Exhibitions

2007

Power of Ten, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL

2006

Masters of Latin America: From the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

Geometry and Gesture, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC

2005

Rampa: Signaling New Latin American Art Initiatives, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

2003

Multiple Artists: Print and Editioned Works, 1967-2003, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

2002

Art Trends: Miami's Trek III, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Me, Myself & I, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

2001

2001 Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

2000

Cuban Art of Three Generations: Alfonzo, Azaceta and Bedia, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

1999

Saints, Sinners and Sacrifices: Religious Imagery in Contemporary Latin American Art, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY

Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1987 - 1991, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

1997 - 1998

Carlos Alfonzo: Triumph of the Spirit, 1975-1991, Miami Art Museum, Florida and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (solo)

1995

Phallic Symbols: Images in Contemporary Art, Life Gallery, New York, NY

1994

Significant Losses: Artists Who Have Died From AIDS, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Latin American Art in Miami Collections, The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

1993

Carlos Alfonzo: Major Works, Osuma Gallery South, Miami, FL (solo)

1992 - 1993

Cuba-USA: The First Generation, Organized by El Fondo de Sol Visual Arts Center, Washington, DC; traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; El Fondo de Sol Visual Arts Center, Washington DC, with The National Museum of American Art and The School for Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC; The Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, with Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN and Intermedia Arts Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL with New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami, FL; Contemporary Art Museum/University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL with The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA in association with Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA and The Lawrence Art Gallery/Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

1992

Cuban Masters, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, FL

Approaching the Quincentenary: Latino Art 1982-1992, Rosenburg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD; Traveled to Stephanie Ann Roper Art Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostbury, MD; Arts Center/Gallery, Delaware State College, Dover, DE

Carlos Alfonzo: Images from a Series Dedicated to Friends with AIDS, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL (solo)

Habitual, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (solo)

1991

1991 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

ArtPark at FIU, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL

AVA 10 (Awards in the Visual Arts 10), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art. Winston-Salem, NC; traveled to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Albuquerque Museum of Art, History, and Science, Albuquerque, NM; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; The BMW Gallery, New York, NY

Eulogy, Gallery North, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

New Latin American Paintings, Arnold Herstand & Company, New York, NY

Southeast Bank Collects: A Corporation Views Contemporary Art, Norton Gallery and School of Art. West Palm Beach, FL; traveled to Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL

Miami Thriving in Change (1940-1990): Miami Artists, Fifty Years of Collecting, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

Fanciful Feast, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

Art 1990, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX

Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Organization of American States, Washington, DC

Mariel...A Decade, The Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, FL

The Start of Something Big, Eastbourne Clark Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL

Twenty-five in Miami, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Abstraction, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Carlos Alfonzo: New Work, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo: Sculpture, Paintings and Works on Paper, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (solo)

1990

Carlos Alfonzo: Recent Sculptures and Works on Paper, Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)

The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s, The New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, NY; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

Southern Expressions: Points of View, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Paperwork Six, Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

Smaller Works, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX

Latin American Art from the Private Collections of Maria and Luis Avellana, S.M. Lurie, Peter Menendez, InterAmerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Critics Choice: Florida’s Experts Choose Florida Artists, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

The 41st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; traveled to Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

Artists’ Proofs: Printmaking in South Florida, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Carlos Alfonzo: New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (solo)

1989

Carlos Alfonzo, Lannan Museum. Lake Worth, FL (solo)

Made in Florida, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL; traveled to Musee Cantini, Marseille, France; Provincaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium; Centre d’Art en Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL

1988

Colliding: Myth, Fantasy, Nightmare, Artists Space, New York, NY

Hispanic Art, Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL

The Art of Carlos Alfonzo, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo: Paradiso, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo: Development of an Artist, 1976-1988, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)

Carlos Alfonzo: Paintings, Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)

Art of the 80’s Created in Florida, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Visions of Self: The American Latin Artist, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Ceramics as Canvas, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

Cuban Artists in North America/Artistes Cubains en Amerique du Nord, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, ON Canada

Challenge: Young Latin America on Paper, CDS Gallery, New York, NY

Public Art Indoors: Fernando Garcia, Carlos Alfonzo, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

Books and Pages: Florida Artists’ Books, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

29th Annual Hortt Memorial Competition and Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Contemporary Painters and Sculptors, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; traveled to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, and the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Contemporary Screens, The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Carlos Alfonzo, Pablo Cano: New Work, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1987

Carlos Alfonzo, Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)

