cundo bermudez

Born September 3, 1914 in Havana, Cuba
1926 Admitted at the Institute of Havana
1930 - 1932 Studied Painting at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro"
1934 - 1941 Studied law and social sciences at the University of Havana
1949 Founded the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores de Cuba (APEC).
1972 Received Hororable Mention, "Segunda Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1973 Awarded “Homenaje a Picasso”, Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Washington, D.C.
Awarded Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York City
1974 Moves to Puerto Rico
1996 Moves to Miami
2005 Awarded an honorary doctorate of the arts from Florida International University
2008 Died October 30, 2008 in Westchester, NY

Exhibitions

2009 "Homage to Cundo Bermudez" Gary Nader, Miami, Fl (group)
"Cundo Bermudez in the 21st Century," Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (solo)
2006 Paris, Barcelona & Miami - David Castillo Modern & Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (group)
2005 "Madria Tiri" Cernuda Art, Coral Gables, FL (solo)
2004 "Cundo Bermúdez – Agustín Fernández – Emilio Sánchez," ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1994 "Cuban Artists: Expressions in Graphics", Jadite Galleries, New York City (group)
1979 Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C. (solo)
1974 "Cundo Bermúdez Painting/Alfredo Lozano Sculptures", Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami, Florida (solo)
1967 Moved to Washington, D.C.
1957 "Exposición de Cundo Bermúdez", Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Perú (solo)
1953 "II Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico (group)
1952 "XXVI Biennale di Venezia", Venice, Italy (group)
1951 "I São Paulo Art Biennial", Sao Paulo, Brazil (group)
1950 "Pinturas". Cundo Bermúdez, Amelia Peláez and Martínez Pedro. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba (group)
1946 Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico (solo)
Palacio de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
1944 Cuban Painting Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City (group)
1943 "An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Modern Cuban", Jose Gomez Sicre Institution, Havana (group)
1942 "Some Contemporary Painters", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba (group)
"Cundo Bermúdez. Gouaches y Acuarelas", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba (solo)
1941 "Cuban Contemporary Art Exhibition", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba (group)
1940 "Three hundred Years of Art in Cuba", University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (group)
1938 "National Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures" at the Castillo de la Fuerza, Old Havana, Cuba (group)
1936 Cuban Modern Art Exposition, Cuba