Born in 1963, Marianao, Havana, Cuba. Migrated to Miami 1990-1994. Evicted from New York City 2000.
EDUCATION
1987 Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba.
Awarded Graduado Destacado en lo Artìstico Creador.
1982 Academia de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba.
1978 Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas de 23 Y C, Vedado, La Habana,Cuba.
ONE ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2000 "MONDONGO GORDO" Drawings. Denise Andrews Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.
1999 WWW.TOMASESSON.COM Live Time personal exhibition.
1997 ''WET PAINTINGS for the White House.'' Brewster Arts LTD, New York, USA.
1995 "AGUA." Vrej Baghoomian Gallery. Soho, New York, USA .
1993 "Chá-Chá-Chá." Galeria Ramis Barquet. Art Cologne - Internationaler Kunstmarkt. Cologne, Germany. (Catalogue with artist's interview by Eduard Sullivan).
1991 "¡Que Calor!" Fredric Snitzer Gallery. Miami, USA . (Catalogue with essays by Coco Fusco and Antonio Eligio,'Tonel').
1988 "A Tarro Partido II." Centro de Arte 23 y 12. La Habana, Cuba. (Catalogue).
"ESSONSISEHACE." Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba.
1987 "A Tarro Partido." Museo Provincial de Villa Clara, Santa Clara, Cuba. (Catalogue with essay by Gerardo Mosquera).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 “The Unconventional Drawing.” Alonso Art, Miami, Florida, USA.
2001 "New Art OFF Cuba. José Alonso Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, USA.
2000 "Palmas Reales y Vitrales." José Alonso Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, USA.
"Paper / Papel." José Alonso Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, USA.
1999 "Size Matters." GAle GAtes et al. Brooklyn, New York.
1998 "Loin de Cuba." Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence, France. (Catalogue).
1997 ''FORM UND FUNKTION DER ZEICHNUNG HEUTE.'' Frankfurt, Germany. (Catalogue-cover).
1996 ''Monkey Business.'' Brewster Arts LTD. New York, USA.
"Selection Summer' 96." The Drawing Center, New York, USA.
"CUBA Siglo XX- modernidad y sincretismo." Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Palma de Gran Canaria, Spain. (Catalogue).
1995 "Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture." Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, USA.Travelling exhibition. (Catalogue).
"Premio Marco 1994." Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico. (Catalogue).
"Cuba la Isla Posible..." Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, Spain. (Catalogue).
1993 "Prospect 93." Eine Internationale Ausstellung Aktueller Kunst. Kunstalle, Frankfurt, Germany. (Catalogue).
1992 "Aquì Arte Hispano en Orlando." City Hall, Orlando, Florida, USA.
"Drawings." Fredric Snitzer Gallery. Miami, USA.
"Cuatro Que Se Fueron." Osuna Gallery, Washington DC, USA.
"Von Dort Aus: Kuba." Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.
1991 "De Cubaanse Renaisaanc.e" Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam. (Catalogue).
"Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell." Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela.Travelled to Banco de la República de Colombia, Bogotá. (Catalogue with essay by Mosquera).
"Nuevas Adquisiciones Cotemporáneas: Muestras de Arte Cubano." Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.( Cataalogue).
"Ostkunst-Westkunst." Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. (Catalogue)
"Senki Sem Sziget." Ernst Muzeum, Budapest. (Catalogue with essay by Judit Sarosdy).
1990 "Aktuelle Kunst aus Kuba." Institut für Auslandsbezi...