Rubén Torres Llorca (born March 3, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cubanartist specializing in painting, drawing, sculpture, collages, and photography. He studied from 1972 to 1976 at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana and from 1976 to 1981, studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), also in Havana. Torres from 1990 to 1993 resided in Mexico City, Mexico and since 1993 resides in Miami, Florida.
"III Bienal de La Habana", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
"No Por Mucho Madrugar Amanece Mas Temprano", Fototeca De Cuba, La Habana.
1988
"Signs of Transition", Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York, NY.
"Raices en Accion", Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico DF.
1987
"XII Drawing Biennial" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1986
"II Bienal de La Habana", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
1984
"I Bienal de La Habana", Pabellon Cuba, La Habana.
1983
"Sano y Sabroso", Galeria L, La Habana, Cuba.
1982
"Retrospectiva de Arte Joven", Salon Lalo Carrasco, La Habana, Cuba.
1981
"Volumen I", Galeria de Arte Internacional, La Habana, Cuba.
Awards
During his life he had obtained many awards and recognitions, among them we can quote in 1990 the Prize in Curatorship of the International association of Arts Critics (AICA) for Una Mirada Retrospectiva exhibited, in Havana. And in 1997 he was awarded with the Visual and Media Fellowship, for the South Florida Cultural Consortium, Florida.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba. Fototeca de Cuba, La Habana. Ludwig Forum Fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan. Miami Art Museum (MAM), Miami, FL. The Frost Museum, Miami, FL. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Miami, FL. The Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, FL. Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL. Miami Dade College, FL. The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Harbor, NY. MUAC Contemporary Art Museum, UNAM, Mexico DF. Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico DF. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Michoacan, Mexico.