Gladys Triana
Was born in Camagüey, Cuba, in 1937, and since 1975, resides in New York City. She completed her BA at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York; (1976) and MA at Long Island University, New York; (1977). She studied print making at the San Fernando University in Madrid, Spain (1970-1972).
Her artwork includes prints, drawings, collages, works on canvas, photography, installations, which has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions around the US and abroad many international collective expositions. Triana's work is represented in Museums such as The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, El Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, El Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile, El Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexico, Housatonic Museum, Connecticut, The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida, Art Museum of Fine Art at Arizona State University, Arizona among other.
Triana's work have been exhibited in Europa and Latinoamérica, such as Latin American Masters from the Ulla and Greger Olson Collection at Stora Frosunda SAS Institute, Sweden (2008), “Dibujos en dos tiempos. Museo Francisco Goitia, Zacatecas, Mexico, (2006), “Every time is Now” at El Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Aguascalientes, Mexico, (2005), “Confluencias” at El Museo de la Ciudad, Queretaro, Mexico, (2004), and “Cada vez es ahora” at Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2003)
RESUME
Born in Camagüey, Cuba
Lives in NY City
Education
M. A. Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, 1977
B.A. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1976
Etching, Silkscreen, San Fernando University, Madrid, Spain, 1972
Philosophy, Oriene University, Santiago de, Cuba, 1955
Teacher, Educational School, Bayamo, Cuba, 1954
1993-1994 Cintas Fellowship, Instituto of international Education, New York, NY
2009-2010 Cintas Fellowship, Special Award Emilio Sanchez, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Gladys Triana, Photography, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
2008
Stillness, Photography, Signature Gallery, Miami, FL
Each Time is Now, Signature Gallery, Miami, FL
2006
Dibujo en Dos Tiempos, Museo Francisco Goitía, Zacatecas, México
2005
Cada Vez es Ahora, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Aguascalientes, México
Gladys Triana, New Photography, Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004
Confluencias, Cada vez es Ahora, Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, México
Confluencias, Cada vez es Ahora, Centro Cultural Casa El Diezmo, Celaya, México
2003
Cada Vez es Ahora, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Confluencias, Centro Cultural El Palillero, Ayuntamiento de Cádiz, España
2000
Movement-Transformation, Drawings, Intar Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Jeux de Mémoire, Espace Nesle, Paris, France
Gladys Triana Paintings, Konstcentrum I, Ronneby, Sweden
Acuarelas, Pinturas y Libros, Trapecio Gallery, Lima, Peru
1995
The Path to Memory, The Island, Installation, Bronx, Museum of the Arts, NY
1991
El Camino de la Memoria, El Laberinto, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Gladys Triana, Galeria Nader, Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominicana Republic
1990
Gladys Triana, Movement-Transformation, Collages, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
1988
Gladys Triana Drawings and Paintings, Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, FL
1975
Drawings by Gladys Triana, Intar Gallery, New York, NY
1974
Gladys Triana, Drawings and Paintings, Sarduy Gallery, New York, NY
1971
Abstracciones, Galeria Tramontana, Madrid, Spain
1964
Naturalezas Muertas, Ateneo de Marianao Gallery, Habana, Cuba
1963
Dibujos y Pinturas, Galeria El Lyceum, Habana, Cuba
1962
Gladys Triana, Pinturas, Galeria El Lyceum, Habana, Cuba
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Voces y Visiones: Signs, Systems &The City from the Collection at El Museo Del Barrio, New York (from Dec 23, 2010 to Dec.11, 2011)
Woman.Embodied: Cuban Artist Across the Diapora, in Memorian of Ana Mendieta at Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
Women Photographers: Selections from the LUAG Teaching Collection. Celebrating 40 Years of Women at Lehigh. Dubois Gallery, Maginnes Hall, Lehigh University. Bethlehem, PA
The Last Book, New York Public Library, Aguilar, New York
2010
New Media Festival 10, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
Latin American Art 3, from LUAG Teaching Collection, Arts Center, Lehigh University Arts Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
Group Exhibition, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
La Fotografia en Iberoamerica, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
The Last Book, Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Cintas Fellowship Exhibition, The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum-FIU Miami, FL
SQUARED IN /SQUARED OUT, hardcore art contemporary space, Miami, FL
2008
Terapia de Grupo, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
The Last Book. Project by Luis Camnitzer. Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Yearnings and Reality, Sutton Art Gallery, New York
Latin American Masters from the Ulla and Greger Olson Collection at Stora Frosunda, SAS Castel, Stockholm, Sweden
Reflections Contemporary Cuban Art, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Conneticut
2007
Cuban Americans in Focus, a photography exhibition from the Lehigh University Collection in Kean University Gallery CAS, Union, NJ
2006
Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art , University at Buffalo Art Gallery/Center for the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, Buffalo, New York, NY
Latinoamerican Photography II: Selection from the LUAG Collection, Arts Center, Zoellner Main Gallery, Lehigh University Arts Galleries, Bethlehem,PA
2004
III ES 2004 Tijuana/Biennial International of Standards, Bienal Internacional de Estandartes, Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Tijuana, México; traveled to the Festival
Cervantino, Cancha de Cristal, Universidad de Guanajuato; Palacio del Clavijero, Morelia, Michoacán, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo y Diseño, Puebla, México
Discovery: New and Emerging Photography-Six New Visions, Siegel Gallery, Laccoca Hall, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
2003
Open ev+a 2003, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
Contemporary Cuban Art, Universidad de Miami at Casa Bacardi Gallery, Miami, FL
Contemporary Cuban Art in New York, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
Salida de Emergencia, Arte Cubano en el Exilio, Centro Cultural El Palillero. Ayuntamiento de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
2002
Contemporary Cuban Art in New York, Bill Maynes Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Reactions, Exit Gallery, New York
Snapshot, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
Sobre Papel: Obras de Artistas Hispanoamericanos, Agustín Gainza Fine Cuban Art & Latinoamerican Art, Miami. FL
2001
Proyecto Emigrantes, Centro de Arte Moderno, Quilmes, Argentina
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, MD
1999
Prints by Latin American Masters, from the Ulla and Greger Olsson
Art Collection, Brussels, Château d’Argenteuil, Waterloo, Belgium
1998
Latin American Artist at the End of the Century, Latino Arts Festival’98, Queens Theater in the Park, Queens, NY
Hispanic Arts Fight A. I. D.S. American Red Cross, Bergen Crossroads Chapter Englewood, NJ
The Prasad Project, Manhattan Center Studio, New York, NY
Breaking Barriers; Selection from the Museum of Art’s Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL SNITE Museum of Notre Dame University, Indiana., Latin American Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
1997
Crossing Border: ContemporaryArt by Latin American Women, College of New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, NY
Fourth Annual Retablo and Ex-Voto Exhibition & Auction, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Talk Back! The Community responds to the Permanent Collection, The Bronx Museum of The Arts, and Bronx, NY
Braking Barriers: Selection from the Museum of Art’s Contemporary Cuban Collection, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL (traveling exhibition)
1996
Latin American Book Arts, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Nine Cuban American Artists, Kingsborough Community College, Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Third Annual Retable and Ex-Voto Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
1995
Latin American Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (traveling exhibit)
The Papertrail Gallery, National Library of Canada, Otawa, Canada
The Papertrail Gallery, Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Latin American Prints, Robert Blackburn Workshop Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1994
Table of Contents/ Book as Art, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Symbols and Revelations, a Latin American Exhibit, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Gathering Medicine Exhibition, Art in General, New York, NY
Pequeño Formato Latinoamericano, Luigi Marrozini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1993
Miami Art-93, Convention Center, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Combined Motions: Music and Art, Adriana Landon Gallery, New York, NY
Books-Three Approaches, Sotavento Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Beyond the Boundaries, Women’s Caucus for Art, Insights Gallery, Seattle, WA
Books- Three Approaches, Marta Morante Gallery, New York, NY
Art Faculty Selection, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
1992
Books, Books and Books, Humphrey Gallery, New York, NY
First Annual Masters Miniature, Latin American Painters, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Revealing the self: Portrait by Twelve Contemporary Artist, Paine Webber Gallery, New York, NY
Anniversary Celebration Exhibition, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Latino American Artist from New York, Javier Lumbreras Gallery, Miami, FL
Five Century after the Collision: Five Contemporary Artist Vision, The Art Gallery, Brooklyn College, NY
The Impact of two Worlds, Art space, New Haven, CT
1492-1992 Un Nouveau Regard Sur les Caraibes, Espace Carpeaux, Paris, France
1492-1992 Una nueva mirada al Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1492-1992 Una nueva mirada al Caribe Casa de Francia, Santo Domingo, Dominicana Republica
1991
African American and Latino American from USA, Bellas Artes Museum, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Inaugural Exhibition, Marta Morante Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show, Strangalleriet, Sodertalje, Sweden
Contemporary Caribbean Artists, Creative Arts Workshop, New Heaven, CT
1990
Lines of Vision: Drawing by Contemporary Women, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Lines of Vision: Drawing by Contemporary Women, Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
Awakening / Despertar, Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
In Praise of the Americas. Salena Gallery, Long Island University. Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.
