1959
Born Havana, Cuba
Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida
EDUCATION
1981
Superior Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba
1976
School of Art of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Makishi Nikishi-Jose Bedia, Lyle O’Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007
Jose Bedia: A Survey of Paintings and Works on Paper 1992-2006, George Adams Gallery, New York
2005
There, Around the Corner, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York
2003
Ultimo fruto de temporada/ Last Fruit of the Season, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
What the Virgin Told Me, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York.
Jose Bedia, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
2002
Jose Bedia, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Jose Bedia, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis
Proverbs, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida
2001
Rodeado de Mar; Selected works from the Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Jose Bedia, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover
Jose Bedia: New Work, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Rodeado de Mar, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Things We Need- New Paintings, George Adams Gallery, New York
1999
Jose Bedia, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York
Jose Bedia, Annina Nosei, New York
Jose Bedia: Selected Works, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jose Bedia, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jose Bedia, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
1998
Jose Bedia, Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Jose Bedia, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
20/21: José Bedia, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Jose Bedia, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1997
Crónicas Americanas, obras de José Bedia, Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCo), Monterrey; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
Errónea Artesania, George Adams Gallery, New York
Historia de Animales, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
La Isla- el Cazador y la Presa, Site Santa Fe, New Mexico and Ulrich Museum, Wichita
Jose Bedia, Der Brücke Arte Internacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1996
Jose Bedia, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Mi Esencialismo, Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin; Pori Art Museum, Finland; George Adams Gallery, New York
Drawings by Jose Bedia, Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California
1995
Cosas Redondas,Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mundele Quiere Saber,Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables; Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall
1994
Jose Bedia: De Donde Vengo, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Center for Fine Arts, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
Solo exhibition, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Solo exhibition, Thomás Cohn Arte Contemporranea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
InSITE94: A Binational Exhibition of Installation and Site-Specific Art, San Diego Train Station, California
Sao Paulo Biennal, Invitational Installation. Brazil
1993
La Isla en Peso, Galería Nina Menocal, México D.F.
Fábula, Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogotá
1992
Brevísima Relación de la Destrucción de las Indias, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico D.F.
1991
Solo exhibition, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
Los Presagios, IV Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
1990
Sueño Circular, Ninart Centro de Cultura and Ramis F. Barquet Galeria, Mexico D.F.
Recent Work, Forest City Gallery, London, Canada
1989
Jose Bedia, Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana; Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain
1986
Exposición de dibujos, Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain
Crónicas Americanas III, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana; Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines
1984
Persistencia del Uso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Gran Premio Salón Paisaje, Havana, Cuba
1978
Solo exhibition, Revista Moncada, Havana, Cuba
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Collector's Show & Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York
2005
Images of Time and Place, Contemporary Views of Landscape, Wayne State University, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2005.
Human Body, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
2004
Island Nations: New Art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Diaspora, Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Ahora Es El Futuro,The Durst Organization, New York
Off the Wall: Works from the J.P. Morgan Chase Collection, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
2003
Multiple Artists, George Adams Gallery, New York
Road Show, George Adams Gallery, New York
Dreamspaces, Deutsche Bank, New York
Creatures That Stir: Symbol and Satire in Animals of Imagination, Palo Alto Art Center, California
2002
Get in Line, George Adams Gallery, New York.
Crisis Response, The RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island.
