Alvaro Labanino

Alvaro Labañino was born in 1989 in Miami, Florida, son of a working-class family. His father, a self-employed handyman, is from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and immigrated to the United States soon after Fidel Castro's takeover of the island nation. His mother, a self-employed housekeeper, is from La Lima, Honduras and immigrated to the United States in search of a life better than in poverty-stricken, crime-ridden Honduras.

Labañino was raised in Little Havana, one of Miami's most historic neighborhoods, as well as one of its most impoverished, but opportunely attended South Miami Senior High Magnet School of the Arts' magnet program for Fine Art, graduating in 2008. He then attended Miami Dade College—the first in his family to go to college—and thereafter went on to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (majoring in Painting, with a minor in Art History) cum laude from Florida International University in 2012. He currently lives and works in Miami, Florida.​

2012: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Florida International University, Miami, FL;
2010: Associate in Arts, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Echoes of Silence, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL (essay by Jesús Rosado)
2018 Echoes of Silence, Kendall Art Center, Miami, FL (curated by Henry Ballate) *

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Sérverus: Alloys, Broward College South Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
2018 Group Exhibition, Douglas Entrance (CBRE Miami), Coral Gables, FL
2018 Annual All-Florida Juried Exhibition, Court House Cultural Center Gallery (The Arts Council of Martin County), Stuart, FL
2018 Reference Cited, Florida International University Green Library, Miami, FL (curated by Miguel Rodez)
2018 Inspired By, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2018 Sérverus, City of Miami Springs City Hall, Miami Springs, FL
2017 I Want To Tell You Something, BlinkGroup Projects, Miami, FL (curated by Aldeide Delgado)
2017 Latinos In America, Glenn H. Curtiss Mansion and Gardens, Miami Springs, FL
2017 Arte for Puerto Rico (Fundraiser), La Tienda (El Museo del Barrio), New York City, NY
2017 Sérverus: Guest Artists Series, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL (curated by Zach Spechler)
2017 Banal Magic: Latin American Artists Transmute the Ordinary, Four Chapter Gallery, Kansas City, MO (curated by Caroline Colby) *
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