Edgar Soberon
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Edgar Soberón is a Cuban born painter and printmaker, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1962. Soberon studied at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where he later taught Drawing and Printmaking with the Foundation and Fine Arts Departments from 1992 through 2002. In 1996 he was awarded the prestigious Teaching Excellence Award by the New School University and Parsons School of Design.
Soberón's work has been in numerous exhibitions, including two important Still Life Survey Exhibitions: Silent Thing Secret Things, Still Life Painting from Rembrandt to the Milleneum, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1999-2000 and Reflections of Time and Place: Latin American Still Life in the 20th Century, Katonah Museum of Art
, Katonah, New York
and El Barrio Museum, New York, N.Y.
In the Fall of 2009, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
, Montgomery, Alabama presented the exhibition, http:http://www.mmfa.org/exhibitlist.aspx[Movements in Stillness: The Still Life Paintings of Edgar Soberon], a solo exhibition of paintings and prints which highlights Soberon's still life work over the last ten years.
Soberón's work can be found in the Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC, The Hechinger Collection, Washington DC, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum of Art,Rutgers Archives for Printmaking, New Brunschwig, N.J, The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
, Montgomery, Alabama and El Barrio Museum, New York, N.Y.
Soberón's work has been in numerous exhibitions, including two important Still Life Survey Exhibitions: Silent Thing Secret Things, Still Life Painting from Rembrandt to the Milleneum, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
1999-2000 and Reflections of Time and Place: Latin American Still Life in the 20th Century, Katonah Museum of Art
Katonah Museum of Art
The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards visual arts, located in Katonah, New York. The museum presents changing exhibitions that cross a spectrum of artistic disciplines, cultures, and historical periods. With each exhibition, artists, curators, and other...
, Katonah, New York
Katonah, New York
Katonah, New York is one of three unincorporated hamlets within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States.-History:Katonah is named for Chief Katonah, an American Indian from whom the land of Bedford was purchased by a group of English colonists...
and El Barrio Museum, New York, N.Y.
In the Fall of 2009, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections. For seventy years, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has been a showcase for the visual arts in Central Alabama...
, Montgomery, Alabama presented the exhibition, http:http://www.mmfa.org/exhibitlist.aspx[Movements in Stillness: The Still Life Paintings of Edgar Soberon], a solo exhibition of paintings and prints which highlights Soberon's still life work over the last ten years.
Soberón's work can be found in the Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
Prints and Photographs Division, Washington DC, The Hechinger Collection, Washington DC, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum of Art,Rutgers Archives for Printmaking, New Brunschwig, N.J, The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is a museum located in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, featuring several art collections. For seventy years, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has been a showcase for the visual arts in Central Alabama...
, Montgomery, Alabama and El Barrio Museum, New York, N.Y.