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SELECTED PERFORMANCES
Olorum III: Isis. Durga. Yemaya. Lyman Art Museum. New London, CT
2009
Ispirazione Italiana. Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Gallery.
Arizona State Univiersity West. Phoenix, Arizona.
From India to Tabasco. Villahermosa Cultural Center. Villahermosa,
Tabasco, Mexico
Philip Curtis. Phoenix Museum of the Arts. Phoenix, Arizona
2008
From the East to the West: Characters in the Desert. Phoenix Art
Museum at Philips Curtis Gallery. Phoenix, AZ.
Olorum II: Isis.Durga.Yemaya.Guadalupe. UWM Union Art Gallery,
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Wisc.
Olorum I: Isis.Durga.Yemaya. Conference of Afro-Romance Film and
Culture. Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri at Columbia.
Columbia, Mo.
Kachireme. Video-Installation Performance, at
2007
Interdisciplinary Art and Performance Art Gallery. ASU West, Phoenix, Az.
Shakti. Video-installation Performance. Casa de la Cultura, Alamos
Sonora State, Mexico.
The Artist, The Harlequin, The Cook, and The Chef. Honoring Caf VII:
The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Westin Kierland Resort. Phoenix, Az.
Allegro Ma Non Troppo. Performance created and directed by Leandro
Soto. Set and Costume Design by Leandro Soto. Teatro Caliente Theater
Festival. Phoenix, Az.
Elegua Caf . Visual Theater Performance directed and created by
Leandro Soto. Costume design by Leandro Soto. African Festival at
Arizona State University West Campus. Phoenix, Az
Shakti. Performance by Leandro Soto. Costume Design by Leandro Soto.
at Paulina Miller Gallery Phoenix. Az.
Cantamus Poetique. Performance At Esperanza Community Collegial
Academy, during the opening art exhibition Esperanzarte . Phoenix, Az.
Ireme in the Desert. Performance at Paulina Miller Gallery.
2006
Phoenix, Arizona.
Ritual for the Arts: Calling Ganesha. Performance Director: Leandro
Soto. Set and Costume Design by Leandro Soto. Global Arts Village, New
Delhi, India.
Fusion: Trip to India. Visual Theater by Leandro Soto. Set, Costume and
Scene Painting by Leandro Soto. Second Stage West. Arizona State
University West. Phoenix, Arizona.
Love, Faith, Ritual, and Healing. Group Ritual Performance. Arizona
State University West. Phoenix, Arizona.
Efi Visiting the Desert. Visual Theater by Leandro Soto. Set and
Costume Design and Scene Painting by Leandro Soto. Second Stage
West. Arizona State University at West Phoenix, Arizona.
Calling Elegua/Ganesha. Performance/Installation. Global Art Village,
New Delhi. India.
Art to Life! Performance/Installation. Phoenix Art Museum. Philip C.
Curtis Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
So Surreal II! Performance at Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
2005
Touch & Go. Performance at Arcosanti, Colly Soleri Music Center,with the
support/collaboration of Human Nature Dance Theater. Arcosanti, Az.
Cantamus Poetique. Poetry Performance Art Group. Presentations at:
Teatro Caliente Experimental Theater Festival,Modified Arts. Phoenix, Az.
Cantamus Poetique. IAP Art Gallery at ASU West. Phoenix, Az.
Abakua Blessing. Solo Performance at Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa
Center. Mesa, Az.
So Surreal! Performance at the Exhibition; Dream On: Surrealism and
Beyond from the Phoenix Art Museum Collection. Phoenix Art Museum.
Phoenix, Az.
A Postmodern Fortune Teller II. Performance-video-installation with
the participation of the audience. Eastern Connecticut State University.
Willimantic, Conn
Fine Arts on Stage: A look inside the artist inner worlds of
2004
imagination. Visual Theater Performancde. Created and directed by
Leandro Soto for the opening night of the Theater Design Exhibition.
Diaspora. Performance created and directed by Leandro Soto. Set
and Costume Design. Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Gallery.
Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Arizona.
A Postmodern Fortune Teller II. By Leandro Soto. A Solo Performance/
Video/installation. Set and Costume Design. Eastern Connecticut State
University. Willimantic, Conn.
Confluencias: Leandro Soto and Raoul Deal. Performance directed
and created by both interdisciplinary artists. Set and Costume Design:
Leandro Soto. Walker s Point Center for the Arts. Milwaukee, Wisc.
The Artist s Dream. Performance/Video/Installation. Chanler
Center for the Art. Chandler, Az.
A Postmodern Fortune Teller. Performance-video-installation.
Teatro Caliente. A Festival of New Southwest Performances. Modified Art.
Phoenix, Az.
Elegua Abre Camino: Meferefun Cuba. Arizona State University West.
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Phoenix, Az.
Ono No Komachi: The Evanescing Effect of Time. Directed and
2003
Costume Design by Leandro Soto. Paulina Miller Art Gallery. Phoenix,
Arizona
A Pluribus Unum III. Performance-video-installation. Miami Dade
College. Miami. Fla.
A Pluribus Unum II. A Solo Video/Performance by Leandro Soto. Set and
Costume Design. Gallery of Contemporary Art and Black Box Theater.
Ohio State University, Department of Theater. Ohio.
Ono No Komachi: The Evanescing Effect of Time. Paulina Miller Studio
Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Elegua in Phoenix. Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Az.
Caf Desire. Performance/Painting with musician Daniel Lentz. La Sala.
Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Az.
Oggun s Artifacts II. Performance/Video/Installation by Leandro Soto.
