Rafael Soriano was born in Cidra, the province of Matanzas, Cuba in1920; and has lived in Miami, Florida since 1962. In 1943, he graduated from the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, and thereafter was one of the founders, and Professor of Art at the School of Fine Arts in Matanzas, Cuba. His first exhibiton was in the Lyceum Club, of Havana, Cuba in 1947. He continues to exhibit his work today.

Rafael Soriano nacido en Cidra, Provincia de Matanzas, Cuba, en 1920; Soriano vive en Miami, Florida desde 1962. En 1943 se graduó de la Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" en La Habana, Cuba, y mas tarde fue uno de los fundadores y profesor de la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Matanzas. Su primera exposición individual se llevó a cabo en el Club Liceo de La Habana en 1947. Él continúa exhibiendo su trabajo hoy.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1947 - Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club (Havana, Cuba).

1948 - Colegio de Abogados (Matanzas, Cuba).

1949 - Salon de Exposicion (Cardenas, Matanzas; Cuba).

1950 - Parque Central (Havana, Cuba).

1951 - Sociedad de Marianao (Havana, Cuba).
- Santiago de las Vegas, (Havana; Cuba).

1954 - La Rampa (Havana, Cuba).

1955 - Galería de Matanzas (Matanzas, Cuba).
Palacio de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba).

1959 - Arte y Cinema La Rampa (Havana, Cuba).

1968 - Pageant Gallery (Miami, Florida).

1969 - Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).

1970 - Pan American Bank (Miami, Florida).

1977 - Galería de las Américas (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

1980 - De Armas Gallery (Miami, Florida).

1981 - Museo de Arte de Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia). Held in conjunction with the IV Bienal de Arte de Medellin.
Galería de Arte 9 (Lima, Peru).

1982 - Schweyer-Galdo Galleries (Detroit, Michigan).

1984 - "Tertulia San Miguel", (Coral Gables, Florida).
Bacardi - Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).

1985 - Centre Culturel Editart (Geneva, Switzerland)
Opus Art Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida).

1992 - Gary Nader Fine Art (Coral Gables, Florida).

1995 - "Rafael Soriano: Light's Way", retrospective,
Museum of Art (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), curator: Jorge H Santis.

1998 - Gary Nader Fine Art (Coral Gables, Florida)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1949 - Circulo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

1950 - IV Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Ministerio de Educacion (Havana, Cuba).

1951 - Circulo de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba).
V Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Palacio del Centre Austrian (Havana, Cuba).

1952 - Circulo de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba).

1953 - VI Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Salons del Capitol Nacional (Havana, Cuba).

1955 - Museo Nacional, Institutor Nacional de Culture, Sala Permanente de Artes Plasticas (Havana, Cuba).

1956 - VIII Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Ministerio de Educacion, Museo Nacional (Havana, Cuba).

1957 - Circulo de Bellas Artes Havana, Cuba.

1958 - Circulo de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba).
Primera Bienal Interamericana de Pintura y Grabado, Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (México City, México).

1959 - XI Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Museo Nacional (Havana, Cuba).

1963 - First National Painting Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables,Florida).

1964 - Florida State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. Opened June 6, traveled through
November, visiting: the Norton Gallery and School of Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida) and the Jacksonville ArtMuseum, (Jacksonville, Florida).
"First National Watercolor Exhibition", The Dulin Gallery of Art (Knoxville, Tennessee).

1965-1966
"Cuban Paintings", Museum of Daytona Beach 1966 (Daytona Beach, Florida).
"Cuban Paintings", Museum of Science and Natural History, Miami, in conjunction with Oscar Cintas Foundation (New York, New York).
"20th Southeastern Annual Exhibition", opened at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta on October 2, and traveled until June 6, 1966, visiting: Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts (Columbus, Georgia);
Telfair Academy of Art (Savannah, Georgia); Dulin Gallery of Art (Knoxville, Tennessee); Southwest Georgia Art Association (Albany, Georgia).
Interama Exhibition of Arts (Miami, Florida).

1967 - "Cuatro Generaciones de Pintores Cubanos, 1895-1940", University of Miami, Dicita of Continuing Education, -
Cuban Culture Program, Koubeck Center (Miami, Florida).

1969 - Contemporary American Paintings, Society of the Four Arts (West Palm Beach, Florida).

1970 - Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Museum of the Arts (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Miami, Florida).
Asociacion Fraternal Latinoamericana (Miami, Florida).
Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Temple Beth Am (Miami, Florida).
Second Annual Pan American Art Exhibition, (Miami, Florida).

1971 - Third Annual Pan American Art Exhibition, (Miami, Florida).
Second Annual Art Exhibition, Temple Beth Am (Miami, Florida).
Gloria Luria Gallery, GALA Group (Miami, Florida).
Contemporary Original Graphics, Miami Public Library (Miami, Florida).
Second Annual Art Show, YMY WHA (Miami, Florida).
IV Pan American Art Exhibition, Miami Public Library (Miami, Florida).
Museum of the Arts (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
Pintura Cubana 1775-1972, Miami Arts Center (Miami, Florida).
Graphics, IV Pan American Art Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art (Miami, Florida).
Pintura Cubana, Galería Internacional (Caracas, Venezuela).

1973 - Latin American Exhibition, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon).
Fine Art Show, Museum of Science (Miami, Florida).
Cuban Painters, Asociacion Fraternal Latinoamericana (Miami, Florida).
Cuban Arts, Cuban Cultural Center of New York (New York).
Hortt Memorial, Museum of the Arts (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
Miami Arts Center (Miami, Florida).
Cuban Culture, University of Miami (Miami, Florida).
V Pan American Art Exhibition (Miami, Florida).
1974 Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Museum of Science (Miami, Florida).
Artistas Cubanos, Federacion de Estudiantes
Cubanos, University of Miami (Miami, Florida).
Harmon Gallery (Naples, Florida).

1975 - Coleccion Martinez-Cañas, Arte Latinoamericano, Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center (Miami,Florida).
Yolanda Gallery (Chicago, Illinois).

1976 - Retrospectiva de Pintura Cubana, Museo Cubano de Arte y Culture (Miami, Florida).
Artistas Hispanos, Miami-Dade Community College, North Campus (Miami, Florida).

1977 - GALA Group, Grove House Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Reencuentro Cubano (Miami, Florida).
Homenaje a la Pintura Latinoamericana, Sala Nacional de Exposiciones, Patronato Pro-Cultura, V Festival Internacional de Musica (San Salvador, El Salvador).
Arte Actual de Iberoamerica, Institutor de Culture Hispanica, Centre Cultural Villa de Madrid, (Madrid, España).
Pintura Latinoamericana, Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center (Miami, Florida).
Galería 1-2-3 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
Galería Juana Mordo (Madrid, Spain).

1978 - Latin American Artists of the Southeastern United States, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Miami, Florida).
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, OAS (Washington, DC).
Bacardi Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Meeting Point Art Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida).De Armas Gallery (Miami, Florida).
1980 Bienal de Dibujos, Institutor Cultural Domecq (Mexico City, Mexico).
Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center (Miami, Florida).
The Figure in Latin American Art, Bass Museum of Art (Miami Beach, Florida).

1981 - Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, OAS (Washington, DC).
Barbara Gillman Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Sotheby Parke Bernet at the Vizcaya Museum (Miami, Florida).
IV Bienal de Arte (Medellin, Colombia)
Drawings, Forma Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida).
Schweyer-Galdo Galleries (Detroit, Michigan).
Moss Gallery (San Francisco, California).

1982 - Schweyer-Galdo Galleries (Dallas, Texas).
Kourous Gallery (New York City, New York).
Forum Gallery (Atlanta, Georgia)

1983 - Homenaje a Joan Miro, Centre Culturel Editart (Geneva, Switzerland).
2nd Latin American Exhibition, De Armas Gallery (Miami, Florida).
"Selections Pau-Llosa Collection", Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture (Miami, Florida).
"Major Cuban Artists", Forma Gallery (Coral Gables, Florida).
1984 - "Young Collectors of Latin American Art", Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center (Coral Gables, Florida).
Muestra Internacional, Galería 1-2-3 (San Salvador, El Salvador).

1985 - "Exposicion D'Oeuvres Originales de 50 Artistes", Centre Culturel Editart (Geneva, Switzerland). Alloyage 85, SIBI
Cultural Center (Miami, Florida).
"Arte Hispanoamericano de Hoy", De Armas Gallery (Miami, Florida).

1986 - "Hot Off the Press: Mono-Prints",Barbara Gillman Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Hispanic Printmakers, Miami-Dade Community College,North Campus (Miami, Florida).
"L'oeuvre graphique de l'atelier Giorgio Upiglio", Original Graphics (Milan, Italy).
V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte, Institutor Cultural Domecq (México City, México).

1987 - "Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba", opened at Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
on March 22. On national tour until April, 1989, visiting: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MoCHA), (New York City, New York),
Art Museum, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio),
Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico),
Center for the Fine Arts (Miami, Florida),
College of Fine Arts (Atlanta, Georgia).
"Cuban Artists of North America", National Library Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario; Canada).
"Grand Prix Sub-Ouest", Tonneins Art Museum (Tonneins, France).
"Coleccion Rafael Cassalins", Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture (Miami, Florida).
Ceramics as Canvas, Miami-Dade Public Library, Main Branch (Miami, Florida).
"Maestros Contemporaneos Latinoamericanos", Galería 1-2-3 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
"Recent Developments in Latin American Drawings", The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois).
"Art of Cuba in Exile", Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center (Coral Gables, Florida).
"Latin American Treasures from Miami's PrivateCollections", Center for the Fine Arts (Miami, Florida).

1988-1989
"Mira! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour, III",1989 opened at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery on March 29. On national tour through April, 1989, visiting: Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas),
Bass Museum of Art (Miami Beach, Florida),
Terra Museum of Art (Chicago, Illinois),
Museo del Barrio (New York City, New York),
Expresiones Hispanas, The Coors National Hispanic Art Exhibit & Tour, opened at the Mexican Cultural Institute (San Antonio, Texas) on May 5. On national tour through November, 1989, visiting: Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Arvada, Colorado),
Triton Museum of Art (Santa Clara, California),
Millicent Rogers Museum, (Taos, New Mexico),
Center for the Fine Arts (Miami, Florida). Won First Prize in this exhibition for painting titled, The Liturgy of Silence.
Spanish Panorama, Erie Street Gallery (Chicago, Illinois).

1990 - "Twenty-Five in Miami", Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, South Campus (Miami, Florida).

1991 - Art Miami, International Art Exposition. Booth: Picasso Art Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Art Chicago, International Art Exposition. Booth: Galerie Thomas Monahan (Chicago, Illinois).

1992 - Eco-Art, Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Gary Nader Fine Art (Coral Gables, Florida).
Feria Iberoamericana de Arte (FIA), Gary Nader Fine Art (Caracas, Venezuela).

1993 - "Hispanic Art in Orlando", City Hall Gallery (Orlando, Florida).
Art Miami, International Art Exposition (Miami, Florida)
"Director's Choice", Gary Nader Fine Arts (Coral Gables, Florida).
"Cuban Artists of the Twentieth Century", Museum of Art (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).
Feria Iberoamericana de Arte (Caracas, Venezuela). Booth: Gary Nader Fine Arts (Coral Gables, Florida).
VI Bienal / Artistas Internacionales, Galería 1-2-3 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
Editart Gallery (Villa Du Parc, Geneva,Switzerland).
"Small Works", Gary Nader Fine Arts (Coral Gables, Florida).
"Latin American Artists", Vista Gallery (New York, New York).
"Serigraphs from Contemporary Artists", Durban-Segnini Gallery (Miami, Florida).
Art Against AIDS IV (Miami, Florida).

1994 - American Riviera Art Fair International, Sheraton Bal Harbour (Florida).

1995 - VII Bienal de Pintura y Escultura, Galería 1-2-3 (San Salvador, El Salvador).
Latin American Masters II, Gary Nader Fine Arts, (Coral Gables, Florida).

1996 - Latin American Masters III, Gary Nader Fine Arts, (Coral Gables, Florida). On international tour throughout 1996,
visiting Galería Tomas Andreu, (Santiago, Chile); Museo Pedro de Osma (Lima, Peru),
Galería Arte Nader (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic),
Museo de las Américas (San Juan, Puerto Rico).

1997 - "Maestros de la Pintura Cubana", Gary Nader Fine Arts (Coral Gables, Florida).
"Latin American Artists", traveling exhibition,opened at East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, Tennessee), curated by Carol Norman.
"Artists Odyssey", Cuba-USA, Amalia Mahoney Gallery (Chicago, Illinois).
"Breaking the Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Collection, Museum of Art (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).

1999 - Cuba Nostalgia (Cocunut Grove, Florida)

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin (Austin Texas)

Bacardi Imports (Miami, Florida)

Banco Bozano-Simonsen (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Continental Bank (Miami, Florida)

Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture (Miami, Florida)

Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado)

Grupo DEARMAS (Caracas, Venezuela)

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)

Museo de Arte Zea (Medellin, Colombia)

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Havana, Cuba)

Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organizacion of American States (Washington, DC)

Museum of Art (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Nations Bank Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Unicita, Channel 23 (Miami, Florida)

Galería de Arte Moderno (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

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