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Roberto Fabelo (b. Camagüey, Cuba,
1950)
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Roberto Fabelo studied
painting first at the Escuela Nacional de Arte and later at the Instituto
Superior de Arte in Havana. Fabelo's most recent works in drawing, watercolor,
oil, and installation pieces comment on the human condition, incorporating
distorted human and animal figures into portraits and fantastic scenery.
He employs elements of Expressionism and Surrealism in his work, while
at the same time grounding the images in an almost academic and historical
setting in order to question the division between fantasy and reality.
Besides painting, Fabelo teaches art in Cuba and has also worked as
an illustrator for novels by the Columbian author, Gabriel García
Márquez. His work has been shown in more than forty personal
exhibitions and over 500 group exhibitions worldwide, including Cuba,
France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. He has received
numerous awards for his work, including first prize at the Primera Bienal
Iberoamericana de la Acuarela, Viña del Mar, Chile (1996) and
a UNESCO prize for the promotion of fine art (1996). Fabelo lives and
works in Havana, Cuba.
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