Art of Fire Artists

Art of Fire - Cuban Artists
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The Cuban Artists listed below have shown work in the Embargo Exhibit at the Fullercraft sponsored by the Proyecto Arte del Fuego. See Cuban works for sale from this exhibit>

	Idilio López Arnaud, Nueva Gerona, CUBA Born in Guantánamo in 1952. Member of the UNEAC (Union de Escritores y Artistas Cubanas) and founder of the annual International Symposium, “Todo Ceramica” on the Isla de la Juventud. Idilio has participated in more than 150 national and international exhibitions and has been awarded artist residencies in Holland, Germany, Guyana and the United States.

	Nelson Dominguez, Havana, CUBA Nelson studied and taught at the Cubanacan National Art School. He was the Chair of the Painting department of the College of Arts (ISA) and is a member of the UNEAC and of the Asociacion internacional de Artistas Plasticas (AIAP.) Nelson is a ceramist, painter, printmaker, sculptor and director of the Estudio Galeria Los Oficios in Havana. He has been awarded the Order for National Culture, the Alejo Carpentier Award and the Diploma of Honor of the Fuji Museum of Japan. His work has been shown in Japan, Cuba and Italy as well as being housed in the Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporanea in Havana.

	Xiomara Gutiérrez, Santiago de Cuba, CUBA Xiomara is a member of the Asociacion Cubana de Artesanos y Artistas and the founder in 1986 of the Encuentro Internacional Terracota at the Taller Cultural in Santiago, Cuba. She received her degree of Fine Arts from the Jose Joaquin Tejeda Institute. Xiomara has participated in more than 150 national and international exhibitions and has been awarded residencies in the United States, Spain and Canada. She is the Director of Ceramics at the Taller Cultural in Santiago de Cuba, CUBA.

	Alberto Lescay, Santiago de Cuba, CUBA Lescay has participated in more than 200 national and international exhibitions and is a member of the UIAP (Union Internacional de Artes Plasticas) and the UNEAC (Union de Escritores y Artistas Cubanos) Lescay is one of Cuba’s leading sculptors of monumental bronzes as well as a painter, printmaker and ceramist. He is the President of the Fundación Caguayo, Center for the Applied and Monumental Arts in Santiago.

	Antoino Lewis, Nueva Gerona, CUBA Lewis is a ceramic artist and specialist in industrial technology. He is a professor at the Instituto de Arte Wifredo Lam. He presents workshops on the theme of "Technology Serving Art" and has participated in residencies focusing on investigative research in Germany, Bulgaria, Russia and Guyana. He has participated in more than 50 national and international exhibitions and his award winning work is in the permanent collection of the Museo de la Ceramica in Havana, Cuba. He was a 2003 NCECA presenter.

	Raúl Miranda, San Luis, CUBA Born in Dos Caminos, Santiago de Cuba in 1960. This self taught ceramic artist has been director of ceramic production at the Fundación Caguayo since 1992. He is also a painter, sculptor in wood and printmaker. Miranda is a member of ACAA (Cuban Association of Artesans) and the artists’ cooperative Ferro Color de San Luis. He has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and received several awards of merit.

	José Vasquez Xénes, Nueva Gerona, CUBA Xénes is professor of Ceramics at the Academia de Arte Wifredo Lam. This award winning artist has exhibited in national and international exhibitions including the first National Salon of Contemporary Art in Havana, the IV National Bienal in Havana, the National Ceramics Museum in Havana and international exhibitions in the USA, Argentina, Egypt and Canada.

	Edel Arencibia, CUBA Edel Arencibia is considered to be among the Vanguard of Cuban Studio Ceramics with numerous awards & exhibitions both National & International. He is a member of the UNEAC and President of CODEMA. He is one of the Founders of the CERVAR Workshop in Varadero. Exhibitions include the Havana Ceramic Bienal Amelia Pelaez, 2006 and 2008 and the 1st Bienal of Contemporary Art, Chapingo, Mexico 2008. His work is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Ceramics, Havana as well as in private collections in Europe, the United States and Latin America.

	Osmany Betancourt, CUBA The principal theme of my work is man in his environment, his problems, his defects, what is lacking. Often I work with my own face as if it were a mirror. The Expression of pain and suffering is from the point of view of my own face. Like theater, I don't try to create a character but to feel like the character. We are one. Even though I haven't lived through what the character I am creating demonstrates, I try to put myself in his place. It is as if you see me & you see yourself.

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Art of Fire - Cuban Artists