THE ARTIST
Sculptor and painter. Devoted to the perfection of the work and the exquisite finish. Connoisseur of materials and the way to assemble them to increase their expressive capacity, his work, “Baúl de penumbra y permanencia”, is the most deeply rooted in the idea of survival, a solid chest of stringed expectations and chromatic frugality. “
Born in the City of Havana. He began studying sculpture at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in 1973, graduating in 1977. Later that same year, he began studying sculpture at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) of Cuba.
He has shown his personal work in Cuba and abroad. In addition to being a sculptor, Eliseo is also a draftsman and a painter. It has large-format sculptural works that have been located in Cuban cities, as well as in Japan, Spain and Venezuela.
He is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and currently chairs the sculpture section of the Association of Plastic Artists of UNEAC, member and specialist of the National CODEMA (Advisory Council for the Development of Monumental and Environmental Sculpture ); from 1995 to 1998 he was a member of the Taller de Artes Plásticas Ruckelshausen S.A. from the BILDERT WELT gallery, Hamburg, Germany and from 1985 to 1988 he worked as a specialist for the Fund for Cultural Assets.
He has taught classes at different levels of artistic education in the country such as the National School of Art, the Elementary School Level 23 and C, among others.
His works are in private collections in different countries: the United States of America, Austria, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Jamaica and Turkey.