José Toirac graduated from the Academia de San Alejandro in 1985 and from the Institute Superior de Arte in Havana in 1990. His work has been exhibited internationally since 1988. In 2001, Gallery 106 presented the artist's first solo show in the United States. His work is represented in many private and public collections throughout the world. Toirac currently lives and works in Havana.

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2002, Think Different, Art in General, New York, NY
2002, Mediaciones II, Galeria Habana, Havana, Cuba
2001, Mediaciones, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001, Playing the Game, Gallery 106, Austin, TX

Recent Group Exhibitions
2003, The American Effect, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
2001, New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2000, Spectrum: An Idea of History, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

Publications
Block, Holly. Art Cuba: The New Generation. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001).
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. (New York: Phaidon Press, 2002).
Zeitlin, Marilyn A. Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island. (Tempe, AZ: ASU Art Museum, 1998).

Collections
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY