Agustin Fernandez was born in Havana, Cuba on April 16, 1928 and died in New York City on June 2, 2006.

He is recognized as one of the outstanding Cuban artists of his generation. From his career beginnings in Havana through the many years that he spent outside Cuba, which were formative for the independent and international context that would mark his work, Agustin Fernandez dedicated himself to the production of paintings, drawings, and graphics.

Fernandez also created assemblages, sculptures and artist’s books. Fernandez’s work has been extensively and internationally exhibited and has received copious critical acclaim. His work, which is included in numerous and prestigious public collections, found a popular audience when it was featured in the 1980 Brian de Palma film, Dressed to Kill.
Today, his work is most recognizable for its ambiguous and precariously balanced forms, erotic overtones, surreal juxtapositions, and metallic palette. Inspired by the demands of survival in an urban environment and the mundane objects that clutter its alleys and streets, Fernandez is a collector on a quest for the substance of creativity, complete with the armor of protection necessary to maneuver through time and place that becomes such an important source of his imagery.

Paintings and objects are related and complementary and further complicate the identification of organic versus inorganic forms; human and machine; real and imagined; obsessive and cerebral. Throughout his long and prolific years as an artist, Agustin Fernandez was respected as a dedicated professional able to distinguish himself with a unique style and masterful techniques.
The following institutions include Fernandez's in their permanent collection:

Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Cabinet des Estampes. Bibliothèque National, Paris, France
JP Morgan Chase Collection, New York, New York
Cintas Foundation, Miami, Florida
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, New York
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Museo de Arte Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
New Mexico Museum of Art’s, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library, New York, New York
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.
The Patrick Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, Florida
Saint Thomas University Library, Houston, Texas
University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, Texas.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Source:
Website of LatinAmericanArt.com, June 2019