He studied art at Miami Dade College, Florida and from 1979 to 1981 he was the director of the Gallery Exposures in Coral Gables, Florida.
The Leighton Inclusion: '70s Rock by photographer Mario Algaze
Individual Exhibitions
1974 - Solo Exhibition, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1977 - “17 Images”, Sociedad Española de la Florida, Miami, FL
1983 - Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
1983 - “Spirit of Place”, Miami Dade Community College, North Campus, Art Gallery, Miami, FL (traveled to Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA in 1984)
1984 - “Little Havana Series”, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
1985 - “The Artist as a Theme”, INTAR Latin American Art Gallery, New York, NY
1986 - “Portraits, Miami Film Festival”, Cuban Museum, Miami, FL
1986 - “Portraits, Latin American Intellectuals”, Books and Books, Coral Gables, FL
1987 - “El Sur”, Miami Dade Community College, North Campus, Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1989 - “Caras”, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami, FL
1989 - “45 Imágenes”, Museo de Antioquía, Medellín, Colombia
1989 - “El Sur”, Fundación del Banco del Comercio, Lima, Perú
1991 - “Portafolio Latinoamericano”, curated by Ricardo Viera, opened at the Guayasamín Foundation, Quito, Ecuador (traveled to Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL; Art Galleries of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Museo Rayo, Roldanillo Valle, Colombia; Art Museum of the Miami University, Oxford, OH, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1991 - “An Exercise in color”, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
1991 - “40 Images”, L'Alliance Française au Perú, Lima, Perú
1992 - “Film Festival Portraits”, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1993 - “Portafolio Latinoamericano”, 2. Internacionale Fototage, Herten, Germany. Sponsored by AGFA and curated by Michael Koetzle
1995 - Solo exhibition at the Fundación Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador. Sponsored by the Alliance Française
1997 - “Portafolio Latinoamericano”, Throckmorton Fine Arts Gallery. New York, NY
1999 - “Sur”, Throckmorton Fine Arts Gallery. New York, NY
1999 - “Sur”, John Cleary Gallery. Houston, TX
1999 - “Sur”, Peter Fetterman Photographic Works of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2001 - “Cuba 1999-2000”, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
2001 - “Cuba 1999-2000”, Books and Books, Coral Cables, FL
2002 - “CUBA 1999-2000”, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2003 - “Mario Algaze, Cuba 1999-2000”, University of California, San Diego, CA
2004 - “Selections from Three Decades of Work”, Missing Link Gallery, Sarasota
2005 - “Southern Exposure”, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Collectives Exhibitions
1978 - "Displaced Cuban Photographers". Washington Projects for The Arts, Washington, D.C.
1978 - Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, California
1979 - “Cuban Photographers”, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC (traveled to Camerawork, San Francisco, CA)
1984 - “Hortt Memorial Exhibition”. Museum Of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1985 - “The Art of Miami”, SECCA Winston-Salem, NCGroup Exhibition of Gallery Artists at Gemini Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1987 - “Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba” Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (traveled to Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY; Art Museum, Miami University, Miami, OH; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL; Atlanta College of Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA)
1987 - “Poetic Visions”. Real Art Ways Space, Hartford, CT
1987 - “Contemporary Figurative American Photography”, Center For The Fine Arts, Miami. FL
1987 - “Intentions and Techniques”, Lehigh University. Bethlehem, PA
1988 - “Of People and Places”, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (traveled to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1989)
1988 - “Photo Glimpses of Hispanic Culture”, Boward Community College, Art Gallery, FL
1988 - “The Image Makers”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, DC
1988 - “Eight from Outside of Cuba”, Barbara Gillman, Miami, FL
1989 - “South Florida in the Eighties”, North Miami Center Of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1989 - “Six in Florida”, North Miami Museum Of Art, North Miami, FL
1990 - “Twenty-Five in Miami”, Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, South Campus, Miami, FL
1990 - “Fact and Fiction: The State of Florida Photography”, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (traveled to Museum Of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL; Florida State University Fine Arts Gallery and Museum, Tallahassee, FL; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami. FL; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL)
1991 - “Cuba-USA: First Generation”, curated by Fondo del Sol Gallery, Washington, DC, opened at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (traveled to Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN)
1991 - “Directors Choice”, South Florida Cultural Consortium Artist Fellowship Recipients, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1991 - “Other Times, Other Places”, Main Public Library, Miami, FL
1992 - “1991 SAF/NEA Regional Fellowships In Photography”, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1994 - “Portafolio Latinoamericano”, Houston Fotofest, Houston, TX. Curated by Ricardo Viera
State University. Curated by Tom Callas and Linda Centell
1995 - “Magic Moments: 40 Years of Leica M”, traveled to New York, Paris, Milano, Tokyo, Cologne, Bath, Vienna, Montreux, Luxembourg, Oslo, Beirut, Frankfurt
1995 - “Cintas Fellowship Exhibition”, Southeastern Center for Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
1997 - “American Voices”, Smithsonian International Gallery, Washington, DC. Curated by Ricardo Viera
1997 - “Once Removed: The Photograph in Contemporary Cuban-American Art”, California
1999 - “Theater of the Memory”, Five Cuban American Artist Photographers, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL. Curated by Ricardo Viera
2000 - “Latin American Photographers”, El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY. Curated by Ricardo Viera
2001 - "A Painting for Over the Sofa (that's not necessarily a painting)"; Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida.
2001 - “Del Sur”, Miami Dade Public Library system, Miami, FL. Curated by Barbara Young
2002 - “One Hundred Photographs”, A collection by Bruce Bernard, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
2002 - “Three Visions of Perú”, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY. Traveled to MOPA, San Diego, CA
2003 - “Three Visions of Perú”, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - “100 Great Photographs”, Victoria and Albert Museum, Traveled to Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, England
Awards
1980 - Best in Show Award, Art Auction, WPBT Channel 2; Miami, Florida