Rafael Consuegra
Cuban artist residing in Miami, Florida
Rafael Consuegra (September 16, 1941 – September 17, 2021) was a Cuban-born American sculptor and ceramist who worked in the United States and Europe.
Consuegra was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island in 1960 and established residence in Miami, Florida, where he began his studies in architecture and engineering. As an art student, he was twice granted the Cintas fellowship from the International Institute of Education in New York, and obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Miami in 1971.
After teaching sculpture and design for a few years, Consuegra set his sights on creating, and established a studio in Barcelona. He quickly developed a reputation as a ceramist and sculptor, and exhibited widely throughout France, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia and Serbia. Upon his return to the US, he set up his primary studio in Miami, and spent over 30 years creating a large body work ranging in size from small-scale sculptures to monumental public art commissions. Represented in both private and public collections across the globe, his work explores the subjects of organic formations, abstract composition, law v. justice, the human body in motion, mythology, religion, the elevation of the human spirit, and freedom.
Education
After relocating to the United States in the 1960s, Consuegra studied the arts in Miami Dade College with fellow artists Emilio Falero and Rafael Soriano, and received his associate degree in 1967.
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