Calzada's family left Cuba shortly after the communist takeover of Fidel Castro, on October 11, 1960. He attended and graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School. He would later attend the University of Miami where he graduated as an Industrial Engineering in 1966, and the University of Miami where he also earned an MBA in Finance in 1968.
In 1976, Calzada decided to pursue painting as a full-time career. The subject of most of his art is the architecture of Cuba particularly Havana's colonial and neo-classical architecture.
Calzada's work is in numerous museums as well as in private, corporate, and public collections. In 2006, the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami presented a thirty-year Retrospective of his work titled "Humberto Calzada: In Dreams Awake." Calzada resides in Miami.[2]
Periodsedit
Humberto Calzada's art can, generally, be divided into phases or categories, but not into periods. They are phases in the sense that, during a specific time he painted primarily that category of painting, though not to the exclusion of all else. But they are "categories" in the sense that, throughout his career, he has produced works that have characteristics of any of the different classifications or will revisit any past phase. The general major classifications are:
The Anecdotal Period paintings. Paintings of a more personal nature painted in a detailed but casual style, based on memories of his home, places he knew and visited in Cuba, and other specific recollections.
The Surreal Theatrical Scenarios paintings. Extracting elements of Cuban architecture and placing them out of context in an unlikely setting.
Meta-Art paintings. An extension of the theatrical scenarios but incorporating his past works in the walls as one more element.
The Gardens paintings. Ruins, incomplete buildings, but still recognizable as Cuban architecture of the neo-classical period.
Still Life paintings. Brief period in which architectural elements were arranged as classical still life painting.
"Years of" Paintings. These are the flooded spaces, which consist mostly of houses in which the ocean waters have entered. It is one of his favorite iconographies because water has a dual meaning: it can mean total destruction, but it can also mean rebirth.
Tributes to other painters. Paintings which can either be Calzada in subject but another painter in technique or style or a Calzada painting in which the work of another painter is either hung or displayed in the space portrayed.
The Night paintings. Paintings of architectural and/or landscape themes at night.
La Hora Azul paintings. Paintings of architectural and/or landscape themes during the dusk hours.
The swimming pool paintings or Cuba circa 2025 painting. An optimistic assumption that in the not-too-distant futures, Cuba will not only have houses in good repair, but also houses with swimming pools.
The Reconstructing Havana paintings. A much-enlarged photograph of current private and public buildings in Havana is partially "reconstructed" by painting in what once was and what, someday, could be again.
Exhibitionsedit
Soloedit
Solo exhibits of Calzada's artwork between 1975 and 2006.
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida USA 1978/79/80/81/82
Galería Coabey, San Juan, P.R.
Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Florida USA
Collectiveedit
Shared exhibits of Calzada's artwork between 1978 and 2010.
2010–2000edit
Premier of "Calzada" A documentary by Eduardo Montes-BradleyPremier of "Calzada". Humberto Calzada premier speech.
Beaux Arts Gallery, Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida USA
Beaux Arts Gallery, Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida USA
Polk Museum of Art, Works by Artists of Cuban Ancestry From the Permanent Collection, Lakeland, Florida USA
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Co-Sponsored by The Holy Cross Latin American and Latino Studies Concentration, "Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art."
Boca Raton Museum of Art, "Masters of Latin America: Selections from the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection, Boca Raton, Florida
Cuba Art New York, New York "A Sense of Space: Cuban Artists and Architecture"
University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, ""Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art"
Miami Art Central, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, "Hope and Glory: The Enduring Legacy of Oscar B. Cintas"
King Fine Arts "Three Cuban Masters, Three Visions of One Reality," New York
Kendall Campus Art Gallery, MDCC, "Art Trends: Miami's Trek III: A Decade of Art in Miami", Miami, Florida
Lowe Art Museum, "From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban- American Art From the Permanent Collection," Coral Gables, Florida
Galería Arte Consult, "Memoria: Veinte Años," Panama, Republic of Panama
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, "Images and Reflections," Springfield, Illinois.
