List of Latin American artists
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A list of Latin American visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, video artists, etc.), arranged by nationality:
19th Century Venezuelan Artists: (chronological order)
20th Century Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
Contemporary Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
Argentina
- :Category:Argentine artists
- See also Argentine artists
- Roberto AizenbergRoberto AizenbergRoberto Aizenberg was a painter and sculptor...
(1928–1996) - Antonio AliceAntonio AliceAntonio Alice was an Argentine portrait painter. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1904.-Early years:Alice, of Italian descent, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father, an Italian immigrant, was barely literate...
(1886–1943) - Antonio BerniAntonio BerniDelesio Antonio Berni was a figurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter, an illustrator and an engraver. His father, Napoleón Berni, was an immigrant tailor from Italy...
(1905–1981) - Marcelo BonevardiMarcelo BonevardiMarcelo Bonevardi was a Latin American avant-garde artist known for his mixed media pieces. A native of Argentina, Bonevardi spent the greater part of his career in New York City, where he absorbed avant-garde practices and influences such as abstraction and primitivism, using them to invent a...
(1929–1994) - Lucio FontanaLucio FontanaLucio Fontana was an Italian painter, sculptor and theorist of Argentine birth. He was mostly known as the founder of Spatialism and his ties to Arte Povera.-Early life:...
(1899–1968) - Gabriel Kondratiuk (born 1969)
- Cándido LópezCándido LópezCándido López was an Argentine painter and soldier. Born in Buenos Aires, he is considered one of Argentina's most important artists. He is most famous for his detailed paintings and drawings of battles of the War of the Triple Alliance, in which he also fought, losing his right arm...
(1840–1902) - Florencio Molina CamposFlorencio Molina CamposFlorencio Molina Campos was an Argentine illustrator and a painter known by his typical traditional scenes of the Pampa. His work represents gauchesco scenes with a bit of humor....
(1891–1959) - Elda CerratoElda CerratoElda Cerrato is an Argentine artist, and Professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires.-Exhibitions:*1993 Painting and Metamorphosis*1993 - Cosmogonies*1992 - Paintings...
(born 1930) - Liliana Folta (born 1960)
- Manuel ZorrillaManuel ZorrillaManuel Zorrilla de la Torre is an Argentinian painter, illustrator, engraver, drawer, and sculptor. His parents were Spanish immigrants.- Career :Zorrilla was born in Buenos Aires in 1919....
(born 1919) - Marta MinujínMarta MinujínMarta Minujín is an Argentine Conceptual artist.-Life and work:Marta Minujín was born in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. She met a young economist, Juan Carlos Gómez Sabaini, and married him in secret in 1959; the couple had two children...
(born 1944) - Mirta Kupferminc (born 1955)
- Benito Quinquela MartínBenito Quinquela MartínBenito Quinquela Martín , 1890 – January 28, 1977) was an Argentine painter born in La Boca, Buenos Aires. Quinquela Martín is considered the port painter-par-excellence and one of the most popular Argentine painters...
(1890–1977) - Xul SolarXul SolarXul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari , Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages.-Biography:...
(1887–1963) - Raúl SoldiRaúl SoldiRaúl Soldi was an Argentine painter whose work treated various subjects, including landscapes, portraits, the theater and the circus, and nature. His theatrical figures are renowned for their melancholy appearance...
(1905–1994) - Marisa Sayago (born 1969)
- Elisa Pritzker (born 1955)
- (Beatriz E Ledesma) (born 1958)
- Ana M. Bikic (born 1965)
Bolivia
- :Category:Bolivian artists
- Edgar Aldorado, painter
- Roberto BerdecioRoberto BerdecioRoberto Berdecio was a Bolivian-born artist.A significant contributor to the important political and cultural art movement in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Sucre, Bolivia....
, muralist, painter, printmaker, 1910–1996 - Graciela Rodo BoulangerGraciela Rodo BoulangerGraciela Rodo Aparicio is a Bolivian painter.Her love of art was influenced by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art throughout childhood, giving her first piano recital at age 15, and her first art exhibitions in Vienna and...
, painter, b. 1935 - Mario Camacho, installation artist
- Joaquín Carballo
- Alfredo Da SilvaAlfredo Da SilvaAlfredo Da Silva is a painter, graphic artist, and photographer, known for his abstract expressionism. He came to international prominence in 1959.- Biography :...
, painter and photographer, b. 1935 - David Dario Antezana, painter
- Alejandra DoradoAlejandra DoradoAlejandra Dorado is considered to be one of the most important contemporary artists in working Bolivia.Dorado's work - especially her installations and performances - focuses on identity, gender and power relations and often involve dense layers of meaning and perspectives ranging from the...
, installation and performance artist, b. 1969 - Roberto BerdecioRoberto BerdecioRoberto Berdecio was a Bolivian-born artist.A significant contributor to the important political and cultural art movement in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Sucre, Bolivia....
, painter and printmaker, 1910–1996 - Graciela Rodo BoulangerGraciela Rodo BoulangerGraciela Rodo Aparicio is a Bolivian painter.Her love of art was influenced by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art throughout childhood, giving her first piano recital at age 15, and her first art exhibitions in Vienna and...
, painter and printmaker, b. 1935 - Manuel Córdoba
- Nicolás de los Ecoz
- Alfredo La Placa, painter
- Roberto Mamani MamaniRoberto Mamani MamaniRoberto Mamani Mamani is an Aymaran artist from Bolivia. His work is significant in its use of Aymaran indigenous tradition and symbols. His art has been exhibited around the world, including shows in Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Munich, and London....
, painter - Master of CalamarcaMaster of CalamarcaMaster of Calamarca was a Bolivian artist who created two series of angels painted on the walls of a catholic church in Calamarca, Bolivia . His works were stylistically close to earlier master Leonardo Flores from La Paz Master of Calamarca (fl. first half of 18th century) was a Bolivian artist...
, painter, early 18th c. - Benjamín Mendoza y Amor FloresBenjamín Mendoza y Amor FloresBenjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores was a Bolivian surrealist painter who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Pope Paul VI in Manila in 1970.-Personal life:Mendoza left La Paz, Bolivia, in 1962...
, painter, b. 1935 - Gaspar Miguel de Berrio
- Marina Núñez del PradoMarina Núñez del PradoMarina Núñez del Prado was a celebrated Bolivian sculptor.Marina Núñez del Prado was one of the most respected sculptors from Latin America. Her work is highly sensuous, with rolling curves. She carved from native Bolivian woods, as well as black granite, alabaster, basalt and white onyx...
, sculptor, ca. 1910–1995 - Melchor Pérez de Holguín, founder of the Potosí Indigenous School of Painting, 1660–1732
- María Luisa PachecoMaria Luisa PachecoMaría Luisa Pacheco was a Bolivian painter who emigrated to the United States.-Biography:Born at La Paz, she studied at the local Academia de Bellas Artes, later becoming a member of the faculty. In the late 1940s and until 1951, she worked at the newspaper La Razón as an illustrator and as the...
, painter and illustrator, 1919–1982 - Mario Sarabia, ceramicist
- R. Sonia Tudela, painter, scholastic, founder of "Taller 11", b. 1945
- Gastón UgaldeGastón UgaldeGastón Ugalde Latin American Artist recipient of the Konex Award in 2002 along with Oscar Niemeyer is called "the most important living Bolivian artist" by the Konex Foundation in Argentina and is also referred as the "Andean Warhol" by art critics...
, b. 1946 - Alejandro Mario YllanesAlejandro Mario YllanesAlejandro Mario Yllanes was an Aymara painter and printmaker from Bolivia. He disappeared from the public spotlight in 1946, after he was awarded, but did not claim, the Guggenheim Fellowship.-Art career:...
(1913–1960), painter and printmaker
Brazil
- :Category:Brazilian artists
- See also Brazilian artists
- Daniel Albernaz Acosta (1965-)
- Farnese de Andrade (1926–1996)
- Claudia Andujar (Swiss born 1931-)
- Manoel da Costa Athaide (1762–1830)
- Emanoel Araújo (1940- )
- Fernando Ferreira de Araujo (born 1962)
- Artur BarrioArtur BarrioArtur Barrio is an artist who lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much of his work consists of installation pieces that create interaction with the public. Barrio engages the viewer as participant in his art, often without their knowledge that it is art in which they are participating...
