BIOGRAPHY

Accomplished painter, sculptor, and draftsman, Julio Larraz has transcended time and place for more than 50 years to become one of the most influential figures in Latin American and American art. Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1944, Larraz is both a Cuban and an American artist. 

‍Julio Larraz’s father was a student and political activist who was imprisoned by the Gerardo Machado regime for three years on the infamous Isle of Pines. Following his release, he became the owner and editor of a newspaper in Havana, “La Discusion.” Larraz’s mother was a law student who later became the director of the family’s newspaper. In 1959, Fidel Castro took control of Cuba, and free press was extinguished shortly thereafter. Fearing for their safety under Castro’s repressive rule, the family fled Cuba and sought asylum in the United States. Julio Larraz was 16 years old.

The experience of leaving his childhood home in Cuba and being forced into exile had a profound effect on Larraz’s life and art. Before his physical exile, however, Larraz experienced some internal upheaval as well. As a child, Larraz spent most of his classroom hours perfecting his talents as an artist rather than attending to his schoolwork. School was one long drawing class where he developed his artistic skill by creating caricatures and cartoons of teachers. Perpetually energetic and full of imaginative impulsivity, he was expelled from several schools and eventually landed in a military academy run by former military officers under deposed dictator Fulgencio Batista. The combination of a politically affiliated education with his exile from Cuba later served as the motivation behind Larraz’s caricatures. When asked about the origins of his caricatures, he said they “came naturally. [They were] natural, critical observations.” 

Soon after arriving in the United States, Larraz began drawing political caricatures. With their sense of humor, ability to portray each individual personality, and the skilled quality of his work, his caricatures began to draw attention and were eventually published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Time, Ramparts, Newsweek, and The Chicago Tribune. The politics which forced Larraz out of the country he loved infused the political undertones of his work, and the subjects of his work illuminated the bitterness which sprang from the challenges faced as a growing member of American society. Through, or perhaps because of, his extraordinary journey, Larraz would emerge as one of the world’s great painters.

Larraz was first recognized professionally as a painter in 1971 with his first solo exhibition at the Pyramid Gallery in Washington, D.C. His work has since shown in galleries throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. Larraz’s work has also been represented in numerous group exhibitions and can be found in many public and private collections, including Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; American Express Bank, Paris, France; and the World Bank, Washington, D.C. He has been the recipient of several awards from the Center for the Arts and Education, New York, NY; FACE, Miami, FL; the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; and the Instituto de Educación Internacional, New York, NY. His passionate dedication to his craft has resulted in an enormous body of work spanning six decades, created in different mediums, and most importantly, contributing to the integration of Latin-American art culture.

In the 1980’s, Larraz began experimenting with sculpture, a medium he took to almost effortlessly. Although he is not always remembered for his departure into the form of sculpture, he created well-known pieces which have graced public spaces, art galleries, and art fairs for years.

Since leaving Cuba, Larraz has lived and worked primarily in the United States, yet the time he has spent traveling has proven to be some of his most prolific. While living in Italy in the late 1990’s to early 2000’s, he created countless watercolors that have added immense volumes to his collection. Larraz also spent time living in New Mexico and Paris. Their legendary landscapes and cultures further influenced and deepened his work and added to the images he draws upon from within his deep imagination.

The development of Larraz’s work is based on studies which he then builds into larger works. He pays attention to the appearances and expressions of people he encounters in his daily life and travels, and these faces, in turn, often come to life in his work as characters from other worlds, places, and times.  Larraz refers to this collection of ideas in his imagination as “The Kingdom We Carry Inside.” He speaks of his visions as dreams and describes being forced to do fast sketches to capture them before they disappear. “They are like dreams, it’s like when you try to tell someone about a dream you had, and it becomes smoke before you finish the sentence.” Larraz’s work combines the refinement of a skilled draftsman, and the narratives of a born storyteller, with the surreal distortion of a magician.

In 2004, Larraz returned to Miami where he lives and works today.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

  • Julio Larraz, Marlborough Gallery Madrid, Spain (2022)
  • Julio Larraz, The Kingdom We Carry Inside, A retrospective at Coral Gables Museum, Fl. (2021 – 2022)
  • Julio Larraz, Galeria Duque Arango, Medellin, Colombia (2020)
  • Behind The Curtain of Dreams, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Fl. (2019)
  • Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (2019)
  • Julio Larraz, Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery (2018)
  • Viaggio Nella Fantasia, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Venice, Italy (2018)
  • Julio Larraz, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, N.Y. (2018)
  • Maestro Julio Larraz Sculptures, NADER Art Museum Latin America, Miami, Fl. (2017)
  • New Beginnings by Julio Larraz, The John T. Surovek Gallery, Palm Beach Fl. (2017)
  • Revelations, Art of The World Gallery, Houston, Texas (2017)
  • Made in U.S.A., Ascaso Gallery, Houston, Texas (2016)
  • Julio Larraz: Painting and Sculpture, Museumo of Art – DeLand, DeLand, FL (2017)
  • Omaggio Julio Larraz, Galleria D’arte Contini, Venice, Italy (2016)
  • Julio Larraz, Ameringer, McEnery & Yohe Gallery, New York (2015)
  • Julio Larraz, Art Basel Miami, Ameringer, McEnery & Yohe Gallery, New York (2014)
  • Rules of Engagement, Contini Art UK, London (2014)
  • Julio Larraz, Del Mare, Dell’aria e di Altre Storie, Catania, Italy,  Fondazione Puglisi Cocentino in collaboration with Galleria d’Arte Contini (2014)
  • Two Hundred Years in Power, Galería Arteconsult, Panama city, Panama (2014)
  • Coming Home, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida (2013)
  • Julio Larraz, Galería Duque Arango and Art of the World, Medellin, Colombia (2013)
  • Omaggio Julio Larraz, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Venice, Italy (2013)
  • Julio Larraz, Marlborough Gallery Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (2013)
  • Julio Larraz, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (2013)
  • Julio Larraz, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome (2012)
  • Julio Larraz, Contini Galleria D’Arte, Venice, Italy (2010)
  • Julio Larraz, Marlborough Gallery,  Madrid, Spain (2010)
  • Julio Larraz, Marlborough Gallery,  New York, NY (2009)
  • Julio Larraz, Contini Galleria D’Arte, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (2008)
  • Julio Larraz, The Bellevue, Biarritz, France (2008)
  • Monumental Sculpture Show, Piesanta, Italy (2007)
  • Julio Larraz, Contini Galleria D’Arte, Venice, Italy (2006)
  • Julio Larraz: New Work, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2006)
  • Julio Larraz, Giochi di Potere, Piazza del Duomo, Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant’Agostino Pietrasanta, Italy (2006)
  • Julio Larraz –  Trienta Años de Trabajo, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador; Museo de Arte de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica (2005)
  • Altri Sol, Other Suns, Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona, Italy (2005)
  • Julio Larraz, Contini Galleria D’Arte, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (2005)
  • Treinta Años de Trabajo, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia; Muero de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; Muero de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico, Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica (2004)
  • L’Ultimo Sguardo Dopo la Terra, Forni Galleria d’Arte, Bologna, Italy (2003)
  • El Sueño es Vida, Galleria Tega, Milan (2002)
  • Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris (2002)
  • Julio Larraz Oeuvres Récentes, Peintures et Sculptures, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo (2002)
  • Julio Larraz, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2001)
  • Julio Larraz, Galleria Tega, FIAC, Paris (2000)
  • New Works, Marlborough Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida; Galería A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile (2000)
  • Julio Larraz, Galleria Tega, FIAC, Paris (1999)
  • Julio Larraz, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1999)
  • Galería Luis Pérez, Arco, Madrid (1999)
  • Julio Larraz’s Sculptures, Gallería Tega, Art Miami, Miami, Florida (1999)
  • Julio Larraz, Galeria Der Brucke, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998)
  • Julio Larraz, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, Peru (1998)
  • Julio Larraz, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida (1998)
  • Ron Hall Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, Florida (1997)
  • Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1996)
  • The Gulf Stream, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1996)
  • Recent Works by Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (1996)
  • Watercolors and Pastels by Julio Larraz, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York (1996)
  • Peter Findlay Gallery, New York (1995)
  • The Planets, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (1995)
  • Julio Larraz, Galerie Vallois, Paris (1995)
  • The Planets, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Florida (1995)
  • Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (1994)
  • Works on Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1992)
  • Witness to Silence, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1992)
  • Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champain, Illinois (1992)
  • Moments in Time, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1991)
  • Watercolors, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1990)
  • Janey Beggs Gallery, Los Angeles, California (1990)
  • Prints, Colleen Grecco Gallery, Nyack New York (1990)
  • Works on Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1990)
  • Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1988)
  • Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida (1988)
  • Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1988)
  • Ravel Gallery, Austin, Texas (1988)
  • Hall Galleries, Dallas, Texas (1987)
  • Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (1987)
  • Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1986)
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia (1986)
  • Nora Haime Gallery, New York (1985)
  • Galleria Il Gabbiano, Rome (1985)
  • Galería Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama (1984)
  • Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1984)
  • Galería Iriarte, Bogotá, Colombia (1984)
  • Nora Haime Gallery, Foire International d’Art Contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris (1983)
  • Works IL Gallery, Southampton, New York (1983) 
  • Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas (1983)
  • Inter-American Art Gallery, New York (1982)
  • Bacardi Gallery, Miami, Florida (1982)
  • Belle Arts Gallery, Nyack, New York (1982)
  • Works IL Gallery, Southampton, New York (1982)
  • Hall Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas (1980)
  • Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (1980)
  • Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (1979)
  • FAR Gallery, New York (1977) 
  • Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA (1976)
  • FAR Gallery, New York (1974) 
  • New School for Social Research, New York (1972) 
  • Pyramid Galleries, Washington, D.C. (1971)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Palm Beach, Modern and Contemporary, Art Fair, Ascaso Gallery and Art of the World Gallery (2022)
  • Arco Madrid, Marlborough Gallery Madrid, Spain (2022)
  • ZONAMACO Mexico Arte Contemporaneo Fair,  Duque Arango Gallery, Marlborough Gallery and Art of the World Gallery (2022)
  • Art Miami, Art of the World Gallery,  Ascaso Gallery and Duque Arango Gallery (2021)
  • A Day at the Beach, Marlborough Gallery, New York, N.Y. (2021)
  • Artefiera, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Bologna, Italy (2021)
  • Miart, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Milano, Italy (2021)
  • Expo CHGO online, Ascaso Gallery (2021)
  • Artefiera, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Bologna, Italy (2020)
  • Miart, Digital Edition, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Milano, Italy (2020)
  • Abstraction and Figuration in Space, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Sculptures exhibition (2020)
  • Palm Beach, Modern and Contemporary, Art Fair, Art of the World Gallery (2020)
  • Art Miami, Art of the World Gallery, and Ascaso Gallery (2019)
  • The Nascense, Oblong Contemporary, Art Gallery, Dubai (2019)
  • Crafting Identity, Highlights of the TIA Collection from around the world, in The Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York, N.Y. (2019)
  • Art Busan, South Korea, Art of the World Gallery (2019)
  • Artefiera, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Bologna, Italy (2019)
  • Art New York Fair, N.Y., Ascaso Gallery Miami (2019)
  • Art Wynwood, Miami, Ascaso Gallery (2019)
  • Palm Beach, Modern and Contemporary, Art Fair, Ascaso Gallery (2019)
  • KIAF Art Seoul, Art of the World Gallery (2018)
  • Transformative Effects, Ascaso Gallery Miami (2018)
  • Art New York Fair, N.Y., Ascaso Gallery Miami (2018)
  • ZONAMACO Mexico Arte Contemporaneo Fair, Art of the World Gallery (2018)
  • Belief in Giants, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York (2018)
  • Art Wynwood, Ascaso Gallery, Miami (2018)
  • Artefiera, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Bologna, Italy (2018)
  • Palm Beach, Modern and Contemporary, Art Fair, Ascaso Gallery (2018)
  • Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery Miami (2017)
  • Miart, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Milano, Italy (2017)
  • Art Wynwood, Ascaso Gallery Miami (2017)
  • Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida (2016)
  • Art New York, Ascaso Gallery, New York (2016)
  • Art Wynwood, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida (2016) 
  • NH Gallery Cartagena, Colombia (2016)
  • Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery Miami and Galeria La Cometa Bogota (2015)
  • Art Southampton, Ascaso Gallery, Southampton, NY (2015)
  • Los Imaginarios Urbanos, Galeria Enlace – Arte Contemporaneo, Lima Peru (2015)
  • Art Wynwood, Ascaso Gallery Miami (2015)
  • Latin American Masters, Ascaso Gallery (2015)
  • Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida (2014)
  • Caribbean Crossroads of the World, Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), (2014)
  • Papertrail, Latin American Masters, Santa Monica, California (2014) 
  • Art Miami, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida (2013)
  • FIA, Galeria de Arte Ascaso, Caracas, Venezuela (2013)
  • Art Southampton, Ascaso Gallery, Southampton, New York (2013)
  • The Armory Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2013)
  • Exposition de Groupe, Marlborough Monaco, Monaco (2012)
  • Omaggio agli artisti, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Venice, Italy (2011)
  • The Miami Sculpture Biennale, Miami, Florida (2010)
  • Art Basel, Miami, Marlborough Gallery, Miami, Florida (2010)
  • Art Miami, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Miami, Florida (2009)
  • Art Basel, Marlborough Gallery, Miami, Florida (2009)
  • Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York(2009)
  • Latin American Art, Marlborough Gallery, New York(2008)
  • Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2007-2008)
  • Wit & Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, (2007)
  • Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2007)
  • Sobre el Humor, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (2007)
