Esterio Segura Mora (born August 22, 1970 in

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) is a Cuban artist.

Education

From a very young age, Mora had an immense interest in visual arts. From 1982 to 1985 he studied at the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas of Camaguey,

, and next studied at the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Ballet, also in Camaguey. In 1989 he began his instruction at the Instituto Superior de Arte (I.S.A) in Havana, which he finished in 1994.

Career

Mora worked as a professor at the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Ballet in Camaguey. In 1993, together with Carlos Garaicoa, he undertook the curatorial design of the exhibition ''Las Metáforas del Templo'' that took place at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in Havana. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC). Sculpture, drawing and installation are his main vehicles of artistic endeavor.

Individual exhibitions

His first solo exhibition took place in the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Ballet, Camagüey, Cuba in 1986. In 1996 the show ''Bird and Fish: In the Freezer'' was seen at the Gasworks Studios,

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. In 1997 he showed ''Habanos libres y yo. Fotografías y dibujos'' at the Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Havana. In 1999 he presented ''Espacio ocupado por un sueño'' at Centro

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in Havana.

Collective exhibitions

Among the collective exhibitions was ''La Misión'', seen at the Dominico San Juan de Letrán Convent Gallery, Havana, in 1992. In 1993 Mora was part of an important and famous exhibition, ''Las metáforas del templo'' at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in Havana. ''Una de Cada Clase'' was the name of an exhibition in 1995 organized by the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. In 1998 he was in the show ''La isla a flote'' at the Der Brücke Gallery,

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. In 1999 he presented ''Trabajando p’al inglé'' at the Concourse Gallery, Barbican Center, London.

Awards

In 1988 Mora won the Prize of Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC). In 1992 he obtained a Mention in the National Triannial of small sculpture at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana. Between 1995 and 1996 he was Artist in Residence at the Gaswork Studio, London. In 1997 he was Artist in Residence at the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen,

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Collections

His works can be found in the

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, the

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, Kendall Art Center, the Rodriguez Collection, Miami, Florida, and in The New Museum of Latin American Art,

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, Essex, UK and the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL.

References

* ''Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection'' by Abelardo G. Mena Chicuri. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 2007.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20081204232258/http://www.iniva.org/events/1996/artist_in_residence_esterio_segura_mora * http://www.cnap.cult.cu/galeria/artistas/seguraesterio.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20101204095810/http://www.gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/detail.php?id=23 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080207044445/http://www.cuba-avantgarde.com/artists/segura.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Segura Mora, Esterio Cuban contemporary artists 1970 births Living people Instituto Superior de Arte alumni