2002
Set and Costume Design. Gallery of Contemporary Art at University of
Colorado at Colorado Spring, Colorado
Eleggua in Phoenix. Performance-video-installation. Gallery of Art at
University of Arizona West. Phoenix, Az.
A Pluribus Unum II. Performance-video-installation. Mount Hall Studio
Theater. Ohio State University. College of Arts, Columbus, Ohio.
A Pluribus Unum. Performance-video-installation. Black Box Theater.
Mount Holyoke College. Mass.
Liborio Wants to Escape. Performance-video-Installation. King Juan
Carlos I of Spain Center. New York University. N.Y.C.
Liborio Wants to Escape. Performance-video-Installation. Walker s Point
Center for the Arts. Milwaukee, Wi.
Oggun s Artifacts. Video/Performance. Warehouse Gallery, Miami, Fl.
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Liborio Wants to Escape. Performance-video- installation. M.D.C.C.
Wolfson Campus. Miami, FL.
Liborio Wants to Escape. Performance-video- insallation. Centro
2001
Cultural Quinta San Jose. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Liborio Wants to Escape. Performance-Video-Installation. Intersection
II. New World Theater. Center for the Arts. University of Mass. Amherst.
Mass.
Liborio Wants To Escape. Performance-Video-Installation-Performance.
2000
Black Box Theater at Rooke Theater. Mount Holyoke College. Mass,
Oshun Yeye Kari. Performance-Artist Talk. Smith College.
Northampton, Mass.
Del monte me estan llamando. Black Box at Rooke Theater Mount
1999
Holyoke College. Mass.
Man of Rabbinal: The Mayan Dance of the Trumpets and Sacrifice.
1998
Mayan Cultures at the Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect Conference.
Ellicott Complex, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, NY.
Yemay . Eliana Ortega Cultural Art Center. Mt. Holyoke College.
South Hadley, Mass.
Orishas in New York. Big Orbit Gallery. Buffalo, NY.
1997
E-motions. XII International Hispanic Theater Festival. Avante
Theater. Coral Gables, Fl.
E- Motions. The Fringe, Toronto s Theater Festival. The Robert Gill
Theatre. Canada.
E-motions. Center for the Arts. Black Box, Buffalo, NY.
1996
E-Motions. Center for the Arts. Miami, Fl.
1995
Dance Anima II. Tabasco Fair. Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
1994
Dance Anima I. Tamulte de las Sabanas Square. Tabasco, Mexico.
1993
Dance of the Emotions. Street performance. Mexico City Park. Mexico
1992
City, Mexico.
Shaman s Dance. Street Performance. Puxcatan Square. Tacotalpa,
1991
Tabasco, Mexico.
Chol Shaman s Dances. Oaxaca City. Street Performance. Oaxaca,
1990
Mexico.
The Dance of Rain. Galer a el Jaguar Despertado. Villahermosa,
1989
Tabasco, Mexico.
Inside the Mayan Temple. Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico.
1988
The Dance of Rain. Uxmal Archeological Site. Yucat n, M xico.
1986
Pogolotti-Brecht. Group Performance. National Museum of Fine Arts.
Havana, Cuba.
Life of Galileo Galilei. Group Performance. Hubert de Blank
1985
Theatre Hall. Based on Bertold Brecht s Galileo Galilei. Havana, Cuba
Campamento. Group Performance. State Museum of Santa Clara. Santa.
Clara, Cuba.
Frontiers and My Father in the Escambray. Rita Montaner Theater.
1984
Havana, Cuba.
My Father in the Escambray. San Alejandro Visual Arts School. Havana,
1983
Cuba.
Mutant on Zero Avenue. Volumen uno exhibition. Havana Gallery.
1981
Havana, Cuba.
Ancestors. Museo de Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba.
1980
Mutant on Zero Avenue. Street Performance. Avenida Cero.
1979
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Man and the Ropes. Street Performance. Avenida Cero. Cienfuegos,
Cuba.
Ancestors. Street performance. Laguna Park. Cienfuegos, Cuba
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SELECTED VISUAL ARTS SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Ispirazione Italiana. Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Art Gallery.
2009
Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Az.
De la India a Tabasco. Centro Cultural de Villahermosa. Vsa, Tabasco,
Mexico.
Leandro Soto Afro-retrospective: Selection of artworks honoring to
the African Heritage. Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Art Gallery.
Arizona State University West. Phoeix, Az.
Por amor a la poes a hisp nica/For the Love of Hispanic Poetry .
2008
Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Gallery. Arizona State University
West Campus. Phoenix, Az.
Abacua: The Signs of Power. Interdisciplinary and Performance
2007
Art Gallery. Arizona State University West. Az.
Leandro Soto:The Indian Experience. Paulina Miller Gallery.
Phoenix, Az.
Leandro Soto. Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
2006
Arte Latinoamericano: Leandro Soto. Arizona State University,
Memorial Union Gallery. Voces convergentes . Tempe, Az.
Leandro Soto. Ananda Hall. Global Arts Village. New Delhi, India.
Enviroments: From Cuba to Arizona. Paulina Miller Gallery
2005
Phoenix, Az.
Leandro Soto: Scenarios; Art works for the Cuban Theater
2004
How Visual Arts Influence the Stage. Chandler Center for the Arts.
Chandler, Az.
Mapping Arizona. Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Art Gallery.
Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Az.
Leandro Soto: Retrospective of a Contemporary Cuban Artist.
2003
Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Leandro Soto: Radical Cuban Theater. Hopkins Hall Gallery. College of
2002
Arts. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Cuba 1902-2002: The Centenary of the Cuban Republic. Paintings,
Drawings & installation. Blanchard Art Gallery. Mount Holyoke College,
Mass.
