Exhibitions
A lifetime of sharing his creative works
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Revisiting “Ancestors” Forty Years later: 1979-2020. Casa Africa, Havana, Cuba.
Yo vengo de todas partes. Galería Sala Teatro Acuesta. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
2019
Revisiting “Ancestors” Forty Years later: 1979-2019. Colateral XII Havana Biennial Art Gallery of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
De aroma y de espacios. Galería El Jaguar Despertado, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mex
Leandro Soto: Crónicas Visuales. Center for Cuban Studies, Brooklyn New York, US.
2018
Leandro Soto: Crónicas visuales. Retrospective. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Habana, Cuba.
2017
Mar y Deidades. Universidad del Norte, Barraquilla, Colombia.
Ni de aquí ni de allá. Koubek Center, Miami, FL. US.
The Caribbean Sea. The Cuban Heritage Collection. University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida, US.
2016
Leandro Soto Open Studio by Aweipo Gallery. Gun Hill, Barbados, W. I.
Caribbean Gobelins-Gobelinos caribeños. Centro Cultural de Santa Ana, Mérida, México.
2015
Café XVIII The Journeys of a Cuban Artist. Ateneo Hall Gallery. Teatro Tomás Terry. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Brújula poética. Mateo Torriente Art Gallery. UNEAC. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Y hacia todas partes ir II. La Acacia Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2014
Leandro Soto: Latino Theatre Design. Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Barbados.
Y Hacia todas partes ir. Galería del Planetario. Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
2013
Carpentier in Barbados. EBCCI Art Gallery. University of The West Indies. Barbados, W.I.
The African Roots in the Art of Leandro Soto. Ivy Community Center, Barbados.
2012
¨Samsara: dando sánsara de la India a Cuba. XI Bienal de la Habana. Cabaña, and Galería Mariano. Casa de las Américas. Havana, Cuba.
Leandro Soto Vive en Cienfuegos. Museo Provincial. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Leandro Soto: Open Windows to the Caribbean. Museum of Cuban Art. Vienna, Austria.
2011
Cuba in the Southwest: The Art of Leandro Soto. Sangre de Cristo Museum and Cultural Art Center. Pueblo, Colorado, US.
Love for the Human Figure. Art Splash Studio. Christ Church, Barbados. W.I.
2010
La tierra y el mar: Leandro Soto. Aweipo Art Gallery. The Crane, Barbados, W.I.
2009
Leandro Soto at Aweipo Art Gallery. The Crane. Barbados W. I.
Fusion: Leandro Soto’s Journeys. Farside Gallery. Miami, Fl. US.
Leandro Soto Recent Works. IAP Art Gallery. Arizona State University. West Campus. Phoenix, Az. US.
De la India a Tabasco. Villahermosa Cultural Center. Villahermosa, Tab, Mexico.
2008
For the Love of Hispanic Poetry. IAP Art Gallery. Arizona State University. Phoenix, Az. US.
2007
Abacua: The Signs of Power. IAP Art Gallery. Arizona State University. Phoenix Az. US.
Leandro Soto: The Indian Experience. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az, US.
2006
Leandro Soto Recent Works. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, AZ.US.
Arte Latinoamericano: Leandro Soto. Arizona State University. M.U. Art Gallery. “Voces convergentes”. Tempe, AZ. US.
Leandro Soto. Ananda Hall. Global Arts Village. New Delhi, India.
2005
Environments: From Cuba to Arizona. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az.US.
2004
Leandro Soto: Scenarios; Art works for the Cuban Theater. Center for the Arts. Chandler, Az.
Mapping Arizona. IAP Art Gallery. Arizona State University. West Campus. Phoenix, Az.US.
2003
Leandro Soto: Retrospective of a Contemporary Cuban Artist. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az .US.
2002
Leandro Soto: Radical Cuban Theater. Hopkins Hall Gallery. College of Arts Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.US.
Cuba 1902-2002: The Centenary of the Cuban Republic. Blanchard Art Gallery. Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley, Mass.US.
Leandro Soto: Images from the Cuban Exile. Beard Gallery. Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.US.
2001
Oggun’s Artifacts. Warehouse Art Gallery. Miami, FL. US.
De Palo pa’ Rumba. Centro Cultural de Merida. Yucatan. Mexico.
