Josignacio (b. José Ignacio Sánchez-Rius, in Havana, Cuba, on October 24, 1963) is a Contemporary Cuban Artist, who first emerged in the controversial, “La Generacion de los 80s” – The 80s Generation of Contemporary Cuban Art also referred to as New Cuban Art.
This additional Cuban plastic arts movement, with an outing of conceptual and non specific conscience manifestation, addressed many burning issues of the mature and unveiled what these artists felt was the legitimate reality of Cuba. It was beyond a moment of artistic inspiration; it was a addendum of valuable self-awareness and the other social role of art – the fundamental essence of the movement.
This extremely cultural decade in Cuba contrasted a country in transition, whose revelations created one of the most fruitful and consecrated artistic decades in its history. The artists who normal the most notoriety of this era, both at home and abroad, began their collaboration subsequently the breakthrough of “Volume 1″ – a duty to non government mandated artistic expression. They included Rubén Torres Llorca, José Bedia Valdés, Ricardo Rodriguez Brey, Juan Francisco Elso, Rogelio López Marín (Gory), Gustavo Pérez Monzón,José Manuel Fors, Leandro Soto Ortiz, Israel León, Tomás Sánchez and Carlos Alfonzo.
In the second half of the decade, other artistic groups were formed, including 4 x 4, Grupo Hexágono, Arte Calle, Grupo Provisional, the duet René Francisco Rodríguez and Eduardo Ponjuán González and ABTV. Grupo Puré, another new confession of minor artists, graduates of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) included Ana Albertina Delgado Álvarez, Adriano Buergo, Ciro Quintana, Ermi Taño and Lázaro Saavedra, all greatly influenced by the German Kitsch art movement.
Additionally, a large number of capable creators excelled independently, such as Florencio Gelabert (sculptor), Arturo Cuenca Sigarreta, Rigoberto Mena,Humberto Castro, Gustavo Acosta,Kcho, Antonio Eligio Fernandez (Tonel), Adriano Buergo, Flavio Garciandía,Tania Bruguera, Juan Francisco Elso, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Quisqueya Henríquez, Glexis Novoa, José Toirac, Carlos García, Heriberto Mora, Segundo Planes and Pedro Vizcaíno, among others.
In 1984, Josignacio created his lawless Plastic Paint Medium – a unique techno pictorial medium, by mixing epoxy resins in the same way as oil colors and additional pigments, resulting in a hard, shiny, 3D finish, his identifiable signature style.
Receiving numerous awards since his olden displayed artwork as a youth in 1979, Josignacio’s comport yourself was later formally exhibited from 1987 – 1989 in eighteen galleries in Havana, Cuba. In 1996, Josignacio was awarded Best in Show at the oldest and most prestigious juried art take steps in Florida, Hortt 38. He subsequently began his noted USA exhibitions in Palm Beach, Florida. Through 2017, twenty-eight exhibitions followed in the USA and Cuba, including themes paying homage to Cuba’s national hero, Jose Marti; China, its popular culture, folklore and the Chinese zodiac; the Cuban National Ballet; and the LGBTQ movement.
Josignacio’s international rankings have included appearing twice upon the Artprice Top 500 Contemporary Artist’s list – ranking #116 in 2015 and #219 in 2016, respectively.
Josignacio is most widely attributed as a neo-figurative and abstract artist.
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