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Martha Jimenez participates in collective exhibition "40 in quarantine or immune art"
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez participates in the collective exhibition "40 in quarantine or immune art", inaugurated on July 10 at the Alejo Carpentier Universal Art Gallery, in the city of Camaguey. In the exhibition, Jimenez Perez showed off an original work created in these difficult months that the world is experiencing. It is titled "The Heart of the Moon", and it is a new visual proposal that reveals that there is no rest for dreams and yearnings in the new moon phase. Lianny Montalvan expressed in her words to the Catalog this...Read more
Will be released a documentary dedicated to the artist Martha Jimenez Perez
Havana- A documentary, dedicated to the painter, engraver, sculptress and ceramist Martha Jimenez Perez, will be released this March 17 at 5:00 pm, in the Theater-Hall of the National Museum of Fine Arts, located in the Cuban capital. The work belongs to the series "Lights and shadows" and lasts for 27 minutes. It was made by the Audiovisual Production Company of the Havana Historian's Office. This documentary has the script and direction of Estrella Diaz; the general management of Magda Resik; the production and photography, by Joel Guerra...Read more
Camaguey's people honored the successes of the artist Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- Right in the warmt of her own home, the artist Martha Jimenez Perez officially received the acknowledgement of the provincial Government and Culture authorities after being awarded, in Spain, the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal for her outstanding career as a creative. "Whoever performs her work with the soul, does not care where she is and even loses track of time. And I think that this attitude has characterized my work, my work and, moreover, it has been the driving force behind the fruits of my artistic career”, said the author of The Gossipers, one of her em...Read more
Documentary dedicated to the artist Martha Jimenez will be released in Cuba
Havana- Next Tuesday, March 17, at five in the afternoon, in the theater room of the National Museum of Fine Arts, will be released the documentary of the series Lights and Shadows (27 minutes) dedicated to the potter, sculptress, engraver and painter Martha Jimenez, based in Camaguey. The audiovisual, made by the Audiovisual Producer of the Office of the Historian of Havana, has the reflections of Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of Havana; Jose Rodriguez, director of the Office of the Historian of Camaguey; Luis Alvarez Alvarez, National Prize for Literature, and Eduardo...Read more
Cuban sculptress Martha Jimenez receives the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal in Spain
Madrid- The Mayte Spinola Gold Medals, one of the most important cultural awards in Spain, were presented at the El Romeral House Museum, in La Escorzonera. The sculptres and painter Martha Jimenez had the honor of receiving this medal for her artistic career, together with a large group of prominent figures and personalities, from various areas of knowledge. The awarding of this prize is one of the most important cultural events in Spain. This time, the awards were presented by Maria Leon. Spinola, founder of the Group pro Arte y Cultura and widow of the...Read more
Work of the creative Martha Jimenez is part of the Arte en Casa Collection
Camaguey- A work by the renowned artist Martha Jimenez, resident in Camaguey, is now part of the Arte en Casa Collection. This creative has her Studio-Workshop next to the Plaza del Carmen, in the city of Camaguey. She also has an extensive work exposed to the public and present in state and private collections. Arte en Casa is nurtured and inspired by the most outstanding of Cuban artistic creation. In its pieces, is promoted the artworks of renowned contemporary creators such as Eduardo Abela, Flora Fong, Pedro Pablo Oliva, Zaida del Rio, Roberto Fabelo or Ever Fo...Read more
Project Brush with Soul of Kiss departed with a children's collective of the Gallery Fidelio Ponce de Leon
Camaguey- The project "Brush with Soul of Kiss", belonging to the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, and the children's collective of the Gallery "Fidelio Ponce de Leon", of the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC), allied in a beautiful cultural action, which had as special guest the group of American divers Scuba, from Minnesota. “The Plaza del Carmen dressed in hope and harmony, with a universal motto: The sea is the friend that unites us”, said Tania Estrada Jimenez, one of the main managers of the project. The children pai...Read more
Present Martha Jimenez in collective exhibition of the Salon of the City
Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Jimenez is present with one of her works, a bronze sculpture, in the collective exhibition of sculpture 3D PLUS, included in the actions developed during the Week of the Culture at Camaguey. The exhibition was inaugurated in the Larios Gallery, in the context of the XXX edition of the Salon of the City, as a gift to the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, on its 506th anniversary. The event has also included conferences, the presentation of a curatorial project, a photographic exhibition, a theoretical event, an exhibiti...Read more
Martha Jimenez deserved the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal 2019
Madrid- The Mayte Spinola Gold Medal 2019, in Sculpture, will be awarded to Martha Jimenez, for her artistic career. This prize, in its fifth edition, will be presented at the Casa Museo El Romeral, in Madrid, in February 2020. This award rewards the merits in the arts, sciences, sports and solidarity. The prize was conceived in 2015 by Mayte Spinola, based on an idea by Pedro Sandoval, current director of the Pro Arte y Cultura Group. Sandoval suggested to Mayte the creation of a category award in Spain, which bears her name. Linda de Sousa, multidisciplinary artis...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez discusses about her artistic work in Television Camaguey
Camaguey- A special participation had the artist Martha Jimenez Perez in the “Enfoques” Program, broadcast by Television Camaguey, where she spoke about her participation in the recently celebrated Florence Biennial and about her work as an educator. This well-known painter and sculptress took part with her art at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, celebrated in Italy, an event that paid tribute to Leonardo da Vinci. At the event, Jimenez Perez exhibited a selection of her works, elaborated in watercolor, ink drawing, ceramic...Read more
Project Brush with Soul of Kiss took part in the Fiesta del Tinajon at Camaguey
Camaguey- The project “Brush with Soul of Kiss”, sponsored by the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, had a notable participation in the Fiesta del Tinajon, with an action, where the children drew on the sidewalk. This project, made up of infants from the surrounding area of the aforementioned Studio-Workshop, has taken part with its work in important artistic and community activities. In 2018, the project "Brush with Soul of Kiss" was presented in the context of the sessions of the Pedagogical Artistic Project of Gender "Mundo A...Read more
Cuba Travel Services Agency rewards the work of the artist Martha Jimenez
Havana- The Cuba Travel Services Agency awarded the creative Martha Jimenez Perez for being an artist who dignifies Cuban art internationally, and she was delivered the "Excellence Award". This took place in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the aforementioned agency and during the celebrations dedicated to the 500 years of Havana City. A long list of awards and recognitions has this renowned artist. In 2015, Martha deserved the Fifteenth Anniversary Commemorative Medal. To the work done, for the cooperation and contributions provided in the pres...Read more
Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop receives solidarity visit
@page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 115% } Camaguey- For the delight of the infant assistants, the Martha Jimenez Studio Workshop hosted the second meeting between American divers and the children's project "Brush with Soul of Kiss", which sponsors the aforementioned gallery. In the meeting, the union of friendship and love that is longed for, between the two nations, was strengthened, with art and human solidarity as a bridge. Through the slogan "The sea is the friend that unites us", the children of the afor...Read more
Cuban artist Martha Jimenez exhibits at the Florence Biennale 2019
@page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 115% } Italy- The well-known artist Martha Jimenez shows the wonderful real of her art at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, in Italy, where the central theme is a tribute to the multifaceted Leonardo da Vinci. This exceptional exhibition of contemporary international art and design production, has among the representatives of Cuba, Martha Jimenez, who exhibits a selection of her pieces, made in watercolor, ink drawing, ceramics and bronze sculpture. In the e...Read more
Martha Jimenez was invited to the ceremony for the twenty years of HOSTELTUR Magazine
@page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 115% } Havana- The renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to the celebration ceremony for the twentieth anniversary in Cuba of HOSTELTUR magazine. Dedicated to this date, a seminar took place at the National Hotel of Cuba. The creative Martha Jimenez has maintained a regular presence in the aforementioned publication; therefore, she was invited and represented by her daughter at that event. The Plaza del Carmen and the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez constitute a reference to...Read more
North American group departed with children's project members in Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- A cordial and friendly meeting between the group of American divers "Mermet Springs" and the children's group "Brush with soul of kiss" took place this weekend, in the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, located in the city of Camaguey. In the meeting, the infants -who were inspired by the seabed to carry out their works- and the American divers, spoke for a future bridge of friendship, which can unite the two nations, across the sea. After the welcome, it could enjoyed a poem declared in English by the girl Ev...Read more
Sculptural work by Martha Jimenez is referenced by Cuban publication
Havana- The work of the renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez has been referenced by the volume “Of the ceramic. Contemporary Cuban Ceramics ”. A detail of the sculpture “Gossipers”, belonging to the sculptural series of the same name and prepared in 1995 by Jimenez Perez, was the piece of the well-known author that was included in the aforementioned publication. The text was published by Collage Ediciones, in Havana, with the support of the Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics. The direction and curatorship was in charge of Surisday Reyes...Read more
Exhibition The trip: gift for the Cuban capital of the renowned artist Martha Jimenez
Havana- With a marked assistance of public, Havana is currently hosting the personal exhibition of Martha Jimenez, entitled "The trip". The exposition will be open to the public from the 20th of this month until October 15, in the MANOS Gallery of the Cuban Association of Artisans Artists (ACAA). "Not far from confabulations with the imaginary is the exhibition "The trip". A conceptual platform bearing a theory that has as its epicenter works full of creative magic and flight to the unreal. In this way, the proposal conspires with the aim of entering i...Read more
New exhibition in the Cuban capital of the artist Martha Jimenez
Havana- “The trip” is the title of the next personal exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, which will be inaugurated in the Cuban capital. The exhibition will be open to the public at the MANOS Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisan Artists, from this September 20, at 4:00 pm, until October 15, 2019. “In such a way, her pieces (…) have the charm and patina of the antique. But more than the result of a manual effort, from them emerges the powerful claim of inspiration, with that halo of who dominates -from the academy t...Read more
Prestigious art publication shows the work of Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- The work of the renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, based in Camaguey, has been reflected by the magazine Art On Cuba, an important publication dedicated to the Visual Arts. An art piece by this Cuban author appeared in the number 21 of Art On Cuba, the Cuban magazine of Visual Arts, in the edition corresponding to June-November 2019. The work of Jimenez Perez shown in the aforementioned publication was the urban sculpture "Against wind and tide", located on Avenida del Puerto, in the city of Havana, Cuba. This piece was recently inaugu...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez will exhibit at the MANOS Gallery of the ACAA in Havana
Camaguey- The personal exhibition "The trip", by the sculptress, potter, painter and engraver Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez will be inaugurated soon in the Cuban capital. The event will take place on September 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm, at the MANOS Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisan Artists (ACAA), located on Obispo street, 411, between Aguacate and Compostela, Old Havana. The meeting has been sponsored by the aforementioned gallery, the headquarters of the ACAA in Havana, the National Council of Visual Arts, the Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Fund of ...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez integrates her work to tricycles of the city of Camaguey
Camaguey- The outstanding artist Martha Jimenez decorated with her work two tricycles, of those used to tour the city of Camaguey, by the Santa Maria Company. These tricycles travel through the capital of Camaguey, sponsored by the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC). In them you can enjoy art and visually beautify the streets of this city. Important sites of the area declared as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, are those included in these summer excursions, offered by the OHCC, for the enjoyment of residents and visitors. In addition, it has been announced the...Read more
The Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop joins the Summer
Camaguey- The members of the Elpidio Valdes Cinema-Club visited the Plaza del Carmen, and had the privilege of having the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, creator of several of the sculptures seen in the place, among the hosts. They also toured the Office of the Historian of the City, and admired the exhibition “Crossed Lukeds”, which is exhibited in the Gallery of that place. In addition, they talked with Norberto Subirats, the man who served as a model for the sculpture of the newspaper reader, made by Jimenez Perez. “I am very gratified to see how t...Read more
Martha Jiménez Children's Project present at the Design Biennial
Camaguey- The work of the children's creation workshop of visual arts and design "Brush with Soul of Kiss", was made known during the actions of the 2nd Havana Design Biennial, which was also held in Camaguey. In the context of the event was visited this Project of artistic creation, at the Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, located in the Plaza del Carmen, this Thursday June 13. The Children's Project "Brush with Soul of Kiss" is sponsored by Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop and the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey...Read more
Productive exchange at Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez with North American University
Camaguey- A productive exchange between cultural professionals and members of Winston-Salem State University took place recently at the Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop, located in the city of Camaguey. This is the second time that people from that university visit the aforementioned cultural institution, said Yaniel Perez Guerra, a specialist and curator of the aforementioned Studio-Workshop. The intregrants of this group study the development of the black race, its insertion in the different periods and in the different societies. Then, they visit Cuba to get ...Read more
In process project of monumental sculpture of Nicolas Guillen elaborated by Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez takes part in the commemorative sculptural project "Guillen a viva voz", where take part the subsidiary of the Higher Institute of Art, the headquarters of the UNEAC and the Office of the City Historian. The head of the project is Rebeca Buron and also prestigious Camagueyan intellectuals belong to this team. This project has the main objective of incorporating a sculpture of the Camagueyan poet and writer Nicolas Guillen, in a walking position, with a sound ambience. The piece will be permanently located in Plazuela Juana de...Read more
Martha Jimenez Perez participates in the collective exhibition Seven colors
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez took part in the collective exhibition "Seven colors", inaugurated on Thursday, May 16 at Gallery Republica 289, of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts (CPAP). 17 artists participated in the exhibition, among them Jimenez Perez, with a piece worked on the technique of printing intervened with acrylic and ink, entitled "Silence?". "The work takes as a pretext the complicity of dialogue that Martha Jimenez repeatedly addresses in her artistic discourse and raises, among many questions, whether it is ...Read more
Inaugurated in Havana new urban sculpture by Martha Jimenez
Havana- On Monday morning, the inauguration of the sculptural work of Martha Jiménez, titled "Against the wind and tide", was held in a ceremony presided over by Eusebio Leal, historian of the city of Havana. The piece by this renowned sculptress and painter will be permanently located on Avenue of San Francisco de Paula, in the Cuban capital. The event was attended by Cuban and foreign artists, together with the public, in general. The opening words of the meeting were in charge of Eusebio Leal; this is what she did via Facebook, Tania Osiris, daug...Read more
Sculpture by Martha Jimenez will adorn the Cuban capital
Havana- The artist Martha Jimenez will present a sculpture in the current Biennial of Havana, the piece will be permanently located on the Avenida de San Francisco de Paula. This authentic work of visual arts, entitled "Against the wind and tide" is an artistic gift for Cubans and visitors on our Island. In the assembly of the aforementioned sculpture by Martha Jimewnez, worked a professional team, working in the last details of the piece, located in a central square of the Cuban capital. Among the works of this sculptress that adorn public spac...Read more
Work of the artist Martha Jimenez present at Biennial of Havana
Havana- The artist Martha Jimenez will present a sculpture in the current Biennial of Havana, within the actions developed for the 500th anniversary of the Cuban capital. The piece will be permanently located on the Avenida de San Francisco de Paula. The Biennial of Havana is the largest visual arts event in Cuba. It is celebrated from April 12 to May 12, 2019, with the objective that the Cuban capital becomes a place where the creators and the public interact. This year the Biennial extends its actions to the province of Camaguey. Under the motto, "the Constru...Read more
Martha Jimenez invited to participate in collective exhibition of engraver women
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition of female engraver artists, entitled "60 x 500", held in the gallery of the Provincial Visual Arts Center of the city of Havana, located in the corner of Luz and Oficios. The exhibition is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Havana and brings together 60 engraver women. The exhibition has a representation of artists of different generations, from the most consecrated, as is the case of Belkis Ayon, Antonia Eiriz, Sandra Ramos, Lesbia Vent Dumois, Martha Jimenez, Flora Fong, ...Read more
