1929-2003
Born La Habana, Cuba
Died New York
EDUCATION
1943-1947
Studies at San Alejandro Academy of Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1940-47
Studies at Hubert de Blanc Music Conservatory, Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Hugo Consuegra, Signs of the Self. Center for Cuban and Cuban -American Studies, Casa Bacardí, Miami, Florida
2005
Hugo Consuegra, Painter of Feelings. Pesqueira Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004
Elapso Tempore. Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002
Solo Exhibition. Ars Atelier, Union City, New Jersey
Solo Exhibition. Agustín Gainza Fine Cuban and Latin American Art, Miami, Florida
1996
Solo Exhibition. Cuban Collection Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida
1993
Solo Exhibition. Offices of Ysrael Seinuk, New York, NY
1981
Solo Exhibition. Cayman Gallery, New York, NY
1978
Solo Exhibition. Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1976
Solo Exhibition. Aemes Gallery, New York, NY
1971
Solo Exhibition. Cisneros Gallery, New York, NY
1969
Solo Exhibition. Cisneros Gallery, New York, NY
1964
Solo Exhibition. Galería Havana, Havana, Cuba
Solo Exhibition. International Festival of Sopot, Poland
1958
Solo Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela.
1957
Solo Exhibition. Roland Aenlle Gallery, New York
1956
Solo Exhibition. Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
1953
Solo Exhibition. Lyceum. Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
A Sense of Space: Cuban Artists and Architecture. M. Castaneda Architects , Sponsored by Cuban Cultural Center of NY and Cuba Art NY, New York, NY.
Pan-American Art: Pérez Celis, Hugo Consuegra, Emilio Sánchez. Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY.
2005
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit. The UBS Art Gallery, New York.
2004
Los Avecinados. Jadite Galleries, New York.
2003
Three Cuban Masters: Three Visions, One Reality: Humberto Calzada, Hugo Consuegra and Baruj Salinas. King Fine Arts Gallery, New York.
2000
Tono a tono. Exposición de Arte Abstracto. Galería del Hotel Habana Libre, La Habana, Cuba.
From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban-American Art from the Permanent Collection of the Lowe Art Museum. University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
1998
Hispanic Artists Fight AIDS. American Red Cross, Englewood, New Jersey.
1997
Guido Llinás and Los Once after Cuba. Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
Breaking Barriers. Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1996-97
9 Cuban American Artists. Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, CUNY, Brooklyn, New York.
1995
ART-AIDS. Exhibit and silent auction. Jadite Galleries, New York.
Envisioning East New York. The Urban Center, New York.
1994
Cuban Artists: Expressions in Graphics. Jadite Galleries, New York.
Cuban Graphics. The Miami Herald & El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida.
Double Exposure. Dore Ashton selects two works from each artist. Pleiades Gallery, New York.
Hyacinth Foundation Auction. AIDS Patients' Benefit, Embassy Suites Hotel, Secaucus, New Jersey.
Art en route. MTA Arts for Transit, Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York.
The Museums at Stony Brook. Stony Brook, New York.
Cuban Presence. Vista Gallery, New York.
1993
A Reunion. Hugo Consuegra, Guido Llinás and Tomás Oliva. Jadite Galleries, New York.
Annual Group Exhibition by Gallery Artists. Jadite Galleries, New York.
1992
Cuba: Expressions from the Diaspora. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, New York.
El impacto de Dos Mundos. Artspace, New Haven.
Cuban Artists Collection. Volume I, Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.
1990
The Awakening/El Despertar. The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1988
Elite Gallery, Miami, FloridaL, USA.
1986
Abstract Visions. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York.
18th, 19th and 20th Latin American Paintings. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York.
1985
Latin American Paintings. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York.
1984
Latin American Paintings. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York.
1983
Latin American Paintings. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York.
Unveiling Cuba. Abdala, Union City, New Jersey.
1982
Second Latin American Graphics Arts Biennial. Cayman Gallery, New York.
Group Exhibition. Ollantay Gallery, New York.
Colección Francisco Olartecoechea. Galería Bacardí, Miami, Florida.
Cuba Otra. Escandalar, Shenandoah Library and Meeting Point Gallery, Miami, Florida.
1981
Latin American Paintings. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York.
1980
First Latin American Graphic Arts Biennial. Cayman Gallery, New York.
1979
Window to the South. Louis Abrons Arts for Living Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York.
The Cuban Exhibition. De Armas Gallery, Miami, FL, USA.
Twenty Century Cuban Painting. Metropolitan Museum & Art Centers and the Inter-American Foundation for the Endowment of the Fine Arts, Miami Beach Center, Florida.
Stevens Rosenberg Gallery, Miami, Florida.