2000
Leandro Soto Retrospective. Paintings, drawings and Installations. Museo Provincial de Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Deities for the Road. Francis Wolfson Art Gallery. Miami, FL.US.
1999
Poiesis: The Languages of Images. Augusta Savage Gallery. University of Massachusetts. Amherst, Mass.US.
Obbatala. Video-installation. The Atrium. Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley Ma, US
Oshun-Yeye-Kari. Installation. Crew House. Smith College. Northampton Mass US
Oggun Arere. Video Installation. Elli Marsh Art Gallery. Amherst College. Amherst Ma, US
All Over Again. Video Installations. Borgia Gallery. Elms College. Chicopee, Mass.
1998
Ceremonial Lands. Paintings. Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, N.Y.
When the Stone Sings. Mendenhall Art Gallery. Whittier College. Whittier. Ca. US.
1997
Three Installations. Niagara Community College Art Gallery. Niagara Falls. New York. US.
A Glance Over the Garden II. Installations. Big Orbit Art Gallery. Buffalo, N.Y. US.
A Glance Over the Garden. Installations. Art Gallery of the Metropolitan Reference Library. Toronto, Canada.
1993 Exegesis. Inter-American Center Art Gallery. Miami Dade College. Miami, Fl. US.
Transracionales. Nina Menocal Art Gallery. Mexico D.F.
1992
Resonancias de la selva. Ninart Gallery. Mexico D.F.
1991
Sacred Fabrics II. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1987
Leandro Soto. Paintings. Angel Romero Art Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
Leandro Soto’s Drawings. Casa de la Cultura Cubana Art Gallery. Prague, Czechia.
1986
That’s The Way It Is. Havana Art Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1984
Family Altarpiece. Casa de la Cultura de Plaza Gallery and Art Center 23 & 12. Havana, Cuba.
My Father in the Escambray. San Alejandro Visual Arts School. Havana, Cuba.
1982
Guitars. Cuban National Theatre. Havana, Cuba.
1981
Ancestors. Havana Art Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1980
Trastos. Cienfuegos Art Gallery. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
1979
The History of Man told by his Thing and Houses. Cienfuegos Art Gallery, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Osmosis ArtBeat of the Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago.
ArtLab @ the Lowe: 11 Intervisual Cubans. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables. Fl, US.
2019
Havana Biennial. ¨Beyond Utopia¨. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Havana, Cuba
Havana Biennial. ¨Nothing Personal¨. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Havana Cuba.
Havana Biennial. ¨El espejo de los enigmas: apuntes sobre la cubanidad¨. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Havana, Cuba.
El Campesino y los Melomapas: el Mercado Lucas de Gálvez. La Fundación de Artístas Mérida, Yucatán, México.
2018
Dakar Biennial 2018. Museum of Black Civilization. Dakar, Senegal.
Unánime Presencia. Casa México. La Habana, Cuba.
2017
Art vs. Fetishism. Pan American Art Projects. Miami, Florida, US.
Significations. Center of Plastic Arts & Design, Havana, Cuba.
2016
Yo he visto la noche oscura (una pelea cubana). Carlos Garaicoa Open Studio. Madrid, Spain.
Serious Play. Exchange Gallery. Museum and Historical Society. Barbados, W I.
Ensemble sin órganos. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam. Habana, Cuba.
2015
Objects to be Contemplated. Ringling College. Selby Galleries. Sarasota, FL, US.
C.A.F.É XVII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. EBCCI Art Gallery. The University of The West Indies, Barbados. W.I.
Agave y Caña. Instituto Cultural de México. Miami, Fla.
Art Trends. ArtSplash Gallery. Barbados.
2014
Drapetomanía. The 8Th Floor Gallery. New York City, N.Y.
2013
Cachita: The Infinite Lightness of Being. Olga M. Saladrigas Gallery. Ignatian Center for the Arts. Miami, FL, US.
Exposición Encuentro Contemporáneo de Artes Plásticas del Sur-Este. Garrido Canabal Art Gallery. Villahermosa Tabasco, México.
Drapetomanía: homenaje al grupo Antillano. Galería de Arte Universal. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
2012
C.A.F.E. XIV: The Journeys of Artists and Writers of the Cuban Diaspora Project. Cremata Art Gallery, Miami, FL.
C.A.F.E. XV: The Journeys of Artists and Writers of the Cuban Diaspora. NuEdge Gallery. Barbados, W. I.
2011
“Evolution – Revolution”. Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, N.Y.
C.A.F.E. XIII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. The University of The West Indies. EBCCI Art Gallery. Barbados, W.I.
Caribbean Fine Arts Fair. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center. Barbados. W.I.
C.A.F.E XII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Sangre de Cristo Museum and Cultural Art Center. Pueblo, Colorado, US.
Ajiaco: Stirrings of The Cuban Soul. Newark Museum of Art. N.J.
2010
C.A.F.E X: The Journeys of Writers and Artists of the Cuban Diaspora. The University of The West Indies. EBCCI Art Gallery. St. Michael, Barbados, W.I.
C.A.F.E XI: The Journeys of Writers and Artists of the Cuban Diaspora. Marquette University. Milwaukee, Wis.
2009
Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. Lyman Allyn Art Museum. New London, Conn, US.
2008
C.A.F.E VIII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Temple University Art Gallery. Rome Campus. Rome, Italy.
Action not equal to Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000. Museo del Barrio. New York City. N.Y US.
Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today. Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal. Montreal Quebec. Canada.
Implosion. Union Art Gallery. University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Wis
The Imaginary Line. Featuring Shelley Niro, Leandro Soto, Peter Dykhuis, Paula Broswell, Nancy Smith and the Border Film Project. Buffalo Arts Studio Buffalo, N.Y, US.
Lo Nuestro Studio Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, US.
2007
The Force of the Warrior: Homenaje a Juan Francisco Elso Padilla. Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas. Havana, Cuba.
Café VII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. IAP Gallery. Arizona State University. West Campus. Phoenix, Az, US.
Waiting List: Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art. Exit Art. N.Y.C, N. Y.
Café VI: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. The Union Gallery. The University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ, US.
Faces of the Feminine. Casa de la Cultura, Alamos. Sonora. Mexico.
Viaje a la India. Centro de las Artes Visuales. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Killing Art. Exit Art, New York City. N.Y.
2006
Arte de Cuba. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Sao Pablo, Brasil.
Three Cuban Artists. Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az, US.
Waiting List: Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art. Mestna Galerija. Ljublana, Slovenia.
“Shared Visions: India, México & Cuba”. IAP Art Gallery. Arizona State University. West Campus. Phoenix, AZ, US.
What is the Destiny of Cuban Art? Havana Art Biennal 2006. National Museum of Fine Arts. Flavio Garciandia. Curator. Havana, Cuba.
2005
Displaced. The Chocolate Factory. Phoenix, Az. US.
Mapping and Re-mapping the World: Cultural Connections. Permanencia. Cienfuegos Art Museum. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Art Detour 17 Group Show. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az. US.
2004
Karl Kroeppler, Barry Farmer, Steven Campbell, Leandro Soto, Christy Puetz, Lynne Cravath, Jason Hugger, Lisa Albinger, Jeff Juhlin, Ann Tracy-Lopez, Lisa Lee Pearce, Robin Urton, Kyllan Maney. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix, AZ.US.
Corporis et Animae. Rivero Collection. Centro Cultural de Merida Olimpo. Mérida Mexico.
Thunder in The Night: Art Bassel. Miami, Fla, US.
MMAS:The Masters’ Mystery Art Show. Frost Art Museum. Florida International University and Art Basel Miami Beach, Fl. US.
Café IV: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Estrella Mountain Community College. Art Spaces. Phoenix, AZ, US.
Mis.ceg.e.na.tions: a mixture of different races. The Chocolate Factory. Phoenix Az. US.
Interseccions/Intersecciones. An exhibition of Cuban Artists. Yale University. Holcombe Green Jr. Gallery. New Haven, Conn. US.
Hecho en Cuba. Windham Arts Center. Willimantic, Connecticut. US.
Contemporary Cuban Artists from Inside & Outside of Cuba. Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az. US.
Confluencias: Raoul Deal and Leandro Soto. Walker’sPoint Center for the Arts. Milwaukee. Wisc.
Art for Art’s Sake. Eye Lounge Contemporary Artspace. Phoenix, US.
