Juan Moreira

Juan Moreira is known for being the first Cuban painter to illustrate the novel Don Quixote of La Mancha in an edition for Cuba.

He was the assistant of Chilean painter José Venturelli in the creation of the murals of the Hotel Habana Libre and the buildings where the official Prensa Latina agency was founded, as well as creator of portraits of friends, ornamental designs, and paintings with erotic content. He was a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Uneac) and of the International Association of Plastic Artists.

Graduated in 1963 from the School of Fine Arts San Alejandro, where he later taught drawing classes, throughout his career he accumulated about twenty personal exhibitions and dozens of collective shows.

Studies

1950-1958 Sign Painter and Figure Artist. Advertisement Billboards, Commercial Painting Workshops, Havana, Cuba
1957 Commercial and Advertising Drawing. Commercial and Advertising Drawing Department, Martin Studio Academy, Havana, Cuba
1958 Professional Draftsman. Superior School of Arts and Crafts of Havana "Fernando Aguado Rico", Havana, Cuba
1960-1961 Elementary School of Plastic and Applied Arts Attached to San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba
1961-1963 Workshop School of Plastic Arts of Havana "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba
1963 Lithography. Experimental Graphics Workshop (TEG), Havana, Cuba

Professional Activity
Juan Moreira

1958: Furniture Designer. Interior Decoration House "Súper Home", Havana, Cuba.
1960-1962: Assistant in realization. Murals by Chilean painter Venturelli, Havana, Cuba.
1961: Delegate. First National Congress of Cuban Writers and Artists, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.
1961-1963: President of the Plastic Arts Section. Hermanos Saiz Brigade (BHS), Havana, Cuba.
1964-1965: Professor of Drawing and Painting. School of Plastic Arts, Isle of Pines, Cuba. Illustrates a portfolio with 20 drawings about the fishing industry.
1966-1967: Professor. School of Plastic Arts, Güines, Havana, Cuba. Illustrates the book of chronicles: Volunteer.
1968-1979: Professor of Drawing and Painting. National School of Plastic Arts "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba.
1977: Illustrates the book: Don Quixote of La Mancha published by the Cuban Institute of the Book. Creates a set of mural panels for the Fortress of the Castle of La Punta.
1978: Creates the drawing that was realized in the ten waiting areas of the Fountain of Youth, Havana, Cuba.
1984: Abandons teaching to dedicate himself entirely to plastic activity. Creates the mural Heroes of 1868 and 1895 in the culture area of the Palace of Pioneers, Lenin Park, Havana, Cuba. Jury: Contest for the Carnival Poster, Havana, Cuba.
1986: Jury: II Salon "Eduardo Abela". Havana, Cuba.
1987: Jury: III Salon "Eduardo Abela", Havana, Cuba.

Main Personal Exhibitions

1962 Juan Moreira. Drawings and Oils. Art Gallery Galiano and Concordia. Havana, Cuba.
1964 Notes on the Fishing Industry. International Art Center. Havana, Cuba.

1973 To Illustrate a Book. Art Gallery Galiano and Concordia. Havana, Cuba.
1979 Drawings and Engravings. Gallery of Fine Arts. Plovdiv, Poland.
1982 Juan Moreira. House of Soviet-Cuban Friendship. Moscow, Russia.
1986 Paintings, Drawings and Engravings. Collateral of 2nd Havana Biennial, Cuba.
1988 The Art of Juan Moreira An Exhibition from Cuba. University of St. Thomas. Houston, Texas, United States.
1990 Retrovisión. Imago Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1993 Juan Moreira. Recent Work. Inks and Oils. La Acacia Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1994 Juan Moreira and Alicia Leal. Chelsea Gallery. Kingston, Jamaica.
1996 Following the Trail of the Quixote. Imago Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1997 After Lam. Jorge N. Sorí Gallery. Miami, United States.
Juan Moreira and Alicia Leal. La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1999 Juan Moreira. Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, California, USA.
2000 Mosaics and Paintings. Alicia Leal and Juan Moreira. Memorial "José Martí".
Juan Moreira and Alicia Leal. Paintings, drawings and mosaics. Hotel Meliá Varadero, Cuba.
2001 The Quixote of La Mancha by Don Moreira of Havana. Gallery "Raúl Martínez". February-March. Havana, Cuba.
Juan Moreira and Alicia Leal. Art Gallery. Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau. August. Havana, Cuba.
Two-Handed Fabulations. (Bipersonal with artist Alicia Leal) Art Gallery Sancti Spíritus. November. Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
2003 The Signs of Time: Juan Moreira. Universal Art Gallery. Güines, Havana, Cuba.
2005 Juan Moreira: drawings and Quixote posters. Morro-Cabaña Complex. International Book Fair. February. Havana, Cuba. Juan
Moreira: drawings of the Quixote. Art Center. International Book Fair. March. Holguín, Cuba.
From the Loyal Lineage of the Line. Hispanic-American Cultural Center. Office of the Historian of the City. April. Havana, Cuba.
Two-Handed. Bi-personal (Alicia Leal and Juan Moreira) XXII Salon October 20. Provincial Center of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2006 Delicate Sums. Bipersonal Exhibition (Alicia Leal and Juan Moreira). Gallery: Jorge Arche. Los Arabos, Cuba.
2011 Hit Parade. Villa Manuela Gallery. Havana, Cuba.

Main Group Exhibitions

1957 Golden Salon. Painting Exhibition-Competition. El Arte. Havana, Cuba.
1962 XLIII Salon of Fine Arts. Circle of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1967 Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Painting. Montreal, Canada.
1970 Salon 70. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1971 X International Drawing Prize Juan Miró. Barcelona, Spain.
1972 National Youth Salon. Oriente Gallery. Santiago de Cuba.
1973 Intergraphik '73. Berlin, Germany.
Meeting of Latin American Plastic Arts. Havana, Cuba
1974 Line and Colour. Gallery of Jamaica Institute of Art. Kingston, Jamaica.
1975 Panorama of Cuban Art from the Colony to Our Days. Mexico City, Mexico.
1976 Permanent Salon of Youth. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1977 50 Years of Avance Magazine. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1980 Salon of Plastic Arts UNEAC '80. National Art Center. Havana, Cuba
1981 Art of Our Americas. Latin American Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1984 1st Havana Biennial. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1986 2nd International Meeting of Silkscreen Artists. Havana, Cuba.
1987 Love. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba. Salon of Plastic Arts UNEAC '87. Havana, Cuba.
1988 Cairo Biennial. Cairo, Egypt. Traveling Exhibition. India, Sri Lanka and Philippines.
1990 National Salon of Plastic Arts. UNEAC'90. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1992 Color of Cuba. Cuba Pavilion. Universal Fair of Seville. Seville, Spain. Latin American Art Exhibition. Clarion Hotel. Reforma. Mexico City, Mexico. From Another Place. Elaine Benson Gallery. New York, United States.
1993 Cuba Today. Exhibition. La Galería. Chile.
Graphics and Photography of Cuba. Maestros Michoacanos Gallery. Morelia, Mexico.
Cuban Art. Now. Chelsea Gallery. Kingston, Jamaica
Exhibition of Cuban Plastic Arts. Silkscreens and Engravings. Bosque Gallery. Mexico.
1994 3rd Biennial Graphic Art Beograd '94. Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1995 One Love. Chelsea Gallery. Kingston, Jamaica.
Cuban Painters. Denmark.
Images of Martí. Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador and Mexico.
Panoramic (Cuban Painting). National Bank of Panama. Panama.
Twelve Wandering Tales by García Márquez, Twelve Cuban Painters.
Latin American Gallery. House of the Americas. Havana, Cuba.
Images of Martí. Wilfredo Lam Center. Havana, Cuba.
Twelve Wandering Tales. School of Fine Arts. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
First Salon of Contemporary Art. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Caribbean Perspective. Chelsea Gallery. Kingston, Jamaica.
Contemporary Painting. Veracruz Institute of Culture. Veracruz, Mexico.
1996 Caribbean and Latin American Art. Jorge M. Sorí Gallery. Miami, United States.
Twelve Wandering Tales by García Márquez, Twelve Cuban Painters. Panama.
Painting and Photography. Southside Gallery. Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
The Space of Cuban Art. Center for Studies on Cuba. New York, United States.