Leandro Soto: Images from the Cuban Exile. Paintings and
Video installations. Beard Gallery. Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
The Destiny of an Island. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
South Hadley, Mass.
Oggun s Artifacts. Paintings & Video/Installation. Warehouse
2001
Gallery. Miami, Fl.
De Palo pa Rumba. Drawings, paintings, installation. Centro
Cultural de Merida. Yucatan. Mexico.
Leandro Soto Retrospective. Paintings, drawings and
2000
Installations. Museo Provincial de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Deities for the Road. Paintings and installations. M.D.C.C. Francis
Wolfson Gallery. Miami, Fl.
Poiesis: The Languages of Images. Augusta Savage Gallery. University
1999
of Massachusetts. Amherst, Mass.
Obbatala. Video-installation. The Atrium, Mount Holyoke College. South
Hadley, Mass.
Oshun-Yeye-Kari. Installation. Crew House. Smith College.
Northampton, Mass.
Oggun Arere. Video Installation. Elli Marsh Gallery. Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
All Over Again. Video Installations. Borgia Gallery. Elms College.
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Chicopee, Mass.
Ceremonial Lands. Paintings. Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, NY.
1998
When the Stone sings. Paintings. Mendenhall Gallery. Whittier College.
Whittier. Ca.
Three Installations. Niagara County Community College Art Gallery.
1997
Niagara Falls. New York.
A Glance Over the Garden II. Installations. Big Orbit Gallery. Buffalo,
New York.
A Glance Over the Garden. Installations. Art Gallery of the Metropolitan
Reference Library. Toronto,Canada.
Exegesis. Inter-American Center Gallery. M.D.C.C. Miami, Fl.
1993
Transracionales. Nina Menocal Gallery. Mexico D.F.
Resonancias de la selva. Ninart Centro de Cultura. Mexico D.F.
1992
Sacred Fabrics II. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1991
Treasure of Tamulte: An Experiment on Teaching Visual Arts to
Native Mexican. Casa de las Americas. Havana, Cuba
Leandro Soto. Paintings. Angel Romero Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
1987
Leandro Soto s Drawings. Casa de la Cultura Cubana Gallery. Prague,
Czech Republic
That s The Way It Is. Havana Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
1986
Family Altarpiece. Casa de la Cultura de Plaza Gallery and Art Center
1984
23 & 12. Havana, Cuba.
My Father in the Escambray. San Alejandro Visual Arts School. Havana,
1983
Cuba.
Guitars. Cuban National Theatre- Reception Hall. Havana, Cuba.
1982
Ancestors. Havana Gallery. Exhibition. Havana, Cuba
1981
VISUAL ART GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Action not equal to Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas,
2009
1960-2000. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Mexico. D. F. Mexico
Ajiaco: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul. Lyman Allyn Museum. New
London, Conn.
C.A.F.E X: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. University of Puerto Rico.
Arecibo Campus. Puerto Rico.
Action not equal to Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas,
1960- 2000. Museo Amparo. Puebla. Mexico.
C.A.F.E VIII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Gallery of Art, Temple
2008
University Rome Campus. Rome, Italy.
Bridge to the Americas. Spiritual and Religious Practices. Museum of
Latin American Art. Long Beach, Ca.
Action not equal to Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-
2000. Featuring: Guillermo Gomez Pe a, Coco Fusco,
Leandro Soto, Tania Bruguera among others. El Museo del Barrio.
New York City.
Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today. Mus e des Beaux
Arts de Montr al. Montreal Quebec. Canada.
Implosion. Union Art Gallery. University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wisc.
The Imaginary Line. Buffalo Arts Studio. Featuring Shelley Niro,
Leandro Soto, Peter Dykhuis, Paula Broswell, Nancy Smith and the
Border Film Project. Buffalo, NY.
C.A.F.E IX: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Lo Nuestro Studio
Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
The Force of the Warrior: Homenaje a Juan Francisco Elso Padilla.
2007
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Centro Provincial de Artes Pl sticas. Havana, Cuba.
CafeVII: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. IAP Gallery. Arizona State
University West. Phoenix, Az.
Waiting List: Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art.
Exit Art. New York City.
Caf VI: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. The Union Gallery.
The University of Arizona. Tucson, Az.
Faces of the Feminine. Casa de la Cultura, Alamos. Sonora. Mexico.
Viaje a la India. Centro de las Artes Visuales. Hermosillo, Sonora,
Mexico.
Killing Art. Exit Art, New York City.
Arte de Cuba. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Sao Pablo, Brasil
2006
Three Cuban Artists. Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Waiting List: Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art. Mestna
Galerija. Ljublana, Slovenia.
Shared Visions: India, M xico & Cuba . Interdisciplinary and
Performance Art Gallery. Arizona State University. Phoenix Az.
What is the Destiny of Cuban Art? Havana Biennal 2006, National
Museum of Art. Flavio Garciandia. Curator. Havana, Cuba.
Displaced. The Chocolate Factory. Phoenix, Az.
2005
Mapping and Re-mapping the World: Cultural Connections
Permanencia. Cienfuegos Art Museum. Centro provincial del patrimonio
cultural. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Art Detour 17 Group Show. Paulina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Karl Kroeppler, Barry Farmer, Steven Campbell,
2004
Leandro Soto, Christy Puetz, Lynne Cravath, Jason Hugger, Lisa
Albinger, Jeff Juhlin, Ann Tracy-Lopez, Lisa Lee Pearce, Robin Urton,
Kyllan Maney. Paullina Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Corporis et Animae. Coleccion Manolo Rivero. Centro Cultural de Merida
Olimpo. Yucatan, Mexico.
Thunder in The Night: Art Bassel 2004. Miami, Fl.
MMAS:The Masters Mystery Art Show. Florida International University
Art Gallery with Art Basel Miami Beach Miami, Fl.
Caf IV: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Estrella Mountain Community
College s Art Spaces. Phoenix, Az.
Mis.ceg.e.na.tions: a mixture of different races. The Chocolate Factory
(Grand Opening). Phoenix, Az.
Interseccions/Intersecciones. An exhibition of Cuban Artists. Yale
University School of Arts. Holcombe Green Jr. Gallery. New Haven, Conn.
Hecho en Cuba. Windham Arts Center. Willimantic, Connecticut.
Contemporary Cuban Artists from Inside & Outside of Cuba. Paulina
Miller Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
Confluencias: Raoul Deal and Leandro Soto. Walker sPoint
Center for the Arts. Milwaukee. Wisc,
Art for Art s Sake. Eye Lounge, Contemporary Artspace.
Phoenix, Az.
Salida de Emergencia. Centro Cultural el Pailllero. Fundacion
2003
Municipal de Cultura del Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Cadiz. Spain.
Caf III: The Journey of Cuban Artists. Arizona State University West
Art Gallery. Phoenix, Arizona.
2002-2003 ASU Herberger School of Art. Faculty
2002
Exhibition. Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, Az
Tempe, Az.
Afrocuban simo . Francis Wolfson Art Gallery. Miami Dade Community
College. Fl.
Caf II: The Journey of Cuban Artist . Gallery of Contemporary Art.
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University of Colorado, Colorado Spring, Co
Baba: Annual tribute to babalu aye. Lab 6.Miami, Fl.
Big Orbit Gallery: Ten years of spin on Western New York Art.
Anderson Gallery. Buffalo, New York.
Biennale Internazionale dell Arte Contemporanea. Citta di Firenze,
2001
Italy.
Entre cubanos. Artemira Gallery. Santo Domingo. Republica
Dominicana.
Oppression. William Blizard Gallery. Springfield College. Springfield,
Mass.
Trip to Cuba. Marlborough College Art Gallery. Vermont.
La gente en casa. VII Biennial of Havana. Museo Nacional. Havana,
2000
Cuba.
From Modern to Contemporary: Cuban and Cuban American Art from
the Collection of the Lowe Art Museum. Lowe Museum. Coral Gables,
Fl.,
Breaking Barriers. Snite Museum of Art of Contemporary Art. Notre
Dame University. Notre Dame. Ind.
Mark Tobey, Leandro Soto and Jack Youngerman at the Warehouse
1999
Gallery. Council For Creative Projects. Lee, Mass.
Peque o Formato IV. La Boheme Fine Arts. Miami, Florida
Just Pasta Exhibition. Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New
York.
Breaking Barriers. Selections from the Permanent Collection of
1998
the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Fine Arts. Tampa Museum of Art.
Tampa, Florida.
Breaking Barriers. Cuban Art Exhibition. Salvador Dal Museum. St
Petersburg, Fl.
Group Show. Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California.
Artists in Representation. La Boheme Fine Art Gallery. Miami, Fl..
1997
Niagara. The Castellani Art Museum. Niagara University, Niagara Falls,
1997
New York.
Regional Forecast. The Brew House Space 101. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Breaking Barriers: Museum of Fine Arts of Ft. Lauderdale. Permanent
1997
Collection of Contemporary Cuban Art. Ft Lauderdale, Fl.
1990 S Art From Cuba: An Exhibition of New Work by Cuban Artists.
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Buffalo, New York.
Obbatala. Installation. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo, New
York.
Art Miami 94. Miami Beach Convention Center. Weiss-Sori
1994
Gallery. Miami, Fl..
Made in Cuba. Krings Ernt Gallery. Cologne. Germany.
1993
The Sculptured Object. Center for the Development of Visual Arts.
1990
Havana, Cuba.
Kitsch. Third Biennial of Havana. Galiano-Concordia Art Center.
1989
Havana, Cuba.
Tribute. Third Biennial of Havana. Habana del Este Art Center.
Havana, Cuba.
Exhibit of Three Worlds. Third Biennial of Havana. National
Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
Roots in Action. New Artists from Cuba. Carrillo Gil Art Museum.
1988
Mexico City, Mexico.
Signs in Transition: Art of the 80 s in Cuba. Mocha
Contemporary Museum of Hispanic Art. New York, N.Y.
Telarte. Casa de la Cultura Cubana Gallery. Prague, Czechia.
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Cuban Painting of Today. Capella de l Antic Hospital de la
Santa Creu. Barcelona, Spain.
Second Biennial of Havana. National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana,
1987
Cuba.
Iberoamerican Train Projects. Instituto de Cooperaci n Iberoamericana.
Madrid, Spain.
Havana in Madrid. La Villa Cultural Center. Madrid, Spain
Volume One Exhibition. International Art Center. Havana, Cuba.
1981
SELECTED AWARDS
2007 Stars Award 2006. Student Affairs Recognition of Service Award. Arizona
State University, West Campus .Phoenix, Arizona.
Certificate of Appreciation: Honors Disciplinary Faculty.
Barrett, The Honors College Arizona State University. Az.
Selected as Board Member of the Phoenix Commission for the Arts by the
City Mayor. Phoenix, Az
2004 Certificate of Achievement. Arizona State University. Symposium
Pluralidades discursivas, linguisticas y culturales . Phoenix, Az.
Certificate of Appreciation. Arizona State University West. Valuable
participation on the Black History Month Committee.
Certificate of Appreciation. Black History Moth Committee 2003. Phoenix,
Arizona State University West. Az.
