Reynier Llanes

  • CV

    AWARDS & ACCOLADES

    2026 

    • Artist in residence at AGB Museum of Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida.

    2023

    • Festival Juror at Fall Festival of the Arts. 30th Annual Fine Art Festival at DeLand, Florida.

    2018

    • Artist in Residence at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

    2012

    • OXFORD ***AMERICA*** 100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art.

    2011

    • First Place Award – Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award – Avery Research Institute – College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.
    • Mayor’s Purchase Award: Reynier Llanes for King of Rhythm. 28th Annual Moja Arts Juried Art Exhibition. Charleston, SC.
    • Artist in Residence and Academic Administration Award – Jonathan Green Studios, Inc. – Charleston, SC.

    2007 

    • Special Mention, October 20th Day of Culture – Pedro Junco Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    •     Special Mention, October 20th Instructors of Art – House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.

    2006

    • Second Place, Guernica – Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba.

     

    MUSEUMS & PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS

    • Naples Art Institute- Naples, Florida.
    • Gibbes Museum of Art- Charleston, North Carolina.
    • Lowe Museum of Art- Miami, Florida.
    • Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School- Flint, Michigan.
    • Fairfield University Art Museum- Fairfield, Connecticut.
    • Fort Wayne Museum of Art- Fort Wayne, IN.
    • The Butler Institute of American Art- Youngstown, Ohio.
    • Denver Art Museum- Denver, CO.
    • Museum of Art- DeLand, FL.

    • The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College - Lakeland, FL.
    • The Arkansas Arts Center, Museum of Fine Arts – Little Rock, Arkansas.
    • Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Univ of Notre Dame– Notre Dame, Indiana.
    • Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College– Winter Park, FL.
    • Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr – Little Rock, Arkansas.
    • Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum – Myrtle Beach, SC.
    • City of Charleston – Permanent art collection, Charleston, SC.
    • Miami Dade Collage – West Campus, Miami, FL.
    • Gaviña Gourmet Coffee – Vernon, California.
    • Vibrant Vision Collection of Caribbean Art – Jonathan Green & Richard Weedman.
    • Eastman School of Music, Univ. of Rochester - NY
    • Drury University Art Collection – Springfield, MO
    • Missouri State University Art Collection – Springfield, MO.
    • John Goodman Amphitheater, Missouri State Univ.- Springfield, MO
    • University of Missouri Art Collection - Columbia, MO
    • Evangel College Art Collection – Springfield, MO
    • Ohio Wesleyan Univ Art Collection – Delaware, OH
    • Ozark Technical Community College – Springfield, MO
    • Midwest Museum of American Art – Elkhart, IN
    • Morris Museum of Art – Augusta, GA

     

    MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY, CULTURAL CENTER, AND GALLERY SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2026

    • Pursuit of Grace. Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, FL

    2025 

    • Curiosity. Big Arts Center. Sanibel Island, FL.
    • Steeped into folklore: The art of Reynier Llanes. Morris Museum of Art. Augusta, GA.
    • Pursuit of Grace. Rutgers University- Camden. NJ.
    • Brewing Espression. Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, FL.
    • Reverie. Firetti Contemporary. Dubai, UAE.
    • Brewing Espression: Coffee, Poetry, and Painting. Sydney and Berne Davis Art Center. Fort Myers, FL.

    2024

    • Passages. Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, FL.
    • Brewing Espression: Coffee, poetry, and painting. Olga and Carlos Saladrigas Gallery. Miami, FL.
    • Embracing Divinity. Frascione Gallery. Palm Beach, FL.
    • Passages. Gibbs Museum of Art. Charleston, South Carolina.
    • Cinematic Impressions. Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. Fort Myers, FL.
    • Timeless Origins. Harmon Meek Gallery. Naples, FL.

    2023

    • Timeless Origins. The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College. Lakeland, Florida
    • What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye. Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, FL

    2022

    • What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye. Butler Institute of American Art – Youngstown, Ohio
    • When there is no Frontier. Museum of Art – Deland, Florida
    • When there is no Frontier. Harmon-Meek Gallery. Naples, FL

    2021

    • When there is No Frontier Franklin G. Burroughs ~ Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC.
    • Chronicles. Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL

    2020

    • Book of Life - Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Fl

    2019

    • Lineage. University of Houston, Texas.
    • Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition. Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL.

    2018

    • Subtle Ways of Blue. Harmon Meek-Gallery, Naples, FL.

    2017

    • Marble Trace. Northwestern State University of Louisiana- Natchitoches, LA.
    • Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition. Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL.
    • Marble Trace. The University of South Carolina – Etherredge Center, The University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC.

    2015

    • The Vibrant Vision Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman. San Diego
    African American Museum of Fine Art –August 13, 2015 – October 18, 2015. San Diego, California.
    • Voices of an Island – Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes. Franklin G. Burroughs ~ Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, in Myrtle Beach, SC.

    • Preserving a Cultural Heritage. The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes. Miami Dade Collage – West Campus, Miami, FL.

    2014

    • Exhibition of Art from The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA.
    • Espressonism. Cuban Espresso Coffee Paintings by Reynier Llanes. Gallery 2014, Hollywood, FL.

    2013

    • Passionate Collectors and 25 years of Jonathan Green (The Barbara Burgess and John Dinkelspiel Art Collection). Franklin G. Burroughs ~ Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC.
    • The Spirit of the Coffee Bean, The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show). Collier County Museum, Naples, Florida.
    • Vision: The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman. Gibbes Museum of Arts, in Charleston, South Carolina.
    • INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2013. Naples Museum of Arts (Current museum’s name: Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), in Naples, FL.
    • The Spirit of the Coffee Bean. Collier County Museum (The depot Museum), in
    Naples, FL.

    2012

    • INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2012. Naples Museum of Arts (Current museum’s name: Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), in Naples, FL.
    • Anecdotes from a Diary. Reynier Llanes (Solo Show) at Dunes Properties Studio in Charleston, SC.
    • The Spirit of the Coffee Bean. Saul Alexander Gallery at the Main Library, Charleston, SC.

    2011

    • Preserving a Cultural Heritage, The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show). Franklin G. Burroughs ~ Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, in Myrtle Beach, SC.

    2010

    • Artist Studio Tour 2010 – Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of Art (Current museum’s name: Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL.
    • Preserving a Cultural Heritage. The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes Gallery Chuma, Charleston, SC.

    2009

    • Have a Seat. Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL.

    2008

    • 2nd Annual Art Expressions of Latin America Exhibit. Museum of History, Fort Myers, FL.
    • Stranger Visitor. Reynier Llanes Studio/Gallery, Naples, FL.

    2006

    • Guernica with Havana Artists. Museo de Playa (Beach Museum), Havana, Cuba.

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2026 

    • Our Flag in American Art: 1935 - 2026. Deland Museum of Art, FL
    • Homage. Adelson Gallery. Palm Beach, FL

    2025

    • Reciprocity. Ascaso Gallery. Miami,. FL

    2024

    • Latin Heritage Art Exhibition. The Art Center of Greenwood. Greenwood, SC.
    • Palm Beach Show. Frascione Gallery. West Palm Beach, FL
    • From the Sultry to the Subtle: Erotic Art Notes. Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL.

    2023

    • Vuelve a nosotros tus ojos. La caridad nos une, Our Lady La Caridad Sanctuary-Miami, FL.
    • Poetic Visions, Museum of Art- DeLand, DeLand, FL.

    2022

    • Voices of the Island, Finnegan/ Hyness Gallery, FL.
    • Voices of the Island, Finnegan/ MDC North Campus, Miami, FL.
    • Many Moons”, Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC
    • CollaboARTive “Inside the Lines”- Saladrigas Gallery, Belen Jesuit, Miami, FL

    2021

    • Voices of the Island, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, at Grand Atrium Gallery. Fort Myers, FL

    2019

    • Motus in Tempus, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, at Grand Atrium Gallery. Fort Myers, FL
    • Them, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, at Grand Atrium Gallery. Fort Myers, FL.

    2018

    • Virgen, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Miami, Fl.
    • Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora and African American Artists. Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL.
    • Los Cuatro Cubanos, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA.

    2017

    • Faces in the Crowd. Polk Art Museum. Lakeland, FL.
    • The Figure in American Art. Polk Art Museum New Art Museum Collection. Lakeland, FL.
    • Visual Therapy. Conde Contemporary – City Center Way in Pembroke Pines, FL.

    2015

    • Call Up the Figure. The Von Liebig Art Center. Naples, FL.

    2014

    • Cosmic Connections. Art Basel Miami – Contemporary Art Projects USA, Miami, FL.

    2013

    • The Art Pinar del Rio, Cuba – The art collection of Reynier Llanes. The City of
    Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, Charleston, SC.

    • International Group Exhibition – Contemporary Artists of Pinar del Rio, North
    Charleston City Hall, North Charleston, SC.

    2010

    • Latin Cultural Fusion – Art of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba (The Reynier Llanes Art Collection). Dunes Properties Studio Gallery, Charleston, SC.
    • Artist Studio Tour 2010. Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of
    Art, Naples, FL.

    2009

    • Moja Art Festival. Jonathan Green and Protégé, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC.
    • Latin Art Show. Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL.
    • Fiesta Cubana. Naples Yacht Club, Naples, FL.
    • The Culturalists. Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL.
    • Latin America Masters. Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL.
    • A Latin Art Affair. Harbor side Convention Center, Fort Myers, FL.
    • Cross Cultural Reflections. Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL.

    2007

    • October 20th Day of Culture. Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • Art Young. House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • Tribute to 50th Anniversary of Independence of Malaysia. Maybank, Malaysia.
    • Exhibition with co-artist Silvio Martinez. Bogota, Colombia.
    • 3rd Exhibition of Art Instructors. Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.

    2006

    • December 14 Junco Municipal Gallery. Cuba
    • October 20th Graduation of Instructors of Arts. Cine Said, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • “Guernica” with Havana Artists. Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba.
    • Memorial for Jose Marti. Havana, Cuba.
    • Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall. Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • Group Exhibition. Gallery Viñales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • Arte Joven. House of The Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • May Pilgrimages. Holguin, Cuba.
    • Oil Painting. Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.

    2005

    • First National Exhibition of Art Instructors. Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
    • Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall. Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.
    • National Exhibition of Art Instructors. Cuba Arts Pavilion, Havana, Cuba.

     

    COMMUNITY PROJECTS

    2006

    • Mural with the artist Juan Miguel Suarez. Home for the Elderly, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.

    2005

    • Mural with the artist Yaciel Martinez Sanchez. Instructors School of Art, Pinar Del Rio,
    Cuba.