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Rolando Cubero



Artist Biography
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"With the last gulls
of the afternon"
144cm. x  101cm., 2009
Oil on canvas

"The night that doesn´t sleep"
127cm. x  160cm., 2009
Oil & acrylic on canvas

"The sense of touch"
107cm. x  87cm., 2009
Oil & acrylic on canvas

     

"For one instant"
140cm. x  94cm., 2009
Oil & acrylic on canvas

"Keeping the secret"
100cm. x  70cm., 2008
Oil on canvas

" "
90cm. x  60cm., 2008
Oil on canvas

     

"The easel´s angel"
133cm. x 88cm., 2006
Oil on canvas

"Nude with Peacocks"
100cm. x  134cm., 2005
Oil on canvas

"The Model"
60cm. x  45cm., 2004
Oil on canvas

     

"When light touches you"
88cm. x  54cm., 2004
Oil on canvas

"Woman in red
with escaping gull"
140cm. x  135cm., 2003
Oil on canvas

"Dreaming with gulls"
100cm. x  135cm., 2001
Oil & acrylic on canvas

     
   

"You can´t go through here"
100cm. x  131cm., 2001
Oil on canvas

   
     

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Rolando Cubero- Biography

Rolando Cubero
Costa Rica, 1957

  

Individual Exhibitions

2002
Rolando Cubero. “Homage to Eros”. Calderón Guardia Historical Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

1996
Rolando Cubero. “Recent Works”. Valanti Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.
Rolando Cubero (Invited Artist). “Paintings and Prints”. IV International Culture Congress, Sucre, Bolivia.

 

Collective Exhibitions (A selection)

 2005
“Inside-Outside”. Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica.

2004
Rolando Cubero, Juan Manuel Hernández, Mario Moya. Art 99 Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.

2003
“Costa Rican Artists. Inaugural Show”. Art 99 Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.

“Costa Rican Art Exhibition”. Villegas-Inagaki Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, USA.

“Paintings. Crisanto Badilla, Rolando Cubero, Jorge Manuel Vargas”. Enrique Echandi Gallery, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica.

2001
“National Awards 2000”. Valanti Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.

“Erotic Art”. National University, Heredia, Costa Rica.

2000
“Images of Men”. Central Bank Museums, San José, Costa Rica.

1999
“Central America united through its art”. Vila Nova Fine Art. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.

“Images of Women”. Central Bank Museums, San José, Costa Rica.

1998
“Central America united through its art. CAUSA”. Simultaneous exhibitions. Galleries: Contemporary Plastic (Guatemala), Portales (Honduras), Códice (Nicaragua), Valanti (Costa Rica).

First National Painting Contest. “The Artist through his objects”. (Invited Artist). Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture, San José, Costa Rica.

1997
“The Spirit of Latin American Art”. Valanti Gallery, San José, Costa Rica..

1996
VII Exhibit of Latin American Painting and Sculpture. Espacio Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.

1995
VI Exhibit of Latin American Painting and Sculpture. Espacio Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.

1994
ARAFI 94, Sheraton Hotel, Bar Harbor. Miami, Florida, USA.

“The Spirit of Latin American Art”. Valanti Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.

1993
Art-Miami ’93. Bernheim Gallery (Panama), Espacio Gallery (El Salvador). Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA.

“Central American Artists”. Contemporary Plastic Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala.

1992
Art-Miami ’92. Bernheim Gallery (Panama), Fenix Fine Arts (Miami). Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA.

“Five Latin American Masters”. Americas Collection Gallery. Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA.

1991
Art-Miami ’91. Van Cleef Fine Arts. Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA.

“Nudes”. Pancorbo, Tovar and Cubero. Van Cleef Fine Arts. Miami, Florida, USA.

1990
Central American – Caribbean Encounter of Plastic Artists. Mexican Cultural Center, San José, Costa Rica.

“Women”. Shakespeare Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.

1989
“National Expositions”.. Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica.

1988
“Latin American Roots in Contemporary Art”. United Nations, New York, USA.

II Summer International Exhibit, “Ancon 88”. Borkas Gallery, Lima, Peru.

“New Costa Rican Painting 1988”. National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

1987
XII International Contest “Association of Art Critics and Commentators –ACCA-”. Royal Tower, Miami, Florida, USA.

“New Costa Rican Painting in Venezuela”. Mays León Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.

“Plastic Image of Costa Rica”. Magna Gallery, Panama, Panama.

Permanent Collection Exhibition. Ralli Museum of Contemporary Art at Punta del Este, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; Marbella, Spain; and Caesarea, Israel.

1986
“New Costa Rican Painting 1986” (Chosen for international exhibits). National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

“Proposals 1986”. Jorge Debravo Space, San José, Costa Rica.

1985
“New Costa Rican Painting 1985”. National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

“Costa Rican Art Today”. Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama, Panama.

1984
“Mature and Youngsters Today”. Julián Marchena Gallery, Costa Rican Art Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

“Convergence Group”. National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

“New Costa Rican Painting 1984”. National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

1983
“Convergence Group”. Enrique Echandi Gallery. San José, Costa Rica.

1980
Paintings. Secretary of the Treasury. School of Fine Arts. University of Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica.

“10 Artists”. National Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

“Costa Rican Painters”. Cuauhtémoc Unity (IMSS), Mexico D. F., México.

1979
“Painters and Sculptors from the Province of Heredia”. Julián Marchena Gallery, Museum of Costa Rican Arts, San José, Costa Rica.

1978
“National Painters and Sculptors”. Governors Palace, Heredia, Costa Rica.

VII Annual Plastic Arts Exhibit. Costa Rican Art Museum, San José, Costa Rica.

1977
II Biannual Central American Plastic Arts Exhibit. Central American Economic Integration Bank, San Salvador, El Salvador.

 

Prizes and Mentions

2000
Aquileo J. Echeverría Plastic Arts National Prize. San José, Costa Rica.

1987
First Prize. Figurative Modern Painting Category, Emilio Estévez Trophy. XII International Encounter. Art Critics and Commentators Association (ACCA). Miami, Florida, USA.

1980
Prize “Costa Rican Painting”. CORTEL. Secretary of the Treasury. Museum of Costa Rican Arts, San José, Costa Rica.

 

Collaborations

2004
Frontispiece for “Of Love and Desire” by Marvin Camacho. Graphical Editorial Advisors. San José, Costa Rica.

 2002
Lecture. “Erotism in Rolando Cubero’s painting”. School of Philosophy. University of Costa Rica.

Invited Member of the International Jury. National Painting Prize. Panama.

2001
Lecture on his work. School of Fine Arts. University of Costa Rica.

1996
Cover for the C.D. “Immersion” by Roger López. G.B. Productions. Costa Rica.

1995
Illustrations for the poetry book “The Selected Light” by Milton Zárate. Costa Rica Editorial, San José, Costa Rica.

1990
Illustrations for the poetry book “At the End of Memory” by Milton Zárate, which received the Costa Rica Editorial Prize for Poetry 1990 and the Aquileo J. Echeverría Poetry National Prize 1991. Costa Rica Editorial, San José, Costa Rica.

1987
Illustrations for the book “The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History” by Philip J. DeVries. Princeton University Press, USA.

1980
Assistant to Master Julio Escámez for the removal and restoration of the murals “Agriculture” by  Francisco Amighetti and “Mercy” by Luis Daell, at present in the Costa Rican Art Museum.

His work is part of public and private collections in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, USA, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.

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