  • Represenation 2007 New York & San Francisco, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California (2007)
  • Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York (2007)
  • Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2006)
  • Landscape, Cityscape, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2005)
  • Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2005)
  • Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez, La Citadelle, Saint Tropez, France (2004)
  • Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Galleria Tega (2004)
  • Parcours Figuratif, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France (2003) 
  • Paraiso Perdido: Aspectos del Paisaje en el Arte Latinoamericano, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida (2003)
  • Modelvrouwen, The Hague Sculpture-Kloosterkerk, The Hague, Netherlands (2003)
  • La Fête, Le Bellevue, Biarritz, France; Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad, Valencia, Spain (2003)
  • Art Miami, Marlborough Gallery, Miami, Florida (2003)
  • Arte Fiera, Marlborough Gallery, Bologna, Italy (2002)
  • Arte Fiera, Galleria Tega, Bologna, Italy (2002)
  • FIAC, Paris, France, Galerie Patrice Trigano (2002)
  • Latin American Artists, Marlborough Gallery, New York (2002)
  • Art Basel, Galleria Tega, Basel, Switzerland (2002)
  • Arte de America Latina, Galleria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru (2002)
  • FIAC, Galleria Tega, Paris, France (2001)
  • FIAC, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France (2001)
  • Art Basel, Galleria Tega, Basel, Switzerland (2001)
  • Arte Fiera, Galleria Tega, Bologna, Italy (2001)
  • Arte Fiera, Marlborough Gallery, Bologna, Italy (2001)
  • Arte Fiera, Galleria Tega, Bologna, Italy (2000)
  • Art Miami, Marlborough Gallery, Miami, Florida (2000)
  • MiArt, Galleria Tega, Milan, Italy (2000)
  • Art Basel, Galleria Tega, Basel, Switzerland (2000)
  • Biennale di Arte Sacra, Museo di Castello Ursino, Catania, Italy (2000)
  • Sobre el humor, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2000)
  • Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Space, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York; Museo del Barrio, New York (1999)
  • Silent Things, Secret Things, Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millenium, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1999)
  • Figuración Internacional, Galería Marlborough, Madrid; Caja Burgos, Burgos, Spain; Centro Cultural Rioja, Logroño, Spain (1999)
  • Giardino botanico di Paul Klee, Museo di Arte Moderno di Catania, Catania, Italy (1999)
  • Maestros Latinoamericanos, Galería Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador (1998)
  • Group Show, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York (1997)
  • Octava Exposición de Pintura y Escultura Latinoamericana, Galería Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador (1997)
  • Latin Viewpoints into the Mainstream, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York (1996)
  • Magic & Mystery, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas (1995)
  • Point/Counterpoint, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, California (1995)
  • Latin American Art Masters, Gary Nader Fine Arts, Miami, Florida (1994)
  • Cuban Masters of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1993)
  • Leaving our Earth – the Artistic Vision, Taejon International Expo, USA Pavillion, Taejon, Korea (1993)
  • Selections, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1991)
  • Topography of Landscape, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1991)
  • Fifth Anniversary, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (1991)
  • The Sterlington Exhibit, Sterlington, New York (1991)
  • Voyages of the Modern Imagination-The Boat in Twentieth Century American Art, William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, Rockland, Maine (1990)
  • Selections, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1990)
  • Figuración Fabulación, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (1990)
  • Contemporary & Modern Masters, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (1990)
  • 17 Contemporary Prints & Multiples, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1990)
  • Dali, DePalma, Haring, Kuzio, Larraz, Warhol, Montebello Park, Suffern, New York (1990)
  • 42 Annual Academy – Institute Purchase Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1990)
  • Works on Hanji Paper, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea (1990)
  • Points of View in Landscape, M. Gutierrez Fine Art, Key Biscayne, Florida (1990)
  • Selections, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1989)
  • June Moon-Lunar Reflections by Contemporary Artists, G.W. Einstein & Company, New York (1989)
  • Master Prints, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1989)
  • Figurative-Abstract, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (1989)
  • Nocturne Portraying the Night, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (1988)   
  • Blues and Other Summer Delights, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1988)   
  • La Naturaleza Muerta, Galería Iriarte, Bogotá, Colombia (1988)   
  • Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape 1960-1985, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. This exhibition traveled to: New York Academy of Art, New York; City Art Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina (1986)
  • V Bienal de Artes Graficas, Museo de Arte Moderno, La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia (1986)
  • Maestros en la colección del Museo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia (1986)
  • The Mount Aramah Exhibition, Orange County Historical Society, Arden, New York (1986)
  • Major Works Gallery Artists, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1986)