IV Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano. Puerto Rico.
Ollantay II. Latin American Painters, The Queens Museum, New York, USA.
1978
Pensacola Art Center, Pensacola, Florida.
Variations on Latin Themes in New York. Center for Inter-American Relations, New York.
Contemporary Latin American Art. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida.
Hispanic-Americans Artists of the United States, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, OEA, Washington D.C., USA.
1977
First Exhibit of Cintas Fellows. Miami-Dade Public Library, Continental Bank of Miami and Miami-Dade Community College, FL, USA.
Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, PA.
Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida.
Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY, USA.
Re-encuentro Cubano 1977. Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida.
Black and White Prints. 6 artists from the Printmaking Workshop. Duffy-Gibbs Gallery, New York.
Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida.
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Museum of Art. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA.
Museum of Art. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
1976
Group Exhibition. Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York.
Imán: New York. The Institute of Contemporary Hispanic Art. Center for Inter-American Relations, New York; Museo de Ponce, Puerto Rico; Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Modern Painting by Cuban Artists. Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, Florida.
Contemporary Printmakers of the Americas. Touring exhibition of Organization of American States, Washington, DC.
Printmaking Workshop Exhibition. Bard College, Procter Art Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Group Exhibition. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Group Exhibition. Arts Council, Plant City, Florida.
Group Exhibition. Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.
Group Exhibition. Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina.
1975
3rd Hawaii National Print Exhibition. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawai.
6 Cuban Painters Working in New York. Center for Inter-American Relations, New York.
9 Cuban Artists. Saint Peter's College, New Jersey.
Group Exhibition. Northeastern University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eighteenth National Print Exhibition. Brooklyn Museum, New York.
1974
Cubans in New York 74. Cisneros Gallery, New York.
III Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
II Festival de Arte Cubano. New York.
1972
II Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Pintura Cubana. Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida.
III Bienal de Arte Coltejer. Medellín, Colombia.
Cubans in New York. Cisneros Gallery, New York.
1969
Maestros Hispánicos de Hoy. Museo de Bellas Artes, Cádiz, Spain.
1966
Kunst Aus Kuba. Galerie ZB, Vienna Austria.
1963
VII Biennial of Sao Paulo. Brazil.
III Biennial of Paris. Museum of Modern Art, France.
Pintura Cubana Contemporánea. México, Venezuela y Brazil.
1962
Pintura Cubana. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and The Soviet Union.
1961
VI Biennial of Sao Paulo. Brazil.
International Exhibition of Santiago de Chile.
1960
II Bienal de México. México DF.
II Anual de Pintura. Barranquilla, Colombia.
Latin American Guest Artist. Riverside Museum, New York, USA.
1959
Contemporary Drawings from Latin America. Pan American Union, Washington, DC, USA.
IX Festival de Cartagena de Indias. Colombia.
The United States Collects Pan American Art. Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
Slater Memorial Museum. USA.
Comparisons. Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France.
1958
A Salute to Latin America. Milwaukee Art Center, USA.
1958 Pittsburg International. Carnegie Institute, USA.
Fundación Mendoza. Caracas, Venezuela.
1957
Pintura Abstracta Cubana en Venezuela. Galería Sardio, Caracas, Venezuela.
1956
The Institute of Contemporary Art. Boston, MA.
Munson-William Proctor Institute, Utica, USA.
Carnegie Institute. Pittsburgh, PA.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Dallas, Texas.
Recent Paintings from Cuba. Roland de Aenlle Gallery, New York.
Cuban Tiempos. American Federation of Arts, USA.
1955
III Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Contemporary Cuban Group. Galería Sudamericana, NY.
Gulf Caribbean Art Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
1954
Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA.
1950
University of Tampa. Tampa, Florida.
SELECTED AWARDS
1965
National Council of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
1964
National Council of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
1963
National Council of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
1962
National Council of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
1960
Second Prize, II Annual of Painting, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Honorable Mention, Second Biennial of México.
1959
National Council of Culture, Havana, Cuba.
1956
Luis de Soto Prize, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1954
Prize. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
1948
Prize. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
1946
Prize. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
Museo de Santiago de Cuba.
Museo de Barranquilla, Colombia.
Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, LA.
Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Permanent Collection, OEA, Pan American Union, Washington, DC .
Cintas Foundation Collection, New York, NY.
New York University Collection, New York, NY.
New York Public Library Collection, New York, NY.
Printmaking Workshop Collection, New York, NY.
New York State Council of the Arts.
National Endowment for the Arts, USA.
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida.
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela.
Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Museo de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Cuban Museum of the Americas, Miami, Florida.
Jersey City Museum of Art, Jersey City, New Jersey.
New York Transit Museum, New York, NY.
Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.