Mario Bencomo

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Mario Bencomo (born Mario Luis Díaz Bencomo on July 26, 1953, in Pinar del Río, Cuba), is a Cuban artist.

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[edit] Individual exhibitions

He has achieved many personal exhibitions, among them we can quote: "Mario Díaz Bencomo. Habitat Concepts". Library Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida in 1979. Two years later, in 1981, he exhibited "Archipielagum"in Schweyer Galdo Galleries, in Birmingham, Michigan. In 1989, "Bencomo’s Urgent Dream" occurred at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), in New York City.

[edit] Collectives exhibitions

He also formed part of many collective exhibitions. In 1981 he participates in the collective exhibitions achieve at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington. And was one of the selected artist for the V Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Domecq. Instituto Cultural Domecq, México, D.F., Mexico, 1986. In 1987 he was also part of the "Abstract Visions", Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York. In 1988 he participated at the Tampa Triennial. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. In 1997 some of his images were selected to conform "Breaking Barriers. Selections from the Museum of Art’s Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection". Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

[edit] Awards

He has been awarded with several distinctions during his life, as an example we can mention Prize "Anthony, Capotilupo Fine Arts", Miami, Florida, U.S.A, 1981. In 1984 he gained "Cintas Foundation Fellowship", New York, U.S.A. In 1987 he obtained the "Prize Adquisición. Second All Florida Biennial Exhibition", Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A He was also awarded with the "Prize 39th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition", Boca Museum, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A, 1989.

[edit] References and external links

  • Viegas, Jose (2004). Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx. California International Arts Foundation. ISBN 9780917571121. (Spanish)
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