Agustín Bejarano
December 12, 1964. Camagüey, Cuba.
Education and Professional Experience
1976 He matriculates at the Elementary School of Plastic Arts Luis Casas Romero, in Camagüey.
1984 He completes painting studies at the National School of Art (ENA).
1984-1989 Studies at the Higher Institute of Art, specialty: Engraving.
1989 He founds and directs the engraving workshop of Camagüey.
Personal Exhibitions
(selection)
2004 La Aguja Mágica (The Magic Needle). Convent of El Carmen, Camagüey. Cuba.
Agustín Bejarano. Pan American Art Gallery. Dallas. Texas. USA.
Espirales en ascenso (Rising Spirals). Cultural Center of Missionary Animation San Antonio María Claret. Santiago de Cuba. Cuba.
2003 Pinturas (Paintings). Galerie Havana. Zurich. Switzerland.
Escaleras Martirizadas (Tortured Staircases). Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, Havana, Cuba.
Los Ritos del Silencio (The Rites of Silence). Servando Gallery. Havana, Cuba.
Toronto International Contemporary Art Fair, Canada.
2002 El rostro anónimo (The Anonymous Face), Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
Imágenes en el tiempo (Images in Time), La Acacia Gallery, Havana. Cuba.
2001 Cabezas mágicas (Magic Heads), Habana Club Rum Foundation, Havana. Cuba.
2000 Exhibition of his works at the Paris International Contemporary Art Fair, France, represented by the Nina Menocal Gallery.
Annunciations, 7th Havana Biennial, National Council of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1999 Las Coquetas (The Flirting Girls), Espacio 52, Havana.
Exhibition at Galería Lausin and Blasco, Zaragoza. Spain.
Agustín Bejarano. Paintings and Engravings. Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
1998 El hombre inconcluso (The Unfinished Man), GAN Gallery, Tokyo. Japan.
1997 Marea baja (Low Tide), Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
1996 Voluntad de silencio (Will of Silence), Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
1995 Salon on graphics and originals on paper, exhibition of Agustín Bejarano’s graphic work. Exhibition hall Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, Art Cultural Center A.C., Monterrey, Mexico.
1993 Corte final (Final Cut), Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Luz y Oficios, Havana, Cuba.
1989 Huracanes (Hurricanes), Castle of the Royal Force, Havana, Cuba.
Awards and Residencies
1997 Grand Prix of the National Salon of Engraving’97, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana.
1995 Prize of the 9th Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1990 Grand Prix at the National Salon of the Festival of Caribbean Origin
1989 Acquisition Prize, National Museum, Palace of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1988 Prize of the Palace of Fine Arts at the 4th Salon of Awarded, National Museum, Havana, Cuba.
1987 Prize at the Meeting of Engraving’87, National Museum, Palace of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1984 First Prize in Painting. Exhibition of the graduation thesis, Gallery of the National School of Plastic Arts, Cuba.
1978 Price in Drawing. National Salon of Plastic Arts Students, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
