Gina Pellón

Gina Pellón (born December 26, 1926) is a Cuban painter who lives in France. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong colours, usually depicting women. She has also written collections of poems.

In 1959 she fled from the Cuban dictatorship of Fidel Castro, and in 1960 she made her first solo exhibition in Luzern, Switzerland. Since then she has mad exhibitions in various countries. Particularly in France where she lives, but also in the United States. She got a close relationship to the Danish painter Asger Jorn from the CoBrA group, and the influence from this artistic group is obvious in her works.

Literature

*Gina Pellon: Peintures 1965-1999, Edizioni Ae dell'aurora, Verona, Italia, 1999 / M. Wheatley, Marie Claire Anthonioz
*Gina Pellon, Galerie Moderne, 2001, Silkeborg, Dinamarca /
*Gina Pellon, Galerie Moderne, 2006, Silkeborg, Dinamarca
*Navarrete, William: Visión Crítica de Gina Pellón, Aduana Vieja, Valencia, 2007
*Navarrete, William. (Ed.) “Insulas al pairo : poesía cubana contemporánea en París”, Gina Pellón, Aduana Vieja, Cádiz, 2004
*Navarrete, William. (Ed.) “Vendedor de olvidos”, Gina Pellón., Editorial Aduana Vieja, Cádiz, 2005.
*Pellón, Gina. “Rétrospective”, Musées de la ville de Niort, Niort, 1999
*Pellón, Gina. “Cuando los pájaros duermen” Editorial Cernuda, Miami, Fla., 1985