Profile: Edgar Sanchez Cumbas
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ACADEMICS
1994
B.F.A. Savannah College of Art and Design, Magna Cum Laude, Savannah, GA
1991
A.A. Liberal Arts, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999
The Portfolio Center, Atlanta, GA
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2006
USF Fine Art Dept., Drawing Students
2004
Tampa Museum of Art, Artists on Art Series, June
2003
Brad Cooper Gallery, Artist Lecture, September
Tampa Museum of Art, Texture & Tension, September
2002
Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Art Gallery, Scraching the Surface, October
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2008
Reconnoiter, One Brickell Square, June 5 - June 30, Miami, FL
2007
Identity in Process, ARTE 2007, Flight 19, Tampa, Fl
2006
Tampa Museum of Art, underCURRENT/overVIEW 8: May 7 - July 9, Tampa, FL
The von Liebig Art Center, Evocative Portraits: March 31- May 20, Naples, FL
2005
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Les Fauves, Largo, FL
Webber Center Gallery, Central Florida Community College, Nuevas Voces Latinas, Oct 20 - Dec 10, Ocala, FL
2004
Bleau Acier, New Editions, Tampa, FL
Covivant Gallery, Carry On, Biennial, Tampa, FL
Brad Cooper Gallery, 20 years/ 20 artists, Tampa, FL
Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Biennial 2004, New Port News, VA. Juror: Carrie Przybilla, Curator, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Biaggi Faure, San Juan, PR
Project Creo, Solo Creo II, St. Petersburg, FL
Arts Center, All Florida Juried Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL. Juror: William Zimmer, Art Critic, NY. **award
Industrial Carnival, Bustillo y Diaz Cigar Factory, Tampa, FL
2003
Tampa Museum of Art, selected works from the permanent collection, Tampa, FL
Gala Corina, Milagro, Tampa, FL
Biaggi Faure, San Juan, PR
Savannah College of Art & Design, Rush Hour Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2002
Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Gala Corina, Sanctuary, Tampa, FL
Brad Cooper Gallery, 7 Latino Voices: Side by Side, Tampa, FL
2001
Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Brad Cooper Gallery, International Voices, Tampa, FL
Red Gallery, Doppelgangers, Savannah, GA
Gala Corina, Tampa, FL
Tampa Museum of Art, Under Current/ Over View IV, FL
MacArthur Galleries, Figurative Dialog, Tampa, FL
Fusion Gallery, Odyssey, St. Petersburg, FL
2000
Gala Corina, Tampa, FL
Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
Covivant, Blender, Tampa, FL
1999
Gallery 157, Sporadic Germination, New York, NY
Society of Illustrators, Annual Juried Exhibit 41, New York, NY
1998
Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
1996
Murray Feldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Arts on the River, Annual Juried Exhibit 15, Savannah, GA
All Media National Exhibition, Chair, Miami, FL
Center for Contemporary Arts, Annual Juried Exhibit 15, Tampa, FL
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2006
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Poetical Observations, Largo, FL: July 14- September 3
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL: January 27 - February 24
2005
Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL: September 9 - October 30
Biaggi Faure, San Juan, PR: April 7 - May 2
2003
Brad Cooper Gallery, Los Colossos, Tampa, FL: September 6 - October 11
La Galerie Bleue, Savannah College of Art & Design, Internal Perception, GA: March 13-May 5
2002
Hillsborough Community College, Scratching the Surface, Tampa, FL: October 3-31
2001
Covivant, Avant Garde, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
1999
Brad Cooper Gallery, Special Victims Unit, Tampa, FL
1998
Raymond Lawrence Gallery, Giants vs. Victims, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS
2007
City Of Tampa Public Arts Program, Hillsborough County, FL
2005
Individual Artist Grant, Hillsborough County, FL
2004
John Brown Memorial Award, All Florida Juried Exhibition, Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL. Juror: William Zimmer, contributing critic to the NY Times.
1997
Society of Illustrators, Award of Merit, NY
1994
Outstanding Achievement in Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
1994
Who's Who among College and University Students
1993
Spencer International Mural Project
COLLECTIONS
Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
Daniele Perna Designs, NYC
Wachovia Bank, GA
Mute Records, UK
Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
Alltel Communications, FL
Tampa Museum of Art, FL
Toenut/ Hartley, GA
Via Group, FL
Baseline Interactive, FL
Images by Edgar Sanchez Cumbas
- Diptych
- Arasian
- Brush
- German
- Mira Negro
- Monkeys off my Back
- Didn't Know You Were Korean
- Light Leads to Slaughter