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General Statement

I was born on an island, a fragment of earth floating in the ocean, where nothing is stable except the continuity of movement. My life in Cuba, where I was born, educated, and began the first part of my career, was marked by scarce resources and improvisation born of immediate necessity.  As a result, there is no fixed method to my creative process. I work with what I have, with what I find, to translate myself as clearly as I can.

In Cuba, I used ephemeral forms of expression such as body art, political street performances, Interventions and underground videos.

In Miami, I began building objects and large-scale installation pieces in an effort to create something tangible, a sense of ownership and belonging in my country of exile.

In New York City, and even more so in Yellow Springs, Ohio, I was confronted with a new reality: the need to speak and understand English in order to do even the most basic activities. I experienced the impotence of one who is lost and whose voice has been suddenly taken away. I developed a fixation with language. Words took on new dimensions. They became my crutches; upon them all else depended.

But when words fail, we have numbers. They are what measure us and identify us. The tools of measurement in my work represent the oppressive sense of measuring up, the feeling of being judged that we face daily. At the same time, I must rely on these tools as points of reference, as a system of control in an environment that still feels unfamiliar. The ability to quantify and classify even the unknown provides the illusion of security.

I recognize the subtle complexities inherent in my hybridization, and attempt to vindicate the diversity that I carry with me, as well as that which surrounds me. I am trying to create a bridge between my past and present, between two identities that I once believed were irreconcilable. My work is the result of an emotional and geographic displacement. It is the hyphen connecting two cultures, two languages and two ideologies. It reflects my continual process of integration and disintegration, using visualfragments to reconstruct the trajectory of my personal journey.

Biography

Born in Santiago de Cuba

1979 / 84    MFA, Higher Institute of the Arts (ISA), Havana, Cuba

1975 / 79    National School of the Arts (ENA), Havana, Cuba

1972  /  74     ProvincialSchool of Art  (EPA), Pinar del Río, Cuba

Awards

2007    Ohio Arts Council, Individual Excellence Award, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A

2005   Rosewood Arts Center,“Award of Merit -The View First Price,” Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

2004   Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A

1995   South Florida Art Center, Three-yearIndividual Studio Residency Fellowship, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1989   Festival nacional de cine joven cubano,Collective Prize for Video “Ritual para una Identidad”, CUBA

1989   Salón Provincial de Premiados, First Prize in Painting and Sculpture, Pinar del Río, CUBA

1986   Salón de la Ciudad, First Prize in Drawing, Centro de Desarrollo de las artes visuales, Havana, CUBA

1983   Salón 13 de Marzo, Honorable Mention in Painting, University of Havana, Havana, CUBA

1980   Salón Nacional Juvenil, First Prize in Painting, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006   TheDomino Effect, (installation and interactive performance) TheFrost Art Museum, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Natural American Spirit, (project room installation and performance) Archetype Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

2005   Interface – Legacy, (project room installation)Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.A

2004   More Lies About Me, (photography installation show) SOF Art HouseGallery, Toronto, CANADA             

2003  Pragmatic Initiation, (video installation and objects) Rosewood Art Center Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

2000   Saving My Words, Ground Level Gallery, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1999   Hoy Como Ayer, (public commercial window installation and performance) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1997   Internal Exile,(public commercial window installation) Lincoln Road Boulevard, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Measure of Man, (project room installation with sound) South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1996    Performing Everyday, (project room installation)Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Killing Time, (installation and street performance) Gutierrez Fine Arts Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1995    Altars: Remembered and Forgotten,Inter-American Art Gallery, Community College, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

The Islander's Obsession, (special video project installation) Art Miami Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Nature as Hostage, (project room installation and performance) Meza Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

1994   Rosa Náutica / Compass,(project room installation) Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A

Art is Nourishing,(opening night- Cuban bread installation) Art Miami Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1993   Clinical Pages,(photography and mixed media installation)Meza Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

1992   Homenaje a Joseph Beuys,(installation, objects and performance) Goethe Institute, San José, COSTA RICA

1988  Archeología de la Historia,(independent political street performances series around the city), Havana, CUBA

1986   Hojas Clínicas,(ephemeral installation and performance show every night) Galeria L, Havana, CUBA

1984   Paisaje de Sueños,(senior project Installation) I.S.A -Superior Institute of the Art, Galeria L, Havana, CUBA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007   New Media Festival, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Love, Loss, and Longing:The Impact of U.S Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families. Traveling Exhibition

Sponsored by The Latin American Working Group Education Fund and The Washington Office on Latin America.

