RAUL ENMANUEL POZO - BIOGRAPHY

Born in San Luis, Santiago, Cuba, 1958

Studies
1980-1985	Higher Institute of Art “CUBANACAN”, Havana, Cuba
1976-1980	National School of Art “CUBANACAN”, Havana, Cuba
1973- 1976 School for Plastic Arts Jose Joaquin Tejada, Santiago de Cuba

Solo Exhibitions
2004 – La locomotora de mi papa, Canvas Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002 – Buscando Caminos, Galeria Juan Marinillo, Institute for the Friendship
       With People, Havana, Cuba
2000 – Mi Tiempo Vegetal, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1999 – Mi Tiempo Vegetal, Casa de Arte, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican
       Republic
1999 – Acrilicos sobre Telas, Galeria Oriente, Santiago, Cuba
1994 – Galeria Coral, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia
1993 – Tropico, Center of Applied Studies, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1991 – Amuletos Recuerdo de mis abuelos, Galeria Oriente, Santiago, Cuba
1989 - Dibujos sobre Cartulinas, Galeria Cine Cuba, Santiago, Cuba
1988 – Dibujos sobre Cartulinas, Festival of Cuban Culture, Burdeo, France
1987 – 2nd annual Festival of Cuban Culture, Havana, Cuba
1987 – Apuntes para un Proyecto, Galeria de Arte Universal, Manzanillo, Cuba
1986 – De lo Nuestro La Vegetacion, Galeria de Arte Universal, Santiago, Cuba
1985 – Muntu, Galeria Galeano, Havana, Cuba

Collective Exhibitions

Participated in over 50 group shows in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia,
Portugal, France, and the United States.

2007 – Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 – Outstanding new contemporary artists, LS Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2007 – Elements of Abstraction, Gallery on State, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 – Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 – Crosscurrents, Soho Gallery, Studio City, CA
2005 – Contemporary Visions, Audis Husar Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2005 – Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 – Tropicao Profundo, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 – Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 - Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 - Cuban Artists, Gallery Nader, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2002 – Brewery Artwalk, MLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 – Cuban Painters, Naipe Museum, Havana, Cuba
2001 – Cuban Artists, Gallery Nader, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2000 – Four Abstract Painters, Galeria San Ignacio, Havana, Cuba
2000 - Participant in the 7th Havana Biennial
1999 - End of the Century Hall, Emilio Bacardi Museum, Santiago, Cuba
1999 - Serigraphy Workshop, Taller Rene Portocarrero, Havana, Cuba
1999 - Cuban Painters, Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998 - Galeria de Arte Universal, Santiago, Cuba
1998 - Galeria Oriente, Santiago, Cuba
1997 - Salon de 30 de Noviembre, Santiago, Cuba
1996 - The Gallery of the Hotel Melia Cohiba, Santiago, Cuba
1995 - House of Culture Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1994 - Art Center Gallery, Nelva, Colombia
1994 – Five Cuban Painters, Viva del Arte Galeria, Bogota, Colombia
1993 - Four Cuban Painters, Art Gallery of the Dominican Institute of Applied
       Studies ( IDEA), Santo Domingo, D.R.
1990 – Contemporary Painting, Center for Dominican Architecture, Santo Domingo,
       Dominican Republic 
1988 – Cuban Painters, Centro de Arte 501, San Francisco
1988 - Cultural Assets Hall Fund, Santiago, Cuba
1987 - Salon 30 de Noviembre, Santiago, Cuba
1987 - Galeria de Arte Universal, Santiago, Cuba
1986 - Seven Cuban Painters, Gallery of the House of Culture, Havana, Cuba
1986 - Participant in the 2nd Havana Biennial
1985 - Students Hall of the Hermanos Sainz Brigade, Galerie Oriente, Santiago, 
Cuba
1984 – Students Hall, Higher Institute of Art, Cubanacan, Havana, Cuba
1984 - Participant in the 1st Havana Biennial – A Tribute to the Triumph of the 
Cuban Revolution, Lobby of the Carl Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba

Murals

Restaurant of Melia Cohiba Hotel, Santiago, Cuba
Railway Terminal, Santiago, Cuba
Executive Airport, Santiago, Cuba

Awards

1999 - National Prize of Serigraphy, Workshop “Rene Portocarrero”
1998 - Cuban Cultural Assets Fund, 1st prize for painting
1998 - Salon Fin de Siglo, National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC)
1997 - Honorable mention – Group show at Emilio Bacardi Museum, Santiago, Cuba
1997 - First Prize, Acquisition for Permanent Collection, Emilio Bacardi Museum,
       Santiago, Cuba
1989 - National Award for the Painting on Canvas, TELARTE Vll, Cultural assets
       of Cuba Fund
1987 - Honorable mention, Painting, City Hall, Santiago, Cuba
1986 – 1st Prize for the Carnival Poster, San Luis, Santiago, Cuba
1985 - Honorable mention, Students Hall of the Hermanos Sainz Brigade,
       Galeria Oriente, Santiago, Cuba
1984 – 1st Prize for the Carnival Poster, San Luis, Santiago, Cuba

Distinctions

1998 - Shield of Villa de San Luis de las Enramadas, Santiago, Cuba
1997 – Official Key of the Cultural Assets of Cuba Fund, Santiago, Cuba
       Member of UNEAC (National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists) 
       Member of the International Association of Plastic Artists

Collections

His works can be found in many permanent and private collections.

Emilio Bacardi Museum, Santiago, Cuba
Museo Polivalente, Santiago, Cuba
Center of Art Ceballo Estrella, Santiago, Cuba
MLA Gallery Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Banco de Reservas, Santo Domingo, D.R.
In addition to many private collections throughout Cuba, the Dominican Republic, 
  Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, and the
  United States