Augusto C. Bordelois (Havana, Cuba, 1969) graduated from the University of Havana with a major in English Language and Literature. He has also studied sculpture, ceramics, costume design for theatre and cinema, classical drawing and painting. He was the founder and main teacher of the "Children Workshop", at 23 & 12 Art Center in Havana; and also the co-founder of the freelance multimedia company "2 Pasos." Augusto's literary works have been published in magazines such as Kastello, and Hojas Literarias, Spain. He has participated as a costume and float designer at different carnivals in Cuba and also at Parade The Circle in Cleveland, Ohio.
He has written and illustrated short stories for children and activities guides, assisted in landscape designs of public places, public art and community art program coordination. Augusto is a teaching artist and member of Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio and the Ohio Arts Council. He is also the founder and editor of The Art Fix - an electronic weekly newsletter that showcases local, national and international artists. Currently, he works as the Assistant Director at 1 Point 618 Gallery in Cleveland and as a managing partner at Southwest 7 Arts, Llc. , an art instruction and consulting services in Cleveland.

Some of his works are in private collections in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, U.S.A., Cuba, Brazil, Ecuador, Japan, Greece, Germany, Chile, Switzerland, England and Norway.

Awards

2003
- Best of Show, 2003 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, USA.
- Ohio Arts Council Special Award, 2003 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition.
2000
- Honorable Mention, The National Arts Program, Cleveland, USA.
1999
- San Alejandro Academy Painting Award, Havana, Cuba.
- Servando Cabrera Moreno Special Mention, Havana, Cuba.
1996
- First Mention, 4th National Juan David Salon, Havana, Cuba.
1995
- Servando Cabrera Painting Award, Havana, Cuba.
1994
- First Mention, 2nd National Juan David Salon, Havana, Cuba.

Personal Exhibitions

2006
- "Brick by Brick", 1 Point 618 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

2005
- "Augusto Bordelois", Howard and Hanna Real State Services, Lakewood, Ohio, USA
- "Tierra Madura", Cuyahoga Community College West Campus, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

2003
- "Recent Works", Bruno Casiano Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- "Caribbean Dream by Lake Erie", Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio, USA
- "A Room with Two Views," Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, Michigan, USA

2001
- "Havana via Cleveland," Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio, U.S.A.

1999
- "Labyrinth of Body and Desire," Visual Arts Provincial Center, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
- "Step by Step," Neptune Hotel Gallery, Havana City

1998
- "Grown up Metaphors," 23&12 Art Center, Havana City

1997
- "Mundane Scenes," Visual Arts and Design Provincial Center, Havana City

1996
- "Narcissus Dreams," Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Havana City
- "Sex, Violence and Adult Language," Gramma Poligraphic Complex, Havana City

1995
- "The Ones who Fall from Heaven," Kahlo Gallery, Havana City
- "Shouted Secrets," Juan David Gallery, Havana City
- "As a Breath of Life," Reformed Presbyterian Church of Luyanó, Havana City

1994
- "Beneath My Colors," Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana City
- "Tones and Values," Amelia Pelaez Gallery, Havana City
- "The Time of Missed Fears," 7th Art Gallery, Havana City

1993
- "With the Poor People of the World Nobody Wants to Share Their Luck," 23 & 12 Art Center, Havana City

1992
- "Social Dirt," Plaza Community House, Havana City

Collective Exhibitions

2006

- Chalk Mural (Cleveland Museum of Art Featured Artist), Tremont Art Fest, Cleveland, Ohio

- “Holland Art Fair”, The Hague, Holland

- Chalk mural commission, CASE Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

2005
- "CAFE", Edinburgh Fine Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland
- "Group Show", Galeria de Arte Gaudi, Madrid, Spain
- "Arte Latino", Arte Fino Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
- Featured Artist at The Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Traditional and Contemporary Latin American Art", 2nd April Galerie, Canton , Ohio

2004
- "La Mirada", Thrive-An Artspace gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
- Featured Artist at The Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Soul of The Americas, Mural Project", CSU Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Emerging Visions", Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
- "Plastica Latinoamericana", Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, Ohio
- "Contemporary Figurative Painting", Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland

2003
- Featured Artist at The Cleveland Museum of Art Chalk Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
-"De Aqui y De Alla- From Here and There", Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
-"Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition", Cox Fine Arts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
-"Collective Show", Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio
-"Group Show", Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, Michigan

2002
-"The Love that Could Have Been There", Parade the Circle, Cleveland, Ohio
-"Soul Food", Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, Michigan
-"Collective Show", Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, Michigan
-"Haitian and Cuban Art", Galeria Quetzal, Cleveland, Ohio
-"Diverse Visions," Gallery East, Cuyahoga Community College, Highlands Hills, Ohio

2001
- "Small is Beautiful," Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio
- "48 Hours of Making Art," B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Ohio
- "Milenio Latino," O.L.A.A., Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Ohio

2000
- "City Works," The National Arts Program, Kelly Randall Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Agnon Show," Shaker Heights, Ohio
- "Group Show," Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio
- "77th Annual Spring Show," Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania
- "April Art Walk," Firenze Gallery, Little Italy, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Collective Show," Art at the Power House, Cleveland, Ohio

1999
- "December Art Walk," Firenze Gallery, Little Italy, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Small is Beautiful," Alan Gallery, Berea, Ohio
- "Proyecto Horizontal," Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- "3 in 1," Morro Facilities, Havana City, Cuba
- "International Show," Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- "Horizontal Project," Gallery C, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
- "Once More," Galiano Gallery, Havana City
- "4 x 1 = 5," International Press Center, Havana City, Cuba
- "Playa Art Contest 1999," Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana City
- "Made in Cuba," Prestige Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- "March Salon," GESTA, Havana City, Cuba
- "Son Art," Ronison Cocktail Bar and Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- "Excuse at the End of the Century," Plaza Cultural House, Havana City, Cuba
-"Erotic Art Salon," Fayad Jamís Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "It Isn't Sane," Total Space Project, Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
-"Cuban Painting at the End of the Century II," Boheme Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Interdisciplinary mural, "Faces and memories," Imago Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
-"Cuban Painting at the End of the Century," ACEA, Barcelona, Spain

1998
- II National Contest "W.F.P. in Action," La Casona, FCBC, Havana City, Cuba
- "Color in Movement," Mosquito Blue Hotel, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
- "Myth: Light eclectic hope," Madriguera, Brother Saíz Association, Havana City, Cuba
- "March 13th Salon," L Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "7th 7 Art Salon," 7 Art Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Horizontal Faith," Saint Francis of Assisi Convent, Havana City, Cuba
- "Plural Trace, 26 Young Artists," The Golden Branch Gallery, Panama City, Panama
- "Illustrated Stages," Her-Car Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Erotic Art Salon," Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Façonnable Salon, Brush's Caprice," Acacia Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Horizontal Project," Beija Municipal Hall, Portugal
- "Naive Stories," Luis Bay Sevilla Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "98 Horizontal Project," Imago Gallery, Havana City, Cuba

1997
- "Contemporary Cuban Painting," Borba Municipal Hall, Portugal
- "In Honor of Amelia," Ambassador Hall, Havana Libre trip Hotel, Havana City, Cuba
- "Cuba 97," Isarte Gallery, Medellin, Colombia
- "Horizontal Project in Portugal," Castro Verde Municipal Hall, Portugal
- "Sept Jeunes Peintres Cubains," Grand Hotel, Sete, France
- "From the Real to the Wonderful," Watch Tower Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- "Spring Auction," Imago Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "To Undress the Image," Acacia Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "6th 7 Art Salon," Collateral Show to the 6th International Havana Biennial of Visual
Art, 7 Art Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Young Cuban Painting, a Contemporary Fragment," Itinerary Show in Portugal
- "March 13th Salon," L Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Erotic Art Salon," Fayad Jamis Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "9th Aristides Fernandez Salon," Universal Gallery, Güines, Havana, Cuba

1996
- "Bestiarium, in Honor of Dulce Maria Loinaz," 23 & 12 Art Center, Havana City, Cuba
- "S.T Collective," Sea, Sun and Art Gallery, Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba
- "Harlequin in Havana," Al-Medina Restaurant Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "4th Juan David Salon," 23 & 12 Art Center, Havana City, Cuba
- "7 Art 5th Salon," 7 Art Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Collective Exhibition," Form Gallery, Havana City, Cuba

1995
- "Space Inside a Space," Carmen Montilla de Tinoco Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "Playa Salon 1995," Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana City, Cuba
- "3rd Juan David Salon," Juan David Gallery, Havana City, Cuba

1994
- "2nd Juan David Salon," Juan David Gallery, Havana City, Cuba