(born 1945) - Amílcar de CastroAmílcar de CastroAmílcar Augusto Pereira de Castro was a Brazilian artist, sculptor and graphic designer...
(1920–2002) - Loio-Pérsio (1927–2004)
- Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976)
- Lygia ClarkLygia ClarkLygia Clark was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement...
(1920–1988) - Alain-Marcel LinseAlain-Marcel LinseAlain-Marcel Linse is a French artist born in Paris in 1956.Linse was educated in Marcelin Berthelot college and then he studied at Beaux-arts school in Paris. He moved to Brazil in 1994 and studied etching with Paulo Lisboa at Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais .Linse is an abstract, but...
- Anita MalfattiAnita MalfattiAnita Catarina Malfatti is heralded as the first Brazilian artist to introduce European and American forms of Modernism to Brazil...
(1889–1964) - Vik MunizVik MunizVicente José de Oliveira Muniz, known as Vik Muniz , is a visual artist living in New York City.-Early career:Muniz began his career as a sculptor in the late 1980s after relocating from Brazil to Chicago and later to New York. His early work grew out of a post-Fluxus aesthetic and often involved...
- Ismael NeryIsmael NeryIsmael Nery was a Brazilian artist.Born in Belém, Pará of Dutch, Native-Brazilian and African ancestry, he studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro and at the Académie Julian in Paris...
- Hélio OiticicaHélio OiticicaHélio Oiticica was a Brazilian visual artist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete group, for his innovative use of color, and for what he later termed "environmental art", which included Parangolés and Penetrables, like the famous Tropicália.- Early work :Oiticica's early works,...
(1937–1980) - Lygia PapeLygia PapeLygia Pape was an influential Brazilian artist, active in both the Concrete and Neo-Concretist movements in Brazil.-Life and work:...
(1927–2004) - Cândido PortinariCândido PortinariCandido Portinari was one of the most important Brazilian painters and also a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting....
- Lasar SegallLasar SegallThe artist Lasar Segall was a Brazilian Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor born in Lithuania. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism...
(1891–1957) - Ivan Serpa (1923–1973)
- Cybèle VarelaCybèle VarelaCybèle Varela, , is a Brazilian mixed-media artist currently based in Europe. She is a painter, video artist, and photographer.-Career:From 1962 to 1966, Cybèle Varela studied visual arts at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro....
(born 1943) - Alfredo VolpiAlfredo VolpiAlfredo Volpi , was a famous painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil, where he lived for most part of his life...
(born Italian) - Franz Weissman (1911–2005)
Chicano/Latino
- :Category:American artists of Mexican descent
- See also Mexican American artists
- Lalo AlcarazLalo AlcarazLalo Alcaraz is an Mexican-American cartoonist. He is most known for being the author of the comic La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip. Launched in 2002, La Cucaracha has become one of the most controversial in the history of American comic...
(1964-) - Carlos AlmarazCarlos AlmarazCarlos Almaraz was a Mexican-American artist and an early proponent of the Chicano street arts movement.-Childhood and education:...
(1941–1989) - Cecilia AlvarezCecilia AlvarezCecilia Alvarez is an influential Chicana artist known for her oil paintings and murals depicting themes of feminism, poverty, and environmental degradation in the United States and Latin America. Las Cuatas Diego, arguably Alvarez's most famous and recognizable painting, has been featured in...
(1950-) - Rudy Andrade (1950-)
- Miguel Angel ReyesMiguel Angel ReyesMiguel Angel Reyes is an American artist and professor of art.Reyes was born in Colima, Mexico in 1964. He immigrated with his family in 1975 to the United States and took up residing in Southern California...
(1964-) - Alfonso AranaAlfonso AranaAlfonso Meléndez Arana was aPuerto Rican painter.Arana was born in New York City from Mexican father and Puerto Rican mother. When he was young, the family moved to San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, where the young painter spent his youth. At age six, Arana made his first picture and presented it to his...
(1927–2005) - Gus ArriolaGus ArriolaGustavo "Gus" Arriola was a Mexican-American comic strip cartoonist and animator, primarily known for the comic strip Gordo, which ran from 1941 through 1985....
(1917–2008) - John August SwansonJohn August SwansonJohn August Swanson is an American visual artist working primarily in the medium of serigraphy, as well as oil, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, lithography, and etching. He is based in Los Angeles, California, the city of his birth....
(1938-) - Judy BacaJudy BacaJudith Francisca Baca is an American artist, activist, and University of California, Los Angeles professor of fine arts...
(1946-) - Enrique ChagoyaEnrique ChagoyaEnrique Chagoya is a Mexican-born painter and print-maker. His subject is the changing nature of culture.He was born in Mexico City in 1953. He was partly raised by an Indian nurse who helped him to respect the indigenous people of his country and their history. He studied economics at the National...
, printmaker, painter - Jerry De La CruzJerry De La CruzJerry De La Cruz is an American fine artist working in Denver, Colorado. He was the first living Mexican American artist to have his work acquired for the Permanent Collection of the Denver Art Museum . He was also commissioned to create a commemorative digital photo mosaic for the grand opening...
(1948-) - Roberto de la RochaRoberto de la RochaRoberto "Beto" de la Rocha is an American painter, graphic artist, and muralist. He was born in Wilmar, California to Mexican American parents. However, according to Carlos Almaraz, he claimed to be a Hasidic Jew from a Spanish Jewish family...
(-) - Richard DominguezRichard DominguezRichard Dominguez is an American comic book artist and freelance storyboard illustrator. Best known for creating the popular series El Gato Negro, Dominguez publishes his comics through his imprint and art studio, Azteca Productions...
(1960-) - Edgar de EviaEdgar de EviaEdgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia , was a Mexican-born American photographer....
(1910–2003) - Elsa FloresElsa FloresElsa Flores is a Chicana artist. She is one of the best known Chicano street art movement propulsors.-Childhood:Elsa Flores demonstrated interest in arts from a very young age...
(1955-) - Coco FuscoCoco FuscoCoco Fusco is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer who began her career in 1988. Fusco has performed and curated throughout America and internationally, and currently is full-time faculty in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design...
(1960-) - Harry Gamboa, Jr.Harry Gamboa, Jr.Harry Gamboa Jr. is a Chicano essayist, photographer, director and performance artist. He was a founding member of the influential Chicano performance art collective ASCO.-Biography:...
(1951-) - David Gonzales (cartoonist)
- Sandra Gonzalez (mixed media artist)(1986-)
- Robert Graham (sculptor)Robert Graham (sculptor)Robert Graham was a sculptor based in the state of California in the United States. His monumental bronzes commemorate the human figure and are featured in public places across America.-Biography:...
(1938–2008) - Manuel Gregorio AcostaManuel Gregorio AcostaManuel Acosta was a Mexican-American painter and illustrator who was born into an impoverished family in Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico, on May 9, 1921. His father, Ramón P. Acosta, had fought in the Mexican Revolution with Pancho Villa, and the Mexican Revolution was a recurring theme in Manuel's...
(1921–1989) - Gronk (1957-)
- Ester HernandezEster Hernandez' is a Chicana visual artist known for her pastels, paintings and prints primarily depicting Chicanas/Latinas. Her artwork captures time, and makes sense of the complex world we live in...
(1944-) - Gilbert HernandezGilbert HernandezGilberto Hernández, born February 1, 1957, in Oxnard, California, usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also known by the nickname Beto , is an American comics writer/artist...
(1957-) - Jaime HernandezJaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...
(1959-) - Javier Hernandez (1966-)
- Mario HernandezMario HernandezMario Hernandez is an American writer, artist, and sometime publisher of comics. Along with his younger brothers Gilbert and Jaime he co-created the acclaimed independent comic book Love and Rockets.- Biography :...
(1953-) - Yolanda LopezYolanda LopezYolanda M. López is an American painter, printmaker, educator, and film producer. Her work focuses on the experience of Mexican American women and often challenges ethnic stereotypes associated with them. According to López, "It is important for us to be visually literate; it is a survival skill....
(1942-) - Gilbert LujánGilbert LujánGilbert "Magú" Luján was a well known and influential Chicano sculptor, muralist and painter. He founded the famous Chicano collective Los Four that consisted of artists Carlos Almaraz, Beto de la Rocha , Frank Romero and himself...
(1940-) - Xavier MartínezXavier MartinezXavier Timoteo Martínez was a California artist active in the late 19th and early 20th century. He was born in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and, after becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States, died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California...