2000–1990edit
"Breaking Barriers: Contemporary Cuban Art" Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
"Calzada Aims for More than Shape". Herald Tribune, Guide to Entertainment, (Sarasota, Florida): 26. July 21, 2000.
Alvarez-Bravo, Armando (October 6, 1990). El Nuevo Herald, Nuevo Arte Hispano (in Spanish). West Palm Beach, Florida: Miami Herald. p. 30. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
"Humberto Calzada" El Nuevo Herald, November 17, 1990, pp. 1D, 4D
"Las Imágenes Diversas," El Nuevo Herald, June 24, 1992, p1 D, 4 D
"Calzada: Edificaciones con Arte en el Arte," El Nuevo Herald, February 17, 1993, p. 4D
"Calzada, Cada Vez Mejor," El Nuevo Herald, Seccion Viernes de Galeria, October 7, 1994, p. 29D
"Exposicion de Humberto Calzada," El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras, AprIL 25, 1999, p. 2E
"El Universo Fantastico de Humberto Calzada" El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras March 19, 2000, pp. 1E-2E
"Humberto Calzada: Cuba y la Noche," El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras, March 18, 2001, p1-E.
"Humberto Calzada: La Casa Ideal Para lo Cubano", El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras February 16, 2003, p. 1E
"Humberto Calzada: Desde La Luz Azul", El Nuevo Herald, Artes y Letras, November 2, 2003, p. 1E
^"Una Oda a la Habana" by Olga Connor. El Nuevo Herald. Revista aplausos. January 7, 2010
January 01, 1970
humberto, calzada, born, 1944, havana, cuban, american, artist, living, miami, florida, since, 1960, born25, 1944, 1944, havana, cubanationalitycuban, americaneducationuniversity, miamiknown, forpaintingnotable, workin, museums, meadows, museum, sculpture, dal. Humberto Calzada born May 25 1944 in Havana is a Cuban American artist living in Miami Florida since 1960 1 Humberto CalzadaHumberto CalzadaBornHumberto Calzada25 May 1944 1944 05 25 Havana CubaNationalityCuban AmericanEducationUniversity of MiamiKnown forpaintingNotable workin museums Meadows Museum and Sculpture Dallas Texas USA Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile Sait Louis Art Museum Saint Louis Missouri USAMovementContemporaryAwardsCintas Foundation Fellowship 1979 1981 Painting Fellowship Division of Cultural Affairs State of Florida Contents 1 Life in America 2 Periods 3 Exhibitions 3 1 Solo 3 1 1 2006 1990 3 1 2 1990 1975 3 2 Collective 3 2 1 2010 2000 3 2 2 2000 1990 3 2 3 1990 1980 3 2 4 1980 1970 4 Public and corporate collections 5 Bibliography 6 Documentaries 7 ReferencesLife in America editCalzada s family left Cuba shortly after the communist takeover of Fidel Castro on October 11 1960 He attended and graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School He would later attend the University of Miami where he graduated as an Industrial Engineering in 1966 and the University of Miami where he also earned an MBA in Finance in 1968 In 1976 Calzada decided to pursue painting as a full time career The subject of most of his art is the architecture of Cuba particularly Havana s colonial and neo classical architecture Calzada s work is in numerous museums as well as in private corporate and public collections In 2006 the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami presented a thirty year Retrospective of his work titled Humberto Calzada In Dreams Awake Calzada resides in Miami 2 Periods editHumberto Calzada s art can generally be divided into phases or categories but not into periods They are phases in the sense that during a specific time he painted primarily that category of painting though not to the exclusion of all else But they are categories in the sense that throughout his career he has produced works that have characteristics of any of the different classifications or will revisit any past phase The general major classifications are The Anecdotal Period paintings Paintings of a more personal nature painted in a detailed but casual style based on memories of his home places he knew and visited in Cuba and other specific recollections The Surreal Theatrical Scenarios paintings Extracting elements of Cuban architecture