Asian / Hispanic / NativeAmerican Art Center, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Killing Time, An exhibition of Cuban Artists from the 1980’ to the present. Exit Art, New York, U.S.A

Waiting List - Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art.Traveling Exhibition, City Art museum

Ljubljana in Slovenia, LITHUANIA

Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art.Traveling Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida, U.S.A  

2006     Love, Loss, and Longing: The Impact of U.S Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families. Traveling Exhibition    

Arlington Arts Center, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Center of the Arts, Wyoming, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Massachusetts

Artists Curate, (JP p a r a l e l o s)Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art.Museum of Latin American Art,  Long Beach, California, U.S.A.

2003   Southern Currents, (5th Toronto International Latino Film and Video Festival) Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

2001   Breaking Barriers, Thirty-Seven Cuban Masters Collection, Naples Museum of Art, Florida, U.S.A

Breaking Barriers, University of Notre Dame, Indiana Museum of Art, Indiana, U.S.A (catalogue)

1998   Cuban Performance Art of the 1980s,Inter-American Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, Florida U.S.A

Fresh Blood,Ground Level Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1997   Breaking Barriers,Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, international traveling exhibition, U.S.A (catalogue)

Latin American Artists,Art Gallery at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee,

Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Louisiana Art Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, Turman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.A (catalogue)

Transition / Transformation, Ground Level Gallery, South Florida Art Center, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, U.S.A

1996    Cultura del Lobo,Miami-Dade Community College Gallery, Wolfson Campus, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Art Chicago- International Art Fair, Meza Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

1995    Trees, Ground Level Gallery, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

To Collect, Conserve, Exhibit, and Interpret the Visual Arts Produced by Artists of Cuban

Heritage Collection-I, Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Art Miami ‘95- International Art Fair, (Miami Beach) Meza Fine Arts Gallery, Coral gables, Florida, U.S.A

FIA ’95-International Art Fair,Centro de Convenciones, Hotel Caracas Hilton, Caracas, VENEZUELA

ARCO International Art Fair, (Madrid, SPAIN) Gutierrez Fine Art Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1994   Vanguardia Errante: 13 Artistas Cubanos Contemporáneos, La Generación de los 80’s,

Ambrosino Gallery and Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas,VENEZUELA (catalogue)

Erótica: International Show, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

Art Chicago- International Art Fair, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

7 + 7. Encuentro Internacional de Arte, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, VENEZUELA

ARCO International Art Fair,(Madrid, SPAIN) Fernando Gutierrez Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Art Miami - International Art Fair, (Miami Beach) Meza Fine Arts Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

The Miami Generation Meets the Generation of the 80’s: Issues in Contemporary ArtArtists Panel for Art Miami ’94, Art Miami International Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

FIA International Art Fair, (Caracas,VENEZUELA) Meza Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

1993   Modulatives Sehen, (collaborative project) Goethe Institute, San José, COSTA RICA (catalogue)

Fuera del Juego, Sala Julián Marchena, Galeria Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo y el Museo de Arte

Contemporaneo, San José, COSTA RICA (catalogue)

Cuban Art - New Collection, Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Florida, U.S.A (catalogue)

Broken Wall, Contemporary Art Out of Cuba, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

Dissident Images and Voices,Freedom of Expression in the Art of Cuba Today(video),

Amnesty International and The Public Interest Law Center, NYU, New York City, New York, U.S.A