One Thousand Words, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan
Rayuela, 15 Contemporary Latin American Artists, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Me, Myself & I, George Adams Gallery, New York
2001
I Love New York Benefit, George Adams Gallery, New York
Artists Respond: A Benefit Exhibition of Works by Gallery Artists, George Adams Gallery, New York
2001 Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Collecting Ideas: Works from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, Denver Art Museum, Colorado
2000
Sarasota Biennial 2000, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United States, National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cuban Art of Three Generations, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Departing Perspectives, Site-Specific Installations by Miami Artists, Espirito Santo Bank, Miami
1999
Contemporary Narratives in American Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, New York
The Art of Time, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut
Group Show, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Saints, Sinners and Sacrifices: Religious Imagery in Contemporary Latin American Art, George Adams Gallery, New York
Myth, Memory, Madness, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Fabled Impressions, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Art About Art, George Adams Gallery, New York
Accounts Southeast: Transience, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1998
Animal. Anima. Animus, Pori Art Museum, Finland; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Holland; P.S. 1, New York City; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
Latin-American Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York
International Art Biennial of Cumana, Cumana Museum of Contemporary Art, Cumana, Venezuela
Coming Off the Wall, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Animal as Muse, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Miami Arts Project: Billboards, Miami, Florida
Eksperyans la Vida: Modern Art from Cuba and Haiti, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania
1997
1997 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Islas, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands, Spain
Contemporary Art from Miami, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
Caballos: Political Animals, George Adams Gallery, New York
Mixing Business with Pleasure: Selections from the George Adams Gallery, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University,Harrisonburg, Virginia
1996
Cuba Siglo XX: Modernidad y Sincretismo, Centro Atlantico Moderno, Grand Canary Islands; Fundación La Caixa, Palma; Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
1996 Collector's Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sin Fronteras: Arte Latinoamericano Actual, Museo Alejandro Ortero, Caracas, Venezuela
Myth, Memory, Madness, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston
Going Places, George Adams Gallery, New York
Modern Miniatures: The Redefining of the Small, Brewster Arts Limited, New York
New Art on Paper 2, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
1995
Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Art Services International; Center for Fine Arts, Miami; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; Portsmouth Museums, Virginia; African American Museum, Dallas; Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut; Center for African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Jose Bedia, Carlos Capelán, Saint Clair Cemin, Zitelle, Venice, Italy
Paper View, Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
1994
In Common: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Jose Bedia, Sandy Winters, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
Points of Interest/Points of Departure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Paper Vision V, Works on Paper by 30 Contemporary Latin American Artists, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Heroes and Heroines: From Myth to Reality, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
1993
Cuban Artists of the 20th Century, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas, Museum of African Art, New York City and national tour, New York
Cartographies, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
Lesa Natura, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico D.F.
El Viaje de Bedia y Capelán en Suecia, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Contemporary Latin American Drawings from the Collection, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Personal Choice: Selections from 4 Alumni Collections, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Azaceta, Bedia, Roche, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
Cuba's Presence, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
1992
Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville; Hotel des Arts, Paris; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Migrations: Latin American Art and the Modernist Imagination, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Recent Acquisitions, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Large-Scale Drawings, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York
Arte Cubano Actual, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico D.F.
Jose Bedia, Arturo Cuenca, Italo Scanga, Porter Randall Gallery, La Jolla, California
The Encounter, Art Gallery, University of Kassel, Germany
1991
15 Artistas Cubanos, Ninart Centro de Cultura, Mexico D.F.
El Corazón Sangrante/The Bleeding Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, Texas; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Newport Harbor Art Museum, New port Beach, California; Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas (Fundación), Venezuela; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
Los Cubanos Llegaron Ya, Ninart Centro de Cultura, Mexico D.F.
Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell: Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos, Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas; Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Bogotá
Mito y Magia en América: Los Ochenta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, N.L.,Mexico
Renacimiento Cubano, Maatschappij Artiet Amicitiae, Arttra Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland
1990
Arte Contemporáneo de Cuba, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Spain
Kuba O.K., Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
No Man is an Island, Porin Taidemuseum, Finland
Venice Bienale, Italy
1989
Contemporary Art from Cuba, Riverside Studios, London; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Spain
Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Final del Centauro, Colateral a la III Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
Trajectoire Cubaine, Centre d?Art Contemporain, Corbeil-Essons, France; Commune d'Orvieto, Italy; Museo Civico di Gibellina, Sicily, Italy
1988
Raíces en Acción, Museo de Arte, Carrillo Gil, Mexico D.F.
Signs of Transition: 80 Artists from Cuba, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York
1987
Art of the Fantastic: Latin American Art,1929–1987, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Queens Museum, New York
Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador
Made in Havana, Art Gallery of South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1986
Premio Instalación, Bienal de La Habana, Cuba
Ejes Constantes/Raíces Culturales, Galeria Alternativa, Mexico D.F.
