Fernando Velázquez Vigil

copyedit|date=April 2008 Fernando Velázquez Vigil was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 13, 1950. He develops the ceramics, painting. Between 1965-1967 he studied ceramics in the Taller de Cerámica Artística Cubanacán, Havana, Cuba. And since 1970 to 1974 he studied in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.In 1980 he was Founding Member of the Asociación Cubana de Artesanos Artistas (ACAA), Havana, Cuba.

Individual exhibitions

Among his must relevant personal exhibitions were in the 1982 Arqueología para una arqueología. Cerámicas, in the Galería Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba. In 1985 he presented his works "Cerámica, esmalte y fuego. Cerámicas de Velázquez Vigil", in Galería Plaza Vieja, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba. In 1988 he exhibited "Monumento a la vida. Cerámicas Velázquez Vigil", in the Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba. And in 1994 presented "Más allá de la Tierra y el Fuego", in the Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana, Cuba.

Collective exhibitions

He was part of many collective exhibitions, among them we can mention in 1970 Cuba Visita Japón, in Tokyo, Japan. In 1976 he was included in the Salón Permanente de Jóvenes. Pintura y Grabado, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. In 1991 some of his works were selected to conform XLVII Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea, in Faenza, Italy. In 1996 he was one of the selected artists to onform "Panorama de la Cerámica Cubana Contemporánea". XXXVIII Salón Anual Internacional, in the Centro Argentino de Arte Cerámica. Museo Eduardo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina. And in 1998 he was also included in "Tributo a la danza", in Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba.

Awards

He has been awarded of many distinctions and recognitions, among them we can quote in 1983 he was awarded of the National Prize. II Feria de Cerámica, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. He also obtained the Prize in the I(1989) and III(1993) Bienal de Cerámica de Pequeño Formato Amelia Peláez, in Havana, Cuba. And in 1990 he gained the Prize and Grand Prize René Portocarrero in the Salón de Artes Plásticas UNEAC'90. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba.

Collections

His works can be found at the collection of the Museo de la Cerámica, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba.