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EDUCATION
1998 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, BFA
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Spaces Between, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
2014 Lost in the Agar, Aimee Perez Art Space, Miami, FL
2009 You Take Me There, ART @ WORK, Miami, FL
2009 Bringing Up the Dead, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2007 Path of Least Resistance, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL
2006 Views from Within: Two Miami Artists, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
2005 Apparitions, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL
2004 Nerve, curated by Charo Oquet and David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
2003 Equinox, Florida State Capitol Building, Cabinet Meeting Room, Tallahassee, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
37th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
38th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2023
The University of Southern Mississippi National Juried Exhibition, Hattiesburg, MS
2022
Concerning The Spiritual: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
Untitled, Jack Durrance Auditorium, County of Alachua, Gainesville, FL
2019
La Mano Hispana, Milander Center for Arts and Entertainement, Hialeah, FL
Artists Draw Their Studios, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, FL
Colectivo Periferia, Art District of La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
Painting In The 21st Century, SITE: BROOKLYN, NY
The 31st September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA MUTATIONS, Palm Beach State College, The Art Gallery at Eissey Campus, Palm Beach, FL
2017
Contemporary Collage, Lincoln Center Art Gallery, CO
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Hot House, Design Sublime, Miami, FL
2016
100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, Miami, FL
2015
Aesthetics &Values, Florida International University, Miami, FL
NARRATIVES, Palm Beach State College, The Art Gallery at Eissey Campus, Palm Beach, FL
2014
The Sincerity Project- Home, curated by Jill Slaughter, Studio 18 in the Pines, Pembroke Pines, FL
2013
Prizm Art Fair, Marquis Miami, Miami, FL
Too Much Is Not Enough, The Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2011
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Art@Work, Miami, FL
2010
Ways of Worldmaking, Notes on a Passion for Collecting, Selections from the private collection of Arturo and Liza Mosquera, Miami Dade College, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2009
Beautiful Things: Works from the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
MIAMI The Edge of a Nation, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
25 Florida Fellowships, City of Orlando Gallery, Orlando, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, University Galleries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008
25 Florida Fellowships, Okaloosa-Walton College Art Gallery, Niceville, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2007
25 Florida Fellowships, Miami Dade College Gallery, Miami, FL
Artists of Cuban Ancestry from the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
2006
Pregon: Call and Response Series #1, curated by Denise Delgado, Miami Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL
Aesthetics &Values, Florida International University, The Gallery at Green Library, Miami, FL 2005
Visages and Secrets, Laure de Mazieres, Design District, Miami, FL
NADA Art Fair, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
Smash & Grab a Work of Art, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Nova Young Art Fair, Byron C. Cohen Gallery of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Sensory World, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
Beyond All of That, curated by Charo Oquet & David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
Collage Series, Art Vitam, Miami, FL
2004
FRISBEE Art Fair, The Cavilier Hotel, curated by Byron C. Cohen, Miami Beach, FL
Miami Now, curated by Charo Oquet & David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
With A Little Help From My Friends, ArtCenter/South Florida, 924, Miami Beach, FL
Steal a Work of Art, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Cha-Cha-Cha, curated by José-Carlos Díaz, The Collins Building, Miami, FL
The Last Show, The House, Miami, FL
2003
Free Spirits Lounge, concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Blue Balls, The MaX Gallery, Miami, FL
Made In Miami, The Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2002
The No Show, The Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Science Friction, The Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2001
The House Presents: Eight Solo Shows, Carlos Betencourt Studio, Miami, FL
New Works, The Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
United Artists, The Green Door Gallery, Miami, FL
2000
The Green Door Gallery, Miami, FL
Cronos Art Gallery, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
2022 Concerning The Spiritual: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, Bellak Color Corporation
2019 Vida Y Obra De Una Idea: Miami's Art@Work and Farside Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Figaro S.A. Chivilcoy (Bs. As.)
2019 The Penultimate Peanut Magazine, Issue 8. www.penultimatepeanutmagazine.com, June 2019.
2018 The Helix - Literature Art Magazine. www.helixmagazine.org. Spring 2018.
Bluestem Magazine, www.bluestemmagazine.com. May 2018.
2017 Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review. www.fredericksburgwriters.com. May 2017.
Gulf Stream Lit Mag, South Florida's Literary Current, Online Issue # 17. www.gulfstreamlitmag.com. May 2017.
