José Omar Torres López

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José Omar Torres López was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1953. He develops the Painting, Engraving, and Drawing.Between 1968-1973 he studied in the Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), Havana, Cuba. Between 1975-1976 he studied a Post-graduate course on lithography with professors Luis Miguel Valdés, José Contino and José Luis Posada, in Havana, Cuba. Since 1976 to 1978 he studied Art History in Havana University, Cuba. And since 1987 to 1989 he studied engraving in the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), in Havana, Cuba.He is Director of the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), Havana, Cuba.

Individual Exhibitions

Among his must important personal exhibitions we can mention in 1973"Temperas de José Omar Torres", in Galería L, Havana, Cuba. In 1992 he exhibited "Jose Omar Torres"', in the Galerie Itinerat, in Paris, France. In 1995 he presented "3 Propuestas (Pintura Cubana) [Eduardo Abela Torrás, José Omar Torres, Carlos del Toro Orihuela] ", in the Galería de Arte INAC, Plaza de Francia, Panama. And in 1997 he made "Polos opuestos [José Gómez Fresquet (FREMEZ)/José Omar Torres] ", in the Ambos Mundos Hotel, Havana, Cuba.

Collective Exhibitions

He was part of relevant collective exhibitions, among them we can mention in 1976 the International Print Biennale Cracow'1976, in Krakow, Poland. In 1991 he was participated in "Grabado Contemporáneo Cubano", at the Fourth Bienal de La Habana, in the Museo de Arte Colonial, Havana, Cuba. In 1994 he was included in " La Jeune Peinture Cubaine", at the Maison de la Culture du Lametin, Fort de France, Martinique. In 1995 he participated in the Feria Internacional de Arte, in the World Trade Center/Centro Internacional de Exposiciones y Convenciones, Mexico City, Mexico. And in 1999 he was one of the selected artists to conform "Afro-Cuban Contemporary Graphic Art", in the The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Awards

During his life he had obtained many awards and recognitions, among them we can quote in 1973 the Third Prize, in the Salón Nacional de Grabado, Galería Oriente, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 1974 he gained the Second Prize, at the II Salón Provincial de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plásticas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba. In this year also obtained the Third Prize in Lithography, in the Segundo Salón Nacional de Grabados, Galería Amelia Peláez, Parque Lenin, in Havana, Cuba. And in 1999 he was recognized with the tittle of the Resident Artist, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Collections

His works can be found in the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, in Havana, Cuba; in the Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG), in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba; and in the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), Havana, Cuba.

References

*cite web |title=JOSE OMAR TORRES: OBSESSED WITH HAVANA |author=Maysy Martinez Izaguirre |url=http://www.cubanow.net/global/loader.php?&secc=2&c=2&item=775
* 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 9780917571114
* Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 9780917571121 es icon