Grupo Antillano

Grupo Antillano, a Cuban artistic group was formed by 16 artists, between 1975 and 1985, in Havana, Cuba.

Members of the group

• Rafael Queneditt Morales (Director) (Born: Havana, May 28, 1942). Sculpture and engraving
• Esteban Guillermo Ayala Ferrer (Born: Havana, September 2, 1929 Died: Havana; July 15, 1995) Graphic and environmental design.
• Osvaldo Castilla Romero (Born: Havana, May 28, 1942) Sculpture and gold and silver work.
• Manuel Couceiro Prado (Born: Havana, July 29, 1923 Died: Havana; November 8, 1981) Painting.
• Herminio Escalona González (Born: Guáimaro, Camagüey, September 16, 1944) Sculpture.
• Ever Fonseca Cerviño (Born: Ojo del Agua, Oriente, August 24, 1938) Painting and Engraving.
• Ramón Haiti Eduardo (Born: Havana, April 2, 1932) Painting and Sculpture.
• Angel Laborde Wilson (Born: Guantánamo, Oriente, December 18, 1942 Painting, drawing, ceramics, humor.
• Manuel Mendive Hoyo (Born: Havana, December 15, 1944) Painting, drawing and performance.
• Lionel Morales Pérez (Born: Havana, February 11, 1940) Painting and textile design.
• Claudina Clara Morera Cabrera (Born: Camagüey, July 21, 1944) Painting.
• Miguel de Jesús Ocejo López (Born: Santiago de Cuba, Oriente; January 8, 1940) Painting and Drawing.
• Marcos Rogelio Rodríguez Cobas (Born: Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, June 30, 1925) Sculpture, drawing, ceramics and painting.
• Arnaldo Tomás Rodríguez Larringa (Born: Havana, August 30, 1948) Painting and Drawing.
• Oscar Rodríguez Lasseria (Born: Florida, Camagüey, September 29, 1950) Ceramics, sculpture, drawing.
• Pablo Daniel Toscano Mora (Born: Caibarién, Las Villas, November 18, 1940 Died: Havana; August 14, 2003) Painting, Drawing, Cartoons, Graphic design.

Exhibitions

• 1978 - "Expo-Venta del Grupo Antillano" in Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana, Cuba;
• 1978 - Headquarters of Conjunto Folclórico Nacional, Havana, Cuba
• 1978 - VI Festival Internacional de Ballet, Havana, Cuba
• 1978 - Temporada de Danza Nacional de Cuba, Havana
• 1979 - "Exposición Homenaje a Fernando Ortíz in Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba with guests artists like Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Manuel Mendive, Anselmo Febles Bermúdez, Roberto Diago, and Armando Posse
• 1982 - "II Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño", Salón de Exposiciones UNEAC, Biblioteca "Elvira Cape", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
• 1980 - "Antilska Skupina/Grupo Antillano" in the House of Cuban Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
• 1980 - Gallery of the Cultural Committee, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1981 - Carifesta’81 in International Gallery, Community College, Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1981 - "América negra" in Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Mexico City, Mexico

Collections

Their works are part of the permanent collections of the Casa del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba.

References

• Fernandes, Sujatha (2006). Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures. Duke University Press. 
• Bettelheim, Judith (2005). AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968-2003. San Francisco State University Gallery. ISBN 978-0295984766. 
• Veigas-Zamora, Jose; Cristina Vives Gutierrez; Adolfo V. Nodal; Valia Garzon; Dannys Montes de Oca (2001). Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation. ISBN 978-0917571114. 
• Viegas, Jose (2004). Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx. California International Arts. ISBN 978-0917571121.  (Spanish)