and placing them out of context in an unlikely setting Meta Art paintings An extension of the theatrical scenarios but incorporating his past works in the walls as one more element The Gardens paintings Ruins incomplete buildings but still recognizable as Cuban architecture of the neo classical period Still Life paintings Brief period in which architectural elements were arranged as classical still life painting Years of Paintings These are the flooded spaces which consist mostly of houses in which the ocean waters have entered It is one of his favorite iconographies because water has a dual meaning it can mean total destruction but it can also mean rebirth Tributes to other painters Paintings which can either be Calzada in subject but another painter in technique or style or a Calzada painting in which the work of another painter is either hung or displayed in the space portrayed The Night paintings Paintings of architectural and or landscape themes at night La Hora Azul paintings Paintings of architectural and or landscape themes during the dusk hours The swimming pool paintings or Cuba circa 2025 painting An optimistic assumption that in the not too distant futures Cuba will not only have houses in good repair but also houses with swimming pools The Reconstructing Havana paintings A much enlarged photograph of current private and public buildings in Havana is partially reconstructed by painting in what once was and what someday could be again Exhibitions editSolo editSolo exhibits of Calzada s artwork between 1975 and 2006 nbsp Humberto Calzada s work nbsp Humberto Calzada at work 2006 1990 edit Lowe Art Museum University of Miami A Thirty Year Retrospective Miami Florida USA University of Miami Bacardi Gallery Cuba La Hora Azul Miami Florida USA Galeria Arteconsult Cuba y la Noche II Panama City Panama Jose Alonso Fine Arts Cuba y la Noche Miami Florida USA Jose Alonso Fine Arts Humberto Calzada New Collection of Graphic Work Miami Florida USA Corbino Galleries Sanctuaries for the Spirit Longboat Key Florida USA Galeria Arteconsult Panama City Panama Museo Ixchel Ciudad Guatemala Guatemala Galeria Amalia Mahoney Chicago Illinois USA Galeria Acquavella Caracas Venezuela Freites Revilla Gallery Boca Raton Florida USA Galeria Arteconsult Panama City Panama Galeria Forum de Las Artes San Juan P R Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA The America s Collection Coral Gables Florida USA Freites Revilla Gallery Boca Raton Florida USA Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA The America s Collection Coral Gables Florida USA Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Panama City Panama Kennesaw State College Art Gallery Marietta Georgia USA Galeria 1 2 3 San Salvador El Salvador Bass Museum of Art Fifteen Years Retrospective Miami Beach Florida USA Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA Fred Snitzer Gallery Coral Gables Florida USA Gloria Luria Gallery Bay Harbor Islands Florida USA Galeria Arteconsult Panama City Panama 1990 1975 edit Galeria 1 2 3 San Salvador El Salvador Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA Galeria 9 Lima Peru Park Gallery Fort Lauderdale Florida USA Galeria 1 2 3 San Salvador El Salvador Galeria Acquavella Caracas Venezuela Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA Galeria Arte Actual Santiago ChiLe Corbino Galleries Sarasota Florida USA Gallery Camino Real Boca Raton Florida USA Gutierrez Fine Arts Key Biscayne Florida USA Galeria Etcetera Panama City Panama Galeria 1 2 3 San Salvador El Salvador Galeria 9 Lima Peru Baumgartner Galleries Washington D C USA Forma Gallery Coral Gables Florida USA Galeria 1 2 3 San Salvador El Salvador Savannah College of Art amp Design Savannah Georgia USA Galeria Coabey San Juan Puerto Rico Galeria Etcetera Panama City Panama Forma Gallery Coral Gables Florida USA 1978 79 80 81 82 Galeria Coabey San Juan P R Bacardi Art Gallery Miami Florida USA Collective edit Shared exhibits of Calzada s artwork between 1978 and 2010 2010 2000 edit nbsp Premier of Calzada A documentary by Eduardo Montes Bradley