  • Pastels, Aleman Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts (1986)
  • Outside Cuba, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. This exhibition later traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts, New York; Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Atlanta College of Art and New Visions Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia (1986)
  • Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1986)
  • The Anatomy of Drawing, Hooks/Epstein Gallery, Houston, Texas (1986)
  • Latin American Artists in New York Since 1970, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (1986)
  • Watercolors Plus, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1986)
  • Eccentric Images, RVS Fine Arts, Southampton, New York (1986)
  • Inaugural Exhibition: New Space, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1986)
  • Artistas Latinoamericanos en Paris, Galería Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama (1984)
  • Rotating, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1984)
  • Summer Group Exhibition, Galleria II Gabbiano, Rome, Italy (1984)
  • MIRA, Museo del Barrio, New York. This exhibition traveled to: Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois; Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Florida; Midtown Art Center, Houston, Texas; Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, Denver, Colorado (1984)
  • Latin American Artists in New York, Arteconsult International, Boston, Massachusetts (1984)
  • Pastels, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1984)
  • Gallery Artists-Recent Work, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York (1984)
  • The Art of South America, Saint Paul’s Companies, Saint Paul, Minnesota (1984)
  • Julio Larraz – Hugo Robus, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, New York (1984)
  • Still Life – Thematic Survey, Zin-Lerner Gallery, New York (1983)
  • Maestros Latinoamericanos: Obras sobre papel, Galería Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama (1983)
  • Group Exhibition, Rossi Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey (1983)
  • Clouds, Stuart-Neill Gallery, New York (1982)
  • Inaugural Exhibition, Mary Anne Martin Fine Arts, New York (1982)
  • Diciembre en Iriarte, Galería Iriarte, Bogotá, Colombia and Bonino Gallery, New York (1982)
  • Dibujantes Latinoamericanos en Nueva York, Galería Garcés-Velasquez, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia (1981)
  • 5a Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1981)
  • Modern Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Center for Inter-American Relations and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York (1979)   
  • Realism and Latin American Painting: The Seventies, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York. This exhibition traveled to: Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico (1979)   
  • Five Realists, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (1979)   
  • Image and Illustration, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey (1978)
  • Art in Decoration, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (1978)
  • Candidates for Art Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1976)
  • A Sampling from the Academy Collection, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1976)
  • Recent Latin American Drawings (1960-1976) Lines of Vision, Organized by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington D.C. This exhibition traveled to: Center for Inter-American Relations, New York; Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Nine Cuban Artists, Saint Peter’s College Art Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey (1975)
  • Art in the Kitchen, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1975)
  • Thirty-Ninth Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (1975)
  • American Still Lifes, FAR Gallery, New York (1974)
  • Paintings available for the Childe Hassam Fund Purchase, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1974)
  • The Fine Art of Food, Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California (1974)

AWARDS

  • Grants, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York (1976)
  • Cintas Scholarship Grant, Instituto de Educación Internacional, New York (1976)
  • Purchase Prize, Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Institute of Arts and Letters, Purchase Exhibition, New York
  • FACE, Facts About Cuban Exile, Award in Fine Art Excellence, Miami (1997)
  • Gold Medal Award, Casita Maria, Center for the Arts and Education (2011)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  • Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
  • Cintas Foundation, New York, New York
  • Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
  • Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
  • NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, Florida
  • University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
  • Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

  • American Express Bank, Paris
  • Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly, Davis, & Dicus, Saint Louis
  • Bacardi Corporation, Miami
  • Chase Manhattan Bank, New York and Panama City
  • Dunn & Bradstreet, New York
  • First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia
  • Guest Quarters, Florida and Texas
  • Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston
  • Haydin Cutler Company, Texas
  • Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York
  • Minton Corley, Texas
  • Mitsui & Company (USA) Inc., New York
  • Preston Carter Real Estate, Texas
  • Southeast Banking Corporation, New York
  • W.R. Grace & Company, New York
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pennsylvania
  • World Bank, Washington D.C.
  • Wylin Corporation, Texas