The perception of risk: proposal in Havana by Martha Jimenez
Havana- As part of the proposals of the Ceramic Biennial, the personal exhibition "Riesgo", by Martha Jimenez, is exhibited at the Hispano-American Cultural Center, in the Loynaz Room. The curator of the exhibition, Yaniel Perez, told Habana Cultural that the artist received the Ceramic Biennial Prize in 2016, and one of the requirements of that award was a Creation Scholarship, consisting of a personal exhibition in the next edition. "Riesgo" presents the same theme and technique as in 2016. It is an installation project of ceramics and metal where risks, ...Read more
Martha Jimenez represents Camaguey at the Ceramic Biennial in Havana
Camaguey- The Ceramic Biennial of Havana projects the opening on December 14 of the personal exhibition "Riesgo", by Martha Jimenez, which will include the presentation of the art book "The difficult thing to be female". Ceramics and metal works of the series "The Circus" integrate the new proposal of the artist, based in Camaguey, which on this occasion, according to the curator and gallerist Yaniel Perez Guerra, "opportunely transgresses the ceramic installation, as an exercise endowed with valid discursive force and visua...Read more
New personal exhibition in Havana by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- The inauguration of the personal exhibition "Riesgo", by the artist Martha Jimenez, will take place on December 14, at 10:00 am, at the Center of Hispanic American Culture, located in the Cuban capital. The aforementioned cultural institution belongs to the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, and is located on Malecon street, number 17, between Prado and Capdevila. The exposition will be available to the public until February 14, 2019. As another attractive option, in the context of this personal exhibition by Martha Jimenez, there wil...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez speaks out in favor of women's rights
Camaguey- In favor of women's rights, the artist Martha Jimenez was pronounced, she had a special participation in the program Enfoques, conducted by Lourdes Mazorra and directed by Mayra Gonzalez Arostegui, from Television Camaguey. November 25 was designated as the international day dedicated to nonviolence towards women and girls; about this relevant topic, there was discussed in the aforementioned television space. Martha referred to her participation at LASA (Latin American Studies Association), event on the topic of gender defense. She expressed that...Read more
Martha Jimenez: Artistic creation is a beautiful act
Camaguey- Under the question "Can creativity be defined?" The artist Martha Jimenez was interviewed in Punto de Giro program, a Television Camaguey space, where thought is the protagonist and the interaction between the guests is always genuine. "The artistic creation is a beautiful act, a sublime act, where the person, the man, the artist composes, creates, something that can be real or surreal, based on that experience of his work, his artwork (...) I believe that the artist must work every day, and the artist has that, that you work and you have to inhib...Read more
Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods awards trajectory of the artist Martha Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- The subsidiary in this province of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC) awarded an Acknowledgement to the renowned painter and sculptress Martha Jimenez Perez, as the most outstanding artist in the commercialization of this entity. The diploma was given to Tania Estrada Jimenez, daughter of Martha Jimenez, from the hands of the MsC. Carmen Hernandez Requejo, director of the FCBC in Camaguey, during a ceremony held at the base of the monument dedicated to Ignacio Agramonte, in the Revolution Square. During the meeting, the founding creators of the C...Read more
Exhibition dedicated to the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods has work by Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- With the sculpture Open roads, the renowned artist Martha Jimenez participates in the collective exhibition "Reencuentros", to be inaugurated this Friday, October 26 at 2:00 pm, at the Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum. The exhibition pays tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods and 30 years of the creation of its subsidiary in Camaguey. "Gathering several generations of visual artists from Camaguey to celebrate the fifteen years of the Subsidiary of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods brings us closer to those who...Read more
Work of Martha Jimenez integrates collective exhibition in Adelante Newspaper
Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Jimenez takes part in the collective exhibition "Volver", which celebrates the 13 years of the Gallery Space Nicolás Guillen, located in the headquarters of the Adelante newspaper, in the city of Camaguey. In addition to the work of Martha, a collography entitled "Caridad del Cobre", this exhibition features the works of Joel Jover and Eduardo Rosales, among other creators of the territory. The opening of this exhibition is also inserted in the actions dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the aforementioned weekly...Read more
First Academic Conference Alejo Carpentier honored with pieces by Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- The work of the artist Martha Jimenez Perez was part of an exhibition inaugurated in the context of the First Academic Conference Alejo Carpentier, sponsored by the branch of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), located near Plaza del Carmen. The event included the presentation of documentaries, the impartition of conferences by prominent professionals from the province and the nation, as well as work in commissions, as was reported by ISA specialists, in the territory. The work commissions that met at the event were: Treatment of gender and raciality i...Read more
Exposes her work at Agora Gallery the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez
Nueva York- This October 18, took place the opening ceremony of the collective exhibition Mystery as Muse, where the artist Martha Jimenez participates, at Agora Gallery. The exhibition will be available to the public from October 13 to November 2, 2018. The exhibition explores humanity's search for the unknown. It has 14 international artists, with a mixture of painting and sculpture, the work captures the mystery of what it means to be human. From the secrets of the universe to the unexplored waters of the subconscious, the exhibition closely analyzes the scope of t...Read more
Martha Jimenez: present in the celebration of the National Hispanic Heritage Month
New York- Martha Jimenez takes part in the celebration of the National Hispanic Heritage Month, when is showcased the work of several artists. This event offers the perfect opportunity to honor the richness and diversity of Latino and Spanish culture. It was asked to some artists to name a Hispanic or Latino visual or musical artist who has had a positive influence on their artistic practice and their life, and why. For the exhibition, among other works, was selected the piece Night Breakfast, by Martha Jimenez, a mixed technique on canvas. “The list can ...Read more
Martha Jimenez honored by the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods
Camaguey- The renowned creative Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was honored for the quality of her work and her life anniversary, during the inauguration of the collective exhibition "Fifteen years later", in the Amalia Gallery, of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC). In the exhibition, participated relevant artists of the territory, it was open to the public this Monday, September 24; meanwhile, it reissued and paid tribute to the first exhibition inaugurated in this mentioned gallery. In this exposition "there are works that explain in a very ...Read more
Martha Jimenez participates in collective exhibition at United States
Camagüey- A collective exhibition, where the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez takes part, will be open to the public from October 13 to November 2 at Agora Gallery, located at 530 West 25th Street, New York, United States. The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 18, between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Creating a sizable body of work that ranges over a variety of media -from paintings to sculptures, to ceramics, to etchings- Martha Jimenez is interested in the anthropology underlying the works she makes as much as with the formal experience of looking at her ar...Read more
Artworks by Martha Jimenez given as a present to famous musical group Orishas
Camaguey- Three terracotta ceramic sculptures, authorship of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, were given as a gift to the members of the musical group Orishas, who made a successful presentation in Camaguey. The concert of the referred musical collective had a favorable reception by the present public; meanwhile, they assured that they will return to this city in their next presentations. The Square of the General Major General Ignacio Agramonte was the stage for the Camagueyans to share, together with Orishas, several of their best-known themes and other Gourmet songs...Read more
Martha Jimenez present at the International Congress of the Association of Latin American Studies
Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, based in Camaguey, was present at the XXXVI International Congress of the Association of Latin American Studies (LASA), held in Barcelona, Spain, from May 23 to 26, 2018. In this event, was exposed the research "The eternal emancipation of women in the artistic work of Martha Jimenez. The transgression of the hegemonic code", developed by the Art historian, MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight, and the award-winning artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez. The investigation was presented at the Hotel Barcelona Foru...Read more
