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		Humberto Calzada was born in Cuba in 1944 and has lived in the United States since 1960.In 1966 he received a degree in Industrial Engineering, followed by an MBA in Finance (1968) from the University of Miami He began painting in 1972 and since 1974 has dedicated his time exclusively to painting. SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS 2003   University of Miami, ICCAS, Bacardi Gallery, “Cuba: La Hora Azul” 2002   Galeria Arteconsult, “Cuba y la Noche II”, Panama, Republica de Panama 2001     Jose Alonso Fine Arts, “Cuba y la Noche,” Miami, FL 2000     Jose Alonso Fine Arts, “Humberto Calzada: New Collection of Graphic Work,” Miami, FL 1999 Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL, “Sanctuaries for the Spirit” 1998    Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama Museo Ixchel, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala 1997      Galeria Amalia Mahoney, Chicago, IL Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela 1996         Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1995         Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama Galeria Forum de Las Artes, San Juan, P.R. Corbino Galleries, Sarasota , FL 1994         The America’s  Collection, Coral Gables, FL Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1993          Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, The America’s Collection, Coral Gables, FL 1992         Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Republica de Panama Kennesaw State College Art Gallery, Marietta, GA Galeria 1.2.3, San Salvador, El Salvador 1991         Bass Museum of Art, “Fifteen Years Retrospective,” Miami Beach, FL. Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL. Fred Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1990         Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL. Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama 1989         Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1988         Galeria 9, Lima, Peru Park Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador 1987          Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1986        Galeria Arte Actual, Santiago, ChILe Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1985         Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Gutierrez Fine Arts, Key Biscayne, FL Galeria Etcetera, Panama, Republic of Panam Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador Galeria 9, Lima, Peru 1984          Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C. Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1983         Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Ga Galeria Coabey, San Juan, P.R. Galeria Etcetera, Panama, Republic of Panama 1982 Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1981         Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1980          Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1979          Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1978        Galeria Coabey, San Juan, P.R. Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 1975          Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, FL SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2004 Miami Art Central, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, “Hope and Glory: The Enduring Legacy of Oscar B. Cintas” 2003 King Fine Arts “Three Cuban Masters, Three Visions of One Reality,” New York, NY 2002 Kendall Campus Art Gallery, MDCC, “Art Trends: Miami’s Trek III: A Decade of Art in Miami”, Miami, FL       2000 Lowe Art Museum, “From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban- American Art From the Permanent Collection,” Coral Gables, F Galeria Arte Consult, “Memoria: Veinte Años,” Panama, Republica de Panama ILlinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, “Images and ReFLections,” Springfield, IL. 1998       “Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art” Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL. 1997 Galeria 1.2.3., “Latin American Art Biennial,” San Salvador, El Salvador Miami University Art Museum, “Changing Images from the Americas,” Oxford,Ohio 1993         Museum of Art, “Cuban Artists of the Twentieth Century,” Ft Lauderdale, FL 1992         Museu de Arte Moderna, “Eco Art,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1991       1992  “CUBA - U.S.A.: The First Generation” : Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minn The Museum at FLorida International University, Miami, FL 1991        Museum of Art, “South FLorida Invitational,” Fort Lauderdale, FL 1990         Northwood Institute, “Leading Hispanic Artists of South FLorida,” West Palm Beach, FL Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, “Miami Artists—Fifty Years of Collecting,” Miami, FL 1989        1989 “MIRA! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III”: Municipal Art Center, Los Angeles, Ca Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court, Dallas, Tx Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 1988          Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, “Acquisitions from the Last 10 Years, Santiago, Chile “Latin American Artists from the Southeast Coastal Region”: Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, La The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL 1987         National Library of Canada, “Cuban Artists in North America,” Ottawa, Canada      “Outside Cuba/ Fuera de Cuba”: Jane Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Oh Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Ga, 1986 - Georgia State University Art Gallery,  “Visual Arts: the Southeast 1986,”   Atlanta, Ga. Stedman Art Gallery, “Rutgers National 85/86, Works on Paper,” Rutgers University, Camden, NJ Thomas Center Gallery, “Expatriates:Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists,” GainesvILle, FL Instituto Cultural Domecq, “V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte,” Mexico,D.F., Mexico 1985       South Campus Art Gallery, “American Artists of Cuban Origin,” Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL 1984         “The Miami Generation,” Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, FL Meridian House International, Washington, D.C. The Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pa 1983        “VI Latin American Graphics Biennial Exhibition” San Juan, PR North Miami Museum and Art Center, “Five in FLorida Plus Two,” North Miami, FL 1982    Museum of Art, “Hort Memorial Exhibition,” Fort Lauderdale, FL 1981    Gallery Camino Real, “Five Contemporary Realists,” Boca Raton, FL Art Museum of the Americas (OAS, Organization of American States)“Recent Acquisitions,” Washington, DC “IV Biennial Art Exhibition of Medellin,” Medellin, Colombia Moss Gallery, “Contemporary Cuban Painting,” San Francisco, Ca 1979    “The Cuban Exhibition,” De Armas Gallery, Editorial America, Miami, FL 1978 Lowe Art Museum “Latin American Artists of the Southeastern United States, ”Coral Gables, FL Art Museum of the Americas, (OAS, Organization of American States)“Hispanic-American Artists of the United States,” Washington, DC FELLOWSHIPS 1981       Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY 1980         Painting Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs of the State of FLorida 1979       Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Centro de Arte Fundacion Ortiz-Guardian, Granada, Nicaragua Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court, Dallas, TX Miami University Museum, Oxford, OH Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Republica de Panama Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC Norton Gallery & School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO The Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL The University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, TX FLorida International University, Miami, FL Miami-Dade Community College South Campus Art Gallery, Miami, FL Dade County Art in Public Places Program, Miami International Airport, Miami, FL Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Miami Branch Office Gulf & Western Industries, La Romana, Dominican Republic Banco de Viscaya, Miami, FL Banco Nacional de Brasil, Miami, FL Bank of Tokyo, Miami, FL Capitol National Bank, Miami, FL International Bank of Miami, N.A. Republic International Bank, Interamerican Office, Miami, FL Republic National Bank, Miami, FL Wells Fargo International Bank, Miami, FL Bank of Boston, Miami, FL SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Ahlander, Leslie J., “MIRA! Diferencias en el Arte Norteamericano y Latinoamericano,”        Arte en Colombia, No. 38, December 1988, pp. 36-38 _____,“Arnaldo Roche y Humberto Calzada: Estudios en Contraste,” Arte en Colombia, No. 46, January 1991, p. 119 Allen, Jane Adams, “Surrealist InFLuences in the Works of the ExILed,” The Washington Times, June 21, 1984, p. 3B Altabe, Joan, “Calzada’s Dreamy, Post-Modern Edifices,” Herald Tribune,  Sarasota, FLorida, July 15, 1994, p.21 ______, “Calzada Aims for More than Shape,” Herald Tribune, Guide to    Entertainment, Sarasota, FL, July 21, 2000, p26 Alvarez-Bravo, Armando, “De Nuevo Arte Hispano en West Palm Beach,” El Nuevo Herald, October 6, 1990, p.30 _____, “Humberto Calzada” El Nuevo Herald, November 17, 1990, pp.1D, 4D _____,“Calzada, Cada Vez Mejor,” El Nuevo Herald, Seccion Viernes de Galeria,    October 7, 1994, p.29D _____,“Exposicion de Humberto Calzada,” El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras, AprIL 25,  1999, p.2E _____, “El Universo Fantastico de Humberto Calzada” El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras         March 19, 2000, pp.1E-2E _____, “Humberto Calzada: Cuba y la Noche,” El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras,    March 18, 2001, p1-E. _____, “Humberto Calzada: La Casa Ideal Para lo Cubano”, El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras             February 16, 2003, p.1E _____, “Humberto Calzada: Desde La Luz Azul”, El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras,              November 2, 2003, p.1E Alvarez Lezama, Manuel, “Time Stops in Blue,” The San Juan Star, Venue Section,December 10, 1995, pp. 16-17 Avila, Luisa Fernanda, “El Espacio Magico de Humberto Calzada,” El Periodico, Guatemala, February 4, 1998, p. 16 Balta, C., Aida, “El Mundo Interior de Humberto Calzada,” El Comercio, Lima, Peru, December 15, 1988, pC1 Bernuy, Jorge, “Arte de Atmosfera del Pintor Calzada,” El Comercio, Lima, Peru, ApriL 8, 1985, p.C12 Blank, Giulio V., “Bombs and Oranges, Discovering Miami’s Explosive Art Scene,”Arts Magazine, November 1990, pp. 75-79 Casalins, Rafael, “Calzada: El Triunfo de la Disciplina,” El Miami Herald, May 20, 1984, p17 Dobbs, LILlian, “A Star is Rising in the Miami Art Scene,” The Miami News, AprIL 21, 1978, p.6D _____,“Calzada Creates Romantic Memories,” The Miami News, AprIL 17, 1981, p.2B Donohoe, Victoria, “Biennial in Camdem Shows Growth in Sophistication,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 8, 1989, p4D _____,“Images of Richness and Restraint,” PhILadelphia Inquirer, September 18, 1987, Weekend, p.42 Edwards, Ellen, “The Cubans in Miami,” ARTnews, v78, no2, February 1979, p147 _____,“South FLorida: No Longer a Last Resort for Art,” ARTnews, v78, no10, December 1979, p.84 Forgey, Benjamin, “The Cuban Evolution,” The Washington Post, June 14, 1984, pB7 Fox, Catherine, “Memory Colors View of Artists’ ‘Outside Cuba’”, The Atlanta Constitution, ApriL 3, 1989, p3B Kohen, Helen L., “New Realism Redefined,” The Miami Herald, AprIL 20, 1979,p3C _____,“Calzada at FORMA,” The Miami Herald, AprIL 24, 1981, p.3C _____,“ ‘Miami Generation:’ Cuban Artists in Transition,” The Miami Herald, October 14, 1983, p2C _____,“Cuban American Artists Get Sprawling Chicago Showcase,” The Miami Herald February 17, 1991, ppI1I10 _____,“Cuban Artist Explores Odyssey of ExILe,” The Miami Herald, October 20, 1991, ppI1, I5 Martinez, Dionisio D., “Humberto Calzada, Interview” ART PAPERS, Atlanta, Georgia, January/February 1991, pp6-9 Molina, Antonio J., “Intercambio Entre Galerias,” El Mundo, San Juan Puerto Rico, May 13, 1978, p5D Montane, Diana, “Outside Cuba,” The Miami News, September 30, 1988, pp1C, 6C _____,“Humberto Calzada Crea Espacios Magicos,” EXITO, Miami, FL, February 26,1992, pp56-57 Monzon, Ana, “Humberto Calzada: La Fabulacion Legendaria de los Viejos Alarifes, ”La Prensa, Panama, October 6, 1985, p4B Morch, Al, “The Work of Six ‘Cuban Artists in ExILe’”, The San Francisco Examiner,September 14, 1981, pE10 Nesmith, Lunn, “ILlusionary ‘Stage Sets’” Architecture, AprIL 1985, p47 Ossa, Nena, “Los Nostalgicos Espacios de Humberto Calzada,” La Nacion, Santiago,ChILe, September 14, 1981, p.32 Oviero, Ramon, “Humberto Calzada en la Galeria Etcetera,” La Prensa, Panama, May 20, 1983, p4B Pau-Llosa, Ricardo, “Humberto Calzada y la Arquitectura de la Memoria,” Plastica,San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1983, pp42-44 _____,“Humberto Calzada UtILiza la Arquitectura Como Memoria,” Vanidades Continental, Ano 23, No. 10, May 10, 1983, pp.8-9 _____,“Image du Bati,” Connaissance des Arts, Paris, France, February 1984, no. 384, pp.52-57 _____,“Calzada’s Architecture of Memory,” Caribbean Review, Spring 1984, pp38-39 _____,“The Dream of Order: Four Approaches to Identity and FLux in Art,”    Dreamworks,  v4, no2, 1984-85, pp108-121 _____,“La ‘Vera’ Arte Latinoamericana,” Terzo Occhio, Bologna, Italia, September, 1985, pp.2-6 _____,“La Decada en el Arte Latinoamericano,” Hombre de Mundo, Ano 10, no9, September 1985, pp64-66, 140 _____,“Latin Americanism,” Interview, New York, v16, no9, September 1986, p92 _____,“Miami: Glass DragonFLy,” Art International, Paris, France, Winter 1988, pp63-66 Rosario, Agustin del, “Galeria Arteconsult: Humberto Calzada, Obras Recientes,” El Panama America, September 3, 1995, p4G _____, “Con Humberto Calzada Hablamos de Cuba y de Arte,” Revista Siete del Panama America, January 20, 2002, pp18-20 Sedelnik, Lisa, “A Different Perspective,” Latin Finance, March 1995, pp 100-102 Smith, Griffin, Art Review, The Miami Herald, December 7, 1975, p2M Turner, Elisa, “Outside Cuba: The Art of ExILe,” The Miami Herald, October 2, 1988, pp1K, 6K Yossiffon, Raquel, “Excerpts from Speech at Exhibition: Images and ReFLections,” La Raza, Arena Supplement, September 2000, pp. 8-9. Young-Nunez, Cesar, “Humberto Calzada: Arquitecto del Sueno,” La Estrella de Panama, Suplemento Istmo, Panama, October 6, 1985