GUSTAVO ACOSTA 1958 Born Havana, Cuba Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida EDUCATION 1977-1982 Superior Institute of Art (ISA), Havana, Cuba 1973-1977 School of Visual Arts San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Paper Trail. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida 2015 Timeline. Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, California 2014 Space of Silence. Caixa Cultural, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2013 There: Postcards from Havana. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida. Space of Silence. Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2012 A Journal of References. Frederic Boloix Fine Arts. Ketchum, Idaho. DUDA (Doubt). Raymaluz Art Gallery in Madrid, Spain. 2011 Here. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida 2010 Gustavo Acosta. Frederic Boloix Fine Arts, Ketchum, Idaho Art of illusions. Latin American Masters. Los Angeles, California. The Time Machine. Lile O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
 2009 The Great Systems. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida. Questions to the Mirror. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá. The time machine. Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Herir la Memoria. Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 2008 Temporary Current. Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona Hipótesis de la Locura. Pan American Art Projects, Miami. 
 Transit Zones. Latin American Masters. Los Angeles, California. 
 Recent Works. Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, Texas 2007 The News of the Day. Alonso Art Gallery, Miami 2006 Los Juegos del Príncipe. Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico DF.

2005 Empire of Dreams. Latin American Masters. Los Angeles, California 2004 Historias Recurrentes. Praxis International Art, Coral Gables. Florida Del Manual Ilusionista. Praxis International Art, New York, New York 2003 Viajando de Incognito. Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic El Forastero. Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica 2002 Books of Hours. Elite Fine Art, Miami Teorema de las Islas. Galeria Tamara, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2001 Recent Works. Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina 2000 Las Trampas de Saturno. Legacy Fine Art, Panama Espejismos y Memorias. Lyle O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic Deciphering Echoes. Generous Miracles Gallery, New York Hallucinations. Elite Fine Art, Miami 1999 Recent Works. Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida Siete tardes. Galeria Muci, Caracas, Venezuela 1998 Un experimento con el Tiempo. Legacy Fine Art, Panama La huella del Eclipse. Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic 1997 La Ciudad Prohibida. Galería MUCI, Caracas, Venezuela Contando las Horas. Galería Alonso Arte, Bogota, Colombia La Memoria Cifrada. Galeria Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida 1995 On a somber note. Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Trying The Trap. Gutierrez Fine Arts, Miami Beach, Florida 1992 Solo exhibition. Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida Paisajes para lo que queda de Siglo. Galería Kahlo, Mexico DF. 1991 Las Sugestiones del Límite. Galería Habana, Havana Solo exhibition. Galería Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1990 Solo exhibition. NINART, Mexico DF. Solo exhibition. Galería Kahlo-Coronel, Mexico DF. Solo exhibition. Complejo Cultural Chaplin, Havana 1989 Los Caminos de Roma. Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana Solo exhibition. Galería Evasión Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1987 El Hombre. Museo de Santa Clara, Cuba 1986 Trece Escalones. Galería Galiano, Havana 1983 Expreso Matanzas-Cienfuegos. Galería Habana, Havana SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 La Madre de Todas las Artes. Wifredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art, Havana, Cuba 2015 Shades of Grey. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida. Iconocracia. Centro Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vittoria, Spain Objects of Beauty. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida. Agave y Caña. Mexican Consulate, Miami, Florida Resilence, the Other Cuba. Contemporary Cuban Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota The Reynardus Cuban Art Collection. Selby Gallery at Ringling College, Sarasota, Florida Cuban Art. The 80s Generation. Museo Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 2014 Made in Miami. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida Trayectos de Ida y Vuelta. Grafica Transiberica desde Miami. Diputacion Provincial de Huelva, Spain Papertrail. Latin American Masters, Los Angeles, California Figurative and Abstract in Latin American Art. Nova Southern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2013 Global Caribbean. The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. Miami. Works on Paper. Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center. 1 Bienal del Sur en Panama. Panama. Flying. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin. Germany. 8 Derivas por la Ciudad Liminal. Carrillo Gil Museum of Art. MACG. Mexico City. Mexico. 2012 Urban Lifecycles. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho. Caribes. Casa Cortes Collection. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fans Forever. MDC Museum of Art + Design. Miami. Persistence of Memories. Broward College New Gallery. Fort Lauderdale. Florida. 2011 Urbanitas. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, Florida. Florida Contemporary: Paintings, Photographs and Sculpture. Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida Campos de Asociaciones. Diálogos y Silencios entre Practicas de Dibujo. Centro Cultural Simón Bolívar. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2010 Havana a Capital's Punishment. Accent Alternative Art Space, Miami. 
 Ways of Worldmaking. Notes on a Passion for Collection. Miami Dade College Museum, Freedom Tower.
 2009 Irreversible. CIFO, Miami.
 Herir la Memoria. Siguaraya Gallery, Berlin.


