Juan Andrés Rodríguez (El Monje)

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Juan Andrés Rodríguez better known by his artistic name El Monje (November 1930 in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba - 1995 in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba) was a Cuban artist specializing in painting and drawing.

He did his fine art studies at the Centro Vocacional de Artes Plásticas, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. From 1969-1995, he was a member of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).

Contents 1 Individual Exhibitions 2 Collective Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 References

[edit] Individual Exhibitions

In 1971 he showed his works at the Spanish-Cuban frienship Society, Havana, Cuba. His paintings has been showed in many occasions , among them is in 1990 the exhibition named Güijes de El Monje , Martí Library, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.

[edit] Collective Exhibitions

The art piecs of this artist has been included in several collectives exhibitions such as the Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas showed in 1969 in the International Art Center, Havana, Cuba. In 1976 he was included in the Salón Pintores Villareños, an exhibition that tooked place in Cienfuegos, Cuba. and in the same year he was part of An Exhibition of Eleven Cuban Primitive Artists at The Institute of Jamaica, Kingston. One of his most recent shows was in 1996 Tradición y modernidad en el arte espirituano, displayed in Galería de Arte Universal, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.*

[edit] Awards

During 1987, 88 and 89 he obtained a Prize in Drawing at the VI Salón Oscar Fernández Morera, Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.

[edit] References

• Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 9780917571114
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 9780917571121 (Spanish)