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Born in Cidra, province of Matanzas,
Cuba, in 1920; Soriano has lived in Miami, FL since 1962. In
1943 he graduated from the San Alejandro National Academy of
Fine Arts in Havana, and thereafter was a professor of Art at
School of Fine Arts in Matanzas. His first solo exhibition at
the Lyseum Club in Havana in 1947. Since then he has had many
exhibitions, including a solo show at the 1981 Medellín
Biennial and various other exhibitions in Lima, Panamá,
San Juan, Detroit, Geneva (Switzerland), and Miami. In 1995
he was given a solo exhibition at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale,
Fl. 2004 “Mystical Canvas” at the Olga M. and Carlos
Saladrigas Gallery, The Ignatian Center for the Arts, Belen
Jesuit Preparatory School.
Among Soriano's mayor group exhibitions
are “Outside Cuba / Fuera de Cuba” (1987-89: originated
at the Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers U; traveled), “Recent Developments
in Latin American Drawing” (1987, Art Institute of Chicago),
“The Figure in Latin American Art” (1980, Bass Museum,
Miami Beach, FL), “Mira! Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour
III” (1989, originated at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery;
traveled), Exposition D'Oeuvres Originales de 50 Artistes”
(1985, Centre Culturel Editart, Geneva, Switzerland), Expresiones
Hispanas: Coors National Art Tour” (1989, originated at
the Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, TX; traveled),
“Eco-Art” (1992, originated at the Museum of Modern
Art in Rio de Janeiro; traveled), and “L'oeuvre graphique
de l'atelier Giorgio Upiglio” (1986, Original Graphics,
Milan).
Soriano's works are included in
major public collections, among them: Museo Nacional de Bellas
Artes/Havana, Zimmerli Museum/Rutgers U, Denver Art Museum,
Archer Huntington Gallery/U of Texas -- Austin, Lowe Art Museum/
U of Miami, Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, Museum of the Americas/OAS--Washington
DC, Galería Arte Moderno/Santo Domingo, Zea Museum of
Art/Medellín.
He has an extensive critical bibliography,
including an individual artist's entry in The Dictionary of
Art, London: Macmillan Publishers, 1996.
Monograph: Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Rafael
Soriano and the Poetics of Light, Miami:Ediciones Habana Vieja,
1998, bilingual (English/Spanish) edition.
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