nbsp Premier of Calzada Humberto Calzada premier speech Beaux Arts Gallery Miami International Art Fair Miami Beach Florida USA Beaux Arts Gallery Art Palm Beach West Palm Beach Florida USA Polk Museum of Art Works by Artists of Cuban Ancestry From the Permanent Collection Lakeland Florida USA Iris and B Gerald Cantor Art Gallery Co Sponsored by The Holy Cross Latin American and Latino Studies Concentration Layers Collecting Cuban American Art Boca Raton Museum of Art Masters of Latin America Selections from the Joan and Milton Bagley Collection Boca Raton Florida Cuba Art New York New York A Sense of Space Cuban Artists and Architecture University of Buffalo Art Gallery Center for the Arts Layers Collecting Cuban American Art Miami Art Central Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Hope and Glory The Enduring Legacy of Oscar B Cintas King Fine Arts Three Cuban Masters Three Visions of One Reality New York Kendall Campus Art Gallery MDCC Art Trends Miami s Trek III A Decade of Art in Miami Miami Florida Lowe Art Museum From Modern to Contemporary Cuban and Cuban American Art From the Permanent Collection Coral Gables Florida Galeria Arte Consult Memoria Veinte Anos Panama Republic of Panama Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs Images and Reflections Springfield Illinois 2000 1990 edit Breaking Barriers Contemporary Cuban Art Art Museum of Ft Lauderdale Florida Tampa Museum of Art Tampa Florida USA Galeria 1 2 3 Latin American Art Biennial San Salvador El Salvador Miami University Art Museum Changing Images from the Americas Oxford Ohio Museum of Art Cuban Artists of the Twentieth Century Ft Lauderdale Florida USA Museu de Arte Moderna Eco Art Rio de Janeiro Brazil CUBA U S A The First Generation Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Illinois USA Fondo del Sol Washington D C USA Minnesota Museum of American Art St Paul Minn USA The Museum at Florida International University Miami Florida USA Museum of Art South Florida Invitational Fort Lauderdale Florida USA Northwood Institute Leading Hispanic Artists of South FLorida West Palm Beach Florida USA Main Library Metro Dade Cultural Center Miami Artists Fifty Years of Collecting Miami Florida USA 1990 1980 edit MIRA Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour III Art Museum of the Americas OAS Organization of American States Hispanic American Artists of the United States Washington D C USA Municipal Art Center Los Angeles California USA Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court Dallas Texas USA Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach Florida USA Terra Museum of American Art Chicago Illinois USA Museo del Barrio New York USA Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Acquisitions from the Last 10 Years Santiago Republica de Chile Latin American Artists from the Southeast Coastal Region Contemporary Art Center New Orleans Louisiana USA The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood Florida USA National Library of Canada Cuban Artists in North America Ottawa Canada Outside Cuba Fuera de Cuba Jane Zimmerli Art Museum New Brunswick New Jersey USA Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art New York USA Miami University Art Museum Oxford Ohio USA Museo de Arte de Ponce Ponce Puerto Rico Center for the Fine Arts Miami Florida USA Atlanta College of Art Atlanta Georgia USA Georgia State University Art Gallery Visual Arts the Southeast Atlanta Georgia USA Stedman Art Gallery Rutgers National 85 86 Works on Paper Rutgers University Camden New Jersey USA Thomas Center Gallery Expatriates Paintings by 15 Young Latin American Artists GainesvILle Florida USA Instituto Cultural Domecq V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Mexico D F Mexico South Campus Art Gallery American Artists of Cuban Origin Miami Dade Community College Miami Florida Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture The Miami Generation Miami Florida USA Meridian House International Washington D C USA The Balch Institute Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA VI Latin American