Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, Spain

José Bedia Biography

Havana, Cuba 1959

Devoted Cuban artist, Bedia is the artist most stressed in the so-called "80's generation" in Cuba.

The work of Jose Bedia has grounds in myths and trades of Palo Monte or Regla de Palo. This creed, of bantuy origin comes from the slaves of the lower cultural level arriving to Cuba and branded as the "congos". They worked with the powers of nature and its elements.

Individual Selected Exhibitions:

2006 - PicassoMio.com 1995 - Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego, Estados Unidos. - Center for the Fine Arts of Miami, Estados Unidos. - University of Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos.

1994 - Casi Todo lo que es mio, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, Estados Unidos.

1993 - Fabula, Galeria Fernando Quintana, Bogota, Colombia. - La Isla en Peso, Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico.

1992 - Frumkin Adams Gallery, New York, Estados Unidos. - Brevisima relacion de la destruccion de las Indias, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico.

1990 - Sueño Circular, Ninart Centro de Cultura y Galeria Ramis Barquet, Mexico.

1987 - Tres Visiones del Heroe, Castillo de la Fuerza, La Habana, Cuba.

1986 - Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, España. - Cronicas Americanas III, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba. - Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Filipinas.

1984 - Persistencia del Uso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.

1982 - Cronicas Americanas II, La Habana, Cuba.

Jose Bedia has participated in the Biennales of Havana, Sao Paulo, Cuenca, Lima, Venice, and Cumana, as well as many other important events. He currently lives and works in Miami.