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). In 1993 she received the Cintas Fellowship.
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 Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba Centro Cultural Tijuana, CECUT, Tijuana, México Museo Bacardi at the Universidad de Miami, Miami, Florida Luag Permanent Collection, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Luag Latin American Artist/Photographers Collection, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA as well as in many private collections.
Triana's work have been exhibited in Europa and Latinoamérica. Such as:
“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) “Cada vez es ahora” at Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2003) “Confluencias” at Centro Cultural El Palillero, Cadiz, Spain, (2003) “2003- on the border of each other”, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Irland, (2003) “Prints by Latin American Masters", from the Ulla and Greger Olsson Art Collection, Brussels, Château d’Argenteuil, Waterloo, Belgium (1999) “Contemporary Latin American Art” at Kultucentrum I Ronneby, Sweden, (1997) “Jeux de Memoire”, Espace Nesle, Paris, France, (1997) “Path to Memory, The Island”, at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, (1995) “El Camino de la Memoria, El Laberinto”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, (1991)
Selected bibliography:
Memoria, Cuban Art of the 20th Century, California/International Art Foundation (Los Angeles: 2002) p. 349 Time Capsule, A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists (New York: 1995) p.340-341 Lines of Vision, Drawing by Contemporary Women (New York: 1989) p.142 Art of Cuba in Exile (Miami: MC Printer Edition 1987) )p. 165-166 Cuban Enciclopedia (Miami:1975) Pintores Cubanos (La Habana: Ediciones R, 1962) p.253