(1859–1943) - Alberto MijangosAlberto MijangosAlberto Mijangos was a Mexican American artist and painter.Mijangos was born in Mexico City. Mijangos dropped out of school in Mexico. However, he went on to study at the San Carlos Art Academy in Mexico City and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...
(1925–2007) - Laura Molina (1957-)
- Rafael NavarroRafael NavarroRafael Navarro is an independent American comic-book artist best known for creating the Xeric Award winning series, Sonambulo, which cleverly blends elements of Lucha Libre and the noir genre. He has collaborated with Keith Rainville and has had work featured in Rainville's From Parts Unknown...
(-) - Manuel NeriManuel NeriManuel Neri is an American sculptor, painter, and printmaker and a notable member of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.- Biography :...
(1930-) - Rafael Vargas-SuarezRafael Vargas-SuarezRafael Vargas-Suarez , more commonly known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, is a contemporary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Mexico City, Vargas-Suarez was raised in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center...
(1972-) - Mark VallenMark VallenMark Vallen is an American activist with Chicano and other issues, curator, figurative realist painter, and blogger, who runs the Art for a Change web site; he founded The Black Moon web site for Japanese culture.-Life and work:...
(1953-) - Emigdio VasquezEmigdio VasquezEmigdio Vasquez is an American artist and muralist. His artistic works and photorealistic style are studied and appreciated by art critics nation-wide. He is often recognized for his mural The Legacy Of Cesar Chavez.- Early life :...
(-) - Jhonen VasquezJhonen VasquezJhonen Vasquez , also known as Chancre Scolex or simply Mr. Scolex, is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and music video director...
(1974-) - Esteban VillaEsteban VillaEsteban Villa is a nationally recognized artist and muralist. A Professor Emeritus at California State University, Sacramento, his teaching career began in 1962 at the high school level and includes assignments at Washington State University, D–Q University, University of California, Davis, and...
(1930-) - Hernando Gonzalo Villa (1881–1952)
- Alex Weberg
Chile
- :Category:Chilean artists
- Nemésio Antúnez (1918–1993)
- Roser Bru (born 1923, Spain)
- Iván Cabezón (1955)
- Carlos CatasseCarlos CatasseCarlos Catasse , born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in Santiago, Chile, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a Chilean painter of international recognition...
(1944–2010) - Santos ChávezSantos ChavezSantos Chávez was a Mapuche printmaker from Chile, known for his engravings.-Background:Santos Segundo Chávez Alíster was born on February 7, 1934 in a small town of Canihual, between Tirúa and Quidico in the Región del Biobío, Chile. He was Mapuche, the indigenous people of central and southern...
(1934–2001), printmaker - Marta ColvinMarta ColvinMarta Colvin Andrade is a sculptress from, Chillán, Chile.-Biography:Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin and Elcira Andrade....
(1907–1995) - Juan DávilaJuan DávilaJuan Dávila was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1819 to 1819.There is a street in Urbanizacion Las Delicias of Barrio Magueyes in Ponce named after him.-References:...
- Guillermo DeislerGuillermo DeislerGuillermo Deisler was a stage designer, visual poet and mail artist. In his country of birth, Chile, as well as during his long and difficult exile his rich and imaginative work constituted the centre of his life.- Life :Deisler was born in Santiago, Chile as the son of a family that had immigrated...
(1940–1995) - Marcela DonosoMarcela DonosoMarcela Donoso is an important painter in the Latin American current of "Magic Realism", where Jose Donoso and Isabel Allende belong in literature, or Fernando Botero in sculpture....
(1961-) - Gonzalo Ilabaca
- Alfredo JaarAlfredo JaarAlfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives in New York. He was born in 1956 in Santiago de Chile. He is mostly known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war - the best known perhaps being the 6-year long...
(1956-) - Pedro LiraPedro LiraPedro Lira was a Chilean painter. He was one of the founders of the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts- Biography :Lira came from a wealthy family, the son of José Calvo Santos Lira and Martina Rencoret Cienfuegos...
(1845–1912) - Roberto MattaRoberto MattaRoberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren , better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art....
(1911–2002) - Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. He is famous for his "building cuts," a series of works in abandoned buildings in which he variously removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls.-Life and work:Both of Gordon Matta-Clark's...
(1943–1978), Chilean-American - Camilo MoriCamilo MoriCamilo Mori Serrano was a painter and a founder of the Grupo Montparnasse....
(1896–1973) - Inés Puyó (1906–1996)
- Francisco Smythe (1952–1998)
- Alfredo Valenzuela P. (1856–1909)
- Jose Venturelli E. (1924–1988)
Colombia
- José del Carmen Hernández (1948 - )Josedelc
- Julio Abril (1912–1979)
- Debora ArangoDébora ArangoDébora Arango was a Colombian artist, born in Medellín, Colombia as the daughter of Castor María Arango Díaz and Elvira Pérez. Though she was primarily a painter, Arango also worked in other media, such as ceramics and graphic art...
- Ramiro Areiza, (born 1956 -) sculptor and painter Divino Areiza
- Fernando BoteroFernando BoteroFernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...
(born 1932) - Jonathan Cadavid (1984 - )
- Antonio CaroAntonio CaroAntonio Caro is a contemporary artist known for using conceptualizations and iconic visuals that often make political commentary about his home country. Since 1970, Caro has built a career that, according to the categorizations of history and criticism, denotes an authentic example of conceptual...
(born 1950) - Juan Fernando CoboJuan Fernando CoboJuan Fernando Cobo Agudelo is a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca.-Artistic career:...
(born 1959) - Danilo DueñasDanilo DueñasDanilo Dueñas was born in 1956 in Cali, Colombia. He has been a Professor at the Art Department of the University of The Andes, the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Colombia and at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University since 1990...
(born 1956) - Miguel de la EspriellaMiguel de la EspriellaMiguel de la Espriella , more commonly known by his artistic name, Noble, is a self-taught painter and sculptor from Sucre, Colombia, whose art has been presented widely within his country and throughout the world....
"Noble" (born 1947) - Alejandro FischerAlejandro FischerAlejandro Fischer is a figurative Colombian artist.-Early life and education:He was born in Bogotá. In 1989 he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1994–1995 the Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, Germany, 1995 the B.F.A...
- Carlos JacanamijoyCarlos JacanamijoyCarlos Jacanamijoy is a Colombian painter of native South American origin of the Inga people. His artwork has been exhibited in more than 25 individual shows and is part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of the American Indian as well as several Colombian museums...
(1964- ), painter - Ignacio Gomez JaramilloIgnacio Gómez JaramilloIgnacio Gomez Jaramillo was born in Antioquia. Master Gomez Jaramillo was one of Colombia's most important artists of the 20th century. He was part of the Colombian Muralist Movement along with Santiago Martinez Delgado and Pedro Nel Gómez...
- Enrique GrauEnrique GrauEnrique Grau was a Colombian artist, renowned for his depictions of Amerindian and Afro Colombian figures...
(1920–2004) - Santiago Martinez DelgadoSantiago Martínez DelgadoSantiago Martínez Delgado was a Colombian painter, sculptor, art historian and writer. He established a reputation as a prominent muralist during the 1940s and is also known for his watercolors, oil paintings, illustrations and woodcarvings....
(1906–1954) - Edgar NegretEdgar NegretEdgar Negret is a modern Latin American abstract sculptor. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia...
- Alejandro ObregonAlejandro ObregónDaniel Alberto Alejandro María de la Santísima Trinidad Obregón Roses commonly known as Alejandro Obregón was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver.-Career:...
(1920–1992) - Luis Fernando Pinzon (born 1975)
- Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar
- Omar RayoOmar RayoOmar Rayo was a Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, white and red. He was part of the Op Art movement. Rayo's work shows that geometric art is as much a part of...
(1928–2010 ) - Bernardo RíosBernardo RíosBernardo Ríos is a Colombian artist, born in Santuario, Risaralda, Colombia in 1959. Ríos is a self-taught artist coming from a very rural area of Colombia to present his artwork both nationally and internationally...
(1959 - ) - Pedro RestrepoPedro RestrepoPedro Pablo Restrepo-Peláez is a Colombianartist, civil servant, art historian and writer.-Education:A native of Andes Antioquia), Colombia, born February 2, 1918. He left home at an early age and went to Chile where he graduated from secondary school, and later attended the Universidad de Santiago...