1997 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists. Kennedy Gallery. Grand Cayman.
Hidden Art of the Revolution. Timeless. Fine Arts INC and The Banff Center, Toronto, Canada.
Art BA' 97. Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Perspectives on Che. Collective Exhibition. Bilbao, Spain.
1998 Seven Perspectives. Suyú Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art. Gaia Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1999 Dance My Son. Fifteen Sons for Fifteen Artists. Nicolás Guillén Foundation, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Six Cuban Painters. "Current Art" Art Gallery. Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Six Cuban Painters, Córdoba, Argentina.
Painters, Hotel Meliá Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.
2000 Cuban Painting, House of Latin America, Monaco.
Here and Now, Memorial José Martí, Havana, Cuba.
2001 Guest Salon. City Salon. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition Tribute to Mother's Day. National Registry of Cultural Goods. Havana, Cuba.
Almost Everything, the Night and the Rest. III Identity Biennial. Tribute to Ada Elba Pérez. Jarahueca – Havana, Cuba.
Passionately Cuban. University of Albany. Albany, United States.
Exhibition for Cuban Culture Day. Memorial José Martí, Havana, Cuba.
New Cuban Painters. Collective Mural. Revolution Square. Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Museum of the Americas. Puerto Rico.
Caribbean Painting. The Society for Latin American Art and Culture, St. Croix, NY, United States.
Collective Mural. 25th Anniversary of the Barbados Plane Attack. Havana, Cuba.
EICTV: Take 15. Cuban Painting. Action!. ICAIC Cultural Center. Havana, Cuba.
2002 Collective Mural, Opening of School of Art Instructors. Manzanillo, Cuba.
Collective Mural, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
Collective Mural. Holguín, Cuba.
"Serious Amusements" Project by Mercy Nodarse. La Maison, Havana, Cuba.
Cuban Paintings: Themes and Colors. Caribbean Creations and Blue Circle Gallery. Chicago, United States.
Cuban Art Emerging. Island in Transition. The Society for Latin American Art and Culture. Virgin Islands, United States.
Fourteen Cuban Painters. FP Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal.
How Young is My Baseball Team! XV Intercontinental Baseball Cup. Latinoamericano Stadium. Havana, Cuba.
2003 Cuban Painting Today. Guayasamín Foundation. Quito, Ecuador.
It's Not Easy, Cuba. Contemporary Cuban Painting. University of Richmond Gallery. Virginia, United States.
Ajiaco! 15 Cuban artists and the context of making art in contemporary Cuba. Kingston, Jamaica.
I Know of a Giant Painter…. Memorial José Martí. CNAP. Havana, Cuba.
I am the Arts Among the Arts. National Library of Cuba Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
Saving DISTANCES. Tele Pinar Gallery. CPAP. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
With the Poor of the Land…. Ceramic Exhibition. Juntos Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Art and Fashion. La Casa de la Obrapía. Havana, Cuba.
31 Contemporary Cuban Artists in Chile. BordeRío Gallery. Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Domino Championship Expo Project. Plaza Vieja. Havana, Cuba.
2004 Alfredo Cannatello. Inner View. 35 Cuban Artists. Convent of San Francisco de Asís. January. Havana, Cuba.
