Circular Reflections

Antonio Guerrero bridges Cuban history with a broader planetary consciousness through appropriated classical European figurative traditions and contemporary historical iconography. His large-format mixed-media work reprocesses familiar cultural symbols, archetypes, and historical figures through surreal symbolism and recognizable figuration, engaging themes of translocation, freedom, and survival.

• Academic Foundations: Born in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1968. He developed his skills autodidactically in an art-focused household rather than through formal institutional art-school training.
• Institutional Service & Parallel Disciplines: Drafted into the Cuban military in 1986, he served in Ethiopia until 1988. After returning to Cuba, he worked as an artisan and developed skills in woodcarving, metal engraving, and commercial sculpture.
• Exile, Translocation & Relocations: On March 31, 1992, Guerrero escaped from the Matanzas coast by raft with his cousin and a close friend. After five days at sea they were rescued. He initially lived with family in Hialeah before establishing his permanent studio.
• Current Status: He resides and works from his home studio in Miami Beach, Florida, and maintains an active international practice.

• The “Balseros” (Rafters) Allegorical Paintings: Works rooted in his 1992 maritime escape from Cuba, using classical portrait structures and surreal scale shifts to address exile and translocation.
• Spiritual Globalism & Cosmic Surrealism: Paintings using geometric light, floating anatomical elements, symbolic wildlife, and saturated color to explore existence and human resilience.

• 2015: Antonio Guerrero: Newest Paintings, Wynwood Exhibition Center, Miami.
• 2010: I Live on a Red Planet, Touch Muah Gallery, Miami Beach.
• 2010: Exile on Main Street, US Century Bank Gallery, Miami Beach.
• 2010: Evolution: 20 Years in the Making, AbaHouse Art Gallery, Doral.
• 2010: Individual Showcase, Ivan Galindo Art Studio, Miami.
• 2010: Staged Passages, Condesa Gym, Dance and Theater Center, Miami.

• 2026: Circular Reflections, Westchester Regional Library, Miami.
• 2025: Theaters of Silence, Intercontinental Hotel Gallery, Miami.
• 2025: Circular Reflections, St. Thomas University, Miami.
• 2018: Ceaseless Stream: Art in Exile, ART/ifact Gallery, Lakeland.
• 2014: Florida Contemporary, The Baker Museum, Naples.
• 2013: Contemporary Cuban Exhibition, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• 2011: International Fine Art Fair, Art Naples, Naples.
• 2011: Palm Beach Art Fair, West Palm Beach.
• 2010: MIA Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center.
• 2010: Two Artists, Same Dream, US Century Bank Gallery, Coral Gables.
• 2009: Milla 45, Leal Gallery, Miami.
• 1996: Cubans in Exile, United States Congress / House Office Buildings, Washington, D.C.
• 1995: The Rafters of 92, Vanidades Magazine Gallery, Miami.

• 2005: Third Prize Award, Just Paint International Online Juried Art Exhibition, ArtRome Gallery, Rome.
• 1996: Congressional Artistic Recognition, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

• 2026: Catálogo: Reflexiones Circulares [Curaduría: Miguel Rodez]. InCUBAdora.
• 2025: Rodez, Miguel. Circular Reflections: Cuban Art Documentation Project. St. Thomas University Press.
• 2016: “Antonio Guerrero, Cuba.” Africanah.
• 2015: Llanes, Reynier. Voices of an Island: The Reynier Llanes Art Collection.
• 2011: “WUM Interview: Antonio Guerrero, Living in a Red Planet.” What’s Up Miami.

• The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida.
• The Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Miami.
• The José Martí Foundation Permanent Art Registry, Florida International University.
• The United States Congressional Legislative Art Archive, Washington, D.C.
• The MAC Fine Art Global Registry, Fort Lauderdale.