- Fernando Tovar (born 1951)
- Alejandro Franco (born 1982)
- Manuel Hernandez Gomez (born 1928)
Cuba
- :Category:Cuban artists
- Adrian Pellegrini Del Riego (born 1979)
- Damien Cruz (born 1977)
- Jose Acosta HernandezJose Acosta HernandezJose Acosta Hernandez was born in San Jose, Cuba, in 1966. His family immigrated to the United States in 1969. Acosta has been creating art ever since his youth, and has always enjoyed painting. In 2003, Acosta decided to go to the Art Students League of New York on weekends to further his art...
(born 1966) - Gustavo Acosta (born 1958)
- José Braulio Bedia Valdés (born 1959)
- José BernalJosé BernalJosé Bernal was a Cuban-American artist. He was born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the former province of Las Villas and became a naturalized U.S.A. citizen in 1980....
- Saidel Brito
- Pedro Álvarez CastellóPedro Álvarez CastellóPedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló was a Cuban artist who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period.-Biography:...
(1967–2004) - Carlos EnríquezCarlos EnríquezCarlos Enríquez was an Uruguayan - Argentine actor. He starred in the 1950 film Arroz con leche under director Carlos Schlieper.-External links:. ....
(1900–1957) - Roberto FabeloRoberto FabeloRoberto Fabelo is a contemporary Cuban artist. He is both a painter and illustrator.Born in Guáimaro, Camagüey, Fabelo studied at The National Art School and at the Superior Art Institute of Havana. He was a professor and a jury member for very important national and international visual arts...
(born 1951) - Wifredo LamWifredo LamWifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla , better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture...
(1902–1982) - Rene MederosRene MederosFelix René Mederos Pazos was a prominent Cuban poster artist and graphic designer. A self-taught artist from Sagua la Grande, he began work in a Havana printshop in 1944 and was appointed Chief Designer for Cuba's principal television station in 1959...
(1933–1996) - Amelia PeláezAmelia PeláezAmelia Peláez del Casal was an important Cuban painter of the Avant-garde generation.-Biography:Amelia was born in 1896 in Yaguajay, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas...
(1896–1968) - Cazasoles (born 1952)
- Humberto Jesús Castro García (born 1957)
- David Martinez Delgado (born 1980)
- Juan T. Vázquez MartínJuan T. Vazquez MartinJuan T. Vázquez Martín, is an abstract painter who was born on December 23, 1941 in Caibarién, Cuba.A Cuban painter who lives and works in Havana.Member of the Writer and Artists Union of Cuba .Member of International Association of Art ....
(born 1941) - Carlos Enrique Prado HerreraCarlos Enrique Prado HerreraCarlos Enrique Prado Herrera is a Cuban contemporary artist. He has different art works made in sculpture, ceramic, drawing, digital art, performance, installations and interventions. Since 2002 until now, he works as a professor in the University of Arts of Cuba , where he also is the Head of the...
(born 1978) - Mario Arango (born 1969)
- Ana MendietaAna MendietaAna Mendieta was a Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist who is known for her "earth-body" art work....
- Jesus Rivera (born
Dominican Republic
- :Ada Balcacer
- :Olivia Peguero Artist - Arte Libros Foundation
- :Mariojosé Angeles Artist http://www.mariojose.com
Ecuador
- :Category:Ecuadorian artists
- Gilberto Almeida
- Caesar Andrade FainiCaesar Andrade FainiCaesar Andrade Faini was a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher who studied at the School of Fine Arts of Quito under the painter Victor Mideros.He was born in Quito, Ecuador...
(born 1913) - Marco Alvarado (born 1962)
- Félix ArauzFélix ArauzFélix Arauz is a very important Latin American painter from Ecuador. Arauz is among the art circles of Enrique Tábara, Aníbal Villacís, Jose Carreño and Juan Villafuerte. In 1957, Arauz began studying under Caesar Andrade Faini at the School of Fine Arts. During his second year his father died...
(born 1935) - Miguel Betancourt
- Xavier Blum PintoXavier Blum PintoXavier Blum Pinto is an Ecuadorian artist. From 1974 to 1976 he studied architecture at the Universidad Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil, in Ecuador...
(born 1957) - Oswaldo Cercado
- Hugo CifuentesHugo CifuentesHugo Gilberto Cifuentes Navarro was a pioneering Latin American photographer.Cifuentes began studying drawing and painting in the 1940s, before turning to photography. Cifuentes received his first prize for photographic composition in 1949...
(photographer) - Theo ConstantéTheo ConstantéTheo Constanté is a master Latin American painter who is a part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the Premio Eugenio Espejo National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador...
(born 1934) - Jose CarreñoJose CarreñoJosé Carreño is an Ecuadorian painter who studied in Paris. His first important group exhibition was held in 1965 when he attended the Latin American Painting Hall in Braniff, Texas, USA. During this time, his work revolved around the suburban based expressionism. Perhaps this exhibit paved the...
(born 1947) - Pedro Dávila (born 1959)
- Robin Echanique
- Gonzalo Endara CrowGonzalo Endara CrowGonzalo Endara Crow was a master Latin American painter.From an early age he was very interested in art and as a young man he studied painting at the Central University in Quito. Endara Crow's work took on a distinct style early in his career that stayed with him throughout his life...
(1936–1996) - Camilo EgasCamilo EgasCamilo Egas was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.-Early life:...
(1889–1962) - Galo Galecio (1906–1993)
- Araceli GilbertAraceli GilbertAraceli Gilbert was an Ecuadorian artist.Gilbert enrolled in the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile in 1936, studying under Jorge Caballero and Hernán Gazmurri, well-known encouragers of the Chilean plastic rebellion that later transformed into the Montparnasse group...
(1913–1993) - Oswaldo GuayasaminOswaldo GuayasamínOswaldo Guayasamín was a Quechua native and Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor.-Early life:...
(1919–1999) - Judith GutierrezJudith GutierrezJudith Gutiérrez a master Latin American painter who worked in Ecuador and Mexico....
(1927–2003) - Ramiro Jácome
- Eduardo KingmanEduardo KingmanEduardo Kingman was one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamin and Camilo Egas.-Background:...
(1913–1998) - Estuardo MaldonadoEstuardo MaldonadoEstuardo Maldonado is a Latin American sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist movement. Maldonado is a member of VAN , the group of Informalist painters founded by Enrique Tábara. Other members of VAN included, Aníbal Villacís, Luis Molinari, Hugo Cifuentes and Gilberto Almeida...
(born 1930) - Luis Miranda (born 1932)
- Luis Molinari-Flores (born 1929)
- Galo Moncayo-Asan (born 1975)Causalitylabs
- Oswaldo MoncayoOswaldo MoncayoOswaldo Moncayo was an Ecuadorian painter.Moncayo was born in Riobamba, Ecuador. As a child he moved to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, where he learned the art of oil painting...
(1923–1984) - Ricardo Montesinos (born 1947)
- Amado Mora
- Humberto Moré
- Peter Musfeldt
- Tomás Ochoa
- Ramón PiaguajeRamón PiaguajeRamón Piaguaje was born in 1962 in the Cuyabeno Reserve in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. He is the son of Cecilio Piaguaje, the Chief of the Secoya Indians. He lives with his wife and four children deep in the rainforest in Secoya territory, close to the Aguarico River. From an early age, he drew...
(born 1962) - Grace PolitGrace PolitGrace Polit is an Ecuadorian artist. She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.In 1974, Polit began her arts creation called "Universal Heritage". Her painting "Yo soy la Luz del Mundo" is exhibited in the Vatican Museum in Rome. Her art has won several awards and has been exhibited in Sweden, France,...
- Manuel Rendón (1894–1992)
- Marcos RestrepoMarcos RestrepoMarcos Restrepo Restrepo is a Latin American painter who is a member of the artist group Artefactoría, founded by Xavier Patiño. Artefactoría formed in 1982 by a group of painters from the School of Fine Arts in Guayaquil who are inspired by the surrealists and the unconscious...
(born 1961) - Leon Ricaurte
- Bolivar Roura
- Joaquin Serrano
- Enrique TábaraEnrique TábaraLuis Enrique Tábara is a master Ecuadorian painter and teacher representing a whole Hispanic pictorial and artistic culture....
