Zilia Sánchez

Zilia Sánchez was born in Havana, Cuba on July 12th, 1928. She resided in Spain from 1960 to 1962, lived in the U.S.A. from 1962 to 1971 and in San Juan, Puerto Rico since 1971. In her artistic work she developed mostly painting, sculpture, drawing and scenographic design. Zilia graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in 1957. Between the years 1966 and 1968 she studied at the Instituto Central de Conservación y Restauración in Madrid, Spain and from 1968 to 1970 she continued her education at the Pratt Institute in the city of New York, U.S.A.

Individual exhibitions

Her first individual exhibition took place in 1953; it was called "Zilia" like herself and took place at the Lyceum in Havana, Cuba. Already in 1965 she showed some of her works at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan and also in 1967 at the gallery El Bosco in Madrid, Spain. Later on 1984 she presented "Erotic" in the Inter Latin American Gallery of New York, U.S.A and in 1991 she also displayed "Tres Décadas" in the Museo Casa Roig in Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Collective exhibitions

She has been involved in collective shows too. Among them are : In 1948 XXX Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba. In 1958 she was at the I Bienal Interamericana de Pintura y Grabado, Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Mexico City, Mexico. She was also selected to participate in 1997 in "Breaking Barriers. Selections from the Museum of Art’s Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection". Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

Collections

Her work is present in collection such the "Corporación Bienal de Medellín", Medellín, Colombia.Is also in the Instituto de Cooperación Hispánica, Madrid, Spain and Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.In the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami we can also find it.

Awards

She has been awarded with the Prize in the second saloon Leopoldo Romañach, Havana, Cuba in 1951. In 1959 she receives a Scholarship for the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, Madrid, Spain. In 1981 she received the First Prize. IV Salón Nacional de la UNESCO, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

References and External Links

* cite book
last = Viegas
first = Jose
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title = Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx
publisher = California International Arts Foundation
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year = 2004
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isbn = 9780917571121 es icon
* cite book
last = Viegas-Zamora
first = Jose; Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, & Dannys Montes de Oca
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title = Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century
publisher = California/International Arts Foundation
series =
year = 2001
doi =
isbn = 9780917571114