Amilkar Chacón Iznaga
Santa Clara, 1974.
Education and Professional Experience
He graduated from the National School of Art in 1993; studied engraving technique in the Allgemeine Berufschule, Zürich, Switzerland in 1995.
Member of the UNEAC.
Personal Exhibitions
Retorno al Pasado (Return to the Past), Casa de la Ciudad, Santa Clara, 1992.
La esperanza del mundo o la esperanza de una huella (The Hope of the World or the Hope of a Trace), National School of Art, Havana, 1993.
Grafische Ausstellung des Kubanishen Kunstlers Amilkar Chacón (Graphic Exhibition of Cuban Artist Amilkar Chacón), Circle Culturale Realta Nouva, 2005.
Me duermo en los entierros de mi generación (I Fall Asleep in the Burial of My Generation) Martí Library, Santa Clara, 2001.
Las ruinas del paraíso (The Ruins of Paradise), UNEAC Gallery, Santa Clara, 2005. Augures, Arte, Sol y Mar Gallery, Varadero, Matanzas, 2005.
Collective Exhibitions and Events
Salón Provincial de Artes Plásticas (Provincial Salon of Plastic Arts), Provincial Council of the Plastic Arts of Villa Clara; 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005.
Small Format Salon Apolinario Chávez, Provincial Council of Plastic Arts of Villa Clara, 1999.
Salon of Plastic Arts, UNEAC, Villa Clara, 2005.
Junge Kubanischen Künstler und Künstlerinnen (Young Cuban Artists), Museo Baviera Switzerland, 1995.
Prize La Joven Estampa, Casa de las Américas, Havana, 1995.
Si no lo veo, no lo creo (If I Don’t See It, I Dont Believe It), Provincial Art Gallery, Santa Clara, 2003.
Soliloquios (Soliloquies). Museo Romántico, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, 2003.
Todos somos importantes (We Are All Important), Hostal O’Farrill, UNEAC, Havana, 2004.
Small Format Salon, Asociación Hermanos Saíz, Villa Clara, 2005.
Awards and Residencies
Third Prize, Small Format Salon, Asociación Hermanos Saíz, Villa Clara, 2005.
Salon of Plastic Arts, UNEAC, Villa Clara, 2005.
Hurón Azul Salon, Manicaragua, Villa Clara, 2005.
He has illustrated children’s books; he was Art Director of the cultural magazine Umbral, he is presently Vice Director at the Academy of Plastic Arts.