1997 Acknowledgment of Distinction for E.Motions performance
Conferred by the XII International Hispanic Theater Festival.
Coral Gables, Fl..
Outstanding Set Design. Conferred by 7th Annual Artie Awards. Buffalo, NY
1994 Acknowledgment of Distinction for performance as Director of the
International Art Exchange Program. Conferred by the Consulate of
Mexico and Centro Cultural Paso del Norte. El Paso, Texas.
1993 Acknowledgment of Appreciation. Conferred by Instituto Nacional
Indigenista for Anthropological research and artistic contribution to
the State of Tabasco, Mexico.
1987 Acknowledgment of Distinction at the Visual Artists on the Stage,
Documenta 8. Kassel, Germany.
Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design Award. Prague. Czechia.
1984 Acknowledgment from Japan International Artists Society at Urasoe City
Cultural Center given by Mayer of Urasoe City, Japan.
Drawing Award. International Biennial of Artwork on Paper Buenos Aires,
1983
Argentina.
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2008 Artist Carrear Development Grant. Arizona Commission for the Arts.
Phoenix, Az.
Travel Grant. Phoenix Commission for the Arts. Phoenix, Az.
2006 Fellowship. Global Arts Village. New Delhi, India.
2005-06 Redefining Displacement Multidisciplinary Art Grant Award from Arizona
State University West. Az.
2003 Arizona State University West Creative/Research Grant Award SRCA.
Phoenix, Az.
Arizona Commission for the Arts. Research Grant. Phoenix, Az.
2001 Faculty Research Grant Award. Mt Holyoke College, Mass.
2000 Faculty Research Grant. For Creative Research. Mt. Holyoke
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College. South Hadley, Mass.
Grant Award for Creative Work. Mount Holyoke College. South
1999
Hadley, Mass.
SELECTED TEACHING
2002-present Senior Lecturer/Artist in Residence. Arizona State University West.
Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department. Phoenix, Az..
1998-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor. Mount Holyoke College. Department of
Theater Arts. South Hadley, Mass.
1996-1998 Artist-in-Residence/Lecturer. State University of New York at
Buffalo. Department of Theater Arts. Courses: Visual Imagination;
Principles of Design; Costume Design; Visual Arts on Stage. Conducted
Independent Studies and directed Graduate students thesis in Visual Art
Department. Project Director for Interdisciplinary Studies among: Visual
Art, Theater, Anthropology and English Departments. Amherst, N.Y.
1992-1994 Instructor. C.E.I.B.A: Research Institute of Culture. Tabasco
Institute of Culture. Villahermosa, Tabasco, M xico.
1982-1986 Adjunct Professor. University of Havana. School of Dramatic Arts.
Instituto Superior de Arte. Havana, Cuba.
1979-1980 Art instructor. Casa de la Cultura de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
SELECTED ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2005-06 Artist-in-Residence at Esperanza Charter High School. Community
Based project. Sponsored by Displacement Art grant. Phoenix, Az.
Artist-in-Residence Art Workshops. Cultural Connections Trough Art
Program. Scottsdale Center for The Arts. Community based
program. Scottsdale. Az.
Artist-in-Residence/Art Workshops at Chicanos por la Causa,
Inc. Carl Hayden Community Center. Community based project.
Phoenix, Az.
Artist-in-Residence. Wisconsin State University at Milwaukee, Art
Department. Master Classes. Milwaukee, Wisc.
2003 Master Artists Workshops 03 . The Armory Art Center. Course:
Visual Metaphors and Poetic Imagination. West Palm Beach, Fl.
Artist-in-Residence. Ohio State University. Master Classes, Performance
Art and lectures, and advising. Theater Department. Columbus, Ohio.
1995 Xamaca. Artists from Caribbean countries. Crystal Water. Jamaica.
SELECTED VISITING APPOINTMENTS
2004 Artist-in-Residence. Eastern Conn. State University. Department
of Visual Arts. Master classes. Willimantic, Conn,
2002 Artist-in-Residence. Wheaton College. Art Department. Master Classes
and Lectures. Wheaton Mass.
2000 Instructor. Drawing classes for community art workshops. Instituto
de Cultura de Yucat n. M rida, M xico.
2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer. University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Department of Theater. Amherst, Mass.
1998 Visiting Artist. Whittier College. Art Department. Course:
Shamanism and Visual Arts. Whittier, Ca.
SELECETED COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS
2008 Interdisciplinary Art Workshops for Elementary School teachers and
educators at Victorious Kidss Educares. Pune, India.
2005 Community based Interdisciplinary Art workshops. South
Mountain High School Art Program. Phoenix, Az.
2003-04 Interdisciplinary Art Educational Advisor Workshop. Union High
School District # 210. Phoenix, Arizona.
Art from the Tropic Exhibition. Workshops. Scottsdale Museum for the
Arts. XXI Century Learning Grant. Scottsdale, Arizona.
Special Community-based Art Program. Ann Ott School. Phoenix, Az.
Master Artists Workshops. Armory Art Center. West Palm Beach. Florida
2002 Interdisciplinary Art Workshops for Department of Visual Arts.
Mount Holyoke College, Mass.
Tamulte Workshop: An experience in Community Development
through the Arts. Eleana Ortega Cultural Art Center. Mount Holyoke
College. South Hadley, Mass.
1997 Invited speaker. Sweet Home Central School District. Amherst, NY
1996 Workshop: Visual Arts on Stage, conducted at Iberoamerican
Theater Symposium.The Catholic University of America.
Washington. DC.
1995 Creative Art Workshop: An Experiment with Dance, Painting and
Ritual for Human Development. Creative Workshop. Miami
Beach, Fl..