China, June 4th, 1989, Asian American Art Center, Institute of Contemporary Art, P.S. 1. Museum of Long Island City, NY
Women History Month, Queens Borough Library, Queens, NY
Pan American Perspectives. Pan American Society of Connecticut, The West Hartford League Art Gallery, CT
1989
China, June 4th, 1989, Asian American Center at Blum Helman Warehouse Gallery, New York, NY
Earth, Wind & Fire, Straus Gallery, New York, NY
Lines of Vision: 100 Drawings by Contemporary Women, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Bronsville. Blum Hellman Gallery, Soho, New York; traveled to Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan; University Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Richard F. Beush Gallery, St Laurence University, Cantoa, NY; The University of Oklahoma, Museum of Art, Norman, OK; Albany Museum of Art, GA; traveled internationally to Museo de Bellas Artes, México City, México, to Museo de Arte Contempóraneo, Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela, Museo de Arte Moderno, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988
International Biennial of Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
Latin American Graphic Arts Biennal, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
Paper Vision II, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Art of the Americas, International Gallery, Washington D.C.
1987
Imaginations and Inventions, Works on paper by four Latin American, Queens, NY
Contemporaneous, Bohio Gallery, New York, NY
Exposición – Subasta, Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami. FL
1986
Sacred Secret, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
Hispanic Roots, Mills Pond House Museum, St. James, New York, NY
Two of the New, Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
1985
Trends, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY
1982
Art Escandalar, Meeting Point Gallery, Miami, FL
1979
New York Through Latin Eyes, Queens College, Art Gallery, Queens, NY
Group Installation: 7 Artists, Cayman Gallery, New York, NY
1977
The 7th Annual Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1976
Iman; New York, The Center for Inter-American Relation, New York, NY
Latin American Exhibition, Spanish-American Painters & Sculptures, Manufacture Hanover Bank, New York, NY
Iman; New York, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1975
International Panamerican Exhibition, Museum of Science, Chicago, IL
First & Second Cuban Festival, Cuban Cultural Center, Cathedral of ST. John the Divine, New York, NY
1974
Group Show, Cisneros Gallery, New York, NY
1972
Inaugural Exhibit, Mecenas Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Premio de Pintura, Centro Cultural Amigos de Segovia, Segovia, Spain
1971
Group Exhibit Sala de Arte Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Salón de Pinturas, Casa de Malaga, Madrid, Spain
1964
Salón Nacional De Pintura y Escultura, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba
Art Fairs
2011
Critical strategies from the post-utopian Cuban Art (Cuba/United States). Houston Fine Art University The George Brown Convention Center, Houston. Sept 16 to 18- at Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
Latin American Soup Opera / La Novela Latino Americana, ARTBO 2011, Feria International de Arte de Bogota at Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL
2010
Pinta New York, November 11- 14 at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Stand B-16 (Special Project)
Pinta 10, London, Earls Court Exhibition Center, Warwick road, June 3- 6 at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Stand J-09
SCOPE New York, Lincoln Center 62 Street, Between 9 & 10 Ave, March 3-7, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Booth B-11
2009
Pinta 09, Latina Woman are empowered by the checkbook, Metropolitan Building in New York Nov 19-22, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Booth M-19
SCOPE, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, June 8-14, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Booth C-198
FIA-CARACAS, Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Hotel Tamanaco, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Caracas, Venezuela
SCOPE New York, Lincoln Center 62 Street, Between 9 & 10 Ave, March 4-8, at hardcore art contemporary space. Booth C-11
Arte Americas, The Latin American Art Fair, Convention Center, March 27-30 at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
2008
Photo Miami, Dec 3 - 9, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Booth 114
Pinta 08, Metropolitan Building in New York Nov 12-16, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Booth 20
SCOPE, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, June 4-9, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Booth 205
FIA-CARACAS. Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, Hotel Tamanaco, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Caracas, Venezuela
Arte Americas,The Latin American Art Fair, Convention Center, March 28-31 at Signature Gallery, Booth 505, Miami, FL
CIRCA 08, Puerto Rico, Convention Center, April 11- 14, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, Booth D4
2007
Photo Miami, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Booth 113
Pinta 07, Metropolitan Building, New York, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Nov 13-16. Booth 33
Buenos Aires Photo 2007, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992
