Roger Sebastián Aguilar Labrada (born 1947 in

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, Granma,

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) is a Cuban artist specializing in

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, painting, drawing and

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. Aguilar studied in 1965 at the ''Escuela Nacional para Instructores de Artes Plásticas'' in Havana and the following year he became part of the seminary the ''Taller Experimental de Gráfica'' (TEG) in Havana, Cuba. Between 1977 and 1981, Aguilar was director of this institution and the

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Individual exhibitions

Aguilar's personal exhibitions included these: * 1980 – ''Calcografías de Roger Aguilar'' at the

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; * 1989 – ''El Paraíso Perdido'' (The Lost Paradise) at the

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; * 1994 – ''Pinturas de Roger Aguilar Labrada'' at the ''Galería La Acacia'' in Havana, Cuba.

Collective exhibitions

He also formed part of many collective exhibitions: * 1968 – ''"Exposición de La Havana’68"'' at the ''Galería Latinoamericana'' in the

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, Havana, Cuba; * 1970 – ''"IX Premi Internacional Dibuix

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"'', ''Collegi d’Arquitectes'' (College of Architects),

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, Spain * 1971 – ''"Cubaanse Affiches"'' at the

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, Amsterdam, Netherlands. * 1984 – ''"1a. Bienal de La Habana"'',

* 1997 at "Encuentro de Grabado’97", at the ''Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales(CDAV)'', Havana, Cuba.

Awards

Aguilar has received many awards and recognitions: * 1975 – ''Prize in Lithography'' in ''Salón Nacional de Grabados'', ''Galería

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'', Havana. * 1984 – ''Honorable Mention'', ''Salón de Artes Plásticas

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. * 1985 – ''Honorable Mention'', ''Salón de Artes Plásticas

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Collections

His works can be found in the permanent collections of: * ''Wolfang Schneider Contemporary Graphic Collection'', in Germany; * Collection of Engravings, at the ''Gallery of New Masters'', in

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, Germany; *

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in Milan, Italy; *

* ''Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG)'' in Havana, Cuba.

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); * Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004);

External links

Casa Distalia webpage on the artist

Le Petit Bulletin Lyon website news release
(French)

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