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1957
Born Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and works Miami, Florida

2007
Humberto Castro, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

2006
First 15 Years Retrospective, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, Florida

2003
The Hunter, The Home and The Bait. MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami, Florida

2000-01
The Paris Years: 1989-99, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1994
Minotaure, Got Gallery, Barbizon, France
El Minotauro en su Laberinto, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico, DF
The Minotaur in its Labyrinth, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida

1993
L’Envol d’Icare, Le monde de l’Art, Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela, and Paris, France
Art 93, The New Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois, represented by Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida

1992
Espace CIO Gallery, Limoges, France
Le Monde de l’art Gallery, Paris, France
Temporality and the Theater of the Body, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

1991
The Eternal Spiral, Espace Latinoamericain, Paris, France

1990
Live Nature, Le Cercle Lucas Carton, Paris, France

1989
Power and Existence, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba

1988
Santa Clara Museum, Santa Clara, Cuba

1985
Calcografias, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Installations, Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba
Calcografias, Radio and Press Center, Warsaw, Poland
Calcografias, House of the Young Talents, Berlin, Germany
Lithographs, Impulse Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1982
Blanco y Negro, Galiano Gallery, Havana, Cuba

1980
Hallazgos, Espacio Mella, Havana, Cuba

2006
Artistas Cubanos al Auxilio: An Exhibition and Silent Auction of Contemporary Cuban Art in Exile, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida
Arte de Cuba, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Brasil
Arte America Art Fair, Cernuda Arte Gallery, Miami, Florida
Arte Cubano 2006, Cernuda Arte Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

2005
Important Cuban Artworks, volume three, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
La Barbacoa Group Show 2005, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida
27 Artistas Cubanos al Auxilio: An Exhibition and Silent Auction of Contemporary Cuban Art in Exile, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida

2004
Art Miami. Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida

1994
Groupe Roma, Le Monde de l’Art, Paris, France

1993
Saga 93, Arichi Gallery, Paris, France
Notre Amerique Latine, Le monde de l’Art, Paris, France
Art 93 Miami, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
Erotica, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida

1992
Visa pour un nouveau Monde, Espace Chevreul, Nanterre, France

1991
IV Biennial, Havana, Cuba
Made in Cuba, Tate Gallery, Madrid, Spain
The Other Vision, Strasbourg, France

1990
Arichi Gallery, Paris, France, and Vitry sur Seine, France
Almirante Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1989
Center of Contemporary Arts, Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Trattoria Cubana, Gibellina Museum, Comune di Orvietto, Italy
Cuban Painting, Nesle Gallery, Paris, France
Capo d’Orlando Museum, Sicily, Italy

1988
Signs of Transition, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts, New York, NY
Art From Cuba, Centro Cultural de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Changing Opinion, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ontario; Forest City Gallery, Ontario; and 76 Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1987
Four Cuban Artists, Realidade Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Palacio de la Cultura,Belo Horizonte, and Blue Life Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
XIX International Festival, Cagnes sur Mer, France
La Joven Estampa, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba

1986
VII Biennial of Etching, San Juan, Puerto Rico
II Biennial, Havana, Cuba

1984
Salon de Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba
Triennial Intergraphic, Berlin, Germany
Triennial of Lublin, Poland
IV International Biennial of Etching, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
VIII Biennial of Etching, Bradford, Great Britain
20 Contemporary Artists, Galerie de la Defense, Paris, France
20 Contemporary Artists, IFA Gallery, Bonn, Germany
First Biennial, Havana, Cuba
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

1983
Salon de Grabado, Havana, Cuba
Seven Contemporary Artists, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Madrid, Spain
National Museum, Bogota, Colombia
Joan Miro Contest, Barcelona, Spain
Zagreba Gallery, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Arghezi Gallery, Bucarest, Romania

1982
Literatura in Arts, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba
05+1, Espace Latinoamericain, Paris, France
Picasso Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Young Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

1981
IV Biennial of Lublin, Yugoslavia
Taxco Museum, Taxco, Mexico
Salon RGG, Havana, Cuba

1980
Museum of Decorative Arts, Havana, Cuba

1978
First Triennial of Drawing, Havana, Cuba
Salon RGG, Havana, Cuba

1987
First Prize, “La Joven Estampa,” Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba

1986
First Prize, VII Biennial of Etching, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1984
First Prize, Drawings, Salon Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Havana, Cuba
First Prize, Triennial Intergraphic, Berlin, Germany
First Prize, Etching, Lublin Triennial, Poland

1983
First Prize, Salon de Grabado 83, Havana, Cuba

1982
First Prize, Etching, Salon 13 de Marzo, Havana, Cuba
First Prize, Etching, “Litterature in Arts,” UNEAC, Havana, Cuba

1981
First Prize, Etching, Salon de Pequeno Formato, Havana, Cuba
First Prize, Etching, Salon RGG, Havana, Cuba

1978
First Prize, Painting, Salon RGG, Havana, Cuba

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Permanent collections of Cuban art of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.
Museum of Latin American Art, Krakov, Poland
Museum of Art Against the War, Lublin, Poland
Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fundation France Liberté, France
Fundation Batistoni, France
Rhône Poulenc Collection, France
Museum of Arts of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Frost Museum Florida International University, Florida
MOLAA, Museum of Latinamerican Art, Long Beach, California

