Gina Pellón is a Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

n painter who lives in France

France

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. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong colours, usually depicting women. She has also written collections of poems.

Life

She graduated from the Academy of San Alejandro in 1954, and taught at the Velado Polytechnic Institute, until 1957.
In 1959, she studied in France, and overstayed her visa, fleeing from the Cuban dictatorship

Dictatorship

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 of Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...

, and in 1960 she made her first solo exhibition in Luzern, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Since then she has made exhibitions in various countries. Particularly in France where she lives, but also in the United States. She got a close relationship to the Danish painter Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn

Asger Oluf Jorn was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International...

 from the CoBrA group

COBRA (avant-garde movement)

COBRA was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen , Brussels , Amsterdam .-History:...

, and the influence from this artistic group is obvious in her works.

She lives in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

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Literature

• Gina Pellon: Peintures 1965-1999, Edizioni Ae dell'aurora, Verona, Italia, 1999 / M. Wheatley, Marie Claire Anthonioz
• Gina Pellon, Galerie Moderne, 2001, Silkeborg, Dinamarca /
• Gina Pellon, Galerie Moderne, 2006, Silkeborg, Dinamarca
• Navarrete, William: Visión Crítica de Gina Pellón, Aduana Vieja, Valencia, 2007
• Navarrete, William. (Ed.) “Insulas al pairo : poesía cubana contemporánea en París”, Gina Pellón, Aduana Vieja, Cádiz, 2004
• Navarrete, William. (Ed.) “Vendedor de olvidos”, Gina Pellón., Editorial Aduana Vieja, Cádiz, 2005.
• Pellón, Gina. “Rétrospective”, Musées de la ville de Niort, Niort, 1999
• Pellón, Gina. “Cuando los pájaros duermen” Editorial Cernuda, Miami, Fla., 1985

External links

• http://www.artnet.com/artists/gina-pellon/
• http://zoevaldes.net/2008/10/08/exposicion-gina-pellon/