Art for Dad Fair included presentation of an article about Martha Jimenez's work
Camaguey- In the context of the Art for Dad Fair, the article "Martha Jimenez's Pottery: Repercussion in contemporaneity and the future" was presented in Camaguey, with the authorship of Yaniel Perez Guerra and also with the presence of Isabel Garcia Rosales, director of the Amalia Gallery at the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, among other personalities and officials. Pérez Guerra currently works at the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez as a gallerist, curator and specialist in Visual Arts, and his work was published by Pauta Magazine, in Issue 4, Year 3, corre...Read more
Program of the Winston Salem State University visited Studio-Workshop of Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- A Program of the Winston Salem State University, led by Global Arts / Media on Afro-Cuba Today, began a tour from Santiago de Cuba on May 27, 2018, and concluded in Havana on June 9. This tour included for the first time the heritage city of Camaguey, visited on the 1st and 2nd of this month. The academic subject of interest requested by professors and students, from social sciences and humanistic careers, was "The African presence and its descendants in Camaguey". This conference was given by the researcher MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight, in the Studio-Wo...Read more
Positive impact on tourism by Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez from Camaguey
Camaguey- The project Studio-Workshop of the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey, represented by the Martha Jimenez Gallery, has had a positive impact on the tourist life. It is one of the preferred destinations and referenced by travelers who visit this demarcation, a fact highlighted in the recently concluded FITCuba Tourism Fair 2018. The aforementioned Studio-Workshop has become an important space, which has shown Cuban art to the more than twelve thousand tourists who have visited it, since 2008. It is located in the historic center of the city of Camaguey, de...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez invited to exhibit in Santiago de Cuba
Camaguey- The personal exhibition "Number of flight", by Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, was inaugurated at the Rene Valdes Art Gallery, in the city of Santiago de Cuba. The exhibition was opened to the public in context of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of artistic life of the mentioned creative, based in Camaguey. This exposition "invites us to reach the ideal state of reasoning with the predominance of the oneiric basement. It is a delivery where it is addressed the validity of dreams and institutes them as an effective ve...Read more
Prestigious Pauta Magazine publishes article about the work of Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- The article "The pottery of Martha Jimenez Perez. Repercussion in contemporaneity and the future", which addresses the work of this relevant creative of the visual arts based in Camaguey, has been published in Pauta, the Cuban magazine of crafts and design. The presentation of this publication, sponsored by the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), took place at the headquarters of the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS), in a meeting chaired by Isabel Garcia Rosales, specialist in visual arts and director of the Gallery Amalia, that belongs to the subsidiary of...Read more
Child project of Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez works in favor of gender equality
Camaguey- A special presentation of the Children's Project "Brush with soul of kiss", sponsored by Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez and the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC), took place this Wednesday in the Plaza del Carmen. In the meeting, the children expressed in their works what they interpreted from different stories, written by other infants, that were shared there. The main theme was "gender equity and education in values". At the end of the event, the two best works that reflected the read literary works, and the g...Read more
Work of Martha Jimenez given as a present to the writer from Camaguey Luis Alvarez, National Literature Prize 2017
Camaguey- A work by the prestigious artist Martha Jimenez was awarded to the National Literature Prize 2017, Dr. Luis Alvarez Alvarez, by the Provincial Book and Literature Center (CPLL). This awarding took place in the context of the recently concluded International Book Fair 2018, an event that took place in the territory from March 7 to 11. Martha's work is a piece of bronze, made in 2017 with the technique of lost wax. In this delivery, the sculpture was accompanied by words by Luis Avarez that endorse the work of the mentioned sculpture, painter, ceramist a...Read more
Artworks by Martha Jimenez in the PARALLAX 2018 Art Fair
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez was invited to participate with her work at the PARALLAX 2018 Art Fair, which took place recently in London, United Kingdom, from February 2 to 4. In addition, her work is present in the digital catalog of the event, available at http://www.parallaxaf.co/pafcatalogue.html Martha's pieces include works from her well-known series such as The secret of my goats, Incantations of the fish, Longing, The Circus, Spring, Celestial gossipers, The Journey, Angelfishes, Dreaminess; in addition to the Triptych Advent and other independent piec...Read more
Asociacion Hermanos Saiz honored the artist Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- A tribute, for the work of her life, was made in Camaguey to the sculptress and ceramist Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez, during the Young Creators Fair. This Tuesday, December 19, at 2:00 pm, took place the meeting between generations, "Narrowing Spaces", in the Comarca Literary Cafe, of the House of Young Creator. Jimenez Perez was there as guest, who was interviewed by the artist Leonardo Pablo, who develops the 8 + 1 Project, where they intervene with their relevant work, some creatives of the territory. In the appointment, Martha Jime...Read more
Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez invited to participate in the Christmas Salon of Religious Art
Camaguey- The artist Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the sixth edition of the Christmas Salon, of Religious Art, inaugurated this Friday, December 15, 2017 in the República 289 Gallery, of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts (CPAP). The competitive exhibition of this salon, where participated 33 artists, took place in the CPAP. Along with Martha, were present in the exhibition, among other valuable creators, Maydelina Perez Lezcano, Carlos Alberto Casanova and Joel Jover. In addition were shown, works by Eberto Escobedo Lazo and Hector Molne,...Read more
Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez proposes an artistic journey for a heritage city as an attractive city tour
Camaguey- A new creative proposal, of integration of the Visual Arts in the city of Camaguey, is the successful urban tour offered by the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, which was presented for the first time during this month of December. The trip was unfolded with tourists, who met from the web about the aforementioned artist and were interested in this cultural event. Among the places visited was the Plaza del Carmen, where is located the popular sculptural ensemble "The Gossipers"; the Martha Abreu School, with sculptures in the inner courtyard; La Palma Store, o...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez invited to the collective exhibition "Blessed damned"
Camaguey- With a work from the series "Gossipers", the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez took part in the collective exhibition "Blessed damned", inaugurated on October 20, declared as Cuban Culture Day. In the context of the Visual Arts Salon "Fidelio Ponce de Leon", the exhibition was open to the public at the Gallery "Jorge Santos Diaz", at the Academy of Arts "Vicentina de la Torre", and was organized by the Provincial Council of the Fine Arts (CPAP). The work of Jimenez Perez was taken to the bronze in the tec...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez exhibits in the Superior Institute of Art at Camaguey
Camaguey- The personal exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", was inaugurated on Friday, July 14, at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA) in Camaguey, located in the vicinity of Plaza del Carmen, where this artist has her Studio-Workshop and her well-known sculptural set. The exhibition counted, among other personalities, with the presence of the Rector of ISA in Havana; and took place in the context of a new graduation of students, belonging to different specialties, in this educational center. Are exhibited to the...Read more
Recognition for Martha Petrona Jimenez of the XV Conference on Gender, Family and Society
Camaguey - The outstanding ceramist and painter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in the city of Camaguey, has been awarded a Recognition, for her important support in the realization of the XV Conference on Gender, Family and Society, event that took place in this city during the current month of June. The prize was awarded by the Organizing Committee of the VII International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, on behalf of the President of the XV Symposium on Gender, Family and Society, Maribel Almaguer Rondon. This scientific ev...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez participates in a collective exhibition dedicated to nature
Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition "Flowers, Fauna and the Environment", inaugurated this Thursday, April 13th at the Julian Morales Gallery, located at the UNEAC headquarters in Camaguey. The exposed work by Martha was one belonging to the series "The Secret of my Goats", elaborated in mixed technique on canvas, and created in the year 2016. "We wanted that in the month of April, when the flowers should bloom, to summon a group of artists to make us a gift by means of the crea...Read more
