Cesar Santos-(b. 1982) Cuban-American, studied at Miami Dade College and the New World School of the Arts before travelling to Florence, where he trained at the Angel Academy of Art under the tutelage of Michael John Angel a student of Pietro Annigoni. He returned to Miami, where he developed his philosophy of marrying both the classical and the modern juxtaposed within one painting. His influences range from the Renaissance to the masters of the nineteenth century to Modernism. With superb technique, he infuses a harmony between the natural and the conceptual to create works that are provocative and dramatic. He has been the recipient of numerous accolades including a first place award from a competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Santos has had exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America, including the Villa Bardini Museum in Florence, Italy, the National Gallery in Costa Rica and the Frost Art Museum in Miami, Florida.

AWARDS

2011 Plain Air
Best in Oil
"Sagamore Beach"

ACOPAL
Grand Prize
"Out of the Square"

American Artist Magazine
10 Cover Contest Winners
"Temperance"

2010 Southwest Art Magazine
First Place
"21 Under 31"
"Young Versed"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
"The Time We Met Contest,"
First Place
"Dancers"

Portrait Society of America
Drawing Category,
Honorable Mention
"Day Dreamer"

2009 Greenhouse Gallery
Salon International
Honorable Mention
"After the Moon"

Greenhouse Gallery
Salon International
"Jury's Top Fifty"
"After the Moon"

2007 Art Renewal Center
4th International Competition
Still Life Category,
Honorable Mention
"Installment"


COMMISSIONS

Annigoni's Biographer
Gilberto Grilli
Portrait Commission
 
Frost Art Museum
Presidential Portrait

Miami International Film Festival

Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami

Miami International Ballet Festival

PUBLICATIONS

2011 American Artist
By James Duncan
"Competition at Sagamore Hill"

American Art Collector
"Syncretism"

2010 Poets and Artists
Interview with Grace Cavalieri

Fine Art Connoisseur
"New Impressions"

American Art Collector
"Partigiano Savonese"

2009 Cernuda Arte
"Important Cuban Artworks, Volume VII"

2008 Cernuda Arte
"Important Cuban Artworks, Volume VI"

Miami International Film Festival Catalogue
"Celebrating 25 Years"

Grandi Artisti alle Ceramiche San Giorgio
di Albisola
"La Fabrica dei Sogni"

2007 Art Renewal Center
Fourth Annual Competition Catalogue

El Nuevo Herald
"Galeria"

Miami Dade College Forum
"The Real and Surreal"

Cernuda Arte
"Important Cuban Artworks, Volume V"

Diario Las Americas
Numero 157

Arte Latinoamericano
Numero 12

2006 El Nuevo Herald
"Rebanbaramba: de Fiesta la Poesia"

Metropolis Newspaper, Volume 33 (cover)
Miami Dade College


COLLECTIONS

Frost Art Museum
Miami, Florida

Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida

Eden Rock Marriott
Miami Beach, Florida

Cristina Saralegui -
television personality

Eduardo J. Padron -
President of Miami Dade College


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Swedish Academy of Realist Art
Instructor of Drawing & Painting
Education:
Hudson River Fellowship,
New York
Angel Academy of Art,
Florence, Italy
New World School of the Arts, Florida
Miami Dade College, AFA, Florida

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011 National Gallery
San Jose, Costa Rica
"Paisajes Recientes"
One-Man Exhibition

2011 Oxenberg Fine Arts
Miami, Florida
International Art Exhibition

2011 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
Chelsea, New York
"Syncretism"
One-Man Exhibition

2011 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
New York, New York
International Spring Salon

2011 Oxenberg Fine Arts
Miami, Florida
"Beyond Realism"
One-Man Exhibition

2010 Greenhouse Gallery
San Antonio, Texas
Salon International

2010 Greenhouse Gallery
San Antonio, Texas
"New Impressions"
One-Man Exhibition

2010 Wendt Gallery
Laguna Beach, California
"Champions of Realism"

2010 Galeria Arte Libre
Zaragoza, Spain
"Mas Alla del Realismo"

2010 Cavalier Galleries
Miami, Florida
"Red Dot"

2010 Waterhouse Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
"Great American Figurative Artists"

ArtHamptons
Bridgehampton, New York

2010 Villa Bardini
Florence, Italy
"Annigoni's Legacy"

2010 Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
"Arte Américas" The Latin American Art Fair

2010 Cavalier Gallery
Palm Beach, Florida
Art & Antique Show

2010 Cavalier Galleries
Greenwich, Connecticut
"Reviving Realism, Contemporary Masters
of the Classical Tradition"

2010 Cremata Gallery
Miami, Florida
"Abstractomicina"

2009 Greenhouse Gallery
San Antonio, Texas
Salon International

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
"Arte Américas" The Latin American Art Fair

2008 Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
"Arte Américas" The Latin American Art Fair

Casa del Mantegna
Mantova, Italy
"La Fabrica Dei Sogni"

2007 Puck Building
New York, New York
International Caribbean Art Fair

Cernuda Arte
Coral Gables, Florida
"Images of Women in Cuban Art"

Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
ArtDC

Puerto Rico Convention Center
San Juan, Puerto Rico
"Circa"

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
"Arte Américas" The Latin American Art Fair

Cernuda Arte
Coral Gables, Florida
"Important Cuban Artworks"

Miami Beach Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida
Art Miami

2006 Cernuda Arte
Coral Gables, Florida
"La Barbacoa"

Galleria di San Niccolo
Florence, Italy
Spring Show

Uffizi Center
Florence, Italy
"Florecimiento"

2005 Angel Academy of Art
Florence, Italy
Annual Exhibition