(born 1930) - Rafael Troya (1845–1920)
- Jorge VelardeJorge VelardeJorge Velarde is a Contemporary Latin American painter from Ecuador. Velarde has been drawing and painting since he was a child. At the age of 15 Velarde knew that he was meant to be a painter....
(born 1960) - Aníbal VillacísAníbal VillacísAníbal Villacís is a master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials. As a teenager, Villacís taught himself drawing and composition by studying and...
(born 1927) - Juan VillafuerteJuan VillafuerteJuan Villafuerte was an artist known for his transmutated drawings and paintings...
(1945–1977) - Oswaldo ViteriOswaldo ViteriOswaldo Viteri is a neo-figurative artist. Viteri gained recognition for his assemblage work but has worked in a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking and mosaics. He began his education as a student of architecture at the Central University of Quito in 1951...
(born 1931) - Cesar Paris Yarleque (born 1967)
El Salvador
- :Category:Salvadoran artists
- See also Salvadoran artists
- Noe CanjuraNoe CanjuraNoe Canjura was a Salvadoran painter and a prominent figure in 20th century modern art in France.- First steps :...
(1922–1970) - Julia Díaz
- Raúl Elas Reyes
- Mario Araujo Rajo
- Camilo Minero
- SalarruéSalarruéSalvador Efraín Salazar Arrué , known as Salarrué , was a Salvadoran writer, poet and painter...
(Salvador Salazar Arrué) - Fernando LlortFernando LlortFernando Llort Choussy is a Salvadoran artist of international recognition, called "El Salvador's National Artist" by the Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. He is known for teaching and inspiring the small town of La Palma, Chalatenango, how to make a living through art. His style...
Guatemala
- :Category:Guatemalan artists
- Margarita AzurdiaMargarita AzurdiaMargarita Azurdia, also known by the pseudonym Margot Fanjul was a Guatemalan sculptor, painter, poet, and performance artist.- Biography :...
- Carlos Arriola Monjes
- Guillermo Arriola Monjes
- Thais Arriola (b. 1994)
- Victor Arriola Monjes
- Victor Arriola Reina
- Cristina Camacho Fahsen
- Regina José GalindoRegina José GalindoRegina José Galindo is a Guatemalan performance artist who specializes in body art. She was born in Guatemala City.-Performances:She first gave two performances in Guatemala in 1999, and gained international fame...
- Antonio Ixtamer (b. 1968)
- Carlos MéridaCarlos MeridaCarlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist.-Early life:Mérida was born in Guatemala City to a family from Quetzaltenango, boasting a Maya and Zapotec heritage which was often an inspiration in his art. He began studying music but became hearing-impaired due to illness. He then changed to the visual arts...
(1891–1984) - Victor Vasquez Temó (b. 1968)
Haiti
- See also Haitian artists
- Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting.-Early life:...
(Haitian father) - Rigaud BenoitRigaud BenoitRigaud Benoit had become, well before his death, one of the three or four most highly prized Haitian artists.A native of Port-au-Prince, Benoit had been a shoemaker, musician, and taxi driver before making his living as a painter...
- Préfète DuffautPréfète DuffautPréfète Duffaut is a Haitian painter. Born near Jacmel , where he lives and works, The painter Pauleus Vital was Duffaut's half-brother, the painter Jean Charles Duffaut is his son...
- Jacques-Enguerrand GourgueJacques-Enguerrand GourgueJacques-Enguerrand Gourgue was one of Haiti's most renowned painters in the 20th century.A Port-au-Prince native, Gourgue began painting at an early age and eventually had his works exhibited throughout Europe and the Americas. His father was a French psychiatrist, and his mother a Haitian vodou...
- Alexandre GregoireAlexandre GrégoireAlexandre Grégoire was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style....
- Hector HyppoliteHector HyppoliteHector Hyppolite was a Haitian painter. Born in Saint-Marc, Hyppolite was a third generation Vodou priest, or houngan. He also made shoes and painted houses before taking up fine art painting, which he did untrained. Hyppolite spent five years outside of Haiti from 1915-1920...
- Philomé ObinPhilome obinPhilomé Obin was a Haitian painter. He was arguably the greatest of all Haitian artists - his main rival for that accolade is fellow painter Hector Hyppolite....
- André PierreAndre PierreAndre Pierre, the current Democratic mayor of North Miami, Florida and an attorney, was born in Arcahaie, Haiti on March 23, 1969. After emigrating to the United States as a teenager, he attended high school in Long Island and obtained a college degree in Engineering from the New York Institute of...
- Prosper Pierre-LouisProsper Pierre-LouisProsper Pierre-Louis , Haitian artist, painter; one of the main contributors to the local school of Saint Soleil art movement. His paintings depicting mystical Vodou Loas and spirits are especially noteworthy....
- Louisiane St-Fleurant
- Petion SavainPetion SavainPetion Savain was a prolific Haïtian artist and writer.Savain was born in Port-au-Prince and studied at the Haïtian School of Agronomy from which received a degree in law. He began painting in his early years and by his early 30s he was also the author of one book, La Case de Damballah...
- Micius Stéphane
- Gérard Valcin
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
Mexico
- :Category:Mexican artists
- Raúl AnguianoRaúl AnguianoJosé Raúl Anguiano Valadez was a Mexican critical realist painter, draftsman, muralist, and engraver, as well as a member of the second generation of the so-called "Mexican School of Painting" in Mexican art, along with Juan O'Gorman, Judith Gutierrez, Jorge González Camarena, José Chávez Morado,...
- Luis BarragánLuis BarragánLuis Barragán Morfin was a Mexican architect. He was self-trained.-Early life:Educated as an engineer, he graduated from the Escuela Libre de Ingenieros in Guadalajara in 1923 and was self-trained as an architect.After graduation, he travelled through Spain, France , and...
- (architect) - Arnold BelkinArnold BelkinArnold Belkin was a Mexican painter and mural artist. Born in Canada, he moved to Mexico to be closer to the Mexican artists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Siquerios. In the '50s he befriended the latter, collaborating with him on two murals in Mexico City...
- Miguel CabreraMiguel Cabrera (painter)Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera was an indigenous Zapotec painter during the Viceroyalty of New Spain, today's Mexico. During his lifetime, he was recognized as the greatest painter in all of New Spain....
(1695–1768), painter - Miguel CondéMiguel CondéMiguel Condé is a Mexican figurative painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.-Biography:Condé was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a Mexican father and an American mother. He split his time between Mexico and the United States until 1948 when he moved to New York with his mother. In 1956 he...
(born 1939) - Roberto CortazarRoberto CortazarRoberto Cortazar is a Mexican painter. He was born on January 12, 1962, in Mexico City, but grew up in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico. He lives and works in his studio in Mexico City.-Academic training and activities:...
(born 1962) - Rodolfo EscaleraRodolfo EscaleraRodolfo "Rudy" Escalera was a Mexican-American artist. Among other works, he created collectible plates for the 1984 Summer Olympics, which became "The Official Gift of the 1984 Olympics"...
(1929–2000) - Julio GalanJulio GalánJulio Galán was a Mexican artist and architect.- Biography :Galán was one of Latin America's renowned neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full of elements that usually represent his life.Galán started his career...
(1958–2006) - Gunther GerzsoGünther GerzsoGunther Gerzso was a Hungarian Mexican painter, designer and director and screenwriter for film and theatre.Born in Mexico City, in the times of the Revolution, to Oscar Gerzso , a Hungarian immigrant and Dore Wendland, German by birth. After his father's death, a few months after Gunther was...
(1915–2000) - Guillermo Gómez-PeñaGuillermo Gómez-PeñaGuillermo Gómez-Peña was born in Mexico City and moved to the US in 1978, where he established himself as a performance artist, writer, activist, and educator. He has pioneered multiple media, including performance art, experimental radio, video, performance photography and installation art...
(1955-) - Frida KahloFrida KahloFrida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits....
(1907–1954) - Rafael Lozano-HemmerRafael Lozano-HemmerRafael Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal...
- Tina ModottiTina ModottiTina Modotti was an Italian photographer, model, actress, and revolutionary political activist.- Early life :Modotti was born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini in Udine, Friuli, Italy...
(photographer) - José Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente OrozcoJosé Clemente Orozco was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others...
(1883–1949) - Gabriel OrozcoGabriel OrozcoGabriel Orozco is a Mexican artist, who in 1998 was called "one of the most influential artists of this decade, and probably the next one too." He was born in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and educated in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas between 1981 and 1984. He then continued his education...
