Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. "Demi" (Catalog) Americas Collection Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.

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1 RESUME DEMI BIOGRAPHY Born in Cuba Lives and works in Miami, Florida, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS Salamatina Gallety, Long Insland, New York Demi: One More Day On Earth (Catalog) Gomez Fine Art Galeria, Miami Beach, Florida "Beyond Frontiers" (Catalog) Arte Americas Art Fair, Miami Beach, Fl Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida. " Love and Life"-(Catalog) Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida. "Everything for Love" (Catalog) 2002 _ Espacio 304 Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. "Demi en San Juan" (Catalog) Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida. "Demi, Family Portraits" (Catalog) Legacy Fine Art Gallery, Panama City, Panama. "Demi" (Catalog) Dreitzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. "Demi" (Catalog) Americas Collection Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida. "DEMI" Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartville, S.C. "Demi" (Poster)

2 Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "Crossing" (Catalog) -The Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia. "Two Views" Gutierrez Fine Art Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida. "Demi" M. Gutierrez Fine Art Gallery, Key biscayne, Florida. "Demi: Recent Paintings" Cuban Museum of Arts & culture, Florida. "Demi" SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS U.S. Embassy Residence in Vatican City, Rome, Italy "Art in Embassies Program Exhibit" (Catalog) (Exhibit period is approximately 2 1/2 years / this part of a program to show American art and culture in countries where the U.S. has embassies) - University La Sorbona, Paris, France. "L'Art Cubain" Frost Museum, Miami, Florida. "Figurative Art- Past and Present" Highlights from the Permanent Collection". - Red Dot (international Art Fair). Wynwood Arts distric of Miami. Gomez Fine Art Galeria Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida "Unbroken Ties: dialogues in Cuban Art" (April)

3 2007- Lehigh University Art Galleries, Worcester, MA "Layers" (Catalog) - The Greenhouse Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. "Latin American Artists from Two Private Cleveland Collections" - Gomez Fine Art Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Diversidades Del Caribe al Sur". - Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Florida "A New Cornucopia" (September) - Gomez Fine Art Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Colectiva Latinoamericana" - International Art Fair, Art Miami, Gomez Fine Art, Miami, Florida University at Buffalo Art Gallery College of arts and Sciences, Buffalo, New York "Layers: Collecting Cuban american Art " (June- September) -Gomez Fine Art Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico "Diversidades Del Caribe al Sur" (July) - Center For The Arts, University of Buffalo, New York " Cuban Americans and American Culture" (June ) The National Endowment for the Humanities Exhibit & summer seminar -Ewing Gallery, the University of Tennessee "Expressions of Art" (June-August) -Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Florida State University- Tallahassee, Florida "The Family Experience" (Catalog) South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC Art and the Spiritual (Catalog) - Merill Lynch Art Week, Gomez Fine Art Galeria, San Juan Puerto

4 Rico. - Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky "Thresholds" (Catalog) (January ) - McColl Center for visual Arts, Charlotte, N.C. (Catalog) - Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY "Expressions" - Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC "Art and the Sacred" (September 1- October 23, 2005) City Gallery,Charleston, South Carolina. " Expressions of Art " (Catalog) Traveling exhibit to: -Waterworks visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC - Art Miami, USA (Catalog) Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. "Four Artists" - Art Miami, USA Editart Gallery, Geneve, Suisse. Switzerland "38 Artistes Cubains" - Art Miami, Florida, USA.(Catalog) - The Arts Center, St Petersburg, Florida. "Figurative Vignettes" - Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida. "Florida visual Arts Fellowship Exhibit" Traveling exhibit to: Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Belleair, Florida. City of Orlando, Public Art Program, Orlando.

