Juan Francisco Elso

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Juan Francisco Elso (born Juan Francisco Elso Padilla in August 1956 in Havana, Cuba - 1988 in Cuba) was a Cuban artist. During his life he based his work upon several manifestations of visual arts like drawing, painting, engraving, sculpture and instalation. In 1972 he finished his high studies in Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana. Between 1972 and 1976 he studied in Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) in Havana , Cuba. He was also a teacher at "20 de Octubre" School of Arts during the Seventies and Eighties.

Individual Exhibitions

In 1982 he presented his first personal exhibition"Tierra, maíz, vida". Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana. In 1986 "Ensayo sobre América". Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana. In 1990 "Por América". "Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil", México. In 1991 "Latin American Spirituality. The sculpture of Juan Francisco Elso (1984-1988)". M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Boston, Massachusetts, EE.UU.

Collective Exhibitions

He took part of many collective exhibitions like "Volumen I" Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana in 1981. In 1984,he was selected to participate in the 1th Havana Biennial Bienal de La Habana. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1986 XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venece, Italy and also in the 2nd Havana Biennial Bienal de La Habana. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1988 Signs of Transition: 80's Art from Cuba. Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York. Finally in 1997 he was part of "Así está la cosa. Instalación y arte objeto en América Latina". Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo A.C., México.

Awards

In 1982, Elso obtained the First Prize in "Salón Paisaje'82"', at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba.

Collections

His work can be found in relevant collections such as Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, A.C., México. Magali Lara, México and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba.

References

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* Juan Francisco Elso; Latin American spirituality, the sculpture of Juan Francisco Elso, 1984-1988, (MIT List Visual Arts Center 1991); ISBN-13: 978-0938437369
* 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); ISBN: 978-0917571114
* Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN: 978-0917571121 es icon
* Kwame Anthony Appiah & Henry Louis Gates, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience; (Basic Civitas Books 1999); ISBN-13: 978-0465000715

External links

* [http://www.cubanow.net/global/loader.php?&secc=2&c=2&item=3259 Cuba Now website article on the artist]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/17527/lang/1 Art Facts webpage on artist]