Ritual para una Identidad, II Cineforo PDCwith the collaboration of Human Rights Watch,

Times Square Studios, 1481 Broadway, New York City, New York, U.S.A

1992    Homenaje a Joseph Beuys, Institute Goethe, San José, COSTA RICA

Acupuncture, Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Florida, U.S.A (catalogue)

Four Who Have Left,(Abreu, Julio Antonio, Esson, Juan-Si) Osuna Gallery, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

1991   Cine Joven Alternativo Cubano, Colegio de Ingenieros, Universidad de San José, COSTA RICA

Documentales Prohibidos en Cuba,Ollantay Foundation Center,14th Season, New York City, New York, U.S.A

1990  Cinema Cubain de Tous le Temps, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FRANCE

Ritual para una Identidad #1, #2, (video) Festival Latino, New York City, New York, U.S.A

El Objeto Esculturado,Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Old Havana, CUBA (catalogue)

1989   Salón Provincial de Premiados,Galeria Provincial -Arte del medio, Pinar del Rio, CUBA

Elogio de la Sombra,(exposición para ciegos y debiles visuales con Eliseo Valdéz) Semana de la Cultura

Cienfueguera, Galería- Biblioteca Provincial de Cienfuegos, CUBA

1988   Suave y Fresca, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Old Havana, CUBA

Malerie und Grafik aus Kuba, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, G.D.R. - EAST GERMANY (catalogue)

1987   Young Cuban Painters, (traveling exhibition) BELGIUM, HOLLAND, SWEDEN, SOVIET UNION, POLAND

1986    Concurso 13 de Marzo,Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Old Havana, CUBA

Salón de la Ciudad,Centro provincial de Artes Plásticas y  Diseño, Old Havana, CUBA

1985     Painting and Graphics from Cuba, Rabindra Bhavan Gallery– Lalit Kala Akademi Gallery, New Delhi and

Madras, INDIA – National Art Gallery, Colombo, SRI LANKA – Manzar Akbar Hall, Karachi, PAKISTAN

1984   Taller Julio Le Parc,Primera Bienal de la Habana, CODEMA, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

1983   Lansdscape of Landscapes, (international traveling exhibition) Gallery of the Madurodam Foundation,

La Hague, HOLLAND - Cultural Center of Bechem, BELGIUM - House of Culture of Pitea, SWEDEN

Tampere, Jyvaskyla, Aanenkoski, FINLAND – Galerie Vincent Kunstraume and Institute of Hispanic Culture,

Vienna, AUSTRIA – House of Culture of Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (catalogue)

Concurso 13 de Marzo,Universidad de la Havana, Galería L, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

1982   Salón de la Ciudad, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Old Havana, CUBA

1981   ISA se expone, Estudiantes del ISA- Instituto Superior de Arte en la Galeria L, Havana, CUBA

1980   Salón Nacional Juvenil,Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Old Havana, CUBA

Performances

2007   Faces of the Enemy, (Street and opening night interactive performance) Exit Art, New York City, U.S.A

2006   That Piece is so Good, (Interactive performance) Zones International Art Fair, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

                  That Piece is so Good, (Interactive performance) Art Basel, Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

                  Patriotic Games, The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

                  Andar Miami Series, Street Performance series around Miami during Art Basel, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

                  Natural American Spirit,(Opening night performance), Archetype Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

2005      Preserving memory, (Opening night performance), Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs Ohio, U.S.A

            Gender & Moving Image, (performance) video/photo presentation Antioch and McGregor University, Ohio, U.S.A

2003   I Feel Guilty all the Fucking Time, (opening night) 5th International Latino Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

2000   Saving my Words,South Florida Arts Center, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A

1997              Internal Exile, (performance in public window) - Miami International Book Fair Project, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A

1996   Hoy Como Ayer,(nightly public window performance)South Florida Arts Center, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A

           My Sweet Cross,(nightly street performance) Lincoln Road Boulevard, Miami Beach, FL, U.S.A

