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List Of Cuban Artists
Below is a list of Cuban artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Cuba, of Cuban descent or who produced works that are primarily about Cuba. A *Agustín Drake Aldama (born 1934), metal sculptor, born in Matanzas * Nela Arias-Misson (1915–2015), Cuban-born American abstract, expressionist painter * Armando de Armas Romero (1914–1981), Havana painter *Belkis Ayón (1967–1999), Havana painter and lithographer B * Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (1937–2001), Spanish-born Cuban poster artist * Henry Ballate (born 1966), artist, born in Aguada de Pasajeros * Juan Pablo Ballester Carmenates (born 1966), photographer, video artist, born in Camagüey *Dulce Beatriz (born 1931), painter, born in Havana *José Bedia Valdés (born 1959), painter, born in Havana * Mario Bencomo (born 1953), painter, born in Pinar del Río *Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción (1938–2022), designer * Cundo Bermúdez (1914–2008), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Drake Aldama
Agustín Drake Aldama (1 September 1934 – 4 August 2022) was a Cuban metal sculptor. Born in Matanzas, he graduated at the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas Alberto Tarascó, Matanzas, Cuba in 1953 and years later he was a director of this school between 1963 and 1968. He developed different art forms like drawing, painting, sculpture and graphic design. Individual exhibitions Drake made various exhibitions, among them we can quote ''Exposición de Esculturas de Agustín Drake'' at Liceo de Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba in 1959; ''Sculpture sur la Faune Fantastique'' at Anasy Antananarivo, Madagascar and ''Fauna fantástica. Esculturas de Agustín Drake'' at Salao Internacional do Departamento Nacional de Museus e Monumentos, Luanda, Angola and Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique, both in 1981. Collective exhibitions Drake also formed part of many collective exhibitions: for example at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana he shows his work in 1954, 1955, 1956, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saidel Brito Lorenzo
Saidel Brito (born Saidel Brito y Lorenzo on December 4, 1973, in Matanzas, Cuba) is a prominent Cuban artist specializing in drawing, sculpture, installation and photography. Brito studied in 1992 at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (''ENA'') and continued at Instituto Superior de Arte (''ISA'') in Havana, Cuba graduating in 1997. Individual Exhibitions * 1992 – ''"Aruacos, Cubanos y Mitos "'', Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), Havana, Cuba. * 1996 – ''"Cuentos bobos"'', Galería Espacio Abierto de la Revista ''Revolución y Cultura'', Havana, Cuba. * 1998 – ''"Saidel Brito. Provisorische Utopien. Skulpturen und Zeichnungen"'', Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. * 2004 – ''"Saidel Brito: Habeas Corpus"'', dpm Arte Contemporáneo, Guayaquil, Ecuador Collectives Exhibitions He was part of many collectives exhibitions: * 1994 – ''"Shankar’s International Children’s Competition 1987"'', Nehru House, New Delhi, India. * 1995 – ''"No valen guaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Corrales
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may refer to the: * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) (d. 1152), also known as Saint Raul * Raúl Acosta (born 1962), Colombian road cyclist * Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009), former President of Argentina (1983–89) * Raúl Albiol (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Raul Amaya (born 1986), American mixed martial artist * Raúl Baena (born 1989), Spanish association football player * Raul Boesel (born 1957), Brazilian race car driver * Raúl Castañeda (born 1982), Mexican boxer * Raúl Castro (born 1931), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro * Raúl Correia (born 1993), Angolan footballer * Raúl Diago (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player * Raúl de Tomás (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Raul Di Blasio (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Consuegra
Rafael Consuegra (September 16, 1941 – September 17, 2021) was a Cuban-born American sculptor and ceramist who worked in the United States and Europe. Consuegra was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island in 1960 and established residence in Miami, Florida, where he began his studies in architecture and engineering. As an art student, he was twice granted the Cintas fellowship from the International Institute of Education in New York, and obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Miami in 1971. After teaching sculpture and design for a few years, Consuegra set his sights on creating, and established a studio in Barcelona. He quickly developed a reputation as a ceramist and sculptor, and exhibited widely throughout France, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia and Serbia. Upon his return to the US, he set up his primary studio in Miami, and spent over 30 years creating a large body work ranging in size from small-scale sculptures to monumental public art commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Consuegra
Hugo Consuegra (born Hugo Consuegra Sosa October 26, 1929 in Havana, Cuba – January 24th 2003 in New York City, New York) was a Cuban-born artist and architect who, in 1953, became one of the founding members of Los Once (The Eleven), a group of young abstract expressionist artists which included the core members Guido Llinás, Raul Martinez, Tomás Oliva and Antonio Vidal. The group broke away from the representational style prevalent at the time in Cuba and produced its largest volume of work between 1953 and 1955. Consuegra and four of the original 11 continued to exhibit in what became known as the post-revolutionary avant-garde movement in Cuba. Consuegra was also a Professor of Art History at Havana University’s School of Architecture (1960–5). His first solo exhibition was held in 1953 at the Lyceum in Havana. As part of Los Once (The Eleven), Consuegra was instrumental in introducing abstract expressionism to Cuba. His award-winning artwork was widely exhibited in Cuba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberto Castro