El Arte con la Sonrisa, Milan, Venice, Regio Emilia, Turin, Genova, Rome, Italy
Exposición de Dibujo, Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain
II Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Cuba
10th International Exhibition of Drawing, Moderna Galeria. Rijeka, Yugoslavia
1985
New Art from Cuba, Amelie Wallace Gallery, SUNY, Westbury, New York
1984
I Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Cuba
Intergrafik, Berlin, Germany
XX Pintores Cubanos, Galerie Stuttgart, Paris, France
1983
Encuentro de Jóvenes Artistas Latinoamericanos, Casa de las Americas,Havana, Cuba
Pintura Joven Cubana, Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
1982
Collective exhibition, Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Los Novisomos Cubanos, Signs Gallery, New York
1981
Cuba Grafik, Husets Gallery, Sweden
First Look:10 Young Artists from Today, Cuba,Westbeth Gallery, New York
Kubanska Teckuare, Galería Latina, Stockholm, Sweden
Posters, Drawings, Graphics from Cuba, Lalit Kala Gallery, New Delhi, India; Kabul, Afghanistan
Volumen I, Galería de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba
1980
Crónicas Americanas, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba
Gráfica Joven, Bogotá, Colombia
Landschaftsmalerei aus Kuba, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
1979
Diez Dibujantes Jóvenes, traveling exhibition, Hungary and Bulgary
1978
VIII Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Solidaridad con Nicaragua, Galería de La Habana, Cuba
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Bacardi Art Foundation, Miami
Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Contemporary Art Museum, San Diego
Extremadura and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art of Badajoz, Spain Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Liceo Minvielle, Lagos, Mexico
Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
Ludwig Collection, Germany
McCormick Place Art Collection, Chicago
Miami Art Museum
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey , Mexico
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Perseus Collection, Honolulu
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Pori Art Museum, Finland
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
Walter Phillips Gallery, Bath, Canada
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1997
Bettelheim, Judith. “José Bedia reflexiona sobre la canción del inmigrante.” cat. Crónicas Americanas. Obras de José Bedia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey [illus.], pp.69-81, U.S.A., June-October, 1997.
Evora, José Antonio. “José Bedia. Un primitivo de la academia.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida [illus.], Galería, p.1E,2E, U.S.A., September 7, 1997.
Fajardo, Cecilia. “José Bedia. Crónicas Americanas.” Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 26 [illus.], pp.104-106, COLOMBIA, October-December, 1997.
Hernandez, Orlando. “Marginalia de J.B. (seis notas).” cat. Crónicas Americanas. Obras de José Bedia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey [illus.], pp.41-51, U.S.A., June-October, 1997.
Maceda, Elda. “Imposible globalizar la cultura.” El Universal, Mexico City [illus.], MEXICO, June 13, 1997
Merewether, Charles. “El encuentro.” cat. Crónicas Americanas. Obras de José Bedia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey [illus.], p.21-26, U.S.A., June-October, 1997
1996
Bettelheim, Judith. “His Essentialism.” cat. Mi esencialismo/My Essentialism. The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin [illus.], pp.3 7, IRELAND, January 19 February 17, 1996.
Feldman, Melissa E. “Bedias’s Bilingualism.” cat. Mi esencialismo/My Essentialism. The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin [illus.], pp.10 19, IRELAND, January 19 February 17, 1996.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “José Bedia: Postmodern Kongo Art.” Latin American Literature and Arts,New York, No. 52, pp.19 24, U.S.A., Spring, 1996.
_________. “Hacia una postmodernidad otra. Africa en el arte cubano.” cat. Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [illus.], p.244, SPAIN, 1996.
Turner, Elisa. “José Bedia. Cave Paintings and Comic Books.” ArtNews, Miami, Florida [illus.], pp.93 94, U.S.A., October, 1996.
Zamudio Taylor, Víctor. “José Bedia. Galería George Adams.” Art Nexus, Bogota [illus.], pp.143 144, COLOMBIA, 1996.
1995
Bedia Valdes, José. “A propósito de Mundele quiere saber.” cat. José Bedia. Mundele quiere saber, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida [text in Spanish and English] [illus.], U.S.A., May, 1995
_________. “[Artist’s Statement].” cat. José Bedia, Carlos Capelán, Saint Clair Cemin. Zitelle Giudecca 34, Venice, Ed. Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogota [illus.], p.5, ITALY, June September, 1995.
Bettelheim, Judith. “Cuidado, con respeto.” cat. José Bedia. Mundele quiere saber, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida [text in Spanish and English] [illus.], U.S.A., May, 1995.
Birbragher, Francine. “José Bedia.” Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 18 [illus.], pp.123-124, COLOMBIA, October-December, 1995.
Blanc, Giulio V. “José Bedia: Biography.” cat. José Bedia, Carlos Capelán, Saint Clair Cemin. Zitelle Giudecca 34, Venice, Ed. Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogota [illus.], pp.20 21, ITALY, June September, 1995.
Hernandez, Orlando. “José Bedia: Introduction to a Cosmography.” cat. José Bedia, Carlos Capelán, Saint Clair Cemin. Zitelle Giudecca 34, Venice, Ed. Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogota [illus.], pp.7 19, ITALY, June September, 1995
Hope, Julia. “Post Colonial Surrender.” Artscribe, New York [illus.], pp.93 94, U.S.A., 1991.
Iriarte, María Elvira. “XXII Bienal Internacional de Sâo Paulo.” Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 15, p.66, COLOMBIA, January March, 1995.
Marin Medina, José. “Un diagrama del arte iberoamericano.” ABC Cultural, Madrid, No. 174 [illus.], p.23, SPAIN, March 3, 1995
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Africa dentro de la plástica cubana.” Loquevenga. Publicación de Artes Visuales, Havana, Vol. 2, No. 1 [illus.], pp.43 46, CUBA, 1995.
Santis, Jorge H. “José Bedia.” cat. Round Things, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A., May 18 August 6, 1995.
1994
Alvarez Bravo, Armando. “Bedia: de lleno en el*Maynstream.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami,Florida [illus.], U.S.A., April, 1994.
Caballero Mora, Rufo. “Los recuerdos del cómplice.” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, No. 3 [illus.], CUBA, 1994.
Feldman, Melissa E. “Speaking on Tongues: The Work of José Bedia.” cat. José Bedia. De donde vengo, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [illus.], pp.12 27, U.S.A., February 4 April 17, 1994.
Foriati, Claudia. “La insoportable ambigüedad del soporte. Un tema inagotable en el megaformato de la Bienal de Sao Paulo.” Estilo, Caracas, Vol. 5, No. 22 [illus.], pp.45 47, VENEZUELA, 1994.
Kohen, Helen L. “When art serves as a bridge across cultures.” The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida [illus.], pp.1I, 8I, U.S.A., June 26, 1994.
Meza, Alberto. “Bedia. La magia del arte objeto.” Exito, Miami, Florida [illus.], p.49, U.S.A., July 6, 1994
Murphy, Patrick T. “Foreword.” cat. José Bedia: De donde vengo, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania [illus.], U.S.A., February 4 April 17, 1994.
Novo, Mireya L. “Bedia, en búsqueda de una sabiduría ancestral.” Exito, Miami,Florida, pp.16 17, U.S.A., January 5, 1994.
_________. “Bedia. Entonces y ahora.” Exito, Miami, Florida [illus.], p.50, U.S.A., July 6, 1994.
Nuez, Iván de La “Nuevos mapas y viejas trampas.” Lápiz, Madrid, Vol. XII, No. 103, pp.35 39, SPAIN, 1994.
Pereira, María de los Angeles. “Escultura Cubana. Una historia cautivante.” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, No. 3 [illus.], pp.19 23, CUBA, 1994.
Perez Firmat, Gustavo. “The Art of Cuban Cooking.” cat. José Bedia: De donde vengo, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [illus.], pp.4 11, U.S.A., February 4 April 17, 1994.
Turner, Elisa. “Cuban artist pull from many cultures.” The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida [illus.], pp.1G 2G, U.S.A., April, 1994.*
_________. “José Bedia.” ArtNews, New York, Volume 93, Number 8 [illus.], pp.196 197, U.S.A., October, 1994.
1993
Adams, George. “To the Editors.” Art in America, New York, Letters, p.23, U.S.A., July, 1993.
Blanc, Giulio V. cat. José Bedia. La isla en peso, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City [illus.], p.9, MEXICO, January 25, 1993.
_________. “The Cubans Have Arrived.” Art & Antiques, New York, Vol.15, [illus.], pp.65 73, U.S.A., December, 1993.
Borum, Jenifer P. “José Bedia.” Artforum, New York, pp.97 98, U.S.A., April, 1993.
Camnitzer, Luis. New Art of Cuba, Ed. University of Texas Press: Austin, Austin, Texas [illus.], 400 pp., U.S.A., 1994.
Clearwater, Bonnie. “Las fábulas de Bedia.” cat. José Bedia. Fábulas, Galería Fernando Quintana, Bogota, [illus.], COLOMBIA, October December, 1993.
Ferrer, Elizabeth. “José Bedia.” Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 7, pp.229 230, COLOMBIA, January March, 1993.
Hernandez, Orlando. “José Bedia: introducción a una cosmografía.” cat. José Bedia. La isla en peso, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City [illus.], pp.4 7, MEXICO, January 25, 1993.
Medina, Cuauhtemoc. “Exilio en la calle República de Cuba.” Poliéster, Mexico City, No. 4, p.29 41, MEXICO, Winter, 1993
Menendez Gonzalez, Aldo. “José Bedia.” Poliscopio Cubano, Ed. Galería Heller, Madrid [illus.], s/p, SPAIN, Verano, 1993
_________. “José Bedia.” Poliscopio Cubano II, Ed. Galería Heller, Madrid [illus.], SPAIN, Otoño, 1993*
Menocal, Nina. “Entrevista con José Bedia.” cat. José Bedia. La isla en peso, Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico City [illus.], p.12 15, MEXICO, January 25, 1993
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Los hijos de Guillermo Tell.” Poliéster, Mexico City, No. 4 [illus.], pp.18 27, MEXICO, Winter, 1993.
Murphy, Jay. “José Bedia at Frumkin/Adams.” Art in America, New York, p.134, U.S.A., April, 1993.
Pini, Ivonne. Art Nexus, Bogota, Vol. 53, No. 7 [illus.], COLOMBIA, January March, 1993.
Rocca, Cristina. “Los dibujos polifónicos de José Bedia.” Solar, Mérida, Ed. Dirección de Cultura del Estado Mérida, CONAC, Edición Especial II Bienal de Literatura [illus.], pp.91 94, VENEZUELA, April June/July September, 1993.
Sullivan, Edward J. “Fantastic Voyage: The Latin American Explosion.” Art News, New York, pp.134 137, U.S.A., Summer, 1993.
1992
Camnitzer, Luis. “El corazón sangrante.” Arte en Colombia, Bogota, No. 50, pp.151 152, COLOMBIA, April, 1992.
_________. “José Bedia.” cat. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de Las Indias, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City [illus.], pp.39 49, MEXICO, September 9, 1992.
Fusco, Coco. “Arte Cubano (But made in Mexico).” The Village Voice, New York, p.92, U.S.A., January 28, 1992.
Hernandez, Orlando. “La brevísima relación de José Bedia.” cat. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City [illus.], pp.1 19, MEXICO, September 9, 1992.
Joppolo, Giovanni. “Portraits of Artists in Havana.” Revue Noire. ACP Foundation, Paris, No. 6 [illus.], p.20, FRANCE, Sept Oct Nov, 1992.
Medina, Cuauhtemoc. “Segundo Round (Interview with José Bedia).” cat. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil,Mexico City [illus.], p.45 62, MEXICO, September 9, 1992
Merewether, Charles. “The Migration of Images: Inscriptions of Land and Body in Latin America.” cat. America. Bride of the Sun. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp [illus.], p.197 222, BELGICA, February 1 May 31, 1992
Montero Mendez, Hortensia. “Encuentro en dos tiempos [interview].” Unión, Havana, Vol. IV, No. 14 [illus.], p.93 96, CUBA, 1992.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Nuevos Fotógrafos.” Arte en Colombia, Bogota, No. 49, pp.159 160, COLOMBIA, January, 1992.