Lights and Shadows. North Cloister of the Convent of San Francisco de Asís. Office of the Historian of the City. February. Havana, Cuba.
Arts for Peace. Exhibition of works that participated in the Caribbean Art for Peace Auction. School of Plastic Arts San Alejandro. May. Havana, Cuba.
Art and Fashion. Tourism Convention. May 2004. Matanzas, Cuba
Arts for Peace. Exhibition of works that participated in the Caribbean Art for Peace Auction. Fine Arts Center AOBD. August. Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Menu Letter Exhibition. Hotel Inglaterra. October 2004. Havana, Cuba.
13 Cuban Painters Today. Traveling Collective Exhibition. Mediterranean Gallery. September. Palma de Mayorca, Spain.
Art and Fashion. FIART 2004. December. Havana, Cuba.
Alicia, Juan and Sosabravo Expo. December 2004. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Trench of Ideas Mural. In Front of US Interests Office. December 2004. Havana, Cuba.
2005 Art and Fashion. Museum of Rum Exhibition. January. Havana, Cuba. Work: City Facing the Sea. Silkscreen / Cardboard. 87 x 86cm, 2002.
Erotic Art. Hotel Meliá Havana Gallery. March. Havana, Cuba.
Book Exhibition "The Universal Don Quixote at the Cervantes Institute". Cervantes Institute. April. Beirut, Lebanon. (Works: 2 Silkscreens of Quixote illustrations).
2006 Cuba Hot. "An Exhibition of Sensual Art from Cuba". Center for Cuban Studies. NYC, USA.
Contemporary Cuban Art. Lebanon.
With Lights and Crafts. Gallery: Light and Craft. Havana, Cuba.
The Usefulness of Virtue. Solidarity Exhibition Miramar Business Center. Havana, Cuba.
Five Palms. Mural. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Like a Fine Rooster. Gallery: Rubén Martínez Villena. Havana, Cuba.
The Most Accurate of All Painters. Restaurant: Sierra Maestra. Hotel Habana Libre. Havana, Cuba.
2007 Terry Fox Auction. Canadian Embassy. Havana, Cuba
We Are What There Is. Collective Exhibition, Mural Hotel Habana Libre. Havana, Cuba.
Wings for Life. Gallery: Dr. Pedro M. Baeza Vega. Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences: Victoria de Girón. Havana, Cuba.
A Date with Einstein, on the Threshold of the Unknown. Gallery: Casa Alejandro de Humboldt. Havana, Cuba.
Eleven Cuban Artists. Cultural Center: Le Manoir, Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland.
TbArt? 07. II Edition of the scientific event Tb Vaccines. Varadero, Cuba.
From Solitude and Hope. Lobby of the Mella Theater. Havana, Cuba.
Image and Possibility. Gallery: The Kingdom of This World. Havana, Cuba.
Of One and Another. Current Cuban Plastic Arts, Colombia 2007. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Living Rope Mural. 45th Anniversary of the UJC, 35th of Nueva Trova, 5th Living Rope Program. National Theater, Avellaneda Hall. Havana, Cuba.
Girón Tank Installation – KCHO. Havana, Cuba.
Collective Mural Anti-imperialist Tribune, Havana, Cuba.
Permanent Stand ARTERAMPA 2007 Expo-Sale Fair, Havana, Cuba.
Digital Gallery Expo, AREITO Magazine www.areitodigital.com, United States.
Collective Mural Reading Nights, Paseo del Prado, Havana, Cuba.
Collective Exhibition for September 5, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Granma Expo. December 2. Gallery: El Paso. Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.

2008 Spirits of LA, A Contemporary Exhibition of Brazil, Cuba and Haiti. Municipal Gallery of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Tribute of Cuban Plastic Artists to the 45th Anniversary of Border Guard Troops. Museum of the Revolution. Hall of Mirrors. Havana, Cuba.
We Are What There Is. Collective Exhibition, Mural Hotel Habana Libre. Havana, Cuba.
Rooster of the Revolution. Traveling Exhibition. Memorial José Martí. Havana, Cuba.
History in Memory. Gallery: Origins. Gran Teatro de La Habana. Havana, Cuba.
Granma Exhibition. Museum of the Revolution. Hall of Mirrors. Havana, Cuba.
47 Artists and Writers at the VII Congress of UNEAC. Palace of Conventions. Havana, Cuba.
Prints of Faith. Hispanic-American Cultural Center. Havana, Cuba.
This is the Art Site. Gallery: La Casona. Plaza Vieja. Havana, Cuba.
With the Abduction… in the Pupil. Hispanic-American Cultural Center. Havana, Cuba.
Tonight She Dances Here… Alicia Alonso. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Visions of My City. Museum of Colonial Art. Plaza de la Catedral. Havana, Cuba.

2009 Lights and Shadows. Minor Basilica of the Convent of San Francisco de Asís. Havana, Cuba.
All Stars. Meliá Cohíba Gallery. Havana, Cuba
One Time Only A Contemporary Art Exhibition in Miniatures. Experimental Center of Visual Arts. Belkys Ayón Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
2010 I Know of a Giant Painter. Gallery: Casa del Alba Cultural. Havana, Cuba.
Air France. Miramar Business Center. Havana, Cuba.
CNAP Collection. Center for Development of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba (August).
Present! Hotel Nacional de Cuba. 1930 Hall. Havana, Cuba
Bicentennial. Gallery: Casa del Alba. Havana, Cuba.
FIART 2010. International Art Fair. 2nd Edition. Palace of Fine Arts. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Flying Far. Miramar Business Center. Havana, Cuba.
Enchanted Quantities. El Reino de este Mundo Gallery. National Library of Cuba José Martí, Havana, Cuba.

2011 1 Minute of Silence. Casa Guayasamín Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
See the Aroma of a Havana. Habanos Art Gallery. Palace of Conventions. Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Cuba. Tribute for 50 Years of Relations Between Both Countries. Havana, Cuba.
Collective Mural for the International Book Fair of Havana, invitation made by the Havana Club Corporation. Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition The Briefest Eternity about the Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Parish 15 and 16. Vedado, Cuba.
X Anniversary Exhibition. Pierre Renoir Gallery. French Union of Cuba.
Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of UNEAC and the 25th Anniversary of the Hermanos Saíz Association. National Assembly of Popular Power. Havana, Cuba.
Exhibition From Symbol to Metaphor... Charity Unites Us. Félix Varela Cultural Center. Havana, Cuba.

Auctions

Humanitarian Auction. Arts
For Peace. A Hopeful Project. Puerto Rico Office. Gurabo.
August 2004. Puerto Rico. Work: The Couple. Silkscreen. 70 x 50cm.
The Cuban Art Space of the
Center for Cuban Studies. Blow Out
Cuban Art Sale. "To Save the Gallery and the Center". NYC, USA.
Auction 156 Latin
American Art. Hotel Palace Madrid, Plaza de las Cortes. Madrid, Spain.
"Terry Fox" Auction. Canadian Embassy. Havana, Cuba.

Main Permanent Collections

National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Museum of the Americas. Managua, Nicaragua.
Latin American Gallery. Krakow, Poland.
National Museum. Szczecin, Poland.
Museum of Cuban Art, Vienna, Austria.
The National Gallery of Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica.
Schools Museum. Gotha, Germany.
University of Saint Thomas. Houston, Texas, United States.
Royal Ontario Museum. Ontario, Canada.
The Representation of Humanity. Collection of Works of Art of the United Nations in Geneva.
Personal Collection of Mr. James Carter (Former President of the United States).
Personal Collection of King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Topes de Collantes Museum, Cuban Art. Trinidad, Cuba.
National Library of Cuba José Martí, Havana, Cuba.
Collection National Museum of Dance. Havana, Cuba.
Collection of the Historian of the City of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
Ministry of Foreign Relations of Cuba.

