Education

1992     BFA, The University of Arts/Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba

1991     Film Workshop, The International Film and TV School (EICTV), Havana, Cuba.

Conservation and Restoration Workshop, National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology (CENCREM), Havana, Cuba.

Wood Carving Workshop, Higher Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba.

1989     Photo Manipulation Workshop, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

1987     High School of Visual Art. San Alejandro Academy. Havana, Cuba.

1983     Elementary School of Visual Art. Havana, Cuba.

Solo Exhibitions

2022     The Life of Meanings. Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

2021     Palimpsest/Rewritings: Ceramics by Carlos Estévez. Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Biloxi, MS

The Flying Dreams. Art Kiosk. Redwood City. CA

Preludes. William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

Carlos Estevez. Dibujos. Havana Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland. April – July

2020     Beachcomber. LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC

Palimpsest. Ceramics by Carlos Estévez. Storrs Gallery. College of Arts + Architecture, University of North Carolina Charlotte, NC

2019     Cities of the Mind. Lowe Art Museum. University of Miami, FL

Observatorios observables. Artscape Lab, Miami, FL

Carlos Estévez: Entelechy. Works from 1992 to 2018. Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

2018     The Secret Life of Cities. Centro Cultural Español Miami, FL

            Mundos paralelos. Allegro Galeria. Panama City. Panama

Transeúntes, LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC

2017     Fireworks, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL

2016     Wakefulness, Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX

Homo ludens, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Soulcatcher, LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC

2015     Celestial Traveler, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL

Plenilunio, Galeria Enlace Arte Contemporaneo, Lima. Peru

Taumaturgia, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Reliquary, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

2014     Exodus, Galerie Bourbon-Lally, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

2013     Préludes, T&T Art Contemporain, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe

Cahier Volant, Bibliotèque Schoelcher, Fort-de-France, Martinique

Living Apart Together, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012     Memorabilia, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

Intersticios, Allegro Galería, Ciudad de Panama, Panama

Diluvios íntimos, Lyle O Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2011     Apophenia, Taylor Bercier Fine Art, New Orleans, LA

Efluvios, Latino Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI

Psychomanteum, JM’Arts Galerie, Paris, France

Lucernarium, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Encryted Messages, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010     Peregrinaje, Evan Lurie Gallery, Carmel, IN

Multiverso, Lyle O Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Itinerarium Mentis, Luz & Suarez del Villar Galeria, Madrid, Spain

Oblivion, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

Apocryphus, The Abud Family Foundation for the Arts, Lawrenceville, NJ

Soliloquy, Taylor Bercier Fine Art, New Orleans, LA

2009     Interludios, Allegro Galería, Ciudad de Panama, Panama

Images of the Thought, UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Laboratorium, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Mystery of Migrations, PanAmerican Art Project, Miami, FL

Estática milagrosa, Gomez Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Personal crusade, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2008     Secret Keepers, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Hermetic Garden, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

2007     New Wave from Cuba, Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokio, Japan

Mirage Habitable, JM’ART Galerie, Paris, France

Anamorfosis, Havana Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Inner Voices, Sandra and Philip Gordon Gallery, Boston Art Academy, Boston, MA

Speak (Again) Memories, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, Lupin Foundation Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Labyrinthus, Panamerican Art Projects, Dallas, TX

Two of a Kind, Alva Gallery, New London, CT

2006     Observatorium, Alonso Art, Miami, FL

Le voyage inmmobile, Gomez Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2005     Irreversible processes, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Existir en el tiempo, The Olga M. & Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, The Ignatian Center for The Arts of Belen Jesuit, Miami, FL

2004     Existential Gravitation, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL

Théories et explications, Selam Gallery, Paris, France

Horror Vacui, Salle Edouard Marcel Sandoz et Michel David-Weill, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

Sueños y desvelos, Alva Gallery, New London, CT

2003     Botellas al mar, Casa del Lago México, DF

Ciudad Secreta, Exposición Colateral a la 8va. Bienal de La Habana, Casa Benito Juárez, La Habana, Cuba.

La vida y sus implicaciones, Galería Sacramento, Aveiro, Portugal.

