Santiago Armada (Chago)

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 a member of the Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (UPEC).

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.

Collectives Exhibitions

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

Awards

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

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 978-0-917571-11-4
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1 (Spanish)
• Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez, & Ana M. Lopez, Editors; Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures; (Routledge 2000); ISBN 978-0-415-22973-9

External links

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