(born 1962) - Francisco Postlethwaite (born 1973)
- Diego RiveraDiego RiveraDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...
(1886–1957) - Veronica Ruiz de VelascoVeronica Ruiz de VelascoVeronica Ruiz de Velasco is a neo-figurative painter of Mexican origin living in the United States. She was a disciple of Teodulo Romulo, Rufino Tamayo, Jean Dubuffet, and Gilberto Aceves Navarro.-Early life:...
(born 1968) - David Alfaro SiqueirosDavid Alfaro SiqueirosJosé David Alfaro Siqueiros was a social realist painter, known for his large murals in fresco that helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with works by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, and also a member of the Mexican Communist Party who participated in an...
(1896–1974) - Rufino TamayoRufino TamayoRufino Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, painting figurative abstraction with surrealist influences....
(1899–1991) - Francisco ToledoFrancisco ToledoFrancisco Benjamín López Toledo is a Mexican graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria...
(born 1941)
Nicaragua
- :Category:Nicaraguan artists
- Pablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio CuadraPablo Antonio Cuadra was a Nicaraguan essayist, art and literary critic, playwright, graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua.-Early life and career:...
, graphic artist - Omar D'LeonOmar D'LeonOmar D'León is a well-known Nicaraguan painter and poet.D'León studied nine years at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Nicaragua under its director Rodrigo Penalba...
, painter - Franck de Las MercedesFranck de Las MercedesFranck de Las Mercedes, is a Nicaraguan American Popstract Expressionist visual artist raised in New York City. With a self-obtained education, straight from the aisles of the NYC Public Library, de Las Mercedes has emerged as one of the country's most prolific visual artists in recent years.From...
, artist - Liliana Neret, painter
- Armando MoralesArmando MoralesArmando Morales , was an internationally renowned Nicaraguan painter. Morales is considered one of the most important painters in Nicaragua....
, painter - Hugo Palma-IbarraHugo Palma-Ibarra-Biography:Palma-Ibarra was born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1942. His father, Idelfonso Palma Martínez, a doctor, and his mother, Inés Ibarra de Palma, from Bluefields; he has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. His younger brother, Ricardo Palma, is a legendary guitarist and composer. He attended the "La...
, painter - Gabriel TraversariGabriel TraversariGabriel Traversari is a Nicaraguan American actor, director, writer, singer, songwriter, painter and photographer.-Early life:...
, painter - Julio Valle CastilloJulio Valle CastilloJulio Valle Castillo , was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. He is a poet, novelist, painter, essayist, and a critic of literature and art.-Early life and career:...
, painter - Frank Rourk 'Frankzig', artist, musician
Panama
- :Category:Panamanian artists
- See also Panamanian artists
- Carlos Endara Andrade, photographer (1867–1954)
- Roberto Lewis, painter (1874–1949)
- Carlos Francisco Changmarín, writer (1922)
- Guillermo TrujilloGuillermo TrujilloGuillermo Trujillo is a painter from Panama. He was born in Horconcitos, Chiriqui, Panama. He started his studies in Panama and completed them in Madrid. In 1959 he obtained an Honorable Mention in the Biennial of São Paulo, and has continued to receive awards. Trujillo incorporated elements of...
, painter (1927) - Isabel de Obaldía (1957)
- José Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez PittíJosé Luis Rodríguez Pittí is a contemporary writer and documentary photographer. He was born in Panamá.He is the author of short stories, poems and essays and published the books "Panamá Blues" , "miniTEXTOS" , "Sueños urbanos" , "Crónica de invisibles" José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 29 March...
, writer, photographer (1971) - Enrique Jaramillo Levi, writer (1944)
Perú
- :Category:Peruvian artists
- Alfaro-Nùñez family
- Oscar Allain
- Arcadio Boyer Ramirez
- Pablo AmaringoPablo AmaringoPablo Cesar Amaringo was an acclaimed Peruvian artist, renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca. He was first brought to the West's attention by Dennis McKenna and Luis Eduardo Luna, who met Pablo in Pucallpa while...
- Grimanesa AmorósGrimanesa AmorósGrimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory...
- Milner Cajahuaringa
- Angel Chávez (painter)Ángel Chávez (painter)Angel Chavez was a Peruvian painter.The so-called "last half century " by historians Cueto and Contreras, defines a chapter in the history of Peru, linked to massive migrations from rural to urban areas and "strengthening the role of the state in search of a developing economic and social...
- G. Chávez
- M.A. Cuadros
- Alberto DávilaAlberto DavilaAlbert "Alberto" Dávila is a Mexican-American boxer who boxed during the 1970s and 1980s in the bantamweight division. During parts of 1983 and 1984, he held the World Boxing Council championship. Dávila lost world bantamweight championships matches three times, and temporarily left the sport...
- Fernando De SzyszloFernando de SzyszloFernando De Szyszlo Valdelomar is a Peruvian artist who is a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.-Studies and influences:...
- R. Grau
- Daniel Hernández (painter)Daniel Hernández (painter)Daniel Hernández Morillo was a Peruvian painter.Hernández was born in Hurpay, Huancavelica. He studied under Leonardo Barbieri, and in 1875, after attaining a scholarship from the Peruvian government, he travelled to Europe...
- David Herskowitz
- Víctor Humareda
- Roberto Kasisol
- Arturo Kubotta
- Hugo Orellana BonillaHugo Orellana BonillaHugo Orellana Bonilla was one of the most recognized Peruvian painters.He was born in 1932 Ataura a district of Jauja, Peru....
- Carlos Enrique PolancoCarlos Enrique PolancoCarlos Enrique Polanco is a notable exponent of Peruvian painting. Since his beginnings he was attracted to the less privileged urban sectors of Lima City. When he studied in School of Fine Arts, his work reflected the iconography and color of the Peruvian urban night life...
- Alberto Quintanilla
- Diego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe Tito was a Peruvian painter. He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting.The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco, and worked throughout his life in the district of San Sebastián; his house is still extant, and shows his coat of arms on its door...
- César Quíspez Asín
- Eduardo Ramos OliveraEduardo Ramos OliveraEduardo Gustavo Ramos Olivera, Peruvian Screenwriter, born on July 18, 1972 in Lima-Peru.-Biography:Studied at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The American School of Limaand Audiovisual Communications at Toulouse Lautrec College of Communications and Design Lima-Peru. Religion: Roman Catholic...
- Carlos Revilla
- Luis de Riaño
- Maria Elena Rodriguez-La Rosa, b. 1953
- Benito Rosas, b. 1952
- José SabogalJosé SabogalJosé Sabogal was a Peruvian painter and muralist who was "the most renowned early supporter" and thus a leader in the artistic indigenist movement of his country. As Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, and Ana M...
- Josué SánchezJosué SánchezJosué Sánchez Cerron is a Peruvian painter born in Huancayo, Peru in 1945.-Early life, education, and work as an artist:-Growing up in the Campo:...
- Basilio Santa Cruz PumacallaoBasilio Santa Cruz PumacallaoBasilio Pacheco de Santa Cruz Pumacallao was a Quechua painter from Cusco, Peru. He was part of the Cuzco School, a colonial movement of indigenous painters educated in the Baroque religious painting tradition of Spain.-Background:...
(1635–1710), painter - Venancio Shinki
- Sabino Springett
- Fernando de SzyszloFernando de SzyszloFernando De Szyszlo Valdelomar is a Peruvian artist who is a key figure in advancing abstract art in Latin America since the mid-1950s, and one of the leading plastic artists in Peru.-Studies and influences:...
- Tilsa TsuchiyaTilsa TsuchiyaTilsa Tsuchiya Castillo was a contemporary Peruvian artist. She was a graduate of the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes of Peru in 1959.- External links :* Tilsa Tsuchiya* Cuadros de Tsuchiya* Tilsa Tsuchiya 1936...
- Mario Urteaga AlvaradoMario Urteaga AlvaradoUrteaga Alvarado, Mario was a Peruvian painter. He originally worked as a journalist, administrator and teacher...
- Boris VallejoBoris VallejoBoris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....
- Alberto VargasAlberto VargasAlberto Vargas was a noted Peruvian painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists...
