Néstor Arenas

Néstor Arenas
Holguín, Cuba, 1964

Biography

Personal Exhibitions
2018: “Looking Forward,” Hamlin Creative Space Weitz Center, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. 2017: “Dichotomous Structures,” Kendall Art Center, Miami, Florida. 2016: “Paisajes Transformers III,” Centro Cultural Español, Miami, Florida. 2015: “Paisajes Transformers II,” XII Bienal de La Habana, ZONA FRANCA, collateral exhibition, La Cabaña, Havana, Cuba. 2014: “Paisajes Transformers,” Farside Art Project, Miami, Florida. 2010: “Lego paintings,” Lyle O’Reitzel Gallery, Miami, Florida. 2008: “Solo show,” ISM Gallery, Miami, Florida. 2007: “Sin Título,” Edge Zones Project, Miami, Florida. 2003: “Trabajos recientes,” Arts Center, South Florida, Miami. 2000: “Paisajes Clásicos,” Lausin & Blasco Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain. 1998: “Paisajes y Fragmentos,” Lausin & Blasco Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain. 1996: “Pinturas,” Colon XVI Gallery, Bilbao, Spain. 1995: “Sin Título,” U.N.E.A.C., Holguín, Cuba. 1995: “El Fin de la Idea,” Pernik Hotel Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1995: “El Circo, la Malabarista y el Héroe,” Centro de Arte, Holguín, Cuba. 1994: “En el Lado Oscuro de la Ciudad,” 23 & 12 Gallery, V Bienal de La Habana, Cuba. 1993: “La Idea Fija II,” La Sala Oscura Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1991: “La Idea Fija I,” La Sala Oscura Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1990: “Formas Flavio,” Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba.
2023: Pinta PArC 2023. Rubber Stamp Project. Lima, Peru. 2023: SWAB Art Fair. Barcelona, Spain. 2022: “Tout le poids d’une île.” Contemporary Cuban Art from Francois Valle Collection. Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes, France. 2020: “Expressions of A Pandemic,” The Coral Gables Museum, Miami, Florida. 2020: “Looking North: Cuban Art In The Rodriguez Collection” at Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, Florida. 2019: “Crosscurrents,” Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida. 2019: “New Industry: Contemporary Visions of the Industrial,” The Frank Art Gallery, City of Pembroke Pines. 2018: “Against Gravity,” Doral Contemporary Art Museum and Collection Suites. 2017: “Identity and Belonging,” Wall Street Fine Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. 2017: “The Object and the Image,” Concrete Space Projects, Curatorial Project of Aluna Art Foundation, Miami, Florida, USA. 2016: Photo Lima, Artium-Miami Art Gallery, Lima, Peru. 2016: BA Photo, Artium-Miami Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2016: “Good to the Last Droop,” Artium-Miami Art Gallery, Miami, Florida. 2016: “Cuban Fried Chicken,” MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 2016: “La Madre de Todas las Artes,” Contemporary Art Center Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba. 2016: “Contemporary Cuban Art ‘Basic Instinct’: Papers from Cuba,” Cervantes Institute of Rome, Rome, Italy. 2015: “Di-Verse,” Mexican Cultural Institute, Miami, Florida, USA. 2015: “Who Keeps the Dog,” MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 2015: “Cuatro Veces Cuatro,” Cuban American Phototheque Foundation, Miami, USA. 2014: “RE,” MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 2014: “Trayectos de Ida y Vuelta: Gráfica Transibérica desde Miami,” Museum of Huelva, Spain. 2014: “Cuatro Veces Cuatro,” Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. 2014: “Red Dot Art Fair,” Latin American Art Pavilion, Miami, FL, USA. 2014: “Thirty Years on the Road,” Art Center South Florida, USA. 2013: “Which Way Out,” Studio 18, Pembroke Pines City, Florida, USA. 2013: “Too Much Is Not Enough,” Collective Show at the Haitian Cultural Center, Miami, Florida, USA. 2013: “Collective Show,” Carlos Albizu University, Doral City, Florida, USA. 2013: “Urban Statement,” Miguel Rodez Art Projects, Miami, Florida, USA. 2012: “Arte y Urbe,” Kertiles Art Space and Project, Curator: Dennys Matos, Miami, Florida. 