Humberto Castro (born Humberto Jesús Castro García in 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an important Cuban painter. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" and at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana, Cuba. In 1980 he became part of the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), Havana, and from 1982 until 1985 he was also member of the ''Equipo de Creación Colectiva Hexágono'', Havana. Individual exhibitions '"Hallazgos"', in 1980, was his first individual exhibition and it took place at Teatro Mella, Havana, Cuba. In 1988 ''"Three Cuban Artists"'' in Gallery 76, Ontario College of Art/Forest City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Three years after this experience in North America ''"Humberto Castro. Jeune Peinture"'', Grand Palais, Paris, France. In 1993 ''"Humberto Castro. L'envol d'Icare"''. Le Monde de L'Art, Paris, France and Art 93 Chicago. The New Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In 1995 ''"Le Radeau d'Ulyses"''. Le Monde de L'Art, Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Álvarez Castelló
Pedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló (February 9, 1967 – February 12, 2004) was a Cuban artist who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period. Biography Álvarez was a native of Havana, Cuba. He studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” from 1980 to 1985 and the Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique José Varona from 1986 to 1991. He was a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. On February 12, 2004, Álvarez died just five days after the beginning of a major solo exhibition of his work, "Landscape in the Fireplace," at the Arizona State University Art Museum. Work Álvarez's paintings are shown in museums around the world, including the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana in Havana, the Museo Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, Spain, the Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe, Arizona, the Museum of Art in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and the Museo de la Universidad de Alicante in Alicante, Spain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consuelo Castañeda
Consuelo Castañeda (born 1958) is a Cuban artist, professor, and art critic whose work includes painting, installations, photography, graphic art, architecture, and print. She was a major part of a movement of the relationship between art and politics in the 1980s avant-garde scene and revolutionized how women were treated in the art world. Castañeda is also credited with helping to catapult the cultural production of the Cuban avant-garde onto the international stage and shifting the popular understanding of the relationship between art and politics in Cuba, as well as in broader Latin America. Castañeda was living in Miami, Florida until 2016, where she moved back to Havana, Cuba. Biography In 1977, Castañeda attended the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba. She then attended the Advanced Institute of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba in 1982 where she would then teach. As a professor at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, she was a pivotal figure in Cuba u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Emilia Castagliola
María Emilia Castagliola (born 1946) is a Cuban-American painter and a conceptual artist. Born in Havana, Cuba, she immigrated to the United States in 1961. Her early work stressed her Cuban roots with the use of Catholic and Renaissance icons; her more recent projects have been installation and community-based. Biography Castagliola has a B.A. degree in sociology, in addition to B.F.A and M.F.A degrees from the University of South Florida. She has taught art, as an assistant professor, at the same university. Castagliola has a background in social services and religion. Her early work synthesized her Cuban roots with Catholic and Renaissance icons, but she also tried to incorporate personal things in her artwork. She then moved on towards installation and community-based projects. Castagliola discusses that it is within her work that we can see and comprehend her bicultural dichotomy. She focuses her artwork on Latin American traditions and incorporates Spanish and religious ico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Carmona
Williams Carmona is a Cuban painter. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. In the early 1990s he moved to Puerto Rico. He has works in a number of museums including the Museum of Latin American Art The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California, United States and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contempora ... (MOLAA). References External links Facebook- Williams CarmonaNexos Magazine "Williams Carmona surrealismo caribeño"Cernuda Artewilliamscarmona.com Living people 1967 births Artists from Havana Cuban contemporary artists Cuban painters Cuban surrealist artists {{Cuba-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas is a Cuban painter. Biography Rodríguez Cárdenas was born in 1962 in Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, and completed his arts studies in 1983 at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). He formed part of the René Portocarrero workshop, where he began to make a name for himself in serigraphy, drawing and painting. He became a key figure in the resurgence of criticism and of the arts movement at the time. His participation played a decisive role in the birth of the provisional group. From among the imagery created in the late 1980s, which questioned and made ironic the “revolutionary” state slogans, some of Rodríguez Cárdenas's proposals became iconic representations of his generation such as his self-portrait featuring him bare-chested, the skin painted like a brick wall, on which the words ”I am my home” are written; from his neck hangs a skeleton with a comic blurb that reads “I do not exist, only my intention”. In Rodríguez Cárd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Cárdenas
250px, ''Untitled'' (1961), sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl.">Lake_Neusiedl.html" ;"title="Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl">Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl. Agustín Cárdenas Alfonso (April 10, 1927, Matanzas, Cuba – February 9, 2001, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban sculptor who was active in the Surrealist movement in Paris. His sculpture was influenced by Brâncuși, Henry Moore, and Jean Arp. Poet André Breton said of his artistic hand that it was "efficient as a dragonfly." Biography Cárdenas was a descendant of slaves from Senegal and the Congo, and was born in Matanzas, a major port in the sugar industry. In Cuba, Cárdenas studied under Juan José Sicre, and from 1943 to 1949 at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana. He was member of ''Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba'' (AGC) from 1951 to 1955, and of the creativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |