BiographySeptember 29, 2003

Williams Carmona

Mi egorriculum Williams Carmona Born in Cuba.com Presently resides in San Juan, Puerto Rico, since 1992 Already in Cuba, Carmona¿s art began to be bought by important collectionists who visited Havana. Since the early 90¿s, already in Puerto Rico, his provoking Caribbean surrealism has been acquired and exposed in important private collections all over the wolrd, and is part of the collections of prestigious museums in the United States, Latin America and Europe. In 1997, while he was still in his early 30¿s, Carmona¿s work began to be successfully auctioned in Christie¿s and Sotheby¿s, as well as in many respected auctions for different charities. Manuel Alvarez Lezama (art critic) Collections / Partial Listing Museum of the Molaa, Los Angeles, CA Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, FL Pompidou Museum, Paris, France Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba Jack Lemon Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Estefan Enterprise, Miami, FL Sara Legui and Marcos Dávila¿s Collection, Miami, FL Fanjul Foundation, Miami, FL Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, PR United Nations Latin American Art Collection, New York, NY Brewster Collection, New York, NY Jamie Walsh Foundation, Madrid, Spain Ludwig Foundation Collection, Colonia, Germany Miami University Private Collection, Miami, FL Praxis Art International, New York, NY Carrillo Gil Museum, México, DF Viota Gallery, San Juan, PR Spatium Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela Cernuda Art Gallery, Miami, FL Group Exhibitions / Partial Listing 2003 Permanent Collection Museum of The Molaa, Los Angeles, CA Chicago Art Fair Miami Art Fair San Francisco Art Fair Art Bassel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Praxis Art International Saptium Latin American Arts, Collective Exposition, Caracas, Venezuela Viota Gallery, Small Format Exhibition, San Juan, PR Cernuda Arte, Collective Exposition, Miami, FL Participant at Puerto Rico auctions since 1996 Tamara Gallery, Collective of Small Format, San Juan, PR Viota Gallery, Homage of Puerto Rican Art Museum Opening, San Juan, PR 2002 Museum of Molaa, Los Angeles, CA Popular Bank, Special Project. Installation. San Juan, PR 2001 Tamara Gallery, ¿Between Friends¿, San Juan, PR Praxis Art International, Miami Art Fair, New York, NY Praxis Art International, Chicago Art Fair, New York, NY 1999 Exhibition and Auctions, Puerto Rico Museum Art Auction, Puerto Rico Museum Selected for the Biennial in San Salvador Rolando López Dirube Homage, ¿Cuatro Artistas Cubanos¿, Cueto Gallery, San Juan, PR 1998 University of Florida, Latin American Works from a Private Collection, Miami, FL Museum of Fort Lauderdale, ¿Breaking the Barriers¿, Miami, FL Puerto Rican Arts and History Museum, ¿Entre tres¿. Collective Exhibition. San Juan, PR Luigi Marozini Gallery. Small Format Collective. San Juan, PR 1997 Sotheby¿s Gallery, Auctions, Miami, FL Puerto Rican Arts and History Museum, ¿Hogueras Caribeñas¿. Painting and Installation. San Juan, PR 1996 Brewster Arts Ltd., Miami Art Fair, New York, NY Nassau County Museum of Arts, Latin Viewpoints, Selection of Great Latin American Artists, Long Island, NY Brewster Arts Ltd., ¿Modern Miniatures¿, The Redefining of the Small, New York, NY 1995 Brewster Arts Ltd., Art Miami, New York, NY 1994 Latin American Painters, New York, NY First Sample of Puerto Rican Art, San Juan, NY 1990 Retrospective of Cuban Painting, Rome, Italy 1989 Havana National Museum, Third Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba Havana Fine Arts Museum, Cuban Painters Expose, José Martí Installation, Havana, Cuba 1987 Advanced Arts Institute, Installation and Performance ¿Every day the same thing, sleep and defacer¿, Special Participation, Eloy López Ganuza, Forgueira and Francisco Gatorno 1986 Barna Triennial, Barna, Czechoslovakia Relive I.S.A., Parallel to the Second Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba Individual Exhibition / Partial Listing 2003 Viota Gallery Exhibition, ¿Historias Cocidas¿, Pans Ex...
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