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Visual Artists:
 Rafael VADÍA (b. 1950, Havana): Vadía’s work
has been shows at galleries and museums such as the Society
of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, the Art Museum at Florida International
University and the Lowe Art Museum. His pieces were also included
in Expresiones Hispanas, the Coors National Art Exhibition
and Tour, and Latin American Artists of the United States at
the Organization of American States. He is the winner
of the Norton Museum’s Verna Lammi Memorial award, and his
work is in the permanent collection of the Miami-Dade Public
Library. Vadía studied at Miami-Dade Junior College, the Ecole
Des Beaux Arts in Paris and Florida International University
(Cintas for art, 1991-92)
 Jorge VARONA (b. 1955, Havana): A figurative
painter, Varona has a master’s degree from Colorado State University.
(Cintas for art, 1982-83, 1985-86)
Luis VEGA (b.
1944, Havana): Celebrated above
all for his Cuban landscapes, Vega is also a graphic designer
who produced postage stamps in Cuba, created scenery for animated
drawings at Cuba’s film institute and worked as illustrator
for the Instituto Cubano del Libro. Vega participated in the
first International Festival of Film Posters in Cannes and
in many group exhibitions in Havana and in Florida His work
is in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
in Havana. Vega is the father of Sinuhé Vega, also a noted
painter. He studied at San Alejandro and has a degree in art
history from the University of Havana. (Cintas for art, 1984-85)
 Ricardo VIERA (b.
1945, Ciego de Ávila): A professor of art at Lehigh University
and the director/curator of the university’s art galleries
since 1974, Viera has curated many exhibitions, including Cuba‑USA:
The First Generation (co-curator)
and American Voices: Latino Photography in the U.S. Viera
is consultant/curator of the Smithsonian Institute Project Our
Journey/Our Story: Portraits of Latino Achievement, part
of the Center for Latino Initiative, a traveling exhibit organized
by SITES for 2004-06. Among his recent publications are the
essays Silvia Lizama: Photographer, Explorations, Three
Portfolios: Silvia Lizama, Art and Old Age— Howard Finster and American
Voices: Cuban-American Photography in the U.S. His work
is in the permanent collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library.
He has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Tufts University
and a master of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School
of Design. (Cintas for art, 1974-75)
Doris VILA (b. 19XX, Miami): Working at the
intersection of art and technology, Vila travels widely to Europe
and Latin America to exhibit her 3D videos and responsive installations.
Her solo exhibitions include Theatermachine, an interactive
audio/video and environment installation in Bonn, Germany in
1995; The Book of Air, also in Bonn in 1993, Heaven,
home and weightless at the Photographic Resource Center
in Boston in 1989 and Holografías de Doris Vila at the
Facultad de Artes Plásticas at the Universidad Veracruzana in
Mexico in 1984. She has had several fellowships at the MacDowell
Colony for the Arts, received an InterActiva symposium award
for interactive holographic video environment work, and was a
fellow in the Academy of Media Art in Cologne, Germany. She has
served as consultant to Canada's Department of Energy and to
DuPont Inc. on holographic projects. In 1999, the Center for
Holographic Art granted her a two-week residency to work on a
holographic book. Vila has a bachelor’s degree in art from Hunter
College and also attended City College of San Francisco and the
University of California, Berkley. (Cintas for art, 1986)
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