CH.A.N.G.E. Community-based Visual Art Classes. The English Center
Dade County Public School. Miami, Fl.
1994 Director Special Art Workshop for Art Teachers and Educators.
Tamulte de las Sabanas. Tabasco, Mexico.
Director of Visual Art Workshop for Art Instructors and Artists.
Ysleta School District. El Paso, Texas.
1993-02 El Tesoro de Tamulte.Director of Educational Art Project.
Tabasco, Mexico.
1991 Director of Summer Art Program. Tamulte de las Sabanas. Sponsored by
UNESCO. Tabasco, Mexico.
Performance Art Workshop . Carrillo Gil Museum of Arts. Training on the
art of performance for professional artists. Mexico, City, Mexico.
1990 Educational Advisor for El Tesoro de Tamulte, and Grupo
de Arte Joven de Tocoal . Tabasco, Mexico.
Creative Workshop Summer Program. Tamulte de las Sabanas.
Sponsored by UNESCO. Tabasco, Mexico.
The Visual Art Workshop for Teachers . Summer Program.
Training teachers in how to develop the artistic perception.
Sponsored by Instituto de Cultura. Villahermosa, tabaso, Mexico.
1989 Education of Adolescents. Training for art teachers: Sponsored by the
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Cuban Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Havana, Cuba.
Rituals as Art Form . Workshop conducted at the First Latin-
American and Caribbean School of Theater Symposium. Machurrucutu,
Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED LECTURES
2009 Conversatorio at the Centro Cultural de Villahermosa. Vsa Tabasco,
Mexico
2008 Art Department at Temple University Rome. Italy
2006 Art Department at Colorado State University at Boulder. Co.
New Delhi College of Arts. New Delhi. India.
2004 Scottsdale Museum for the Arts. Scottsdale, Az.
Windham Arts Center. University of Conn. Willimantic, Conn.
Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Art Gallery. Arizona State
University West. Phoenix, Az.
Pluralidades Discursivas Symposium. Arizona State University.
Phoenix. Az.
2003 The Wexner Center Lecture Series. Ohio State University. Columbus,
Ohio.
2002 Frederick Layton Lecture Series. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Department Visual Arts. Milwaukee, Wis.
Marlborough College. Department of Visual Arts. Vermont.
2001 Colegio de Arte de Tabasco Lectures Series. Centro Cultural de
Villahermosa, El Jaguar Despertado, Tabasco, Mexico.
Trinity College, Hartfort Conn,
Hampshire College. Amherst, Mass.
Smith College. Northampton, Mass.
Amherst College, Mass.
Elms College. Chicopee. Mass.
1997 Panelist. Mayan Culture at the Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect. Part I
S.U.N.Y at Buffalo, New York.
Invited speaker. Eliana Ortega Cultural Center. Mount Holyoke College.
South Hadley, Mass.
Invited speaker. Niagara Falls Community College. Niagara Falls,
New York.
Panelist. Ritual, Myth and History in Hispano/Latino & Latin Ameriacan
Arts. Miami Dade College. Miami, Fl.
Invited speaker. Sponsored by Whittier College. San Isidro, Machu Picchu
Archeological site. Lima, Peru.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
forthcoming. C.A.F.E. X. Puerto Rico. The Journeys of Cuban. Artists.
2009
University of Puerto Rico. Arecibo. Puerto Rico.
C.A.F.E. VIII Roma. The Journeys of Cuban Artists Temple University
2008
Art Gallery. Rome Italy.
CAF IX: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Lo Nuestro Art Studio
Gallery. Phoenix, AZ.
CAF VII :The Journeys of Cuban Artists. IAP Gallery. Arizona
2007
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State University.Phoenix, Az.
CAF VI: The Journeys of Cuban Artists. Union Gallery. The
University of Arizona at Tucson, Az.
How Far can We Go?: A Two-day Experimental/Cultural
2006
Laboratory inside the arts. Second Stage West Hall Art Gallery. ASU
West. Phoenix, Az.
Shared Visions: India, M xico & Cuba. IAP Gallery. Arizona State
University. Phoenix, Az.
CAF V: The Journey of Cuban Artists. Tempe Library Art
2005
Gallery. Tempe, Az.
AZUCAR by Dora Hernandez. IAP Gallery, ASU West. Phoenix,Az.
Nelson Garcia-Miranda: Tropical Carnival. IAP Art Gallery. Phoenix, Az.
CAF IV: The Journey of Cuban Artists. Estrella Mountain Community
2004
College Arts Space. Estrella Mountain Community College, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Arte desde el Tropico. Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Young
2003
Artist Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona.
CAF III: The Journey of Cuban Artists .Interdisciplinary Arts and
Performance Art Gallery. Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Az.
CAF II: The journey of Cuban Artists . Gallery of Contemporary Art.
2002
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Co.
The Tabasco Art Experience . Latino Arts Inc. Milwaukee, Wisc.
New Art from Tabasco . Fletcher Library Art Gallery. Arizona State
University West. Phoenix, Az.
Art from Tocoal . Elena Ortega Cultural Art Center, Mount
2000
Holyoke College. Mass.
CAF I: The journey of Cuban Artists . Augusta Savage Gallery. New
African House, Umass, Mass.
La Cosecha . Centro Cultural de Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mex..
The Forest: Art from a Chontal Community in Mexico . Astunnuck
Technical College, Conn.
Young Artists. Paintings from a Mayan Chontal Mexican
Community . Augusta Savage Gallery. University Mass. Amherst, Ma.
Art from Mayan Artists. Ellicott Center. State University of New York
1998
at Buffalo. Amherst, NY.