2004
“Un espacio alternativo para el Arte,” por Ivonne Gomez, The Miami Herald, mar 9, 2004,

2003
“El hombre nuevo ante el otro futuro,” by Ivan de la Nuez, La Habana Elegante, Summer 2003
“Arte Cubano en New York, 2003,” Magali Iglesias, Socialite, septiembre 2003
“Inauguran en Miami exposición del pintor Humberto Castro,” Cultura/Noticias, CubaEncuentro.com Nov 20, 2003
“Humberto Castro at the Miami Dade Collage,” by Nadia Cabrera, Arte al Dia Online, Miami 2003
“Humberto Castro, crónicas del desplazamiento,” por Miguel A. Cirgado, El Nuevo Herald,
dic, 28, 2003
“Ojos Abiertos,” por Carmen Paula Bermudez, CubaEncuetro.com, nov 10, 2003
“Humberto Castro: The Hunter, the house and The Bait,” Text by Roni Feinstein Catalog Exhibition at Kendall Campus Art Gallery.2003

2001
Sirgado, Miguel A.; “Humberto Castro: de vuelta a la luz”; El Nuevo Herald; Miami; April 8, 2001; p. 1E-2E.

2000
Birbragher, Francine; “Cuban Performance in the ‘80s”; Art Nexus; October 2000; p. 62-66.

1999
Valdés, Zoe; “Tel un funanbule”; Exh. Cat. Loin de Cuba; Musée de Tapisseries; Aix-en-Provence; November – January 1999; p.34, 35, 66, 67.
Yanes, Dominique; “Traversée d’Humberto Castro”; Le Journal des Encheres No. 188; Paris; June 3, 1999; p. 7.

1998
Frérot, Christine; “Humberto Castro”; Art Nexus, No. 28; Paris; May-June 1998; p.144-145.

1995
Blanc, Giulio V.; “Humberto Castro: Escapando del Laberinto”; Exh. Cat. El Minotauro en su Laberinto: Siete formas de encierro - Siete formas de escape; Ambrosino Gallery; Miami, January 6 to March 9, 1995.
Damien, Carol; “Art Miami’95”; Art Nexus, No. 16; Miami; April-June 1995; p. 92-93.
Jalil, Pauline; “Les rendez-vous de Cuba”; Connaissance des Arts, No. 522; Paris; November 1995; p. 110-119.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Amérique Latine: L’éloge du métissage”; Opus Internetional, No. 135; Paris; November 1995; p. 20-53.
Ruiz, Blanca; “En la Galería Nina Menocal empiezan el año con un trío”; Reforma; Mexico; January 27, 1995; p. 18D.
Schneider Enriquez, Mary; “Luis Custodio, Humberto Castro and Ofill”; Art News, Vol. 94 No.5; Mexico; May 1995; p. 166.

1994
Alonso, José A.; “Humberto Castro, una respuesta en su obra... ”, Mundo 21, Año 5, No. 5, Miami, May, 1994; p. 97-99.
Cantor, Judy; “Penile Codes”; New Times; Miami; January 27, 1994; p. 9.
Damien, Carol; “Cuban Art outside of Cuba”; Los Seis Continentes, No. 2; Miami; 1994; p. 52-59
Ríos, Alejandro; “ ‘Erótica’ voyeurismo de lujo”; ¡Exito! - Vol. 4 No.3; Miami; January 19, 1994;
p. 47, 48.
Ríos, Alejandro; “Vanguardia errante: la generación de los ‘80”; Exh. Cat. Artistas cubanos contemporáneos; Centro de arte Euroamericano; Caracas; March 1994; p. 4–6.
Sulic, Susana; “Humberto Castro”; Art Nexus - No.11; January - March 1994; p. 179.
Villoch, Kelly; “Art Smart”; Talent Time – Vol. VII, No. 49; Paris; April 1994; p. 38.

1993
Blanc, Giulio V.; “Humberto Castro”; Art Nexus, No. 54; April 1993; p. 130.
Gómez, Diana; “El mimetismo como búsqueda de la existencia humana”; El Universal, No. 30.051; Caracas; March 8, 1993; p.132.
Metzelard, Sylvie; “ « Le monde de l’art » ouvre rive gauche”; Le Parisien, 49º année – No. 15262; Paris; October 1, 1993; p. X.
Ríos, Alejandro; “Protagonismo cubano en las artes plásticas: 1993, un año para enmarcar”; ¡Éxito! - Vol. 3 No.52; Miami; December 29, 1993; p.47.
Sulic, Susana; “Nuestra América Latina”; Art Nexus, No.56; September - December 1993; p.150

1992
Alvarez Bravo, Armando; “Castro llegó a Miami”; El Nuevo Herald; Miami; December 11, 1992; p. 2D.
Bouchet, Philippe; “Introduction”; Exh. Cat. Castro, Mendive, Finalé; Le Monde de l’Art; Paris; June 24, 1992; p. 6.
Correa, Armando; “Un pintor cubano que triunfa en Paris”; Osmus; Miami; May 1992; p. 16-18.
Damien, Carol; “Humberto Castro”; Latin American Art, Vol. 4, No. 4; Miami; November 1992; p. 87.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Portraits d’artites à La Havane”; Revue Noire, No. 6; France; September
1992.
Pau-Llosa, Ricardo; “Humberto Castro”; Temporality and the theatre of the body Exh. Cat. Ambrosino Gallery; Miami; December 4, 1992.
Ríos, Alejandro; “Humberto Castro: mensajes del cuerpo”; ¡Éxito! ; Miami; December 23, 1992;
p. 56.

