Teddy Cobeña Loor (born 16 April 1973 in

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) is a figurative expressionist sculptor with a surrealist component. He lives in

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Biography

He is the son of David Cobeña Vinces and Judith Loor Rodríguez. In his adolescence he was interested in the study of

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having in the family bookcase a biography of

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. He begins his studies of medicine in

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and ends his formation in

as a

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and in

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, there he begins at the same time a formation in sculpture at , and

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. His bronze work "The dreams" is in the Palazzo Panciatichi in

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, at the

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of the government of

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(Italy) since June 2013. In November 2016 and 2018 he received the international sculpture awards "Aigle de Bronze" and "Villa de Nice" in

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, on the occasion of the 28th "Aigle de Nice" Fine Arts Exhibition. In the opening of the exhibition ''Renaissance'' in

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(2015) he referred to the positive sensations when seeing, touching or hearing an

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as sensorrealism, word that has been used in some art platforms and

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, the most important of these has been in Japan where the Hyogo Government awarded him with the International Art Prize in June 2017.

Work

His work is characteristically figurative, initially influenced by Jean-Baptista Carpeaux and later by the dalinian surrealism. In most of his sculptures the

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style and also

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is noted. He combines the

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s in many of his bronze sculptures resulting in a range of

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s. File:Embaràs d'idees.jpg, Public expressionist sculpture of Cobeña in

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Awards

*"Leonardo Martínez Bueno" Medal (Spain) *"Mateo Inurria" Medal (Spain) *Distinction of Honor of the Spanish Association of the sculptors (Spain) *International Bronze Price Aigle de Nice (France) *Price "Ville de Nice" (France) *International Prize Hyogo of Art (Japan) *Pont-de-Chéruy Medal (France)

Selected exhibitions

* 2014 - ''Solidart.'' Consiglio de la Toscana, Florence (Italy) * 2015 - ''L'art contemporain.'' Galeries du Musée de Louvre of Paris (France) * 2015 - ''Renaixement.'' Rome (Italy) * 2016 - Collective presentation 51 Queen Sofia, Madrid (Spain) * 2016 - "Aigle de Nice" (France) * 2017 - Exhibition 52 Queen Sofia, Madrid (Spain) * 2017 - ''Surealism'' & ''Sensorealism'', Kobe (Japan)

References

External links

Official Site

"Arts & Culture" of Google's ArtGallery has artworks of Teddy Cobeña
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