Human Transparency, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Viridãrium, Cuban Art Space, New York, NY

No Man’s Land, Galeria 106, Austin, TX

La eternidad cotidiana, Havana Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland

2002     Circo Metafísico, Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, Miami, FL

El alma es un lugar, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba

Circo cotidiano, Galería Pequeño Espacio, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, La Habana, Cuba

The Dark Theater, ALVA Gallery, New London, CT

Dreamcomber, Bakalar Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA

2001     The Theater of the Soul, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

The Theater of Life, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Stains of Life (con Claudia Bernardi), Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latinoamericana (MACLA), San José, CA

Drawings and Sculpture, Space of the Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY

2000     Stains of Life (con Claudia Bernardi), Galería Habana, La Habana, Cuba

1999     Bestiarium, Galería Couturier, Los Angeles, CA.

1998     Lieux Inconnus, Château de la Napoule, Nice, France

Mundo viviente (proyecto dentro de la exhibición colectiva Arte contemporáneo de Cuba; Ironía y sobrevivencia en la Isla utópica), Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Teatro invisible, The Nordic Artists’ Centre, Dale, Norway

1997     Visionario II, Galería Nina Menocal, DF. México

The Heart is a Brigde, Gasworks Gallery, London, England

Visionario, Academia de San Carlos, DF. México

1996     Tratado ontológico, Galería Espacio Abierto, Revista Revolución y Cultura,

La Habana, Cuba.

1995     El destino es tuyo (con Santiago Rodríguez Olazábal), Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba.

Revelaciones gnómicas, Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.

1993     No sé por qué voy a los extremos (con Luis Gómez), Galería Habana, La Habana, Cuba

1992     A través del universo, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana, Cuba

1987     La cantidad hechizada, Casa del Joven Creador, La Habana, Cuba

1984     Pinturas y dibujos, Galería Leopoldo Romañach, La Habana, Cuba

Group Exhibitions

2023     Our Collection. Recent Work by Represented Artists and American Prints. Panamerican Art & Design. Miami, FL Dec 3, 2023 – Feb 3, 2024

Pinta Art Fair. Represented by Panamerican Art Projects. Miami, FL

Vuelve a nosotros tus ojos. La Caridad nos une. Ermita de la Caridad. Miami, FL Dec 4, 2023 – Jan 15, 2024.

30 Years of Master Print Series at MassArt. Mass Art, Boston, MA Oct 31 – Nov 18, 2023

Juan Francisco Elso. Por America. Museum of Contemporary Art. North Miami, FL Nov 1, 2023 – Mar 17, 2024

Power Couture. Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL Jun 3 – Aug 12 , 2024

Artist Set the Table. Pinecrest Gardens, Miami, FL Feb 19 – May 31

            Gathering Voices at RAM: 20 Years of Building America’s Largest Contemporary Craft Collection. Racine Art Museum. Racine, WI Feb 8 – Jul 5

On::View Revue. Sulfur Studios, Savanah, GA Jan 13 – Feb 18

2022     You Know Who You Are. Recent Acquisitions of Cuban Art from The Jorge M. Pérez Collection. El Espacio 23. Miami, FL Oct 27

Art on Paper Art Fair. New York, NY

Caribbean Transitions. American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC. June 11 – August 7.

Beyond the Plate/Contemporary Ceramics. Museum of Arts & Sciences. Daytona, FL

2021     Fine Arts on the Plate. Sidney Berne & Davis Art Center. Fort Myers, FL

            Art Miami

2020     Fine Arts on the Plate. Kendall Art Cultural Center, Miami, FL Nov 27

2019     Crosscurrents. Foosaner Art Museum, FL

The Gift of Art. Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL Oct 25th, 2018 – Dic. 31, 2019

Architecture of the Immaterial. LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC

Visions and Imagination: Cuban-American and Argentinian Art, Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY

2018     Art Miami. International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL. Represented by Artscape Lab.

Connectivity: Selections from the Permanent Collection. Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. Miami, FL

            Fifth Anniversary Collective. LaCa Projects, Charlotte, NC

Brinquedos para Icaro. Museu da Quinta de Santiago. Leça de Palmeira, Portugal

Experiencia del coleccionismo familiar. La Modernidad en el Sur. Casa America. Madrid, Spain

Outside Cuba. Gericke + Paffrath Gallery. Dusseldorf, Germany

            The Color Rides in Coral Gables. Ninoska Huerta Gallery. Coral Gables, FL

2017     On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT

Serigrafía Artística Cubana, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL

Artists in Purgatory. “Jorge Reynardus Collection at KAC”, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL

Art x Cuba. Contemporary Perspectives since 1989, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Latin America: Endless Transformation. RedLine, Denver, CO

Build Hope, No Walls, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX

Singapore Contemporary Art Show represented by Enlace Arte Contemporaneo. Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre. Singapore

2016     Art Miami. International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL. US. Represented by Panamerican Art Projects

