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Fernando García

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Fernando García


Garcia was a conceptual artist deeply involved with civic life in Miami whose artwork often involved the whole community. Garcia studied mathematics at the University of Georgia in Athens and drawing and painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He was an art instructor at Miami-Dade Community College and the International Fine Arts College in Miami.

Solo shows included On the Line. A Simultaneous Exhibition in Key West and Coral Gables; Miami Magic, an installation at the Metro Dade Cultural Center, and Aries. Installation, at the Albany Museum of Art. His work was included in the Miami Generation traveling exhibition.

His work is in the permanent collections of the Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami Dade College and the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, among others. Making Purple, a neon piece, is at the Okeechobee Metrorail Station as part of Miami-Dade’s Art in Public Places program. (Cintas for art, 1978-79)

Fernando García (b. 1945, Havana-d. 1989, Miami)




Works in our Collection by Fernando García

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MIAMI’S CHOICE
Fernando García
Acrylic on Canvas

Garcia was a conceptual artist deeply involved with civic life in Miami whose artwork often involved the whole community. Garcia studied mathematics at the University of Georgia in Athens and drawing and painting at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He was an art instructor at Miami-Dade Community College and the International Fine Arts College in Miami.

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Programming/Degrees:

Schedule of Classes
Art – Associate of Arts (AA)
Graphic Design – Associate in Sciences (AS)
Graphic Design – Dr. Marjan Mazza Bachelor of Applied Science in Bussiness and Management (GRPH-BAS)
Photography – Associate of Sciences (AS)
Photography – Associate in Sciences in Photographic Technology (PHOTO-CT)

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Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts
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Pensacola, FL 32504

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