1995    Nature as Hostage, (opening night performance) MezaFine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A

              Ransom,(collaborative performance project / 4 Cuban Artists) La Boheme Fine Arts, Miami, FL, U.S.A

1994                 Art is Nourishing, (opening night performance) Art Miami International Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

                        Erótica,(opening night performance)Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, U.S.A   

            Cuban American Multi Media Festival (CAMMF),Stephen Talkhouse, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1990   Ego-Art,(opening night performance) 5to Salón de Premiados, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA

            Guaguanco Ideológico, El Objeto Es-culturado, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, CUBA

1989               Arqueología de la Historia,(political street performance series since 1987 to 1989) Havana, CUBA

                  Ritual para una Identidad, (street performance),Via Blanca y 10 de Octubre, Havana, CUBA

1988    Un Modelo a Seguir, Suave y Fresca, Group Show, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA

            Me Han Jodido el Animo,(group Art-De, political street performance) parque 23 y G, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

            A Palabras Necias, la Silenciosa, Sangrante, Santa, Oreja de Van Gogh,

( Eliseo Valdéz, Jorge Crespo and Juan- Sí González)Sala Rubén Martinez Villena, UNEAC, Havana, CUBA

            Teoría del Rumor,(street performance series every Wednesday)Parque 23 y G, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

           Tarde de Sandwiches,(group Art-De, street performance)long walkfrom 23 y G to the Havana Bay, Havana , CUBA

1987   El Año Que Viene Va a Verde Todo, (Jorge Crespo and Juan-Si González) Pabellón Cuba, Havana, CUBA

1984   Paisaje de Sueños, (senior project performance - Higher Institute of the Arts) Galeria L, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

Public Colections

Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California

State University of New York Art Gallery, Buffalo

SOF Art House Center Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Helen Pitt Contemporary Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Florida

Galería Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, San José, Costa Rica

Museo de Arte Costarricence, San José, Costa Rica

Goethe Institut, San José, Costa Rica

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba

The Peter Ludwing Forum, Aachen Museum, Germany

Privetes Coleccions

Nora Torres, Vedado, Havana, CUBA

Dolores Smithies, Coral Gables, Miami and New York City, U.S.A

Teresa and Fred Estrada, Key Bizcayne, Florida, U.S.A

Giulio Blanc, Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.A

Luis Calzadilla, Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.A

Judy Cantor, New York City, U.S.A

Frankie Stainger, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Celia de Birbragher, Bogotá, Colombia

Wilfredo O. Allen, Coral Way, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Nil Lara, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Mayra and Arnaldo S. Lopetegui, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Linda Sternau, Alton Road, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Peter and Barrie Grenell, San Francisco, U.S.A

Ramón Osuna, Maryland, Washington, D.C., U.S.A

Irina Peréz-Leyva, Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Gail Gitin, Fisher Island, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Marco Antonio Abab, México, D.F

Fernando Gutierrez, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Reginaldo Oscar de Castro, Brasília, BRAZIL

José Horta, Madrid, SPAIN

Ulrich Dietterch, Berlin, GERMANY

Anette Husch, Brussels, BELGIUM

Selected Biography

2007    Crifer, Eda. “Our Cause, Our Art— on collectivism after Modernism” Art Forum, Summer 2007

Blake Stimson and Gregory Sholette, (Book)  “Collectivism after Modernism”. (The art of social imagination after 1945.)      

Essay by Weiss Rachel—“Performing Revolution” pages-129, 130, 131,132 and 155, 156. University of Minnesota Press.