5 Cernuda Arte Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida "Twenty Cuban Artists from Here and There " (Catalog) Des Tapisseries Museum, Aix-en-Provence, France. "Loin de Cuba" (Far From Cuba) (Catalog) - Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. "Contemporary Cuban Art" Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "Breaking Barriers"(Catalog) - The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida. "The Female Figure"(Catalog) - Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Conn. "Identity and Identification" (Catalog) Traveling exhibit to: - St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York "Identity and Identification" - West Campus Art Gallery, Valencia Comm. College, Orlando, Florida. "Four Women Artists" The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida. "Selections From Chroma" (Catalog) Florida. - West Campus Art Gallery, Valencia Comm. College, Orlando, "Traditions, Translations and Transformation" The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. "American Art Today: Heads Only" (Catalog) - Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama. "Chiaroscuro, A contemporary Study of Light and Dark" (Catalog) - Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida. "Arrested Childhood" (Catalog) Museum of FIne Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. '"Chroma" (Catalog)

6 - Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, State University College, Cortland, N.Y. "Islands In the Stream" (Catalog) - Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida. "Florida visual Art Fellowship: " - Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. "Florida visual At Fellowship: " - Americas Gallery, New York, New York. "Women Artists in Latin America" - Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida. "Storytelling" (Catalog) - Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida.. "self Portraits" Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida. "Waking The Dream: Surrealist works by Florida Artists" (Catalog) - Contemporary Art Museum, University of south Florida, Tampa, Florida. "CUBA-USA: The first Generation" - City of Orlando, Art Museum, Orlando, Florida. "Aqui: Arte Hispano en Orlando" - Metro Dade Cultural Center- Main Library, Miami, Florida. "Still Life- A Visual Feast" Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, Florida. "South Florida Collective I" (Catalog) - Chicago International Art fair, Chicago, Illinois.(Catalog) - Metro Dade Cultural Center- Main Library, Miami, Florida. "Miami Artists, fifty Years of collecting" - Miami International Art Expo., Miami Beach, Florida. - Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, Florida. "Art Against A.I.D.S. IV"

7 - Centre Gallery, Miami Dade comm. College, Miami, Florida. "The rage of Children" (Catalog) Inter-American Art gallery, Miami Dade Comm. college, Miami, Florida. "Latin American Art from Private collections" - Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, Florida. "Art Against A.I.D.S.III" Inter-American Art gallery, Miami Dade comm. college, Miami, Florida. "Know/Unknown II: /Demi/Huergo" (Catalog) - Cuban Museum of Arts & culture, Miami, Florida. "Portraits and Self-Portraits" - Miami Dade Comm. College, Miami, Florida. "Art Against A.I.D.S.II" Ground Zero Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida. "New Works/New gallery" - Miami book fair International, Miami, Florida. "The biggest book in the World" Galeria Ocho, Miami Dade Comm. college, Miami, Florida. "Color and Spice" GRANTS, AWARDS Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award Florida Department of State Present been Since 1999 the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art has collecting DEMI's primary records (correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs, catalogues)

8 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Awards Florida Department of State HONORS- PUBLICATIONS- ILLUSTRATIONS Book: DEMI: Searching For The Light", Essay by Pedro Martinez Fraga, Published by Blurb.com , Invited personally by the US Ambassador to The Holy See, Miguel Diaz, to display painting titled "Two Artists and Their Children of Their Imagination" in their US Embassy residence in Vatican City. for 2 1/2 years) ( as part of the ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM (AIEP)) -Nominated as a candidate for The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2006 Painters and Sculptors Grant. -Nominated as a candidate for The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2005 Painters and Sculptors Grant. -Back Cover for artbook "Cuban-American Art In Miami", written by Lynette Bush, in 2004, published by Lund Humphries, England. - Cover for book of poems "Sundog, in 2000, Volume 20- Published by Florida State University. -Poster for The League Against Cancer, in Celebration of 32 years of Service in the State of Florida. ( June 2007) -Poster for the "VI Annual International Ballet Festival of Miami", (September 2001) - Poster for the University of Miami- Child Protection Team ( Simposium1995) -Poster for The League Against Cancer (2007)

