■ About the artist

Eduardo Roca "Choco". Engraving the Creole beauty.
By Claudia Gomez Haro

"The light emanating from painting's interior is both surprising and sensual, and lays out the terrain on which figures will be moving(...)
Poet Victor Casaus has said that Choco enters the new millenium carrying the certainties of Creole beauty, the magic of his culture's roots and the timely interrogations that shape the identity of his beloved island."

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Profile
1949 Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
1963 Art Instructors School, Cuba
1970 National Art School, CubaFaculty of Art and Literature in the Havana University, Havana, Cuba

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Awards and Mentions
1976 First Mention in engraving. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
1977 First Prize in engraving. Youth National Salon, Havana, CubaFirst Prize in painting. Youth National Salon, Havana, Cuba
1978 First Prize in Drawing. FAR, Cuba
1981 First Prize. UNEAC Salon, Cuba
1982 Mention in drawing. UNEAC Salon, Cuba
1983 Second Mention "Encuentro de Grabadores", Cuba
1985 First Prize in drawing. UNEAC, Cuba
1986 First Prize in drawing. UNEAC, Cuba
1991 Honorable Mention. Bulgaria Graphics Salon, Bulgaria
1994 First Prize. Small Format Engravings Salon, Orense, Spain
1999 Grand Prix. Prints International Triennial of Kochi, Kochi, Japan

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