Raúl Alfaro Torres

Raúl Marcelino Alfaro Torres
Born (1933-06-10) June 10, 1933 (age 91)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Raúl Marcelino Alfaro Torres (born June 10, 1933) is a Cuban artist specializing in engraving, photography, sculpture, drawing, painting and graphic design.

Alfaro graduated from the "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas José Joaquín Tejada", in Santiago de Cuba in 1952. He later studied arts and graphic design from 1957 to 1958 at the School of Visual Arts/American Art School in New York City.

Individual exhibitions

  • 1965 – "Alfaro. Grabados y Dibujos", Galería de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba
  • 1965 – "Pintores y Grabadores de Santiago. Aguilera y Alfaro". Centro de Arte Internacional, in Havana.
  • Galería Espacio Abierto, Revista Revolución y Cultura, Havana, Cuba
  • "Exposición del Mtro. Raúl Alfaro Torres. Colografías" Havana, Cuba
  • Galería de la Casa Makuixóchitl, Ocotepec, Morelos, México.

Collective exhibitions

Awards

Collections

His works are part of the permanent collections:

References

  • Judith Bettelheim; AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968–2003; San Francisco State University Gallery; 2005; ISBN 978-0-295-98476-6