Awards and Citations

1973 First Prize in Drawing. 1st Provincial Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1974 Drawing Citation. II National Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts.
1984 Honorable Mention, 7th Kosice Painting Biennial. Czechoslovakia.
1988 Distinction for National Culture. Havana, Cuba.
2001 Third Prize of the III Painting Contest. Nicomedes García Gómez Foundation. Segovia, Spain.

Publications

Scars in Memory. Re-edition English and Spanish. Illustration. Capitán San Luis Editorial. Havana, Cuba. 2006.
Menu Letter. Hotel Inglaterra. Illustration. Taken from the Mural of Hotel Inglaterra. 2008.
Magazine "The Machinist of the Generation". Spain. Cultural Magazine, second epoch, number 13. Illustrations by Juan Moreira pages 112, 113, 114. February 2007.
United Nations, "The Representation of Humanity". Switzerland, 2001.
Piñera, Toni: "Juan Moreira Behind the Masks". Granma, Havana (illus.), Page 6, CUBA, October 2, 1997.
Evan, Alice: "Cuban, Jamaican art... a visitor's view". Sunday Cleaner, Kingston (illus), page 12 D, JAMAICA, June 26, 1994.
González, Reynaldo: "Juan Moreira Owner of New Territories". Inks and Oils, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, CUBA, January, 1993.
Harrison, Helen A: "The Many Sensibilities of New Cuban Artists". The New York Times, N.Y., page 15, USA, June 7, 1992.
Le Parc, Julio: cat. Plakas of Juan Moreira, Wilfredo Lam Center, Havana, CUBA, Aug. 25-Sept. 2, 1988.
López Oliva, Manuel: "The Art of Juan Moreira". Paintings and Engravings by Juan Moreira, Nueva Paz Art Gallery, Havana, CUBA, Feb-Mar., 1988.
Marti Fluxa, Ricardo: The Art of Juan Moreira. Crooker Center Gallery, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, USA, Oct. 30 – Dec. 4, 1988.
National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana: "Interview with Juan Moreira". Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, CUBA, Dec. 15, 1988.
Gerardo Muñoz, Mario: Juan Moreira. Retrovisión, International Art Center, Havana, CUBA, January 18, 1978.
Quintela, Sixto: Juan Moreira. Notes, Drawings, Paintings. Art Center, Nueva Gerona, Isle of Youth, CUBA, Dec. 13, 1964.

Other Activities

2011

Participates in activity among plastic artists and children, organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the Guayasamín Foundation in celebration of the 85th Anniversary of Comandante Fidel Castro.

Awards and Recognition

1962: First Prize. Notes from January 2 [inaugural exhibition]. Art Gallery, Galiano and Concordia, Havana, Cuba
Second Prize. Contest of Notes on a Sugar Cane Cut, Havana, Cuba
Third Prize. Contest of Notes on the Fishermen of Batabanó, Havana, Cuba
1963: Second Prize. Contest of Notes on the Potters of El Cano, Havana, Cuba
1971: Third Prize in Painting. National Salon for Young Artists. Sculpture, Painting, Engraving, Drawing and Design, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1973: First Prize in Drawing. Annual Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts of Havana, Art Gallery, Galiano and Concordia, Havana, Cuba
First Prize and Citation in Drawing. Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts, National School of Plastic Arts "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba
1974 Third Prize in Drawing. III Provincial Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba
Citation in Drawing. II National Salon of Professors and Instructors of Plastic Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
1976 Citation in Painting. National Salon/76 of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, Art Gallery, Matanzas, Cuba
1984 Honorable Mention. 7th International Biennale of Painting Kosice, The East Slovak Gallery, Kosice, Czechoslovakia
1988 Distinction for National Culture, Council of State, Republic of Cuba.
2001 Third Prize of the III Painting Contest. Nicomedes García Gómez Foundation. Segovia, Spain.