Florencio Gelabert

Florencio Gelabert (1961, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American contemporary artist. His practice is based on sculpture, installation and large-scale projects where he explores nature, architecture and ecology. Gelabert's work has been presented in collective and individual exhibitions in: Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain; Museum of Black Civilization, Dakar, Senegal; Art Nexus Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, New York, NY; Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL.

MFA University of Miami, Florida, 1998 MA Higher Institute of Art, Havana, Cuba, 1989 BA San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba, 1981

DISPLACEMENTS, IDEOBOX, Miami, FL, 2018/19
JOURNEYS: A DIALOG WITH TIME Recent works by Florencio Gelabert, Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL, 2015
CRACK & WASTE, Urban Views, Praxis International Art, Miami, FL, 2010 LINES & CONCAVITIES, RL Art Projects, New York, NY, 2009 INTERSECTIONS, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL, 2008 PERSONAL LANDSCAPES, Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY, 2006 VACIO, Galería Fernando Serrano, Moguer, Spain, 2000 PARADISE O, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000
HERRAMIENTAS, Galería Euroamericana, Caracas, Venezuela, 1999
NEW WORKS, Joan Guaita Art, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1999
THE SOUND OF THE FOREST, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela, 1999
THE SOUND OF THE FOREST, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá, Panama,1998
FLORENCIO GELABERT-BEYOND VIOLENCE, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1998
BREAKING GROUND, Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, US, 1996
COMPRESSION II, Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico, 1994
PROJECTS AND SCULPTURES, Socrates Sculpture Park & Gallery, New York, NY, 1989