Torrens, Claudia. “Killing Time with Cuban Art” New York, Daily News Paper, New York, U.S.A

Rosado, Jesús. “Un evento histórico casi postcastrista” cuba encuentro en la red, Madrid, Spain

2006   Herrera, Adriana. “Juan-Si – Ritos de Arte Comprometido” Galeria, ElNuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, USA

Chercoles, Maria.“Cuban artists performs at Frost Art Museum” The Bacon Review, Florida, U.S.A

Walsh Daniella.“Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art”Register News Paper, Long Beach, California, U.S.A

López-Rámos, Rafael. “Soñando con Cuba.” (Essay of the show), Vancouver, Canada, CA

Yalkut, Jud.“Protest and Poetry in Latest Artist Curates.”Dayton City Paper, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Leyva Irina. “Cuerpo Verbal.”(Book essay), Ohio Arts Council Publication, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A    

2005   Yalkut, Jud. “Dangerous Intimacies.”Dayton City Paper (Art review), Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Adrian Morales. “Interface / Interfase.”(Essay of the show), Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S.A

2003   Yalkut, Jud. “Dissident Pragmatism.” Impact Weekly  (Art review), Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Inmon, Carrie. “Pragmatic Initiation Art.” Impact Weekly  (Cover profile) Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Bastoky, Bruce. “Pragmatic Initiation.”Dialogue Magazine, (Portfolio page) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A

Martin, Craig. “10 Year Odyssey.” (Arts pages) Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A

Veiga, José / Vives, Cristina / Nodal, Adolfo. “Memoria / Memory - Cuban Art of the 20th Century.”

(Book) California International Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A

2000   Birbragher, Francine. “Cuban Performance in the 80’s.” Art Nexus Magazine, Bogotá, COLOMBIA

Badajóz, Joaquín. “De la Parabola del Exilio a un lugar sin límites.”Vitral Magazine, CUBA

1999   Wellard, Nancy. “Latin American Collection.”Art-cetera, The Island Packet, South Carolina, U.S.A

1998   Birbragher, Francine. “Breaking Barriers.” (Art review) Art Nexus Magazine, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

Durán, Raúl. “Breaking Barriers: An Era of Cuban Art.” Vista Magazine, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

Turner, Elisa. “The Ticket, Cuban Performance Art of the 80’s.” The Miami Herald,Miami, Florida, U.S.A

1997   Alvarez Bravo, Armando. “Internal Exile.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Damian, Carol. “Breaking Barriers: Forty Years of Cuban Art.” (Catalogue Essay) International Traveling

Exhibition, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A

Norman, Carol. “Latin American Artists.”(Catalogue essay)Traveling Exhibition, Tennessee State University, U.S.A

1996     Birbragher, Francine. “Killing Time.” (Review) Art Nexus-International Magazine, Bogotá, COLOMBIA

Cantor, Judy. “American Dream.” World Art # 3 pp. 20-24 International Magazine, U.S.A

Pau-Llosa, Ricardo. “Juan-Sí: Contrapunteo-Pasado y Presente.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Juan-Sí, El Hacedor.” La Playa Magazine, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A

1995   Kohen, Helen. “Nature as Hostage.”(Art Scene) The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Cantor, Judy. “Cuban Dissident Artists.”New Times, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Triff, Alfredo. “Altars Alter.”(catalogue essay)Inter-American Art Gallery,  Miami, Florida, U.S.A

A. Bravo, Armando. “Art Miami ’95, Acontecimiento por quinta vez.”El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Turner, Elisa. “Altars: TV confessionals.”(art review)Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Levin, Jordan. “A New Miami Generation.” TheMiami Herald, pp.11-41, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Juan-Si: Art as Hostage.” (catalogue) Meza Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

Turner, Elisa. “Exile Finds a Showcase at re-oponed Cuban Museum.”Miami Herald, Florida, U.S.A

Novo, Mireya. “Nombre de Guerra de un Artista Rebelde.” Éxito Magazine pp. 21-22  (cover) Miami, Florida, U.S.A

”Juan-Sí: Sanando las heridas.” Exito Magazine p. 57, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

de la Nuez, Ivan. “Cardinal Points of Another Identity.” (catalogue)Meza Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Nosti, Cristina. “A través de Juan-Sí.” (catalogue) Naturaleza como Rehen, Meza Fine Art, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Juan-Sí: Naturaleza como Rehén.” (interview) Catálogo de Letras No.3, Miami, Florida, U.S.ABirbragher, Francine. “Juan-Sí Gonzáles - Meza Fine Art.” (review) Art Nexus-International, COLOMBIA

