humberto calzada

Humberto Calzada was born in Cuba in 1944 and has lived in the United States since 1960. In 1966 he received a degree in Industrial Engineering, followed by an MBA in Finance (1968) from the University of Miami. He began painting in 1972 and since 1976 has dedicated his time exclusively to painting.

His work has been said to carry on the classical Latin American artistic tradition: dreamlike realism, tension created by the contrast between calm and conflict, and the use of timeless symbols as a universal language.

Throughout his career, he has applied these themes through architectural imagery. He depicts harmony through the use of natural elements, and he depicts conflict through the opposition of the ephemeral movement of light and water against the static force of stone and glass.

SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS

2006 Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami, "Humberto Calzada: In Dreams Awake.
A Thirty-Year Retrospective", Coral Gables, FL

2006 Boca Raton Museum of Art, "Masters of Latin America: Selections from the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection, Boca Raton, Florida.

2003 University of Miami, ICCAS, Bacardi Gallery, "Cuba: La Hora Azul"

2002 Galeria Arteconsult, "Cuba y la Noche II", Panama, Republic of Panama

2001 Jose Alonso Fine Arts, “Cuba y la Noche/Cuba and the Night,” Miami, FL

2000 Jose Alonso Fine Arts, “Humberto Calzada: New Collection of Graphic Work,” Miami, Fl

1999 Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, Fl, "Sanctuaries for the Spirit"
Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama

1998 Museo Ixchel, Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala
Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl and Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fl, "Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art"

1997 Galeria Amalia Mahoney, Chicago, Il
Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela

1996 Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, Fl

1995 Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama
Galeria Forum de Las Artes, San Juan, P.R.
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota , Fl

1994 The America's Collection, Coral Gables, Fl
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Boca Raton, Fl

1993 Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl
The America's Collection, Coral Gables, Fl

1992 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Republica de Panama
Kennesaw State College Art Gallery, Marietta, Ga
Galeria 1.2.3, San Salvador, El Salvador

1991 Bass Museum of Art, "Fifteen Years Retrospective," Miami, Fl.
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl.
Fred Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1990 Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, Fl.
Galeria Arteconsult, Panama, Republica de Panama

1989 Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl

1988 Galeria 9, Lima, Peru
Park Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador

1987 Galeria Acquavella, Caracas, Venezuela
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl

1986 Galeria Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, Fl

1985 Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Fl
Gutierrez Fine Arts, Key Biscayne, Fl
Galeria Etcetera, Panama, Republic of Panama
Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador
Galeria 9, Lima, Peru

1984 Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1983 Galeria 1.2.3., San Salvador, El Salvador
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
Galeria Coabey, San Juan, P.R.
Galeria Etcetera, Panama, Republic of Panama

1982 Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1981 Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1980 Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1979 Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1978 Galeria Coabey, San Juan, P.R. Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl

1975 Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Fl

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2007 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Co-Sponsored by The Holy Cross Latin American and Latino Studies Concentration, "Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art."

2006 Cuba Art New York, New York, NY. "A Sense of Space: Cuban Artists and Architecture" University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, "Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art"

2004 Miami Art Central, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, "Hope and Glory: The Enduring Legacy of Oscar B. Cintas"

2003 King Fine Arts "Three Cuban Masters, Three Visions of One Reality," New York, NY

2002 Kendall Campus Art Gallery, MDCC, "Art Trends--Miami's Trek III: A Decade of Art in Miami", Miami, FL

2000 Lowe Art Museum, "From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuba-American Art from the Permanent Collection" Coral Gables, FL
Galeria Arte Consult, "Memoria: Veinte Años," Panama, Republica de Panama
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, "Images and Reflections," Springfield, IL

1998 "Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art" Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale, FL
"Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art" Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

1997 Galeria 1.2.3., "Latin American Art Biennial," San Salvador, El Salvador
Miami University Art Museum, "Changing Images from the Americas," Oxford,Ohio

1993 Museum of Art, "Cuban Artists of the Twentieth Century," Fort Lauderdale, Fl

1992 Museu de Arte Moderna, "Eco Art," Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1991 - 1992 "CUBA - U.S.A.: The First Generation" : Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Il Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C.
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minn
The Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Fl

1991 Museum of Art, "South Florida Invitational," Fort Lauderdale, Fl

1990 Northwood Institute, "Leading Hispanic Artists of South Florida," West Palm Beach, Fl Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, "Miami Artists - Fifty Years of Collecting," Miami, Fl

1988 - 1989 "MIRA! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III": Municipal Art Center, Los Angeles, Ca
Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court, Dallas, Tx
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Fl
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Il
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

1988 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, "Acquisitions from the Last 10 Years,"Santiago, Chile

1988 - 1989 "Latin American Artists from the Southeast Coastal Region": Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, La
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fl

1987 National Library of Canada, "Cuban Artists in North America," Ottawa, Canada

1987 - 1989 "Outside Cuba/ Fuera de Cuba": Jane Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Oh
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Fl
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Ga, 1986 - Georgia State University Art Gallery, "Visual Arts: the Southeast 1986," Atlanta, Ga.
Stedman Art Gallery, "Rutgers National 85/86, Works on Paper," Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Thomas Center Gallery, "Expatriates: Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists," Gainesville, Fl
Instituto Cultural Domecq, "V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte," Mexico,D.F., Mexico

1985 South Campus Art Gallery, "American Artists of Cuban Origin," Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Fl

1983 - 1985 "The Miami Generation," Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Fl
Meridian House International, Washington, D.C.
The Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, Pa

1983 "VI Latin American Graphics Biennial Exhibition" San Juan, PR North Miami Museum and Art Center, "Five in Florida Plus Two," North Miami, Fl

1982 Museum of Art, "Hort Memorial Exhibition," Fort Lauderdale, Fl

1981 Gallery Camino Real, "Five Contemporary Realists," Boca Raton, Fl
Art Museum of the Americas (OAS, Organization of American States)"Recent Acquisitions," Washington, DC
"IV Biennial Art Exhibition of Medellin," Medellin, Colombia
Moss Gallery, "Contemporary Cuban Painting," San Francisco, Ca

1979 "The Cuban Exhibition," De Armas Gallery, Editorial America, Miami, Fl

1978 Lowe Art Museum "Latin American Artists of the Southeastern United States," Coral Gables, Fl
Art Museum of the Americas, OAS "Hispanic-American Artists of the United States," Washington, DC

FELLOWSHIPS

1981 Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY

1980 Painting Fellowship, Division of Cultural Affairs of the State of Florida

1979 Cintas Fellowship, Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, NewYork, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, TX
Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Fl
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fl
Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court, Dallas, Tx
Miami University Museum, Oxford, Oh
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama, Republica de Panama
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, PR
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC
Norton Gallery & School of Art, West Palm Beach, Fl
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Fl
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
The University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Il
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin
Florida International University, Miami, Fl
Miami-Dade Community College South Campus Art Gallery
Dade County Art in Public Places Program, Miami International Airport
Cintas Foundation, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Miami Branch Office Gulf & Western Industries, La Romana, Dominican Republic
Banco de Viscaya, Miami, Fl
Banco Nacional de Brasil, Miami, Fl
Bank of Tokyo, Miami, Fl
Capitol National Bank, Miami, Fl
International Bank of Miami, N.A.
Republic International Bank, Interamerican Office, Miami, Fl
Republic National Bank, Miami, Fl
Wells Fargo International Bank, Miami, Fl
Bank of Boston, Miami, Fl
Centro de Arte Fundacion Ortiz-Gurdian, Granada, Nicaragua