César E. Trasobares (born 1949 in

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), is a Cuban-American artist working primarily in collage, installation, and performance art.

Early life and Career

Trasobares migrated from Cuba to the United States in 1965. From 1965 to 1996 he resided in

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and

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. Since 1996 he has resided in

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. In 1970 he acquired an Associate of Arts degree from Miami Dade Community College, in

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. He later received a BA from

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. Cesar Trasobares served in curatorial and cultural leardership roles including coordinator position for the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, in New York; and the directorship for the Metro-Dade's Art in Public Places Program, in South Florida.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

In 1978, he had an exhibition, ''New Paintings'', in the Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida. In 1979, he presented ''Rosata Quinceañera, Debutanta Glorificata'' in the Cayman Gallery, New York. In 1991, he exhibited ''Recent Rings and other Circles'' in the Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami. In 1996, he presented ''Body of Work'' in the Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

Collective exhibitions

His work ''RINGHEAD (Exorcism from Style)'', a durational installation art project made of finger rings collected from 1983 to the present, was recently on view at the

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, Miami. In Trasobares words, this diverse collection of rings pay homage to fellow contemporary American artists such as Claes Oldenburg to Purvis Young. In 1976, his work was seen at the 38th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, at the Society of the Four Arts, in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1991 he was included in ''Collage Unglued'' show at the Center of Contemporary Art (COCA), Miami. In 1993 he participated in ''Southern Roots. South Florida Invitational'' at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. In 1995, he was one of the selected artists to display at ''To Collect, Conserve, Exhibit and Interpret the Visual Arts Produced by Artists of Cuban Heritage. The New Collection I'' at the Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, in Miami.

Awards

Trasobares won the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington, D.C., in 1979 and in 1980, he obtained the

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Fellowship for Art, 1980–81,

Collections

His work can be found in collections such as the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida; Lowe Art Museum,

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, Coral Gables,

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at Oberlin College, Ohio; the Miami Dade Public Library; and the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables.

External links

Cintas Foundation Fellows

References

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