Miguel Ángel Couret
"Art is the reflection of reality, interpreted by an enlightened being"
Miguel Ángel Couret
1964. Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Painter and Drawer
Couret’s work is symbolically indebted to the Cuban tradition of showing life as it unfolds, exposing reality without complacency or care for controversy. These works are ripe for disagreement, discussion and admiration. He is the embodiment of Cuba’s artistic ethos—a pledge to continually improve, to find the road less traveled and a continuous quest for inspiration so he may more powerfully depict the real Cuba (past and present) whatever it costs.
Career
Prizes
2020. Nueces Award, AHS, Pinar del Rio.
2017. Award, Art Museum of Pinar del Rio. Mapri, Tiburcio Lorenzo Salon. Pinar del Rio.
2016. Prize at the 8th National Salon of Engraving, CNAP, Havana, Cuba.
- Finalist in the Biennial of Engraving of Puerto Rico.
2009. Life Prize, awarded by Caritas, Cuba.
2006. Medal for the 20 years of the Saiz Brothers Association. Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
- Award at the Acquisition Salon of the UNEAC, Pinar del Rio. Cuba
2005. Mention in National Salon Tiburcio Lorenzo Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
- National Erotic Art Salon Award. Fayad Jamís Gallery. Havana City. Cuba.
1996. D'Arte Awards granted by the Saiz Brothers Association (AHS). Pinar
del Río, Cuba.
1992. Prize Salón La Diversidad de la Naturaleza, un Patrimonio Valioso
sponsored by FAO, UNESCO, UNDP and UNICEF, Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1986. National Salon of Art Schools Award, Museum of Fine Arts. Havana City. Cuba
Recognitions
Awards Salones Provinciales 20 de Octubre, Pinar del Río, Cuba.1988, 90, 92 95,2002,2003.
Recognition of the provincial direction of the brigade of art instructors, José Marti.
Recognition, Nueces. AHS. Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
Personal Exhibitions
2019. Shadows. Arturo Regueiro Gallery, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
2017. Dreams. Gallery of the Marques de Arcos Palace, Plaza de la Catedral Habana, Old Havana. Cuba.
- Expo Dreams, Virgilio Piñera Theater Hall, Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
2015. Mind Games, 12th Havana Biennial, Free Zone, Morro Cabaña, Havana.
2014. Con Todo. Personal Expo at the Atilano Armentero Gallery, San Luis, Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
2013. Mind Games, Arturo Regueiro Gallery, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
- Paintings and Engravings. Loynaz
- Brothers Center Gallery. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
2012. Cautious Scene. Real Gallery, Casa del Joven Creador, AHS, Pinar del Rio.
2011. Arbotantes, Art Gallery, illusions of the Iris, Municipal Museum of San Luis, Pinar del Rio, October and November.
- Expo Total Vision, in Transitory
- Hall. Provincial Delegation of the Minint
2010. ExpoVoces de Silencio, Galiano Gallery. Havana. Cuba.
- Acrylics and collages, Viñales Gallery. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
2009. Retrospective exhibition. Simulacro de Sueño, Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana.
- Drawings and Paintings, Gallery of the Patio de Pelegrín Project, Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río, Cuba.
- Expo 100 years of Plaza Hotel, Havana, Cuba.
- Ludens. Lloyds Register Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
- In Sueño, Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
- Expo, Paintings and Drawings, Embassy of Holland and the Netherlands,Havana. Havana, Cuba.
2007. En la Cuerda, Paret Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
- Re,encuentro, German Embassy in Cuba, Havana.
2006. The Infinite Island. Paintings and Drawings, Berlin Germany
- With the stroke to Cuesta. Fayad Jamis Gallery. Havana, Collateral to the Havana Biennial.
2005. Chief Curator of the Project 2x2 is not always landscape. Villa Manuela UNEAC Gallery, Havana.
- Requiem for Aldo. Ateneo Gallery. Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
- Presentation of the documentary "El ojo del equilibrio". Villa Manuela Gallery. National UNEAC. Havana. Cuba.
2004. Heat in Havana. Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
- Acrylic and Collage. Telegraph Hotel Gallery. Havana. Havana. Cuba.
2002. Time of changes. Ácana Gallery. Barcelona. Barcelona. Spain.
- Recent work. Gallery Café Varones. Madrid. Madrid. Spain.
2001. From Stroke to Gesture Real Gallery. House of the Young Creator Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
2000. Expo La Punxa Gallery, Catalonia, Spain.
- Galiano Gallery, Havana, Havana.
1999. Allegories and Equilibrium, La Acacia Gallery, Havana.
1998 - 1997. On the Rope. CDAV, Havana.
