About Ana…
My words,
As a contemporary artist, my paintings are metanarratives created to approach human relationships with a cinematic perspective; to establish interconnections ranging from the psychological and individual to the social. My characters are ambiguously connected to one another through their enigmatic abilities and capacity for seduction, often expressed through sexuality, as they explore the mystery of life. Instinctively, and from a female perspective, I use as references for my work traditional country stories and myths, as well as urban mythology.
I intend to build mental human scenarios within my work, interweaving stories that reveal “what is possible.” In my paintings, color is more than a pictorial tool; it’s the vehicle through which I identify and build my characters’ persona and narrative.
General Statement
I was born and raised in Havana, Cuba in 1963, obtaining my U.S. citizenship in 1999. I began my arts studies in 1979 at the San Alejandro National School of Fine Arts in Havana, the oldest fine arts high school in Cuba, graduating in 1983. I then entered the Higher Institute of Arts (ISA), obtaining my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialization in Visual Arts, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1988. In 1991 I finished a year-long course in silk screen techniques at René Portocarrero's screen printing workshop.
I’ve participated in several group exhibitions shortly after graduating, participating and being known in Cuba as the 80’s generation of Art. During these years I was a part of several international museums collective exhibitions taking place in, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Finland, Germany, France, Spain and the United States.
Curriculum
Education
Born in Havana, Cuba, 1963 / U.S. Citizenship, 1999. Based in Miami, Florida.
1990-1991 Graduated in silkscreen techniques. Rene Portocarrero.
1983-1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in painting, Summa Laude.
Higher, Institute of Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1979-1983 Graduated in Arts. San Alejandro National School of Fine Arts.
Havana, Cuba.
Solo Shows:
2022 The human mysteries and the indifference of the universe [April 14] Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, FL
2011-Ana Ana Albertina Delgado, Drawing 1987 to 2011. Farside, Florida.
2009-Ana Albertina at “Quo Tendas”. Blue Door Fine Arts. Miami, Florida.
2009-Walking around my breath, Farside – Gallery, Miami, Florida.
2007-Ana Albertina at Infiniti, Blue Door Fine Arts, Miami Beach, Florida.
2002-Ellegúa, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida.
2001-That is how you chew love, Alpha Internationa Galleries, (LLC)Miami,
2001-She's Back, Art@Work, Mosquera Orthodontics. Miami, Florida.
1999-Ana Albertina Delgado, Freites-Revilla Gallery. Coral Gables, Florida
1998-My Woman, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.
1995-Paquita has left us, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.
1994-The Box of Dreams, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
1991-Ana Albertina & Adriano, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City. Mexico
1990-Solo Show, Provincial Center of Culture, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
1989-Within the Lip, Project: Castle of the Royal Force, Havana, Cuba.
1988-The Hobby of Juan, Higher Institute of Arts, Havana, Cuba.
Public collections:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, FL
FROST Art Museum at Florida International University / Florida, U.S.A
MOCA. Museum of Contemporary Art / Florida, U.S.A
LOWE. The Art Museum, University of Miami / Florida U.S.A
MOA. The Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale / Florida, U.S.A
The Museum of Arts at Guadalajara University / Jalisco, Mexico
The museum of Art Ponce de Leon / Puerto Rico
National Museum of Fine Arts / Havana, Cuba
Awards:
2021 CINTAS Foundation finalist, United Stated
1987 Honorable Mention, Servando Cabrera Moreno Salon, Playa Gallery. Havana, Cuba
1986 First Prize, XVI youth seminar Martiano, Art Installation, Group Pure, I.S.A. Havana, Cuba
Events:
2016- Friends of Caritas Cubana. Miami. Florida
2008- The second annual senior art show, at The Women's Park. Rosxy Bolton Gallery, Curated by artist, Ana Albertina Delgado. Sponsor: M.D.C
2007- Infinity Road, Infiniti Inspired Artwork, Commissioned by Marca Hispanic.
