José Braulio Bedia, La Havana, Cuba, 1959.

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2012    KIAF, Booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

SCOPE, Booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

Casa Cortes, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Oscuras aventuras graficas”, Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by Jose Bedia”, Miami, USA.

“Historias de un país gentil”, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Season in Hell”, Stnitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

2011   “Size Matters: Large-Scale and Small-Scale Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures” George Adams Gallery, New York, USA.

2010   SCOPE, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery Booth, Miami, USA.

“Refreshing Recollection”, Lyle O. Reitzel, Miami, USA.

“The Global Caribbean II: Caribbean Trilogy”, The Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, USA.

Art Basel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

“The Base Paint Tents for Haiti”, Epic Residence, Miami, USA.

“The Base Paint Tents: the Models”, Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA.

PINTA, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

“Without a Mask”” Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China.

“Between Worlds”, Valencian Institute of Modern Art, Valencia, Spain.

SCOPE, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

“Faces in the Landscape, Latin American Masters”, Los Angeles, USA.

“¿Cómo empezó todo?”, Puerto Rico Art Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Fragments of Journeys”, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, USA.

2009   “Rite of Passage”, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, USA.

“Resistance and Freedom”, Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

“NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith”, Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA.

“Pivot Points”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA.

Arteamericas, Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, Miami, USA.

PINTA, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

“Analogía mística”, Sandunga Gallery, Granada, Spain.

“American Story”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, USA.

Summer Group Show, George Adams Gallery, New York, USA.

2008   “Makishi Nkishi”, Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Status Quo”, Costantini Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy.

Milan International Fair, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Milan, Italy.

Animal Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

“A mi aire“, Enlace Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country”, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, USA.

PINTA, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

“Giants of the City”, Bayfront Park, Miami, USA.

“Dominican Power & Solid Friends”, Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, Miami, USA.

ArteBa, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Arteamericas, Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, Miami, USA.

CIRCA, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Surrounded by Water: Expressions of Freedom and Isolation in Contemporary Cuban Art”, Boston, USA.

2007   “First Hand”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

“IM-PULSE”, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, USA.

“A Survey of Paintings and Works on Paper,” George Adams Gallery, New York, USA.

“Imágenes primigenias”, Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru.

2006   “El triunfo de la locura”, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Obras recientes 2002-2005”, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“The State of Things”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

Art Miami, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, USA.

“Menocal”, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

ARCO, Ramis Barquet Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

Arteamericas, Ramis Barquet Gallery, Coconut Grove, USA.

2005    SPATIVM Gallery,Caracas, Venezuela.

“There, Around the Corner”, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, USA.

Ramis Barquet Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico.

AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, USA.

Jaureguia Museum, Pamplona, Spain.

Arteaméricas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“Contra corriente: 10 años”, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

2004    ARCO Ramis Barquet Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

“Érase una vez en México, 8 pintores cubanos”, Institute of Mexico in Miami, Miami USA.

“Monstruos, monstricos y aspirantes”, Gallery Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Claudio Poleschi Gallery, Lucca, Italy.

“Estremecimientos”, Museum of Badajoz, Badajoz, Spain.

“Estremecimientos”, Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain.

“El jaguar y la anaconda”, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

2003   “Narraciones incompletas”, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.

“What the Virgin Told Me”, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, USA.

Cantor Center, Stanford University, Stanford, USA.

“You Had to Be There”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

Alessandro Bagnai Gallery, Florence, Italy.

2002   “The Transportable Cultural Hero”, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, USA.

“A Selection of Works by Joseph Bedia”, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, USA.

“Blanco espiritual”, Museum of Fine Arts, Granada, Spain.

“Proverbs”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

“Fieldwork / José Bedia”, Miami, USA.

“José Bedia”, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

2001   “Inside and Out”, Biennial of the Caribbean and Central American, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

“Condición visionaria”, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.

“Works on Paper”, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York, USA.

“Back in Africa”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, USA.

2000    “La gente en casa”, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba.

“Rodeado de mar”, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia, USA.

“Fragmentos de una historia”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

“Things We Need”, George Adams Gallery, New York, USA.

Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

1999    Nathalie Obadia Gallery, Paris, France.

Annina Nosel Gallery, New York, USA.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.

“José Bedia”, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, USA.

“José Bedia”, Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, USA.

1998   Fisrt Lima Biennial, Lima, Peru.

“20/21: José Bedia”, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, USA.

“Crónicas americanas”, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.

“My Essentialness”, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, USA.

OMR Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.

“Objetos de trueque”, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

“The Island, the Hunter and the Prey”, Edin Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, USA.

1997   “Animals’ History “, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, USA.

“Objects and Installations”, George Adams Gallery, New York, USA.

“The Island, the Hunter and the Prey”, Santa Fe, USA.

Der Brucke International Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1996   “Nuevo arte de Cuba y México”, David Florida Gallery, Aspen, USA.

“Cuba, S. XX., modernidad y sincretismo”, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

“My essentialism”, Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

“New Drawings”, Fredic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, USA.

1995   “Saint Clair Cemin”, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy.

“Cosas redondas”, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, USA.

“Múdenle quiere saber”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA.

1994   International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Paper Visions V, Bridgeport, USA.

“José Bedia: de dónde vengo”,Institute of Contemporary Art of the U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

“InSite94”, Train Station, San Diego, USA.

1990   Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1989   “Final del centauro”, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba.

1987   “New Art from Cuba: José Bedia, Flavio Garciandía, Ricardo Brey”, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, New York, USA.

1986   Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

1984   Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

1982   “Los novísimos cubanos. Grupo volumen I”, The Signs Gallery, New York, USA.

“El paisaje en la pintura contemporánea”, Domecq Cultural Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.

1980   “XIX Premi Internacional de DibuixJoan Miró”, Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.

First Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

1978   Collective art exhibition, Havana, Cuba.

 

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS\

 

1994   Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, New York, USA.

1988   Biennial Critics’ Award of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

National Culture Distinction, Council of State, Havana, Cuba.

1986   Havana Biennial Award, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

1982   Grand Prix Landscape Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, USA.

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock.

Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba.

Contemporary Art Cultural Center, AC, Mexico City, Mexico.

Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.

Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, New York, USA.

Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico.

Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, USA.

Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela.

National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, USA.

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA.

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA.

Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA.

Perseus Collection, Honolulu, USA.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA.

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA.

Spencer Museum, Lawrence, USA.

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, USA.

Porin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland.

Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada.