,
"Los Novisimos Cubanos", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Panama.
1981 "Volumen I", Galeria de Arte Internacional, La Habana, Cuba.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. Fototeca de Cuba, La Habana.
Ludwig Forum Fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. Museo del Barrio, New York, NY.
Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan.
Miami Art Museum (MAM), Miami, FL.
The Frost Museum, Miami, FL.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Miami, FL.
The Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
Harn Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL.
Miami Dade College, FL.
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
The Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY.
MUAC Contemporary Art Museum, UNAM, Mexico DF.
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico DF.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Michoacan, Mexico.
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Latinoamericano, Managua, Nicaragua. The Art Nexus Foundation, Bogota, Colombia
The Estee Lauder Foundation, New York, NY.
The Art Nexus Foundation, Bogota, Colombia