Antuan, born in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1972, is an influential environmentalist and cosmogonic artist whose work spans diverse disciplines, integrating themes of ecology and social responsibility. Since his artistic training began in the 1980s, at the height of the environmental art movement, Antuan has maintained a steady focus on ecological issues. His commitment to these concerns has defined his work and positioned him as a unique voice in art, blending aesthetics with social activism.

At age 17, Antuan initiated the ECO project, an ephemeral art endeavor that marked the beginning of his environmental focus. He graduated in 1995 from ISP “Félix Varela” in Santa Clara, Cuba, completing a thesis titled Art, Ecology, and Humanism, which underscored his belief in the artist’s role as a social practitioner. Since then, he has created work that reflects his holistic vision, merging art, design, and architecture to address themes of environmental degradation, endangered species, and contemporary human conflicts.

Antuan’s career has gained broad recognition, with his works exhibited at prominent institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto, Cobra Museum in Amsterdam, Palacio de Cristal in Madrid, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, and the Museum of Latin American Art in California, among others. His presence in art biennials, fairs, and leading museums across the U.S., Latin America, and Europe has further established his reputation as a socially engaged artist.

In the late 1990s, Antuan developed impactful projects such as Memories of the 20th Century and the Forks and Spoons series, a reflective exploration on concentration camps. In 1998, he was awarded a scholarship from Fundación Bancaja in Valencia, Spain, where he studied bronze casting with sculptor Joseph Castell in France.

Upon migrating to the U.S. in 1999, Antuan’s experiences shaped his focus on humanity’s complex relationship with environmental and social challenges. His “cosmogonic vision” began to influence his work, as he delved into issues like human healing, AIDS, political manipulation, human trafficking, financial greed, and ecological concerns. This vision transcended conventional art market trends, imbuing his work with a profound exploration of our interconnected world.

Today, Antuan’s work is a powerful commentary on human vulnerability, environmental fragility, and the need for collective action. Through his art, he invites reflection on urgent global issues, encouraging a renewed connection to our shared planet and offering a space for healing and social awareness.

EDUCATION

2019 Fault Line Artist in residence. Landers,California , USA
2014 IPS Residency at the IBB Center for Contemporary Arts. Curacao
2006 Art Fellowship, University of Valencia, Spain
2001 Master in Iron and Resin, Atelier D’Art Ros Mari, Valencia, Spain
1998 Fine Arts Scholarship granted by Fundación Bancaja, Valencia, Spain
1997 Master in Bronze Casting under the direction of sculptor Joseph Castell, Perpignan, France
1996 B. A. Fine Arts., Universidad Félix Varela, Villa Clara, Cuba
1987 Graduated from San Alejandro National Academy of Arts, Habana, Cuba
1985 Graduate of Elemental Level in Art, Eva Olga Alonso, Villa Clara, Cuba

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS

2024
Museo AAl Arte al Limite, Santiago de Chile
Museo La Neomudejar, Madrid, Spain.
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo (Fiaci) Asr Galeria
Museo de Arte Moderno. Fiaci, Santo Domingo
Museo Siglo XXI Zapadores, Madrid, Spain
Diverse Art La, Los Angeles. USA.
Art Palm Beach Fair. USA.

2023
WAO Galeria & Centro Cultural, Casa de Campo. Dominicana.
The DAO, Arte al Limite, Magazine, Santiago de Chile
Copper Bridge Foundation, Miami, USA.

2022
Kerr Gallery, Miami Design District, USA.
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica.ca
Yucca Valley Arts Center, The Hi desert.ca USA.
Samadhi, Modernom, Design District Miami, USA

2021
Samadhi. Miami, Virginia Keys Beach. art with me, USA.
Copper Bridge Foundation, Miami, USA.

2020
Contemporary Art Lab, Mind-Works. Reshaping Art Series, Philadelphia, PA.
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Mónica, CA.
Archipresente \ Colección Casa, Centro cultural El Tranque ,Santiago de Chile.
Freijo Gallery Metáforas Latinoamericanas, Madrid Spain
Kerr Gallery, Miami Design District, USA.

2019
DOX Center of Contemporary Arts in Prague.
Bombay Beach Biennale, CA.USA
Art Wynwood, Art fair, Mimai, USA.
Bloc Art, Espacios Experimentales ,Coleccion ALL.PERU
Yucca Valley Arts Center, The Hi Desert, CA, USA
Fault Line Artist in residence.Fusion of Art, Science, and Technology.Landers, CA.

2018
Power of art house. Amsterdan.NL
Texas Contemporary Art Fair. USA
Alvarez Gallery, opioid, Stamford, USA
18th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh
LA art show, Los Angeles, California, USA
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, California, USA.

2017
Espacio Fundación Telefonica .Santiago, Chile.
Pinta Art Fair. Freijo Fine Art Gallery, Spain. Miami, FL.
C.A.S.A Collection. Santiago, Chile.
Art Palm Beach International, FL.