2016 Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, Spring 2016, University of South Florida – Department of English.
2015 Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press. 2015 100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, Miami, FL, [NAME] Publications.
Marlon Fick, The Nowhere Man, Artwork by Christian Duran, Jaded Ibis Press.
2012 100 Southern Artists, Schiffer Publishing.
2011 Puertas a la Imaginación, Nueva Literatura Cubana, Ediciones El Cambio.
2010 Faces: 100 Cuban Artists, by Photographer Carlos Manuel Cardenes.
2009 Erica K. Landau, “Breaking With Boredom,” The New Times Broward/ Palm Beach. April 26. Emma Trelles. “The Swirling Roots of an Artist/Medics Body of Work” The Miami Herald. April 19, p. 3M. Emma Trelles. “Devine Inspiration” The Sun Sentinel. April 12, pp. 3G, 12G.
2008 “Artist Showcase” MAP Magazine, Fall, pp. 52 53. New American Paintings 76, The Open Studio Press, pages 64-67.
2007 Lexus Advertisements, Ocean Drive Español, Various Issues. Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow, MIAMI Contemporary Artists, Foreword by Elisa Turner, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., p. 228.
2006 Visual Art Fellowship Exhibition, State of Florida Department of State. Exhibition catalog. Luis Horacio Gómez, “Polk Celebra el Mes se la Hispanidad,” Vision Latina. September 6. “Obras de 15 Artistas Cubanos Convergen en Lakeland,” Vision Latina. August 23. Gary Schwan, “Tax Dollars Spun Into Beautiful Artwork,” The Palm Beach Post. September 2. Aurora Rodríguez, “Same Country, Different Views” The Ledger. September 1.
Artist Spotlight, www.miamiartzine.com, February.
2005 Carlos Suárez de Jesús, “Visions and Apparitions: Smudging the Line Between Fantasy and Reality,” The Miami New Times. October 6-12, p. 47. Kerry Lee Sohn, “Gallery Peek,” The Biscayne Boulevard Times. October, p. 38.
Elisa Turner, “Critic’s Pick” The Miami Herald. September 30, p. 35.
Onaijide Shabaka, “Roundup: Wynwood Arts District-September,” www.MiamiArtExchange.com. September 15, pp. 2-3.
Ambar Hernández, “Thin & Crispy Thoughts,” www.everybodyyouknow.com. June.
Carlos M. Luis, “’Collage Series’ Una Muestra de Vitalidad en Art Vitam” El Nuevo Herald. January 30, p.6D
Lecture by Tom Jørgensen, Editor of Kunstavisen Magazine, Christoffersen Art in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Franklin Einspruch, “Collage Series,” The Miami New Times. January 20, p. 44.
2004 Miami Now, exhibition catalogue, World Arts Building, Miami, FL. EdgeZones Production.
José Antonio Evora. “Index Miami: Entre Voces y Ecos,” El Nuevo Herald. November 4, p. 8D.
Bob Weinberg, “Hialeah’s Christian Duran Creates the Mother Nature of All Mixed-Media Art,” City Link Magazine, June 30, p. 60.
2003 Ambar Hernández, "A Severe Case of the Blue Balls," The Miami Hurricane, October 14, p. 17.
2002 Damarys Ocana, "Junk Food For Thought." The Street Miami, November 8, p. 50.
Jessica Misener, "Hallucinogenic Ogres and Anatomical Machinery Chafe Against Each Other in Science Friction." The Miami Hurricane, November, p. 12.
Sara Stites, "Science Friction." Miami Art Exchange, November 2002.
1999 Shawn Roney. "Variety of Styles, Backgrounds Represented at Latino Art Exhibit." Two Worlds, June 10.
17th Annual River Market Regional Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Kansas City, MO.