2003
Salida de Emergencia. Centro Cultural el Pailllero. Cadiz. Spain.
Café III: The Journey of Cuban Artists. Arizona State University West. IAP Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az. US.
2002
2002-2003 ASU Herberger School of Art Exhibition. Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, AZ. US.
“Afrocubanísimo”. Francis Wolfson Art Gallery. Miami Dade College. FL. US.
“Café II: The Journey of Cuban Artist”. Gallery of Contemporary Art. University of Colorado, Colorado Spring, Co, US.
Baba: Annual tribute to babalu aye. Lab 6 Gallery. Miami, Fl. US.
Big Orbit Gallery: Ten years of spin on Western New York Art. Anderson Gallery. Buffalo, New York. US.
2001
Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea. Firenze, Italy.
Entre cubanos. Artemira Gallery. Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic.
Oppression. William Blizard Gallery. Springfield College. Springfield, Mass. US.
Trip to Cuba. Marlborough College Art Gallery. Vermont. US.
2000
La gente en casa. VII Havana Biennial. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban American American Collection. Lowe Art Museum. Coral Gables, FL.US.
Breaking Barriers. Snite Museum of Contemporary Art. Notre Dame University. Notre Dame. Indiana, US.
1999
Mark Tobey, Leandro Soto and Jack Youngerman. Warehouse Gallery. Council For Creative Projects. Lee, Mass. US.
Pequeño Formato IV. La Boheme Fine Arts. Miami, Fl. US.
Just Pasta Exhibition. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York. US.
1998
Breaking Barriers. Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Fine Arts. Tampa Museum of Art. Tampa, Florida. US.
Breaking Barriers. Cuban Art Exhibition. Salvador Dalí Museum. St Petersburg, FL, US.
1997
Artists in Representation. La Boheme Fine Art Gallery. Miami, Fl. US.
Niagara. The Castellani Art Museum. Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York. US.
Regional Forecast. The Brew House Space 101. Pittsburgh, Pa.US.
Breaking Barriers: Museum of Fine Arts of Ft. Lauderdale. Permanent Collection of Contemporary Cuban Art. Ft Lauderdale, Fl. US.
1990’s Art From Cuba: An Exhibition of New Work by Cuban Artists. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Buffalo, New York, US.
Obbatala. Installation. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo, New York, US.
1995
Group Show. Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California.US.
Muestra Expoarte Guadalajara 95. Foro Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
1994
Art Miami 94. Weiss-Sori Gallery. Miami, Fl, US.
1993
Made in Cuba. Krings-Ernst Galerie. Cologne. Germany.
1990
The Sculptured Object. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1989
Kitsch. III Havana Biennial. Galiano-Concordia Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
Tribute. III Havana Biennial. Habana del Este Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
Exhibit of Three Worlds. III Havana Biennial. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1988
Roots in Action. New Artists from Cuba. Carrillo Gil Art Museum. Mexico City, Mexico.
Signs in Transition: Art of the 80’s in Cuba. MOCHA. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art. New York City, N.Y. US.
Telarte. Casa de la Cultura Cubana Gallery. Prague, Czechia.
Cuban Painting of Today. Capella de l’Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu. Barcelona, Spain.
1987
Second Havana Biennial. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Iberoamerican Train Projects. Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana. Madrid, Spain.
Havana in Madrid. La Villa Cultural Center. Madrid, Spain
Portrait of Rene Portocarrero. Casa del Fondo de Bienes Culturales. Habana, Cuba.
Cuban Photography Hall. Cienfuegos Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
January First Expo. Cienfuegos Art Gallery. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
1981
Volume One Exhibition. International Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
National Expo of Small Format. Lalo Carrasco Gallery Havana Cuba.
Retrospective of Young Visual Art. Lalo Carrasco Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
The Hopeful Generation. Umetnicki Paviljon Cvijeta Zuzoric. Belgrad, Yugoslavia.
1980
Pintura Fresca. Cienfugos Art Gallery. Cienfuegos Cuba.
Openhouse. Casa de la Cultura Cubana. Prague, Czechia.
National Expo of Young Visual Arts. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1979
Young Visual Arts Expo Carifesta 79. Havana Gallery. Havana, Cuba.