- Armando Villegas
- Jorge Vinatea ReinosoJorge Vinatea ReinosoJorge Vinatea Reinoso was a Peruvian painter.Reinoso was born in Arequipa. His first exhibition was in 1917, and by 1918 he had moved to Lima. There, from 1919 to 1924, he was taught by painter Daniel Hernández at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes...
- Marcos ZapataMarcos ZapataMarcos Zapata , also called Marcos Sapaca Inca, was a Peruvian Quechua painter, born in Cuzco. He was one of the last members of the Cuzco School, an art center in which Spanish painters taught native students to paint religious works. Zapata introduced elements from his own lands into his paintings...
or Marcos Sapaca Inca (ca. 1710–1773) painter
Puerto Rico
- :Category:Puerto Rican artists
- José CampecheJosé CampecheJosé Campeche , born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is the first known Puerto Rican visual artist and considered by many as one of the best rococo artists in the Americas.-Early years:...
- Pablo Marcano GarcíaPablo Marcano GarcíaPablo Marcano García is a Puerto Rican painter, and together with singer Danny Rivera heads the International Academic Seminary of the Americas in Cuba and the Dominican Republic....
(born 1952) - Francisco OllerFrancisco OllerFrancisco Manuel Oller y Cestero was a Puerto Rican visual artist. Oller is considered to be the only Latin American painter to have played a role in the development of Impressionism.-Early years:...
- Soraida MartinezSoraida MartinezSoraida Martinez is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist who creates hard-edge paintings. She was born in Harlem, New York City, USA on July 30, 1956....
(born 1956) - Diana M. Miranda (born 1964)
Uruguay
- :Category:Uruguayan artists
- See also Uruguayan artists
- Rafael Barradas (1890–1929)
- Eduardo BarretoEduardo Barreto-References:...
- Juan Manuel BlanesJuan Manuel BlanesJuan Manuel Blanes was a noted Uruguayan painter of the Realist school.-Life and work:Blanes was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1830. He was raised by his mother, with whom he relocated to the countryside in his early teens...
(1830–1901) - Pedro Blanes Viale (1879–1926)
- Luis Camitzer (German born 1937)
- Carlos CapelánCarlos CapelánCarlos Capelán is a contemporary artist from Montevideo, Uruguay. Although his conceptual work includes drawings and paintings, his installations are more widely known for their atmospherical impact, constituting an environment in which the viewer is free to wander around and experience notions...
(born 1948) - José Pedro CostiglioloJosé Pedro CostiglioloJosé Pedro Costigliolo From 1921 to 1925 studied at the "Circulo de Bellas Artes" having important masters such as Vicente Puig and Guillermo Laborde...
(1902–1985) - José CuneoJosé CuneoJosé Cuneo is an Argentine comics artist, painter and illustrator.Born in Buenos Aires, Cuneo's father was a doctor and his mother a teacher. He moved to France in 1986. He has drawn for Pif Gadget and Gai pied, and has also created public service comics to raise awareness of the threat of AIDS...
(1887–1977) - Eladio DiesteEladio DiesteEladio Dieste was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, all in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance...
(1917–2000) - Pedro FigariPedro FigariPedro Figari was a Uruguayan painter, lawyer, writer, and politician. Although he did not begin the practice until his later years, he is best known as an early modernist painter who emphasized capturing the every-day aspects of life in his work...
(1861–1938) - Haroldo GonzálezHaroldo GonzálezHaroldo González was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1941. Up to date he has made nineteen solo exhibitions and he has participated in fifty six collective exhibitions...
(1941-) - Carlos María HerreraCarlos María HerreraCarlos María Herrera was a Uruguayan painter.Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Herrera began his studies there under the instruction of Pedro Queirolo, later relocating to Buenos Aires for two years at the Círculo Estímulo de Bellas Artes...
(1875–1914) - Guillermo Laborde (1886–1940)
- Amalia Nieto (1910–2003)
- Sisto Pascale (born 1965)
- Carlos Páez Vilaró (born 1923)
- Virginia PatroneVirginia PatroneVirginia Patrone was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1950, where she lived and worked before moving to Spain in 2003.In 1971 Patrone began her studies as an architect in the Faculty of Architecture, in the Universidad Mayor de la República, Uruguay's National University. In 1978 she turned to...
(born 1950) - Álvaro Pemper
- Daniel PontetDaniel PontetDaniel Pontet is a Uruguayan-born artist working in the US.Pontet was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, in and has resided in Miami, Florida since 1991...
(born 1957) - Carlos Federico Sáez (1878–1901)
- Martin SastreMartin SastreMartín Sastre is a film director and contemporary media artist working with film, video, sculpture, photography and drawing, considered one of the best known Latin American Artists of his generation.-Biography:...
(1976-) - Joaquín Torres GarcíaJoaquín Torres GarcíaJoaquín Torres García , was a Uruguayan plastic artist and art theorist, also known as the founder of Constructive Universalism...
(1874–1949) - Petrona VieraPetrona VieraPetrona Viera was an Uruguayan painter....
(1895–1960) - José Luis Zorrilla de San MartínJosé Luis Zorrilla de San MartínJosé Luis Zorrilla de San Martín was a Uruguayan sculptor.One of the pivotal sculptors from Uruguay, he have significant impact in the monuments of the capital city of Montevideo...
(1891–1975) - Jose Gurvich (1927–1974)
Venezuela
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19th Century Venezuelan Artists: (chronological order)
- Martín Tovar y TovarMartín Tovar y TovarMartín Tovar y Tovar was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century. Tovar y Tovar's most famous work is his famous and well-known depiction of the Battle of Carabobo...
(1827—1902) - Eloy PalaciosEloy PalaciosJosé Eloy Palacios, , was a Venezuelan artist, sculptor and painter.He was born in Maturín, Monagas, Venezuela. Palacios studied in Germany, where he polished the talent that would bring to him fame in Europe and Latin America...
(1847–1919), artist, sculptor and painter - Arturo MichelenaArturo MichelenaArturo Michelena was a Venezuelan painter born in Valencia, Carabobo State. He began to paint at a young age under his father's tutelage. Traveled to Paris where he studied in the famous Académie Julian...
(1863–1898) - Cristóbal RojasCristóbal RojasCristóbal Rojas was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century...
(1857—1890) - Emilio Boggio (1857–1920)
20th Century Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
- Julio Árraga (1872–1928)
- Federico Brandt (1878–1932)
- Armando ReverónArmando ReverónArmando Julio Reverón was a modernist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century in Venezuela. Most of his work was inspired by the coast, landscape and people of Macuto, located in the central coast of Venezuela, and was characterized by his view and expression of the bright luminosity of...
(1889–1954) - Bárbaro Rivas (1893–1967)
- Manuel CabréManuel CabréManuel Cabré was a noted Spanish-Venezuelan landscape painter who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" .-Biography:...
(1890–1984) - Juan Félix SánchezJuan Félix SánchezJuan Félix Sánchez was Andean folk artist born in San Rafael de Mucuchíes, Mérida, Venezuela. Sánchez' talents included weaving and sculpture, and he was also the architect and builder of the Chapel of San Rafael de Mucuchíes dedicated to the Our Lady of Coromoto at El Tisure, as well as several...
(1900—1997), folk artist in weaving and sculpture - Pedro Centeno Vallenilla (1904–1988)
- Francisco NarvaezFrancisco NarváezVenezuela's most important sculptor by popular acclamation, Francisco Narváez inaugurated his country's age of modernism at the start of the 1930s, returning from three years in Paris and instantly catalyzing the national culture...
(1905–1982) - Tomás Golding (1909–1981)
- Gertrude GoldschmidtGertrude GoldschmidtGertrude Goldschmidt also known as Gego, was a modern Venezuelan artist and sculptor. Gego's most popular works were produced in the 1960s and 1970s, during the height of popularity of Geometric abstract art and Kinetic Art...
(1912–1994) - a.k.a. "Gego" - Gerd Leufert (b. 1914)
- César Rengifo (1915–1980)
- Gabriel BrachoGabriel BrachoGabriel Bracho was a Venezuelan artist born in Los Puertos de Altagracia on 25 May 1915. He and Cesar Rengifo were major exponents of the social realism artistic movement in Venezuela...
(1915–1995) - Braulio SalazarBraulio Salazar- Biography :Salazar was born on 23 December 1919 in Valencia. His first exhibition took place in 1935. As he suffered from hemotitis, doctors banned him from using chemical products...