Graphics Biennial Exhibition San Juan Puerto Rico North Miami Museum and Art Center Five in FLorida Plus Two North Miami Florida USA Museum of Art Hort Memorial Exhibition Fort Lauderdale Florida USA Gallery Camino Real Five Contemporary Realists Boca Raton Florida USA Art Museum of the Americas OAS Organization of American States Recent Acquisitions Washington D C USA IV Biennial Art Exhibition of Medellin Medellin Colombia Moss Gallery Contemporary Cuban Painting San Francisco California USA 1980 1970 edit The Cuban Exhibition De Armas Gallery Editorial America Miami Florida USA Lowe Art Museum Latin American Artists of the Southeastern United States Coral Gables Florida USAPublic and corporate collections editArcher M Huntington Art Gallery University of Texas at Austin Texas Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Florida Art Museum of the Americas Organization of American States OAS Washington D C Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach Florida Centro de Arte Fundacion Ortiz Guardian Granada Nicaragua Lehigh University Art Galleries Bethlehem Pennsylvania Lowe Art Museum University of Miami Coral Gables Florida Meadows Museum and Sculpture Court Dallas Texas Miami University Museum Oxford Ohio Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Maria Zambrana Velez Malaga Spain Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama Republica de Panama Museo de Arte de Ponce Ponce PR Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile Norton Gallery amp School of Art West Palm Beach Florida Polk Museum of Art Lakeland Florida St Louis Art Museum St Louis Missouri The Museum at Florida International University Miami Florida The University Museum Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey Florida International University Primera Casa Miami Florida University of Miami Goizueta Pavilion Coral Gables Florida Miami Dade Community College South Campus Art Gallery Miami Florida Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Art in Public Places Collection Miami International Airport Miami Florida Cintas Foundation Institute of International Education New York Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Miami Branch Office Gulf amp Western Industries La Romana Dominican Republic Banco de Viscaya Miami FloridaBibliography edit MIRA Diferencias en el Arte Norteamericano y Latinoamericano Arte en Colombia 38 36 38 December 1988 Arnaldo Roche y Humberto Calzada Estudios en Contraste Arte en Colombia 46 119 January 1991 Surrealist Influences in the Works of the Exiled The Washington Times 38 June 21 1984 Calzada s Dreamy Post Modern Edifices Herald Tribune Sarasota FLorida 21 July 15 1994 Calzada Aims for More than Shape Herald Tribune Guide to Entertainment Sarasota Florida 26 July 21 2000 Alvarez Bravo Armando October 6 1990 El Nuevo Herald Nuevo Arte Hispano in Spanish West Palm Beach Florida Miami Herald p 30 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help Humberto Calzada El Nuevo Herald November 17 1990 pp 1D 4D Las Imagenes Diversas El Nuevo Herald June 24 1992 p1 D 4 D Calzada Edificaciones con Arte en el Arte El Nuevo Herald February 17 1993 p 4D Calzada Cada Vez Mejor El Nuevo Herald Seccion Viernes de Galeria October 7 1994 p 29D Exposicion de Humberto Calzada El Nuevo Herald Artes y Letras AprIL 25 1999 p 2E El Universo Fantastico de Humberto Calzada El Nuevo Herald Artes y Letras March 19 2000 pp 1E 2E Humberto Calzada Cuba y la Noche El Nuevo Herald Artes y Letras March 18 2001 p1 E Humberto Calzada La Casa Ideal Para lo Cubano El Nuevo Herald Artes y Letras February 16 2003 p 1E Humberto Calzada Desde La Luz Azul El Nuevo Herald Artes y Letras November 2 2003 p 1EDocumentaries editEduardo Montes Bradley Director January 2010 Calzada Digital HD USA Heritage Film Project 3 References edit Catalogue Art Basel Miami December 2010 El Nuevo Herald Una Oda a la Habana by Olga Connor El Nuevo Herald Revista aplausos January 7 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Humberto Calzada amp oldid 1109954058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