The pilgrims of Martha Petrona Jimenez: tribute to a writer from Camaguey
Camaguey - The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez, Unesco Prize for the Best Architectural Ensemble, paid homage to the poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, on the 203th anniversary of her birth, with an exhibition of prints and colographies, shown at the Nicolas Guillen Gallery, at the headquarters of the newspaper Adelante. With the title The Pilgrims of Martha, it is alluded to the pseudonym of La Peregrina, used by the poetess and playwright based in Spain, one of the reasons why part of the literary criticism tried to deny her Cubanism, a condition vindicated with extensive ...Read more
Newspaper Adelante welcomes exhibition of engravings and colographies by Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey - An exhibition of engravings and colographies of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez has been inaugurated at the newspaper Adelante, and pays homage to the celebration of the birth of the famous poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. The Provincial Book and Literature Center, the Acana Publishing House and the Adelante newspaper decided to pay homage to the writer, with the tactical agreement that the artist Martha Jimenez is an excellent choice for this, said the specialist Juan Carlos Mejias Ruiz, of the Provincial Council of the Fine Arts. Martha, w...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to a collective exhibition of female potters
Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition of female ceramists, entitled Ceramic is a woman's name?, opened to the public this March 8th in the Midas Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisans Artists (ACAA), in Camaguey. There can be appreciated the artworks "Twins", "Hope" and of the series "The Dinner" and "Tribute to the stool". Ana Elia Gutierrez Fernandez, Sandra Navarro Valdes, Belkis Alvarez Leon, Annia Rosa Perez Olivera and Albertina Maria Cortada Malfa also ...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez invited to collective exhibition "A tremendous animal II"
Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to take part in the collective exhibition "A tremendous animal II", inaugurated in the Julian Morales Gallery, located at the UNEAC headquarters in Camaguey. "The work of Martha Jimenez, self-referential and with a generic and identitary complement, flirts with the domestic and socially active view of women, while identifying with seductive, sensual and erotic women," said the curator and critic of art Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa, in his words to the catalog. To that magical and compl...Read more
Gossipers by Martha Petrona Jimenez in the closing of a collective exhibition of Camagueyan artists
Camaguey - A performance, inspired by the work Gossipers - by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez - located in the Plaza del Carmen, was enjoyed by those who attended the closing of the fifth edition of the collective exhibition 8 + 1, Flowers on the Wall. In the exhibition, wich had the artist Leonardo Pablo as curator, took part Martha Jiménez, Alejandra Silvera, Osmara Alberteris, Jenny Hernandez, Odalys Ochoa, Yasbel Perez, Yaneya Acosta, Maidelina Perez and Katisleivys Sedeño. Under the slogan "Nine artists, nine experiences, nine pr...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez participated in a visual arts project with a performance
Camaguey- A performance inspired by the sculptural set Gossipers, authored by the ceramist based in Camagüey, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, took place in the Studio-Workshop Larios, located in that city. The work was presented in the context of the fifth edition of Project 8 + 1, by the artist Leonardo Pablo Rodriguez Martinez. This edition of 8 + 1, "Flowers on the Wall" presented nine creators from Camaguey, some new or emerging in the world of art, along with others with great national and international recognition. In the exhibition, eight women s...Read more
Third anniversary of links between tourist delegation and Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey - The celebration of the third anniversary of the links between the Road Scholar group and the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was recently celebrated. This was the first North American tourism agreement that made regular visits to that place, which is located in the Plaza del Carmen. In the meeting were present, in addition to the members of the tourist delegation, the artist Martha Jimenez and her collaborators. For three years, Road Scholar has held a permanent exchange and visit to the Studio-Workshop, based on artistic and cultural interaction. ...Read more
Gallery-Workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez at the Camaguey's Culture Week
Camaguey- As part of the activities carried out in the context of Camaguey's Culture Week, the Office of the City Historian dedicated a cultural space to children. There was an incidence of the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez. Like all the years, the appointment took place in the Plaza del Carmen, on February 6 in the afternoon. Funny jokes, multicolored clowns accompanied the day. In addition the Studio-Workshop of the mentioned artist developed a cultural action of fine arts. This time, the institution joined the contest with a collective exhib...Read more
Impact of the new personal exhibition in Havana by Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- A broad impact on the media and specialized criticism has had the most recent exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", and opened to the public in the "Carmen Montilla" Gallery, Havana. This sample will remain until January 27 of this year. A large audience attended the meeting; this proposal was well received by the media, specialized critics and embassy personnel that were present. The diplomatic corps was composed of representations of five embassies: United States, Germany, Spain, Peru and Ven...Read more
In the name of the goats: exhibition in Havana by Martha Petrona Jimenez
Havana - The renowned artist Martha Jimenez, who lives in Camaguey, returned to the historic center of Havana on Tuesday, January 10, with the personal exhibition «In the name of the goats», exhibited until Thursday 26 at the Carmen Montilla gallery, located in Plaza de San Francisco de Asis. There are 15 pieces among paintings, engravings and small format sculptures, which have as leitmotiv the mythological figure of goats, correlated between power and freedom of the feminine: "A way of representing the difficult of being a woman, always willing to sacrifice,...Read more
The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez motivates expectations in the Cuban capital
Havana - The outstanding artist Martha Jimenez, resident in Camaguey, motivates expectations in the Cuban capital with a exhibition of painting and pottery that suggests female power and inner freedom through a mythological animal: the goat. "In the name of the goats", inaugurated in the Carmen Montilla gallery, at the historical center of Havana, includes canvases, cards, and ceramic sculptures in diverse formats that reflect an unusual discursive style of the creative. According to curator and researcher Maydelin Leiva, the search for an expressive passi...Read more
Artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez will exhibit her work again in Havana
Camaguey - The inauguration of the most recent personal exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", will take place in the Carmen Montilla Gallery, in Havana. The exhibition will be open to the public next January 10 at 4:00 pm, in this cultural entity, located in the street Oficios, number 162, between Amargura and Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja, in front of the Plaza de San Francisco. Jimenez Perez has won the UNESCO Prize and she is specialized in ceramic terracotta sculptures. She graduated as Bachelor of Fin...Read more
New place to find the art works from Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- A site, located in the Plaza del Carmen, will be used to commercialize the work of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, by the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), in various supports of applied arts. This place is an extension of the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona, in operation since 2006, and resides in Hermanos Aguero street # 257, between Honda and Carmen. The objectives of this entity are to market a set of works by Martha Jimenez, in addition to expanding and differentiating the lines of work of that artist, through applied arts. Th...Read more
Ceramist Martha Jimenez Perez wins Award and creation grant
Havana- On the occasion of the Biennial of Ceramics, Sculptures, Installations and Projects, the renowned potter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, deserved a Prize and a Creation Grant, given by the National Council of Visual Arts (CNAP). The award was granted on December 9, 2016, at the National Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics, and Martha Petrona's award-winning work was the enamelled ceramic sculpture named “Equlibrist”, from the “Challenge” series, one of the most controversial of the artist , for its theme. In this sense,...Read more
Ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was awarded with a prize and a scholarship
Camaguey - The renowned ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, was awarded a prize and a scholarship in the context of the Biennial of Ceramics, Sculptures, Installations and Projects, in this year's edition. The award was presented by the National Council of Fine Arts (CNAP), at the National Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics, on December 9, 2016. The award-winning work of Martha Petrona was the enamelled ceramic sculpture "Equilibrist", from the series "Challenge", one of the most controversial of the artist, for it...Read more
University of Arts and Project Mundo A acknowledged Martha Petrona for donation of her artistic work
Camaguey - The University of the Arts in Camaguey, and the pedagogical art project "Mundo A" acknowledged the collaboration of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, for the donation of her collography "The Breakfast", used as part of the Audiovisual Exhibition "El Almacén de la Imagen". In this event, the short film "Tilín tilín", by the student Violeta Ampudia, from the Faculty of Audiovisual Media of Camagüey (FAMCA), was awarded with the work of this famous creative, who has earned, among others, the ...Read more
Acknowledged contributions of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez to ceramics in Camaguey
Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was recognized at the International Hall of Artistic Ceramics in the city of Camaguey, by the Provincial Council of Fine Arts (CPAP) and the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). The prize was given to Tania Estrada Jimenez, daughter of the renowned ceramist. In addition, under equal conditions, diplomas were awarded to Nazario Salazar Martinez and Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria, renowned ceramic artists in this province. The CPAP congratulated Jimenez Perez on the 40th anniversary of the Mouvement of New ...Read more
The Cuban contemporary art is enriched by the work of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- The personal exhibition from Martha Jimenez "The secret of my goats" is opened. It will be available to the public from October 18 to November 10 in the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, located in the city of Camaguey. The Cuban contemporary art is enriched and exalted with the paintings of Martha Jimenez, who gives us this time a sample of watercolors with ink drawing on cardstock, with similar formats. The curator, the specialist Yaniel Perez Guerra, said that "once again Martha Jimenez clothes herself with her ingenuity, her artistic fl...Read more
Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods welcomes new personal exhibition from Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- The personal exhibition "The secret of my goats", by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, was inaugurated on Tuesday October 18 at the Amalia Gallery, at the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, subsidiary in Camaguey. "With this particular delivery of gouaches with ink drawing, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez uses goats based on the distinctive typology they hold: its mythological origins, their physical characteristics, lifestyle and aesthetic significance. So now overlook these beasts, tamed by the conceptualization, as vital elements of the sample but li...Read more
Artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez shared experiences with the wife of US Vice President
Camaguey- Dr. Jill Biden, wife of US Vice President Joseph Biden, his daughter and niece, Ms. Catherine Russell, US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues, the Ambassador of the United States in Cuba and his wife, visited the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona, last October 8. After a tour of the authentic Plaza del Carmen (declared World Heritage by UNESCO), accompanied by the artist Martha Jimenez and Jose Rodriguez, historian of the city, the academic Jill, accompanied by her delegation, visited the nearby studio. "Like you, I defend the freedom of women,&q...Read more
American academic Jill Biden visited the Studio-workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camaguey- The north american university professor and doctor of pedagogical sciences, Jill Biden, concluded on Sunday, with a visit to this city, her permanence in the country. At the Museum Quinta Simoni, declared National Monument, the academic met with women in charge of community projects and health. During her tour, she also visited the headquarters of the Ballet of Camagüey, the Studio-workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award, and toured sites of interest in the historical center of the city, declared as World Heritage Site. The Studio-workshop...Read more
The secret of my goats: new exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camagüey- The personal exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "The secret of my goats" will be opened at the Gallery Amalia, in the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, next October 18 at 5:00 pm, in the context of the Cuban Culture Day. "Once again Martha Jimenez clothes herself with her ingenuity, her artistic flight and mastery of the craft, and take this time the goats as a pretext to refer to issues such as interpersonal relationships, protection, defense, shyness and sacrifice", as said about this exhibition the curator Yaniel Pérez...Read more
Collection Arte en Casa from Artex promotes the works of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez
Camagüey- A work of the renowned Cuban artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez integrates collection Arte en Casa, developed by the Commercial Lauros, a division of the company Artex S.A. dedicated to the distribution and marketing of handicraft products that show the Cuban culture through the art. Jimenez Perez has specialized in ceramic terracotta sculptures. She graduated as Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991. She also made a specialty in Creation of Fine Arts for Children. She completed studies at the National School of Art Instructors in 1965. She also graduated in Painting, ...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez participates in the collective exhibition "The Cubans and Her"
Camagüey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez takes part in the exhibition "The Cubans and Her", inaugurated on September 8 at the Miranda Gallery, at the sociocultural institution Ejo Project, in the city of Camagüey. This exhibition "acts as a confluence of different techniques, styles and visual languages (...) Martha Jimenez surprises with a concentrated reformulation of signs: alpha and omega, Juanes and sacred fish, while the Virgin is held in a stylized island", as said Dr. Olga Garcia Yero in her words to the catalog. The wr...Read more
Project Brush with Kiss' Soul: an approach of the community to the Visual Arts
Camaguey- The Project Brush with Kiss' Soul, sponsored by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez in the city of Camaguey, constitutes an attractive option of artistic development for the children that want to approach to the wide world of Visual Arts. It takes place every Saturday morning. This Saturday, the Studio-Workshop of the famous Cuban ceramist, located in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen hosted one of these interesting encounters, during which community's children received lessons about working with tempera, in an artistic creation with free theme. ...Read more
Artist Martha Petrona Jimenez joins the community with cultural activities
Camagüey- A sociocultural action of the Office of the Historian of the City, where participated the project "Brush with soul kiss" of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, took place on Sunday July 17 at Plaza del Carmen, City of Camaguey. Children from the community of El Carmen and other guests enjoyed an art contest with free theme, in the drawing, and three themed murals. Infants, aged between 4 and 12 years, participated actively. The jury was composed by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez and specialists from her studio-workshop. This evening ...Read more
Convention Center in Camaguey is honored with paintings by Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- With the work of the prominent artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, represented this time by the triptych "Advent", is honored the Santa Cecilia Convention Center Santa, located in the historic center of Camagüey city, declared by UNESCO in 2008 as Cultural heritage of Humanity. "This triptych is basically identified by two flattering aspects: the right choice of an extra format and an accomplished management in the preciousness of color. It is for this reason that the system is not designed to look closely, it technically requires a distance from...Read more
Creative Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez conversed with members of association and American project
Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to an exchange by the Wisconsin Project Medical and Madison-Camaguey Sister Cities Association, which have close relations with the province. The creative has visited various places of interest and has conversed with officials and personalities; she also had the opportunity to see in action the Wisconsin Medical Project, which sent medical supplies and equipment to Camaguey. Martha is a sculptress and painter, and she is also a good friend of Madison people who have visited the Cuban city where she lives. ...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez's sculpture in exhibition 50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contribution to Ceramics
Camaguey- A work of the serie "Sorcery of the fish", authored by prominent ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez is part of the exhibition "50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contribution to Ceramics", open to the public at the American Jazz Museum, Kansas city, in the United States. The piece was conceived in the technique of glazed ceramic. The social network facebook, where this work was published, accompanied that showpiece with that suggestive text: "Mother, from your belly was born and I grew up in your chest, to fly from your arms, and meet you in...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez's works will embellish Convention Center in Camaguey
Camaguey- The triptych "Advent", authored by the prominent ceramist and painter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, will become part of the heritage of Santa Cecilia Convention Center in the city of Camaguey. Of the three works, one was donated by the artist to the referred cultural institution. "Connoted by an excellent expressive enunciation, is qualified the triptych of the remarkable artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez. It is composed of three-dimensional large pieces, the focus of a poetic projection, and an assented workmanship. "Advent", as it has bee...Read more
Renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez is invited to Congress LASA 2016
Camaguey- The creative of the visual arts, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, has been invited to LASA'2016 event, which will run from 27 to 30 May in New York, United States. In 2007, Martha Petrona took part with a personal exhibition in the Congress LASA'2007 based in Montreal, Canada; also she participated in the LASA'2009, developed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Recently, Perez Jimenez served as moderator of the panel "Art, and political participation", held in cont...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez gives life to new work of the Gossipy series
Camaguey- A new sculpture has emerged from the hands of the creative and ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez, resident in Camaguey and with a diverse career. The work was taken to the bronze in the lost wax technique at the prestigious Studio and Bronze Foundry Art and Sculpture Unlimited, in Miami, United States. Currently the piece has been exhibited at the Studio-workshop of the artist, located in Plaza del Carmen. The work is part of the popular series called "Gossipy". This is the most renowned serie of the artist, wich "mixes contemporary codes, with regional ...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez's Harlequins present in Day for the Elimination of Violence
Camaguey- To mark the international celebration of the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, was celebrated a concert organized by the "Mundo A" Project, event where was present also the artistic work of the ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, who owns her studio-workshop in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen in the capital city of the province. This artistic and pedagogical proposal of the University of the Arts in Camaguey promotes a change from the various manifestations of art, to patriarchal traditions inherited by Cuban society, to c...Read more
Martha Petrona Jimenez represented Camaguey in the Aqua Art Miami Fair
Camaguey- With the bronze sculpture "Open Roads", the ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez represented Camaguey and the Cuban nation in the Aqua Art Miami Fair, held at the Art Center Allapattah from 2 to 6 December 2015. Aqua Art Miami arrived to its eleventh edition, the third since it joined the family fair of Art Miami. As one of the biggest exhibitions of emerging art, Aqua Art Miami introduced several galleries with their artists. This event showed a selection of only 46 national and international exhibitors, who presented the work of more than 100 creators. ...Read more
Outstanding works of ceramist Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez are exhibited in Turkey
Camaguey- Recently, the Cuban ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, who lives in Camaguey, concluded a monumental sculpture currently shown in the Turkish city of Eskisehir. This work was done at the request of the Mayor's Office that European city and is located in a relevant place of that demarcation. In addition, Martha took part in the sixth National Art Workshop, which ended with the execution of the painting "Spring Series" which was shown to the Turkish public with great acceptance. During 2015, this artist also served as moderator of the panel...Read more
Without losing the line: artistic proposal of Martha Jimenez in Camaguey
Camaguey- The artist in Camaguey, Marta Jimenez, knows where the beauty lies, needing the creator's treatment to pass to posterity. From her hands, modeled in clay or from the wonder of the brush on the canvas, sprout as in irrepressible flow magnificent works, thanks to art placed in them by this woman, simple and talented. Her latest release is an exhibition that she called "Without losing the line" and which is open at the Gallery Julian Morales, at the UNEAC Headquarters in Camaguey. Martha is characterized by her intensive search for new...Read more
Hotel in Camaguey beautified with Marta Jimenez's sculpture
Camaguey- The monumental bronze sculpture "Translation", work of artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award for Best Architectural Complex "Plaza del Carmen", is appreciated here today by those who observe the dome of the Hotel Santa Maria. In addition to the author, participated in the assembly of the work, the Caguayo Foundation and Real Estate of Tourism, who made reality a project that began in 2012, and was presented to the public in patinated plaster during the festivities for the 500th anniversary of Camaguey. The piece at the dome of that instit...Read more
Initiative in teaching of the artist Martha Jimenez in Camaguey
Camaguey- The ceramist Marta Jimenez, who holds a UNESCO Prize, develops teaching in this artistic manifestation in the province of Camaguey. The project with 17 children is called Brush with soul of kiss, metaphor that starts from an expression of Jose Marti on the local patriot Ignacio Agramonte, whom he described in an article like Diamond with a soul of kiss. This initiative aims to lead and encourage the appreciation of the visual arts in children, who will be able to understand and represent the environment that surrounds them, today reflects the digital page ...Read more
Cafe Ciudad in Camaguey embellished with artworks of Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- Works of the artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award for Best Ensemble Sculptural, complement the decor of one of the main tourist facilities of this city, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Cafe Ciudad. This time, the creative surprises the visitors with three glazed ceramics, each one placed on a swing metal, which are part of the appeal of this place, reserved for the privacy of coffee tasting, combined with a colorful vegetation and other elements of ambience. The author of the famous sculptures of the Plaza del Carmen, located in one of the best ...Read more
Awarded the work of Martha Jimenez in Shanghai
Shanghai- Cuban artist Martha Jimenez won an award at the 2nd Shanghai Teapots Vessel Biennial, the only one artist in the Caribbean awarded by a jury that selected works by one hundred creators from around the world. Martha Jimenez's award-winning works are two pottery teapots, belonging to her series "I have it inside", awarded at the Amelia Pelaez Ceramic Biennial in Cuba in 2006, among other awards. With more than 60 personal and collective exhibitions in salons and events inside and outside of Cuba, the author will exhibit for the first time for t...Read more
Martha Jimenez takes part in the collective expo Camagueyanas
Camaguey- The Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO 1997 Best Ensemble Architectural Prize for his works installed in the Plaza del Carmen, participates in the United States in the exhibition "Camagueyanas", reported here the Provincial Department of Culture. This laureate of the V International Symposium of Terracotta, in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey, has created several series during her career that have earned her a recognition space beyond the limits of the island. Recognized as one of the most important representatives of Contemporary Art in Cuba, Jime...Read more
Martha Jimenez shows the art from Camaguey in the United States
Camaguey- The prominent sculptress, ceramist and painter from Cuba, Martha Jimenez, traveled to the United States to participate in a collective exhibition entitled "Camagueyanas", where also will be presenting works another three artists of the fine arts. For the event, the author of the sculptural group of the Plaza del Carmen, now recognized as one of the most important representatives of Contemporary Art in Cuba, was accompanied by works such as "Ask for all", a large canvas belonging to the series "The Gossipy" newly created, and anthological...Read more
Marta Jimenez sculptures add beauty to hotel in Camaguey
Camague- Monumental sculptures of the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Prize for the best architectural set, complement the ambience of the lobby and the dome of the Santa Maria hotel, located in the segment of the historic center of the city of Camaguey, declared Cultural Heritage Humanity. With the name of the hostel, located in a mansion with architectural value, whose first construction phase was completed in the context of the festivities for the half millennium of the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, it is a work that fascinates the visitors. It...Read more
In Camaguey: view of women by artist Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- An universal vision of the woman reflects the artist Martha Jimenez in the sculptoric project “Eva's speech. Them, we, you?” available to tu public en the Midas Gallery, located in this Cuban city. Winner of the UNESCO Prize for the best architectural ensemble for the authenticity of his work, Jimenez told Prensa Latina that the Cuban, Latin American and universal women are protagonists and are always present in her artistic work. This time, there are 25 ceramic pieces of human figures in small format. Of these, there are seven plates with ...Read more
Camaguey is ratified as a safe place for the Visual Arts
Camaguey- About 215 thousand people attended the different exhibitions inaugurated in this eastern province center during the past year, according to the information provided by the Provincial Council of Visual Arts, during the evaluation of their work at the end of 2011. In the past year, the Provincial Council of the Visual Arts acknoledged the performance of members of the creative avant-garde in Camaguey, while others represented Cuba with dignity internationally as potter Marta Jimenez, laureated at the Terracotta Biennial, in Turkey. A remarkable advance in th...Read more
Martha Jimenez and her exposition Woman Without Neighbour in Camaguey
Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez -member of the artistic vanguard and the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba- will allow the opportunity to enter another facet of her creation, by opening her exhibition of serigraphs titled "Woman without Neighbour". The Gallery "The New Muse" of the Provincial Library Julio Antonio Mella, will host 13 works conceived with that technique, another aspect of creation in the fruitful career of the artist, honored with the Prize awarded by UNESCO in the corresponding edition of year 1997. Without abandoning her ...Read more
Camaguey has new sculpture of the sculptress Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- "Mata'o" the famous scultpure of the water carrier, is now in bronze, as part of the project by artist Martha Jimenez to move to lasting materials the whole set of the Plaza del Carmen. This piece becomes the second sculpture transferred, after the trilogy "The Gossipy" as are known the three fat mulatto women, awarded by UNESCO since more than a decade. Martha thanked the Office of the City Historian of Camaguey that has supported the project by the Foundation Caguayo Santiago de Cuba, where is located the foundry workshop. ...Read more
England admire the creative work of Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- The work of the outstanding Cuban artist Martha Jimenez Perez, a resident of Camaguey, was recently presented during the celebration of International Women's Day, held in the English town of Derby. Perez Jimenez offered to women her work in a variety of media, including sculpture, painting and murals. In the event took part many followers of that creative's work, in addition to the audience who admired her work. Among the most important actions taken, was the planting of the tree of the city, with the mayoress. QUAD Cultural Development Cente...Read more
Reinforcing of cultural links between Camaguey and English city of Derby
Camaguey- Martha Jimenez, renowned artist in the Cuban and foreign area, was recently invited to the celebration of International Women's Day in the city of Derby, England. This British city and the city of Camaguey maintain cordial relations since 2003. Mayors of both towns have exchanged visits; meanwhile, they have created educational projects and links of friendship during that time. Among the actions of that day, Martha planted the tree of the city with the mayor of Derby. She made an interesting discussion with women and local students and showed an audiov...Read more
Martha Jimenez presented her artwork at the Emerson College Library
Camaguey- On the afternoon of November 3, 2010, the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez presented her work at the Presidential Hall of the Emerson College Library, which is an institution dedicated to the teaching and promotion of communications and the arts in the city of Boston. At the event, was presented a small format sculpture and seven paintings of the series "Longing", which had already been exhibited in the Gallery of the Lombillo Palace, in the City of Havana. The meeting was attended by the director of the Library, Robert Fleming; the rector of the Facu...Read more
Taken to bronze sculptures in the Plaza del Carmen in Camaguey
Camaguey- One of the segments of the sculptural group of the Plaza del Carmen was transferred to bronze, at the starting of a plan to convert to this material all components of the series, located in the area declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity in this city. Originally made in terracotta by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, born in Holguin but now resident in Camaguey, the group of works is distributed without pedestal, at various points of that space, whose dominant building is the Iglesia del Carmen, only with two towers in the city and completed in 1825. The si...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez shows her work in the United States
Camaguey- The gallery Gran Cafe, in the city of Newark, United States, will be inaugurated with an exhibition of original works by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, who recently completed her fourth visit to the northern country. As planned, the facility will open at the end of the current month or in early July, told to AIN Jimenez, born in Holguin, based in the capital of Camaguey, and who seals her creative career with elements such as cuban traditions and manners. The last trip of the author to US territory included participation in the preparation of the exhibit...Read more
Relevant artwork returns to the Provincial Museum in Camaguey
Camaguey- After a detailed restoration and being exhibited in the House of Cultural Diversity, returns to the Provincial Museum Ignacio Agramonte the work "For Sale" by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez. This emblematic work, authorship of that creative, joined the group awarded the 1997 UNESCO Prize and won the prize of the Biennial Ceramics Museum. Soon the piece will occupy a space in the permanent room, with authors like Sosabravo, Sicre and others. "For Sale" was donated to the Provincial Museum for Martha, during the Sculpture Symposium, whic...Read more
Art of Martha Jiménez in the Dominican Republic
Camaguey- Local artist Martha Jimenez Perez, invited by the Foundation Cultural Center of the Dominican Republic, will exhibit her works at the Altos de Chavon Gallery, this April, along with two other painters, who also recreate landscapes, local folklore and Caribbean heritage. Martha, a sculptress and ceramist, has exhibited her works in various cities and nations since 1967, among which are the exhibitions presented in Chile, El Salvador, France, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The work of Martha Jimenez is characterized by large-scale monuments an...Read more
Artist Martha Jimenez joins festivities for 494 anniversary of Camaguey
Camaguey- Women that fly, personal exhibition of the artist Martha Jimenez in Camaguey, was inaugurated this Tuesday in the Provincial Library Julio Antonio Mella, as part of the activities for the 494 anniversary of the founding of the city. Martha Jimenez, who is also known for her sculptural work, uses acrylic on canvas this time to express her concerns and reflections on women, their country and their lives. As in previous productions, the artist retakes the feminine theme, and loads of meanings with symbols like the buffoons, the wings, the fishes, and Cuba. Ba...Read more
New artistic delivery to Camaguey by the outstanding ceramist Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- With ceramics as a protagonist, was inaugurated in Camaguey a personal exhibition of the outstanding artist Martha Jimenez, entitled "Between two centuries, the ceramics of Martha" in the House of Cultural Diversity in Camaguey. The pieces "show the simple ordinariness of any Cuban neighborhood, ethics careless black women as fashion magazines (...) Passionate couples in love, where chastity imposed rigorously transgressed the senses also appear there." "In a simulated path, the works of the century we are living hide behind philos...Read more
Inaugurated in Camaguey the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez
Camaguey- One of the most anticipated events among those planned to celebrate the 495th anniversary of the once Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe was the inauguration of the Studio-Workshop Marta Jimenez, a well-known artist here, located in Plaza del Carmen. With the presence of Jaime Crombet, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power; Juan Vela Valdes, Minister of Higher Education; Eusebio Leal, Historian of the City of Havana, among other personalities, opened the doors of the exhibition Our Lady of Voluptuousness, to continue in this new head...Read more
Martha Jimenez will present her artworks in House of Cultural Diversity in Camaguey
Camaguey- The exhibition "Creole and everyday life," by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, will be exhibited in the House of Cultural Diversity in Camaguey, since Saturday February 4, at 5:00 pm. The opening of the exhibition will be part of the activities dedicated in the city of Camagüey, to the week of culture. The exhibition of the painter and ceramist Martha Jimenez will be dedicated to 498 anniversary of the founding of the Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, and to the third anniversary of the declaration of the historic center as a Wor...Read more
Top prize for artist Martha Jimenez at International Symposium
Camaguey- The Cuban creative Martha Jimenez Perez, who resides in Camaguey, won the top prize of the call for a sculptural work in the context of the Fifth International Symposium on Terracotta, in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey, where she represents Latin America and the Caribbean. In the event, have participated five invited foreign artists, and the artist highlighted the Cuban art with her sculptural work, with two meter high, created in metal and terracotta, which will occupy the most important park of the town. Martha explained via email the acceptance they have...Read more
Ceramist Martha Jimenez participates in International Symposium on Terracotta
Camaguey- The renowned ceramist Martha Jimenez Perez represents Cuba at the 5th International Symposium on Terracotta, which takes place in Eskisehir, Turkey. Perez Jimenez received the Distinction Fidelio Ponce de León in 2008, recognition granted in the context of Salon of Visual Arts, for the work of her life. She has also received other international awards; and due to the maturity of her work, she was invited to exhibit her artworks abroad. The City Council of the city of Eskisehir, in Turkey, celebrates the 5th International Symposium on Terracotta, fro...Read more
Promoted in Quebec the work of Martha Petrona Jiménez
Camagüey- A cultural action with the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, with the Cirque du Soleil, took place in Canada, with the promotion of her art. The presentation of a multimedia about this Cuban creative based in Camagüey, in addition to the visual display, included her Curriculum Vitae and a catalog of her works. Jimenez also participated in the Days of Culture of Québec in the region of Lanaudière in St. Alphonse de Rodriguez. Some of the characters of Martha, including painting and sculpture, have a reminiscence of the harlequins ...Read more