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Visual Artists:
 Juan ABREU (b. 1952, Havana): A writer and
journalist as well as an artist, Abreu has been a columnist
for Diario las Américas and is the author of Habanera
fue, A la sombra delmar: Jornadas cubanas
con Reinaldo Arenas, and Libro de las exhortaciones
al amor. He studied at the National Academy of San Alejandro
in Havana and came to the United States in the Mariel boatlift
of 1980. He had his first exhibition at the Sibi bookstore,
in Miami, in 1982. Since then he has exhibited his work regularly.
He is represented in the permanent collection of the Miami-Dade
Public Library. (Cintas in art, 1993-94)
Frank AGUERO(b. 1936, Havana): (Cintas in
art, 1967-68).
Adela AKERS (b. 1933, Santiago de Compostela,
Spain): After studying pharmacy at the University of Havana
and working for a time as a biochemist, Akers became interested
in tapestries in the late 1950s and studied weaving at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Cranbrook
Academy of Art. She later became weaver-in-residence at Penland
School of Crafts and taught at Temple University's Tyler School
of Art for more than 20 years. Her work is in the permanent
collection of major institutions including the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institution, the
American Craft Museum and the Everson Collection of American
Art. (Cintas in art, 1967-68, 1968-69)
 José Ramón ALEJANDRO (b. 1943,
Havana): After living in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the
early 1960s, Alejandro moved to Paris in 1963, and spent the
next 30 years in France, working as an artist, book illustrator
and designer. He had his first exhibition at the Galerie Lambert
and went on to participate in shows throughout Europe, Israel
and the United States. His work was included in the Outside
Cuba exhibition, and is in the permanent collection of
the Miami-Dade Public Library. Alejandro moved to Miami in
1995 and founded Editions Deleatur in 1996, mostly to publish
Cuban writers on the island and in exile. Over the years, Alejandro’s
early geometric paintings have evolved into lush tropical landscapes;
noted Cuban writer Antonio José Ponte called him “an
artist of the terrible, of mystery.'' (Cintas for art, 1969-70,
1971-72)
 Carlos ALFONZO (b. 1950, Havana-d.1991, Miami):
One of many artists who came to the United States in the Mariel
boatlift, Alfonzo quickly developed a following in this country.
His work was represented in the Outside Cuba exhibition
and the Cuba-USA: The First Generation traveling exhibition
and he was the subject of several solo exhibitions in institutions
such as the Miami Art Museum, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art in North Carolina, the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach
and the Hal Bromm Gallery in New York. His work was featured
in Triumph of the Spirit: Carlos Alfonso, A Survey 1975-1991,
published by the Miami Art Museum. He is one of the artists
profiled in Maria Lino’s 1988 documentary film Three
Artist Profiles. Alfonzo studied at the University of
Havana. His work is in the permanent collection of the Miami-Dade
Public Library. The above Carlos Alfonzo drawing, “Untitled,” was generously donated by Cintas Foundation board member Olga Viso. (Cintas for art, 1983-84)
 Mario ALGAZE (b.
1947, Havana): Traveling extensively as a freelance photographer,
Algaze has devoted his career to documenting life in the
cities and countryside of Latin America. His evocative photographs
have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in the United
States and abroad and his work has been purchased for the
collections of museums such as the Tamayo, in Mexico, the
Santa Barbara Museum, The Duke University Museum and the
Fundación Guayasamín
in Quito. He is the winner of several fellowships, including
one from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work was
included in the Outside Cuba exhibition and in the Cuba-USA:
The First Generation traveling exhibition and is in the
permanent collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library. (Cintas
in art, 1989-90)
Luis ALONSO (b. 1952,
Sagua la Grande): Since receiving a bachelor’s degree in illustration from the
Rhode Island School of Design and a master of fine arts degree
in painting from Rutgers University, Alonso has participated
in multiple exhibitions, including many Rhode Island School
of Design Faculty Biennials, as well as exhibitions at the
Schaffler Gallery of the Pratt Institute, the Dowd Fine Arts
Gallery at SUNY and the Scott Alan Fine Arts in New York. Alonso
is an adjunct faculty member at Rhode Island School of Design. He
has been a visiting lecturer at SUNY College at Cortland and
a visiting critic at Harvard’s Carpenter Center. (Cintas
in art, 1985-86)
 Alejandro ANREUS (b. 1960, Havana): Though
he began his career as an artist, Anreus is now associate professor
of art history at William Paterson University. For many years,
he worked as curator at the Montclair Art Museum and the Jersey
City Museum. He regularly participates in panels and seminars
on Latin American art. Among the exhibitions he has organized
are Ben Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti at
the Jersey City Museum and Juan Sánchez: Printed
Convictions,Subversions/Affirmations: Jaune Quick-to-See
Smith, A Survey and Latino Visions II at the
Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark. He has been published
widely in art magazines such as Art Nexus, Canícula and Encuentro,
and has written many exhibition catalogues. He was editor and
essayist for Orozco in Gringoland: The Years in New York.
Anreus received a Ph.D. in art history from the Graduate Center
at CUNY. When he won his first Cintas fellowship, he
became the youngest person ever to receive the award. (Cintas
in art, 1979-80, 1986-87)
Juan José ASENCIO (b.
1946, Mayarí):
A sculptor who works primarily with metal, Asencio is known
for his innovative casting techniques and for the creation
of patinas that have become a trademark of his work. He has
exhibited throughout the United States, in venues such as the
Gilman Gallery, the Chapultepec International Gallery, the
Art Institute in Chicago and the Kromex Gallery in New York.
Asencio studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University
of Chicago. (Cintas for art, 1980-81)
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