Miami Art-92, Convention Center, Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, FL
Public Art Commissions
1972
Homage to the Farmer, Iron Sculpture at Pamplona Airport Pamplona, Spain
1967
Design and Construction of Ceramic Lamps with Wood, commission by Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turistica, Habana, Cuba
1966
The Umbrella, mural in wood, metal, and sand, at Loipa Restaurante, commission by Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turistica, Habana, Cuba
Ephemeral Images, mural: oil on canvas, at Andes Restaurante, Habana, Cuba
1965
Heritage and Roots, mural in wood at Habana Airport, commission by Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turistica, Habana, Cuba
1964
The Mystic Foliage, mural: oil and wood, at Cienfuegos Hotel, Cienfuegos, commission by Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turistica, Habana, Cuba
Educational Projects
1987-1999Created and Implemented, “Children Expressions Mural Program” at the Community School Board District #32
1990-1999 Created and Implemented, “BACA, Bilingual Art Program” at the Community School District #32
Film credits background
“The Lie”, Roberto Fandiño, film director. Included the painting Illumination in the credits background. Madrid, Spain
Awards & Fellowships
2009
The Oscar B. Cintas Foundation. International Institute of Education. New York
2003
II Encuentro Con Cuba En La Distancia, Reconocimiento por su exposición “Confluencias”, Ayuntamiento de Cádiz, Escudo de la Ciudad de Cádiz
1993
The Oscar B. Cintas Foundation. International Institute of Education. From the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, Special Award. NY
1990
The Queens Borough President of the City of New York, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art. Queens, NY
Masters and Apprentices Exhibit, Special Mention. The New York City Board of Education. Brooklyn, NY
1975
International Panamerican Exhibition, Honorary Mention, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
1974
National Clairol Loving Care Art Program, Educational Scholarship, Washington D.C.
Ateneo de Marianao., Art Competition: 3rd Prize. Havana, Cuba
Jury/ Panel Member
2011
Gladys Triana art Director, The Observer video, presentation at the Americas Society, Alejandro Anreus, curator, art critic, professor of art history and Francisco Soto, Literature professor, moderators, American Society, New York, NY
2007
Panel Member, Cuban American in Focus a conference on Photography, Kean University, Auditorium, CAS, Union City, NJ
2004
Panel Member, Diana Alvarez, Lecture Presentation, Gladys Triana her Journey, reviewing with the artist, Columbia University, Department of Hispanic Literature by Centro Cultural Cubano, New York, NY
2003
Panel Member, Haz de Incitaciones: poetas y pintores, Miami Book Fair, Internacional, Miami Dade Collage, Wolfson Campus, Downtown, Miami, FL. 4/11/2003 Panel Member, Haz de Incitaciones: poetas y pintores, I, “II Encuentro Internacional sobre Creación y Exilio, Con Cuba en la Distancia” Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de España, Cádiz
2001
Panel Member, Movimiento y Fragmentation: testimonio de una artista exilada, “I Encuentro Internacional sobre Creación y Exilio, Con Cuba el Distancia” Facultad de Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de España, Cádiz
2000
Panel Member, Alter Cuba: Cuban Contemporary Artists, at American Society, New York, NY
1999
Panel Member, First Latino American Conference, at Ollantay Gallery, Queens, NY
1979
Member of the Screening Committee, AHA/CETA Artist Program, NY
PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
ASU-Art, Museum of Fine Art at Arizona State University, AZ
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Museum of Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Museo de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba
Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, México
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Museo Bacardi at the Universidad de Miami, Miami, FL
Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Centro Cultural Tijuana, CECUT, Tijuana, México
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Luag Permanent Collection, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Luag Latino American Artist/Photographers Collection, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Queens College Collection, Queens, NY
Asian American Art Center, New York,NY
Arnold Ashkenazy Collection, Los Angeles. CA
The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Collection, at the Library of the Congress, Washington D.C.
Augusta Barreda Collection, Lima, Peru
Georgina Codina Collection, Miami, FL
Fundación Hispano Cubana Collection, Madrid, España
Fatima El Alami Collection, Paris, France
Ing. Joseph R. Gil-Berlinches, P.E., New York, NY
Luis Gutierrez Negrón Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alan Hamburger Collection, Brussels, Jack Kubilium Collection, New Yor, NY
Romeo Montalvo Jr Collection, Austin, Texas
Francisco Mestre Collection, Miami, FL
Perla Capriles Collection, New York, NY
Jorge Moya Collection, New York, NY
Federico de Montalvo, Madrid, Spain
Ulla & Greger Olsson Collection, Malmo, Sweden
Benjamin Ortiz Collection, Norwalk, Connecticut
Rogelio Pereda Miranda Collection, México D. F., México
Alain Tergny Collection, Paris, France
Samuel Wargner Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico