Eduardo Choco

Eduardo Choco Roca Salazar, Born: 1949 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Studies: He studied at the School of Instructors of Arts and the National School of Art. He graduated with a degree in Art History from the University of Havana.

Experience: 1970 Postgraduate course at the José Joaquín Tejada School, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; 1973 Integrates the Chair of Painting in the Academy ""San Alejandro"", Havana, Cuba; 1978 Integrates the Chair of Painting at the National School of Art, Havana, Cuba; 1989 He teaches an engraving course at the Popular University of Villanueva de Arosa, Galicia, Spain; 1994 Takes courses on Collagraphy at the Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 1999 Works at the Brandy Wine Workshop, Philadelphia Engraving Workshop, USA; 2000 Works at the URDLA Workshop, engraving workshop, Lyon, France. Member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), of the Graphic Experimental Workshop of Havana (TEGH) and of the International Association of Plastic Artists (AIAP).

Collections: His works are treasured in Cuba by the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Council of Plastic Arts, the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center and the institutions of the Office of the Historian of the city of Havana. They are also exhibited abroad: Chicago, USA; Museum of the Estampa, Mexico City; Kochi Museum, Japan; Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; César Gaviria private collection in Colombia and institutions in Sweden.

Exhibitions: 1977 Habana Gallery, Havana, Cuba; 1978 Orinete Gallery, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; 1980 Old Quarter Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; 1981 Mission Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA; 1984 Pirámide Gallery, Mexico; 1987 Plaza Vieja Gallery, Havana, Cuba; 1989 Provincial Hall of the Palace of Málaga, Spain / Castillo Chinchón, Madrid, Spain; 1990 Remo Croce Gallery, Rome, Italy; 1992 International Press Center, Havana, Cuba; 1993 Alonso Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia and Coyoacanense Cultural Forum, Mexico; 1994 Joan Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 1995 Atlantic Gallery, La Coruña, Spain; 1996 Castillo Sotomayor, Galicia, Spain and Museum of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan; 1997 Yokohama Museum, Japan; 1998 Museum of Prints, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Cultural Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba; 1999 Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba; 2000 Ron Museum, Havana, Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and Paris Gallery, France; 2001 Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 1st Pinto Gallery, Washington DC. USA, Museum of the Americas, San Francisco, Puerto Rico and Casal de S'hereu, Fires Llucmajor, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; 2002 Erasto Cortés Museum, Puebla, Mexico; 2003 Casa Lam, Mexico.

Awards: 1977 Prize, Engraving, National Youth Salon of Plastic Arts, Havana, Cuba; 1981 Medal of Honor Hall of Graphics, Bulgaria; 1984 Contest of Orense, Galicia, Spain; 1985 and 1986 1st. Drawing Award UNEAC, Havana, Cuba; 1995 Order for the National Culture; 1999 Grand Prix IV Triennial Institute of Engraving, Japan; 2000 First Prize at the Engraving Biennial of Kochi, Japan; 2017: National Prize of Plastic Arts.