Pedro A Figueredo

Pedro A. Figueredo is an visual artist working in painting, artists’ books, collage, and box constructions. He was born in Bayamo, Cuba, grew up in New York City, and now resides in Little Havana neighborhood, Miami, Florida.

Figueredo’s creates lyrical abstract artworks inspired by nature, music, literature, and emotions. He uses spontaneous gestures and precise application of paint to achieve a harmonious composition of colors, layers, and luminosity.

Figueredo has exhibited his paintings and artists’ books at the Galeria Adelmo (Miami, Florida), ArtServe (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), Art Center/South Florida (Miami Beach, Florida), Arts Garage (Delray Beach, Florida); Archbishop John C. Favalora Archive and Museum, St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida), Bienes Museum of the Book Arts (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), Rev. Jorge A. Sardiñas Gallery, St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida), and at the Miami-Dade Public Library System (Miami, Florida).

His paintings have been published in the exhibition catalog “Catalyst” (2016) issued by ArtServe (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida), and in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 2013) issued by St. Thomas University.

Figueredo holds a Bachelor of ...

2001 Master in Arts in Library and Information Science , University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
1983 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Columbia University, New York, NY.

Post-Graduate Education and Workshops:

2017 & 2015   Artist as an Entrepenuer Workhops 2015 & 2017, Broward County Cultural Division and  Artserve. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

2015–2017      Field Work Workshops, The Field at the ArtCenter/South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida.

2013–2016      Painting Classes, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida Studied under the direction of artist Pablo Contrisciani.

2009–2012     Courses part of the Museum Studies certificate program, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.

Solo Exhibitions
2017
-- Lyrical Abstraction, Galería Adelmo, Miami, Florida, August-September, 2017

2016
-- Synergy and Serenity: Paintings by Pedro A. Figueredo, West Dade Regional Branch, Miami–Dade Public Library System, Miami, Florida, July 2016 – January 2017.

Group Exhibitions
2018
-- Art is a Universal Language, Barrio Gallery, School of the Arts, Doral Conservatory, Doral, Florida, February 2018.
-- ArtBravo, ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, February 2018.

2017
-- Evening of Reflection: AIDS through the Decades, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida, December 2017.
-- Expo Art Miami, Hernán Gamboa Gallery, Humboldt International University, Coral Gables Florida, November 2017 – Ongoing.
-- Art Influential Award Ceremony Exhibition, School of the Arts, Doral Conservatory, Doral, Florida, November 2017 – Ongoing.
-- The Fieldwork Showcase, Atelier Esperanza, Miami, Florida, October 2017.
-- Tendencies, ACA Art Center at the Yve Hotel, Miami, Florida, October – November 2017.
-- True Colors, ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October 2017.
-- Selections from Lyrical Abstractions, Galería Adelmo, Miami, Florida, October 2017.
-- Art Brazil, ArtServe ], Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, September 2017.
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