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Rogelio López Marin (Gory)

Born in Havana, Cuba, July 24 of 1953.

Academic Studies

1978
Master of Art in Art History, The University of Havana

1976
Photografic and Graphic Design course under the tutorial of the Cuban artist Raul Martínez

1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, National School of Art, Cubanacan Havana, Cuba

Professional Experience

1975-1991
Photographer of Cuban Cultural Ministry Magazine

1978-1991
Photographer and Graphic Designer, record albums covers, Cuban Record Company EGREM

1992-2000
Painter represented by Elite Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

Since 2000
Independent Artist

Group Exhibitions

2002
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution:
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

2001
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution:
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), CA
Latin American Artist-Photographers From the Lehigh University
Art Galleries Collection, DuBois Gallery, Lehigh University, PA
El Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, University of Puerto
Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Museo del Barrio, New York (Oct. 2000)

1999
Fin de Mundo, Fine Arts Museum Fundation, Caracas, Venezuela

1998
Developing Ilussion, 1873-1998: Photographs from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
Breaking Barriers, from the collection of the Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, Dali Museum, Tampa, FL

1997 -Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, FL
American Voices, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; “La Caixa” Fundation, Palma, Balears Isles; Centre d'Art Santa Mónica Cataluña, Spain
Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Old Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, TX

1995
Reverberations: Diptychs & Triptychs from the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL

1994
American Voices, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX

1992
Cambio de Foco (Ante América) , Banco de la República, Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia

1986
Second Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

1984
First Havana Biennial, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba

1981
Hecho en Latinoamérica II, Fine Arts Palace, Mexico, DF

1981
Sano y Sabroso, 12 y 23 Gallery, Havana, Cuba

1981
Volumen I, International Art Center, Havana, Cuba

1979
Pintura Fresca, Art Gallery of Cienfuegos, Cuba

1978
Hecho en Latinoamérica I, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico, DF

Solo Exhibitions

2002
Photographs and Memories, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2001
Beyond Cuba- Mirages of Absence, Beadleston Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Gory, Recents Works, Tamara Gallery, San Juán, Puerto Rico

1996
Gory, Recents Works, Elite Fine Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL

1995
Sharing Roots, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL

1994
Gory: Photoworks - A Midcareer Retrospective, Fondo del Sol, Washington DC

1993
Photographs of Gory, Lehigh University, Dubois Gallery, Bethlehem, Pensylvania

1992
Foto-Fest 92, Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX

1991
Retrospective, Fourth Havana Biennial, The Three Kings of the Morro Gallery, Havana, Cuba

1990
An American Dream, Khalo Coronel Gallery, Mexico, DF
An American Dream, Cienfuego's Art Gallery, Cuba
An American Dream, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba

1988
ts Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Forest City Gallery, London Ontario, Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, García Monge Gallery, National Theatre, San José, Costa Rica

1987
Its Only Water in a Strangers Tear, Kahlo Coronel Gallery, Mexico, DF

1986
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Mexican Council of Photography, Mexico, DF
Un Paseo por la Tierra de los Anamitas, Costarrican Museum of Art, San José, Costa Rica

1982
Sólo Entrada, Cultural House of Plaza, Havana, Cuba

Public Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20th Century Art Permanent Collection, New York, (Painting)
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) permanent collection (photography)
The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Corcoran's Permanent Collection of Photographs), Washington DC
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, FL, (Painting and Photography).
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pensylvania (Photography).
Museum of Pori, Finland. (Photography).
Teatro Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting).
Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, (photography).
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. (Painting and Photography).
Biblioteca Nacional, La Habana, Cuba. (Photography).
Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. (Photography)

Publications

Books

1994
“New Art of Cuba”, Luis Camnitzer, University of Texas Press, Austin,TX

1979-“Time Life Year Book”, Alexandria, Virginia

Catalogs

2001
Latin American Artist-Photographers From The Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection, Bethehem, PA

2001
Shifting Tides-Cuban Photography after Revolution, Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art, CA

2001
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba, Colección deArte Cubano, pag. 230-231, La Habana, Cuba

1997
Breaking Barriers, Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale, FL

1996
Cuba Siglo XX, Modernidad y Sincretismo, Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain
Foto-Fest 96, Houston, TX

1994
Foto-Fest 94, Houston, TX

1992
Foto-Fest 92, Houston, TX
Cambio de Foco (Ante América), Banco de la República, Luis Angel Arango Library, Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia

1990
No Man is an Island, Cuban Young Art, Museum of Pori, Finland

1981
Hecho en Latinoamerica II, Mexican Council of Photography Mexico, DF

1978
Hecho en Latinoamerica I, Mexican Council of Photography, Mexico, DF

Magazines & Newspaper

2001
Art in America, October 2001, “From Revolution to Reverie”, by Leah Ollman, New York
The New York Times Weekend, Friday September 7, 2001, “Stylists of the Epic and the Surreal” by Holland Cotter, New York
Art News, September 2001 (advertisement) Pag. 28, New York

1995
Aperture, winter 1995 isue, New York

1993
Art Nexus #55, June-August 93, “Cambio de Foco”, by Natalia Gutierrez, FL

1987
Esquire & Derby, Italian edition, “Lo Especchio nello Especchio di Gory”, Milan, Italy.

1979
Fotografía en Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

Awards

2001
Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant in the field of the Visual Arts, NY

1990
Photography Prize, National Salon of the Cuban Union of writers and Artists, Havana, Cuba

1984
Photography Prize “Tina Modotti” at the First Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

1982
Prize at the National Landscape Salon, Havana, Cuba

1981
Latinoamerican and Caribean Photography Prize of “Casa de las Américas”, Havana, Cuba

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