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The Kendall Art Center is an
arts center An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for ...
in Kendall,
Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populous county in ...
in the United States. It houses the Rodriguez Collection, owned by the Cuban-born American businessman Leonardo Rodríguez and his family.


History

The center was opened in 2016, and has shown several personal and collective exhibitions by emerging and established artists. The Rodriguez Collection is a Cuban
contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
collection owned by Rodriguez and his family. Rodriguez began buying and selling works of art during the late 20th century, and established his permanent collection in 1994. The collection aims to reflect significant artistic developments in contemporary
Cuban art Cuban art is an exceptionally diverse cultural blend of African, South American, European, and North American elements, reflecting the diverse demographic makeup of the island. Cuban artists embraced European modernism, and the early part of the 2 ...
, as well as its development in the United States and abroad.


Artists

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* Gustavo Acosta *
Carlos Alfonzo Carlos Alfonzo (1950–1991) was a Cuban-American painter known for his neo-impressionistic style. His work has been collected by Whitney Museum of American Art and Smithsonian Institution. Early life and education He was born in Havana, Cuba, i ...
* Jairo Alfonso * Néstor Arenas * Pedro Ávila * Luis Cruz Azaceta * Henry Ballate * José Bedia * Cundo Bermúdez * Marta María Pérez Bravo * Adriano Buergo * Ariel Cabrera * Servando Cabrera *
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Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas is a Cuban painter. Biography Rodríguez Cárdenas was born in 1962 in Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, and completed his arts studies in 1983 at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). He formed part of the Ren ...
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Yoan Capote Yoan Capote is a Cuban sculptor who was born in 1977 in Pinar del Río. He received the UNESCO prize during the 7th Havana Biennial with the artists' collective DUPP (Desde Una Pragmática Pedagógica). Biography Yoan Capote lives and works in Hav ...
* Ramón Carulla *
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Hugo Consuegra Hugo Consuegra (born Hugo Consuegra Sosa October 26, 1929 in Havana, Cuba – January 24th 2003 in New York City, New York) was a Cuban-born artist and architect who, in 1953, became one of the founding members of Los Once (The Eleven), a group of y ...
* Raúl Corrales Forno * Arturo Cuenca * Ana Albertina Delgado * Angel Delgado * Maikel Domínguez * Tomás Esson * Carlos Estévez * Ivonne Ferrer * Joaquín Ferrer * Guido Llinás * Rogelio López Marín (Gory) * Carlos Luna *
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* Aldo Menéndez * José María Mijares * Pedro Pablo Oliva * Geandy Pavón * Gina Pellón * Aimee Perez * René Portocarrero * Ciro Quintana * Lisyanet Rodríguez * Mariano Rodríguez * Reynerio Tamayo * Rubén Torres Llorca * José Villa *
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Exhibitions

