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Revision as of 09:56, 1 September 2010
José Rodríguez Fuster | |
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| Born | August 1946 |
| Occupation | Artist |
José Rodríguez Fuster (born August 1946, Villa Clara, Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in ceramics, painting, drawing, engraving, and graphic design.
Career
From 1963 to he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte in Havana. As a professional he was comissary of several exhibitions and was a member of the Cuban Association of artist and crafstmen (ACAA).
Individual Exhibitions
Fuster did several solo exhibitions of his work, including Acuarelas y dibujos. Alegría de vivir in 1967, which traveled to several galleries in Havana. Drawings and ceramics was shown in 1976 at the Opera Theater Hall in Bucharest, Romania. In 1994 he presented Acuarelas y Cerámicas de Fúster at the Galería Espacio Abierto, Revista Revolución y Cultura, Havana. He presented Oil Paintings by Fúster in 1998 in Lyon, France. In 2007 his works were exhibited at The colours of life in The North Wall Gallery, Oxford, England and in 2008 at La Galleria, Pall Mall, London where he presented his ceramics and paintings in 'The colours of Cuba'.
Collective Exhibitions
Fuster has participated also in many group shows. In 1966 he was selected for Arte Popular, a show presented by ENIA (the National School of Art Instructors), at the Centro de Arte Internacional, Havana. In 1975 the exhibit Cerámicas Cubanas was seen at the Museo de Artes Decorativas, Havana. His work was part of Graphics, Photographs, Books and Handcrafts from Cuba, seen in New Delhi, India. In 1997 he was in the Feria Internacional de Artesanía. FIART '97. PABEXPO in Havana.
Awards
In 1974 Fuster won a prize in ceramics at the IV Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas, held at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
Collections
His pieces can be found in collections at the Center for Cuban Studies, New York; the Museo de la Cerámica, Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana; and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
References
- 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 Template:Es icon
- Marta Rojas. "Fuster: In Search of a Dream".