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Born in Havana, Cuba, July 24
of 1953.
Academic Studies
1978
Master of Art in Art History, The University of Havana
1976
Photografic and Graphic Design course under the tutorial of
the Cuban artist Raul Martínez
1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, National School of Art, Cubanacan
Havana, Cuba
Professional Experience
1975-1991
Photographer of Cuban Cultural Ministry Magazine
1978-1991
Photographer and Graphic Designer, record albums covers, Cuban
Record Company EGREM
1992-2000
Painter represented by Elite Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables,
FL
Since 2000
Independent Artist
Group Exhibitions
2002
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution:
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2001
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution:
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), CA
Latin American Artist-Photographers From the Lehigh University
Art Galleries Collection, DuBois Gallery, Lehigh University,
PA
El Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, University
of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Museo del Barrio, New York (Oct. 2000)
1999
Fin de Mundo, Fine Arts Museum Fundation, Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Developing Ilussion, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran
Collection, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
Breaking Barriers, from the collection of the Museum of Art
of Fort Lauderdale, Dali Museum, Tampa, FL
1997 -Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL
American Voices, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of
Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; “La Caixa”
Fundation, Palma, Balears Isles; Centre d'Art Santa Mónica
Cataluña, Spain
Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Old Cotton Exchange Building,
Houston, TX
1995
Reverberations: Diptychs & Triptychs from the Southeast
Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
1994
American Voices, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
1992
Cambio de Foco (Ante América) , Banco de la República,
Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá,
Colombia
1986
Second Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana,
Cuba
1984
First Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana,
Cuba
1981
Hecho en Latinoamérica II, Fine Arts Palace, Mexico,
DF
1981
Sano y Sabroso, 12 y 23 Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1981
Volumen I, International Art Center, Havana, Cuba
1979
Pintura Fresca, Art Gallery of Cienfuegos, Cuba
1978
Hecho en Latinoamérica I, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico,
DF
Solo Exhibitions
2002
Photographs and Memories, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
2001
Beyond Cuba- Mirages of Absence, Beadleston Gallery, New York,
NY
2000
Gory, Recents Works, Tamara Gallery, San Juán, Puerto
Rico
1996
Gory, Recents Works, Elite Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1995
Sharing Roots, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1994
Gory: Photoworks - A Midcareer Retrospective, Fondo del Sol,
Washington DC
1993
Photographs of Gory, Lehigh University, Dubois Gallery, Bethlehem,
Pensylvania
1992
Foto-Fest 92, Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX
1991
Retrospective, Fourth Havana Biennial, The Three Kings of the
Morro Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1990
An American Dream, Khalo Coronel Gallery, Mexico, DF
An American Dream, Cienfuego's Art Gallery, Cuba
An American Dream, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba
1988
ts Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Forest City Gallery, London
Ontario, Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, García Monge Gallery,
National Theatre, San José, Costa Rica
1987
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Kahlo Coronel Gallery, Mexico,
DF
1986
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Mexican Council of Photography,
Mexico, DF
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Costarrican Museum of
Art, San José, Costa Rica
1982
Sólo Entrada, Cultural House of Plaza, Havana, Cuba
Public Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20th
Century Art Permanent Collection, New York, (Painting)
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) permanent collection
(photography)
The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Corcoran's Permanent Collection
of Photographs), Washington DC
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, FL, (Painting and Photography).
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pensylvania (Photography).
Museum of Pori, Finland. (Photography).
Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting).
Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, (photography).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting and
Photography).
Biblioteca Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Photography).
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. (Photography)
Publications
Books
1994
“New Art of Cuba”, Luis Camnitzer, University of Texas
Press, Austin,TX
1979-“Time Life Year Book”,
Alexandria, Virginia
Catalogs
2001
Latin American Artist-Photographers From The Lehigh University
Art Galleries Collection, Bethehem, PA
2001
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution, Los AngelesCounty
Museum of Art, CA
2001
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba, Colección
deArte Cubano, pag. 230-231, La Habana, Cuba
1997
Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, FL
1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of
Modern Art, Las palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain
Foto-Fest 96, Houston, TX
1994
Foto-Fest 94, Houston, TX
1992
Foto-Fest 92, Houston, TX
Cambio de Foco (Ante América), Banco de la República,
Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá,
Colombia
1990
No Man is an Island, Cuban Young Art, Museum of Pori, Finland
1981
Hecho en Latinoamerica II, Mexican Council of Photography Mexico,
DF
1978
Hecho en Latinoamerica I, Mexican Council of Photography, Mexico,
DF
Magazines & Newspaper
2001
Art in America, October 2001, “From Revolution to Reverie”,
by Leah Ollman, New York
The New York Times Weekend, Friday September 7, 2001, “Stylists
of the Epic and the Surreal” by Holland Cotter, New York
Art News, September 2001 (advertisement) Pag. 28, New York
1995
Aperture, winter 1995 isue, New York
1993
Art Nexus #55, June-August 93, “Cambio de Foco”, by
Natalia Gutierrez, FL
1987
Esquire & Derby, Italian edition, “Lo Especchio nello
Especchio di Gory”, Milan, Italy.
1979
Fotografía en Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Awards
2001
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in the field of the Visual Arts,
NY
1990
Photography Prize, National Salon of the Cuban Union of writers
and Artists, Havana, Cuba
1984
Photography Prize “Tina Modotti” at the First Havana
Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1982
Prize at the National Landscape Salon, Havana, Cuba
1981
Latinoamerican and Caribean Photography Prize of “Casa
de las Américas”, Havana, Cuba
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