Rafael Consuegra

Rafael Consuegra (born 1941 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist residing in Miami, Florida. He is best known for his metal sculptures, though he also paints and creates ceramics.

Education

After relocating to the United States in the 1960s, he studied the arts in Miami Dade College with fellow artists Emilio Falero, Rafael Soriano, and Duane Hanson, receiving his Associates Degree in 1967. He then received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Miami in 1971. He later taught as an art instructor in both Miami Dade College and Barry University.[1]

Individual exhibitions

He has had multiple solo exhibitions in Miami, including shows at educational institutions such as Miami Dade College in 1970 and 2006, Barry University in 1971, and Florida International University in 1973. He also did a show in Boston's Northeastern University in 2007 titled "Freedom Birds" and has had other shows in Chicago, New York City, Athens, Georgia, and Puerto Rico. Internationally, he has done shows in Spain, France, Switzerland, Argentina, and Serbia.[1]

Collective Exhibitions

Consuegra has also participated in several group exhibitions, including the International Artists Salon, Grenoble, France (1977), Forum Artis I, Copenhagen, Denmark (1978), WIZO Art ‘92’, Miami (1992), "Sculpture in the Landscape," University of Miami (1995), “31 Cuban Sculptors Exhibition,” Miami Dade College (2009), "Art Shanghai 2012," "Art Fest at Doral" (2012), and the Miami River Art Fair (2012).

Awards

As an internationally renown Cuban artist with a career of over fifty years, Consuegra has won several awards for his art, including the Miami Art Center's Award for Sculpture in 1967, the University of Miami's Hanson Award in 1968 and Helen Banks Memorial Award in 1969, the Cintas Foundation Fellowship (New York) in both 1972 and 1973, among others. In 2012 he was designated a U. S. Ambassador to promote Belgrade as a “Capital of the Arts” in 2020.[1]

Collections

Rafael's work can be seen in the Agrupación Católica Universitaria of Miami, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, as well as the Milander Recreational Complex of Hialeah, which where installed in 2015,[2] as well as many private collections.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rafael Consuegra - Sculptors, Famous Sculptors, Sculpture Artists". Rafael Consuegra.
  2. ↑ "Sculptures by Cuban artist Consuegra unveiled in Hialeah".
  3. ↑ "Rafael Consuegra". ArtSlant.
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