1991
Bahamón, Astrid; “Humberto Castro”; Art Nexus; May 1991.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Humberto Castro”; Exh. Cat. Humberto Castro, Jeune Peinture; Grand Palais; Paris; February1, 1991; p. 238-239.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Humberto Castro”; Exh. Cat. La spirale éternelle; Galerie Espace Latino-américain; Paris; February 12, 1991.
Godard Agathe; “Regne sur le cercle”; Paris Match; France; January 24, 1991.

1989
César, Gustavo; “Hallazgos Violentos”; La gaceta de Cuba; Havana; January 1989.
Gaudibert, Pierre; “ Présence Noire Dans L’Art Cubain ”; Exh. Cat. Trajectoire Cubaine; Centre d’Art Contemporain CAC Cobeil-Essonnes; France; April 22, 1989.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Artistes à La Havane”; Exh. Cat. Trajectoire Cubaine; Centre d’Art Contemporaine CAC Cobeil-Essonnes; France; April 22, 1989
Lassalle, Hélène; “Entre révolution et tradition: À Cuba les artistes des années 80”; Exh. Cat. Trajectoire Cubaine; Centre d’Art Contemporain CAC Cobeil-Essonnes; France; April 22, 1989.
Sánchez, Osvaldo; “Poder y existencia”; Exh. Cat. Poder y Existencia; Havana; March 1989.
Sánchez, Osvaldo; “Tras el rastro de los fundadores: Un panorama de la plástica cubana”; Exh. Cat. Trajectoire Cubaine; Centre d’art Contemporain CAC Cobeil-Essonnes; France; April 22, 1989.

1988
Camnitzer, Luis; “Signs of Transition: 80’s Art from Cuba”; Exh. Cat. Museum Hispano Contemporary Art, New York, 1988.
Glusberg, Jorge; “La plástica cubana revela pluralidad”; Ámbito Financiero; Buenos Aires; April 27, 1988; p. 23.
Fusco, Coco; Exh. Cat. Signs of Transition: 80’s Art from Cuba; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art; New York; 1988.

1987
Coutinho, Wilson; “4 artistas cubanos”; Jornal do Brasil; Rio de Janeiro, June 29, 1987.
Joppolo, Giovanni; “Bienale à Cuba La Baie des Couleurs”; Révolution, No. 360; France; January 23, 1987.
Leonor Amarate; “Imagens que ultrapassam o pedaço”; Estado de São Paulo; Brazil; July 22, 1987.
Morais, Frederico; “Peética da Revolução: quatro artistas Cubanos”; 4 artistas cubanos; Realidade Galería de Arte; Río de Janeiro; June 25, 1987.

1986
Fusco, Coco; “Interviews with Cuban Artists”; Social Text, No. 15; USA; 1986.
Goldman, Shifra M.; “La Bienal de Artes Gráficas de Puerto Rico”; Arte en Colombia Internacional, No. 33; Colombia; 1986.
Knafo, Robert; “Interviews with Cubans Artists”; Social Text, No. 15; USA; 1986.
L. Oliva, Manuel; “Pintura cubana de nuestros días”; Revista de las Artes Guadalimar, Año XII / No.90; Spain; 1986.
Praefke, Hans; “Graff vor Zäunen”; Sibylle; Berlín; January 1986.
Platschek, Von Hans; “Junge Malerei in Kuba”; Konkret; Germany; 1986.
Sánchez, Osvaldo; “Humberto Castro”, Projekt; Polonia; July 1986.

1985
Del Llano, Eduardo; “Violencia, Expresionismo y Humberto Castro”; Tribuna de La Habana; Havana; May 1985.
Hoebbel, Christian; “Violencia”, Berliner Zeitung; Berlin; July 23, 1985.
Sánchez, Osvaldo; Exh. Cat. Humberto Castro, Calcografías y Litografías; Galería Habana; Havana, Mach 1985.

1984
Hernández, Erena; “Arte Violento contra la violencia”; Cartelera; Havana; December 27, 1984.

1983
L. Oliva, Manuel; “Panorama de la pintura contemporánea en Cuba”; Exh. Cat. 7 artistas cubanos contemporáneos; Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo de Madrid; March - April 1983; p. 11-12.

1982
López Nussa; “Humberto Castro, en Blanco y Negro”; Bohemia, No 27; Havana; July 2, 1982.
Menéndez, Aldo; Exh. Cat. Blanco y Negro; Galería Galiano; Havana, June 7, 1982.