(1917–2008) - Hector Poleo (1918–1989)
- Pablo Benavides (b. 1918)
- Mario AbreuMario AbreuMario Abreu was a Venezuelan artist....
(1919–1993) - Armando Barrios (b. 1920)
- Carlos González Bogen (b. 1920)
- Alejandro OteroAlejandro OteroAlejandro Otero was a Venezuelan artist, writer and cultural promoter.He studied at the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas de Caracas" from 1939 to 1945...
(1921–1990) - Jesús Soto (1923–2005)
- Carlos Cruz-DíezCarlos Cruz-DíezCarlos Cruz-Diez is a Venezuelan kinetic and op artist. He lives in Paris. He has spent his professional career working and teaching between both Paris and Caracas. His work is represented in museums and public art sites internationally...
(b. 1923) - Oswaldo Vigas (b. 1926)
- Mateo Manaure (b. 1926)
- Víctor Valera (b. 1927)
- Angel Hurtado (b. 1927)
- Ramón Vásquez Brito (b. 1927)
- Pedro León ZapataPedro León ZapataPedro León Zapata is a prominent Venezuelan artist, humorist and cartoonist.-Biography:In 1945 he entered the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Caracas" but in 1947 he abandons the school to join the foundation of the "Taller La Barraca de Maripérez" where he will exhibit his first works...
(b. 1928)artist, humorist and cartoonist - Mariano Díaz (photographer)Mariano Díaz (photographer)Mariano Díaz Bravo is a Chilean-born Venezuelan photographer, graphic designer and writer, best known for his contributions to the study and promotion of Venezuelan folk art...
(born 1929), journalist, photographer, designer, writer - Marisol a.k.a Marisol Escobar (b. 1930)
- Lía BermúdezLía BermúdezLía Bermúdez is a Venezuelan sculptor.She began her studies at the School of Applied Arts in Caracas and moved to Maracaibo. There in 1947, she continued her studies at the School of Visual Arts in Árraga...
(b. 1930) - Jacobo BorgesJacobo BorgesJacobo Borges is a contemporary, neo-figurative Latin- American artist. His curiosity for exploring different mediums made him a painter, drawer, film director, stage designer and plastic artist...
(b. 1931)neo-figurative artist - Juan CalzadillaJuan CalzadillaJuan Calzadilla is a Venezuelan prolific poet, painter and art critic.He studied in the Universidad Central de Venezuela and in the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional...
(b. 1931) poet, painter and art critic - Alirio Rodríguez (b. 1934)
- Julio MaragallJulio MaragallJulio Maragall is a Spanish born Venezuelan sculptor and architect.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Spanish Wikipedia....
(b. 1936) - Harry Abend (b. 1937)
- Francisco Hung (1937–2001)
- Alirio Palacios (b. 1938)
- Claudio Perna (1938–1997) Conceptual Artist
- Jorge Estever (b. 1940)
- Edgar Sánchez (b. 1940)
- Antonieta Sosa (b. 1940)
- Balthazar ArmasBalthazar ArmasBalthazar Armas is considered one of the pioneers in the contemporary figurative art movement in Latin America, where the industrial and urban influence of his paintings makes them approachable and distinguishable...
(b. 1941), contemporary and abstract movement painter - Francisco Bellorín (b. 1941)
- Paul del RioPaul del RioPaul del Rio is a Venezuelan sculptor and painter. Paul del Rio combines modernism, cubism and surrealism to create enigmatic paintings that are usually a social commentary on the harshness of modern urban life for ordinary people, and their longing for a different life...
(born 1943), sculptor and painter - Jorge BlancoJorge BlancoJorge Blanco is an artist from Venezuela before he emigrated to the United States in 1999. Jorge Blanco is currently residing in Sarasota, Florida. He has spent his professional career working as a sculptor, graphic designer and illustrator...
(born 1945), artist, sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator and humorist - Diego Barboza (b. 1945)
- Miguel Von Dangel (b. 1946)
- Doris Raecke (born 1947)
- Abigaíl Varela (b. 1948)
- Sigfredo Chacón (b. 1950)
- Henry Bermúdez (artist)Henry Bermúdez (artist)Henry Bermúdez is a Venezuelan artist. He studied in the School of Visual Arts of Julio Árraga. After graduation he taught at this school as art teacher. In 1977 he went to Mexico, where he lived for 2 years. In 1979 he returned to Venezuela and after that he travelled to New York City, where he...
(b. 1951) - PAJARO (born 1952), painter, sculptor, poet
- Pedro Piña (b. 1952)
- Vicente Antonorsi (b. 1952)
- Julio Pacheco Rivas (b. 1953)
- Pancho Quilici (b. 1954)
- Patricia Van DalenPatricia van DalenPatricia van Dalen , is a Venezuelan visual painter.She graduated from Graphic Design in the "Instituto de Diseño Fundacion Neumann" in Caracas...
(b. 1955) - Jesús Matheus (b. 1957)
- Francisco Bugallo (b. 1958)
- Arturo HerreraArturo HerreraArturo Herrera is a Venezuelan visual artist who exhibits internationally, known for his melding of cartoons and collage. He has had one-person exhibitions at Centre d’Art Contemporain, Dia Center For The Arts, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Whitney Museum of American Art, UCLA Hammer...
(born 1959)
Contemporary Venezuelan Artists (chronological order)
- Gisela Romero (b. 1960)
- Meyer Vaisman (b. 1960)
- María RivasMaría RivasMaría Rivas is a Venezuelan Latin jazz singer, composer, and occasional painter.-Career:Born in Caracas, Venezuela of Spanish mother and Venezuelan father, Rivas gradually built her voice skills as a hobby, absorbing the influences ofIn 2005 Rivas returned to Aruba to be part of the show "Good...
(born 1960), Latin jazz singer, composer, and occasional painter - Alfredo RamírezAlfredo RamírezAlfredo Germán Ramírez is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Colón de Santa Fe.-Career:Ramírez made his debut on 18 October 2008 for Colón in a 1-2 home defeat by Independiente at the age of 19....
(born 1961) - Julio AguileraJulio AguileraJulio César Aguilera Peña is a Venezuelan-American painter and sculptor born in Caracas, on July 28, 1961. Previously to his career as an artist, Aguilera was a martial arts world champion and trainer who in 1987 was awarded the sixth Dan in Kung Fu when he was just 26 years old.-Biography:Aguilera...
(born 1961), painter and sculptor - Nestor Maya born 1961 painter
- Emilia Azcárate (b. 1964)
- José Antonio Hernández-DiezJosé Antonio Hernández-DíezJose Antonio Hernandez-Diez is a South American artist who works with sculpture, photography and installation art. He currently lives and works in Barcelona, Spain and Caracas, Venezuela.- Biography :...
(b. 1964) - Muu Blanco (b. 1966)
- Alexander Apóstol (b. 1969)
- Luís Molina Pantin (b. 1969)
- Alberto Cavalieri (b. 1969)
- Amilcar Arapé (b. 1971), visual artist
- Juan Araujo (b. 1971)
- Mariana Bunimov (b. 1972)
- Jaime GiliJaime GiliJaime Gili is an artist based in London since 1996.Since 2002 his work has been contextualised as continuing a tradition of Latinamerican abstract art, especially the Venezuelan optical and kinetic work of artists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero, with an input from popular art and...
(b. 1972) - Astolfo Funes (b. 1973)
- Hermann MejiaHermann MejiaHermann Mejía is a Venezuelan-born illustrator, painter and sculptor living in New York City. His caricature-driven work frequently appears in MAD Magazine.-Early life and education:...
(born 1973), illustrator, painter and sculptor - Paulo Castro (b. 1974)
- Richard López (b. 1975)
- Jonidel Mendoza (b. 1975)
- Al Teleki (b. 1976), video, collage, and street artist, and poet
- Suwon Lee (b. 1977)
- Yucef MerhiYucef MerhiYucef Merhi is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer, based in New York.-Life and work:Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela and New School University.. His artistic practice began in the mid 80s...
(b. 1977) - José Vívenes (b. 1977)
- Starsky Brines (b. 1977)
- Rafael Rangel (b. 1978)
- Paul Parrella (b. 1980)
- Keyser Siso (b. 1982)
- Bol Pereira (b. 1988)
- Yiste (b. 1989)
See also
- Latin American artLatin American artLatin American art is the combined artistic expressions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, as well as Latin American living in other regions....
- List of Latin American writers
- List of indigenous artists of the Americas