Exhibitions at KAC include: *''Crossing Borders: Artists from the Middle East and Latin America,'' Group show. *''Seeds of Connection,'' Group show. *''WOMEN ARTISTS at MOAS,'' Group show. *''Fine Arts on a Plate,'' Group show. *''Off the Wall,'' exhibition by Mario Almaguer. *''Abstracto Continuo,'' Group show. *''Monumental,'' exhibition by Lia Galletti. *''Gina Pellón: "Dressed of Waters: The monumental proportions of a little piece",'' personal exhibition by Gina Pellón. *''Women Artists at KAC'', Group show. Women Artists in the Rodriguez Collection *''RELATIVISMO DE PECADOS Y VIRTUDES,'' exhibition by Francisco Bernal. *''A SEER UNDER THE SKY OF AMIDA,'' exhibition by Ernesto Ferriol. *''ATRAMENTUM,'' exhibition by Miguel Angel Salvo. *''The Repeating Island: Contemporary art of the Caribbean,'' Group show. *''Manifiesto púbico,'' exhibition by Aimée Joaristi. *''CrossCurrents,'' Group show. *''SOFLO: New Art,'' Group show. *''Retratos en Chino: Aldo Menéndez,'' personal exhibition by Aldo Menéndez. *''Lágrimas negras,'' Group show. *''Resina Ámbar,'' personal exhibition by Zaida del Río. *''Eleven Lights Hidden in Plain Sight,'' Group show. *''Ciro Quintana: Land-Scape of the Cuban Art,'' personal exhibition by Ciro Quintana. *''Julio Figueroa Beltran: Midnight Passages,'' personal exhibition by Julio Figueroa Beltran. *''SOFLO: New Art, Nest and Ouroboros: Death Mask of the Fertile Crone,'' exhibition by Allison Kotzig. *''Fluorescent black,'' personal exhibition by Adrián Menéndez. *''15 Hours,'' exhibition by Hernan Helfer. *''Contemporary Cuban Masters,'' Group show. *''Ivonne Ferrer: Art Attack,'' personal exhibition by Ivonne Ferrer. *''Change and Lusts,'' exhibition by Rubén. *''R10: Excavations of Memory,'' personal exhibition by Jorge Rodríguez Diez. *''SEX DESIGN METONYMY,'' Group show. *''Demons Inkpirations,'' personal exhibition by Vicente Dopico-Lerner. *''D FINE,'' Group show. *''As Long as the Sky: Artists and Friends in the Hamlet collection,'' Group show. *''3 Concrete,'' Sandú Darié, Pedro de Oraá and Loló Soldevilla, Group show. *''Across Time: Cuban Abstractions,'' Pedro Avila, Pedro de Oraá, José Villa, Group show. *''Broken Roots: Aimee Perez,"'' exhibition by Aimee Perez. *''Intersectionality: Angela Alés,'' exhibition by Angela Alés. *''Captivity Forces: Milena Martinez Pedrosa,'' exhibition by Milena Martinez Pedrosa. *''Full of Pollen,'' personal exhibition by Maikel Domínguez. *''The Pilgrim's Axioms,'' personal exhibition by Yourden Ricardo. *''American Rural Idylls,'' personal exhibition by Miguel Saludes. *''Echoes of Silence,'' personal exhibition by Alvaro Labañino. *''Unofficial'', Group show. *''Dichotomous Structure,'' personal exhibition by Néstor Arenas. *''Fireworks,'' personal exhibition by Carlos Estévez. *''Roto-Náutica,'' personal exhibition by Adriano Buergo. *''Across Time:'' Cuban Artists from vanguardist to contemporaries, Group show. *''Ab-Out Serigrafía Artistica Cubana.'' Group show. *''Artists in Purgatory'' an exhibition of Jorge Reynardus Collection, Group show. *''Trans-Figuration'' an exhibition of Miami contemporary artist, Group show. *''Cuban Slugger,'' personal exhibition by Reynerio Tamayo. *''Crónicas de un artista cubano,'' personal exhibition by Ciro Quintana. *''Empty Space,'' personal exhibition by Jorge Lavoy. *''MIA Photography,'' Group show. *''Poems,'' an exhibition of female artists, Group show. *''Circulos de Fuego: Rings of Fire,'' personal exhibition by Rubén Torres Llorca. *''Diálogos Místicos,''"La obra "Diálogos Místicos" del cubano José Bedia se exhibe en Miami"
''diariolasamericas.com.'' 2016-11-22. exhibition by José Bedia. *''Decoded,'' personal exhibition by Silvio Gaytón. *''After Chaos,'' personal exhibition by Dopico Lerner. *''Shared Secrets,'' personal exhibition by Pedro Avila Gendis. *''Beyond the Collector's Kabinet'' (Part II) Group show. *''Beyond the Collector's Kabinet'' (Part I) Group show.


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External links

*{{official website, https://www.kendallartcenter.org/ Arts centers in Florida 2016 establishments in Florida Miami-Dade County, Florida