José Antonio Cedeño

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name=José Antonio Cedeño


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José Antonio Cedeño (born José Antonio Cedeño y Labout on June 16, 1939, in Bayamo, Oriente, Cuba) is a self-taught Cuban artist specializing in sculpture, drawing and painting.

During the 1950s, Cedeño was a professional in Aeronautical engineering and automotive mechanics in Havana. Since 1990, he has been a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

His first individual exhibition, "José Cedeño. Antillana de Acero", opened in 1971 in Havana, Cuba. He has also participated in a number of collaborative shows: the II Trienal de Arte Insito (Naif), in Bratislava, Slovakia (Czechoslovakia at the time), in 1969; the "11 Pintores Ingenuos de Cuba", at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City in 1976; the "Artistas Populares de Cuba, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana in 1981; and the "Inventario de Cosas Naturales. Pintores, Dibujantes y Escultores populares de Cuba", at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, in Havana in 1990.

The principal collection of his work is at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana.

References

* cite book
last = Veigas-Zamora
first = Jose
coauthors = Cristina Vives Gutierrez; Adolfo V. Nodal; Valia Garzon; Dannys Montes de Oca
title = Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century
publisher = California/International Arts Foundation
year = 2001
isbn = 978-0917571114
* cite book
last = Viegas
first = Jose
title = Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx
publisher = California International Arts
year = 2004
isbn = 978-0917571121 es icon