CONTEXT Art Miami. Miami FL. US Represented by LaCa Projects

Miami Projects 5, Miami FL. US Represented by ArtVitam

Echos Imprévus – Turning Tides. Mémorial ACTe. Guadeloupe

Rot. Havana Galerie. Zurich, Switzerland

Obsessions: Memory, Ideology & the Creative Process. Panamerican Art Projects, ANNEX, Miami, FL

Beyond the Pour II: The Creative Process, Museum of Craft and Design. San Francisco, CA

On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music. Green Hall Gallery. Yale School of Art. New Haven, MA

Context New York represented by LaCa Projects. Pier 94, New York, NY

Art Market San Francisco represented by Art Vitam, Fort Mason Pavillion. San Francisco, CA

Gestures of Faith in Contemporary Cuban Art, The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY

Collective II: Latin American Perspectives, LaCa Projects. Charlotte, NC

2015     XIV Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Art TODAY, PromoArte Gallery, Tokyo

SCOPE, Miami, FL

Art Miami, International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair, Miami, FL

Shades of Grey, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

Cuban Art from the Collection of Jorge Reynardus, Ringling Colleges Galleries. Selby Gallery, Sarasota, FL

Agave y caña, Instituto Cultural de Mexico. Miami, FL

Appropriations, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, NY

Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX

The Other Cuba, Northrop King Building, Minneapolis, MN

Objects of Beauty, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

The Art of War, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

#20yearsontheroad, Lyle O Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2014     Present Art XV, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

ES2014 VIII Bienal Internacional de Estandartes, CECUT. Tijuana, Mexico

Welcome to the Jungle, Panamerican Art Projects. Miami, FL

Made in Miami, Panamerican Art Projects. Miami, FL

2013     Art Miami. International Contemporary & Modern Art Fair. Miami, FL

BIAC Martinique, Fort-de-France. Martinique

Caribbean Cream, what you do is what you see. BrutEdge Gallery. NJ

Works on Paper, Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center. Miami, FL

Pintando a Borges, UB Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Summer – Like It Hot, Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

I Bienal del Sur en Panamá, Ciudad Panamá. Panama

Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL

Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Convention Center. West Palm Beach. FL

2012     Eye Candy, Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Houston Fine Art Fair, One Reliant Park, Houston. TX USA September 13 – 16

Oscuras aventuras gráficas, Lyle O Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Of Cuban Invention, AIB Gallery at University Hall, Lesley University, Boston, MA

Pintando a Borges, Iris and B, Gerald Cantor Art Gallery. College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA

Arte Americas Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL

Art Palm Beach. Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL

Raw, Home Space. New Orleans, LA

Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL

2011     Urbanitas, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

PooL Art Fair Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique

Red Dot Miami, Wynwood Art District. Miami, FL

PINTA New York, Pier 92. New York, NY

Periplos, Allegro Galeria. Panama

Hamptons Art Fair. Sayre Parks. Bridgehampton, NY

Group Shot, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Lonarte 11, Arte Social, Calheta, Madeira. Portugal

Ajiaco. Stirrings of the Cuban Soul, Newark Museum. Newark, NJ

            Cuban Visions, Metropolitan Pavillion. New York, NY

Estetica Sold. 16 Aniversario. Lyle O Reitzel Gallery. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Unrooted/Transmigrations. Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

Arte Americas Art Fair, Convention Center, Miami, FL

Palm Beach Art Fair. Convention Center. West Palm Beach, FL

Miami International Art Fair. Convention Center. Miami, FL

2010     Art Miami. Wynwood, Miami, FL

Colectiva de Navidad. Allegro Gallery. Panama

PINTA New York. Pier 92, New York, NY

Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985 – 2008. Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Ajiaco. Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA

Pintando a Borges. Una interpretación pictórica de sus ficciones. Pabellón de Bellas Artes. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Buenos Aires. Argentina

Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL, Katonah Museum of Art, NY

Scope Basel. Kaserne. Basel, Switzerland

Summer Salon, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL

Pinta London, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England

Contrastes, Allegro Galeria. Panama

Arteamericas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Miami, FL

Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

Public Collections

National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA

Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC

Yale University Art Gallery, New Heaven, CT

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL

Drammens Museum for Kunst og Kulturhistorie, Drammens, Norway

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL

MOLAA. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

BNY Mellon Art Collection, New York, NY

Bacardi Art Foundation, Miami, FL

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jorge M Pérez Collection, Miami, FL

La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France

Acerbo Histórico de la Academia de San Carlos, DF. México

The Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany

Colección Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba

Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY

Fundación Arte Viva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain

Art OMI, Ghent, NY

Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, New York, NY

The Farber Collection, New York, NY

Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France

Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

Selected Talks and Lectures

The Celeste Bartos Theater, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Boston Art Academy, Boston, MA

Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Texas State University, Austin, TX