Lesbia Claudina Vent Dumois (born 1932) is a contemporary

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, whose works include

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, art curation, and

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. She does not specialize in any themes but is "interested in the everyday and historical references." Lesbia Claudina Vent Dumois was born on November 6, 1932, in Cruces,

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. Vent Dumois studied at the ''Escuela de Artes Plásticas'' in Santa Clara,

under

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. In 1961 she obtained a

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fellowship to study lithography in

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. In 1968 she was a member of the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), in

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. From 1980 to 1993, she was Director of Fine Arts at the

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in Havana, and since 1993 is Vice President of the Casa de las Américas.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 1954 ''Grabados'', in the Galería Habana, Arte y Cinema La Rampa,

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. * 1961 ''Engravings'', in the Union of Fine Artists,

Group exhibitions

* 1952, ''Exposición de la Estampa Cubana'', in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Toluca, Mexico City,

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. * 1959, ''16th National Exhibition of Prints'',

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* 1977, ''Cuba Peintres d'Aujourd'hui'', in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,

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. * 1984, I Bienal de La Habana. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,

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. * 1995, 1er Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,

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Awards and honors

* 1960, the Prize at the Primer Certamen Latinoamericano de Xilografía,

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. * 1972, Prize in the International Print Biennial Cracow'1972, Kraków,

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. * 1996, Alejo Carpentier Medal, Council of State, Republic of Cuba.

Collections

, Havana, Cuba * Collection of Engravings, in

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. *Museo de la Solidaridad, Santiago de Chile, Chile

References

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