Advisor Bios
Tamayo Israel Zamora
Tamayo Zamora graduated from the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas "Jose Joaquin Tejada", Santiago de Cuba in l980 with the first record in the specialty of painting. He was a professor at the school of art for five years in the specialties of painting and printmaking. He has participated in more than 200 national and international exhibitions and his works have been exposed in different countries including: Mexico, Holland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, USA, Canada, Martinico, Spain, Germany, and Colombia. Tamayo is a member of the Cuban artist organizations AIAP and UNEAC, and he has been Director of the Cultural Workshop "Luis Díaz Oduardo", a centre of creation, promotion and marketing of the Fine Arts in Santiago de Cuba for 24 years. In 2013 Tamayo spent two months in France and Spain exhibiting his work and as Artist-in-Residence.
Carlos René Aguilera Tamayo
Carlos René Aguilera Tamayo is a plastic artist born in 1965 who graduated from the Provincial Academy of Art José Joaquin Tejada (1984) and the Higher Institute of Art in Havana (1989). He is presently a member of the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba - UNEAC. Carlos René was a Professor of the academy José Joaquin Tejada in Oriente University and Altos de Chavon School of Design in the Dominican Republic. At present he is an independent artist and has obtained over twenty awards and recognitions in Cuba and abroad, including the Distinction for the National Culture, Badge Jose María Heredia, Gold Medal in the second and third Central American and Caribbean Biennal of painting, Dominican Republic. This personal exposition is number 50 in his career and he has taken part in over 150 national and international group exhibitions. His work is in numerous collections private and public collections internationally. Most recently Carlos René was selected to participate in the Bienal de la Habana 2012.
Mauricio Reyes Aranda
Mauricio began studies in 1985 at the vocational school of Arts "José María Heredia" specializing in fine arts and graduating in 1989. From 1989 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts José Joaquín Tejada studying photography, scenery, mural painting, graphic design, and illustration. He graduated in 1992 specializing in painting and drawing. After graduation he became Professor at the House of the Culture Amador Montes de Oca, Caney which is closely linked to the Cultural Workshop "Luis Díaz Oduardo" where currently carries out its professional work.
Colina Maxwell
Executive Director Colina Maxwell co-founded Centre 3 - The Print Studio in Hamilton, Ontario with Katherine Zarull following her diverse studies in Art and Art History at the University of Toronto, Sheridan College, Glasgow School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Through working with Robert Creighton and other local printmakers at the Dundas Valley School of Art, Colina envisioned the creation of an accessible print facility for regional artists and has pursued that goal with tenacious optimism.
Geraldine Davis
Geraldine Davis is an independent curator-coordinator. Her major exhibition publications include Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today (Art Gallery of Mississauga), J.C. Heywood: A Life in Layers (Burnaby Art Gallery), and Printshops of Canada (Macdonald Stewart Art Centre). At Sword Street Press, Davis published original lithographs acquired by the AGO, National Gallery of Canada, and public collections across Canada. As Geraldine Davis & Company she works with corporate, private, and public collections including Ernst & Young, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Royal Bank of Canada.
Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, 2011
http://www.artgalleryofmississauga.com/
J.C. Heywood: a Life in Layers
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
Diana María Cruz Hernández
Diana María Cruz Hernández Graduated the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. She meets her social service as a professor at el Instituto Superior Pedagógico de Holguín “José de la Luz y Caballero”. In 1993 she joined the Faculty of History of Art of the Universidad de Oriente, in 1999 she earned the title "Master in Studies of Cuban and Caribbean Studies", and in 2003 a PhD in Art History.
She has published numerous papers and articles about her research and promotion of the Fine Arts, notably in etching. She has taught several subjects in Art History including: Panorama of the Latin American Art, History of Culture in Latin America, American art, problems of the Latin American art studies Afro-Caribbeans, I, II, and III, History of Visual Arts, museums and exhibitions.
La Raza Artists
La Raza Artists is a group of Canadian visual artists engaged in cross-cultural collaborations. As a collective, the artists come from a diverse range of backgrounds using murals, painting, printmaking, photography and other accessible art forms as ways to engage with artists as well as with their communities. La Raza Artists are independently supported using the power of public art and presentations to affirm a humanistic sensibility. Over the past several years the group has worked on projects in Argentina, Mexico and Cuba as well as in Canada.
