| Humberto Jesús Castro García | |
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| Born | July 9, 1957 Havana, Cuba |
Humberto Castro (born Humberto Jesús y García in 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an important Cuban painter.
He studied at the
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Individual Exhibitions
'"Hallazgos"', in 1980, was his first individual exhibition and it took place at Teatro Mella, Havana, Cuba. In 1988 "Three Cuban Artists" in Gallery 76, Ontario College of Art/Forest City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Three years after this experience in Northamerica "Humberto Castro. Jeune Peinture". Grand Palais, Paris, France. In 1993 "Humberto Castro. L'envol d'Icare". Le Monde de L'Art, Paris, France and Art 93 Chicago. The New Pier Show, Chicago, Illinois, USA. In 1995 "Le Radeau d'Ulyses". Le Monde de L'Art, París, France and "Humberto Castro. Nuevos trabajos". Galería Corine Timsit, San Juan, Puerto Rico . In 1997 "Mariano y Humberto Castro". Pan American Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Collectives Exhibitions
Among his collective exhibitions there is a special one in 1975 that took place at
Awards
In 1981 he received the award Primer Premio en Grabado. Primer Salón Nacional de Pequeño Formato, Salón Lalo Carrasco, Hotel Habana Libre. In 1983 Premio Encuentro de Grabado'83. Sala Tespis, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana. On 1984 Engraving First Prize. I Trienal Internacional de Arte contra la Guerra, Museo Estatal de Majdanek, Lublin, Poland. In 1986 Award. VII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Arsenal de la Marina, San Juan, Puerto Rico and finally in 1994 First Prize "Toison d'Or", Cannes, France.
Collections
- Ambrosino Gallery's collection, Miami, Florida
- Centro de Arte Euro Americano, Caracas, Venezuela
- Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana, Cuba
- Galerie Le Monde de L'Art, Paris, France
- Galerie Akié Aricchi, Paris, France
- Museo de la Villa de Capo de Orlando, Sicily, Italy
- São Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Managua, Nicaragua
- Museo Estatal de Majdaneck, Lublin, Poland
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba
- Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
Gallery
 Humberto Castro, The Fall of Icarus, 1984, Installation Mixed Media. |
 Humberto Castro, El guardian, 2007, oil on canvas, 26 x 32 in. |
References
- New Art of Cuba by Luis Camnitzer; 456 pages; Subjects: Art, Cuban 20th century; ISBN 0292705174; [1]
- Humberto Castro: The Paris Years; Catalog from the show of the Cuban artist Humberto Castro, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale; [2]; [3]
- "Jose Viegas"; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0917571121 (Spanish)
- Aimé Césaire: pour regarder le siècle en face by By Annick Thébia-Melsan; 157 pages; Subjects: Art/Collections,Catalogs,Exhibitions,Poetry, Race awareness in art; Publisher: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2000; ISBN 2706814233, ISBN 9782706814235 [4]
External links
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