Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez
Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez, called "Yiki", (born 1968 Manicaragua, Cuba) is a modern Cuban artist whose paintings are representative of twentieth century vanguardia artists who rejected the academic conventions of Cuba's national art academy. His work is influenced by cubism and modernist primitivism themes from Cuba.
He attended the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. He has earned numerous awards and his work has been exhibited extensively throughout Cuba as well as in North America and Europe. This includes notable exhibits such as "Borders Crossroads" (Galleria Villa Manuela, Havana City - 2006), "Tribute to the 110th Birthday of Wifredo Lam" (Sagua la grande, Villa Clara, Cuba - 2012), "That's Cuba!" (Galleria di Palazzo Tiepolo Salvadori, Venice, Italy, 2016), and "A Fine Collection of Cuban Art, (Whitehalls Gallery, Ontario)[1]
References
- ^ "Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez". Centro: Arte en el Centro. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
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