Segal, Horacio. “Arte Crítico de las Sociedades.” (review)El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Muller, Alberto. “Juan-Sí, un pintor con cara de Fraile.” Diario de las Américas, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

1994   Berta, Sichel. “Gargantuam Fair”.(article) Flash Art-International Magazine, Milan, ITALY

Cohen, Helen. “Balseros Inspire a Whole Raft of New Work by Exile.” The Miami Herald, Florida, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Erótica: Voyeurismo de Lujo.”, (review) Éxito Magazine pp.47-48, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Camnitzer, Luís. “New Art of Cuba.” (book) Austin:University of Texas Press, Texas, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Generación Errante.” (catalogue essay) Centro de Arte EuroAmericano, Caracas, VENEZUELA

“Catorce encuentros Simbólicos.” El Nacional, Caracas, VENEZUELA

Blanc, Giulio. “Clínical Pages.” (catalogue essay) Meza Fine Arts Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

Hidalgo, Ariel. “Disidencia, Segunda Revolución Cubana.”(book) Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Damian, Carol. “Art Miami '94.”Art Nexus No.12 pp. 99-100 -International Magazine, Bogotá, COLOMBIA

1993   Blanc, Giulio. “Fuera del Juego.” (review) La Nación, San José, COSTA RICA

“Juan-Si: The Artist as Yimbi.”(catalogue essay) Meza Fine Arts, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A

“The Cubans Have Arrived.” (article)Art & Antiques, (illus) pp. 65-73, December 1963,U.S.A

“Imagenes del Exilio.” (review) La Nación, San José, COSTA RICA

Correa, Armando. “Ritual para la Disidencia.” (review) El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Brigaldino, Holger. “Sechs Kubaner stellen im Costa Rica.” (Interview) Aktuel Kultur No.14, Kassel,GERMANY

Fernández, Milena. “Recordando a Beuys.” (review)La República, San José, COSTA RICA

Hernandez Guerra, Erena.“IV Salón de Premiados: cambiar las reglas del Juego.” Revolución y Cultura,

Havana, Period IV, No.1, CUBA

Cohen, Helen. “Impressive Talent and Craftsmanship Could Use Some Grit.” The Miami Herald, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Protagonísmo Cubano en las Artes Plásticas.” Éxito Magazine, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

1992   Kohen, Helen. “Acupuncture Showcases Exiles' Pain and Anger.” (review)Miami Herald, Florida, U.S.A

Steinmetz, Klaus. “Los Hijos de Guillermo Tell.”(article)La Nación, San José, COSTA RICA

Alvarez Bravo, Armando. “Acunpuntura sin Agujas.”El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Luís, Carlos. “Acupuncture.” (catalogue essay) Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Connor, Olga. “Un dia Cualquiera en Cubavisión.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

1991  Fellini, Hector. “Cine Joven Cubano para Pensar.” (article)Panorama International Magazine, COSTA RICA

Starcevic, Dino. “Imágenes de Frustración y Esperanza.”La República, San José, COSTA RICA

Venegas, William. “El Temor al Signo.” (article)Critica de cine, La Nación, San José, COSTA RICA

1990   Alfónso, Pablo. “Filmes independientes de jóvenes cubanos en El Festival latino de New York.”

(article) Galería reportaje, El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Sawyer, Jon. “2 Artists Break Out with Courage, Fear.”,Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau, Washington D.C, U.S.A

Ríos, Alejandro. “Cine mirando al futuro.” (article)La Gaceta de Cuba, UNEAC, Havana, CUBA

1989  Rosell, Alina. “Tocando, imaginando, disfrutando.” (Primera exposición de artes para ciegos) Cienfuegos, CUBA

1988   Alfónso, Pablo. “Arte de Cuba pierde el miedo.” (article) El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A