2016
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, “The Other Dimension. Solo show covering all Museum galleries. Miami, FL.
MDC Museum of Art + Design. Miami, FL.
Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Santiago, Chile.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Vibración 7.8. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic..
MPAC, MIAMI Institute Private Art Collection Project, Miami Beach, FL.
Cintas Fellows Awards, Finalist. 2016 – 2017. Cintas Foundation – MDC.Miami, FL.
Art Medellin 2016. Medellin, Colombia.

2015
Centro Cultural Matucana 100 Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Art.es.art magazine Arco Madrid project. Madrid, Spain.

2014
Central Fine Art Contemporary. Cadiz, Spain.
IPS Residency at the IBB Center for Contemporary Arts. Curacao.
Centro Fine Art. Asturias, Spain.
Aluna Art Foundation. Walking in Someone Else´s Shoes: Identities in Transit. Miami, FL.

2013
Global Caribbean IV, Focus on Miami Contemporary Visual Arts Landscape.
Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance-Art Basel Miami Beach. FL.
Tenerife Espacio Arte. (TEA). Caanary Islands. Misterpink Art Gallery, digital video.
Creation series. Miami selected artist.
Miramar Cultural Center. Americana| Arts Park, Miramar, FL.
Bienal Del Sur, Panama City, Panamá.
The 8th Floor-Stealing Base: Cuba at Bat. New York City-NY.
USF Contemporary Art Museum. Occupying Building, Thinking: Poetic and Discursive Perspectives on Contemporary Cuban Video Art. Tampa. FL.

2012
Art Museum of the Americas –OAS. Transitional Bodies Foto Week.Washington DC.
Convento San Francisco de Asís, Faith Substitutes, Havana, Cuba.

2011
III Bienal Del Fin del Mundo, Argentina
Centro Cultural Español Inhabiting, building, thinking.Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL, USA
Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Mocca, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Cobra Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Base Paint, Miami, FL, USA
Wynwood Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Pinta Art Fair, New York, USA

2010
Scope Miami International Contemporary Art Show, Miami, FL, USA
Frost Art Museum, FIU, Miami, FL, USA
Base Paint, Epic, Miami, FL.
Museum of Modern Art. Trienal Internacional Caribe,Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
IKF – Latin America, Art Auction, Miami, FL.
The Freedom Tower – Past is history-future is a mystery, Miami, FL, USA
Patria o Libertad, The Freedom Tower, Miami, FL, USA
Laboratorio Evolutivo de Arte Contemporáneo, Dominican Republic
Art Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL, USA
Fiart -Palacio de Bellas Artes, Dominican Republic
Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Los Ángeles Art Show, Los Ángeles, CA, USA
Arte Americas, Miami, FL, USA
Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Pinta Art Fair, London, UK

2009
Durban-Segnini Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Bridge Art Fair- Miami, FL, USA
Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
Museum Of Latin American Art, Molaa, CA, USA
Art on Track, Chicago Art Track, Chicago, IL, USA
NOBE 67 ART, Miami, FL, USA

2008
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Collective Cuban Artists, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Arteamericas, Miami, FL, USA
First Art Fair Arte Al Limite, Santiago, Chile
Circa-Art- Fair, Puerto Rico.

2007
Sculpture Key West, Key West, USA
Art Fair, Valencia, Spain
Circa Art Fair, Puerto Rico
Art Fair – Photo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arte Latex, University of Valencia, Spain
Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Arte Américas, Miami, FL, USA
Sculpture Key West By Land, Sea and Sky, Key West, FL, USA
Art Miami, Miami, FL, USA

2006
Hard Core Art Gallery. Menu: Samples and Dishes, Miami, FL.
Dot 51 Art Space. Consuming Art, Miami, FL.
Alejandra Von Hartz Fine Arts, Miami, FL.
Palacio de Los Cristales. La Estampa, Madrid,Spain.
Valencia Art Fair, Valencia, Spain.
Art Miami art fair, Miami Beach, FL.
Galería Nina Menocal, D.F., México.
ZONAMACO, Contemporary Art Fair, México City. Mexico.
Art Fellowship, University of Valencia, Spain.

2005
Arte américas, Miami, FL, USA
Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA
XIV Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporánea, Santander, Spain

2004
Palacio de Los Cristales. La Estampa, Madrid, Spain.
Masters’ Mystery Art Show, FIU, Miami, FL.
Galeria Argenta Arte, Valencia, Spain.

2003
Arte Digital Diáspora, Studio Soto, Boston, MA, USA
International Art Fair, New York City, NY, USA
Hollywood Biennale, Hollywood, FL, USA
Galeriargenta, Valencia, Spain.