CRITICAL REVIEWS
Yau, Lucy. The Imaginary Lines. Three exhibits that explore the
boundaries that we create and enforce. Artvoice. Buffalo,
New York. July 3-9, 2008
Fitzpatrick, Brooke. The Imaginary Line . The Imaginary Line. Buffalo
Arts Studio,2008. Buffalo, NY.
O Reilly-Herrera, Andrea. Defying Liminality . Cuba. Idea of a Nation
Displaced. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.
310-313.
Alvarez Borland, Isabel. De Palo pa Rumba: An Interview with
Leandro Soto. Afro-Hispanic Review. Vol 26 No.1. Spring 2007.
167-184.
Sanghikian,Alex. A arte que derruba barreiras. Cultura a Arte passa por
Aqu . Online Publication. www.bb.com.br Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
January 17, 2006.
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Cayuso, Roberto J. Los pintores cubanos: dos siglos de pintura . Latin
American Art Consultants. DvD. Miami, Fl, 2005.Andrews, Scott.
Leandro Soto At Paulina Miller . Java Magazine. June, 2005.N0.126,
Phoenix, Az.
Birke, Judy. Cuba: Differing aesthetics, a common culture . Yale Bulletin.
New Haven,Connecticut. Vol.32.No.33, July 23, 2004.
Sabatini J., Arthur. Leandro Soto, Mapping Arizona . Exhibit Catalogue.
Arizona State University West. Oct 4, 2004.
McFarland, Lois. Colorful Character at Piaute. ASU West artist s work
celebrates personal values . The Arizona Republic. January 28,
2004. Phoenix, Arizona.
Feinstein, Roni. Expanding Horizons . Report From Miami. Art in
America. December 2003.
Berman, Von Kurt. Leandro Soto: A restrospective of a Contemporary
Cuba Artist. Art Papers. Nov/Dec 2003.
Parker,Oriana. W.Valley Afro-Cuban exhibit celebrates Black History
Month. The Arizona Republic. 03. Phoenix, Arizona.
Connor, Olga. Leandro Soto trae su performance De Muchos
Uno . El Nuevo Herald. 1/17/03. Miami, FL.
Craven, David. Art and Revolution in Latin America. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2002. p. 107,110.
Arnest, Mark. Cuban Heart, US. Home: Unframed works in Caf II
reflect life s transitory nature . The Gazette. 10,6,02. Colorado
Springs, Co
Renaud, Joe. Cuban artist to converse without speaking . The Lantern.
11,1,02. Colombus, Ohio.
Goldberg, Roselee. From Futurism to the Present. London: Thames &
Hudson, 2001. p. 210.
Frias Lop z, Aurora. Retorna Leandro Soto a Tabasco . Tabasco Hoy.
7/26/01.Seccion Cultura. P.15E,Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
Gonzalez Angulo, Guildo. Instalaciones de Yovani Bauta y Leandro Soto
en el Centro Cultural Olimpo. Por Esto!. 2/9/01. Seccion La Ciudad
p.22. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Matamoros Tuma, Corina. El tercer mundo, el sur, la gente en casa.
Catalogue published by Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
11-18-00. Cuba.
Birbragher, Francine. Cuban Performance in the 80 s. Art Nexus No.37.
Aug-Oct 2000. 62-66.
Navarrete, William. Leandro Soto: una isla a la deriva. El Nuevo Herald.
September-3-2000. p4E. Miami, Fl..
Gonz lez Angulo, Edgardo. Todos quieren escapar, discurso que se
eleva a tono coral. Por Esto!. Julio-17-00. Secci n Cultura. p1.
M rida, Yucat n, M xico.
Morales, Tony. Liborio Wants to Escape. Catalog. Published by Mt
Holyoke College. 1/2000.
Ben tez Rojo, Antonio. Latino USA, el ltimo mestizaje. El Nacional.
November/14/99. Papel Literario. Caracas, Venezuela
Comeford, Ellen. Castellani Exhibit Display the Wonder of Niagara.
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, June/26/98. Niagara Falls, NY
Herrera Isla, Nelson. Si pierdo la memoria, que grabado . Havana: La
Gaceta de Cuba, U.N.E.A.C. March/5/98. 50-51. Cuba.
Damian Carol. Ph.D. Breaking Barriers . Ft Lauderdale: Catalog Essay.
October/23/97. Fl.
Licatta, Elizabeth. Cultural Reconciliations: Soto at Big Orbit . Buffalo:
Artvoice. October/8/97. p14. NY.
Morales, Tony. A Glance Over the Garden. Buffalo: Catalogue Essay.
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September/20/97. N.Y.
De la Nuez, Iv n. Al encuentro de los pasos perdidos. Barcelona:
Cuba Siglo XX: modernidad y sincretismo. Catalogue. Centre d Art
Santa M nica, Generalitat de Catalunya. Octubre/96. p73. Spain.
Campbell, Charles. The 1995 Xayamaca Workshop. Kingston: The
Sunday Herald. July/23/1995. Art Gallery Section. Jamaica.
Blanc, Giulio. Review on Leandro Soto . Miami: Art Nexus. 10/94. 108-9.
Camnitzer, Louis. New Art of Cuba. Texas: University of Texas
Press, 1994, 2003.
Alvarez Bravo, Armando. Leyendas de Leandro Soto . Miami: El Nuevo
Herald. May/15/94. Secci n Galer a. 1-3.Miami, Fl.
Actual arte de Cuba . Dusseldorf: Kuba O.K. 1992. 18-20. Germany.
Tibol, Raquel. Vor gine y voracidad en Leandro Soto. Mexico: Proceso.
February/17/1992. D.F.
