Santiago Armada (Chago)

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Santiago Armada (Chago)
Born	June 1937 Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died	1995 Havana, Cuba

Santiago Rafael Armada Suárez, (Chago) (June 1937 in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - 1995 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist.

Armada in 1954, studied at the Professional Commerce School in Havana, Cuba. In 1961, he co-founded the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) and in 1962, he became member of the Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (UPEC).

Contents 1 Individuals Exhibitions 2 Collectives Exhibitions 3 Awards 4 References 5 External Link

[edit] Individuals Exhibitions

• 1975 - "Humor Nosis, Ninguno, Otro"; Granma (newspaper) in Havana.
• 2000 - "Sa lo món"; Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana.
• 2000 - "Chago"; The Drawings Center, New York City.

[edit] Collectives Exhibitions

• 1959 - "Dibujos humorísticos"; Sociedad Cultural Nuestro Tiempo; Havana, Cuba.
• 2002 - Fair of the Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.

[edit] Awards

• 1962 - First Prize, 1962 Youth Festival, Helsinki, Finland.
• 1965 - Bronze Medal, International Book Fair, Leipzig, Germany.

[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: 978-0917571114
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN: 978-0917571121 (Spanish)
• Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, & Ana M. Lopez, Editors; Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures; (Routledge 2000); ISBN: 978-0415229739

[edit] External Link

• Granma article (Spanish)
• The Militant article
• Granma article (Spanish)
• Granma article (Spanish)
• El Habanero article (Spanish)