Ismael Gomez Peralta

About the Artists:

Ismael Gómez Peralta was born in 1967 in Batabanó, Cuba. He is a graduate of San Alejandro Academy in Havana. He has served as an art instructor at La Casa de la Cultura in Batabanó, as a professor of Drawing at the Instituto Superior de Pedagogía Enrique José Varona, and as a professor of Drawing at San Alejandro. His personal exhibitions in Cuba include Una Cuidad y Otra at the Raúl Martinez Gallery, Havana, and La Cuidad del Silencio at the Charles Chaplin Cinema Gallery, Havana. He has participated in fine art fairs in the U.S. including Art Chicago, Art Miami, and ArteAméricas. The artist resides in Miami, Florida.

Biography:

Born in 1966 in Havana, Cuba. He studied art at the San Alejandro School of Art in Havana and graduated in 1985. Since then, he participated in several worldwide art exhibitions. In 1986, he worked as an art Instructor in Casa de Cultura in Batabanó. In 1992 he graduated as a professor of Art at the Instituto Superior Enrique J. Varona, Havana, Cuba. At the same time he was a professor of drawing and workshop at this institute. In 1996, he was the artist chosen to design the logo, poster, and the program for the Cultural Center of Spain in Havana. This same year, he designed the poster for the XVIII International Festival of the New Latin America Cinema Havana. In 1998, he served as a professor of drawing at the San Alejandro School of Art. In 1999, he designed and built the background set of the stage for Abelardo Estorino’s play The Dance for the Spanish Repertory Theater in New York City. In 1999, he taught Workshop to first year students of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana Cuba. Since 2002, he has been living in the city of Miami where he has been part of many exhibitions, Art Fairs and Auction. He is current teaching drawing and painting at the Miami Art Club.

Résumé:

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 2005 Por Quien Lloran las Campanas, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA 2003 Una Isla Dos Versiones, Bi-personal exhibition. Miami Dade Comunity College, Kendall Campus. Miami, Florida, USA. 2002 Requiem por la Habana, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida.USA. 2001 Una Ciudad y Otra, Raul Martinez Gallery, Palacio del Segundo Cabo, Havana, Cuba. 1997 La Ciudad del silencio, Charles Chaplin Cinema Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1988 Autorretrato, Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 Art DC, Washington DC, USA. 2007 Circa 2007, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2007 Arteamericas, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2007 Important Cuban Artworks, volume four, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA. 2007 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2006 Art off the Main, New York, New York, USA. 2006 Important Cuban Artworks, volume four, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA. 2006 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2006 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA. 2006 Palm Beach III, Palm Beach, Florida, USA. 2006 Circa 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2005 Art off the Main, New York, NY, USA. 2005 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA. 2005 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2004 Important Cuban Artworks, volume three, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA 2004 Los Angels Art Show, Los Angeles California, USA 2004 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA 2004 The Colors of Today, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 2004 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2003 Important Cuban Artworks, volume two, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 2003 Art Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2003 Arteamericas, Coconut Grove, Florida, USA. 2003 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2002 Young Talents, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 2002 Important Cuban Artworks, volume one, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables Florida, USA. 2002 Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. 2001 Kubanishe Kunst Heute, Germany. 1999 Film Festival, Biarritz, France. 1997 Evocacion al Cine Cubano, ICAIC Gallery, Havana Cuba. 1997 Imagenes del Silencio, VI Havana Biennal, La Acacia Gallery, Havana Cuba. 1996 Heroes de las Artes de Cubanas, San Antonio de Abab Gallery, Las Palmas, Spain. 1996 Entre Amigos y Algo Mas, R.M. Gallery, Havana Cuba. 1996 Cuatro Tiempos, "L” Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1995 Los Monstruos de la Razon , Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana Cuba. 1995 XVII International Film Festival of The New Latin-American Cinema, Havana Cuba 1995 Arte Abstracto Cubano, Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1994 Small-Format Salon, Homenaje a Fayad Jamis, Talia Gallery, Havana Cuba. 1993 Grupo el Puente, La Fortaleza Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 1990 Abanico Hispano-Cubano, Casa de la Cultura Gallery, Alamar, Havana, Cuba 1989 Salon 13 de marzo, Havana Cuba. SELECTED AWARDS 1990 First Prize Salon Homenaje a Velasto Acosta, San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba. 1988 Painting Award Avelino Perez Urriola Salon, Guanajay, Cuba.

Additional Information:

Born: 1967