Arrufat, Anton. Lucia and Leandro Make an Album . Havana: Gaceta
de Cuba, April, 1990. Cuba.
Mosquera, Gerardo. Volume 1: Change in Cuban Visual Arts . Bogota:
Arte en Colombia, #40, May 1989. 48-51. Colombia.
Paredes, Tomas. Soto and Pagola . Madrid: El Punto. May/29/87.
Spain.
A Cuban of the 80 s . Madrid: La Gu a del Ocio, #601 June/ 28/87. Spain.
Fusco, Juliana. Art on Art in Cuba . Chicago: New Art Examiner.
April 1986. IIl,
Mosquera, Gerardo. Leandro Soto: His Kitsch Way of Expressing the
Revolution . Havana: Gramma Internacional. March/18/1984
p6. Cuba.
Mosquera, Gerardo. Cuba: Young Painting . Havana: Arts and Design
Department. Ministry of Culture. 1981. Cuba.
EDUCATION
1980-82 Master of Fine Arts equivalent. Graduate Art Institute ISA (Instituto
Superior de Arte). Faculty of Arts. University of Havana. Ministry of
Culture. Havana, Cuba.
1972-76 Bachelor in Fine Arts. National School for the Arts (ENA). National Council
for Cultural Affairs. Scholarship. Havana, Cuba.
SELECTED SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2007 Nada Yoga Workshop. Russill Paul. The Yoga Studio. Tucson, Az 2005
Gurdjieff Sacred Dances. Akash s Place. Kausauli, India.
2004 Twenty One Century Learning Workshop Seminar. Scottsdale
Center for the Arts. Scottsdale, Az.
Certificate in Sumi-e painting technique. Workshop with Master
1994
Japanese artist Tamami Kobayachi. Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
1979 Training in Popular and Folkloric Cuban Dance. Instituto Provincial de
Cultura. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
PUBLICATIONS
Soto, Leandro. EL Tesoro de Tamulte: Arte desde el Tropico. Editorial
Orbiss Press. Phoenix, 2004.
Soto, Leandro. Qu es un taller de creaci n? .Culturadoor, Phoenix
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AZ.No.43. Oct-Nov. 2003.
Soto, Leandro. El olor del caf . Encuentro en la red.
http://www.cubaencuentro.com. 2002/10/29.
Soto, Leandro. Paradiso, una puerta hacia el misterio . Encuentro
en la red. cubaencuentro.com. Carlos Espinosa Editor. 12/1/2001.
Soto, Leandro. Testimony of an Artist. Remembering Cuba. Legacy of a
Diaspora. Andrea O Reilly Editor. Austin: University of Texas Press,
2001. pp. 245-47
Soto, Leandro. Cubans in the U.S. Remembering Cuba. Legacy of a
Diaspora. Andrea O Reilly Editor. Austin: University of Texas Press,
2001. p. 3
Soto, Leandro. Coco Fusco Editor. Performance in Cuba in the 1980 s: a
Personal Testimony. Corpus Delecti. Performance Art of the
Americas. London: Routledge, 2000. 266-274.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005-2006 Commissioner. Phoenix Arts Commission. Phoenix, Az
Consultant for El Tesoro de Tamulte/ Tocoal Worshop. Tabasco,M xico.
2004
Advisory Board. Visual Arts Student Awards Portfolio
2003
Community-based project. West Valley Art Museum and Arizona Art
Education Association. Phoenix, Az.
Consultant for Avante Theater. Miami, Fl..
1994-2004
Juror for New York Council for the Arts. New York City, NY.
1999
Advisory Board for Biennial of Havana (1988, 1986, 1984). Centro
1988
Wilfredo Lam. Havana, Cuba.
Consultant for State Government of Tabasco. Department of Culture.
Native Art Educational Project. Tabasco, Mexico.
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2008 The Techno desert Landscape. Arizona State University at West.
Phoenix, Az.
2004 Character Counts. Mural. Paiute Neighborhood Center. Scottsdale, Az.
Arizona State University West. CLCC Building. Yemaya s Wall .
Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance Department. Phoenix, Az.
2003 Cinco de Mayo . Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Az
Exhibition for the Arizona Arts Congress. Arizona Commission on
the Arts . Phoenix, Az.
Arizona a Tapestry of Cultures . Painted Mural at Arizona State
University West. Az.
In Memoriam . Installation Art. Dedicated to Gayle Novak.
Arizona State University West. Phoenix, Az.
Hispanic Heritage Month. Arizona State University West.
Phoenix, Arizona.
2002 Celebration of Life . Keepers of the Heart. Northampton Center for the
Arts. Northampton, Mass.
One Phoenix, One People . Mural for the City of Phoenix, Arizona.
2000 Project Art Calle 8. Latin Quarters. Miami, Fl.
1997 Art Installation. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo, NY.
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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
MOCA. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami. FL.
Global Art Village. New Delhi, India.
Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Az.
S. O. L. Collection. Miami, Fl.
American International College, Springfield, Mass
Contemporary Art Museum. Michoacan. Mexico.
Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale. Fl.
Lowe Museum of Art. University of Miami, Fl..
Manolo Rivero Gallery. M rida,Yucat n. Mexico.
Nina Menocal Art Gallery. Mexico D. F. Mexico.
ngel Romero Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
Museo de Bellas Artes. Havana, Cuba.
Fondo de Bienes Culturales. Havana, Cuba.
Museo de la Danza. Havana, Cuba.
Cienfuegos Art Museum. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mass.
Wheaton College Art Collection, Norton, Mass.
Florida International University Art Museum, Miami, Fl.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theater Research
Institute at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
The Cuban Heritage Collection. University of Miami, Fl.
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