Public Art Process: Art Exhibition of Drawings, Models and Photographs/Metro-Dade Art in Public Places Collection 1973-1985, North Miami Museum and Art Center, North Miami, FL; traveled to County Governmental Center, West Palm Beach, FL; Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, FL; East Martello Museum and Gallery, Key West, FL

Home Sweet Home, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY

Abstraction: Four from Latin America, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Hot Off the Press: Monoprints, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL

Expatriates: Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists, The Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL; traveled to Lee Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Caribbean Art/ African Currents, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY

Five from Miami, Air Atlanta, Miami International Airport. Miami, FL

1986

New Works: Juan Abreu, Carlos Alfonzo, Gilberto Ruiz, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte: Naturaleza Muerta o Bodegon, Galeria del Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

Art Cars, Beatrice Indy Challenge, Tamiami Park, Miami, FL; traveled to Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL; Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL

Le Petit Format, SIBI Art Gallery, SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, FL

The Art of Miami, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

Florida Figures: The Human Figure by Contemporary Florida Artists, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

1985

Carlos Alfonzo: New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)

North of the Border, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA

New Works, Inter Latin American Gallery, New York, NY; traveled to New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

National Endowment for the Arts: Fellowship Artists, Florida 1983-84., Fine Arts Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Alloyage ‘85, SIBI Art Gallery, SIBI Cultural Center, Miami, FL

1984

Carlos Alfonzo: Drama, Galeria Ocho, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL (solo)

Young Collectors of Latin American Art, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL

The Miami Generation, Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, FL

1983

Cuban Fantasies, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

Faces and Masks, Galeria Ocho, Miami-Dade Community Center, Miami, FL

Fine Arts Exhibition for the Festival de las Artes, Tamiami Park, Miami, FL

Roots, University of Miami Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1982

10 Out of Cuba: A Selection of Cuban Painters, Intar Latin American Gallery, New York, NY

1981

XXPremi Internacional de Dibuix Joan Miro, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain; traveled as XXPremio Internacional de Dibujo Joan Miro to Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain; and as Seleccao do xx Premio Internacional de Desenho Joan Miro to Galeria Atrio, Nucleo Cultural Municipal, Vila Real, Portugal

Art 10, Koubek Center, Miami, FL

1979

Jovenes Plasticos Cubanos, Galeria de la Habana, Havana, Cuba

XVIII Premi Internacional de Dibuix Joan Miro, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain

Pintura Fresca, Home of Jose Manuel Fors, Havana, Cuba; traveled to Casa de Cultura de la Ciudad de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba

I Trienal de Dibujo Arostodes Fernandez, Galeria Oriente, Pinar del Rio, Cuba; traveled to Santiago de Cuba

V Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas: En Saludo al 11/Festival Mundial de la Juventud y los Estudiantes, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1978

La tarde y sus dibujos, Traveled to various venues in Cuba (solo)

Salon UNEAC 1978, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1977

IV Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Primer Salon Nacional de Dibujo, Galeria de Arte, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Experimentos de Carlos Jose Alfonzo, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba (solo)

Sandino y Nicaragua en la Plastica Cubana, Galeria de la Habana, Havana, Cuba

Salon Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, La Galeria Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba; traveled to Cede Central del periodico La Unita, Rome, Italy

Salon XIII Aniversario del Concurso 26 de Julio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Exposicion de Dibujos de la Brigada Heramnos Saiz, Galeria de la Habana, Havana, Cuba

1976

Como una vieja estampa, Galeria Amelia Pelaez, Havana, Cuba (solo)

III Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1975

Panorama del Arte Cubano de la Colonia a Nuestros Dias, Museo de Arte Modermo, Mexico City, Mexico; traveled to Havana, Cuba

II Salon Juvenil de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

XXX Anos Victoriosos, Moscow, Russia

XV Aniversario de los Comites de Defensa se la Revolucion, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

58 Aniversario de la Revolucion de Octubre, Galeria Amelia Pelaez, Havana, Cuba

Arte Cubano Contemporaneo, Ministerio de Cultura, Havana, Cuba; traveled to various venues in Scandinavian countries

En Homenaje a Antonio Maceo, (one day event), Galeria Amelia Pelaez, Havana, Cuba

III Salon de Profesores e Intructores de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Viva Puerto Rico Libre, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba

1974

II Salon Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1973

I Salon Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plasticas, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1970

Salon 70, Museo Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Salon Guerrillero Heroico, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba