Jose Bedia bio

jose bedia

Born in Havana, Cuba, 1959
Lives and works in Miami Beach, Florida
Studied at the School of Art of San Alefandro (1976) and the Superior Institute of Art, Havana (1981)
Emigrated to Mexico in 1991, and to the United States in 1993

Selected Recent Exhibitions
2001	Condicion Visionaria / Visionary Condition, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Elson Artist-in-Resident Project: José Bedia. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
2000	José Bedia: Rodeado de Mar. Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia José Bedia: Things We Need. New Paintings, George Adams Gallery, New York City José Bedia: Fragmentos de una Historia. Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
1999	Galería Ramis Barquet, New York City Annina Nosei Gallery, New York City José Bedia: Selected Works. Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL
1998	Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO 20/21 José Bedia. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska Objetos de Trueque. Frederick Snitzer Gallery, Miami I Bienal de Lima. Perú Crónicas Americanas: Obras de José Bedia. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCo), Monterrey, Mexico; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City José Bedia. David Floria Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1997	José Bedia: Errónea Artesanía. George Adams Gallery, New York City, NY José Bedia: Historia de Animales. Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL José Bedia: La Isla, el Cazador y la Presa (The Island, the Hunter and the Prey). SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Wichita State University Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas José Bedia. Der Brucke Arte Internacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Selected Public Collections

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Liceo Minvielle, Lagos, Mexico City
Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico City
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Norton Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fl
Perseus Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Pori Art Museum, Finland
Spencer Museum, Lawrence, Kansas
Walter Phillips Gallery, Baniff Alberta, Canada
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY