Teddy Cobeña Loor (born 16 April 1973) is a figurative expressionist sculptor with a surrealist component. He lives in

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Biography

He was born in Portoviejo, the son of David Cobeña Vinces and Judith Loor Rodríguez. In his adolescence, he was interested in the study of

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and had in the family bookcase a biography of

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. He began his studies of medicine in

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and ends his formation in

as a

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and in

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; there he begins at the same time a formation in sculpture at , and Florence Academy of Art. His bronze work "The dreams" is in the Palazzo Panciatichi in

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, at the

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of the government of

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(Italy) since June 2013. In November 2016 and 2018 he received the international sculpture awards "Aigle de Bronze" and "Villa de Nice" in

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, on the occasion of the 28th "Aigle de Nice" Fine Arts Exhibition. In the opening of the exhibition ''Renaissance'' in

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(2015) he referred to the positive sensations when seeing, touching or hearing an

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as sensorrealism, a word that has been used in some art platforms and

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. the most important of these has been in

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where the Hyogo Government awarded him with the International Art Prize in June 2017.

Work

His work is characteristically figurative, initially influenced by Jean-Baptista Carpeaux and later by the dalinian surrealism. In most of his sculptures the expressionist style and also

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is noted. He combines the

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s in many of his bronze sculptures resulting in a range of

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Awards

*"Leonardo Martínez Bueno" Medal (Spain) *"Mateo Inurria" Medal (Spain) *Distinction of Honor of the Spanish Association of sculptors (Spain) *International Bronze Price Aigle de Nice (France) *Price "Ville de Nice" (France) *International Prize Hyogo of Art (Japan) *Pont-de-Chéruy Medal (France)

Selected exhibitions

* 2014 - ''Solidart.'' Consiglio de la Toscana, Florence (Italy) * 2015 - ''L'art contemporain.'' Galeries du Musée de Louvre of Paris (France) * 2015 - ''Renaixement.'' Rome (Italy) * 2016 - Collective presentation 51 Queen Sofia, Madrid (Spain) * 2016 - "Aigle de Nice" (France) * 2017 - Exhibition 52 Queen Sofia, Madrid (Spain) * 2017 - ''Surealism'' & ''Sensorealism'', Kobe (Japan)

References

External links

Official Site

"Arts & Culture" of Google's ArtGallery has artworks of Teddy Cobeña
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cobeña, Teddy 1973 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sculptors 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male sculptors 21st-century Spanish sculptors Ecuadorian sculptors Expressionist sculptors University of Barcelona alumni 21st-century Spanish male artists