José Sánchez Iraola (born

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, September 19, 1961) is a contemporary painter.

Personal life

He attended the

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from 1986 but didn't formally finish the programme. At the age of 26 he left Cuba and resided in

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from 1987 until he moved to

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in 1989.

Individual exhibitions

In January 1987 Iraola had a solo show called ''Jugamos con los dioses'' at Domingo Ravenet Gallery in Havana. In 1990 his exhibition ''Caja Postal'' was shown in Madrid. Since 1993 he has often worked with Luis Marín, exhibiting together twice in

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at the Sala de Arte Contemporaneo of the Museo Municipal de Guayaquil and at the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno in Cuenca in 1993. In 1995, the artists exhibited ''Posibles Orígenes y Mitos'' from April 19 to May 6 at La Galería in

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and in 1997 they showed ''Presencia Cubana en Los Angeles'' at the Antioch University in

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Group exhibitions

The artist was invited to the Salón Playa that took place at the Galería Servando Cabrera Moreno in Havana, in December 1985. In September 1991 Iraola showed some of his work in ''Abstractions'' at the Inter American Gallery at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade Community College, in

. In 1994 he participated in ''The Afro Cuban My'' at the Barbara Greene Gallery in Miami, and he also was a member of the ''9 Cuban American Artists'' at the

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Art Gallery,

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, in Brooklyn, New York.

Collections

Some of his paintings are in the collections of the Antioch University in

; the Diners Club Collection in

; the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Lima, Peru. The Modern Art Museum of Cuenca, Ecuador has also acquired some of his canvases as well as the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Awards

He won an important award at Soho Art Competition No. 9. at the Ariel Gallery, Soho, New York.

References

* Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. ''Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century''. California/International Arts Foundation, 2001. * Jose Viegas. ''Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx''. California International Arts, 2004.

External links

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