COMMISSIONS
2014 Jaded Ibis Productions.
2009 Royal Caribbean International.
2007 Lexus, A Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
Royal Caribbean International
The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Lexus, A Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
The Miami Children’s Museum, Miami, FL
Fundación Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Arturo & Liza Mosquera, Coral Gables, FL
Jane Hart, Miami, FL
Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Miami, FL
Daniel Simmons Jr, NY
CURATORIAL
2018 Mutations, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2016 Broward Art Guild, Youth Art Competition and Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1998 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, BFA
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Spaces Between, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
2014 Lost in the Agar, Aimee Perez Art Space, Miami, FL
2009 You Take Me There, ART @ WORK, Miami, FL
2009 Bringing Up the Dead, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2007 Path of Least Resistance, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL
2006 Views from Within: Two Miami Artists, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
2005 Apparitions, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL
2004 Nerve, curated by Charo Oquet and David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
2003 Equinox, Florida State Capitol Building, Cabinet Meeting Room, Tallahassee, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
37th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
38th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2023
The University of Southern Mississippi National Juried Exhibition, Hattiesburg, MS
2022
Concerning The Spiritual: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
Untitled, Jack Durrance Auditorium, County of Alachua, Gainesville, FL
2019
La Mano Hispana, Milander Center for Arts and Entertainement, Hialeah, FL
Artists Draw Their Studios, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, FL
Colectivo Periferia, Art District of La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018
Painting In The 21st Century, SITE: BROOKLYN, NY
The 31st September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA MUTATIONS, Palm Beach State College, The Art Gallery at Eissey Campus, Palm Beach, FL
2017
Contemporary Collage, Lincoln Center Art Gallery, CO
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Hot House, Design Sublime, Miami, FL
2016
100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, Miami, FL
2015
Aesthetics &Values, Florida International University, Miami, FL
NARRATIVES, Palm Beach State College, The Art Gallery at Eissey Campus, Palm Beach, FL
2014
The Sincerity Project- Home, curated by Jill Slaughter, Studio 18 in the Pines, Pembroke Pines, FL
2013
Prizm Art Fair, Marquis Miami, Miami, FL
Too Much Is Not Enough, The Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2011
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Art@Work, Miami, FL
2010
Ways of Worldmaking, Notes on a Passion for Collecting, Selections from the private collection of Arturo and Liza Mosquera, Miami Dade College, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2009
Beautiful Things: Works from the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
MIAMI The Edge of a Nation, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
25 Florida Fellowships, City of Orlando Gallery, Orlando, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, University Galleries, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2008
25 Florida Fellowships, Okaloosa-Walton College Art Gallery, Niceville, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2007
25 Florida Fellowships, Miami Dade College Gallery, Miami, FL
Artists of Cuban Ancestry from the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
25 Florida Fellowships, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
2006
Pregon: Call and Response Series #1, curated by Denise Delgado, Miami Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL
Aesthetics &Values, Florida International University, The Gallery at Green Library, Miami, FL 2005
Visages and Secrets, Laure de Mazieres, Design District, Miami, FL
NADA Art Fair, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
Smash & Grab a Work of Art, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Nova Young Art Fair, Byron C. Cohen Gallery of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Sensory World, Ambrosino Gallery, North Miami, FL
Beyond All of That, curated by Charo Oquet & David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
Collage Series, Art Vitam, Miami, FL
2004
FRISBEE Art Fair, The Cavilier Hotel, curated by Byron C. Cohen, Miami Beach, FL
Miami Now, curated by Charo Oquet & David Vardi, Edge Zones, Miami, FL
With A Little Help From My Friends, ArtCenter/South Florida, 924, Miami Beach, FL
Steal a Work of Art, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Cha-Cha-Cha, curated by José-Carlos Díaz, The Collins Building, Miami, FL
The Last Show, The House, Miami, FL
2003
Free Spirits Lounge, concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Blue Balls, The MaX Gallery, Miami, FL
Made In Miami, The Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2002
The No Show, The Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Science Friction, The Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2001
The House Presents: Eight Solo Shows, Carlos Betencourt Studio, Miami, FL
New Works, The Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
United Artists, The Green Door Gallery, Miami, FL
2000
The Green Door Gallery, Miami, FL
Cronos Art Gallery, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
2022 Concerning The Spiritual: Selections from the Mosquera Collection, Bellak Color Corporation
2019 Vida Y Obra De Una Idea: Miami's Art@Work and Farside Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Figaro S.A. Chivilcoy (Bs. As.)
2019 The Penultimate Peanut Magazine, Issue 8. www.penultimatepeanutmagazine.com, June 2019.
2018 The Helix - Literature Art Magazine. www.helixmagazine.org. Spring 2018.
Bluestem Magazine, www.bluestemmagazine.com. May 2018.
2017 Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review. www.fredericksburgwriters.com. May 2017.
Gulf Stream Lit Mag, South Florida's Literary Current, Online Issue # 17. www.gulfstreamlitmag.com. May 2017.
2016 Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, Spring 2016, University of South Florida – Department of English.
2015 Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press. 2015 100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, Miami, FL, [NAME] Publications.
Marlon Fick, The Nowhere Man, Artwork by Christian Duran, Jaded Ibis Press.
2012 100 Southern Artists, Schiffer Publishing.
2011 Puertas a la Imaginación, Nueva Literatura Cubana, Ediciones El Cambio.
2010 Faces: 100 Cuban Artists, by Photographer Carlos Manuel Cardenes.
2009 Erica K. Landau, “Breaking With Boredom,” The New Times Broward/ Palm Beach. April 26. Emma Trelles. “The Swirling Roots of an Artist/Medics Body of Work” The Miami Herald. April 19, p. 3M. Emma Trelles. “Devine Inspiration” The Sun Sentinel. April 12, pp. 3G, 12G.
2008 “Artist Showcase” MAP Magazine, Fall, pp. 52 53. New American Paintings 76, The Open Studio Press, pages 64-67.
2007 Lexus Advertisements, Ocean Drive Español, Various Issues. Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow, MIAMI Contemporary Artists, Foreword by Elisa Turner, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., p. 228.
2006 Visual Art Fellowship Exhibition, State of Florida Department of State. Exhibition catalog. Luis Horacio Gómez, “Polk Celebra el Mes se la Hispanidad,” Vision Latina. September 6. “Obras de 15 Artistas Cubanos Convergen en Lakeland,” Vision Latina. August 23. Gary Schwan, “Tax Dollars Spun Into Beautiful Artwork,” The Palm Beach Post. September 2. Aurora Rodríguez, “Same Country, Different Views” The Ledger. September 1.
Artist Spotlight, www.miamiartzine.com, February.
2005 Carlos Suárez de Jesús, “Visions and Apparitions: Smudging the Line Between Fantasy and Reality,” The Miami New Times. October 6-12, p. 47. Kerry Lee Sohn, “Gallery Peek,” The Biscayne Boulevard Times. October, p. 38.
Elisa Turner, “Critic’s Pick” The Miami Herald. September 30, p. 35.
Onaijide Shabaka, “Roundup: Wynwood Arts District-September,” www.MiamiArtExchange.com. September 15, pp. 2-3.
Ambar Hernández, “Thin & Crispy Thoughts,” www.everybodyyouknow.com. June.
Carlos M. Luis, “’Collage Series’ Una Muestra de Vitalidad en Art Vitam” El Nuevo Herald. January 30, p.6D
Lecture by Tom Jørgensen, Editor of Kunstavisen Magazine, Christoffersen Art in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Franklin Einspruch, “Collage Series,” The Miami New Times. January 20, p. 44.
2004 Miami Now, exhibition catalogue, World Arts Building, Miami, FL. EdgeZones Production.
José Antonio Evora. “Index Miami: Entre Voces y Ecos,” El Nuevo Herald. November 4, p. 8D.
Bob Weinberg, “Hialeah’s Christian Duran Creates the Mother Nature of All Mixed-Media Art,” City Link Magazine, June 30, p. 60.
2003 Ambar Hernández, "A Severe Case of the Blue Balls," The Miami Hurricane, October 14, p. 17.
2002 Damarys Ocana, "Junk Food For Thought." The Street Miami, November 8, p. 50.
Jessica Misener, "Hallucinogenic Ogres and Anatomical Machinery Chafe Against Each Other in Science Friction." The Miami Hurricane, November, p. 12.
Sara Stites, "Science Friction." Miami Art Exchange, November 2002.
1999 Shawn Roney. "Variety of Styles, Backgrounds Represented at Latino Art Exhibit." Two Worlds, June 10.
17th Annual River Market Regional Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Kansas City, MO.
COMMISSIONS
2014 Jaded Ibis Productions.
2009 Royal Caribbean International.
2007 Lexus, A Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN
Royal Caribbean International
The Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Lexus, A Division of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
The Miami Children’s Museum, Miami, FL
Fundación Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Arturo & Liza Mosquera, Coral Gables, FL
Jane Hart, Miami, FL
Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Miami, FL
Daniel Simmons Jr, NY
CURATORIAL
2018 Mutations, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2016 Broward Art Guild, Youth Art Competition and Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, FL