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Miguel Florido Curriculum Vitae
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Miguel Florido was born on October 6, 1980, in San José de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba. Florido, a self-taught artist, has garnered several awards and honorable mentions including: First Place, Salón de Pintura Vedasto Acosta, San José de las Lajas, Havana, in 2002; Third Place in the International Competition La Mariposa Blanca, given by the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba, in 1988; as well as other awards at provincial and national levels given to young Cuban talents. His works are part of private collections in Spain, France, the United States, México, Puerto Rico, Panama, Grand Cayman and Cuba. The artist resides in San José de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2004 Entre dos Aguas, Spativm Gallery, Venezuela.
2003 Hopes and Dreams, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2002 Puertas, Nichos y Frutas, La Giraldilla Tourist Complex, Havana, Cuba.
2001 Puertas, Nichos y Frutas, Saint Francis of Assisi Convent, Havana, Cuba.
2000 Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
2000 La Puerta Azul y Otras Presencias, Galería la Rama Dorada, Panama.
1999 Desde el Paisaje, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1996 Rostros, San José de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ArtDC 2007, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
2007 CIRCA 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 Arteaméricas 2007, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2007 Palm Beach3, West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2007 Art Miami 2007, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2007 Important Cuban Artworks, Volume V, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2006 Art Off the Main 2006, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2006 CIRCA 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 Cuban Art: Academic, Modern and Contemporary, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2006 Arteaméricas 2006, Coconut Grove, FL, U.S.A.
2006 Palm Beach3, West Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2006 Art Miami 2006, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2006 Important Cuban Artworks, Volume IV, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2005 Art Off the Main, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2005 Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
2005 Arteaméricas, Coconut Grove, FL, U.S.A.
2005 Art Miami 2005, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2005 Important Cuban Artworks, Volume III, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2004 Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
2004 Arteaméricas, Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.A.
2004 Important Cuban Artworks, Volume II, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2004 Art Miami 2004, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2004 Untitled: Still Lifes and Realist Art, Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
2003 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
2003 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A.
2003 Arte Américas, Coconut Grove, FL, U.S.A.
2002 Young Talents, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2002 Important Cuban Artworks, Volume I, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A.
2002 Tamara Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001 Fragmentos de un Rompecabezas, Luis de Soto Gallery, University of Havana, Cuba.
2001 ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
1999 FIAC, International Fair of Contemporary Art, Paris, France.
1999 ArteBa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999 Arte Cuba CN, Barcelona, Spain.
1998 ArteBa, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1998 Cuba Hoy, Casa de Cantabria, Madrid, Spain.
1998 Casa del Joven Creador, San José de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba.
1998 Arte Cubano de Hoy, Nicolás Guillén Foundation, Holland and Spain.
1998 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos, National Museum, Río de Janeiro, Brazil.
1998 Huella Plural, La Rama Dorada Gallery, Panama City, Panama.
1997 Paisaje Cubano, Anonymous Gallery, Panama City, Panama.
1997 Contemporary Cuban Landscape, Kennedy Gallery, Grand Cayman.
1997 Cuban Landscape Salon, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2002 First Place, Salón de Pintura Vedasto Acosta, San José de las Lajas, Havana, Cuba.
1998 Third Place, La Mariposa Blanca, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
AUCTIONS
2007 Christie's New York Latin American Sale
Title: Amor mío
Year: 2006 -
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 78.7 x 39.4 in. / 200 x 100 cm.
Date of Sale: Friday, June 1, 2007
2001 Christie's New York Latin American Sale
Title: A pesar de todo sigo aquí
Year: 2001 -
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 58.7 x 27.6 in. / 149.2 x 70 cm.
Date of Sale: Thursday, May 26, 2005
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hernández, J. (2003) Ineludible. La Revista del Diario Las Américas, Miami, FL, August 15, 2003.
Morejón Nellar, K. (2003) Florido en el Palacio de Lombillo. Opus Habana, Havana, Cuba, December 5, 2003.
Sánchez, J. (2003) Florido: Strokes of Yearning and Hope, (In cat.) Florido: Hopes and Dreams. Coral Gables, FL: Cernuda Arte.
Sirgado, M. (2003) Miguel Florido, La Mirada Natural. El Nuevo Herald, Miami, FL,August 17, 2003, 8E.
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