Tomás Rafael Rodríguez Zayas (26 April 1949,Holguín

Holguín

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Holguín

Holguín is a municipality and city, the capital of the Cuban Province of Holguín. It also includes a tourist area, offering beach resorts in the outskirts of the region.-History:...

) is a self-taught Cuba

Cuba

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Artist

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 specializing in humoristic drawing, engraving

Engraving

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Individual Exhibitions

Zayas held numerous solo exhibitions including "Tomy. 1a Exposición Personal [grabados]", Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, in 1980. In 1996 he showed his work in the "El que inventó la trampa hizo la ley" exhibition within Cuba, and in 2001 he exhibited "Primera exposición personal del Tercer milenio" in the XII Humoristic Biennial, San Antonio de los Baños

San Antonio de los Baños

San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and city in the Artemisa Province of Cuba.It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. The city was founded in 1802....

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Collective Exhibitions

In 1975 and 1977 he was included in the "El mundo existe porque ríe" Bullgary. He also participated in II Humoristic Biennial at Círculo de Artesanos, San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba, 1981. In 1993 he was one of the selected artists for the "La Pistola" II Bienal Internacional de Caricatura José Guadalupe Posada. Sociedad Mexicana de Caricaturistas, México D.F., Mexico, and in 2001 his drawings were selected for the Bienal de Bahía, Bahía, Brazil

Brazil

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Awards

In 1970 he was awarded Second Prize for General Humor. I National Humoristic Saloon, Galería La Rampa, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.

In 1999 he was awarded the Prize for Politic Humor. Salón de la Prensa, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and in 2000 First Prize in Humoristic Graphic encounter, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain

Spain

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