9 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS -Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida -Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. -Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida. -The Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida -Tampa Museum of Art -City of Orlando, Florida. -Miami Main Public Library, Miami, Florida. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011 "Out There" - ANREUS, ALEJANDRO, " DEMI", Encuentro Magazine, March 4, 2011, Madrid, Spain -CONNOR, GLORIA, "Demi: Entre la luz y las sombras", El Nuevo Herald, March 6, 2011, Artes Y Letras -CONNOR, GLORIA, "Demi En El Vaticano", El Nuevo Herald, March 28, 2010, Section Galeria. -TRIBES #12- "A Gathering of the Tribes #12, Recollection of poems Magazine by New York Poets. Page 127 -Dr. MARIE THERESE RICHARD HERNANDEZ. Art Historian at University La Sorbona, France. "L'Art Cubain, , Le Temps des Fractures (El Tiempo de las Fracturas) Pulisher: Ediciones Atlantica Sequier, Paris, France. Page 188, Fig DAMIAN, Carol, Curator, "The Figure, Past and Present" exhibit catalog, Page #43, November CECILIA PUERTO, Latin American/Mexican American Studies Bibliographer at the San Diego State University Library. "Latin American Women Artists ". This Book is a unique contribution to Latin American studies because it underscores the essential role that women have played in the arenas of modern and contemporary art, - "The Latin American Art Fair", 2008 catalog, "Demi" Page #106, March TRELLES, EMMA, "Cuban Art: More than 70 multimedia...", April, 2008, Sun Sentinel. - BURNETT, JAMES H., "Artist's 'babies' are silen, haunting", The Miami Herald, page 1m, March 23, LOUIMA, Gariot, "Demi", College Forum Magazine, (Miami Dade College), May 2008.

10 -CARLOS M. LUIS, "Los Espacios encantados de DEMI en Arte Americas", El Nuevo Herald, "Artes y Letras", page 1D, Marzo 30, 2008., " -JORGE J.E. GRACIA. "Identity, Memory, and Diaspora". State University of New York Press Pages HERRERA, ADRIANA, "Art Miami, Una Feria Internacional para todos", El Nuevo Herald, January 6, DAMIAN, CAROL, "Art Miami 2007", Art Nexus Magazine, No. 64, 2007, Page CAMBER, DIANE W., (Director) "Arturo Rodriguez: The Human Comedy", Exhibition Catalogue, Bass Museum of Art, 2006, Page 3. -BOSCH, LYNETTE M.F., "Layers: Collecting Cuban-American Art", Exhibition Catalog, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, June-September 2006, Plate6. -ROSAL, MARCIA L. "The Family Experience", Exhibition Catalogue, Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts. 2006, Page 17. -TRIFF, ALFREDO, "Miami Arts Explosion. Book. Published by BR Corporation. Article "Into The Feeling", Page14. -SANTIAGO, FABIOLA, Memories of Havana-Miami Chilhood Lead Historian s Life Work, The Miami Herald, February 13, RODRIGUEZ, MABEL, "Gomez Fine Art, Galeria Vislumbra La Internacionalizacion del Arte Puertorriqueno", Magazine No. 36, May HERRERA, ADRIANA, "Con obras de arte ayudan a los ninos...", El Nuevo Herald, September 15, Page 9D. - CARAGOL, Taina, "Archives Of Reality", American Art Magazine, Fall 2005 issue -HEARTNEY, ELEANOR, "Art And The Spiritual", Thresholds Exhibition Catalog, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC., 2004, Pages 25, 42. BOSCH, LYNNETTE M. F., Cuban- American Art in Miami: Exile, Identity, and the Neo-Baroque, Editl Lund Humphries, Pages 83, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126. BENNET, LENNIE, " Love & Art", The Times Newspaper, (The Floridian), Article. Tampa, Florida. November 7, Pages 8E, 6E. MONTANÉ, DIANA, El Embrujo Pictórico de Demi, Esmeralda tu revista, marzo, RODRIGUEZ CRUZ, MABEL, Gómez Fine Art- Galería vislumbra la Internacionalización del Arte Puertorriqueño, Revista Art Premium, Puerto Rico, mayo, Pages 34, 35,36. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN EXILE, Art Book, 2004, Published by Arte Al Dia International, pages 232, 233,\. HASSOLD, CRIS, "DEMI: FAMILY PORTRAITS", Review of an exhibition at Cernuda Arte Coral Gables. Arts Paper. ART CHICAGO 2003, Exhibition Catalogue, Page 112 CHEDIAK, NAT, "A Republic of Two", Exhibition Catalog, Cernuda Arte, O CONNOR, OLGA, Demi, una explosión de color y energía, El Nuevo Herald, 11 de mayo de Cris Hassold, ""Demi Dreaming: The Iconography of Loss", paper presented to the Twenty-First Internatioal Conference on The Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,, March March 2002.

