Agustín A. Villafaña Rodríguez

Education and Professional Experience

He studied at the Provincial School of Visual Arts José Joaquín Tejada in Santiago de Cuba and at the National School of Art, Cubanacán, in Havana, Cuba.

He is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts of the Unesco (AIAP), of the Cuban Association of Handicraft Artists, of the European Terracotta Center, Florence, Itly, and of the Iberian American Ceramics Association of Spain.
Founder of the Terracotta Group, as a member of which he exhibited from 1985 through 1990.

Solo shows
Prizes
1991 Prize of the International Terracotta Meeting.
1989 Prize of the 1st Amelia Peláez Ceramics Biennial, Havana, Cuba.
1985 Prize Beato Angélico for the Visual Arts, Florence, Italy.

He has worked as a teacher of visual arts

Personal Exhibitions

2006. Hard-Cold. Municipal House of Culture Luis Nishizawa, Cuautitlán, Mexico.
Careful! Creative Dogs. Paintings. People’s Salon, Cuautitlán, Mexico.
Unexpected Visit of the Lizard. Luis Nishizawa Gallery, Mexican Institute of Culture, Cuautitlán, Mexico.
2005 Mischief of an Angel. Drawings and Ceramics. Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2002 Two Extremes of Art. Painting and Ceramics. Domingo del Monte Gallery, Old Havana, Cuba.
Fifty Years. 23 y 10 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2000 Echo of the Elfs. Painting, Ceramics and Drawings. Raúl Martínez Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1999 Pineras and Elfs. Paintings, Ceramics and Engravings. Municipal Hall, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.
1997 Devilish. Paintings, Ceramics and Drawings. Municipal Council for the Visual Arts, Island of Youth, Cuba.
Terrible Day. Paintings and Ceramics, Municipal Hall, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.
1996 Mischief. Ceramics and Installations. Castle of the Royal Force of Havana, Cuba.
Orisha-Saints. Paintings. Raúl Martínez Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1994 Eye for Eye. Painting. Howiguin VI Hall, Rancagua, Chile.
1992 Three-end rope. Drawing and ceramics. Development Center for the Visual Arts, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.
We are. Painting, Municipal House of Culture, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.
1991 Yellow Flower, Red Flower. Painting, UNEAC Gallery, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.
Lorna and I. Painting, Universal Gallery, Nueva Gerona. Island of Youth, Cuba.
Ceramics inside. UNEAC Gallery, Nueva Gerona, Island of Youth, Cuba.

He has created mural works and environments in the Island of Youth, Guantánamo and Havana, and since 1973 he has taken part in group exhibitions in Cuba, America, Europe and Asia.

Awards and Residencies

He has received the following distinctions: Distinction Majadahonda (1990), Distinction Juan Marinello (1998) and Distinction for National Culture (1997).

Collections

Works of his authorship are in the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics of Havana, Cuba; the European Terracotta Center, Florence, Italy; the Museum of Ceramics of the Caracas Cultural Center, Venezuela; the Littefow Museum, California, USA, and the universities Oswego, in New York, and CUJAE and ISCA, in Cuba.