Tamayo Israel Zamora
Tamayo Zamora graduated from the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas "Jose Joaquin Tejada", Santiago de Cuba in l980 with the first record in the specialty of painting. He was a professor at the school of art for five years in the specialties of painting and printmaking. He has participated in more than 200 national and international exhibitions and his works have been exposed in different countries including: Mexico, Holland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, USA, Canada, Martinico, Spain, Germany, and Colombia. Tamayo is a member of the Cuban artist organizations AIAP and UNEAC, and he has been Director of the Cultural Workshop "Luis Díaz Oduardo", a centre of creation, promotion and marketing of the Fine Arts in Santiago de Cuba for 24 years. In 2013 Tamayo spent two months in France and Spain exhibiting his work and as Artist-in-Residence.
Carlos René Aguilera Tamayo
Carlos René Aguilera Tamayo is a plastic artist born in 1965 who graduated from the Provincial Academy of Art José Joaquin Tejada (1984) and the Higher Institute of Art in Havana (1989). He is presently a member of the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba - UNEAC. Carlos René was a Professor of the academy José Joaquin Tejada in Oriente University and Altos de Chavon School of Design in the Dominican Republic. At present he is an independent artist and has obtained over twenty awards and recognitions in Cuba and abroad, including the Distinction for the National Culture, Badge Jose María Heredia, Gold Medal in the second and third Central American and Caribbean Biennal of painting, Dominican Republic. This personal exposition is number 50 in his career and he has taken part in over 150 national and international group exhibitions. His work is in numerous collections private and public collections internationally. Most recently Carlos René was selected to participate in the Bienal de la Habana 2012.
Mauricio Reyes Aranda
Mauricio began studies in 1985 at the vocational school of Arts "José María Heredia" specializing in fine arts and graduating in 1989. From 1989 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts José Joaquín Tejada studying photography, scenery, mural painting, graphic design, and illustration. He graduated in 1992 specializing in painting and drawing. After graduation he became Professor at the House of the Culture Amador Montes de Oca, Caney which is closely linked to the Cultural Workshop "Luis Díaz Oduardo" where currently carries out its professional work.
Colina Maxwell
Executive Director Colina Maxwell co-founded Centre 3 - The Print Studio in Hamilton, Ontario with Katherine Zarull following her diverse studies in Art and Art History at the University of Toronto, Sheridan College, Glasgow School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Through working with Robert Creighton and other local printmakers at the Dundas Valley School of Art, Colina envisioned the creation of an accessible print facility for regional artists and has pursued that goal with tenacious optimism.
Geraldine Davis
Geraldine Davis is an independent curator-coordinator. Her major exhibition publications include Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today (Art Gallery of Mississauga), J.C. Heywood: A Life in Layers (Burnaby Art Gallery), and Printshops of Canada (Macdonald Stewart Art Centre). At Sword Street Press, Davis published original lithographs acquired by the AGO, National Gallery of Canada, and public collections across Canada. As Geraldine Davis & Company she works with corporate, private, and public collections including Ernst & Young, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Royal Bank of Canada.
Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, 2011
http://www.artgalleryofmississauga.com/
J.C. Heywood: a Life in Layers
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC.
Diana María Cruz Hernández
Diana María Cruz Hernández Graduated the Universidad de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. She meets her social service as a professor at el Instituto Superior Pedagógico de Holguín “José de la Luz y Caballero”. In 1993 she joined the Faculty of History of Art of the Universidad de Oriente, in 1999 she earned the title "Master in Studies of Cuban and Caribbean Studies", and in 2003 a PhD in Art History.
She has published numerous papers and articles about her research and promotion of the Fine Arts, notably in etching. She has taught several subjects in Art History including: Panorama of the Latin American Art, History of Culture in Latin America, American art, problems of the Latin American art studies Afro-Caribbeans, I, II, and III, History of Visual Arts, museums and exhibitions.
La Raza Artists
La Raza Artists is a group of Canadian visual artists engaged in cross-cultural collaborations. As a collective, the artists come from a diverse range of backgrounds using murals, painting, printmaking, photography and other accessible art forms as ways to engage with artists as well as with their communities. La Raza Artists are independently supported using the power of public art and presentations to affirm a humanistic sensibility. Over the past several years the group has worked on projects in Argentina, Mexico and Cuba as well as in Canada.