1996. Tobacco, Entre Suelos Gallery, Hostal Valencia, Havana, Cuba.
1994. Drawings and Paintings. Sol y Mar Gallery, Varadero, Cuba.
1993. Drawings Retrospective, UNESCO Headquarters for Latin America, Havana, Cuba.
Collective Exhibitions
2021. Cubaneando. Group exhibition. Montreal, Canada.
2020. Dejavu. Vallesoy Gallery, Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
2019. Vueltabajo Stained Glass. GEDEL Gallery. Pinar del Rio. Cuba. Engraved Stories, Vallesoy Gallery, Viñales. Pinar del Rio.
2018. XX Habano Festival, Palacio de las Convenciones, Havana. Collage Habana Gallery. Artistic Lithography Workshop I and II. Engraving Workshop. Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
2017. Cuban Art, Colombian Congress Headquarters, Bogota.
2016. XVII Habano Festival, Art Gallery, Habanos. Convention Palace, Havana. Cuba Proyec Art. El Retiro, Shopping Center, Bogota, Colombia.
2015. Fernando Ortiz Permanent Collection of Cuban Art. Hispano-American Center of Culture. Havana. Havana, Cuba.
- Copyright, Provincial Center of Visual Arts. Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
- Length 83 .42. UNEAC Gallery. Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
- Dreams, Reasons and Tributes. Visual Arts Center, Pinar del Rio.
2014. Variable Dimensions, Casa del Alba Cultural Gallery, Havana. Erotic
Art Salon, Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
- Cuban Contemporary, the Malaysian Lik.Malaysia.
- Cuban Contemporary Art, Gallery Angelus. Malaysia.
- ZeigenossischeKunstausKuba. the Browse Gallery. Berlin.
2013. 8th National Printmaking Salon, CDAP, Havana, Cuba.
- National Salon of Holography, Belquis Ayon, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
- Humanitas, Nexos Gallery, Hermanos Saiz University, Pinar del Rio.
2012. For the hand to paint well, Arturo Regueiro Gallery, January. February.
- Provincial Salon. Pretexts, Brigade of Art Instructors, José Marti (guest artist), UNEAC Pinar del Río Gallery.
- Ajitemas del Aché. Arturo Regueiro Gallery. Pinar del Rio.
- December 14th Salon, Arturo Regueiro Gallery, Pinar del Rio.
- Blessed the Faith, Pedro Junco Culture House, (For the Pope's visit).
2011. Humanitarian Auction for Children with Cancer. Czech Embassy. Havana. Havana. Cuba.
- Blessed Faith, Pedro Junco Culture House, Pinar del Río.
- XVII Provincial Salon October 20, Pinar del Rio Art Center.
- Odysseys and Paths, Art Center, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
2010. Current Cuban Art, Malaysia.
2009. Cuban Art, Soho Gallery, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- Collective contemporary painting, Fiesta Americana Hotel, Merida, Mexico.
2008. Art Fair of San Rafael de Eacazú, San José, Costa Rica.
- Dreams Convention Center of the City of Essen, Germany.
2007. Let the Gods Touch your Soul. Casa del Habano, Havana.
2006. VII Religious Art Salon. San Antonio María Claret Cultural Center. Santiago de Cuba.
- 100 years of Compay Segundo, Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.
- Main Curator of the project 2x2 is not always Landscape, Villa Manuela
UNEAC Gallery, Havana.
2005. VISUARTE National Salon, Cienfuegos.
- XI National Erotic Art Salon, Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana.
- Expo "Huellas Generacionales" (Generational Footprints). Pinar del Río. Cuba.
2004. Expo-sale in the Culture-Tourism Project, organized by the Plastic Arts Section of the UNEAC. Motel "La Ermita". Viñales. Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
- Expo "Labyrinth". Luz y Oficio Gallery. Havana. Havana. Cuba.
- Expo "Labyrinth". UNEAC Gallery. Pinar del Rio. Cuba.
2003. Curator of the Expo A Winter in Havana, La Cabaña Fortress, Havana.
2001. XVIII October 20th Provincial Salon. Provincial Center of Visual Arts. Pinar del Río, Cuba.
1998. II Contemporary Art Salon, Santa Clara Convent, Havana City, Cuba.
1998. Expo-Young Cuban Painting. Twees Museum of Art, University of Minnesota USA.
International Biennial of Engraving of Puerto Rico.
1997. Expo- They are not all those who are, Collateral to the V Havana Biennial, Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Havana. Cuba.
1996. Current Cuban Plastic Art, Fotocentro, Gallery of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Moscow / Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Beijing, China.
- Expo Plastic Window, Seville, Spain.
1995. Vestiges of an Impossible Portrait, Visual Arts CD, Havana.
- 1st Contemporary Cuban Art Salon, National Museum, Havana. Cuba.
1994. Collateral Expo to the International Biennial of Painting, Havana. Havana, Cuba.
- International Biennial of Painting Cuenca, Ecuador.
1992. Awarded Salon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana. Havana, Cuba.
1991. Contemporary Cuban Engraving collateral to the IV Havana Biennial, Museo De Arte Colonial, Havana. Cuba.
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