1953
Born Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida
EDUCATION
1978
University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, MA in art history.
1976
Photographic and Graphic Design course under the tutorial of the Cuban artist Raul Martínez.
1973
National School of Art, Havana, Cuba, BA in Fine Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Innerland, Online exhibition, www.cubaartny.org New York
Innerland, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida
2004
A Small Retrospective, Chelsea Galleria, Miami, Florida
2003
The City, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2002
Photographs and Memories, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore,Maryland
2001
Beyond Cuba- Mirages of Absence, Beadleston Gallery, New York,
2000
Gory, Recents Works, Tamara Gallery, San Juán, Purto Rico
1996
Gory, Recents Works, Elite Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1995
Sharing Roots, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1994
Gory: Photoworks – A Midcareer Retrospective, Fondo del Sol, Washington DC
1993
Photographs of Gory, Lehigh University, Dubois Gallery, Bethlehem, Pensylvania
1992
Foto-Fest 92, Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, Texas
1991
Retrospective, Fourth Havana Biennial, The Three Kings of the Morro Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Ausencias, Kahlo Coronel Gallery, Mexico DF.
Ausencias, Manolo Rivero Gallery, Mérida, Yucatán, México
1990
An American Dream, Khalo Coronel Gallery, Mexico DF.
An American Dream, Cienfuego’s Art Gallery, Cuba
An American Dream, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
1988
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, García Monge Gallery, National Theatre, San José, Costa Rica
1987
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Kahlo Coronel Gallery, Mexico, DF.
1986
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Mexican Council of Photography, Mexico, DF.
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Costarrican Museum of Art, San José, Costa Rica
1982
Sólo Entrada, Cultural House of Plaza, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
A Través del Espejo, Arte Cubano Hoy, Allegro Galería, Panamá
2006
Latin American Photography 2, Selections from the Lehigh University Art Gallery Collection, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2005
Icons, Memories & Reminders, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Alter Realities, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach. Florida
2004
Tres, GDS Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
Through the lens: Eigh Photographers, C Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore
2003
Visual Poetics: Art and the Word, Miami Art Nuseum, Florida
2002
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2001
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution: Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), California
Latin American Artist-Photographers From the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection, DuBois Gallery, Maginnes Hall, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania
El Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, El Museo del Barrio, New York
1999
Fin de Mundo, Fine Arts Museum Fundation, Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Developing Illusion, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
Breaking Barriers, from the collection of the Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, Dali Museum, Tampa, Florida
1997
Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida
American Voices, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; La Caixa Fundation, Palma, Balears Isles; Centre d’Art Santa Mónica Cataluña, Spain
Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Old Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Texas
1995
Reverberations: Diptychs & Triptychs from the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
1994
American Voices, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
1992
Cambio de Foco (Ante América) , Banco de la República, Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
1986
Second Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1984
First Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1981
Hecho en Latinoamérica II, Fine Arts Palace, Mexico, DF
Sano y Sabroso, 12 y 23 Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Volumen I, International Art Center, Havana, Cuba
1979
Pintura Fresca, Art Gallery of Cienfuegos, Cuba
1978
Hecho en Latinoamérica I, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico, DF
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006
Latin American Photography 2, Exhibition catalogue, Selections from the Lehigh University Art Gallery Collection, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2005
Treasure from the Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, engagement calendar of LACMA 2005 (July), Los Angeles, California
2003
Atlantica Revista de Arte y Pensamiento No 36, Otoño de 2003, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Nueva Luz, photographic journal Volume 8 No.3 En Foco Inc. New York
2001
Latin American Artist-Photographers From The Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection, Exhibition catalogue, Bethehem, Pennsylvania
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution, Exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba, Colección de Arte Cubano, pag. 230-231, La Habana, Cuba
Ollman, Leah, From Revolution to Reverie, Art in America, October 2001 New York
Holland Cotter , Stylists of the Epic and the Surreal The New York Times Weekend, Friday September 7, 2001, New York
1997
Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain
1994
Luis Camnitzer .New Art of Cuba, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas
1993
Gutierrez, Natalia, Cambio de Foco, Art Nexus #55, June-August 93
1992
Cambio de Foco (Ante América), Exhibition catalogue, Banco de la República, Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia
1990
No Man is an Island, Cuban Young Art, Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Pori, Finland
1987
Esquire & Derby, Lo Especchio nello Especchio di Gory, Italian edition, Milan, Italy
1981
Hecho en Latinoamerica II, Exhibition catalogue, Mexican Council of Photography, Mexico, DF
AWARDS
2001
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in the field of the Visual Arts, New York
1990
Photography Prize, National Salon of the Cuban Union of writers and Artists, Havana, Cuba
1984
Photography Prize “Tina Modotti” at the First Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1982
Prize at the National Landscape Salon, Havana, Cuba
1981
Latinoamerican and Caribean Photography Prize of “Casa de las Américas”, Havana, Cuba
COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20th Century Art Permanent Collection, New York, USA. (Painting).
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) permanent collection (photography), CA, USA.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Corcoran’s Permanent Collection of Photographs), Washington DC, USA.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, USA.
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, USA.
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX. USA. (Photography)
Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. (Painting and Photography).
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pensylvania, USA. (Photography).
MAM (Miami Art Museum), Miami, FL, USA.
Museum of Pori, Finland. (Photography).
Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting).
Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, (photography).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting and Photography).
Biblioteca Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Photography).
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. (Photography)