2012: “BABEL,” Collective Photography Exhibition, Nestor Arenas Art Studio & Project Space, Miami, Florida, USA. 2010: “Arte Americas,” Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA. 2010: “Shanghai Art Fair,” Latin American Pavilion & Curator Art Project, Collection of Arturo Mosquera, Freedom Tower, Miami, Florida, USA. 2010: “Soupe D’Escargot,” Alliance Francaise South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA. 2009: “Arte Americas,” Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA. 2009: “No Son Todos los que Están,” Nkisi Project, Miami, Florida, USA. 2009: “Abstractomicina,” Cremata Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA. 2008: “FLAT,” Edge Zones Project, Miami, Florida, USA. 2008: “Cuba Untitled II,” Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, USA. 2007: “Cubano Americanos en el Foco,” Gallery of the Leigh University, NOBE 67 Art Fair, Hotel Deauville, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2007: “Delivered,” ISM Gallery, Miami, Florida. 2006: “Latin American Art,” Selection from Lehigh University Art Gallery Collection, USA. 2006: “Artistas Cubanos al Auxilio 2,” Exhibition of Cuban Contemporary Art in Exile, Hotel Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA. 2006: “Collecting Cuban-American Art,” University at Buffalo, Art Gallery, USA. 2006: “Desastres,” Photo España, Carmen de la Guerra Art Gallery, Spain. 2006: “West Palm Beach,” International Fair, Ambrosino Art Gallery, USA. 2006: “Art Miami,” International Fair, Carmen de la Guerra Art Gallery, Spain. 2006: “Plural Miami,” Edge Zones, World Arts Building, Miami, Florida, USA. 2005: “Complements,” Group Show, Art Center South Florida, USA. 2005: “Altered Realities,” Art Center South Florida, USA. 2005: “Beyond All That,” Edge Zones, World Arts Building, Miami, Florida, USA. 2005: “On the Right Track,” Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo, Dominican Republic. 2005: “Artistas Cubanos al Auxilio,” Exhibition of Cuban Contemporary Art in Exile, Hotel Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA. 2004: “Miami Now,” Edge Zones, World Arts Building, Miami, Florida, USA. 2004: “De Ida y Vuelta,” Cuban Artists in Spain, Centro Cultural Español, Miami. 2004: “Landscape After the Battle,” Miami Dade College, Frances Wolfson Gallery, Florida, USA. 2004: “Optic Nerve,” Scott White Arte Contemporáneo, San Diego, California, USA. 2004: “3@924,” José Pacheco, Patricio Cuello, and Néstor Arenas, Centro de Arte, Miami Beach, South Florida, USA. 2003: “Out of Sight,” Technicolor and Deviations, Centro de Arte South Florida, Richard Shack Gallery. 2003: “6 New Visions,” Reynardus & Moya, New York, and Siegel Gallery, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. 2001: Pamplona Biennial, Spain. 2000: “Art at Hotel,” Art al Rec Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. 2000: “Premio Z’ARTE,” Zaragoza Center Convention, Spain. 2000: “LXI National Exhibition of Plastic Arts,” Valdepeñas, Spain. 2000: “New Art in Barcelona,” Art al Rec Gallery, Spain. 1999: “Premio Z’ARTE,” Zaragoza Center Convention, Spain. 1998: “Artistas de la Galería,” Lausin & Blasco Gallery, Spain. 1997: “Historia de un Viaje,” Cuban Artists in Europe, University of Valencia, Spain. 1995: “Pinturas,” UNEAC Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1995: Collective Exhibition at the Ludwing Foundation of Cuba, Havana, Cuba. 1994: “Young Cuban Art,” Martinique. 1993: “Cuban Artists,” Monterrey, Mexico. 1991-1992: “Born in Cuba,” Traveling Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico. 1991: “Symposium of Sculpture,” CODEMA, Guantánamo, Cuba. 1991: “San Valentín,” Art Center, Holguín, Cuba. 1991: “Festival of the Caribbean,” Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. 1991: “V Centenary Salon,” Art Center, Holguín, Cuba. 1991: “National Painting Prize,” National Museum, Havana, Cuba. 1991: “The City,” La Sala Oscura Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1990: “Text with Context,” La Sala Oscura Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1990: “Genre: Landscape,” La Sala Oscura Gallery, Holguín, Cuba. 1990: “Resolutions,” La Periquera Museum, Holguín, Cuba. 1990: “Interiors,” Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1990: “IV Biennial of Humor,” San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba. 1990: “Salon 13 de Marzo,” University of Havana, Havana, Cuba. 1990: “The Sculptured Object,” Center for the Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba. 1989: “Provincial Painting Prize,” Holguín, Cuba. 1989: “City Prize,” Holguín, Cuba. 1989: “Extra,” TV Cristal, Holguín, Cuba. 1988: “Provincial Painting Prize,” Holguín, Cuba. 1987: “Provincial Painting Prize,” Holguín, Cuba. 1986: “Provincial Painting Prize,” Holguín, Cuba.

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