2008 Visiones: 20th Century Selections from the Nassau County Museum of Art. Boca Raton Museum of Art. Florida Giants in the city. 10 artists-10 giants, Miami Bayfront Park, Miami, Florida Andamiajes. Allegro Gallery, Panama Recent Acquisitions. Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, California. 
 Unbroken Ties. Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale, Florida
 Miami Ciudad Metafora. Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida. 
 2007 Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection. Harn Museum of Art, Gainsville, Florida
 Arte Americas. Miami Beach Convention Center. Miami, Florida 
 A Través del Espejo. Arte Cubano Hoy, Galería Allegro, Panama 2006 Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art. University at Buffalo Art Gallery, New York Tastes & Tongues. The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami 2005 Real Space – Imaginary Space. Praxis International Art, New York 2004 Erase una vez en Mexico. Mexican Institute, Miami, Florida De Ida y Vuelta. The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida 2003 Paper Cut I. ARSAtelier, Union City, New Jersey Second Year Anniversary Exhibition. Leonard Tachmes Gallery, North Miami, Florida Transfiguration. Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy Xll Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana. Espacio Gallery, El Salvador Onda Expansiva, Lile O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo. Dominican Republic Spatial Identity. The Ignatian Center for the Arts. Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami 2002 XI Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana. Espacio Gallery, El Salvador Reality and Figuration: The Contemporary Latin American Presence. Boca Raton Museum of Art Gota a Gota. Lyle O.Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic 2001 Places in the Heart. The Arts Center, Saint Petersburg, Florida Cariveo 2001 and the Cuban connection. Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo. Dominican Republic Selected works from the Cuban Museum of the Americas Collection. John J. Koubek Memorial Center, Miami, Florida Small-Big Paintings from Latin America. Generous Miracles Gallery, New York Art Miami 2000. Miami, Florida Cariveo 2000. Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporaneo, Dominican Republic Latinamerican Spectrum. Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida 2nd Anniversary Group Exhibition. Hidell Brooks Gallery. Charlotte, North Carolina. From Modern to Contemporary. Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida 1999 FIAC. Caracas, Venezuela Mixta s/papel II. Lyle O Reitzel. Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Nuevas adquisiciones Latinoamericanas, 1994-1998. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela Obras Maestras del Arte Latinoamericano del Siglo XX. Biarritz, Francia. Contemporary Cuban Printmaking. Jose Alonso Fine Arts, Miami.

1998 Latinamerican Spectrum. Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida 1997 Visiones Contemporáneas. Lyle O. Reitzel. Arte Contemporáneo.Dominican Republic Summer Group Show. Elite Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida Breaking Barriers. Museum or Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1995 IV Salón de Dibujo. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Boat Images. Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida Galeria Raíces. San Juan, Puerto Rico 1994 Alter-Nations. 123 Galery, Chicago, Illinois Cinco Artistas Cubanos. Galeria Der Brucke, Buenos Aires, Argentina Cuba Contemporánea. Galeria Namia Mondolfi, Caracas, Venezuela 13 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos. Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas La ciudad de la Habana vista por sus pintores. Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Spain 1992 Plástica Contemporánea Cubana. SECOFI, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Once Artistas Cubanos. Museo del Carmen, Mexico, D.F., Mexico La Década Prodigiosa. Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico LVII Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas. Valdepeñas, Spain Continuar la Imagen, Comenzar el Siglo. Otto Zutz, Barcelona, Spain 1991 Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell. Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela X Bienal Internacional de Arte. Valparaíso, Chile III Bienal de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador IV Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba Los cubanos llegaron ya. NINART, Mexico DF., Mexico 1990 Nuevas adquisiciones contemporáneas. Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba 1989 XX Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil 1988 Sings of Transition. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York Arte Contemporáneo en Cuba. CAYC, Buenos Aires, Argentina Jornada de la Cultura Cubana. Centro Cultural de la Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1987 Bienal de Cuenca. Cuenca, Ecuador 4x4 Nº 4. Galeria Hoy en el Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1986 Il Arte con il Sonrriso. Milano, Italy Segunda Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba 4x4 Tercera Edición. Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba 1985 Salón UNEAC. Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1984 Primera Bienal de La Habana. Havana, Cuba 1983 Encuentro Latinoamericano de Artistas Jóvenes. Casa de las Américas, Cuba Salón de Dibujo Joan Miró. Barcelona, Spain Paisaje del Paisaje. Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland, Czechoslovakia, India 1982 Salón Nacional del Paisaje. Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba 4x4. Centro de Arte 23 y 12, Havana, Cuba SELECTED AWARDS 1992 Medalla de Oro en Pintura, Primera Bienal del Caribe, Dominican Republic Medalla de Oro por el país mejor representado, Primera Bienal del Caribe, Dominican Republic Premio en Pintura del LVII Salón Nacional de Arte, Valdepeñas, Spain 1991 Premio en Pintura, III Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador 1988 Premio en Pintura, Salón UNEAC, Havana, Cuba 1984 Premio Nacional de Dibujo, Primera Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba SELECTED COLLECTIONS National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
 Wifredo Lam Center. Havana, Cuba.
 National Theatre of Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
 Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA. Miami, USA.
 Diputacion Provincial de Ciudad Real. Spain. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico   
 Lowe Art Museum. Miami, USA. Farber Collection
 Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami, USA.
 Fort Lauderdale Art Museum. Fort Lauderdale, USA.
 Nassau County Museum of Art. New York, USA. The Leigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collection, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA Frost Art Museum, Florida, Miami El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
 American Carrier College, Newport Beach, California
 Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama