Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción

Félix Juan Alberto Beltrán Concepción (born June 23, 1938 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist. He has had an important career as a graphic designer, painter, draftsman and engraver.

He studied in the United States between 1956 and 1962, studying Graphic Design at the School of Visual Arts, painting in the American Art School and lithography at the Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York City. He also studied at the New School for Social Research, where he met Adorno, Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, amongst others. Félix Beltrán has a long professional experience because he worked on different publications and institutions. Between 1953 and 1956 he was a designer for Publicidad McCann Erickson Co., and was a juror in 1974 of VI in Czechoslovakia and in 1976 of 6th in Zaçheta Gallerand, Warsaw, Poland. Since the middle of the 1980s he has resided in Mexico City, where he became the curator of Archivo Gráfico Internacional at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He also was a professor of Graphic Design in the (1980–1982), Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) (1976–1982), in Havana, Cuba; at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas and the Universidad Iberoamericana in México. At present time, he is a professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana also in México.

Individual exhibitions[]

His personal exhibitions include: in 1971 "Símbolos de Félix Beltrán" in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba; "Exhibition Hall Ruski Avenue",in Sofia, Bulgaria and after 1990 he did "Pinturas Deconstructivas de Félix Beltrán" in different galeries of Mexico City, like Galery Frida Kahlo, Gallery Santos Balmori, Gallery Artis and Gallery Trazo.

He also took part in many collective exhibitions like one in 1960 at New Gallery, New York CityA.; in 1966 at the Gutenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany; , New York CityA. and in "Affiches Cubains" at the , Paris, France. Another exhibitions were in and (MOCHA), New York City, in 1986. His work is also featured in the collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.^[1]

Awards[]

During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions like the Prize in National Exhibition of Communication Arts, California, U.S.A. in 1962; Prize International cartels contest Moscow 88 Habana, Cuba; in 1981 was Honorary Member of and , of Delaware.

Collections[]

His work can be found in permanent collections of:

• Art Center, Louisiana.
• , Paris, France.
• Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
• Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• , Santiago de Chile, Chile.
• Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.
• Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia.

References[]

• Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1 (in Spanish)