_________. cat. America. Bride of the Sun. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp [illus.], p.488, BELGIUM, February 1 May 31, 1992.
_________. “Africa dentro de la plástica cubana.” cat. Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City [illus.], pp.21 38, MEXICO, September 9, 1992.
Murphy, Jay. “Testing the limits.” Art in America, New York, [illus.], pp.65-68, U.S.A., October, 1992.*
Sanchez Crespo, Osvaldo. “José Bedia: las manos de Ogun.” cat. El hombre de hierro. Instalación de José Bedia, Curare, Mexico City, MEXICO, March April, 1992.
Tager, Alisa. “José Bedia.” Arts, New York, p.74, U.S.A., April, 1992.
Teitelbaum, Matthew. “El corazón devorado.” cat. El Corazón Sangrante/The Bleading Heart, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts [illus.], p.106, U.S.A., October 25/1991 January 5/ 1992.
1991
“Los Nietos de la revolución.” El Tiempo, Bogota [illus.], p.1E, COLOMBIA, April 21, 1991.
Ahlander, Leslie Judd. “José Bedia. Maestro de cuchillos y meteoros.” Arte en Colombia, Bogota, No. 46 [illus.], pp.46 51, COLOMBIA, January, 1991.
Pini, Ivonne. “Los hijos de Guillermo Tell.” Art Nexus, Bogota, No. 2, p.104, COLOMBIA, October, 1991.
Sanchez Crespo, Osvaldo. “José Bedia.” cat. Sueño Circular, Ninart Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, MEXICO, April 31 June, 1991.
_________. “15 artistas cubanos o del Muro que nunca existió.” cat. 15 artistas cubanos, Ninart Centro de Cultura, Mexico City [illus.], MEXICO, November, 1991.
Sullivan, Edward J. José Bedia. Ed. Ninart Centro de Cultura, México City/Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Nuevo León [illus.], MEXICO, 1991.
Thompson, Robert Farris. “José Bedia, master of the knives and meteors.” cat. Sueño Circular, Ninart Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, MEXICO, April 31 June, 1991.
1990
José Bedia. Ed. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana [texts by Osvaldo Sánchez/José Bedia, in Spanish and English] [illus.], [15 pp.], CUBA, 1990.
Alonso, Alejandro G. cat. 131 Salón de Artes Plásticas Regino Boti, Centro de Arte, Guantanamo, CUBA, February, 1990.
Lehtinen, Seppo. “Nuori Kuubalainen taide ei Kuuia Kunnioita.” Turun Sanomat [illus.], p.1, FINLAND, May 10, 1990.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Die kinder des Wilhelm Tell.” cat. Aktuelle Kunst aus Kuba, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, p.10, F.R.G., 1990.
Pozo, Alejandra. “Peregrinación por un arte libre.” Estilo, Caracas, Vol. 5, No. 22 [illus.], VENEZUELA, [199 ?].
Sergergejeff, Merja. “Kuubalainen nuori taide Sykkii Kansainvalistan virtausten tahdissa.” Uusi Suomi, Kulttuuri [illus.], p.24, FINLAND, June 9, 1990.
Tuominen, Mayla Katrina. “Utopian lapset eivat usko tyhjaan liturgiaan.” Aamulehti, Kulttuuri [illus.], p.18, FINLAND, 1990.
1989
Bedia Valdes, José. Tecera Bienal de Havana, Ed. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana [illus.], p.217, CUBA, 1989.
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Las posibilidades de un riesgo innecesario.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [illus.], CUBA, July 2, 1989.
Hernandez, Orlando. “En la orilla de José Bedia.” cat. Viviendo al borde del río, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, CUBA, January 18, 1989.
_________. “Algunas flechas sobre José Bedia.” cat. Tercera Bienal de Havana, Ed. Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana [illus.], pp.217 219, CUBA, 1989.
Hernandez Guerra, Erena. “Las señales de Bedia.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana, CUBA, January 31, 1989.
Joppolo, Giovanni. “Artistes a La Havane.” cat. Trajectorie Cubaine, Centre d’Art Contemporain CAC, Corbeil Essonnes [illus.], pp.53 61, FRANCE, April 22 May 29, 1989
Oramas, Ada. (Angela Capote). “Expo de Bedia en el Castillo de la Real Fuerza.” Tribuna de Havana, Havana, CUBA, January 12, 1989.
Pino, Amado del. “El ministro y el joven pintor.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [photo of the artist], p.11, CUBA, November 12, 1989.
Sanchez Crespo, Osvaldo. “Bedia, lo mágico de la Tierra.” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, No. 10 [illus.], pp.34 41, CUBA, October, 1989.
1988
Bedia Valdes, José. “[Artist’s Statement].” cat. Made in Havana. Contemporary Art from Cuba, Art Gallery of New South Wales (itinerant 1988 1989), Sydney [illus.], p.20, AUSTRALIA, October 7 November 13, 1988.
Hernandez, Orlando. “Los espíritus de José Bedia.” cat. Por Africa, UNESCO FAO, Paris, FRANCE, 1988.
Merewether, Charles. “Light me another Cuba.” cat. Made in Havana, Art Gallery of New South Gallery [illus.], p.13 15, AUSTRALIA, October 7 November 13, 1988
Nuñez Oliva, Alexis. “Bedia: un pintor al borde del río.” Opina, Havana [illus.], CUBA, second fortnight, December, 1988.
1987
Bedia Valdes, José. cat. Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920 1987, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana [illus.], p.204 205, U.S.A., June 28 September 13, 1987.
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Visiones de Bedia.” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, No. 10 [illus.], pp.40 45, CUBA, October, 1987.
Baranik, Rudolf. “Report from Havana: Cuba Conversation.” Art in America, New York, pp.21 23,25-27,29, U.S.A., March, 1987.
Hernandez, Orlando. “Tres visiones del héroe.” cat. 3 visiones del héroe. Pinturas de José Bedia, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, CUBA, April, 1987.
_________. “José Bedia. O outro mundo e este.” cat. 190 Bienal Internacional de Sâo Paulo. Parque Ibirapuera, Sâo Paulo, p.45, BRAZIL, October 2 December 13, 1987.
Hernandez Guerra, Erena. “Exhiben óleos de Lam y Bedia.” Granma, Havana [illus.], CUBA, August 10, 1987.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. cat. 3 visiones del héroe. Pinturas de José Bedia, Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, CUBA, April 18, 1987.
_________. “José Bedia Valdés.” cat. Art of the Fantastic. Latin America, 1920 1987, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana [illus.], pp.264 265, U.S.A., June 28 September 13, 1987.
Rey Yero, Luis. “Bedia, posibilidad anticolonial.” Escambray, Sancti Spíritus [photo of the artist], CUBA, January 28, 1987.
Rodriguez, Bélgica. “La Bienal de Venecia. Qué pasó con América Latina?” Arte en Colombia, Bogota, No. 45, p.87, COLOMBIA, October, 1987.
1986
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Una posibilidad de disfrute y conocimiento.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [illus.], CUBA, April 4, 1986.
Fusco, Coco/Knafo, Robert. “Interviews with Cuban Artists.” Social Text,New York, No. 15, pp.41 53, U.S.A., Fall, 1986.
Hernandez Guerra, Erena. “El golpe de Bedia.” Cartelera, Havana, CUBA, December 10, 1986.
Lippard, Lucy R. “Made in USA: Art from Cuba.” Art in America, New York, Vol.74 [illus.], pp.27 35, U.S.A., April, 1986.
1986
Lopez Regonesi, Eduardo. “Exitos de artistas cubanos en el exterior.” Trabajadores, Havana, CUBA, July 18, 1986.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. cat. Crónicas Americanas III. José Bedia Valdés, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, CUBA, April 29, 1986.
_________. “Bedia. Tercer mundo y cultura occidental.” El Caimán Barbudo, Havana, No. 224 [illus.], CUBA, July, 1986.
Oramas, Ada. “Visión de América, en Bedia.” Tribuna de Havana, Havana [illus.], CUBA, May 28, 1986.*
_________. “Un arte que nace en las raíces de América.” Tribuna de Havana, Havana [photo of the artist], CUBA, November 30, 1986.
1985
Buchloh, Benjamin. “Interview with José Bedia, Flavio Garciandía and Ricardo Rodríguez Brey.” cat. New Art from Cuba. Amelie Wallace Gallery SUNY, College at Old Westbury, New York, pp.7 36, U.S.A., April 2 28, 1985.
Cockcroft, Eva Sperling. “Kitsch in Cuba.” Artforum, New York, pp.72 73, U.S.A., Summer, 1985.
Fernandez Rodriguez, Antonio Eligio (TONEL): “Exposición de Arte Cubano en EE.UU.” Granma, Havana, CUBA, December 19, 1985.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Una irrupción revitalizadora.” Cuba Internacional, Havana [illus.], CUBA, June, 1985.
Platsehek, Haus. “Junge Malerei in Kuba.” Konkret, Hamburg, pp.71 75, F.R.G., April, 1985.
1984
Camnitzer, Luis. “Report from Havana: The First Biennial of Latin American Art.” Art in America,New York, pp.41 45,47-49, U.S.A., December, 1984.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. cat. Persistencia del uso. José Bedia. Instalaciones y dibujos, Pequeño Salón, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA, March 25, 1984.
_________. “El conflicto de estar al día.” Revolución y Cultura, Havana, No. 10 [illus.], pp.39 45, CUBA, 1984.
1983
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Diez nuevos pintores.” Exploraciones en la plástica cubana, Ed. Letras Cubanas, Havana, Col. Espiral, pp.416 423, CUBA, 1983.
_________. “Crónicas americanas de José Bedia.” Exploraciones en la plástica cubana, Ed. Letras Cubanas, Havana, Col. Espiral, pp.460 464, CUBA, 1983.
1982
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Un presente bien halagüeño.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [illus.], CUBA, January 27, 1982.
_________. “Aquel muchacho que pintaba indios.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [illus.], CUBA, April 14, 1982.*
_________. “Exponen cuatro jóvenes artistas.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana, p.2, CUBA, August 6, 1982.*
_________. “Aquel muchacho que pintaba indios, ganó el Gran Premio.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [photo of the artist], CUBA, September 19, 1982.
Hernandez Guerra, Erena. “Un joven en el Salón [interview].” Cartelera, Havana [photo of the artist], CUBA, August 18 25, 1982.
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. cat. 4, Galería Habana, Havana, CUBA, July 30, 1982.
_________. “Cuatro que van bien.” La Nueva Gaceta, Havana, p.6, CUBA, August, 1982.
Sanchez, Sonia. “Exponen Crónicas Americanas II en la Casa de la Cultura Plaza.” Trabajadores, Havana, CUBA, January 19, 1982.
Veigas Zamora, José. cat. Crónicas Americanas II, Casa de la Cultura Plaza, Havana, CUBA, January, 1982.
1980
Alonso, Alejandro G. “Entre lo que busca y lo que encuentra, José Bedia obtiene buenos resultados.” Juventud Rebelde, Havana [illus.], p.4, CUBA, March 23, 1980.
Lopez Nussa, Leonel (ELE NUSSA). “Bedia, sus crónicas [entrevista].” Bohemia, Havana, CUBA, April 4, 1980
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. cat. Crónicas Americanas. Dibujos de José Bedia Valdés, Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, CUBA, February 28, 1980.
_________. “José Bedia.” Trece Artistas Jóvenes. Premio Crítica 1980. Ed. Departamento de Cultura, Universidad de Havana, Havana, pp.29 31, CUBA, 1980.
_________. “Nueve nuevos pintores.” Trece Artistas Jóvenes. Premio Crítica 1980. Ed. Departamento de Cultura, Universidad de Havana, Havana, pp.21 25, CUBA, 1980
1978
Mosquera Fernandez, Gerardo. “Seis nuevos pintores.” cat. 6 nuevos pintores, Galería L, CUBA, August, 1978.