Rafael Consuegra

Rafael Consuegra is a sculptor who surprises others with his unique vision, insight, and ability to breathe life into metal.   His sculptures range in size from small-scale work, suitable to private residences, to monumental public art commissions. Consuegra’s work is represented in both private and public collections internationally; he has a list of accomplishments and commissions an arm long.

Consuegra was born in Havana, Cuba in 1941. Seeking exile from Cuba, he left the island in 1960 and established residence in Miami, Florida where he began his art studies.

As an art student, he was twice granted the Cintas Fellowship from the International Institute of Education in New York. After receiving a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Miami, he taught Sculpture and Design at the college level for seven years. Wanting to dedicate his efforts solely to art, he left teaching and moved to Europe. 

In Europe, he exhibited widely throughout France, Spain, Denmark, and Switzerland. After eight years in Europe, he moved back to the United States where he established a permanent studio in Miami, Florida and concentrated his efforts on commissions.  

He has refined his work over the course of thirty five years of passion and has exhibited his work world wide with unprecedented success.

Consuegra is a dedicated artist who gets his inspiration from everything that surrounds him; the mundane and the spiritual all serve to fill his palate with color and passion. Consuegra is a true master in the midst of creating his next great piece. 

“All of my sculptures are inspired by movement and balance.”

CV

EDUCATION

• 1969
  Bachelor of Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

• 1971
  Master of Fine Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

COMMISSIONS

• 2010
  “Learning Gives You Wings,” Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
  Ceramic and Glass Mosaic, St. Gregory Catholic Church, Plantation, FL
  “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 
  Florida International University, Miami, FL

• 2001/2000
   St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Pompano Beach, FL

• 1998/1999/2000
  St. Roberto Bellarmine, Miami, FL

• 1998
  Corpus Christi, Miami, FL
  Memorial to Cuban Journalist Salvador Diaz Verzon, Miami, FL
  St. Jude Catholic Church, Boca Raton, FL

• 1997
  St. Louis Catholic Church, Miami, FL
  Montsenior Curly High School, Miami, FL
  Belen Jesuit High School, Miami, FL
  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
  Sculpture Trophy for the ispanic American Photographers, Miami, FL       

• 1992
  Center of the Divine Mercy, Miami, FL
  St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Miami, FL
  St. Kieran’s Catholic Church, Miami, FL

• 1991
  Duluth Public Arts Commission, Petrozavodsk, Russia

• 1990
  St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, Pompano Beach, FL
  Sculpture Trophy for the Youth Center, Miami, FL

• 1989
  Koger Properties Construction, Miami, FL

• 1987
  Sculpture Trophy for the United Way, Miami, FL
  Cano Sotolongo & Associates Inc., Miami, FL

• 1986
  Agrupacion Catolica universitaria, Miami, FL (www.acu-adsum.org)
  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
  Coral Park High School, Miami, FL

• 1972
  Sunset Villa, Miami Beach, FL

• 1967
  Surf House, Miami Beach, FL
  Burger King Corporation Executive Offices, Miami, FL

COLLECTIONS

• 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 Catholic School, Miami, FL

• Museum of Modern Art, Petrozavodsk, Russia

• House of Culture, Petrozavodsk, Russia

• City Hall, Petrozavodsk, 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, Spain, France, Switzerland, Denmark, and the United States.

ONE PERSON EXHIBITION

• 2009
  “Cuban DNA” Installation, Studio, Miami, FL
  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

• 2007
  Galeria Creativo Caribeño, San Juan, PR

• 2006
  Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus,Miami, FL “Learning Gives You Wings” Installation
  Miami Dade College – North Campus, Miami, FL
  Mladenovac Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
  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
  Gwinnett Fine Arts Center, Athens, GA

• 1997
  St. John Vianney Catholic Seminary, Miami, FL
  Gracie Lawrence Gallery Inc., Delray Beach, FL
  The Gallery Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL

• 1996
  Vanidades, Miami, FL
  Jadite Gallery, New York, NY

• 1994
  Victoria Galleries, Coral Gables, FL
  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
  Sala Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain
  La Galeria de Vilanova i Geltru, Tarragona, Spain

• 1981/1979
  Galerie Marbach, Bern, Switzerland
  Galerie Jean-Marie Cupillard, Grenoble, France                                 

• 1981/1978
  Galerie des Mitres Contemporains, Aix-en-Provence, France

• 1980
  Galeria Sant Lluc, Gerona, Spain
  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
  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

GROUP EXHIBITION

• 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
  National Council of La Raza, Miami Beach, FL

• 1993/1992
  
  Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Lawrence, KS

• 1992
  
  WIZO Art ‘92’, Miami, FL
  Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY
  Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota, FL
  Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
  Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin, TX

• 1991
  
  Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
  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
  Studio 13, Mataro-Barcelona, Spain
  Kandinsky Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  Juana Mordo Gallery, Madrid, Spain

• 1979-1977/1971
  
  Harmon Gallery, Naples, FL

• 1978
  
  Forum Artis I, Copenhagen, Denmark

• 1977
  
  Galeria Mitre, Barcelona, Spain
  International Artists Salon, Grenoble, France

• 1974/1972
  
  Luria Gallery, Miami, FL

• 1973
  
  Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  University of Oregon, Portland, OR

• 1972
  
  Galeria Internacional, Caracas, Venezuela

• 1970
  Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL

• 1969
  Asociacion Fraternal Latinoamericana, Miami, FL
  
• 
  
• 1968 Hollywood Museum of Art, Hollywood, FL

AWARDS

• 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
  The Hanson Award - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

• 1967
  
  Award for Sculpture - Miami Art Center, Miami, FL