- Francisco Toledo
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (b.
17 July 1940 ,Juchitán, Oaxaca ) is an important Mexican graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts withGuillermo Silva Santamaria .His social and cultural concerns about his home state led to his participation in the establishment of an important art library at the IAGO, and his involvement in the founding of the
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), the Patronato Pro-Defensa y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural de Oaxaca, a library for the blind, a photographic center, and the Eduardo Mata Music Library to name a few of his projects. Toledo's outstanding creativity has been expressed in pottery, sculpture, weaving, graphic arts, and paintings. He has had exhibitions inArgentina ,Brazil ,Colombia ,Ecuador ,Spain ,Belgium ,France ,Japan ,Sweden , theUnited States , as well as other countries. Toledo is simultaneously an exceptional artist and a patron and guardian of the arts and the crafts and architectural heritage of his state of Oaxaca.For his social and cultural commitment to the development of his home state, he received the Mexican National Prize (1998), the Prince Claus Award (2000) and the
Right Livelihood Award (2005).He is father of poet
Natalia Toledo and artistDr Lakra . [ [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/143121.html Alumnos amagan con ´tomar´ la Universidad de Oaxaca] , Jorge Octavio Ochoa, "El Universal", 21 September 2006]References
External links
*Biography on [http://www.aquioaxaca.com/personajes/toledo.htm Aquí Oaxaca]
*Biography on [http://www.franciscotoledo.net Francisco Toledo website]
*Biography on [http://www.rightlivelihood.org Right Livelihood Award website]
*Essay by [http://www.latinamericanmasters.com/english/artist_toledo_essay.html Dore Ashton]
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