Francisco Toledo
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| Birth name | Francisco Benjamin López Toledo |
| Born |
July 17, 1940 Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Spouse | Elisa Ramirez Castañeda |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Field | Graphic Art |
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (b. July 17, 1940, Juchitán, Oaxaca) is a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria.
His social and cultural concerns about his home state led to his participation in the establishment of an art library at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO),[1] as well as his involvement in the founding of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), the Patronato Pro-Defensa y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural de Oaxaca, a library for the blind, a photographic center, and the Eduardo Mata Music Library. Toledo works in various media, including pottery, sculpture, weaving, graphic arts, and paintings. He has had exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Japan, Sweden, the United States, as well as other countries.
For his social and cultural commitment to the development of his home state, he received the Mexican National Prize (1998), the Prince Claus Award (2000) and the Right Livelihood Award (2005).
He is father of poet Natalia Toledo and artists Laureana Toledo and Dr Lakra.[2]
References
- ↑ Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca. "Francisco Toledo".
- ↑ Alumnos amagan con ´tomar´ la Universidad de Oaxaca, Jorge Octavio Ochoa, El Universal, 21 September 2006
External links
- Biography on Aquí Oaxaca
- Biography on Francisco Toledo website
- Biography on Right Livelihood Award website
- Essay by Dore Ashton
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