Arturo Montoto Echevarría

2002. He is invited to a residency at the University of Maine at Augusta in the United States where he gives painting and drawing workshops and lectures on his work.

1996 - 1997. He teaches various theoretical and practical courses of his own to professional artists in Chile.

1986-1993. He is a Professor at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana, holding the position of Head of the Department of Painting since 1990. He has the teaching category of Assistant Professor.

1972-1973. Works as Provincial Advisor of Plastic Arts in the Provincial Delegation of the National Cultural Council in Pinar del Río.

2010. Tropical Gypsy Recognition, Provincial Directorate of Culture, City of Havana, Cuba.

2008. Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI) in the category of Knight, November 24, Headquarters of the Italian Embassy in Havana, Havana City, Cuba.

2007. Special Teaching Category of Consulting Professor of the Higher Institute of Art, City of Havana, Cuba.

• World Food Day Medal, awarded by the FAO Representation in Cuba for its contribution to the global fight against hunger.

2005. Distinction for National Culture granted by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cuba.

2004. Diploma of Distinguished Visitor of the city of Santiago de Cuba, Council of the Administration of Santiago de Cuba in the month of September, Cuba.

• Recognition for having contributed to the enrichment of the cultural heritage of Santiago de Cuba and for his outstanding work as a plastic artist of our nation, granted by the Provincial Directorate of Heritage and the Emilio Bacardí Provincial Museum, September, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

2002. National Curator Award 2001 with David Mateo for his personal exhibition Pintura de Cámara, National Council of Plastic Arts, City of Havana, Cuba.

2000. Certificate of Appreciation (Latin American Art Association & Contemporary Artists Dictionary) for his contribution to the development of Hispanic culture in the United States, Florida, United States.

2023. Lost Illusions, February – March, Artis 718 Gallery, Havana.

• Manuscript in a Bottle, January – February, Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami, USA.

2022. Kosmos, November – December, Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana.

• Open Studio, May, Havana

2018. DARK, July 28-August 28, Taller Gorría Gallery, Havana.

2011. Invisible Gardens, October, Alte BÖRSE MARZAHN Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

• Invisible Gardens, September - October, Instituto Cervantes Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2010. Acqua, April-July, Intemporel Gallery, Paris, France.

• The Garden of Epicurus, October, Cairo Opera House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt.

2009. The Garden of Epicurus, December 2009-January 2010, The Kingdom of this World Gallery, José Martí National Library of Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

2007. Water and Metal, December-January 2008, watercolors and sculptures, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

• Conversation in the garden, March-April, Villa Manuela Gallery, UNEAC, Havana, Cuba.

2006. City for the Blind, installation, Collateral to the 9th. Havana Biennial, Museum of Colonial Art, Old Havana, Cuba.

2005. The painting lesson, painting-installation, (itinerant) Museum of America, Madrid / Gaya Nuño Cultural Center, Soria / Capitol Cultural Center, Cáceres, Spain.

2004. Silent areas, drawings, Oñate Fine Art, Miami, Florida, United States.

• Engravings, Headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Moscow, Russia.
• Under pressure, engravings 1999-2004, Experimental Graphics Workshop, VI National Encounter of Engravings, Old Havana, Cuba
• The painting lesson, painting-installation, National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuba.

2003. Chiaroscuro, photography, 8va. Havana Biennial, Palacio Lombillo Gallery, Plaza de La Catedral, Old Havana, Cuba.

• Mirages, paintings, Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2001. Chamber painting, installation, Havana Club Foundation, Old Havana, Cuba.

1999. Voluptuous Solitudes, painting, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba.

2017. Panorama of the photographic, October, Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center Collection, Old Havana, Cuba

2016. The mother of all arts, March-May, Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Old Havana, Cuba.

2014. Point de recontre pour imaginaires voyageurs, October-December, Intemporel Gallery, Paris, France.

2012. Still Life, November, Collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.

2005. Museum of the University of Virginia, USA

2004. Emilio Bacardí Provincial Museum, Santiago de Cuba / Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana City.

2003. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida, USA.

2002. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.

2001. Pinar del Río Museum of Art (MAPRI).

2000. Basilica Museum of the Convent of San Francisco de Asís, Old Havana.

1999. Vatican Museums, Italy.

1998. Ceramic Works in the Permanent Gallery of the Hotel Inglaterra, Havana City.

1997. PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1996. Coca-Cola of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

1995. Spanish-American Friendship Society, French Guyana.

1991. Pinar del Río History Museum.