RAFAELCONSUEGRA Sculptor
COMMISSIONS
2017 “The Guardian of the River” City Of Jacksonville Florida.
2015 Sculpture Trophy for Univision Education Week Award 2015. (Presented to Actress
Eva Longoria) Miami, FL
2014 Sculpture Trophy for Univision Education Week Award 2014. (Presented to actor
Edward James Olmos) Miami, FL
2013 Designed symbol for Felix Varela’s mausoleum in St. Augustine, FL
2012 “The Three Graces,” Miami, FL
2012 “Wings of the Spirit,” Central Park, Mladenovac, Serbia
2012 “The Best Wishes,” Central Fountain, Mladenovac, Serbia
2012 “Monument to the Innocent,” Radio/TV Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2011 “The Price of Freedom,” Miami, FL
2010 “Learning Gives You Wings,” Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
2010 Ceramic and Glass Mosaic, St. Gregory Catholic Church, Plantation, FL
2010 “Juntos,” Stainless Steel Monument, Miami, FL
2009 Pedro Pan Monument, Miami, FL
2008 “Reach,” Doral, FL
2007 – 2008 “The Giants of Belen,” Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, FL
2006 St. Brendan Catholic Church, Miami, FL
2004 Sculpture Trophy for the Cuban Christian Democratic Party (presented to President of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar), Madrid, Spain
2001, 2003 St. John Vianney Seminary, Miami, FL
2002 St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, Miramar, FL
2001 Kiwanis Club of Little Havana Inc., Miami, FL
1990, 2000 - 2001 St. Agatha Catholic Church, Miami, FL
1999 - 2001 Florida International University, Miami, FL
2000 St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Pompano Beach, FL
2000, 1998 St. Roberto Bellarmine, Miami, FL
1998 Corpus Christi, Miami, FL
1998 Memorial to Cuban Journalist Salvador Diaz Verzon, Miami, FL
1998 St. Jude Catholic Church, Boca Raton, FL
1997 St. Louis Catholic Church, Miami, FL
1997 Montsenior Curly High School, Miami, FL
1997 Belen Jesuit High School, Miami, FL
1997 St. Rose of Lima, Miami, FL
1996 Bank Investment Group, Miami, FL
1995-1996 Sculpture Trophy for the Willy Chirino Foundation, Miami, FL
1994-1995 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Homestead, FL
1994 Peace Monument, Citibank Florida, Miami, FL
1994 Sculpture Trophy for the Hispanic American Photographers, Miami, FL
1992 Center of the Divine Mercy, Miami, FL
1992 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Miami, FL
1992 St. Kieran’s Catholic Church, Miami, FL
1991 Duluth Public Arts Commission, Petrozavodsk, Russia
1990 St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, Pompano Beach, FL
1990 Sculpture Trophy for the Youth Center, Miami, FL
1989 Koger Properties Construction, Miami, FL
1987 Sculpture Trophy for the United Way, Miami, FL
1987 Cano Sotolongo & Associates Inc., Miami, FL
1986 Agrupacion Catolica Universitaria, Miami, FL (www.acu-adsum.org)
1986 Miami Beach Police Department - Donald Kramer Memorial, Miami Beach, FL
1985 Sculpture Trophy for The Coalition of Hispanic American Women, Miami, FL
1978 Sculpture Trophy for The Spanish Society of Florida, Miami, FL
1974 Mar Azul Condominium, Key Biscayne, FL
1974 Coral Park High School, Miami, FL
1972 Sunset Villa, Miami Beach, FL
1967 Surf House, Miami Beach, FL
1967 Burger King Corporation Executive Offices, Miami, FL
COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of Kragujevac, Serbia
Mladenovac Cultural Center, Serbia
Sopot Cultural Center, Serbia
Carlos Albizu University, San Juan, PR
Carlos Albizu University, Miami, FL
Abbott Laboratories, San Juan, PR
Miami Dade College – North Campus, Miami, FL
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Museum of American Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Museo Español de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain
Museo Nacional de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain
Museo de Arte Moderno de Villafames, Valencia, Spain
Vatican Museum, Vatican City
Miami-Dade City Hall, Miami, FL
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
Museum of Modern Art, Petrozavodsk, Russia
House of Culture, Petrozavodsk, Russia
City Hall, Petrozavodsk, Russia
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Florida Museum of Hispanic Art, Miami, FL
Continental National Bank, Miami, FL
Le Loft, Miami Beach, FL
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
Print Collections: “Mirror of Time and Self-Portrait of the Fifties” (1970);
“La Bandera” (1975); “España” (1977); “El Cid” (1978); “Etude du Mouvement a Traves la Dance” (1980); “Sin Patria Pero Sin Amo” (1982)
Private Collections in Argentina, Denmark, France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 RETROSPECTIVE. 1900 Brickell Ave. Miami, FL
2011 Gallery 03ONE, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 “Cuban DNA” Installation, Studio, Miami, FL
2009 Bistro 1410, Miami Beach, FL
Fund Raiser for United States Senator Bob Menendez
2008 Coral Gables, FL
“Learning Gives You Wings” Installation
2007 Northeastern University, Boston, MA
“Freedom Birds”
2007 Galeria Creativo Caribeño, San Juan, PR
2006 Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
“Learning Gives You Wings” Installation
2006 Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
“Law and Justice”
2006 Miami Dade College – North Campus, Miami, FL
2006 Mladenovac Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2006 Congreso del Colegio de Abogados, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000 Ursomarzo Galeria de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 Petit Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998 Gwinnett Fine Arts Center, Athens, GA
1997 St. John Vianney Catholic Seminary, Miami, FL
1997 Gracie Lawrence Gallery Inc., Delray Beach, FL
1997 The Gallery Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
1996 Vanidades, Miami, FL
1996 Jadite Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Victoria Galleries, Coral Gables, FL
1994 One Brickell Square, Miami, FL
1989 Tishman Speyer Properties of Florida, Miami, FL
1988 Millenarian Design Center of the Americas, Dania, FL
1982 Museo Nacional de Ceramica Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain
1982 Sala Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain
1982 La Galeria de Vilanova i Geltru, Tarragona, Spain
1981, 1979 Galerie Marbach, Bern, Switzerland
1981, 1979 Galerie Jean-Marie Cupillard, Grenoble, France
1981, 1978 Galerie des Maitres Contemporains, Aix-en-Provence, France
1980 Galeria Sant Lluc, Gerona, Spain
1980 Le Bouquin, Valence, France
1980, 1979 Galerie Bourg-de-Four, Geneve, Switzerland
1979, 1978 Galeria Aryce, Valencia, Spain
1979 Yolanda Inc. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978, 1977 Mitre Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1977 Sociedad Española de la Florida, Miami, FL
1977, 1971, 1969 Asociacion Fraternal Latinoamericana, Miami, FL
1976 Grove House, Miami, FL
1973 Florida International University, Miami, FL
1971 Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
1971 Pan American Banks, Miami, FL
1970 Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1969 Asociacion Fraternal Latinoamericana, Miami, FL
1968 Hollywood Museum of Art, Hollywood, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Miami River Art Fair, Miami, FL
2012 Art Fest at Doral, Doral, FL
2012 Art Shanghai 2012, Shanghai, China
2011 Modern Gallery, Kragujevac, Serbia
2009 Miami Dade College, “31 Cuban Sculptors Exhibition,” Miami, FL
2006 Mladenovac Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Cueto Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002, 1990 Editart Geneve, Switzerland
2000, 1999 Cuba Nostalgia, Miami, FL
1999 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
1997 Mexican Consulate, Cultural Center, Miami, FL
1995 Sculpture in the Landscape, University of Miami, Miami, FL
1994 Summit of the Presidents - Unidad Cubana, Miami, FL
1994 National Council of La Raza, Miami Beach, FL
1993, 1992 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Lawrence, KS
1992 WIZO Art ‘92’, Miami, FL
1992 Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY
1992 Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota, FL
1992 Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
1992 Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, TX
1991 Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
1991 Fine Art World, Boca Raton, FL
1987 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1985, 1979 De Armas Gallery, Miami, FL
1982 Jean Marie Cupillard Gallery, Grenoble, France
1981 Aryce Gallery, Valencia, Spain
1981, 1980 FIAC, Paris, France 1981 Art Fair of Venelles, France
1980 La Fontana D’or, Gerona, Spain
1980 Studio 13, Mataro-Barcelona, Spain
1980 Kandinsky Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1980 Juana Mordo Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1979-1977, 1971 Harmon Gallery, Naples, FL
1978 Forum Artis I, Copenhagen, Denmark
1977 Galeria Mitre, Barcelona, Spain
1977 International Artists Salon, Grenoble, France
1974, 1972 Luria Gallery, Miami, FL
1973 Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1973 University of Oregon, Portland, OR
1972 Galeria Internacional, Caracas, Venezuela
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Designated U. S. Ambassador to promote Belgrade as “Capital of the Arts” in 2020
2000 Jubilee for Artists, Comitato Centrale Grande Giubileo, Rome, Italy
1973,1972 Cintas Fellowship, Institute of International Education, New York, NY
1969 Helen Banks Memorial Award - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1968 Award for Sculpture - Monasterio Español, Miami, FL
1968 The Hanson Award - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1967 Award for Sculpture - Miami Art Center, Miami, FL
EDUCATION
1967 Associates Degree in Arts, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
1969 Bachelor of Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1971 Master of Fine Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
1969-1976 Barry University, Miami Shores, FL - Instructor in Sculpture, Ceramics and Design
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL - Instructor in Sculpture, and Design
ASSOCIATIONS
Co-Founder of World Art Colonies (WAC) originated in Mladenovac, Serbia
International Coordinator of the Arts for Center of Human Rights, Inc.
Founder of Bird Road Art District, Miami, FL
Co-Founder of Patrons of Art in the City Trust, Miami, FL
Co-Founder of Hispanic and Latin American Art Museum
Founder of Caudart (est. 1987)
Designated United States Ambassador to promote Belgrade as “Capital of the Arts” in 2020
Member of Agrupacion Catolica Universitaria (ACU)