BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION : 1962 - Born in Havana, Cuba to Spanish parents 1964 - Family returns to Madrid, Spain 1974 - Family re-locates to White Plains New York, USA 1980 - 1984 - Studies painting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, under the tutelage of Cuban Master Juan Gonzalez ( 1942 - 1993 ) 1984 - 1990 - Years not active 1990 - Moves to Astoria New York, and begins painting in response to the AIDS epidemic and the positive diagnosis of his closest friend Samuel Allen Gericke. 1997 - Moves studio to Riverdale, New York 1998 - Samuel Allen Gericke dies from AIDS complications 2007 - Establishes second studio on Houck Mountain, Walton New York 2008 - Establishes Virtual Gallery SOLO EXHIBITIONS : 2008 - Art Now Art Fair Claremont Hotel, Miami Beach Fl. Red Dot Art Fair New York City, NY. "Paintings from the last days of Eden" Joan Hentschel Gallery, Des Moines IA. 2007 - New Works on Vintage wallpapers George Billis Gallery, New York, NY. Arte Americas Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Fl. "Entre Carne y Espiritu" Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora Ill. 2006 - Sabbatical 2005 - "Fever Dreams" George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles Ca. Arte Americas Coconut Grove Convention Center Coconut Grove Fl. 2004 - New Works on Vintage wallpapers George Billis Gallery, New York NY Art Miami Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Fl. Arte Americas Coconut Grove Convention Center, Coconut Grove Fl. 2003 - Works on Paper George Billis Gallery, New York NY Art Miami Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Fl. 2002 - New Paintings George Billis Gallery, New York NY 2001 - "Orchids and other Monsters" Galeria Borinken, New Paltz NY 2000 - "Directions to my House" Galeria Borinken, New Paltz NY 1999 - Sabbatical 1998 - "Riverdale Skies" Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe NM "At the Center of the Universe" Faulty Beagle Gallery, Kunkletown Pa. 1997 - "Ghosts and Memories" Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables Fl. 1996 - "Walking in Dorothy's Shoes" Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco Ca. "Carnival" Faulty Beagle Gallery, Kunkletown Pa. "Heaven & Hell : Images between two gardens" Faulty Beagle Gallery, Kunkletown Pa. 1995 - "Ancient Echoes" Chetwynd Stapylton Gallery, Portland Or. 1994 - "The Spirit and the Flesh, a walk through the Tarot" Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables Fl. 1993 - "Icons for an Age of Consent" Chetwyn Stapylton Gallery, Portland Or. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS : 2009-Arte Ahora River North Gallery District Chicago, Ill. The Art of Buying Art Aldo Castillo Gallery Chicago, Ill. 2004 - Inaugural exhibition George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles Ca. 2003 - "Round" George Billis Gallery, New York NY. 2001 - The Object as Art Bender Fine Arts, Atlanta Ga. 2000 - "Sassy, Sexy, Sordid, Surreal" Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles Ca. "Three Horizons" Bender Fine Arts, Atlanta Ga. "The Surrealist Evolution" Monique Goldstrum Gallery, New York NY. 1999 - "Reconceptualization of a Vision" Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York NY "Image of Latin America" ( I & II ) Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York NY "Dia de los Muertos" Carmen Lewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, La. "Shared Sensibilities" Bender Fine Arts, Atlanta Ga. Gallery Artists Galeria Borinken, New Paltz NY. 1998 - Latin American Art in the 90s' St. John's University, Long Island City NY. "Three Latin Americans" Galeria Borinken, New Paltz NY "Outlook '98" Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY "New Space, New Art" Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco Ca. "Sacred Spaces" Handsel Gallery, Santa Fe NM. Texa...