2002
Bronxville Art Center, Bronx, NY, USA

2001
Valencia University, Valencia, Spain.

2000
Fundación Bancaja, Valencia, Spain
531 Central Fine Arts Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
Gallery Nouveau, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1999
Florida International University, The Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA

1998
Contemporary Art Center Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Artistic Center “La Regenta”, Canary Islands, Spain
Panamericana Gallery Mariano Rodríguez, Havana, Cuba
National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC), Havana. Cuba
National Gallery of Fine Arts, Matanzas, Cuba
Ridel Gallery , San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1997
Contemporary Art Center Joseph Castell, Perpignan, France
Gallery Albero, Canary Islands, Spain.

1995
Gallery Paisajes Fondo de Bienes Culturales de Cuba, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1994
UNEAC Exhibit of Artists from the Gallery Provincial of CAA, Cuba.

1993
First Center and Gallery Wilfredo Lam, Villa Clara, Cuba
Fourth Sculptural Encounter, Villa Clara, Cuba

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

2020
Viral Geometry ,Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles, CA; Arte Al Limite art magazine, Santiago, Chile; Contemporary Art Lab |Arts Incubator, Philadelphia.

2019
BBAX. Building Bridges Art Exchange. Los Angeles, CA.

2017
Freijo Gallery ,Madrid,Spain.
Antuanlab Miami .FL.

2016
The Other Dimension, Museum of Contemporary Art ,Miami , FL.
HUBLOT Space Art Exhibition, Miami Design District, FL

2015
MATUCANA 100 .centro de arte en Santiago de chile
Museo de la Fortaleza osama,Republica Dominicana
Museo de arte moderno , Republica Dominicana

2007
HIDES – The Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

2006
Gallery Matthei, Santiago De Chile, Chile
“Visions” Hardcore, Contemporary Art Space, Miami, FL, USA

2004
“The Right Eye”Galeriargenta, Valencia, Spain

2003
Galleries at the Interchurch Center, New York City, NY, USA

2002
Bronxville Art Center, Bronx, NY, USA

2001
531 Central Fine Arts Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA
Gallery Noveau - San Juan, Puerto Rico

2000
Contemporary Art Center Jose Castell, Perpignan, France

1999
Gallery Ridel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1998
Center of Contemporary Art, Castle San Felipe, Canary Islands, Spain
Without Permit to Travel, Luis De Soto, Havana University, Arts and Letters Faculty, Havana, Cuba
Memories of the Twentieth Century, Center for the Development of Visual Arts Havana, Cuba

1997
Arc of Memory, Canary Islands, Spain

1996
Origin, Perpignan, France

1995
Figure Three, Villa Clara, Cuba

HONORS AND AWARDS

2006
Sculpture Key West, Artist Award. Key West, FL.

2003
Cuban Artistic Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York City, NY.

1998
First Place Award, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1997
First Place Award, Provincial Gallery of Fine Arts, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1995
Award, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1994
Prize, Provincial Gallery of the CAA, Villa Clara, Cuba.

1993
Honorable Mention, First Center and Gallery Wifredo Lam, Cuba.
Honorable Mention, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Villa Clara, Cuba.
Honorable Mention, Galería de Caricaturas, Villa Clara, Cuba.

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art. Miami. FL.
Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
Vatican Art Museum, Vatican City, Italy.
CASA Collection, Santiago, Chile.
Museum of Latin American Art,MoLAA. Long Beach, CA.
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
Fundación Bancaja, Valencia, Spain.
Contemporary Art Center Joseph Castell, Perpignan, France.
Cintas Foundation Art Collection, Miami, FL.
Pepe Cabrera Collection, Valencia, Spain.

COUNTRIES OF EXHIBITIONS

Mexico, Greece, Chile, Spain, United States, Italy, Vatican City (Italy),Canada, Canary Islands, Argentina, France, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Panama, Netherlands, Dominican Republic, China, London, Cuba, Haiti.

ART IN PUBLIC PLACE

Samadhi project. Miami Design District , FL 2020
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL. 2016
The Force of a Universal Prayer, Venice Italy. 2015.
IBB Center for Contemporary Art .Curacao.2014
Apogee Beach 3951, Hollywood Beach, FL. 2013.
Wynwood Art Fair, Miami ,FL, 2011
Base Paint.Curated by Antuan. Placed in Florida International University, EPIC HOTEL --- . . Park, Miami,FL; and at L’atheletique d’Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.. 2010.
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL. 2010.
Art on Track, Chicago Art Track, Chicago, IL 2009
Ermita de la Caridad del Cobre, Miami, FL. 2008.
Sculpture Key West, Key West, and FL. 2007.
Art Basel, Design District, Miami, FL. 2004.
Valencia University, Spain. 2001.
Bancaja Foundation, Valencia, Spain.1998.
Contemporary Art Center Josep Castell, Perpignan, France. 1998.
Hotel Faro Luna. Cienfuegos, Cuba 1996.
Universidad Félix Varela, Villa Clara, Cuba, 1996.
ondo de Bienes Culturales, Villa, Clara, Cuba.1995.
UNEAC, Villa Clara, Cuba.1994.