Alejandro Aguilera
Alejandro Aguilera, born in Cuba in 1964, now lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.
He received his education at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, The Higher Institute of Art
in Havana, and the School of Art in Holguin, his home town. Although his work has become increasingly abstract
in recent years, it retains strong references to his recent memories of Cuba. These references include small flags as well as
motifs related to the ocean and to the landscape. Aguilera combines these elements with the swirling imagery of what he
describes as "so-called primitive cultures".
Aguilera has exhibited in the United States and internationally, and his work is
included in the public collections of the National Museum Palace of Fine Arts in Havana, the Museum of Comtemporary Art
in Monterrey, Mexico, The Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta.
Education
1990
Postgraduate fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1989
MFA, Instituto Superior de Arte (Higher Institute of Art), Havana, Cuba
1983
BFA, Escuela de Arte (School of Art), Holguin, Cuba
Solo Exhibitions
2012
High Museum of Art,"Alejandro Aguilera. About the Modern Spirit", Altanta, GA
2011
SALTWORKS, Black Drawings, Atlanta, GA
2007
SALTWORKS, Aguas, Atlanta, GA
2007
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, A Brief History of Usage, Miami, FL
2006
Milledgeville College and State University, Forty Yards of Lines, Milledgeville, GA
2004
Ty Stokes Gallery, The Art of Making Art, Atlanta, GA
Gallery Sklo, A.A Recent Work, Atlanta, GA
2003
University of Georgia, A.A. A Decade of Assemblages, Athens, GA
2002
Contemporanea, Coconut-Grove Convention Center, Artesanías del Sur, Miami, FL
Brickell Village Gallery and ALPHA International Galleries, A.A. Obra reciente, Miami, FL
Ramis Barquet Gallery, Objetos de uso, Monterrey, Mexico
Arte Contemporaneo, Dibujos y arabescos, Monterrey, Mexico
Atlanta International Airport Main Gallery, Black Drawings, Atlanta, GA
2001
ALPHA International Galleries, Micaelat, Miami, FL
ALPHA International Galleries, Ornamentos, Miami, FL
1999
Hammonds House, Black Drawings (Craftsmen, Theologians and Buffoons), Atlanta, GA
Florana, Drawings and Accessories, Miami, FL
Mexican Center of Atlanta, A.A. Years in Mexico, Atlanta, GA
1998
T-C, H.S., Projects, Drawings and Shadows, Atlanta, GA
AIRI, A.A. Recent Works, Atlanta, GA
1997
Ambrosino Gallery, Objetos muertos, Miami, FL
1996
Ramis Barquet Gallery, Héroes de uso y otras reliquias, Monterrey, Mexico
1995
Manolo Rivero Gallery, La Colonia, Merida, Mexico
1992
Ramis Barquet Gallery, Los Buenos y los Malos, Monterrey, Mexico
1989
Castle of the Force, Proyecto Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba
1986
Gallery L, De los Real-Irreal a lo Irreal-Real, Havana, Cuba
1984
Library of the Higher Institute of Art, A.A., Havana, Cuba
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
SALTWORKS, Everything In Between, Atlanta, GA
2007
Visual Arts Gallery at Emory University, Pitching, Two-Person show with Radcliffe Bailey, Atlanta, GA
2005
The Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College, Traveler, Atlanta, GA
2004
The Columbus Museum, Re-defining Georgia, Columbus, GA
2003
2001 City Gallery East, Belonging-Pertenecer, Atlanta, GA 1999 Jose Alonso Fine Art,New Art Off Cuba, Miami, FL 1996 Polytechnic University, Movimiento e Inercia, Valencia, Spain 1995 Museum of Contemporary Art, Premio MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico 1994 Museum of Contemporary Art, Premio MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico 1991 15 Artistas Cubanos, Premio MARCO, Mexico City, Mexico High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Fox, Catherine. "Alejandro Aguilera, Kojo Griffin and Jefferson Pinder at SALTWORKS", ArtsCriticAtl.com, October 19, 2009.
Jose Alonso Fine Art,Paper-Papel, Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Premio MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico
Atlantic Center of Modern Art,Cuba Siglo XX. Modernidad y Sincretismo, Grand Canaries, Spain
C.F., Primer Festival Internacional de Tattoo, Monterrey, Mexico
Contemporary Art Center, La isla posible, Barcelona, Spain
National Museum Palace of Fine Arts, Colonización y descolonización, Fourth Havana Biennial, Havana, CubaPublic Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, MARCO,Monterrey, Mexico
Peter Ludwing, Aachen Museum, Germany
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
National Museum Palace of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, USA
National Council for the Arts, Havana, Cuba
Hammonds House Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ramis Barquet Public Collection, New York, USA
CEMEX, Monterrey, Mexico
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Art Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Fulton County Arts Council Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USASelected Bibliography
Oppenheim, Phil, "Radcliffe Bailey and Alejandro Aguilera," Art Papers, July/August 2007, p. 52.
Fernández, Ana M. "Alejandro Aguilera" Art Nexus, No. 61 (Junio), 2006.
Cullum, Jerry. "Dipping a Brush in Two Cultures." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (March 14), 2004.
Fox, Catherine. "Art as a Multilayer Conversation." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (November 21), 2004.
Gess, Richard. "A.B." Art Papers (July-August), 2003.
Craven, David. Art and Revolution in Latin America 1910-1990. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.
Veigas, José, Cristina Vives, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzón and Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California: International Arts Foundation, 2002.
Weinstein, Joe. "Ornamentos." Art Nexus (February), 2002.
Bazzano-Nelson, Florencia. Belonging-Pertenecer. Atlanta: City Gallery East, 2001.
Camnitzer, Luis. New Art of Cuba. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994.
Sullivan, Edward. "El poder percivido." Los Buenos y los Malos. Monterrey: Ramis Barquet Gallery, 1992.
Jones, Kellie and Rachel Weiss. The Nearest Edge of the World. Art and Cuba Now. Massachusetts: Polarities, Inc., 1990.