Adriano Buergo

Adriano Buergo (born José Adriano Buergo y Ortiz March 5, 1964), is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing and installations.

Buergo was a member of two in Havana, Cuba based artistic groups: Grupo Vindicación, from 1983–84; and Grupo Puré, from 1986–1987.

Buergo studied painting in at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" between 1980 and 1983 and continued his studies until he graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in 1988. He was a professor at the Instituto Superior Pedagógico "Enrique José Varona," in Havana, Cuba, from 1988-1990.

Individual exhibitions

1986 – "Del Ambiente", Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba. 1989 – "Roto Expone. Adriano Buergo", Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba. 1990 – "Solo Show", Provincial Center of Culture, Pinar del Río, Cuba. 1991 – "Ana Albertina & Adriano", Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.

Collectives exhibitions

1986 – "Puré Expone", Galería L, Havana, Cuba. 1986 – "10 Años del I.S.A.", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba 1986 – "XVI Seminario Juvenil de Estudios Martianos", I.S.A., Havana, Cuba 1986 – "Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas de Escuelas de Arte (nivel medio)", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba. 1988 – "Venes Artistas Cubanos", Massachusetts College of Arts, Boston, Massachusetts 1988 – Raíces en acción, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico 1988 – Arte cubano, Galeria Tetriakov, Moscow, Russia 1988 – Veintitantos abriles, Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba 1988 – Estrictamente personal, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba 1988 – Aire fresco, Galería Plaza Vieja, Grupo Puré, Havana, Cuba 1988 – Expo Puré, Parallel Exhibition to Havana's III Biennial of Art. Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba 1988 – Primer encuentro de jóvenes artistas, Museo Provincial de Villa Clara, Cuba 1989 – Tradición y contemporaneidad, III Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba 1989 – Kitsch, Galería de Galeano, Parallel Exhibition to Havana's III Biennial of Art. Havana, Cuba 1989 – Tributo, Galeria Habana del Este, Parallel Exhibition to Havana's III Biennial of Art. Havana, Cuba 1989 – Sexo y erotismo, Universidad de La Habana, Parallel Exhibition to Havana's III Biennial of Art. Havana, Cuba 1989 – Paisaje, Comité Estatal de Finanzas, Parallel Exhibition to Havana's III Biennial of Art. Havana, Cuba 1989 – Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato, Centro de Arte Camagüey, Cuba 1989 – Es solo lo que ves (Arte abstracto) Havana, Cuba 1989 – La Habana en Madrid, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid, Spain 1990 – Kuba OK", Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 1990 – No man is an island, Pori Art Museum, Finland, and Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, and also Palffy Palace, Vienna, Austria. 1990 – Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato, Camagüey–Las Tunas, Cuba 1990 – El objeto esculturado, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba 1991 – Artistas Cubanos, Ninart, Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico 1991 – Los Cubanos Llegaron Ya II, Ninart, Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico. 1991 – La Naturaleza Simbolizada, La Unidad de Promoción Cultural y Acervo Patrimonial de la S.H.C.P., Mexico City, Mexico. 1991 – Los hijos de Guillermo Tell. Artistas cubanos contemporáneos, Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela y Banco de la Republica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia. 1991 – Nuevas adquisiciones contemporáneas: muestras de arte cubano, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba 1991 – Cuba construye (Arte Joven Cubano), Euskal Fondoa \Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain 1992 – Los Cubanos Llegaron Ya III, Ninart, Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico 1992 – La Década Prodigiosa: Plástica Cubana de los 80, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico 1992 – I Bienal del Caribe y Centroamérica, Galería de Arte Moderno, República Dominicana 1992 – Expo-Arte Guadalajara 92, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico 1993 – Muro Roto/Broken Wall, Fred Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Florida 1997 – Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Cuban Art Collection, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2000 – Palmas Reales y Vitrales, José Alonso Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, Florida 2001 – Entre Cubanos. Artemira Gallery, Dominican Republic 2001 – CAFE. Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts 2002 – CAFE II: The journeys of Cuban Artists. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Awards

1983 – First Place – Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas de Escuelas de Arte (nivel medio), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba 1986 – Award – XVI Seminario Juvenil de Estudios Martianos, Instituto Superior de Arte (I.S.A), Havana, Cuba 1987 – Grand Prize – Salón Playa’87, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba 1988 – Honorable Mention – Salón de la Ciudad, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba

Collections

His work can be found in the permanent collections of: Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami, Florida Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Museum of Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Galería Nina Menocal, Centro de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany Kendall Art Center, Miami, Florida