Group Exhibitions

1977
Alumnos de San Alejandro, Sala Talía, Havana
Arte en Madera, Museo de Artes Decorativas, Havana

1981
Traveling exhibition of graphics through Latin America
Exhibition of graphics, XIV Lujbliana Biennial, Yugoslavia
La Generación de La Esperanza Cierta, Taxco Museum, Mexico City

1982
Retrospectiva de Arte Joven, Havana
Landscape, Salon at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
5+1, Galería Espacio Latinoamericano, Paris
Grandes Maestros y Jóvenes Pintores, Galería Universitaria and Museo Ayacucho in Venezuela

1983
Siete Artistas Contemporáneos, Museo De Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid
Plástica Contemporánea, Museo Nacional in Bogota, Colombia
Encuentro Michoacano de Textil, organized by Marta Palau, México City
Hexagon Group, Galería Habana, Havana

1984
Joan Miro Competition, Spain
VIII Graphic Arts Biennial, Bradford
Pintores Contemporáneos, Galerie Place de La Defence, Paris,
IFA Gallery, Bonn
La Caída de Ícaro, Salon UNEAC, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana
Forum Gallery, Sttugart
First Havana Biennial, Havana

1985
Etchings, Center for Radio and the Press in Warsaw, Berlin
Etchings, Home of New Talent, Berlin

1986
Pintores Cubanos, Schwerpn Gallery, Berlin
Arte con La Sonrisa, Rome and Milan.
Decollages, joint project with the Italian artist Mimo Rotella, Second Havana Biennial, Havana
Installation Caida de Icaro II, Second Havana Biennial, Havana
Paintings and prints, Museo de Santa Clara, Cuba

1987
Cuatro Artistas Cubanos, Galería Realidades, Río de Janeiro and in the Palacio de la Cultura, Bello Horizonte
La Joven Imagen, Casa de Las Américas, Havana
XIX International Festival of Painting, Cagnes-Sur-Mer
4 en 1, Galería Habana, Havana
Blue Life Gallery, Sao Paulo

1988
Signs of Transition 80`s: Art from Cuba, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York City
Arte Cubano, Palacio de la Recoleta and Galería CAYC, (directed by Jorge Glusberg), Buenos Aires
Changing Opinion, (cultural exchange project which he organizes with Canadian artists Ron Benner y Jamelie Jassan), Ontario Museum of Art, at The Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario and at 76 Gallery, Toronto.

1989
Trayctoire Cubaine, (organized by the Cuban delegation at UNESCO in collaboration with art critics Giovanni Joppolo, Hélène Lassalle, and Pierre Gaudibert and the Fundation France Liberté, directed by France's first lady, Danielle Mitterrand) Centre d'Art Contemporain Pablo Neruda and Galerie Nesle, Paris,
Museo Cívico de Gibellina, Comuna de Orvieto

1990
Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Paris
Salon de Novembre, Vitry
Le Cercle Lucas Carlton, Paris
Galerie Akie Aricchi, Paris
Galería Almirante, Spain

1991
Auctions Latin American Art, the Hotel Drouot, Paris
Auctions Latin American Art, Neuilly, Paris
La Spirale Eternelle, Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Paris
Salon Fundation Battistoni, Paris
Tate Tate Gallery, Madrid.
Exposición Papier et Volupté, Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris

1992
Visa pour un Nouveau Monde: 62 Artistes d'Amérique Latine, Espace Chevreuil, Nanterre
L'eau, Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris
Pinturas y Dibujo, Museum of Art and History, Río de Janeiro

1993
Saga'93, Gran Palais, Paris
Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris
Notre Amérique Latine, Le Monde de L'Art, Paris
La Vendetta, (sponsored by Valentino) Le Monde de L'Art, Paris
Journal de Corps (book of erotic lithographs with poems by the Greek poet Dimitri T. Analis), Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris

1994
Art Miami Fair (presented by Ambrosino Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach
Operamanía, Gran Hotel de L'Opera, Toulouse
Art Animal et compagnie..., the Musée d' Art Moderne, Troyes
Roma, Le Monde de L'Art, Paris

1995
Gary Nader Latin American Auction '95, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami
Petit Format, Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris
Latin Amenrican Art Part II, Sotheby's, New York

1996
The Other Journey (installation Out of Africa), Kent Hall Kermes, Austria,
Au Tour d'Aimée Cesair (traveling exhibition through French-speaking countries) UNESCO, Paris
Salón de pintura Latinoamericana y del Caribe (organized embassy of Colombia), Paris

1997
Latin American, Carré Sainte Anne, Montpellier

1998
Pour Regarder le Siècle en Face (organized by Anick T. Melssan),Cultural Center Zac Bouillée, Martinique
In and Out of Cuba, Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Far From Cuba, Musée des Tapisseries, Aix-en-Provence
Recent Works, Galerie Got, Barbizon

1999
Visiones Contemporáneas III, Galería Lyle O. Reitzel, Dominican Republic.

2000
Hidden Images Works on paper by Cuban Artists, Zoellner Arts Center Lehigh University Art Galleries, Pennsylvania
Gary Nader VII Latin American Auction, Miami
Art Miami Fair (presented by Ambrosino Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach

2001
Caribe 2001 and The Cuban Collection, Gallery Lyle O. Reizel, Santo Domingo
Art Miami (presented by Ambrosino Gallery), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
La gente en casa, 20 Emigrated Artists, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana

2003
Art Miami (presented by Galerie Got), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
Auction 2003, Latin American Graphics and Works on Paper, MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, California
Contemporary Cuban Art in New York (silent auction) Bill Maynes Gallery, New York

2004
Art Miami (presented by Galerie Got), Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Cuban Masters Cernuda Art Gallery Coral Gables FL.
The Soul of Latin American Art Lurie Fine Art Galleries Baca Raton. FL
Suporting alternative art in Miami. Locust Progets Miami, FL.
Paintings Lurie Fine Art Gallery Boca Raton. FL
Importans cuban art works, Cernuda Arty Gallery Coral Gables, FL
Los Angeles Art Fair Cernuda Art Gallery CA

2005
Art Miami Cernuda Art Gallery Miami FL.

Prix

1979
First honorable mention for painting in the Raúl Gómez Garcia Competition, Havana
First honorable mention First Drawing Triennial Arístides Fernández, Havana

1981
First prize in printmaking at the Salón de Pequeño Formato, Havana
First honorable mention in printmaking in the Salón Trece de Marzo, Havana
First honorable mention for printmaking in the Raúl Gómez Garcia Competition, Havana

1982
First prize in printmaking at the Salón Trece de Marzo, Havana
First prize in graphics at the Concurso Literatura en la Plástica, Havana

1983
First prize in printmaking, Encuentro de Grabado`83, Havana

1984
National prizes in drawing in the Salón Trece de Marzo, Havana
National prizes in drawing in the Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas, Havana
First international prize in drawing at the Trienal Intergrafic, Berlín
First international prize in printmaking at the Trienal de Arte Contra la Guerra, Lublín, Polond
Prize in installation at the Salón UNEAC, Havana.

1986
First Prize in printmaking, VII San Juan Print Biennial, Puerto Rico

1987
First prize in printmaking, Casa de Las Américas, Havana

1994
Wins the prize Toison d'Or (sponsored by Nina Ricci), Art Jonction fair, Cannes.

Public Collections Containing Castro's Work

Permanent collections of Cuban art of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.
Museum of Latin American Art, Krakov, Poland
Museum of Art Against the War, Lublin, Poland
Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fundation France Liberté, France
Fundation Batistoni, France
Rhône Poulenc Collection, France
Museum of Arts of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, California
Frost Art Museum, FIU, Florida International University, Miami
MoCa art Museum, Miami Fl

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