Ramón Alberto Carulla Trujillo

The Artist

"Ramón Alberto Carulla Trujillo" was born in Havana, Cuba, on December l7,1938. He did not received any academic education.

Individual Exhibitions

Among his personal exhibitions we can mention "Wall Series". Luckacs Gallery, Montreal, Canada,1979. In 1983 he presented "Ramón Carulla". VI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1998 we can mention "Ramón Carulla. The Dreamers. Cuban Collection Fine Art", Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Collectives Exhibitions

During his artistic life he tooked part in many collectives exhibitions like "I Bienal de Artistas Noveles de Cuba". Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana,Cuba,1965. He was inlcuded too in "Drawing’85"". 7th. International Drawing Biennial. Middlesbrough Fine Arts Museum, Cleveland, Reino Unido, 1985. He was also one of the selected artist for "The Latin America Graphic Arts Biennial"´. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), Nueva York,U.S.A, 1986. That year was presentedd too the "8 Norwegian International Print Biennale Fredrikstad 1986". Fredrikstad, Noruega, 8th International Exhibition of Graphic Art: Triennial of Graphic Art. Frechen, R.F.A. In 1995 he participated in The 3rd. Sapporo International Biennial. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan.

Awards

He has been awarded in many occasions during his artistic life, one of this was the Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York, U.S.A, 1973/1979. In 1980 he gained the Simon Daro Daridowicz Painting Award. Metropolitan Museum & Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A. In 1988 he obtained the Prize. VI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this year he received also the Prize in the 8th Mini Print Internacional de Cadaqués 1988, Taller Galería Fort, Cadaqués, Barcelona, Spain.

Collections

Many of his pieces conform collections all over the world, some of them are: Art in Public Places, Miami Dade County, Miami, Florida,U.S.A; The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A. other collections are the Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; the Fundacion Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, among many others museums and private collectors.

External links

* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/findingaids/index.cfm/fuseaction/Collections.ViewCollection/CollectionID/5415 Ramón Carulla papers at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art]