Nelson Dominguez

Cuban, b. 1947

BiographyNelson Domínguez is a Cuban painter, draftsman, illustrator, sculptor, engraver, and ceramicist. He was born in Santiago de Cuba on September 23, 1947. Domínguez studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Plastic Arts in Havana and at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana, where he has been a professor and head of the Department of Painting. He is considered one of the masters of contemporary Cuban art. He has been part of the jury in various national and international competitions and is the National Prize of Plastic Arts of Cuba.
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Dominguez began his artistic career studying in Havana under Chilean artist Hugo Jaramillo and then was enrolled into the only the higher education art school that existed on the island until the 1980s, la Escuela Nacional de Arte (la ENA) where Dominguez studied with other greats of his generation such as Pablo Pedro Oliva and Flora Fong. Once completing his studies at la ENA, Dominguez went on to teach engraving at the official university of the arts established in 1976 the Instituto Superior de Artes (ISA). The artist has won a number of both national and international prizes throughout his career and is heralded one of the all time greats.

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