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Mario Torroella

1935
Born in Havana, Cuba

1960
Left Cuba permanently

1962
Graduated from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Masters in Architecture

Exhibits of Paintings Include

One-person shows

1962
The Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

1967
La Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1967
The Pan American Society of New England, Boston, Massachusetts

1973
Boston City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

1984
Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Invited by the Boston Musica Viva organization to present a series of 9 paintings for the start of their fall concert season.

1986
The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
Five and One Paintings.

1988
La Galerie Absidial, Nantes, France

1993
La Galería Marrozzini, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1999
Gallery Bershad, Somerville, Massachusetts

2000
Ars Atelier, Union City, New Jersey

2001 La Galerie Absidial, Vannes, France

2002
Agustí¬n Gaínza Gallery, Miami, Florida

2003
Ars Atelier, Union City, New Jersey

Group Shows

1967
Tres Artistas, Three Artists, The Museum of Fine Arts, Ponce, Puerto Rico

1967
Young Talent, sponsored by the Comm. of Mass. Council on Arts & Humanities

1974
The 10th Menton Biennal of International Art, Menton, France

1976
A Sculptor and a Painter; Two Artists, The Gallery at 1501, Brookline, MA

1976
The 11th Menton Biennal of International Art, Menton, France

1984
Gallery Artists, Artconsult International Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1984
"Visiones", Hispanic Artists in Greater Boston, The Copley Society of Boston in cooperation with the Artconsult International Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1986
The First People, the gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Boston

1987
Visiones, Latinoamérica, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

1988
Arte de Cuba en el exilio, Art of Cuba in Exile, Miami, Florida

1989
Barcelona International Art Forum, Barcelona, Spain

1990
Gallery Artists, The Kimberly Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia

1990
Gallery Artists, The Elite Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

1990
Creando aquí, Creating Here, Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

1991
Arte de afirmación y contemplación, the Jamaica Plain Multi-Cultural Center, Boston, Massachusetts

1991
Gallery Artists, Chandler Gallery, Provicetown, Massachusetts

1991
Three Artists, Chandler Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

1991
Gallery Artists, The Elite Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

1991
Hispanic Heritage 1991, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery featured the work of two Boston artists in a special exhibit held in conjunction with observances of National Hispanic Month, October 1991.

1992
Crossing the Divide - Spanish Influences from the Homeland, Cambridge Multicultural Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Paintings, drawings and sculptures by artists from Spain, Argentina and Cuba whose works have been inspired by the imagery and symbols of their native lands.

1992
Cuban Artists Collection, Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida.
A silkscreen series of six artists published by Miami Press.

1992
Cuban Artists Collection, La Casa de Cuba, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A silkscreen series of six artists published by Miami Press.

1992
Gallery Artists, La Galería Marrozzini, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1992
Gallery Artists, The Elite Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida

1993
Perspectives/Multi-Media, Multiculture, Harbor Gallery, The University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

1993
Gallery Artists, La Galería Marrozzini, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1994
Cuban Graphics, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida

1998
La Galería Raíces, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2002
La Galerie Editart, Geneva Switzerland. Artists Cubains, Cuban Artists

2003
Agustí¬n Gaínza Gallery, Miami, Florida

2005
María Zambrano, Lugares donde detener la mirada, Museo de America, Madrid, Spain

Commissions

1976
Commissioned to design a 7' x 7' tapestry in wool for a private collector in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The piece was executed in the studios of Edward Fields, Inc., New York, New York.

1976
Commissioned by Edward Fields, Inc. to design a series of tapestries in wool for production and sale.

1978
Commissioned by the City of Boston to design a wool tapestry 6' x 16' for the Charlestown High School in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
The piece was executed in the studios of Edward Fields, Inc., of New York, New York.

1980
Commissioned to design a 7' x 12' tapestry in wool for a private collector in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and executed by Edward Fields, Inc. of New York.

1984
Commissioned to design a wool tapestry 8' x 10' for a private collector in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This piece has not been produced.

1992
Commissioned to design a silkscreen as part of a five artist series by The Miami Press, Miami, Florida

1992
Commissioned to design the book cover for the short stories collection Transiciones, Migraciones Julio Matas, Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida. 1993.

Publications

1984
Linden Lane Magazine, Princeton, New Jersey

1987
Art of Cuba in Exile, by José Gómez-Sicre and published in Miami, Florida by Editorial Munder

1988
Catálago General de Artistas Iberoamericanos 1990-1990, Editorial Arabel, Madrid, Spain

1988
Signes, Numéro Nuef, Les Editions du Nadir, Luc Vidal, Nantes, France

1989
Vivir en Barcelona, Año V, Septiembre 1989, Barcelona, Spain

1990 La Nuez, Revista de Arte y Literatura, New York, New York

2004
Cuban-American Art in Miami, Exile, Identity and The Neo-Baroque, by Lynette.
M. F. Bosch, Published by Lund & Humphries, Great Britain.

Media Interviews

1992
A televised presentation of various works by the artist plus a seven minute talk on Channel 56, Mosaics in Boston, Massachusetts

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