José Toirac
Encyclopedia
José Toirac is a Cuba
n artist
specializing in painting
, drawing
, and installation.
Toirac from 1979 to 1981 he studied in the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 23 y C, in Havana
, Cuba
. Between 1981-1985 he studied Painting in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana
, Cuba
. And since 1985 to 1990 he studied painting in the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana
, Cuba
.
Toirac was a member from 1988 to 1992 of the artistic group Grupo ABTV
, along with Tanya Angulo, Juan Pablo Ballester, and Ileana Villazón.
, Cuba
. In 1992 he presented T&T. Todo para Vender, in the Galería Habana, Havana
, Cuba
. (José Angel Toirac/Tanya Angulo) (T&T) (Grupo ABTV). In 1996 he exhibited Death and Representation (exhumations), in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
, Germany
. And in 1997 he made Habana: tenemos lo que a usted le gusta y lo que aún no sabe que le gusta, in the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana
, Cuba
.
, Cuba
, in 1988. (exhibited as grupo ABTV). In 1992 he was part of the Von Dort aus: Kuba, in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
, Germany
. In 1995 he was included in El rojo y el verde, at the I Bienal Internacional de Grupo. Galerie Cargo, Marseilles, France
. In 1996 he also participated in the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC), in Paris
, France
. (represented by Galerie Nomade, Paris, France). And in 1997 he was one of the selected artists to conform Cuban Contemporary Art, in the Urasoe Museum, Okinawa. Hillside Forum Daikanyama, Tokyo. Iwaki City Cultural Hall, Iwaki, Japan
.
, Spain
. In 1996 he obteined the Fellowship, for the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
, Germany
. And in 1998 he gained the Prize in Curatorship at the II Art Contemporaine Saloon fro the exhibition Jao Moch. Homenaje a Antonia Eiriz, Havana
, Cuba
.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
specializing in painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, and installation.
Toirac from 1979 to 1981 he studied in the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas 23 y C, in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. Between 1981-1985 he studied Painting in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. And since 1985 to 1990 he studied painting in the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
Toirac was a member from 1988 to 1992 of the artistic group Grupo ABTV
Grupo ABTV
Grupo ABTV was the name given to the artistic collaboration between Cuban artists Tanya Angulo, Juan Pablo Ballester, José Angel Toirac Batista and Ileana Villazón by the Uruguayan artist and critic Luis Camnitzer...
, along with Tanya Angulo, Juan Pablo Ballester, and Ileana Villazón.
Individual Exhibitions
Among his must relevant personal exhibitions we can quote in 1989 Nosotros, Exposición Antológica de la obra de Raul Martínez, in the Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Diseño, HavanaHavana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. In 1992 he presented T&T. Todo para Vender, in the Galería Habana, Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. (José Angel Toirac/Tanya Angulo) (T&T) (Grupo ABTV). In 1996 he exhibited Death and Representation (exhumations), in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. And in 1997 he made Habana: tenemos lo que a usted le gusta y lo que aún no sabe que le gusta, in the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
Collective Exhibitions
He was part of many collective exhibitions like Suave y fresco, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in HavanaHavana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, in 1988. (exhibited as grupo ABTV). In 1992 he was part of the Von Dort aus: Kuba, in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. In 1995 he was included in El rojo y el verde, at the I Bienal Internacional de Grupo. Galerie Cargo, Marseilles, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In 1996 he also participated in the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC), in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. (represented by Galerie Nomade, Paris, France). And in 1997 he was one of the selected artists to conform Cuban Contemporary Art, in the Urasoe Museum, Okinawa. Hillside Forum Daikanyama, Tokyo. Iwaki City Cultural Hall, Iwaki, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Awards
During his life he had obtained many awards and recognized, among them we can mention in 1992 the Fellowship,for the Agustin Parejo School, in MálagaMálaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. In 1996 he obteined the Fellowship, for the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. And in 1998 he gained the Prize in Curatorship at the II Art Contemporaine Saloon fro the exhibition Jao Moch. Homenaje a Antonia Eiriz, Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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Collections
His works can be found in the permanent collections of:- Ludwig Forum für Internationale KunstLudwig Forum für Internationale KunstThe Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst is a museum of modern art in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in a former industrial building that was once an umbrella factory , designed in Bauhaus style and built in 1928.The museum contains exemplary major works of American pop art...
, in AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La HabanaMuseo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La HabanaThe National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana in Havana, Cuba is a museum of Fine Arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations. It was founded on February 23, 1913 due to the efforts of its first director, Emilio Heredia, a well-known architect...
, Havana. - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.
- Museum of Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL.
- The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
. - Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
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), New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA.
- Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.