2003- Pretty Girl, Mural at Amelia Earth Park. Sponsor: Miami Dade Human Services.
1987- Marti, Art installation of Pure group, in the glass window of the bookstore: The modern poetry
1986- Tomorrow is Sunday, Set Design at Chanel 6. T.V. program in Cuba.
Group Shows Selection:
2023- Draw point to point. Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. Miami, Florida
2019- Crosscurrents, Contemporary selection from the Rodriguez collection. Foosaner Art Museum. Florida.
-Eleven lights hidden in plain sight. Kendall Art Center, Miami.
2017- Cuban Artist: The Prodigios Decade. The Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach.
-Poems Art Exhibition. Kendall Art Center, Miami.
-Across Time, cuban artists from vanguardist to contemporaries. Kendall Art Center.
2016- Havana Nights, Yacht Club. Jorge Reynardus Art Collection, The Jewel on Sarasota Bay. Florida
-Cuban art made in Miami that will endure. Aluna Art Foundation. Miami
2015- Agave y Cana, Consulado de Mexico. Miami, Florida
2015- Plastica cubana generacion 80’s. Museo Linares. Mexico.
2014- “Women at the Edge of an Island” Aluna Art Foundation. Miami
-Persistance of memories, selection from the Mosquera colecction. Miami Dade North Campus Gallery.
2013- Antonia Eiriz: A Painter and Her Audience. MDC Museum of Art+Design. Freedom Tower, Miami Dade College.
2013- Work on Paper. Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center. Miami
2012- Smash and Grab/Locus Project. Miami
-Fallowing the line, curated Carol Jazzar from collection of Francie Bishop and David Horvitz at the Women Club. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
-This and That / Unconventional Selection from permanent Collection, Frost Art Museum.
-Ways of Worldmaking. Dr. Arturo and Liza Mosquera. Miami Dade College. Freedom Tower.
2011- Seven in the garden, Gallery 1200. Hoboken, NJ
-Latin American Art, Ricardo Pau-Llosa Collection. University of Notre Dame. IN
2005- American Art Today, faces & figures. FROST, Florida International University.
1998- Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Cuban Art Collection, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1996- MICAF-Art Miami 96, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami Beach Convention Center
-Nuevo Arte de Cuba y Mexico, David Fioria Gallery. Aspen, Colorado.
1995- Altered States, Museum of Art. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
-Expo-Arte Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico.
-Black Box - Conceptual Intervention, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida.
1994- The Nearest Edge of the World: Art and Cuba Now, Nexus Contemporary Art Center Atlanta, Georgia.
1993- Muro Roto/Broken Wall, Fred Snitzer Gallery. Miami, Florida.
1992- Cuban Contemporary Art. SECOFI. Mexico City, Mexico.
-Six Latin American Women Artists, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
1991- “15 Cuban Artist”, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
-The sons of Guillermo Tell / Visual art Museum Alejandro Otero. Caracas, Venezuela and Republican Bank of Colombia. Bogota, Colombia .
-New contemporary acquisition: Cuban Art Show, National Museum of Fine Arts / Havana, Cuba
-The Nearest Edge of the World. Art and Cuba Now, Bronx Museum of the Art, New York.
1990- The Nearest Edge of the World. Art and Cuba Now, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
-Kuba OK. Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1989- Sexo y erotismo, University of Havana, Parallel Exhibition to Havanas III Biennial of Art.
-Es solo lo que ves (Arte abstracto), Havana, Cuba.
1988- The young Cuban Artist, Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
-Raices en accion, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
1987- Aire fresco, instalacion Grupo Pure, Galeria Plaza Vieja, Havana Cuba
-Expo Pure, Parallel Exhibition to II Biennial of Havana, Higher Institute of Art Havana, Cuba
1986- Pure expone- Group Pure, Gallery L, Havana, Cuba.
-10 Anos del I.S.A. National Museum of Fine Arts / Havana, Cuba
