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Hugo Moro was born in Havana, Cuba in 1954. He lived in New York City from the age of 12, there he attended The High School of Art and Design; Pratt Institute; The Fashion Institute of Technology; and The Art Students League. In New York he held various graphic design positions in advertising and publishing. He relocated to Miami Florida in 1999, since then he has visited Cuba with support of Research Travel Grants from Florida International University’s Cuban Research Institute. In 2006 he participated in the IX Havana Biennial invited by the Biennial’s collateral exhibitions committee. In 2009 he participated in the first Ghetto Biennial in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was an artist in residence at Art Center/South Florida in Miami Beach, and an adjunct professor at FIU from 2006 to 2012. He relocated to Seattle in 2014 with Cameron McKenzie his PNW native husband of 32 years, and two old kitties, they and their puppy Jules now live in Tacoma WA.
My work is the product of a recursive and tangential thinking process influenced by elements of genre, outside content, medium, and more.
The work exists in a multitude of forms and is transmitted across multiple media.
Through the examination of the meaning of the materials used, I encourage the viewer to utilize these symbols to explore the complicated nature of storytelling.
Public Art
2023 Tacoma Lights Trail, Tacoma, WA
2020 FLOW 2020, Seattle, WA.
2019 Tukwila Wrap, Tukwila WA.
2018 Slippery, Arts in Parks, Seattle, WA.
2017 Sitting Pretty, Seattle Center Sculpture Walk, Seattle, WA.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 In the Current, 4Culture Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 UP IS WHERE TO GROW, PCAF Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2021 Garden of the Unconceived, METHOD Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 WARP & WOOF, Gallery 4500, Seatttle WA
2010 Ni Ange Nwa, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 Through the Years, Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach, FL
2008 The Bigger Picture, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2007 Black and White, Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2006 Almacén, Frost Museum, FIU, Miami, FL
2005 La Capilla de los Palos, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 BIMA Spotlight, Bainbridge Island, WA
2020 Through Positive Eyes/Seattle, Gates Foundation, Seattle WA
2019 Re:definition. The Latin Diaspora, Part 2. Seattle WA
2017 Puzzle-Out: Nine Across, Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline, WA
2017 PROUD, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2016 Cuban Fried Chicken, MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2014 Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes,
Aluna Art
Foundation, Miami,FL
2013 International Cultural Exchange/Suriname,
Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 Boca Raton Museum of Art 61th Annual
Exhibition,
BRMA, Boca Raton, FL
2011 Cuba Now, 21Century Museum, Louisville, KY
2010 Florida Contemporary 2010, Naples Museum of Art, Naples FL
2009 7000 trees for Haiti, 1rst Ghetto Biennale,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2008 Lotus House Soup Kitchen, Margulis Warehouse, Miami, FL
2007 All-Media Juried Biennial,
Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2006 Almacén, IX Havana Biennial collateral exhibit. Havana, Cuba
2005 Sweet Basil, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2004 It’s For The Birds, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 2nd Annual Miami Art Exchange
Non-Affiliated
Juried Exhibition, Miami, FL
2002 Paraguay Biennial, Asuncion, Paraguay
1989 Annual Members Show, Lower East Side Print Shop, NYC
1986 Ashtray Show, Club 57, NYC
1985 Love Tunnel Installation, El Pueblo Gallery, NYC
1982-86 Assorted performances at The Pyramid Club, NYC
Education
2006 MFA, Florida International University, Miami, FL
2003 BFA, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
1975-78 Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
1974-75 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1970-74 High School of Art and Design, NYC
Collections
WM Sustainability Forum Speakers, John Kerry and Christina Figueras.
Rafael Vignoli, Seattle, WA
Teresa Getty, Seattle WA
Rusty Atlas, Miami, FL
Susan Drake, Oklahoma City, OK
Jerry Herskowitz, Miami, FL
Peter and Nancy Jennet, Napa Valley, CA
Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, Cuba
Nancy Manocherian, New York, NY
Renee Delaplaine, Miami Beach, FL
Liz and Alister Morrison, London, UK
Susan Miller, Aventura, FL
Eduardo Oropesa & Mark Stack, NYC, NY
Francesca Rudin, Montchanin, DE
Elizabeth Schwartz, Miami Beach FL
Julia Santos--Solomon, Woodstock, NY
Marylin Udell, Coral
Gables, FL
Awards and Grants
2023 The Tacoma Artists Initiative Program Grant, WA
2020 Project Grant, 4Culture WA
2019 Preservation Special Projects Grant, 4Culture, WA
2018 Arts in Parks, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, and Office of Arts & Culture, WA
2017 Seattle
Center Sculpture Walk Grant,
Office of Art & Culture, Seattle, WA
2011 First
Prize, Humoratorium: The Art of Whimsy Exhibition,
Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2009 First Prize, All-Media Juried Biennial, ACCH, Hollywood, FL.
2005 Cuban
Research Institute Travel Grant,
Florida International University, Miami,
FL
2004 Cuban
Research Institute Travel Grant,
Florida International University,
Miami,FL
2003 The
League for Innovation National Arts Competition
“Best in Show”.
2003 Finalist, Espirito Santo Plaza Artwork Competition, Miami, FL
2000 Altos
de Chavon, visiting artist, La Romana, DR