11 ART MIAMI, Exhibition Catalog, January 2002, Page 116. MAJORS, JACQUELINE, "Behind The Mask". Times Magazine (Palm Beach), Summer pages 18, 19. CONNOR, OLGA, "Demi "en familia", El Nuevo Herald, February 11, 2001, page 3E. SUAREZ, ANA VECIANA, "Love & Art", The Herald, February 27, 2001, page 1E, 2E. Demi; Family Portraits, Exhibition Catalog. February GALLO, JANIS KARAM, "Figurative Vignettes", The Arts Center, St Petersburg, Florida, June 2000, Exhibition Catalog. MILANI, JOANNE, "Torn From Their Roots", The Arts, The tampa Tribune, June 2000, Page 9, 10. MARGER, MARY ANN, " Art Compass Points South", The Times, March 24, pages 3w, 41w. CUBANTIME, Book, Published by Silver Lining Books, New York, 2001, page 172. LAWRENCE, LEE, "Collectors", American Style Magazine, Fall Page TURNER, ELISA, " Florida Artists Individuality Celebrated", article The Herald, Living Arts section. August 19, Page 1E, 2E. ROLLINS, KEN, "FLORIDA VISUAL ART FELLOWSHIPS ", Exhibition Catalog Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida. VARONA, Enrique, Jose, "LOIN DE CUBA" (Far From Cuba), Exhibition Catalogue, Musee des Tapiseries, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1998 (pages 38, 39). CONNOR, OLGA, "Folie En AIX", El Nuevo Herald, Galeria Dominical, Noviembre 15, 1998, Pages 2F. BOSCH, LYNNETTE M. F., Demi s Paintings of Children Woman s Art Journal, Vol 19, number 2, Fall 1998 / Winter 1999, Pages DEMI, Legacy Fine Art Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue, March 1999 BOSCH, LYNETTE M.F., "Demi", Exhibition Catalogue, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, LIBER, RUBEN, Demi displays art as life s commentary, the Justice, The Independent Student Newspaper of Brandeis University, February 3, WEST, TERRY, Cuban-American artist, police & faculty collaborating to combat child abuse, The Brandeis Reporter, February 3 - March 9,1998. BREAKING BARRIERS, Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pages 135, 136. BOSCH, LYNETTE, "Ser cubanoamericano...y artista", El Nuevo Herald, Opiniones page, April 12, VEGA, JESUS, " Demi y Sus Ninos Increibles", Cover, Exito Magazine (LAST EDICION), pages 38, 39, 40, & Cover. December 3, BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, "La Inmensa Intimidad", El Nuevo Herald, December 7, Pges 1E, 5E. PAST CUBA, Exhibition Catalog, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Connecticut., BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, "Dos Paises, un solo Arte", El Nuevo Herald, January Pages 2E, 3E.

12 BEAROR, KAREN, " Chroma", Exhibition Catalog, The Appleton Museum of Art, Pages 30, 31. DE LA NUEZ, IVAN, "REDEFINICIONES EN LOS 90", International Art Magazine LAPIZ, Magazine numero 127, Madrid, Spain Pages 25, 27. SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, Catalog, " DEMI, The Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists", pages 13, 32. BLANC, GIULIO V., "Arturo Rodriguez and Demi", Art Nexus Magazine, Jan-March Pages 130, 131. CROWE, ANN GLENN, "Artists", Art Papers, January & February Peninsula Fine Art Center, January & February pages 63, 64. GUTIERREZ, MARTA, "Mujeres Artistas", Imagen Magazine, Puerto Rico. Octubre pages 124, 125, 126. BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, "Dos Artistas, Un Camino", El Nuevo Herald, September 4, Pages 1E, 6E. KESSLER, JANE, "Qhiaroscuro", Exhibition Catalogue, Montgomery Museum of fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, pages 9, 20. DAMIAN, CAROL, "American Art today: Heads Only", Exhibition Catalog, The Art Museum, at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. April Pages 5, 7. KOHEN, HELEN L., " Naughty and Nice Show at COCA Explores emotions of C hildhood", The Herald, May 22, Pages 1 I, 7 I. KOHEN, HELEN L. "Heads Only more than just a pretty face", The Herald, April 17, 1994, Pages 1, 6. AMERICAN ART TODAY: HEADS ONLY. Exhibition Catalog. The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. April KOHEN, HELEN K., Memorable Crossings for painters in exile, The Herald, September 11, MEZA, ALBERTO, ' Arturo Rodriguez y Demi: Dos visiones del enigma del exilio", Exito Magazine, September 21, 1994, Pages 46,47. SCHWAN, GARY, "Duo's Crossing probes inner world of emotions", The Palm beach Post, September 23, Page 19 KOHEN, HELEN L., "Where The Ideas come From", The Herald, Weekend, November HASSOLD, CRIS, "DEMI: Where Ideas Come From", Review, Art Papers Magazine, May & June 1994, Page 52. CLEARWATER, BONNIE, "Arrested Childhood", Exhibition Catalogue, COCA Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida Pg 8. BOSCH, LYNETTE, "Demi", Crossings, exhibition Catalogue, Museum Of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1994,. DORNBUSCH, CLAUDIA, "Once Pintoras Latinoamericanas en Nueva York", El Nuevo Herald, March 27, Page 5E. BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, "Islas En la Corriente", El Nuevo Herald, April 10, 1993 DORNBUSCH, CLAUDIA, "La Inocencia perdida en la pintura de Demi", El Nuevo Herald, March 27, Page 5E. MONTANÉ, DIANA, DEMI, La explosión pictórica de la emocióni, Front Page,

13 Revista Éxito 8 de diciembre de ALVAREZ BRAVO, ARMANDO, Demi, de dónde salen las ideas?, El Nuevo Herald, 7 de noviembre de PALLADINO CRAIG, ALLYS, "CHROMA", Exhibition Catalog, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts Pages 30, 31. BLANC, GIULIO V., "Demi". Art Nexus Magazine. January 1992, Numero 3. Page 219. KOHEN, HELEN L., "Still Life captures life afer the storm", The Miami Herald, December 5, 1992, Page 5E. LASTRA, LUIS, "Demi:colores de la memoria," VANIDADES, l, 1992, p. 10. GUTIERREZ, MARTA, "Latin American Presence in the 20th Century", exhibition Catalog, May9-12, Pages 18, 19 WILSON, JUDITH, " The Rage Of Children", Centre Gallery, Exhibition catalogue, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, 1991, pages 3, 4, 12, 13,25. TURNER, ELISA, "Childhood anquish haunts Demi's work", The Miami Herald, September 25, Page 5D. KATZ, HOPE, 'Passion and Profit', New Miami Magazine, July 1991, Pages 24, 25, 26, 26, 27, 28. KOHEN, HELEN L., "Art Imitates Love", The Herald, January 1991, Art Section, pages 2E, 3E. A;VAREZ BRAVO, "La Colera De Los Ninos", El Nuevo Herald, January 11, 1991, Galeria, pages 1C,6C. CASTAGLIOLA, MARIA EMILIA, "The Rage Of Children", Art Papers Review, May- June, 1991, Page 37. BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, Una Pintura Hecha con Magia, El Nuevo Herald, 25 de septiembre de 1991, page 1D, 2D. MONTANE, DIANA, "DEMI", Miami Monthly Magazine. October 1990, pages 16, 16. AMADOR, OMAR, "Demi y sus Ninos Tristes", article. Selecta Magazine. September Page77. HISPANIC IN AMERICAN HISTORY, School Book published by Globe book company Page 57. LURIE, SHELDON M., "KNOWN/UNKNOWN 11", Demi & Elvira Huergo. Exhibition Catalog. Interamerican Art Gallery. April KOHEN, HELEN, "Art is Fantastical at InterAmerican Art Gallery", The Miami Herald, April 22, Page 10C. BRAVO, ARMANDO ALVAREZ, "Ehibicion Demi/Huergo en InterAmerican Gallery", El Nuevo Herald, April 18, Pages 1C, 4C. VILLAVERDE, MINUCA, "Una Pareja En El Arte", El Nuevo Herald, January 10, 1988, Page 1C, 4C.

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